EXHIBIT 10.10
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U.S. $1,500,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of February 19, 1998
among
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Documentation Agent
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Letter of Credit Agent
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
as Managing Agents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01. Certain Defined Terms..................................... 1
1.02. Computation of Time Periods...............................29
1.03. Accounting Terms..........................................30
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS
2.01. The Revolving Loans.......................................30
2.02. The Competitive Bid Loans.................................31
2.03. The Swing Loans...........................................32
2.04. The Letters of Credit.....................................33
2.05. Fees......................................................34
2.06. Reductions and Increases of the Commitments...............35
2.07. Repayment.................................................39
2.08. Interest..................................................41
2.09. Interest Rate Determinations..............................42
2.10. Prepayments...............................................43
2.11. Payments and Computations.................................45
2.12. Taxes.....................................................47
2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc..................................51
2.14. Conversion of Revolving Loans.............................52
2.15. Extension of Termination Date.............................53
2.16. Borrowings by Designated Borrowers........................57
ARTICLE III
MAKING THE LOANS AND ISSUING THE
LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.01. Making the Revolving Loans................................57
3.02. Making the Competitive Bid Loans..........................60
3.03. Making the Swing Loans, Etc. .............................63
3.04. Issuance of Letters of Credit.............................66
3.05. Increased Costs...........................................70
3.06. Illegality................................................72
3.07. Reasonable Efforts to Mitigate............................72
3.08. Right to Replace Affected Person or Lender................72
3.09. Use of Proceeds...........................................74
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
4.01. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing.................74
4.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Loan
Borrowing, Swing Loan Borrowing and Letter of
Credit Issuance...........................................75
4.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing.................................................76
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company.............78
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
6.01 Affirmative Covenants.....................................80
6.02 Negative Covenants........................................84
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
7.01. Events of Default.........................................88
7.02. Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit Upon
Event of Default; L/C Cash Collateral Account;
Investing of Amounts in the L/C Cash Collateral
Account; Release..........................................91
ARTICLE VIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE MANAGING AGENTS,
THE DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND THE LETTER OF CREDIT AGENT
8.01. Authorization and Action..................................94
8.02. Reliance, Etc.............................................95
8.03. Citibank, BNS, Chase and First Chicago and
Affiliates................................................95
8.04. Lender Credit Decision....................................96
8.05. Indemnification...........................................96
8.06. Successor Administrative Agent............................97
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.01. Amendments, Etc...........................................98
9.02. Notices, Etc..............................................98
9.03. No Waiver; Remedies.......................................99
9.04. Costs and Expenses........................................99
9.05. Right of Set-off..........................................101
9.06. Binding Effect............................................101
9.07. Assignments and Participations............................101
9.08. No Liability of the Issuing Bank or the Letter of
Credit Agent..............................................107
9.09. Governing Law.............................................107
9.10. Execution in Counterparts.................................107
9.11. Confidentiality...........................................107
9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc.........................................108
9.13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL......................................109
9.14. Judgment Currency.........................................109
9.15. European Monetary Union...................................110
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ARTICLE X
GUARANTEE
10.01. Guarantee................................................111
10.02. Obligations Unconditional................................111
10.03. Reinstatement............................................112
10.04. Subrogation..............................................112
10.05. Remedies.................................................112
10.06. Continuing Guarantee.....................................113
SCHEDULES
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Schedule I - Applicable Lending Offices
Schedule II - Existing Liens
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Competitive Bid Loan Note
Exhibit B-1 - Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing
Exhibit B-2 - Notice of Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit C-2 - Form of Participation Agreement
Exhibit C-3 - Form of New Commitment Acceptance
Exhibit D - Form of Opinion of the Company's
Law Department
Exhibit E - Form of Opinion of Special New York
Counsel to the Administrative Agent
Exhibit F-1 - Form of Designation Letter
Exhibit F-2 - Form of Termination Letter
Exhibit G - Form of Effective Date Notification
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of February 19, 1998, among NEW MARRIOTT MI, INC.
(the name of which will be changed to Marriott International, Inc., on or about
the Effective Date), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the banks listed on
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the signature pages hereof under the heading "Banks" (the "Banks"), CITIBANK,
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N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for
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the Lenders hereunder, THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as managing agents (in such capacity, the "Managing Agents"), THE BANK
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OF NOVA SCOTIA, as documentation agent (in such capacity, the "Documentation
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Agent"), and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as letter of credit agent (in such
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capacity, the "Letter of Credit Agent").
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Marriott International, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the
predecessor in interest of the Company with respect to the New Marriott Business
(as hereinafter defined), which will, after the consummation of the Transactions
(as defined below), be renamed Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. ("SMS"), has
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entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of March 27, 1997 with certain banks,
Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as
Documentation Agent, and The Bank of Nova Scotia as Letter of Credit Agent (as
amended to the date hereof, the "Existing 1997 Credit Agreement"). In
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connection with said Transactions, SMS proposes to, on or prior to the Effective
Date, repay all Loans (other than Letter of Credit Loans) under the Existing
1997 Credit Agreement and repay all of its commercial paper borrowings. The
Company has requested the Banks to provide the credit facilities hereinafter
referred to. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that, effective on the
Effective Date as hereinafter defined, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
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following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"Acceptance" means an Assignment and Acceptance or a New Commitment
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Acceptance.
"Acquisition Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
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as of September 30, 1997 by and among SMS, the Company, Marriott-ICC Merger
Corp., Sodexho Alliance, S.A. and International Catering Corporation, as amended
to the Effective Date.
"Adjusted Total Debt" means, as at any date, the sum for the Company
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and its Subsidiaries (determined on a Consolidated basis without duplication in
accordance with GAAP) of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of Debt for Borrowed Money of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (other than any such Debt for Borrowed Money
constituting Non-Recourse Indebtedness) outstanding on such date plus
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(b) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate of all Guarantees by the
Company and its Subsidiaries of Debt for Borrowed Money of others as of
such date over (ii) $400,000,000.
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"Administrative Agent" has the meaning specified in the recital of
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parties to this Agreement.
"Administrative Agent's Account" means, in respect of any Currency,
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such account as the Administrative Agent shall designate in a notice to the
Company and the Lenders.
"Affected Person" has the meaning specified in Sections 2.12(j),
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3.05(d), 3.06 and 3.08(a).
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly
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or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person or, unless the reference is to an Affiliate of a Lender, is a Marriott
Family Member or is a partner, member, director or officer of such Person. For
purposes of this definition, the term "control" (including the terms
"controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with") of a Person
means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 5% or more of the
Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting
Stock, by contract or otherwise.
"Alternate Currency" means, at any time, any currency other than
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Dollars, provided that, at such time, (i) such Currency is dealt with in the
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London (or, in the case of Pounds Sterling, Paris) interbank deposit market,
(ii) such Currency is freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the
London foreign exchange market and (iii) no central bank or other governmental
authorization in the country of issue of such currency is required to permit use
of such Currency by any Lender for making any Loan and/or to permit the relevant
Borrower to borrow and repay the principal thereof and to pay the interest
thereon (unless such authorization has been obtained and is in full force and
effect).
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"Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, and
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for each Type and Currency of Loan, such Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the
case of a Base Rate Loan and such Lender's Eurocurrency Lending Office in the
case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and, in the case of a Competitive Bid Loan, the
office of such Lender notified by such Lender to the Administrative Agent as its
Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Loan, or in any
case such other office of such Lender or of an Affiliate of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the
Company.
"Applicable Margin" means, as of any date, the applicable margin set
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forth below under the Eurocurrency Rate column set forth below, based upon the
Public Debt Rating in effect on such date:
Public Debt
Rating Eurocurrency
S&P/Moody's Rate
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Level 1
------- 0.135%
A/A2 or higher
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Level 2
------- 0.135%
A-/A3
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Level 3
------- 0.190%
BBB+/Baa1
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Level 4
------- 0.230%
BBB/Baa2
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Level 5
------- 0.275%
BBB-/Baa3
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Level 6
------- 0.450%
Lower than Level 5
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"Applicable Percentage" means, as of any date, the applicable
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percentage set forth below under the Facility Fee column based upon the Public
Debt Rating in effect on such date:
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Public Debt
Rating Facility
S&P/Moody's Fee
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Level 1
------- 0.075%
A/A2 or higher
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Level 2
------- 0.100%
A-/A3
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Level 3
------- 0.110%
BBB+/Baa1
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Level 4
------- 0.125%
BBB/Baa2
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Level 5
------- 0.150%
BBB-/Baa3
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Level 6
------- 0.225%
Lower than Level 5
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"Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance entered
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into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative
Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit
C-1 hereto.
"Available Amount" of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the
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maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time
(assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing), provided
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that, if any Letter of Credit provides for future increases in the maximum
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, then the "Available
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Amount" of such Letter of Credit shall mean, at any time, the maximum amount
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available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit after taking into account all
increases in the availability thereunder.
"BNS" means The Bank of Nova Scotia and its successors.
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"Banks" has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this
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Agreement.
"Base Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per
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annum as shall be in effect from time to time which rate per annum shall at all
times be equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York,
New York, from time to time, as its "base rate";
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(b) the sum (adjusted to the nearest 1/4 of one percent, or, if there
is no nearest 1/4 of one percent, to the next higher 1/4 of one percent) of
(i) 1/2 of one percent per annum, plus (ii) the rate obtained by dividing
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(A) the latest three-week moving average of secondary market morning
offering rates in the United States for three-month certificates of deposit
of major United States money market banks, such three-week moving average
(adjusted to the basis of a year of 365/366 days) being determined weekly
on each Monday (or, if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the previous
Friday by Citibank on the basis of such rates reported by certificate of
deposit dealers to and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
or, if such publication shall be suspended or terminated, on the basis of
quotations for such rates received by Citibank from three New York
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by Citibank,
by (B) a percentage equal to 100% minus the average of the daily
percentages specified during such three-week period by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining
the maximum reserve requirement (including, but not limited to, any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for Citibank
with respect to liabilities consisting of or including (among other
liabilities) three-month U.S. dollar non-personal time deposits in the
United States, plus (iii) the average during such three-week period of the
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annual assessment rates for determining the then current annual assessment
payable by Citibank to the FDIC for insuring U.S. dollar deposits in the
United States; and
(c) 1/2 of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest as provided in
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Section 2.08(a)(i).
"Base Rate Swing Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).
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"Bondable Lease Obligation" of any Person means the obligation of such
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Person as tenant under an operating lease, upon the occurrence of a significant
underinsured casualty, an under-compensated governmental taking or the practical
inability to operate the premises for an extended period of time due to force
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majeure or loss of a material permit, to make a payment to the landlord (or to
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make an irrevocable offer to purchase the landlord's fee interest to avoid
termination of such lease) in an amount that is calculated with reference to the
landlord's leasehold indebtedness.
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"Borrowers" means, at any time, collectively, the Company (both as a
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Borrower and as guarantor under Article X of Loans made to the Designated
Borrowers) and each Designated Borrower.
"Borrowing" means a Revolving Loan Borrowing, a Swing Loan Borrowing
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or a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing.
"Business Day" means a day of the year on which commercial banks are
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not required or authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Loans, on which dealings are
carried on in the London (and, in the case of Pounds Sterling, Paris) interbank
market and, if such day relates to a Borrowing of, a payment or prepayment of
principal of or interest on, or an Interest Period for, any Loan denominated in
an Alternate Currency, or a notice with respect to any such Borrowing, payment,
prepayment or Interest Period, also on which foreign exchange trading is carried
out in the London (and, in the case of Pounds Sterling, Paris) interbank market
and on which banks are open in the place of payment in the country in whose
Currency such Loan is denominated.
"Change of Control" means:
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(i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than a
Significant Shareholder or group of Significant Shareholders) shall have
acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the Company (or other
securities convertible into such Voting Stock) representing not less than
30% of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Company; or
(ii) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months, commencing on
the date of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such 24-
month period were directors of the Company (together with any new director
whose election by the board of directors or whose nomination for election
by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-
thirds of the directors then in office who either were directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) shall cease for any reason (other than solely as a
result of (a) death or disability or (b) voluntary retirement of any
individual in the ordinary course and not for reasons related to an actual
or proposed change in control of the Company) to constitute a majority of
the board of directors of the Company; or
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(iii) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than
a Significant Shareholder or group of Significant Shareholders) shall have
acquired the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, effective control
for any purpose over Voting Stock of the Company (or other securities
convertible into such securities) representing not less than 30% of the
combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Company.
"Chase" means The Chase Manhattan Bank and its successors.
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"Citibank" means Citibank, N.A. and its successors.
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"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
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to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
"COLI Debt" means all Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries to the insurance company issuing the COLI Policies, if and for so
long as:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness is equal to
or less than the aggregate account value of all COLI Policies at the time
such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company and such Subsidiaries and at
all times thereafter; and
(b) the documentation with respect to such Indebtedness limits the
recourse of the insurance company issuing the COLI Policies, as lender,
against the Company and such Subsidiaries for the payment of such
Indebtedness directly to the ownership interest of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the COLI Policies.
"COLI Policies" means all corporate-owned life insurance policies
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purchased and maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to insure the
lives of certain employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
"Commitment" means, as to any Lender, (i) the Dollar amount set forth
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opposite its name on the signature pages hereof or (ii) if such Lender has
entered into one or more Acceptances, the amount set forth for such Lender in
the Register, in each case as the same may be increased or reduced as expressly
provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 2.06,
2.15(c) and 3.08).
"Company" has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this
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Agreement.
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"Competitive Bid Loan" means a loan by a Lender to a Borrower as part
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of a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding procedure
described in Section 3.02.
"Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing" means a Borrowing by a Borrower from
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each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Loans as
part of such borrowing has been accepted by the Company under the auction
bidding procedure described in Section 3.02.
"Competitive Bid Loan Note" means a promissory note of a Borrower
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payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender resulting
from a Competitive Bid Loan made by such Lender.
"Competitive Bid Loan Reduction" has the meaning specified in Section
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2.01.
"Confidential Information" means information that the Company or any
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of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates furnishes to the Administrative Agent, any
Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent or any
Lender on a confidential basis by informing the recipient that such information
is confidential or marking such information as such, but does not include any
such information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public or
(ii) is or becomes available to such Person or Persons from a source other than
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, unless such Person has
actual knowledge that (a) such source is bound by a confidentiality agreement or
(b) such information has been previously furnished to such Person on a
confidential basis.
"Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of accounts of the Company
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and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
"Conversion", "Convert" and "Converted" each refer to a conversion of
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Revolving Loans of one Type into Revolving Loans of the other Type pursuant to
Section 2.14.
"Currency" means Dollars or any Alternate Currency.
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"Current Aggregate Commitment" means, at any time, the aggregate
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amount of the Commitments as then in effect (computed without regard to any
Competitive Bid Loan Reduction, any Swing Loan Reduction or any Letter of Credit
Reduction).
"Debt for Borrowed Money" of any Person means:
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(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
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(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments;
(iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables and accruals
incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's business);
(iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which
shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital
leases; and
(v) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under
acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities to the extent that such
obligations support an obligation described in clauses (i) through (iv)
above.
"Default" means any Event of Default or any event that would
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constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or
time elapse or both.
"Designated Borrower" means any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
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Company, as to which a Designation Letter has been delivered to the
Administrative Agent and as to which a Termination Letter has not been delivered
to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.16.
"Designation Letter" has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
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"Distribution Agreement" means the Distribution Agreement dated as of
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September 30, 1997 between SMS and the Company, as amended to the date hereof.
"Documentation Agent" has the meaning specified in the recital of
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parties to this Agreement.
"Dollar Equivalent" means, with respect to any principal of or
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interest on any Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency, the amount of Dollars
that would be required to purchase the amount of the Alternate Currency of such
principal or interest on the date such Loan is requested (or (x) as otherwise
provided in Section 2.07(e), (y) in the case of any Competitive Bid Loan, the
date of the related Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, and (z) in the
case of any redenomination under Section 2.11(e), on the date of such
redenomination), based upon the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the nearest 1/100 of 1%), as determined by the Administrative Agent, of the
spot selling rate at which the Reference Banks offer to sell such Alternate
Currency for Dollars
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in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time
for delivery two Business Days thereafter.
"Dollars" and "$" mean lawful money of the United States of America.
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"Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
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office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto or in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time
specify to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, net income (or net loss) plus the sum
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of (a) Interest Expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation expense, (d)
amortization expense and (e) non-recurring non-cash charges (including the
cumulative effect of accounting changes), in each case determined in accordance
with GAAP for such period; provided that for any period prior to the
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consummation of the Spinoff, EBITDA shall be calculated based on the historical
financial statements of the Company prepared on a basis consistent with the
historical financial statements of the Company set forth in the Proxy Statement.
"Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
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"Eligible Assignee" means:
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(i) a Lender and any Affiliate of such Lender;
(ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States, or any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of
$1,000,000,000;
(iii) a savings bank organized under the laws of the United States,
or any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of $500,000,000;
(iv) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other
country which is a member of the OECD or a political subdivision of any
such country, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; and
(v) a finance company, insurance company or other financial
institution or fund (whether a corporation, partnership or other entity)
which is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial
loans in the ordinary course of its business, and having total assets in
excess of $150,000,000.
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"Environmental Law" means any federal, state or local law, rule,
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regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award
relating to the environment, health, safety or hazardous materials, including,
without limitation, CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the
Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and
the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
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amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who for purposes of Title IV of
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ERISA is a member of the Company's controlled group, or under common control
with the Company, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means, with respect to any Person, (a) the occurrence of
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a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to
any Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates unless the 30-day notice
requirement with respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC; (b) the
provision by the administrator of any Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section
4041(a)(2) of ERISA with respect to a termination described in Section
4041(c)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment
referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (c) the cessation of operations at a
facility of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates in the circumstances
described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal by such Person or any
of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for
which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA;
(e) the failure by such Person or any members of its controlled group (within
the meaning of Section 302(f)(6)(B) of ERISA) to make a payment to a Plan
required under Section 302(f)(1)(A) and (B) of ERISA; (f) the adoption of an
amendment to a Plan of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates requiring the
provision of security to such Plan, pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (g) the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan of such Person or any
of its ERISA Affiliates, pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA.
"Eurocurrency Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
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office of such Lender specified as its "Eurocurrency Lending Office" opposite
its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending
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Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time specify to the Company and the Administrative Agent.
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in
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Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
"Eurocurrency Rate" means, for any Interest Period for each
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Eurocurrency Rate Loan in any Currency comprising part of the same Revolving
Loan Borrowing, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of one percent) appearing on the Screen for such Currency as the
London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in such Currency at approximately
11:00 A.M. London time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) two Business Days
prior to the first day of the Interest Period for such Loan; provided that if
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such rate does not appear on such Screen (or, if such Screen shall cease to be
publicly available or if the information contained on such Screen, in the
Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment, shall cease accurately to reflect
such London Interbank Offered Rate, as reported by any publicly available source
of similar market data selected by the Administrative Agent that, in the
Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment, accurately reflects such London
Interbank Offered Rate), the "Eurocurrency Rate" for such Interest Period for
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan in such Currency shall be the arithmetic average
(rounded to the nearest 1/100 of one percent) of the rates per annum at which
deposits in such Currency are offered by the principal office of each of the
Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London (or, in the case
of Pounds Sterling, Paris) interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two Business Days before the first day of the Interest Period for such
Loan in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank's Eurocurrency Rate
Loan comprising part of such Revolving Loan Borrowing to be outstanding during
such Interest Period.
The Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency
Rate Loan comprising part of the same Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be
determined by the Administrative Agent on the basis of the applicable Screen or
the applicable rates furnished to and received by the Administrative Agent from
the Reference Banks, as the case may be, two Business Days before the first day
of such Interest Period, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.09.
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"Eurocurrency Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest as provided
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in Section 2.08(a)(ii).
"Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage" of any Lender for any Interest
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Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan means the
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reserve percentage applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one
such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages
for those days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage shall be
so applicable) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the
maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with respect
to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities
having a term equal to such Interest Period.
"Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
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"Excluded Representations" means the representations and warranties
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set forth in (i) the last sentence of Section 5.01(b) (to the extent the
representations and warranties set forth in such sentence relate to matters
other than the Loan Documents), (ii) the last sentence of Section 5.01(e) and
(iii) Sections 5.01(g), 5.01(h), 5.01(i) and 5.01(j).
"Existing 1997 Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in the
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introduction hereto.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means each "Letter of Credit" issued
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pursuant to the terms of, and as defined in, the Existing 1997 Credit Agreement
and outstanding on the Effective Date.
"FDIC" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
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successor.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
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rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Final Termination Date" means, at any time, the latest occurring
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Termination Date in effect at such time.
"First Chicago" means The First National Bank of Chicago and its
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successors.
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"Foreclosure Guarantee" means any guarantee of secured Indebtedness
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the obligations under which guarantee are limited to providing that following
foreclosure (or sale in lieu thereof) on all such security the guarantor will
pay the holder of such Indebtedness the amount (if any) by which the aggregate
proceeds received by such holder from such foreclosure or sale fall short of a
specified amount, provided that such specified amount does not exceed 25% of the
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original principal amount of such secured Indebtedness.
"Foreign Currency Equivalent" means, with respect to any amount in
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Dollars, the amount of an Alternate Currency that could be purchased with such
amount of Dollars using the reciprocal of foreign exchange rate(s) specified in
the definition of the term "Dollar Equivalent", as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
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States of America as in effect from time to time, except that, with respect to
the determination of compliance by the Company with the covenant set forth in
Section 6.01(j), "GAAP" shall mean such principles in the United States of
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America as in effect as of the date of, and used in, the preparation of the
audited financial statements of the Company referred to in Section 5.01(e).
"Guarantee" of any Person means (a) any obligation, contingent or
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otherwise, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt for Borrowed Money of
any other Person and (b) any other arrangement having the economic effect of a
Guarantee and the principal purpose of which is to assure a creditor against
loss in respect of Debt for Borrowed Money, in each case other than (i) the
endorsement for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
any Foreclosure Guarantee and (iii) any Bondable Lease Obligation. The amount
of any Guarantee (other than for purposes of determining the Company's
obligations under Article X) shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect
of which such Guarantee is made, and (b) the maximum amount for which such
Person may be liable pursuant to the instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless
such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing
Person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of
such Guarantee shall be such Person's maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith.
"Guaranteed Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
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"Increasing Lender" means, in connection with any increase in the
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aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(b), a Lender whose
Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(vi).
"Indebtedness" of any Person means (i) all Debt for Borrowed Money of
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such Person, (ii) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property
acquired by such Person and (iii) all Guarantees of such Person.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(b).
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"Insufficiency" means, with respect to any Plan, the amount, if any,
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of its unfunded benefit liabilities, as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
"Interest Expense" means, for any period, gross interest expense plus
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capitalized interest for such period, in each case determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Interest Period" means: (a) with respect to each Eurocurrency Rate
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Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan and
ending on the numerically corresponding day in the first, second, third or
sixth (or, if requested by the Company and acceptable to each of the
Lenders, ninth or twelfth) calendar month thereafter, as the Company (on
its own behalf and on behalf of any other Borrower) may, upon notice
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York
City time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day of such
Interest Period, select;
(b) with respect to each Base Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date of such Base Rate Loan and ending on the first Quarterly Date
thereafter; and
(c) with respect to each Competitive Bid Loan, the period commencing
on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan and ending on the maturity date
thereof determined in accordance with Section 2.02(c);
provided that:
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(i) the Company may not select any Interest Period that ends after the
Final Termination Date;
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(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Revolving Loans
comprising part of the same Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be of the same
duration; and
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise
occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest
Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day,
provided in the case of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
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that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to
occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest
Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day.
"Issuing Bank" means BNS, as issuer of any Letter of Credit or such
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other Lender as shall, with the consent of BNS, the Company and the
Administrative Agent, have assumed the obligations of BNS as Issuing Bank with
respect to any or all Letters of Credit hereunder.
"L/C Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning specified in Section
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7.02(b).
"L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral" has the meaning specified in
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Section 7.02(b).
"L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments" has the meaning specified in
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Section 7.02(c).
"L/C Cash Collateral Account Obligations" has the meaning specified in
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Section 7.02(e)(i).
"L/C Related Documents" has the meaning specified in Section
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3.04(c)(i).
"Lenders" means the Banks listed on the signature pages hereof and
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each Eligible Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section
9.07.
"Letter of Credit Agent" has the meaning specified in the recital of
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parties to this Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in Section
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3.04(a).
"Letter of Credit Facility" means an aggregate amount not to exceed
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$500,000,000 at any time outstanding.
"Letter of Credit Loan" means a payment by the Issuing Bank of a draft
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drawn under any Letter of Credit pursuant to
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Section 3.04 or, without duplication, a payment by a Lender in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 3.04.
"Letter of Credit Reduction" has the meaning specified in Section
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2.01.
"Letters of Credit" has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b).
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"Leverage Ratio" means, as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of
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the Company ending on or after the date hereof, the ratio of:
(a) Adjusted Total Debt as of such day, to
(b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters ending
on such day.
"Lien" means any lien, security interest or other charge or
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encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement having
the practical effect of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, the
lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right
of way or other encumbrance on title to real property.
"Loans" means all Revolving Loans, all Swing Loans, all Competitive
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Bid Loans and all Letter of Credit Loans.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, each Letter of
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Credit Agreement, each Designation Letter and each Termination Letter.
"Local Time" means, with respect to any Loan denominated, or any
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payment to be made, in Dollars, New York City time, and with respect to any Loan
denominated, or any payment to be made, in an Alternate Currency, the local time
in the Principal Financial Center for such Currency.
"Managing Agents" has the meaning specified in the recital of parties
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to this Agreement.
"Margin Regulations" means, collectively, Regulations G, T, U and X,
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as from time to time in effect, and any regulation replacing the same, of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
"Marriott Family Member" means Alice Marriott, J.W. Marriott, Jr.,
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Richard E. Marriott, any brother or sister of J.W. Marriott, Sr., any children
or grandchildren of any of the foregoing, any spouses of any of the foregoing,
or any trust or
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other entity established primarily for the benefit of one or more of the
foregoing.
"Material Adverse Change" means any material adverse change in the
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business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
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business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents or (c) the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.
"Material Subsidiary" means, at any time, a Subsidiary of the Company
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having (i) at least 10% of the total Consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of
the Company) or (ii) at least 10% of the Consolidated revenues of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year of the Company then most recently
ended.
"MICC" means Marriott International Capital Corporation, a Delaware
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corporation.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor by
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merger or consolidation to its business.
"Multiemployer Plan" of any Person means a multiemployer plan, as
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defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and which is a defined benefit plan, to
which such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan
years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"Multiple Employer Plan" of any Person means a single employer plan,
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as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees
of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates and at least one Person other than
such Person and its ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of
which such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates could have liability under
Section 4064 or Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to
be terminated.
"MVCI" means Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. (d/b/a Marriott Vacation
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Club International).
"New Commitment Acceptance" means a New Commitment Acceptance executed
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and delivered by a New Lender, and accepted
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by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 9.07 and in
substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto.
"New Lender" means, for purposes of Sections 2.06(b), 2.15(c) and
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9.07(c), an Eligible Assignee (which may be a Lender) approved by the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) that
the Company has requested to become a Lender hereunder pursuant to said Section
2.06(b) or 2.15(c).
"New Marriott Business" has the meaning specified in the Proxy
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Statement.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company or
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any of its Subsidiaries if, and so long as, such Indebtedness meets the
requirements of clause (i), clause (ii), clause (iii) or clause (iv) below:
(i) Such Indebtedness is secured solely by Purchase Money Liens and:
(a) the instruments governing such Indebtedness limit the
recourse (whether direct or indirect) of the holders thereof against
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the payment of such Indebtedness
to the property securing such Indebtedness (with customary exceptions,
including, without limitation, recourse for fraud, waste,
misapplication of insurance or condemnation proceeds, and
environmental liabilities); provided that any partial Guarantee by, or
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any other limited recourse for payment of such Indebtedness against,
the Company or its Subsidiaries which is not expressly excluded from
the definition of "Guarantee" in this Section 1.01 shall, to the
extent thereof, constitute a Guarantee for purposes of the calculation
of Adjusted Total Debt but shall not prevent the
non-guaranteed and non-recourse portion of such Indebtedness from
constituting Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and
(b) if such Indebtedness is incurred after the date hereof by
the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company which is organized under
the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions,
either:
(x) (1) the holders of such Indebtedness shall have
irrevocably agreed that in the event of any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar proceeding with respect to the
obligor of such Indebtedness, such holders will elect (pursuant
to Section 1111(b) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or otherwise)
to be treated as fully secured by, and
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as having no recourse against such obligor or any property of
such obligor other than, the property securing such Indebtedness,
and (2) if, notwithstanding any election pursuant to clause (1)
above, such holders shall have or shall obtain recourse against
such obligor or any property of such obligor other than the
property securing such Indebtedness, such recourse shall be
subordinated to the payment in full in cash of the obligations
owing to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of
Credit Agent hereunder and under the Notes; or
(y) the property securing such Indebtedness is not material
to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations
or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, as determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred;
(ii) (a) The sole obligor of such Indebtedness (such obligor, a
"Specified Entity") is a corporation or other entity formed solely for the
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purpose of owning (or owning and operating) property which is (or may be)
subject to one or more Purchase Money Liens, (b) such Specified Entity owns
no other material property, (c) the sole collateral security provided by
the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Indebtedness (if any)
consists of property owned by such Specified Entity and/or the capital
stock of (or equivalent ownership interests in) such Specified Entity
(provided that any partial Guarantee by, or any other limited recourse for
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payment of such Indebtedness against, the Company or its Subsidiaries which
is not expressly excluded from the definition of "Guarantee" in this
Section 1.01 shall, to the extent thereof, constitute a Guarantee for
purposes of the calculation of Adjusted Total Debt but shall not prevent
the non-guaranteed and
non-recourse portion of such Indebtedness from constituting Non-Recourse
Indebtedness), and (d) such Specified Entity conducts its business and
operations separately from that of the Company and its other Subsidiaries;
(iii) Such Indebtedness is COLI Debt; or
(iv) Such Indebtedness is non-recourse Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding $53,782,000 owing by Essex House Condominium
Corporation (a Subsidiary of the Company), as Owner Participant under the
Trust Indenture and Security Agreement (Delta 1993-6) dated as of June 1,
1993 with NationsBank of Georgia, N.A., as indenture trustee, which
Indebtedness is secured by a Boeing 767
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aircraft leased to Delta Airlines and by an assignment of such lease.
"Note" means a Revolving Loan Note or a Competitive Bid Loan Note.
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"Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing" has the meaning specified
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in Section 3.02(a).
"Notice of Issuance" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(a).
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"Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing" has the meaning specified in
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Section 3.01(a).
"Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing" has the meaning specified in Section
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3.03(a).
"OECD" means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
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Development.
"Omnibus Agreement" means the Omnibus Restructuring Agreement dated as
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of September 30, 1997 by and among SMS, the Company, Marriott-ICC Merger Corp.,
Sodexho Alliance, S.A. and International Catering Corporation, as amended to the
date hereof.
"Operating Agreement" means an agreement between the Company or one of
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its Subsidiaries and the owner of a lodging or senior living facility pursuant
to which the Company or such Subsidiary operates such lodging or senior living
facility.
"Other Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(b).
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"Participation Agreement" means a loan participation agreement in
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substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
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successor.
"Permitted Liens" means any of the following:
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(a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies
which are not yet due or are payable without penalty or of which the
amount, applicability or validity is being contested by the Company or the
Subsidiary whose property is subject thereto in good faith by appropriate
proceedings as to which adequate reserves are being maintained;
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(b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen's, mechanics',
carriers', workmen's and repairmen's Liens and other similar Liens arising
in the ordinary course of business which are not delinquent or remain
payable without penalty or which are being contested or defended in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, or which are suspended or released by the
filing of lien bonds, or deposits to obtain the release of such Liens;
(c) pledges, deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of
business to secure obligations under worker's compensation laws,
unemployment insurance, social security legislation or similar legislation
or to secure public or statutory obligations;
(d) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts,
leases or statutory obligations, or Liens to secure obligations under the
Self-Insurance Program, or to secure surety, stay or appeal or other
similar types of deposits, Liens or pledges (to the extent such Liens do
not secure obligations for the payment of Debt for Borrowed Money);
(e) attachment or judgment Liens to the extent such Liens are being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, as to which adequate
reserves are being maintained (provided that any such Liens as to which
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enforcement has been commenced and is unstayed, by reason of pending appeal
or otherwise, for a period of more than thirty consecutive days, do not, in
the aggregate, secure judgments in excess of $25,000,000);
(f) Liens on any property of any Subsidiary of the Company to secure
Indebtedness owing by it to the Company or another Subsidiary of the
Company;
(g) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real
property that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby
unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use of such property for
its present purposes;
(h) Liens arising in connection with operating leases incurred in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(i) Liens created in connection with the L/C Cash Collateral Account;
(j) (i) subordination of any Operating Agreement to any ground lease
and/or any mortgage debt of the owner or
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landlord, and (ii) any agreement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
as operator to attorn to the holder of such mortgage debt, the lessor under
such ground lease or any successor to either; and
(k) additional Liens upon cash and investment securities; provided
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that (i) the only obligations secured by such Liens are obligations arising
under Swap Transactions entered into with one or more counterparties who
are not Affiliates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the
aggregate fair market value of cash and investment securities covered by
such Liens does not at any time exceed the aggregate amount of the
respective termination or liquidation payments that would be payable to
such counterparties upon the occurrence of an event of default or other
similar event as to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the
defaulting or affected party (subject to the application of any customary
and reasonable collateral valuation discount percentages and minimum
collateral transfer thresholds contained in the respective security and
margin agreements).
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
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business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, limited
liability company, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any
political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Plan" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
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"Pounds Sterling" means the lawful money of England.
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"Principal Financial Center" means, in the case of any Currency, the
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principal financial center of the country of issue of such Currency, as
determined by the Administrative Agent.
"property" or "properties" means any right or interest in or to
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property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether
tangible or intangible.
"Proxy Statement" means the Schedule 14A filed by Marriott
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International, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12,
1998.
"Public Debt Rating" means, as of any date, the lowest rating that has
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been most recently announced by either S&P or Moody's, as the case may be, for
any class of long-term senior unsecured, non-credit enhanced debt issued by the
Company. For purposes of the foregoing:
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(a) if no Public Debt Rating shall be available from either S&P or
Moody's, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage will be set in
accordance with Level 6 under the definition of "Applicable Margin" or
"Applicable Percentage", as the case may be;
(b) if only one of S&P and Moody's shall have in effect a Public Debt
Rating, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage shall be
determined by reference to the available rating;
(c) if the ratings established by S&P and Moody's shall fall within
different levels, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage shall
be based upon the higher rating, provided that if the lower rating falls
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more than one level below the higher rating (or in any event if the higher
split rating is Level 5), then the Applicable Margin and the Applicable
Percentage shall be based on the rating set forth in the level under the
definition of "Applicable Margin" or "Applicable Percentage" immediately
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above the level for such lower rating; and
(d) if any rating established by S&P or Moody's shall be changed,
such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first
announced publicly by the rating agency making such change.
"Purchase Money Lien" means any Lien on property, real or personal,
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acquired or constructed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after
December 30, 1994:
(i) to secure the purchase price of such property;
(ii) that was existing on such property at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Company or such Subsidiary and assumed in connection with
such acquisition;
(iii) to secure Indebtedness otherwise incurred to finance the
acquisition or construction of such property (including, without
limitation, Indebtedness incurred to finance the cost of acquisition or
construction of such property within 24 months after such acquisition or
the completion of such construction); or
(iv) to secure any Indebtedness incurred in connection with any
extension, refunding or refinancing of Indebtedness (whether or not secured
and including Indebtedness under this Agreement) incurred, maintained or
assumed in connection with, or otherwise related to, the acquisition or
construction of such property;
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provided in each case that (1) such Liens do not extend to or cover or otherwise
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encumber any property other than property acquired or constructed by the Company
and its Subsidiaries after December 30, 1994, and (2) such Liens do not cover
current assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than current
assets that relate solely to other property subject to such Lien.
"Quarterly Dates" means the last Business Day of each March, June,
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September and December, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Effective Date.
"Quoted Rate Swing Loan" has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(b).
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"Reference Banks" means Citibank, BNS, Chase and First Chicago.
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"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
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"Required Lenders" means Lenders having at least 51% of the aggregate
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amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have terminated, Lenders
holding at least 51% of the sum of (a) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Loans plus (b) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit
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(provided that, for purposes hereof, neither any Borrower, nor any of its
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Affiliates, if a Lender, shall be included in (i) the Lenders holding such
amount of the Loans or Available Amount of Letters of Credit or having such
amount of the Commitments or (ii) determining the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans or Available Amount of Letters of Credit or the total
Commitments). For purposes of this definition, the Available Amount of each
Letter of Credit shall be considered to be owed to the Lenders ratably according
to the amounts of their respective Revolving Loan Notes.
"Restructuring Agreements" means, collectively, the Acquisition
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Agreement, the Distribution Agreement and the Omnibus Agreement.
"Revolving Loan" means a Loan by a Lender to a Borrower as part of a
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Revolving Loan Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan, each of which shall be a "Type" of Revolving Loan.
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"Revolving Loan Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of
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simultaneous Revolving Loans of the same Type made by each of the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Revolving Loan Note" means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to
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the order of any Lender, in substantially the
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form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such
Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Loans made by such Lender
to such Borrower.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
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McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor by merger or consolidation to its
business.
"Screen" means, with respect to any Currency, the relevant display
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page as determined by the Administrative Agent of the Dow Jones Markets Service
on which appears the London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in such
Currency.
"Self-Insurance Program" means the self-insurance program (including
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related self-funded insurance programs) established and maintained by the
Company in the ordinary course of its business.
"Significant Shareholder" means any Person that:
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(i) is either a Marriott Family Member or on the date hereof
possesses, directly or indirectly, and such possession has been publicly
disclosed, the power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company,
(ii) is or hereafter becomes a spouse of or any other relative (by
blood, marriage or adoption) of a Person described in clause (i),
(iii) is or becomes a transferee of the interests of any of the
foregoing Person or Persons by descent or by trust or similar arrangement
intended as a method of descent, or
(iv) is (x) an employee benefit or stock ownership plan of the Company
or (y) a grantor trust established for the funding, directly or indirectly,
of the Company's employee benefit plans and programs.
"Single Employer Plan" of any Person means a single employer plan,
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as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees
of such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates and no Person other than such
Person and its ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which
such Person or any of its ERISA Affiliates could have liability under Section
4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
"SLS Entity" means any of Marriott Senior Living Services, Inc. and
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Marriott Senior Living Services Investment 10,
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Inc. and each other Subsidiary of the Company that owns or operates a senior
living services facility.
"SMS" has the meaning specified in the introduction hereto.
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"Spinoff" has the meaning specified in the Proxy Statement.
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"Standby Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit issued under the
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Letter of Credit Facility, other than a Trade Letter of Credit.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited
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liability company, joint venture, trust or estate of which more than 50% of (a)
the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether
at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b)
the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, limited liability
company or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate
is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by
such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such
Person's other Subsidiaries.
"Swap Transaction" means (a) any rate, basis, commodity, currency,
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debt or equity swap, (b) any cap, collar or floor agreement, (c) any rate,
basis, commodity, currency, debt or equity exchange or forward agreement, (d)
any rate, basis, commodity, currency, debt or equity option, (e) any other
similar agreement, (f) any option to enter into any of the foregoing, (g) any
investment management, master or other agreement providing for any of the
foregoing and (h) any combination of any of the foregoing.
"Swing Loan" means a Loan made by (a) a Swing Loan Bank pursuant to
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Section 3.03 or (b) any Lender pursuant to Section 3.03.
"Swing Loan Bank" means each of Citibank, The Bank of New York,
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Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch/Cayman Island Branch, The First National Bank
of Chicago and First Union National Bank or, as to any Swing Loan Bank, such
other Lender as shall, with the consent of such Swing Loan Bank, the
Administrative Agent and the Company, have assumed the obligations of such Swing
Loan Bank with respect to any or all of such Swing Loan Bank's Swing Loans (and
its ability to make Swing Loans) hereunder.
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"Swing Loan Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of a Swing Loan
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made by a Swing Loan Bank.
"Swing Loan Facility" means, as to any Swing Loan Bank, an aggregate
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amount not to exceed at any time outstanding such aggregate amount as the
Company may separately agree in writing with such Swing Loan Bank and, as to all
Swing Loan Banks collectively, an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000 at
any time outstanding.
"Swing Loan Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.
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"Swing Loan Reduction" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
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"Tax Sharing Agreement" means a Tax Sharing and Indemnification
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Agreement to be entered into among SMS, the Company and Sodexho Alliance, S.A.,
as amended to the date hereof and in substantially the form annexed to the
Distribution Agreement.
"Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(a).
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"Termination Date" of any Lender means the date five (5) years after
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the Effective Date (as the same may be extended or changed pursuant to Section
2.06(b), 2.15 or 9.07(a)(vi)) or, if earlier, the date of termination in whole
of the Commitments pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.06(a) or
pursuant to Section 7.01.
"Trade Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit that is issued
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under the Letter of Credit Facility for the benefit of a supplier to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to effect payment to the supplier.
"Transactions" means the Transactions defined in the Proxy Statement.
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"Type" has the meaning specified in the definition of "Revolving
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Loan".
"UCC" has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(e)(ii).
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"Unused Commitments" means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the
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Commitments then unused and outstanding after giving effect to the Competitive
Bid Loan Reduction, the Swing Loan Reduction and the Letter of Credit Reduction.
"Voting Stock" means capital stock issued by a corporation or
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equivalent interests in any other Person, the
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holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to
vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of
such Person, even though the right to so vote has been suspended by the
happening of such contingency.
"Welfare Plan" means a welfare plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of
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ERISA.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means any Subsidiary of such
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Person 100% of the Voting Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying
shares or other shares held to satisfy legal or regulatory requirements) are
directly or indirectly owned by such Person, or by one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Withdrawal Liability" has the meaning specified in Part 1 of Subtitle
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E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the
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computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
means "to but excluding".
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not
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specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE LOANS
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Loans.
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(a) Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Loans to the Company and any
Designated Borrower in Dollars or (in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate
Loan only) in any Alternate Currency from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date of
such Lender in an aggregate amount as to all Borrowers not to exceed at any
time outstanding the amount of such Lender's Commitment; provided that the
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aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be deemed used
from time to time to the extent of (i) the aggregate amount of Competitive
Bid Loans then outstanding, (ii) the aggregate amount of Swing Loans then
outstanding and (iii) the aggregate Available Amount of Letters of Credit
and the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Loans
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then outstanding, and such deemed uses of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments shall be applied to the Lenders ratably according to their
respective Commitments as in effect from time to time (such deemed uses of
the aggregate amount of the Commitments with respect to (a) Competitive Bid
Loans being a "Competitive Bid Loan Reduction", (b) Swing Loans being a
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"Swing Loan Reduction" and (c) the aggregate Available Amount of Letters of
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Credit and Letter of Credit Loans being a "Letter of Credit Reduction").
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(b) Each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not
less than $10,000,000 or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Foreign Currency Equivalent
thereof (or, if less, an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (x) the
difference between the aggregate amount of a proposed Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing requested by the Company and the aggregate amount of Competitive
Bid Loans offered to be made by the Lenders and accepted by the Company in
respect of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, if such Competitive Bid
Loan Borrowing is made on the same date as such Revolving Loan Borrowing
and (y) the then remaining Unused Commitments of the Lenders participating
in such Borrowing, as applicable) and (subject to Section 2.09(d)) shall
consist of Revolving Loans of the same Type in the same Currency made on
the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their respective
Commitments.
(c) Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment, each Borrower may
from time to time borrow, repay pursuant to Section 2.07 or prepay pursuant
to Section 2.10 and reborrow under this Section 2.01.
(d) For purposes of determining (i) whether the amount of any
Borrowing, together with all other Loans then outstanding, would exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments, and (ii) whether the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans is such as to require prepayment
under Section 2.07(e), the outstanding principal amount of any Loan that is
denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be deemed to be the Dollar
Equivalent of the Alternate Currency amount of such Loan.
SECTION 2.02. The Competitive Bid Loans.
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(a) The Company may request the making of Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowings to any Borrower in Dollars or in any Alternate Currency from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date
until the date occurring 30 days prior to the Final Termination Date in the
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manner set forth in Section 3.02, provided that, following the making of
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each Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, the aggregate amount of the Loans then
outstanding and the aggregate Available Amount of the Letters of Credit
then outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Current Aggregate
Commitment and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments scheduled to be
in effect on the scheduled maturity date of the Competitive Bid Loans to be
made as part of such Borrowing.
(b) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section
2.02, each Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.02,
repay or prepay pursuant to subsection (c) below, and reborrow under this
Section 2.02, provided that a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing shall not be
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made within three Business Days of the date of any other Competitive Bid
Loan Borrowing.
(c) Each Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender which has made a Competitive Bid Loan to such
Borrower, or each other holder of a Competitive Bid Loan Note of such
Borrower, on the maturity date of each Competitive Bid Loan made to such
Borrower (such maturity date being that specified by the Company for
repayment of such Competitive Bid Loan in the related Notice of Competitive
Bid Loan Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 3.02 and provided in the
Competitive Bid Loan Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Loan), the then
unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Bid Loan. Unless otherwise
agreed by the relevant Lender in its sole discretion, no Borrower shall
have the right to prepay any principal amount of any Competitive Bid Loan
of such Lender except, and then only on the terms, specified by the Company
for such Competitive Bid Loan in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 3.02 and set forth in the
Competitive Bid Loan Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Loan.
(d) Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount
of each Competitive Bid Loan made to such Borrower from the date of such
Competitive Bid Loan to the date the principal amount of such Competitive
Bid Loan is repaid in full, at the rate of interest for such Competitive
Bid Loan specified by the Lender making such Competitive Bid Loan in its
notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to Section 3.02, payable on
the interest payment date or dates specified by the Company for such
Competitive Bid Loan in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 3.02, as provided in the
Competitive Bid Loan Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Loan.
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(e) The indebtedness of each Borrower resulting from each Competitive
Bid Loan made to such Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing
shall be evidenced by a separate Competitive Bid Loan Note of such Borrower
payable to the order of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Loan.
SECTION 2.03. The Swing Loans. The Company may request each Swing
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Loan Bank to make, and each Swing Loan Bank may from time to time, in its sole
discretion, make, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Swing Loans
to any Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the date of the initial Borrowing until 60 days before the Final
Termination Date in an aggregate amount as to all Borrowers not to exceed at any
time outstanding the lesser of (i) the Swing Loan Facility and (ii) the then
Unused Commitments of Lenders having Termination Dates falling on or after the
proposed maturity date of such Swing Loan. Each Swing Loan Borrowing shall be
in an amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and shall bear interest at the Base Rate or at the Swing Loan Rate for
such Loan as provided in Section 3.03. Within the limits of the Swing Loan
Facility and the Unused Commitments as aforesaid, each Borrower may borrow under
this Section 2.03, repay pursuant to Section 2.07 or prepay pursuant to Section
2.10 and reborrow under this Section 2.03.
SECTION 2.04. The Letters of Credit.
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(a) Prior to the date hereof, the Issuing Bank issued each of the
Existing Letters of Credit under the terms of the Existing 1997 Credit
Agreement. The Company and each other Borrower agree that effective on the
Effective Date, all Existing Letters of Credit shall for all purposes be
deemed to have been issued under this Agreement and shall be subject to the
provisions hereof (including, without limitation, this Section 2.04 and
Section 3.04).
(b) (i) The Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to issue letters of credit (such letters of credit,
together with the Existing Letters of Credit, the "Letters of Credit") for
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the account of the Company, or, at the direction of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any other Person, from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Effective Date until 60 days before the Final
Termination Date in an aggregate Available Amount for all Letters of Credit
not to exceed at any time the lesser of (i) the Letter of Credit Facility
and (ii) the Unused Commitments of Lenders having Termination Dates falling
on or after the expiration date of such Letter of Credit. Each Letter of
Credit shall be denominated in Dollars.
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(ii) No Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date
(including all rights of the Company or other account party or the
beneficiary to require renewal of, or to have automatically renewed,
such Letter of Credit) later than 30 days before the Final Termination
Date (as in effect on the date of issuance of the applicable Letter of
Credit).
(iii) Any Standby Letter of Credit may provide that it will be
automatically renewed annually unless notice is given (1) by the
Company to the Issuing Bank not less than five Business Days prior to
the date of the automatic renewal of such Standby Letter of Credit,
that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed, or (2) by the Issuing
Bank to the Company not less than thirty Business Days prior to the
date of the automatic renewal of such Standby Letter of Credit, of its
election not to renew such Letter of Credit; provided, however, that
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the Issuing Bank shall not give such a notice except (A) at any time
during the continuance of any Default or (B) if any automatic renewal
would extend a Letter of Credit expiration date to later than 30 days
prior to the Final Termination Date. In either case in which such
notice is given pursuant to the preceding sentence, such Letter of
Credit will expire on the date it would otherwise have been
automatically renewed, provided that the terms of such Letter of
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Credit may (y) require the Issuing Bank forthwith to give to the named
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit notice of any notice given
pursuant to the preceding sentence and (z) permit the beneficiary,
upon receipt of the notice under clause (y), to draw under such Letter
of Credit prior to the date such Letter of Credit would otherwise have
been automatically renewed.
(iv) Within the limits of the Letter of Credit Facility, and
subject to the terms hereof, the Company may request the issuance of
Letters of Credit under Section 3.04, repay or prepay before demand
any Letter of Credit Loans resulting from drawings thereunder pursuant
to Section 2.07(d) and request the issuance of additional Letters of
Credit under Section 3.04.
SECTION 2.05. Fees.
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(a) Facility Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative
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Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee on the average daily
amount (whether used or unused) of such Lender's Commitment (computed
without regard to any Competitive Bid Loan Reduction, any Swing Loan
Reduction or any Letter of Credit Reduction) from the
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Effective Date (in the case of each Bank), and from the effective date
specified in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (in the
case of each other Lender), until the Termination Date of such Lender,
payable in arrears on each Quarterly Date during the term of such Lender's
Commitment, and on the Termination Date of such Lender, at a rate per annum
equal to the Applicable Percentage in effect from time to time.
(b) Ticking Fees. In consideration of the Banks' and the
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Administrative Agent's entering into this Agreement, the Company agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a ticking
fee on the amount of such Lender's Commitment for the period from April 1,
1998 until the Effective Date, payable on the Effective Date or June 30,
1998, whichever shall first occur, at a rate per annum equal to (i) 0.05%
per annum for the period until June 1, 1998, and (ii) 0.075% per annum for
the period from June 1, 1998 until June 30, 1998.
(c) Letter of Credit Compensation.
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(i) The Company agrees to pay to the Letter of Credit Agent for
the account of each Lender a commission on such Lender's pro rata
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share of the average daily aggregate Available Amount of (A) all
Standby Letters of Credit outstanding from time to time and (B) all
Trade Letters of Credit outstanding from time to time, in each case at
the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for Eurocurrency
Rate borrowings, payable in arrears quarterly on each Quarterly Date
and on the Termination Date of such Lender, commencing on the first
Quarterly Date after the date hereof.
(ii) The Company agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank, for its own
account, (x) a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit
issued by the Issuing Bank, payable quarterly in arrears on each
Quarterly Date during which the Issuing Bank has acted in such
capacity, and on the Final Termination Date (if the Issuing Bank acted
in such capacity up to such date), in an amount equal to the product
of 0.075% per annum of the average daily Available Amount of such
Letter of Credit multiplied by the actual number of days such Letter
of Credit was outstanding in such period, divided by 365 or 366, as
applicable, and (y) such customary fees and charges in connection with
the issuance or administration of each Letter of Credit as may be
agreed in writing between them from time to time.
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(d) Competitive Bid Loan Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the
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Administrative Agent for its own account a fee in the amount of $2,500 for
each request made by the Company for a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing
pursuant to Section 3.02.
(e) Other Fees. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative
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Agent and the Letter of Credit Agent for each of their respective accounts
such fees as from time to time may be separately agreed between the Company
and the applicable Person.
SECTION 2.06. Reductions and Increases of the Commitments.
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(a) Commitment Reductions, Etc. The Commitment of each Lender shall
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be automatically reduced to zero on the Termination Date of such Lender.
In addition, the Company shall have the right, upon at least three Business
Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce
ratably in part the unused portions of the respective Commitments of the
Lenders, provided that (i) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the
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Lenders shall not be reduced pursuant to this sentence to an amount which
is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding
and the aggregate Available Amount of the Letters of Credit then
outstanding and (ii) each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount
of at least $10,000,000. Each Commitment reduction pursuant to this
Section 2.06(a) shall be permanent (subject, however, to the rights of the
Company under Section 2.06(b)).
(b) Optional Increases of the Commitments.
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(i) Not more than twice in any calendar year, the Company may propose
to increase the Current Aggregate Commitment by an aggregate amount of not
less than $50,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess
thereof (a "Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase") in the manner set
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forth below, provided that:
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(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing either as
of the date on which the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent
of its request to increase the aggregate Commitments or as of the
related Increase Date (as hereinafter defined); and
(2) after giving effect to any such increase, the aggregate
amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $1,750,000,000.
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(ii) The Company may request an increase in the aggregate amount of
the Commitments by delivering to the Administrative Agent a notice (an
"Increase Notice"; the date of delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent
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being the "Increase Notice Date") specifying (1) the Proposed Aggregate
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Commitment Increase, (2) the proposed date (the "Increase Date") on which
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the Commitments would be so increased (which Increase Date may not be fewer
than 30 nor more than 60 days after the Increase Notice Date) and (3) the
New Lenders, if any, to whom the Company desires to offer the opportunity
to commit to all or a portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment
Increase. The Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each
Lender of the Company's request by sending each Lender a copy of such
notice.
(iii) Not later than the date five days after the Increase Notice
Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify each New Lender, if any,
identified in the related Increase Notice of the opportunity to commit to
all or any portion of the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase. Each
such New Lender may irrevocably commit to all or a portion of the Proposed
Aggregate Commitment Increase (such New Lender's "Proposed New Commitment")
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by notifying the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Company) before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date
that is 10 days after the Increase Notice Date; provided that:
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(1) the Proposed New Commitment of each New Lender shall be in
an aggregate amount not less than $15,000,000; and
(2) each New Lender that submits a Proposed New Commitment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (for its acceptance
and recording in the Register) a New Commitment Acceptance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07 hereof, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $2,500.
(iv) If the aggregate Proposed New Commitments of all of the New
Lenders shall be less than the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, then
(unless the Company otherwise requests) the Administrative Agent shall, on
or prior to the date that is 15 days after the Increase Notice Date, notify
each Lender of (x) the opportunity to so commit to all or any portion of
the Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase not committed to by New Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) and (y) the then-current Final Termination
Date. Each Lender may, if, in its sole
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discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to commit to all or a
portion of such remainder (such Lender's "Proposed Increased Commitment")
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by notifying the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Company) no later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the date five days before the Increase Date.
(v) If the aggregate amount of Proposed New Commitments and Proposed
Increased Commitments (such aggregate amount, the "Total Committed
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Increase") equals or exceeds $50,000,000, then, subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 2.06(b)(i):
(1) effective on and as of the Increase Date, the Current
Aggregate Commitment shall be increased by the Total Committed
Increase (provided that the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall
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in no event be increased pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) to more than
$1,750,000,000) and shall be allocated among the New Lenders and the
Lenders as provided in Section 2.06(b)(vi);
(2) effective on and as of the Increase Date, the Termination
Date of each New Lender that offers a Proposed New Commitment and of
each Increasing Lender shall be changed to the Final Termination Date
(notwithstanding any earlier Termination Date for such Lender which
may then be in effect); and
(3) on the Increase Date, if any Revolving Loans are then
outstanding, the Borrowers shall borrow Revolving Loans from all or
certain of the Lenders and/or (subject to compliance by the Company
with Section 9.04(c)) prepay Revolving Loans of all or certain of the
Lenders such that, after giving effect thereto, the Revolving Loans
(including, without limitation, the Types, Currencies and Interest
Periods thereof) shall be held by the Lenders (including for such
purposes New Lenders) ratably in accordance with their respective
Commitments (subject, however, to Section 2.09(d)).
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If the Total Committed Increase is less than $50,000,000, then the Current
Aggregate Commitment shall not be changed pursuant to this Section 2.06(b).
(vi) The Total Committed Increase shall be allocated among New
Lenders having Proposed New Commitments and Lenders having Proposed
Increased Commitments as follows:
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(1) If the Total Committed Increase shall be at least
$50,000,000 and less than or equal to the Proposed Aggregate
Commitment Increase, then (x) the initial Commitment of each New
Lender shall be such New Lender's Proposed New Commitment and (y) the
Commitment of each Lender shall be increased by such Lender's Proposed
Increased Commitment.
(2) If the Total Committed Increase shall be greater than the
Proposed Aggregate Commitment Increase, then the Total Committed
Increase shall be allocated:
(x) first to New Lenders (to the extent of their
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respective Proposed New Commitments) in such a manner as the
Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree; and
(y) then to Lenders on a pro rata basis based on the ratio
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of each Lender's Proposed Increased Commitment (if any) to the
aggregate amount of the Proposed Increased Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
(vii) No increase in the Commitments contemplated hereby shall become
effective until the Administrative Agent shall have received (x) Revolving
Loan Notes payable by each of the Borrowers to each New Lender and each
Increasing Lender, and (y) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (including an update of paragraphs 2 and 4 of the opinion of counsel
provided pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv)) that such increases in the
Commitments, and borrowings thereunder, have been duly authorized.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment.
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(a) Revolving Loans. Each Borrower shall repay the principal amount
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of each Revolving Loan made by each Lender to such Borrower, in the
Currency of such Revolving Loan, and each Revolving Loan made by such
Lender shall mature, on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Revolving Loan.
(b) Competitive Bid Loans. Each Borrower shall repay the principal
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amount of each Competitive Bid Loan made by each Lender to such Borrower,
in the Currency of such Loan, as provided in Section 2.02(c).
(c) Swing Loans. Each Borrower shall repay to each Swing Loan Bank
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(with notice to the Administrative Agent), and to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each other Lender that has made a Swing Loan, the
outstanding
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principal amount of each Swing Loan to such Borrower made by each of them
on the earlier of the maturity date specified in the applicable Notice of
Swing Loan Borrowing (which maturity shall be no later than the seventh day
after the requested date of such Borrowing) and the Termination Date of
such Lender.
(d) Letter of Credit Loans. The Company shall repay to the Letter of
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Credit Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank and each other Lender
which has made a Letter of Credit Loan (including, without limitation, any
Letter of Credit Loan arising out of payment of a Letter of Credit issued
for the account of a Person other than the Company) the outstanding
principal amount of each Letter of Credit Loan made by each of them on
demand by the holder thereof (made in writing, or orally and confirmed
immediately in writing, by telecopier, telex or cable) and, in any event,
on the Final Termination Date (and, with respect to each Lender, on the
Termination Date of such Lender). The Company may prepay any Letter of
Credit Loan at any time. The Issuing Bank shall give notice to the Company
of the making of any Letter of Credit Loan by the Issuing Bank and of the
sale or assignment of any Letter of Credit Loan by it pursuant to Section
3.04(b), and each Lender shall give notice to the Company of any sale or
assignment of any Letter of Credit Loan by it, in each case on the date on
which such transaction takes place.
(e) Certain Prepayments.
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(i) If at any time (1) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of
all Loans (for which purpose the amount of any Loan that is
denominated in an Alternate Currency shall be deemed to be the Dollar
Equivalent thereof as of the date of determination) plus (y) the
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Available Amount of all Letters of Credit exceeds (2) 103% of the then
Current Aggregate Commitment, the Administrative Agent shall use all
reasonable efforts to give prompt written notice thereof to the
Company, specifying the amount to be prepaid under this clause (i),
and the Company shall, within two Business Days of the date of such
notice, prepay the Loans, or cause Loans to be prepaid, in an amount
so that after giving effect thereto the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans (determined as aforesaid) plus the
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Available Amount of all Letters of Credit does not exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments; provided that any such payment
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shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under Section 9.04(c).
The determinations of the Administrative Agent hereunder
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shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the other Borrowers
in the absence of manifest error.
(ii) In addition, if on the last day of any Interest Period the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after giving
effect to any Loans being made to repay Loans maturing on that date)
plus the Available Amount of all Letters of Credit would exceed 100%
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of the aggregate amount of the Commitments, the Administrative Agent
shall use all reasonable efforts to give prompt written notice thereof
to the Company, specifying the amount to be prepaid under this clause
(ii), and the Company shall, within two Business Days of the date of
such notice, prepay the Loans, or cause Loans to be prepaid, or reduce
the requested Loans in such amounts that after giving effect to such
action the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after
giving effect to any Loans being made to repay Loans maturing on that
date) plus the Available Amount of all Letters of Credit does not
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exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments; provided that any such
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payment shall be accompanied by any amounts payable under Section
9.04(c). The determinations of the Administrative Agent hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the other Borrowers
in the absence of manifest error.
SECTION 2.08. Interest.
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(a) Ordinary Interest. Each Borrower shall pay interest on the
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unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by each Lender to such Borrower,
in the Currency of such Loan, from the date of such Loan until such
principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(i) Base Rate Loans, Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Loans. If
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such Loan is a Revolving Loan, a Swing Loan (other than a Quoted Rate
Swing Loan) or a Letter of Credit Loan which bears interest at the
Base Rate, a rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate in
effect from time to time, payable on (A) each Quarterly Date while
such Revolving Loan or Swing Loan is outstanding or (B) the last day
of each month such Letter of Credit Loan is outstanding, and, in each
case, on the date such Revolving Loan, Swing Loan or Letter of Credit
Loan shall be paid in full.
(ii) Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If such Revolving Loan is a
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Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal at all times during
each Interest Period for such Revolving Loan to the sum of the
Eurocurrency Rate for
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such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, payable on the last
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day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a
duration of more than three months, at three-month intervals following
the first day of such Interest Period.
(b) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Borrower
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shall pay interest on (x) the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by
each Lender to such Borrower that is not paid when due, payable in arrears
on the dates referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, at a rate per
annum equal at all times to two percentage points (2%) per annum above the
rate per annum required to be paid on such Loan pursuant to said clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) and (y) the amount of any interest, fee or other amount
payable hereunder that is not paid when due, from the date such amount
shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on
the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per
annum equal at all times to two percentage points (2%) per annum above the
rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Loans pursuant to clause
(a)(i) above.
SECTION 2.09. Interest Rate Determinations.
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(a) Each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent
timely information for the purpose of determining each Eurocurrency Rate.
If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely
information to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of determining any
such interest rate, the Administrative Agent shall determine such interest
rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Company
and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the
Administrative Agent for purposes of Section 2.08(a)(i) or (ii), and the
applicable rate, if any, displayed on the relevant Screen or furnished by
each Reference Bank, as the case may be, for the purpose of determining the
applicable interest rate under Section 2.08(a)(ii).
(c) If prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on any date on which
an interest rate is to be determined pursuant to the proviso to the
definition of "Eurocurrency Rate", the Administrative Agent receives notice
from two or more of the Reference Banks that deposits in the relevant
Currency are not being offered by such Reference Bank or Banks to prime
banks in the London (or, in the case of Pounds Sterling, Paris) interbank
market for the applicable Interest Period
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or in the applicable amounts, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the
Company of such circumstances, whereupon the right of the Company to select
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such Currency for any requested Revolving Loan
Borrowing or any subsequent Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be suspended
until the first date on which the circumstances causing such suspension
cease to exist. If the Company shall not, in turn, before 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on such date notify the Administrative Agent that its
Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing with respect to which such Eurocurrency
Rate was to be determined shall be converted to a Notice of Revolving Loan
Borrowing for Eurocurrency Rate Loan in a different Currency or a Base Rate
Loan, such Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be deemed to be
canceled and of no force or effect, and Company shall not be liable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto except as set forth
in Section 3.01(c). In the event of such a suspension, the Administrative
Agent shall review the circumstances giving rise to such suspension at
least weekly and shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly of the
end of such suspension, and thereafter the Borrowers shall be entitled, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to borrow
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such Currency.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no
Lender whose Termination Date falls prior to the last day of any Interest
Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan (a "Relevant Lender") shall
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participate in such Loan. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, no Relevant Lender shall (i) participate in a Borrowing of any
Eurocurrency Rate Loan having an initial Interest Period ending after such
Lender's Termination Date, (ii) have any outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan
continued for a subsequent Interest Period if such subsequent Interest
Period would end after such Lender's Termination Date or (iii) have any
outstanding Base Rate Loan Converted into a Eurocurrency Rate Loan if such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan would have an initial Interest Period ending after
such Lender's Termination Date. If any Relevant Lender has outstanding a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan that cannot be continued for a subsequent Interest
Period pursuant to clause (ii) above or has outstanding a Base Rate Loan
that cannot be Converted into a Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to clause
(iii) above, such Lender's ratable share of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (in
the case of said clause (ii)) shall be repaid by the relevant Borrower on
the last day of its then current Interest Period and such Lender's ratable
share of such Base Rate Loan (in the case of said clause (iii)) shall be
repaid by the relevant Borrower on the day on which the Loans of Lenders
unaffected by said clause (iii) are so Converted.
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Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrowers may
fund the repayment of the Relevant Lenders' ratable shares of such
Eurocurrency Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans by borrowing from Lenders
hereunder that are not Relevant Lenders.
SECTION 2.10. Prepayments.
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(a) The Borrowers shall have no right to prepay any principal amount
of any Revolving Loan or Swing Loan other than as provided in subsection
(b) below.
(b) Each Borrower may, (i) upon at least the number of Business Days'
prior notice specified in the first sentence of Section 3.01(a) with
respect to any Revolving Loan of the same Type, or (ii) upon notice by no
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York time) on the date of prepayment of any
Swing Loan, in either case given to the Administrative Agent stating the
proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such
notice is given, such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal
amounts of the Loans made to such Borrower comprising part of the same
Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swing Loan Borrowing in whole or ratably in
part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial
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prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than
$10,000,000 (or $5,000,000 in the case of Swing Loans) or an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the Foreign Currency
Equivalent of such respective amounts) and (y) if any prepayment of any
Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made on a date which is not the last day
of an Interest Period for such Loans (or on a date which is not the
maturity date of such Swing Loans), such Borrower shall also pay any
amounts owing to each Lender pursuant to Section 9.04(c) so long as such
Lender makes written demand upon such Borrower therefor (with a copy of
such demand to the Administrative Agent) within 20 Business Days after such
prepayment.
(c) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, if so requested in
writing by the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent within
sixty (60) days after the Company notifies the Administrative Agent of the
occurrence of such Change of Control, (i) the Company shall, on a day not
later than five Business Days after the date of such request, prepay and/or
cause to be prepaid the full principal of and interest on the Loans and the
Notes and all other amounts whatsoever payable under this Agreement
(including without limitation amounts payable under Section 9.04(c) as a
result of such prepayment) and provide cash collateral for all outstanding
Letters of Credit as
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provided in Section 7.02 (as if an Event of Default had occurred and were
continuing) and (ii) the Commitments shall, on the date of such request,
forthwith terminate.
(d) If (i) the obligations of the Company under Article X with
respect to any outstanding Guaranteed Obligations owing by any Designated
Borrower (herein, the "Affected Borrower") shall for any reason (x) be
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terminated, (y) cease to be in full force and effect or (z) not be the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, and (ii) such condition continues
unremedied for 15 days after written notice thereof shall have been given
to the Company by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, then the Affected
Borrower shall, no later than the 15th day after the date of such notice,
prepay (and the Company shall cause to be prepaid) the full principal of
and interest on the Loans owing by, and the Notes payable by, such Affected
Borrower and all other amounts whatsoever payable hereunder by such
Affected Borrower (including, without limitation, all amounts payable under
Section 9.04(c) as a result of such prepayment).
SECTION 2.11. Payments and Computations.
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(a) (i) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all
payments of principal of and interest on Loans made in Dollars, and
all other amounts (other than the principal of and interest on any
Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency) payable by a Borrower under
this Agreement and the Notes, shall be made in Dollars, and all
payments of principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an
Alternate Currency shall (subject to Section 2.11(e)) be made in such
Alternate Currency, in each case in immediately available funds,
without deduction, setoff or counterclaim, to the Administrative
Agent's Account for the relevant Currency, not later than 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) (in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and
other amounts payable in Dollars) or 11:00 A.M. Local Time in the
location of the Administrative Agent's Account (in the case of Loans
denominated in an Alternate Currency), on the day when due, provided
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that if a new Loan is to be made by any Lender to any Borrower on a
date on which such Borrower is to repay any principal of an
outstanding Loan of such Lender in the same Currency, such Lender
shall apply the proceeds of such new Loan to the payment of the
principal to be repaid and only an amount equal to the difference
between the principal to be borrowed and the principal to be repaid
shall be made available by
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such Lender to the Administrative Agent as provided in Article III or
paid by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.11, as the case may be.
(ii) The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to
be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or
interest or facility fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant
to Section 2.02, 2.09(d), 2.12, 2.15(c) or 3.05) to the Lenders
entitled thereto for the account of their respective Applicable
Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other
amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(iii) Upon its acceptance of an Acceptance and recording of the
information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section
9.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in such
Acceptance the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder
and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned or assumed
thereby to the Lender assignee or New Lender thereunder (as the case
may be). The parties to each Assignment and Acceptance shall make all
appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such
effective date directly between themselves.
(b) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate and of fees
and letter of credit commission shall be made by the Administrative Agent
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all
computations of interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or the Federal
Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year
of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the
first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which
such interest or facility fees are payable. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated
to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of payment of interest, facility fee or
letter of credit commission, as the case may be; provided, however, if such
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extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans to be
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made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on
the next preceding Business Day.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders
hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment in
full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each
Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender.
If and to the extent that such Borrower shall not have so made such payment
in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such
Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such
amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(e) Anything in Sections 2.07 or 2.08 to the contrary
notwithstanding, and without prejudice to Sections 2.08(b) or 7.01(a), if
any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal or interest denominated in an
Alternate Currency within one Business Day after the due date therefor in
the case of principal and three Business Days after the due date therefor
in the case of interest (without giving effect to any acceleration of
maturity under Article VII), the amount so in default shall automatically
be redenominated in Dollars on the day one Business Day after the due date
therefor in the case of a principal payment and three Business Days after
the due date therefor in the case of an interest payment in an amount equal
to the Dollar Equivalent of such principal or interest.
SECTION 2.12. Taxes.
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(a) Any and all payments by each Borrower hereunder or under the
Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.11, free and clear of and
without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect
thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender, the Issuing Bank, each
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Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent and the
Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on or measured by its net income
(including alternative minimum taxable income), and franchise taxes imposed
on it, by any jurisdiction under the laws of which such Person is organized
or in which such Person is resident or doing business, or any political
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subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as "Taxes"). If any Borrower shall be required by law to
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deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under
any Notes to any such Person, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may
be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.12)
such Person receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had
no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions
and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, each Borrower agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under the
Notes or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents
(hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
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(c) Each Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Administrative
Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.12) paid in good faith by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including,
without limitation, penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted; provided, however, that (i)
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no Borrower shall be liable to any Person for any liability arising from or
with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes, which results from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such
Lender, (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each Borrower in contesting any
Taxes or Other Taxes which such Borrower reasonably deems to be not
correctly or legally asserted or otherwise not due and owing and (iii) no
Borrower shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the
case may be) for any such liability arising prior to the date 120 days
prior to the date on which such Person first makes written demand upon such
Borrower for indemnification therefor. This indemnification shall be made
within 30 days from the date
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such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes by a
Borrower, such Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its
address referred to in Section 9.02, the original or a certified copy of a
receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e)(i) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside
the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of
this Agreement in the case of each Bank and on the date of the Acceptance
pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, on
or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the
occurrence of any event within the control of such Lender (including a
change in Applicable Lending Office but not including a change in law)
requiring a change in the most recent form so delivered by it, and from
time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Company (but only so
long thereafter as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall
provide the Company with Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, as
appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, certifying that such Lender is entitled to benefits under an
income tax treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces the
rate of withholding tax on payments of interest by any Borrower that is
organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (a "U.S.
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Borrower") or certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this
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Agreement from any U.S. Borrower is effectively connected with the conduct
of a trade or business in the United States. If the form provided by a
Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement
indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero,
withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from "Taxes" as
defined in Section 2.12(a) unless and until such Lender provides the
appropriate form certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon
withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from
Taxes for periods governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at the
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date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender assignee
becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was in compliance
with the provisions of Section 9.07(h) and was entitled to payments under
Section 2.12(a) in respect of United States withholding tax with respect to
interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term "Taxes" shall
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include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future
or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States
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interest withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender
assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to in this Section
2.12(e) requires the disclosure of information, other than information
necessary to compute the tax payable and information required on the date
hereof by Internal Revenue Service form 1001 or 4224, that the relevant
Lender considers to be confidential, such Lender shall give notice thereof
to the Company and shall not be obligated to include in such form or
document such confidential information.
(ii) In addition, upon the reasonable request of the Company
(through the Administrative Agent) on behalf of any Borrower that is not a
U.S. Borrower, each Lender will use all reasonable efforts to provide to
such Borrower (if it can do so without material cost to such Lender) such
forms or other documentation as may be requested by such Borrower in order
to cause interest on Loans to such Borrower, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, to be subject to a reduced rate of withholding
under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower; and if
any such form or document requires the disclosure of information, other
than information necessary to compute the tax payable and information
required on the date hereof, that the relevant Lender considers to be
confidential, such Lender shall give notice thereof to the Company and
shall not be obligated to include in such form or document such
confidential information.
(f) For any period with respect to which a Person that is required
pursuant to Section 2.12(e) to provide a Borrower with any documentation
described therein but has failed to provide a Borrower with such
documentation or notice that it cannot provide such form or other
documentation (other than if such failure is due to a change in law
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occurring subsequent to the date on which a form or other documentation
originally was required to be provided, or if such form or other
documentation otherwise is not required under the first sentence of
subsection (e) above), such Person shall not be entitled to indemnification
under Section 2.12(a) with respect to Taxes; provided, however, that should
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a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form
or other documentation required hereunder, the relevant Borrower shall take
such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to
recover such Taxes.
(g) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.12 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with its
internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the
jurisdiction of its
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Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts that may
thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(h) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Agreement, in the
event that a Lender that originally provided such form or other
documentation as may be required under Section 2.12(e) thereafter ceases to
qualify for complete exemption from withholding tax, such Lender may assign
its interest under this Agreement to any Eligible Assignee and such
assignee shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Section 2.12 as
the assignor provided that the rate of withholding tax applicable to such
assignee shall not exceed the rate then applicable to the assignor.
(i) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the
Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrowers
contained in this Section 2.12 shall survive the payment in full of
principal and interest hereunder and under the Notes and the termination of
the Commitments.
(j) If a Borrower is required to pay any Lender any Taxes under
Section 2.12(c), such Lender shall be an "Affected Person", and the Company
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shall have the rights set forth in Section 3.08 to replace such Affected
Person.
SECTION 2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain
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any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right
of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans or
the Letter of Credit Loans made by it (other than pursuant to Section 2.09(d),
2.12, 2.15(c), 3.05, 3.08 or 9.04(c)) in excess of its ratable share of payments
on account of the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans or the Letter of Credit Loans
obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other
Lenders such participations in the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans or the
Letter of Credit Loans made by them as shall be necessary to cause such
purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them,
provided, however, that, if all or any portion of such excess payment is
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thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender
shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to
such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of
such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the
purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the
purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Each
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Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another
Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct
creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.14. Conversion of Revolving Loans.
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(a) Optional. Each Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice
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given to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on (x) the third (or the fourth, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency) Business Day prior to the date
of the proposed Conversion into Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (y) the first
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion into Base Rate
Loans, and, in each case, subject to the provisions of Section 3.05,
Convert all or any portion of the Revolving Loans of one Type in the same
Currency comprising the same Revolving Loan Borrowing into Revolving Loans
of the other Type in the same Currency; provided, however, that any
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Conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans shall be made
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans
and any Conversion of Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be
in an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in Section 3.01(b).
Each such notice of Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified
above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Revolving Loans to
be Converted and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurocurrency Rate Loans,
the duration of the initial Interest Period for such Revolving Loans. Each
notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrowers.
(b) Mandatory. If the Company shall fail to select the duration of
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any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Loans in accordance with the
provisions contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section
1.01, the Administrative Agent will forthwith so notify the Company and the
Lenders, whereupon each such Eurocurrency Rate Loan will automatically, on
the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a
Base Rate Loan.
(c) Conversions Generally. Each Borrower and the Lenders hereby
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acknowledge that Conversions pursuant to this Section 2.14 do not
constitute Borrowings and, accordingly, do not result in the remaking of
any of the Company's representations and warranties pursuant to Section
4.02 or Section 4.03.
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SECTION 2.15. Extension of Termination Date.
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(a) The Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify the Lenders) not less than 45 days and not more than
60 days prior to each anniversary (each such anniversary, an "Anniversary
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Date") of the Effective Date, request that each Lender extend such Lender's
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Termination Date to the date (the "New Termination Date") that is one year
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after the then Final Termination Date. Each Lender, acting in its sole
discretion, shall, by written notice to the Administrative Agent given no
later than the date (the "Consent Date") that is the earlier of (i) 15 days
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after the date of the notice referred to in the preceding sentence and (ii)
30 days prior to the Anniversary Date (provided that, if such earlier date
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is not a Business Day, the Consent Date shall be the next succeeding
Business Day), advise the Administrative Agent as to:
(1) whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension of its
Termination Date (each Lender so agreeing to such extension being an
"Extending Lender"); and
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(2) only if such Lender is an Extending Lender, whether or not
such Lender also irrevocably offers to increase the amount of its
Commitment (each Lender so offering to increase its Commitment being
an "Increasing Lender" as well as an Extending Lender) and, if so, the
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amount of the additional Commitment such Lender so irrevocably offers
to assume hereunder (such Lender's "Proposed Additional Commitment").
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Each Lender that determines not to extend its Termination Date (a "Non-
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Extending Lender") shall notify the Administrative Agent (which shall
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notify the Lenders) of such fact promptly after such determination but in
any event no later than the Consent Date, and any Lender that does not
advise the Administrative Agent in writing on or before the Consent Date
shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender. The election of any Lender to
agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of each Lender's
determination under this Section 2.15(a) no later than the date 25 days
prior to the Anniversary Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on
the next preceding Business Day).
(b) (i) If all of the Lenders are Extending Lenders, then, effective
as of the Consent Date, the Termination Date of each Lender shall be
extended to the New Termination Date, and the respective Commitments of the
Lenders will not
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be subject to change at such Consent Date pursuant to this Section 2.15.
(ii) If and only if the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Extending Lenders plus (y) the aggregate amount of
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the Proposed Additional Commitments of the Increasing Lenders (such
sum, the "Extending Commitments") shall be equal to at least 80% of
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the then Current Aggregate Commitment, then:
(1) effective as of the Consent Date, the Termination Date
of each Extending Lender shall be extended to the New Termination
Date; and
(2) the Company shall (so long as no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing) have the right, but not the
obligation, to take either of the following actions with respect
to each
Non-Extending Lender during the period commencing on the Consent
Date and ending on the immediately succeeding Anniversary Date:
(X) the Company may elect by notice to the
Administrative Agent and such
Non-Extending Lender that the Termination Date of such Non-
Extending Lender be changed to a date (which date shall be
specified in such notice) on or prior to the Anniversary
Date (and, upon the giving of such notice, the Termination
Date of such Non-Extending Lender shall be so changed); or
(Y) the Company may replace such
Non-Extending Lender as a party to this Agreement in
accordance with Section 2.15(c).
(iii) If neither of the conditions specified in clause (i) or
clause (ii) of this Section 2.15(b) is satisfied, then neither the
Termination Date nor the Commitment of any Lender will change pursuant
to this Section 2.15 on such Consent Date, and the Company will not
have the right to take any of the actions specified in Section
2.15(b)(ii)(2).
(c) Replacement by the Company of Non-Extending Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.15(b)(ii)(2)(Y) shall be effected as follows (certain terms being
used in this Section 2.15(c) having the meanings assigned to them in
Section 2.15(d)) on the relevant Assignment Date:
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(1) the Assignors shall severally assign and transfer to the
Assignees, and the Assignees shall severally purchase and assume from
the Assignors, all of the Assignors' rights and obligations
(including, without limitation, the Assignors' respective Commitments)
hereunder and under the Notes;
(2) each Assignee shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for
account of the Assignors, an amount equal to such Assignee's Share of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans then held by
the Assignors;
(3) the Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for
account of the Assignors, all interest, fees and other amounts (other
than principal of outstanding Loans) then due and owing to the
Assignors by the Company hereunder (including, without limitation,
payments due such Assignors, if any, under Sections 2.12, 3.05 and
9.04(c)); and
(4) the Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of the Administrative Agent the $2,500 processing and
recordation fee for each assignment effected pursuant to this Section
2.15(c).
The assignments provided for in this Section 2.15(c) shall be effected on
the relevant Assignment Date in accordance with Section 9.07 and pursuant
to one or more Assignments and Acceptances. After giving effect to such
assignments, each Assignee shall have a Commitment hereunder (which, if
such Assignee was a Lender hereunder immediately prior to giving effect to
such assignment, shall be in addition to such Assignee's existing
Commitment) in an amount equal to the amount of its Assumed Commitment.
(d) For purposes of this Section 2.15 the following terms shall have
the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"Assigned Commitments" means the Commitments of Non-Extending
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Lenders to be replaced pursuant to Section 2.15(b)(ii)(2)(Y).
"Assignees" means, at any time, Increasing Lenders and, if the
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Assigned Commitments exceed the aggregate amount of the Proposed
Additional Commitments, one or more New Lenders.
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"Assignment Date" means the Anniversary Date or such earlier date
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as shall be acceptable to the Company, the relevant Assignors, the
relevant Assignees and the Administrative Agent.
"Assignors" means, at any time, the Lenders to be replaced by the
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Company pursuant to Section 2.15(b)(ii)(2)(Y).
The "Assumed Commitment" of each Assignee shall be determined as
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follows:
(a) If the aggregate amount of the Proposed Additional
Commitments of all of the Increasing Lenders shall exceed the
aggregate amount of the Assigned Commitments, then (i) the amount
of the Assumed Commitment of each Increasing Lender shall be
equal to (x) the aggregate amount of the Assigned Commitments
multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to
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such Increasing Lender's Commitment as then in effect and the
denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Commitments
of all Increasing Lenders as then in effect; and (ii) no New
Lender shall be entitled to become a Lender hereunder pursuant to
Section 2.15(c) (and, accordingly, each New Lender shall have an
Assumed Commitment of zero).
(b) If the aggregate amount of the Proposed Additional
Commitments of all of the Increasing Lenders shall be less than
or equal to the aggregate amount of the Assigned Commitments,
then: (i) the amount of the Assumed Commitment of each
Increasing Lender shall be equal to such Increasing Lender's
Proposed Additional Commitment; and (ii) the excess, if any, of
the aggregate amount of the Assigned Commitments over the
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aggregate amount of the Proposed Additional Commitments shall be
allocated among New Lenders in such a manner as the Company and
the Administrative Agent may agree.
"Share" means, as to any Assignee, a fraction the numerator of
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which is equal to such Assignee's Assumed Commitment and the
denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Assumed
Commitments of all the Assignees.
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SECTION 2.16. Borrowings by Designated Borrowers.
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(a) The Company may, at any time or from time to time, designate one
or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries as Borrowers hereunder by furnishing to
the Administrative Agent a letter (a "Designation Letter") in duplicate, in
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substantially the form of Exhibit F-1, duly completed and executed by the
Company and such Subsidiary. Upon any such designation of a Subsidiary,
such Subsidiary shall be a Designated Borrower and a Borrower entitled to
borrow Revolving Loans and Competitive Bid Loans on and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b) So long as all principal of and interest on all Loans made to any
Designated Borrower have been paid in full, the Company may terminate the
status of such Borrower as a Borrower hereunder by furnishing to the
Administrative Agent a letter (a "Termination Letter") in substantially the
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form of Exhibit F-2, duly completed and executed by the Company. Any
Termination Letter furnished hereunder shall be effective upon receipt by
the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify the Lenders,
whereupon the Lenders shall promptly deliver to the Company (through the
Administrative Agent) the Notes, if any, of such former Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of a Termination Letter with
respect to any Borrower shall not terminate (i) any obligation of such
Borrower that remains unpaid at the time of such delivery (including
without limitation any obligation arising thereafter in respect of such
Borrower under Section 2.12 or 3.05) or (ii) the obligations of the Company
under Article X with respect to any such unpaid obligations.
ARTICLE III
MAKING THE LOANS AND ISSUING THE
LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 3.01. Making the Revolving Loans.
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(a) Each Revolving Loan Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not
later than (x) 12:00 noon (New York City (or, in the case of a Borrowing in
an Alternate Currency, London) time) on the third (or, in the case of a
Borrowing to be denominated in an Alternate Currency, fourth) Business Day
prior to the date of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing, and (y) 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the day of a Base Rate Loan Borrowing, by the
Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of any Designated Borrower) to the
Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof
by telecopier, telex or cable. Each such notice of a Revolving Loan
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Borrowing (a "Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing") shall be made in
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writing, or orally and confirmed immediately in writing, by telecopier,
telex or cable, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying
therein the requested (i) date of such Revolving Loan Borrowing (which
shall be a Business Day), (ii) Currency and Type of Revolving Loan
comprising such Revolving Loan Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such
Revolving Loan Borrowing, (iv) in the case of a Revolving Loan Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Interest Period for each such
Revolving Loan and (v) the name of the Borrower (which shall be the Company
or a Designated Borrower). Each Lender shall (A) before 11:00 A.M. Local
Time on the date of such Borrowing (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
Borrowing) and (B) before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of
such Borrowing (in the case of a Base Rate Loan Borrowing), make available
for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative
Agent at the Administrative Agent's Account for the relevant Currency in
same day funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Loan
Borrowing; provided that, with respect to Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate
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Loans, no Lender having a Termination Date prior to the last day of the
initial Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall participate
in such Borrowing. After the Administrative Agent's receipt of such funds
and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV,
the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the relevant
Borrower in such manner as the Administrative Agent and the Company may
agree; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall first make a
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portion of such funds equal to the aggregate principal amount of any Swing
Loan and Letter of Credit Loans as to which a Borrower has received timely
notice made by the Swing Loan Bank or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
and by any other Lender and outstanding on the date of such Revolving Loan
Borrowing, plus interest accrued and unpaid thereon to and as of such date,
available to the Swing Loan Bank or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
and such other Lenders for repayment of such Swing Loans and Letter of
Credit Loans.
(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may not select Eurocurrency Rate Loans for any Revolving Loan
Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loan Borrowing is less
than $10,000,000 or the Foreign Currency Equivalent thereof.
(c) Subject to Sections 2.09(c) and 3.06, each Notice of Revolving
Loan Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Company and the
relevant Borrower. In the case of
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any Revolving Loan Borrowing by a Borrower which the related Notice of
Revolving Loan Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or
expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or
before the date specified in such Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing for
such Revolving Loan Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in
Article IV, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation
or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund
the Revolving Loan to be made by such Lender as part of such Revolving Loan
Borrowing when such Revolving Loan, as a result of such failure, is not
made on such date.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Lender prior to the time any Revolving Loan Borrowing is required to be
made that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Loan Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion
available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Revolving Loan
Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 3.01 and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the relevant Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to
the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion
available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the relevant
Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each
day from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower until the
date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case
of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Revolving
Loans comprising such Revolving Loan Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such
Lender, the Federal Funds Rate, provided that such Borrower retains its
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rights against such Lender with respect to any damages it may incur as a
result of such Lender's failure to fund, and notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall such Borrower be liable to such
Lender or any other Person for the interest payable by such Lender to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this sentence. If such Lender shall repay
to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so
repaid shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Loan as part of such
Revolving Loan Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
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(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Loan to be made
by it as part of any Revolving Loan Borrowing shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Loan on
the date of such Revolving Loan Borrowing, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Loan
to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Revolving Loan
Borrowing.
SECTION 3.02. Making the Competitive Bid Loans.
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(a) The Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of any Designated
Borrower) may request a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing under this Section
3.02 by delivering to the Administrative Agent a notice (made in writing,
or orally and confirmed immediately in writing, by telecopier, telex or
cable) of a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing (a "Notice of Competitive Bid
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Loan Borrowing"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto,
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specifying the date (which shall be a Business Day) and aggregate amount of
the proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, the Currency thereof, the
maturity date for repayment of each Competitive Bid Loan to be made as part
of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing (which maturity date may not be
later than 180 days or six months, as applicable, after the date of such
Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing (or, if earlier, the Final Termination
Date)), the interest payment date or dates relating thereto, the name of
the Borrower (which shall be the Company or a Designated Borrower), and any
other terms to be applicable to such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, not
later than (i) 10:00 A.M. New York (or, in the case of a Borrowing in an
Alternate Currency, London) time at least one Business Day prior to the
date of the proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, if the Company shall
specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing that the rates of
interest to be offered by the Lenders shall be fixed rates per annum and
(ii) 12:00 noon New York (or, in the case of a Borrowing in an Alternate
Currency, London) time at least four Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, if the Company shall instead
specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing the basis to be
used by the Lenders in determining the rates of interest to be offered by
them. The Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender
of each request for a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing received by it from
the Company by sending such Lender a copy of the related Notice of
Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing.
(b) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so,
irrevocably offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Loans to a Borrower
as part of such proposed
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Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by
such Lender in its sole discretion, by notifying the Administrative Agent
(which shall give prompt notice thereof to the Company), before 10:00 A.M.
New York (or, in the case of a Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, London)
time (i) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in
the case of a Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing delivered pursuant
to clause (i) of paragraph (a) above and (ii) three Business Days before
the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in the case of a
Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing delivered pursuant to clause (ii)
of paragraph (a) above, of the minimum amount and maximum amount of each
Competitive Bid Loan which such Lender would be willing to make as part of
such proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to
the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.02(a), exceed such Lender's
Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor and such Lender's
Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Loan;
provided that if the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender
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shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer, it shall
notify the Company of such offer before 9:00 A.M. New York (or, in the case
of a Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, London) time on the date on which
notice of such election is to be given to the Administrative Agent by the
other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such an offer, such
Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, before 10:00 A.M. New York
(or, in the case of a Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, London) time on
the date on which notice of such election is to be given to the
Administrative Agent by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be
obligated to, and shall not, make any Competitive Bid Loan as part of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing; provided that the failure by any Lender to give
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such notice shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to make any
Competitive Bid Loan as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing.
(c) The Company shall, in turn, (i) before 11:30 A.M. New York (or,
in the case of a Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, London) time on the
date of such proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in the case of a
Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing delivered pursuant to clause (i)
of paragraph (a) above and (ii) before 1:00 P.M. New York (or, in the case
of a Borrowing in an Alternate Currency, London) time three Business Days
before the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in the
case of a Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing delivered pursuant to
clause (ii) of paragraph (b) above, either:
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(A) cancel such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing by giving the
Administrative Agent notice to that effect, or
(B) accept one or more of the offers made by any Lender or
Lenders pursuant to paragraph (b) above, in its sole discretion, by
giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the amount of each
Competitive Bid Loan (which amount shall be equal to or greater than
the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the maximum amount,
notified to the Company by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such
Lender for such Competitive Bid Loan pursuant to paragraph (b) above)
to be made by each Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing, and reject any remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to
paragraph (b) above by giving the Administrative Agent notice to that
effect.
(d) If the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that such
Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing is canceled pursuant to paragraph (c)(A)
above, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Lenders and such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing shall not be made.
(e) If the Company accepts one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (c)(B) above, the Administrative
Agent shall in turn promptly notify (i) each Lender that has made an offer
as described in paragraph (b) above, of the date and aggregate amount of
such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers
made by such Lender pursuant to paragraph (b) above have been accepted by
the Company, (ii) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Loan as
part of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, of the amount of each
Competitive Bid Loan to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive
Bid Loan Borrowing, and (iii) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid
Loan as part of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, upon receipt, that the
Administrative Agent has received forms of documents appearing to fulfill
the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV. Each Lender that is to
make a Competitive Bid Loan as part of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing
shall, before 1:00 P.M. New York (or, in the case of a Borrowing in an
Alternate Currency, London) time on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing specified in the notice received from the Administrative Agent
pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence or any later time when
such Lender shall have received notice from the Administrative Agent
pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the
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Administrative Agent's Account for the relevant Currency such Lender's
portion of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in same day funds. Upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV and after
receipt by the Administrative Agent of such funds, the Administrative Agent
will make such funds available to the relevant Borrower at the
Administrative Agent's aforesaid address. Promptly after each Competitive
Bid Loan Borrowing the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender of the
amount of the Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, the consequent Competitive
Bid Loan Reduction and the dates upon which such Competitive Bid Loan
Reduction commenced and will terminate.
(f) Following the making of each Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, the
Company shall be in compliance with the limitation set forth in the proviso
to the first sentence of Section 2.02(a).
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.02 or in
the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.02, no Lender whose Termination
Date occurs prior to the maturity date for any Competitive Bid Loan
requested in a Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing shall be entitled
to receive or to make a quote pursuant to such Notice of Competitive Bid
Loan Borrowing or otherwise to participate in such Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing.
SECTION 3.03. Making the Swing Loans, Etc.
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(a) The Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of any Designated
Borrower) may request a Swing Loan Borrowing from a Swing Loan Bank under
this Section 3.03 by delivering to the Administrative Agent and such Swing
Loan Bank, no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of the
proposed Swing Loan Borrowing, a notice of a Swing Loan Borrowing (a
"Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing"), which shall be made in writing, or
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orally and confirmed immediately in writing, by telecopier, telex or cable,
and shall specify therein (i) the Borrower (which shall be the Company or a
Designated Borrower), (ii) the requested Swing Loan Bank, (iii) the date of
such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the amount of such
Borrowing, (v) the maturity of such Borrowing (which maturity shall be no
later than the seventh day after the requested date of such Borrowing) and
(vi) the account of the relevant Borrower to which the proceeds of such
Borrowing are to be made available.
(b) The relevant Swing Loan Bank may, if, in its sole discretion, it
elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make such Swing Loan to the relevant
Borrower by telephonic notice, such notice specifying whether such Swing
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Loan will bear interest (i) at the rate of interest specified in Section
2.08(a)(i) (such Swing Loan, a "Base Rate Swing Loan") or (ii) at a
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different rate of interest specified in such notice by such Swing Loan Bank
in its sole discretion (such Swing Loan, a "Quoted Rate Swing Loan"). If
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such Swing Loan Bank shall elect not to make such an offer, such Swing Loan
Bank shall so notify the Administrative Agent and the Company; provided
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that the failure by such Swing Loan Bank to give such notice shall not
cause such Swing Loan Bank to be obligated to make such Swing Loan.
(c) If such Swing Loan Bank shall have offered to make a Swing Loan
as provided in paragraph (b) above, the Company shall, in turn, before the
earlier of one hour after its receipt of such offer and 2:30 P.M. (New York
City time) on the date of the proposed Swing Loan Borrowing either (A)
cancel such Swing Loan Borrowing or (B) accept such offer, in each case by
giving notice to such effect to the Administrative Agent and such Swing
Loan Bank.
(d) If the Company cancels such Swing Loan Borrowing pursuant to
paragraph (c)(A) above, such Swing Loan Borrowing shall not be made. If
the Company accepts such offer pursuant to paragraph (c)(B) above, the
relevant Swing Loan Bank will (subject to the applicable conditions set
forth in Article IV) make the amount of such Swing Loan available to the
relevant Borrower at the account specified in the relevant Notice of Swing
Loan Borrowing. In the case of any Borrowing of Quoted Rate Swing Loans,
the Company shall indemnify the relevant Swing Loan Bank against any loss,
cost or expense incurred by such Swing Loan Bank as a result of any failure
to fulfill on or before the date of such Swing Loan the applicable
conditions set forth in Article IV, including, without limitation, any loss
(excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason
of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Swing Loan Bank to fund the Quoted Rate Swing Loan to be made by such
Swing Loan Bank as part of such Borrowing when such Quoted Rate Swing Loan,
as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(e) If the Company accepts an offer by a Swing Loan Bank for a Quoted
Rate Swing Loan as provided above, such Swing Loan Bank will provide the
Company and the Administrative Agent with written confirmation (a "Swing
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Loan Rate Confirmation") of the agreed interest rate (the "Swing Loan
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Rate") for such Quoted Rate Swing Loan by the Business Day next succeeding
the date on which the related Notice of Swing Loan Borrowing was given, and
the rate specified in such Swing Loan Rate Confirmation shall for all
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purposes be the interest rate payable in respect of such Quoted Rate Swing
Loan notwithstanding any disagreement by the Company with the contents of
such written confirmation.
(f) Upon demand by a Swing Loan Bank through the Administrative
Agent, each other Lender having a Termination Date on or after the
scheduled maturity date of such Swing Loan shall purchase from such Swing
Loan Bank, and such Swing Loan Bank shall sell and assign to each other
Lender, such other Lender's pro rata share (determined based on the
aggregate Commitments of all Lenders having Termination Dates on or after
the scheduled maturity date of such Swing Loan) of each outstanding Base
Rate Swing Loan made by such Swing Loan Bank (and related claims for
accrued and unpaid interest), by making available for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Swing Loan Bank by deposit to the Administrative Agent at its
aforesaid address, in same day funds, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the
portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Base Rate Swing Loans
to be purchased by such Lender plus (y) interest accrued and unpaid to and
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as of such date on such portion of the outstanding principal amount of such
Base Rate Swing Loans (it being understood that this sentence shall not
apply to any Quoted Rate Swing Loan). Each Lender's obligations to make
such payments to the Administrative Agent for account of the Swing Loan
Banks under this paragraph (f), and each Swing Loan Bank's right to receive
the same, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, the failure of
any other Lender to make its payment under this paragraph (f), the
financial condition of the Company (or any other Person), the existence of
any Default, the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Article IV
to be satisfied, or the termination of the Commitments. Each such payment
to a Swing Loan Bank shall be made without any offset, abatement,
withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender agrees to purchase its pro
rata share of such outstanding Base Rate Swing Loans on (i) the Business
Day on which demand therefor is made by such Swing Loan Bank, provided that
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notice of such demand is given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such Business Day or (ii) the first Business Day next succeeding
such demand if notice of such demand is given after such time. Upon any
such assignment by a Swing Loan Bank to any other Lender of a portion of
such Swing Loan Bank's Base Rate Swing Loans, such Swing Loan Bank
represents and warrants to such other Lender that such Swing Loan Bank is
the legal and beneficial owner of such interest being assigned by it, but
makes no other representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility
with respect to such Swing Loan, the Loan
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Documents or any party thereto. If and to the extent that any Lender shall
not have so made the amount of such Swing Loan available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of such Swing Loan Bank forthwith on demand such amount
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date of demand by
such Swing Loan Bank until the date such amount is paid to the
Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent such amount for the account of such Swing Loan
Bank, such amount so paid in respect of principal shall constitute a Swing
Loan by such Lender for purposes of this Agreement, and the outstanding
principal amount of the Swing Loans made by such Swing Loan Bank shall be
reduced by such amount.
SECTION 3.04. Issuance of Letters of Credit.
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(a) Request for Issuance.
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(i) Each Letter of Credit issued after the date hereof shall be
issued upon notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the proposed issuance of such
Letter of Credit, by the Company to the Issuing Bank, which shall give
to the Letter of Credit Agent and each Lender prompt notice thereof by
telex, telecopier or cable. Each such notice of issuance of a Letter
of Credit (a "Notice of Issuance") shall be by telex, telecopier or
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cable, confirmed immediately in writing, specifying therein the
requested (A) date of such issuance (which shall be a Business Day),
(B) Available Amount of such Letter of Credit, (C) expiration date of
such Letter of Credit, (D) name and address of the beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit and (E) form of such Letter of Credit, and shall be
accompanied by such application and agreement for letter of credit
(each such application and agreement, and each application and
agreement executed and delivered in respect of an Existing Letter of
Credit, a "Letter of Credit Agreement") as the Issuing Bank may
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specify to the Company for use in connection with such requested
Letter of Credit.
(ii) If the requested form of such Letter of Credit is for the
account of any entity permitted under Section 2.04 and is acceptable
to the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank will, upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article IV, make such Letter of
Credit available to the Company at its office referred to in Section
9.02 or as otherwise agreed with the Company in connection with such
issuance. In the event
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and to the extent that the provisions of any Letter of Credit
Agreement shall conflict with this Agreement, the provisions of this
Agreement shall govern.
(iii) The Letter of Credit Agent shall furnish (A) to the
Issuing Bank on the first Business Day of each week a written report
summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued
during the previous week and drawings during such week under all
Letters of Credit, (B) to each Lender and the Company on the first
Business Day of each month a written report summarizing issuance and
expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued during the preceding
month and drawings during such month under all Letters of Credit and
(C) to the Administrative Agent, the Company and each Lender on the
first Business Day of each fiscal quarter a written report setting
forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the
preceding fiscal quarter of all Letters of Credit.
(b) Drawing and Reimbursement.
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(i) The payment by the Issuing Bank of a draft drawn under any
Letter of Credit shall constitute for all purposes of this Agreement
the making by the Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit Loan, which shall
be a loan bearing interest at the Base Rate, in the amount of such
draft.
(ii) Upon written demand by the Issuing Bank with a copy of such
demand to the Administrative Agent, each other Lender shall purchase
from the Issuing Bank, and the Issuing Bank shall sell and assign to
each such other Lender, such other Lender's pro rata share of such
outstanding Letter of Credit Loan as of the date of such purchase, by
making available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank, by
deposit to the Administrative Agent's Account for Dollars, in same day
funds, an amount equal to the portion of the outstanding principal
amount of such Letter of Credit Loan to be purchased by such Lender.
The Company (for itself and on behalf of each other account party)
hereby agrees to each such sale and assignment.
(iii) Each Lender's obligations to make such payments to the
Administrative Agent for account of the Issuing Bank under this
paragraph (b), and the Issuing Bank's right to receive the same, shall
be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation,
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the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under this
paragraph (b), the financial condition of the Company (or any other
account party), the existence of any Default, the failure of any of
the conditions set forth in Article IV to be satisfied, or the
termination of the Commitments. Each such payment to the Issuing Bank
shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(iv) Each Lender agrees to purchase its pro rata share of an
outstanding Letter of Credit Loan on (i) the Business Day on which
demand therefor is made by the Issuing Bank, provided notice of such
demand is given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such
Business Day or (ii) the first Business Day next succeeding such
demand if notice of such demand is given after such time.
(v) Upon any such assignment by the Issuing Bank to any other
Lender of a portion of a Letter of Credit Loan, the Issuing Bank
represents and warrants to such other Lender that the Issuing Bank is
the legal and beneficial owner of such interest being assigned by it,
but makes no other representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to such Letter of Credit Loan, the Loan
Documents or any party hereto.
(vi) If and to the extent that any Lender shall not have so made
the amount of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent, such
Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
such amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date
of demand by the Issuing Bank until the date such amount is paid to
the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
(vii) If such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent such
amount for the account of the Issuing Bank on any Business Day, such
amount so paid in respect of principal shall constitute a Letter of
Credit Loan made by such Lender on such Business Day for purposes of
this Agreement, and the outstanding principal amount of the Letter of
Credit Loan made by the Issuing Bank shall be reduced by such amount
on such Business Day.
(c) Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the Company under this
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Agreement, any Letter of Credit Agreement and any other agreement or
instrument relating to any Letter of Credit (and the obligations of each
Lender to purchase portions of Letter of Credit Loans pursuant to paragraph
(b) above) shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
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strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Letter of
Credit Agreement and such other agreement or instrument under all
circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances
(it being understood that any such payment by the Company is without
prejudice to, and does not constitute a waiver of, any rights the Company
might have or might acquire as a result of the payment by the Issuing Bank
or any Lender of any draft or the reimbursement by the Company thereof):
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
any Letter of Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto (this Agreement and all of
the other foregoing being, collectively, the "L/C Related Documents");
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(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the obligations of the Company in
respect of any L/C Related Document or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to departure from all or any of the L/C Related
Documents;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
right that the Company (or any other account party) may have at any
time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee
may be acting), the Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the L/C Related
Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(iv) any statement or any other document presented under a
Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect;
(v) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation,
any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Company.
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SECTION 3.05. Increased Costs.
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(a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other
than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements
included in the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage, in each case as of
the date of determination thereof) in or in the interpretation of any law
or regulation, in each case as of the date hereof or (ii) the compliance
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental
authority (whether or not having the force of law) which implements any
introduction or change specified in clause (i) above, there shall be any
increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding
or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans, then the Company shall from time to
time, within ten Business Days after written demand by such Lender (with a
copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Lender for such increased cost incurred during the 90-day
period prior to the date of such demand. A certificate as to the amount of
such increased cost, submitted to the Company and the Administrative Agent
by such Lender and showing in reasonable detail the basis for the
calculation thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of such costs.
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(b) If any Lender determines that compliance with (i) the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of, any law or
regulation, in each case after the date hereof, or (ii) any guideline or
request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or
not having the force of law) which implements any introduction or change
specified in clause (i) above, affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is
increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment to
lend hereunder and other commitments of this type, then, within ten
Business Days after written demand by such Lender (with a copy of such
demand to the Administrative Agent), the Company shall from time to time
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in the
light of such circumstances incurred during the 90-day period prior to the
date of such demand, to the extent that such Lender reasonably determines
such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender's
commitment to lend hereunder. A certificate as to such amounts submitted
to the Company and the Administrative
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Agent by such Lender and showing in reasonable detail the basis for the
calculation thereof shall be prima facie evidence of such costs.
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(c) Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Company shall
pay to each Lender on the last day of each Interest Period so long as such
Lender is maintaining reserves against Eurocurrency Liabilities (or so long
as such Lender is maintaining reserves against any other category of
liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate
on Eurocurrency Rate Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or
against any category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender
that includes any Eurocurrency Rate Loans) an additional amount (determined
by such Lender and notified to the Company through the Administrative
Agent) equal to the product of the following for each Eurocurrency Rate
Loan for each day during such Interest Period:
(i) the principal amount of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan
outstanding on such day; and
(ii) the remainder of (x) a fraction the numerator of which is
the rate (expressed as a decimal) at which interest accrues on such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period as provided in this
Agreement (less the Applicable Margin) and the denominator of which is
one minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage in effect on such
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day minus (y) such numerator; and
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(iii) 1/360.
(d) If the Company is required to pay any Lender any amounts under
this Section 3.05, the applicable Lender shall be an "Affected Person", and
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the Company shall have the rights set forth in Section 3.08 to replace such
Affected Person.
SECTION 3.06. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent that the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental
authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its Eurocurrency
Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurocurrency Rate
Loans or to fund or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans hereunder, then, subject to
the provisions of Section 3.08, (i) the obligation of such Lender to make
Eurocurrency Rate Loans hereunder shall be suspended until the first date on
which the circumstances causing such suspension cease to exist, (ii) any
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Eurocurrency Rate Loans made or to be made by such Lender shall be converted
automatically to Base Rate Loans and (iii) such Lender shall be an "Affected
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Person", and the Company shall have the right set forth in Section 3.08 to
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replace such Affected Person. In the event of such a suspension, such Lender
shall review the circumstances giving rise to such suspension at least weekly
and shall notify the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders promptly
of the end of such suspension, and thereafter the Company shall be entitled to
borrow Eurocurrency Rate Loans from such Lender.
SECTION 3.07. Reasonable Efforts to Mitigate. Each Lender shall use
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its reasonable best efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to minimize any amounts payable by the Company under
Section 3.05 and to minimize any period of illegality described in Section 3.06.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees that, to
the extent reasonably possible to such Lender, it will change its Eurocurrency
Lending Office if such change would eliminate or reduce amounts payable to it
under Section 3.05 or eliminate any illegality of the type described in Section
3.06, as the case may be. Each Lender further agrees to notify the Company
promptly, but in any event within five Business Days, after such Lender learns
of the circumstances giving rise to such a right to payment or such illegality
have changed such that such right to payment or such illegality, as the case may
be, no longer exists.
SECTION 3.08. Right to Replace Affected Person or Lender.
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(a) Replacement by the Company. In the event the Company is required
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to pay any Taxes with respect to an Affected Person pursuant to Section 2.12(c)
or any amounts with respect to an Affected Person pursuant to Section 3.05, or
receives a notice from an Affected Person pursuant to Section 3.06, or is
required to make a payment to any Lender (which Lender shall be deemed to be an
"Affected Person" for purposes of this Section 3.08(a)) under Section 9.15, the
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Company may elect, if such amounts continue to be charged or such notice is
still effective, to replace such Affected Person as a party to this Agreement,
provided that, concurrently therewith, (i) another financial institution which
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is an Eligible Assignee and is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Administrative Agent (or if the Lender then serving as Administrative Agent is
the Person to be replaced and the Administrative Agent has resigned its
position, the Lender becoming the successor Administrative Agent) shall agree,
as of such date, to purchase for cash and at par the Loans of the Affected
Person, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance and to become a Lender for all
purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations (including all
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outstanding Loans) of the Affected Person to be terminated as of such date and
to comply with the requirements of Section 9.07 applicable to assignments (other
than clause (a)(iv) thereof), and (ii) the Company shall pay to such Affected
Person in same day funds on the day of such replacement all interest, fees and
other amounts then due and owing to such Affected Person by the Company
hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation
payments due such Affected Person under Section 2.12, costs incurred under
Section 3.05 or Section 9.15 and payments owing under Section 9.04(c).
(b) Replacement by the Letter of Credit Agent or the Issuing Bank.
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In the event that S&P and Moody's shall, after the date that any Person becomes
a Lender, downgrade the long-term certificate of deposit ratings of such Lender,
and the resulting ratings shall be below BBB- and Baa3, respectively, or the
equivalent, then each of the Letter of Credit Agent and the Issuing Bank shall
in consultation with the Company have the right, but not the obligation, at its
own expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, to replace
such Lender with an Eligible Assignee, and such Lender hereby agrees to transfer
and assign without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions
contained in Section 9.07 (other than clause (a)(iv) thereof)) all the
interests, rights and obligations in respect of its Commitment to an Eligible
Assignee; provided, however, that (x) no such assignment shall conflict with any
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law, rule or regulation or order of any governmental authority and (y) the
Letter of Credit Agent, the Issuing Bank or such Eligible Assignee, as the case
may be, shall pay to such Lender in same day funds on the date of such
assignment the principal of and interest accrued to the date of payment on the
Loans made by such Lender hereunder and all other amounts accrued for such
Lender's account or owed to it hereunder. Upon any such termination or
assignment, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to
be obligated under Section 8.05 and be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.04,
as well as to any fees and other amounts accrued for its account under Sections
2.05, 2.12 or 3.05 and not yet paid.
SECTION 3.09. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be
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available (and each Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) for general
corporate purposes (including, without limitation, commercial paper backup and
to finance acquisitions) of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that
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neither any Lender, any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of
Credit Agent nor the Administrative Agent shall have any responsibility for the
use of any of the proceeds of Loans.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 4.01. Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing. The
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obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of the initial
Borrowing shall be subject to the conditions precedent that, on a date (the
"Effective Date") not later than June 30, 1998, the Administrative Agent shall
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have received each of the following:
(a) Each of the following documents, which shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (except for the
Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The Revolving Loan Notes payable by the Company and any
Designated Borrower to the order of the Lenders, respectively.
(ii) Certified copies of (x) the charter and
by-laws of the Company, (y) the resolutions of the Board of Directors
of the Company authorizing and approving this Agreement and the Notes,
and (z) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and
governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the
Notes.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company certifying the names and true signatures of the officers
of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of the Company's Law Department,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D and covering such other matters
relating hereto as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably request.
(v) A favorable opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy,
special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent, substantially in
the form of Exhibit E.
(vi) Certified copies of the Proxy Statement, the Restructuring
Agreements and the Tax Sharing Agreement.
(vii) A certificate of a senior officer of the Company to the
effect that (x) the representations and warranties contained in
Section 5.01 are correct (other
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than any such representations or warranties which, by their terms,
refer to a prior date) and (y) no event has occurred and is continuing
which constitutes a Default.
(b) Confirmation that (1) the Company has paid all accrued fees and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and the fees of the Managing Agents,
the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent and the Lenders
hereunder (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative
Agent to the extent then payable), including without limitation all accrued
but unpaid fees and expenses under the Existing 1997 Credit Agreement, to
the extent the same have been invoiced to the Company at least two (2)
Business Days prior to the Effective Date, and (2) the Company has paid in
full the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes as defined
in, and all other amounts whatsoever payable under, the Existing 1997
Credit Agreement and has terminated the Commitments as defined therein.
(c) Evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all of the
assets and liabilities of the New Marriott Business have been transferred
to the Company and that the Spinoff has occurred, or is occurring
substantially simultaneously with the Effective Date, in each case
substantially in accordance with the Proxy Statement.
SECTION 4.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Loan Borrowing,
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Swing Loan Borrowing and Letter of Credit Issuance. The obligation of each
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Lender to make a Loan (other than a Swing Loan or a Letter of Credit Loan made
by a Lender pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04(b) or a Competitive Bid Loan) on
the occasion of each Borrowing (including the initial Borrowing), and the right
of the Company to request a Swing Loan Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(i) in the case of the first Borrowing by a Designated Borrower the
Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent such Revolving
Loan Notes, corporate documents, resolutions and legal opinions relating to
such Designated Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require, and
(ii) on the date of such Borrowing or issuance of a Letter of Credit
the following statements shall be true (and the acceptance by a Borrower of
the proceeds of such Borrowing or of such Letter of Credit shall constitute
a representation and warranty by the Company and such Borrower that on the
date of such Borrowing or issuance such statements are true):
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(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01
(except the Excluded Representations) are correct on and as of the
date of such Borrowing or issuance, before and after giving effect to
such Borrowing or issuance and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date other than any such
representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a date
other than the date of such Borrowing or issuance; and
(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Borrowing or issuance or from the application of the
proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Default;
provided that the conditions set forth in clause (ii) of this Section 4.02 shall
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not be applicable to a Borrowing if, as a result of and immediately after giving
effect to such Borrowing and to the application of proceeds thereof, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and
Letter of Credit Loans is not increased thereby.
SECTION 4.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Loan
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Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender which is to make a Competitive Bid
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Loan on the occasion of a Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing (including the initial
Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing) to make such Competitive Bid Loan as part of
such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing is subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received the written
confirmatory Notice of Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing with respect thereto;
(b) on or before the date of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, but
prior to such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
shall have received a Competitive Bid Loan Note payable to the order of
such Lender for each of the one or more Competitive Bid Loans to be made by
such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, in a principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan to be
evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such
Competitive Bid Loan in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 3.02; and
(c) on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing the following
statements shall be true (and the acceptance by the Company of the proceeds
of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Company that on the date of such Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing such statements are true):
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(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01
(except the Excluded Representations) are correct on and as of the
date of such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing, before and after giving
effect to such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing and to the application
of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date other
than any such representations or warranties which, by their terms,
refer to a date other than the date of such Competitive Bid Loan
Borrowing;
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Competitive Bid Loan Borrowing or from the application of
the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Default; and
(iii) No event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a result
of which the information concerning the Company that has been provided
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender by the Company in
connection herewith would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact or any fact necessary to make
the statements contained therein taken as a whole, in the light of the
time and circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 5.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The
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Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Company (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, (ii) is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property
or in which the conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be
licensed except where the failure to so qualify or be licensed would not
have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) has all the requisite corporate
power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and to carry
on its business as now conducted except where the failure to do so would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, are within the Company's corporate powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary
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corporate action, and do not (i) contravene the Company's certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, (ii) violate any law, rule or regulation
(including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the regulations thereunder, and
Regulations U and X issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, each as amended from time to time), or order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award, (iii) conflict with or result
in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any contract, loan
agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other instrument
binding on or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their properties, except if such conflict, breach or default would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) result in or require the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company is not in violation of any such
law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award or in breach of any contract, loan agreement,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other instrument, except for
such violation or breach which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as have been obtained, no authorization or approval or
other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the
due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Loan
Documents, or for consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
except and to the extent that any failure to obtain such authorization,
approval or other action would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Each of the Loan Documents is, and the Notes when delivered
hereunder will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
(e) (i) The Company has heretofore furnished to each of the Lenders
unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as at September 12, 1997 and the related unaudited consolidated statements
of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the period of 36 weeks ended on said date, and
consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
January 3, 1997 and the related consolidated statements of income, retained
earnings and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended January 3, 1997, with the opinion thereon (in the case of said
consolidated balance sheet and
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statements for the fiscal year ended January 3, 1997) of Arthur Andersen
LLP. All such financial statements are complete and correct and fairly
present the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at said respective dates and the consolidated results of
their operations for the respective periods so presented all in accordance
with GAAP. Since September 12, 1997, there has been no Material Adverse
Change.
(f) No information, exhibit or report furnished by or on behalf of
the Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with
the execution of the Loan Documents contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made therein taken as a whole, in the light of the time and
circumstances under and the time at which they were made, not misleading.
(g) There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator which (i) is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to result in a liability to the Company or its ERISA Affiliates in excess
of $5,000,000.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has been
notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred any
Withdrawal Liability, and neither the Company nor any of its ERISA
Affiliates, to the best of the Company's knowledge and belief, is
reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer
Plan, in each case other than any Withdrawal Liability that would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has been
notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated, within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA, except where such reorganization or termination would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed, have caused
to be filed or have been included in all tax returns (federal, state, local
and foreign) required to be filed and have paid (or have accrued any taxes
shown that
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are not due with the filing of such returns) all taxes shown thereon to be
due, together with applicable interest and penalties, except in any case
where the failure to file any such return or pay any such tax is not in any
respect material to the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 6.01 Affirmative Covenants. So long as any obligations
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under this Agreement or any Note shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall
be outstanding or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Company
will, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without
limitation, compliance with ERISA, the Securities Act of 1933 and all
Environmental Laws, except, in each case, any non-compliance which would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent,
all taxes, assessments, claims and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon it or upon its property, except to the extent that any failure to do
so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that
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neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or
discharge any such tax, assessment, claim or charge that is being contested
in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate
reserves are being maintained.
(c) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to maintain, appropriate and adequate insurance with
responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations or with self-
insurance programs to the extent consistent with prudent practices of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or otherwise customary in their respective
industries in such amounts and covering such risks as is customary in the
industries in which the Company or such Subsidiary operates.
(d) Payment of Welfare Plans. Pay, and cause each of its Material
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Subsidiaries to pay, the aggregate annualized cost (including, without
limitation, the cost of insurance premiums) with respect to post-retirement
benefits under
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Welfare Plans for which the Company and its Material Subsidiaries are
liable.
(e) Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain,
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and cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its
corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;
provided, however, that (i) the Company and its Material Subsidiaries may
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consummate any transaction permitted under Section 6.02(b) and (ii) neither
the Company nor such Subsidiary shall be required to preserve any right or
franchise (other than the corporate existence of each Borrower) when, in
the good faith business judgment of the Company, such preservation or
maintenance is neither necessary nor appropriate for the prudent management
of the business of the Company.
(f) Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time during normal business
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hours and upon reasonable prior notice and from time to time, permit the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders or any agents or representatives
thereof, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and
books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Company and any of
its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries with any of their officers or directors
and with their independent certified public accountants.
(g) Keeping of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
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keep, proper books of record and account as are necessary to prepare
Consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, in which full
and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the
assets and business of the Company and each such Subsidiary in accordance
with GAAP.
(h) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause
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each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties
that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where failure
to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Lenders:
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(i) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after
the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the
Company, quarterly condensed and consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company as of the end of
such quarter and statements of income of
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the Company for the period commencing at the end of the previous
fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the
chief accounting officer of the Company (or another appropriate
officer of the Company designated by said chief accounting officer)
and certificates as to compliance with the terms of this Agreement and
setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to
demonstrate compliance with Section 6.01(j), provided that in the
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event of any change in GAAP used in preparation of such financial
statements, the Company shall also provide, if necessary for the
determination of compliance with Section 6.01(j), a statement of
reconciliation conforming any information in such certificates with
GAAP;
(ii) (x) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days
after the end of fiscal year 1997, historical consolidated financial
statements of the Company in detail comparable to the historical
financial statements set forth in the Proxy Statement with respect to
fiscal years prior to 1997, certified by a senior financial officer of
the Company, and (y) as soon as available and in any event within 105
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with
fiscal year 1998 of the Company, certificates as to compliance with
the terms of this Agreement which are otherwise provided under clause
(i) above at the end of each fiscal quarter other than the last fiscal
quarter of the fiscal year and a copy of the annual report for such
year for the Company, containing audited financial statements for such
year certified by (a) Arthur Andersen LLP, (b) any other "Big Six"
accounting firm or (c) other independent public accountants acceptable
to the Required Lenders;
(iii) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
after the Company obtains notice of the occurrence of each Event of
Default and each Default continuing on the date of such statement, a
statement of the chief accounting officer of the Company setting forth
details of such Event of Default or Default and the action which the
Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iv) promptly after request therefor, copies of all regular and
periodic financial and/or other reports which the Company may from
time to time make available to any of its public security holders or
bond holders;
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(v) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of any
action or proceeding of the kind referred to in Section 5.01(g);
(vi) promptly and in any event within 15 days after the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate knows or should reasonably know that any ERISA
Event has occurred with respect to which the liability or potential
liability of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates exceeds or
could reasonably be expected to exceed $10,000,000, a statement of a
principal financial officer of the Company describing such ERISA Event
and the action, if any, which the Company or such ERISA Affiliate
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(vii) promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after
receipt thereof by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, copies of each
notice from the PBGC stating its intention to terminate any Plan or to
have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan where such action
would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(viii) with respect to liabilities or potential liabilities of
the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of $10,000,000 or more,
promptly and in any event within 20 Business Days after receipt
thereof by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a
Multiemployer Plan, a copy of each notice received by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate concerning (1) the imposition of Withdrawal
Liability by a Multiemployer Plan, (2) the reorganization or
termination, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, of any
Multiemployer Plan or (3) the amount of liability incurred, or which
may be incurred, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in connection
with any event described in clause (1) or (2) above;
(ix) forthwith upon the occurrence of a Change of Control,
notice thereof with a reasonable description thereof; and
(x) promptly after request therefor, such other business and
financial information respecting the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
(j) Leverage Ratio. Maintain, as at the last day of each fiscal
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quarter of the Company beginning with the second
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fiscal quarter in 1998, a Leverage Ratio of not greater than 4.0 to 1.0.
SECTION 6.02 Negative Covenants. So long as any obligations under
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this Agreement or any Note shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Company,
unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Liens, Etc. Will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist,
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or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to assign, any right to receive income, other than:
(i) Permitted Liens;
(ii) Liens outstanding on the Effective Date and described on
Schedule II as of the Effective Date ("Existing Liens"), and any
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renewal, extension or replacement (or successive renewals, extensions
or replacements) thereof which does not encumber any property of the
Company or its Subsidiaries other than (1) the property encumbered by
the Lien being renewed, extended or replaced, (2) property acquired by
the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to
replace property covered by Existing Liens, and (3) de minimis other
property incidental to the property referred to in clause (1) or (2)
above;
(iii) Purchase Money Liens;
(iv) Liens on properties of (X) MVCI, any SLS Entity or any of
their respective Subsidiaries, and (Y) MICC and any other Subsidiary
of the Company principally engaged in the business of finance,
banking, credit, leasing, insurance or other similar operations;
(v) Liens on properties of Subsidiaries of the Company, which
properties are located outside the United States of America;
(vi) Liens securing COLI Debt; and
(vii) other Liens securing an aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness or other obligations not to exceed $300,000,000 at any
time outstanding.
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(b) Restrictions on Fundamental Changes. Will not, and will not
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permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to:
(i) merge or consolidate with or into, or
(ii) convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether
in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially
all of the property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to, or
(iii) convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether
in one transaction or a series of transactions, and whether by or
pursuant to merger, consolidation or any other arrangement), any
property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) essential to the
conduct of the lodging group of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to, or
(iv) enter into any partnership, joint venture, syndicate, pool
or other combination with,
any Person, in each case unless:
(w) no Default shall have occurred and then be continuing or
would result therefrom, and
(x) in the case of a merger or consolidation of the Company, (1)
the Company is the surviving entity or (2) the surviving entity
expressly assumes by an amendment to this Agreement duly executed by
such surviving entity all of the Company's obligations hereunder and
under the other the Loan Documents in a manner satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
(c) Transactions with Affiliates. Will not enter into, or permit any
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of its Subsidiaries to enter into, any transaction with an Affiliate of the
Company (other than the Company's Subsidiaries) that would be material in
relation to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, even if
otherwise permitted under this Agreement, except on terms that are fair and
reasonable to the Company and its Subsidiaries and on terms no less
favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary (considered as a whole in
conjunction with all other existing arrangements and relationships with
such Affiliate) than the Company or such Subsidiary would obtain in a
comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate;
provided that the agreements, transfers and other transactions provided for
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by the terms of the Restructuring Agreements and the Tax Sharing
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Agreement and the other agreements and arrangements among the Company, SMS,
Sodexho Alliance, S.A. and their respective Subsidiaries existing on the
Effective Date which are described in the Proxy Statement shall not be
deemed to contravene this Section 6.02(c).
(d) Dividends, Etc. Will not declare or make any dividend payment or
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other distribution of assets, properties, cash, rights, obligations or
securities on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of the
Company, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any
of its Subsidiaries to do so) any shares of any class of capital stock of
the Company or any warrants, rights or options to acquire any such shares,
now or hereafter outstanding, in each case if, at the time thereof or after
giving effect thereto, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(e) Change in Nature of Business. Will not engage in, or permit any
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of its Subsidiaries to engage in, any business that is material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is not carried on by
the Company or its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date (or directly
related to a business carried on as of such date) and which would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Accounting Changes. Will not make or permit, or permit any of
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its Subsidiaries to make or permit, any change in accounting policies or
reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP.
(g) Margin Stock. Will not directly or indirectly use, or permit any
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other Borrower or any Subsidiary to use, any of the proceeds of any Loan in
a manner that violates or contravenes the Margin Regulations. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company (i) will promptly notify the
Administrative Agent if at any time more than 20% of the value of the
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by
the Company) that are subject to Section 6.02(a) or Section 6.02(b) consist
of or are represented by margin stock within the meaning of the Margin
Regulations, and (ii) will give the Administrative Agent at least 15
Business Days' prior written notice of any direct or indirect use of any of
the proceeds of any Loan to buy or carry margin stock within the meaning of
the Margin Regulations if, after giving effect thereto, more than 20% of
the value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as determined
in good faith by the Company) that are subject to Section 6.02(a) or
Section 6.02(b) consist of or are represented by margin stock within the
meaning of the Margin Regulations, and will, if requested by
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the Administrative Agent, provide to the Administrative Agent prior to the
making of such Loan a legal opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent confirming that such use of proceeds will not
contravene this Section 6.02(g) together with appropriately executed and
completed purpose statements on Form FR U-1; provided that in lieu of such
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legal opinion and purpose statements, the Company may provide to the
Administrative Agent, together with such written notice, a certificate of
the Company stating that at the date of such certificate and after applying
the proceeds of such Loan not more than 25% of the value of the assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the
Company) that are subject to Section 6.02(a) or Section 6.02(b) consist of
or are represented by margin stock within the meaning of the Margin
Regulations. Each Lender hereby confirms to the Company and to the
Administrative Agent that in extending or maintaining credit hereunder it
has not relied upon such margin stock as collateral.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events
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("Events of Default") shall occur and be continuing:
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(a) (i) Any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when
the same becomes due and payable; or (ii) any Borrower shall fail to pay
any interest on any Loan, or any other payment under any Loan Document, for
a period of three Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by any Borrower herein or by
any Borrower (or any of its officers) under or in connection with any Loan
Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made; or
(c) The Company shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 6.01(j) or in Section 6.02(b),
(c), (d), (e) or (g), or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed if the
failure to perform or observe such other term, covenant or agreement shall
remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the Company by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;
or
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(d) The Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall fail to pay
any principal of or premium or interest on any Indebtedness which is
outstanding in a principal amount of at least $50,000,000 in the aggregate
(but excluding Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and Non-Recourse
Indebtedness) of the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), when
the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall
continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the
agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness; or any such
Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment,
including, without limitation, a prepayment required in connection with the
sale of the sole asset or all assets securing such Indebtedness), redeemed,
purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease
such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the
stated maturity thereof; provided, however, that if there is acceleration
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of any Indebtedness which is included under this clause (d) solely because
of a Guarantee by the Company or one of its Material Subsidiaries, an Event
of Default will not exist under this clause (d) so long as the Company or
such Material Subsidiary, as the case may be, fully performs its
obligations in a timely manner under such Guarantee upon demand therefor by
the beneficiary thereof; or
(e) The Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall generally
not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or
against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition
of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for
relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in
the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted
by it), either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a
period of 60 days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding
(including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against,
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar
official for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur;
or the
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Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action
to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of
$25,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been
commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall
be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of
such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall
not be in effect; or
(g) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred with respect to a Plan and
the sum (determined as of the date of occurrence of such ERISA Event) of
the Insufficiency of such Plan and the Insufficiency of any and all other
Plans with respect to which an ERISA Event shall have occurred and then
exist (or the liability of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate related to
such ERISA Event) exceeds $20,000,000; or
(h) The Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal
Liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount which, when aggregated
with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by the
Company and its ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability (determined as of
the date of such notification), exceeds $20,000,000 or requires payments
exceeding $10,000,000 per annum; or
(i) The Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of
ERISA, and as a result of such reorganization or termination the aggregate
annual contributions of the Company and its ERISA Affiliates to all
Multiemployer Plans which are then in reorganization or being terminated
have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such
Multiemployer Plans for the respective plan years of such Multiemployer
Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which the reorganization or
termination occurs by an amount exceeding $20,000,000;
then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request,
or may with the express consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the
Company, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing
Bank to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall
forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the express
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consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Company, declare the Notes,
all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Notes, all
such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all
of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; provided, however, that
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in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to
the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code, (A) the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to
issue Letters of Credit shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all
such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower.
SECTION 7.02. Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit Upon Event
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of Default; L/C Cash Collateral Account; Investing of Amounts in the L/C Cash
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Collateral Account; Release.
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(a) Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent
specified by Section 7.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the
Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.01, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall,
irrespective of whether it is taking any of the actions described in Section
7.01 or otherwise, make demand upon the Company to, and forthwith upon such
demand the Company will, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders in same day funds at the Administrative Agent's office designated in
such demand, for deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an amount equal to
the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding. If at
any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account are subject to any equal or prior right or claim of any
Person other than the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent, the
Managing Agents, the Documentation Agent and the Lenders pursuant to this
Agreement or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit, the Company will, forthwith upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as
additional funds to be deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, an
amount equal to the excess of (1) such aggregate Available Amount over (2) the
total amount of funds, if any, then held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account that
the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such equal or
prior right and claim.
(b) The Company hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to open at
any time upon the occurrence and during the
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continuance of an Event of Default a non-interest bearing account with the
Administrative Agent at its address designated in Section 9.02 in the name of
the Company but under the sole control and dominion of the Administrative Agent
(the "L/C Cash Collateral Account"), and hereby pledges and assigns and grants
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to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders a security interest in the
following collateral (the "L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral"):
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(i) the L/C Cash Collateral Account, all funds held therein and all
certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or
evidencing the investment of funds held therein,
(ii) all L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments from time to time, and
all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or
evidencing the L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments,
(iii) all notes, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, checks and
other instruments from time to time delivered to or otherwise possessed by
the Administrative Agent for or on behalf of the Company in substitution
for or in addition to any or all of the then existing L/C Cash Collateral
Account Collateral,
(iv) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
in exchange for any or all of the then existing L/C Cash Collateral Account
Collateral, and
(v) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing L/C Cash Collateral
Account Collateral.
(c) If requested by the Company, the Administrative Agent will,
subject to the provisions of clause (e) below, from time to time (i) invest
amounts on deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Account in such notes,
certificates of deposit and other debt instruments as the Company may select and
the Administrative Agent may approve and (ii) invest interest paid on the notes,
certificates of deposit and other instruments referred to in clause (i) above,
and reinvest other proceeds of any such notes, certificates of deposit and other
instruments which may mature or be sold, in each case in such notes,
certificates of deposit and other debt instruments as the Company may select and
the Administrative Agent may approve (the notes, certificates of deposit and
other instruments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above being collectively
"L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments"). Interest and proceeds that are not
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invested or reinvested in L/C Cash Collateral Account Investments as provided
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above shall be deposited and held in the L/C Cash Collateral Account.
(d) Upon such time as (i) the aggregate Available Amount of all
Letters of Credit is reduced to zero and such Letters of Credit are expired or
terminated by their terms and all amounts payable in respect thereof, including
but not limited to principal, interest, commissions, fees and expenses, have
been paid in full in cash, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will pay and release
to the Company or at its order (a) accrued interest due and payable on the L/C
Cash Collateral Account Investments and in the L/C Cash Collateral Account, and
(b) the balance remaining in the L/C Cash Collateral Account after the
application, if any, by the Administrative Agent of funds in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account to the payment of amounts described in clause (i) of this
subsection (d).
(e) (i) The Administrative Agent may, without notice to the Company
except as required by law and at any time or from time to time, charge, set-off
and otherwise apply all or any part of the L/C Cash Collateral Account against
the obligations of the Company in respect of Letters of Credit (collectively,
the "L/C Cash Collateral Account Obligations") or any part thereof. The
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Administrative Agent agrees to notify the Company promptly after any such set-
off and application, provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to
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give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
(ii) The Administrative Agent may also exercise in respect of the L/C
Cash Collateral Account Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies
provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of
a secured party on default under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the
State of New York at that time (the "UCC") (whether or not the UCC applies to
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the affected L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral), and may also, without
notice except as specified below, sell the L/C Cash Collateral Account
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale,
at any of the Administrative Agent's offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit
or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Administrative Agent
may deem commercially reasonable. Each Borrower agrees that, to the extent
notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days' notice to such
Borrower of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any
private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The
Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of L/C Cash
Collateral Account Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.
The Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to
time by announcement at the time and place fixed
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therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and
place to which it was so adjourned.
(iii) Any cash held by the Administrative Agent as L/C Cash
Collateral Account Collateral and all cash proceeds received by the
Administrative Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon all or any part of the L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral
may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be held by the
Administrative Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter be
applied in whole or in part by the Administrative Agent against, all or any part
of the L/C Cash Collateral Account Obligations in such order as the
Administrative Agent shall elect. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds
held by the Administrative Agent and remaining after payment in full of all the
L/C Cash Collateral Account Obligations shall be paid over to the Company or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
(f) Upon the permanent reduction from time to time of the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit in accordance with the terms thereof,
the Administrative Agent shall release to the Company amounts from the L/C Cash
Collateral Account in an amount equal to each such permanent reduction; provided
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that the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to reduce the funds or
other L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral then held in the L/C Cash
Collateral Account below that level that the Administrative Agent reasonably
determines is required to be maintained after taking into consideration any
rights or claims of any Persons other than the Administrative Agent.
(g) In furtherance of the grant of the pledge and security interest
pursuant to this Section 7.02, the Company hereby agrees with each Lender, the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent that the Company shall give, execute,
deliver, file and/or record any financing statement, notice, instrument,
document, agreement or other papers that may be necessary or desirable (in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent) to create, preserve, perfect or
validate the security interest granted pursuant hereto or to enable the
Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect
to such pledge and security interest.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE MANAGING AGENTS,
THE DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND THE LETTER OF CREDIT AGENT
SECTION 8.01. Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints
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and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the
Notes), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any
discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from
acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting)
upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be
binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided that the
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Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the
Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this
Agreement or applicable law. The Administrative Agent agrees to give to each
Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by any Borrower pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. Reliance, Etc.
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(a) None of the Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent or any of their respective
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with the
Loan Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent: (i) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder
thereof until the Administrative Agent receives and accepts an Assignment
and Acceptance entered into by the Lender which is the payee of such Note,
as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in Section
9.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for any
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it
and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall
not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with
this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as
to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of
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this Agreement on the part of any Borrower or to inspect the property
(including the books and records) of any Borrower; (v) shall not be
responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall
incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any
notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be
by telecopier, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and
signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
(b) The Managing Agents, as such, and the Documentation Agent, as
such, shall have no duties or obligations whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement, the Notes or any other document or any matter related thereto.
SECTION 8.03. Citibank, BNS, Chase and First Chicago and Affiliates.
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With respect to its respective Commitment, the Loans made by it and the Notes
issued to it, each of Citibank, BNS, Chase and First Chicago shall have the same
rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, a Managing Agent or the
Documentation Agent, as the case may be; and the term "Lender" or "Lenders"
shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include each of Citibank, BNS,
Chase and First Chicago in its individual capacity. Citibank, BNS, Chase and
First Chicago and their respective affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind
of business with, any Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may
do business with or own securities of any Borrower or any such Subsidiary, all
as if each of Citibank, BNS, Chase and First Chicago were not the Administrative
Agent, a Managing Agent or the Documentation Agent, as the case may be, and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 8.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that
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it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any
Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent or any other
Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 5.01 and
such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of
Credit Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions
in taking or not taking action under this Agreement.
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SECTION 8.05. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
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Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Documentation Agent and the
Letter of Credit Agent (in each case to the extent not reimbursed by the
Company), ratably according to their respective pro rata share, from and against
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the
Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent or the Letter
of Credit Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any
action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent or the Letter of Credit Agent under this Agreement in their
respective capacities as an agent hereunder, provided that no Lender shall be
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liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
from the Administrative Agent's, any Managing Agent's, the Documentation Agent's
or the Letter of Credit Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent, any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Letter of Credit
Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses
(including counsel fees but excluding normal administrative expenses expressly
excluded under Section 9.04(a)) incurred by the Administrative Agent, each
Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent or the Letter of Credit Agent in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Administrative
Agent, any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent or the Letter of Credit Agent
is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Company as required under Section
9.04(a).
SECTION 8.06. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative
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Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and
the Company and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required
Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have
the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent with the consent of the
Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and
shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders'
removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative
Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent,
which shall be an Eligible Assignee and a commercial bank organized under the
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laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent,
the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this
Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any
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provision of this Agreement or the Revolving Loan Notes, nor consent to any
departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver
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or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the
following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 4.01, (b)
increase the Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any additional
obligations, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Loan
Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date
fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Loan Notes
or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the
Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loan
Notes, or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any
of them to take any action hereunder, (f) release the guarantee set forth in
Section 10.01 or (g) amend this Section 9.01; and provided further that (1) no
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amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent, the Documentation Agent, a
Managing Agent or a Swing Loan Bank, as the case may be, in addition to the
Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent, the Documentation Agent, such
Managing Agent or such Swing Loan Bank, as the case may be, under this Agreement
or any Note and (2) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by a Lender that has made a Competitive Bid Loan, in addition to the
Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of such
Lender in respect of such Competitive Bid Loan.
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SECTION 9.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
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provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopy, telegraphic,
telex or cable communication) and mailed, telegraphed, telecopied, telexed,
cabled or delivered, if to any Borrower, to the Company at 10400 Fernwood Road,
Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Attention: Assistant Treasurer, Dept. 52/924.11, with
a copy to the same address, Attention: Assistant General Counsel - Corporate
Finance, Dept. 52/923; if to any Bank, to its Domestic Lending Office specified
opposite its name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, to its Domestic
Lending Office specified in the Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender;
if to any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent or the Letter of Credit Agent,
to its address specified on the signature pages hereto; and if to the
Administrative Agent, at its address at 2 Penns Way, Suite 200, New Castle,
Delaware 19720, Attention: Savas Divan, telephone no. 302-894-6030, telecopier
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no. 302-894-6120, with copies to Jackie Lai, telephone no. 302-894-6022,
telecopier no. 302-894-6120; or to the Company or the Administrative Agent, at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to
the other parties and, to each other party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the Company and the
Administrative Agent. All such notices and communications shall, (a) when
mailed, be effective three Business Days after the same is deposited in the
mails, (b) when mailed for next day delivery by a reputable freight company or
reputable overnight courier service, be effective one Business Day thereafter,
and (c) when sent by telegraph, telecopy, telex or cable, be effective when the
same is telegraphed, telecopied and receipt thereof is confirmed by telephone or
return telecopy, confirmed by telex answerback or delivered to the cable
company, respectively, except that notices and communications to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II, III or VIII shall not be effective
until received by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any
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Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any
right hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.04. Costs and Expenses.
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(a) The Company agrees to pay, whether or not any of the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated, on demand (x) all reasonable costs and
expenses in connection with the preparation (excluding normal travel and
related expenses incurred by the personnel of the Administrative
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Agent), execution, delivery, administration (excluding those which are
customarily borne by the Administrative Agent), modification and amendment
of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder, and (y) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
Administrative Agent and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent
as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Company
further agrees to pay on demand all reasonable expenses of the Lenders
(including, without limitation, reasonable counsel (including, without
duplication, internal counsel) fees and expenses) in connection with the
enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise)
of this Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and
expenses in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section
9.04(a).
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent, each Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent, each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified
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Party") from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities
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and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any
Indemnified Party in its agent or lending capacity under, or otherwise in
connection with, the Loan Documents, in each case arising out of or in
connection with or by reason of, or in connection with the preparation for
a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of,
related to or in connection with the Loan Documents, the proposed or actual
use of the proceeds therefrom or any of the other transactions contemplated
hereby, whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is
brought by the Company, its shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified
Party or any other person or an Indemnified Party is otherwise a party
thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or
expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party's gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) If (i) any payment of principal of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan is
made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (or
any payment of principal of any Quoted Rate Swing Loan is made other than
on the maturity date of such Swing Loan), as a result of a payment pursuant
to Section 2.15(c) or 3.05 or acceleration
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of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 7.01 or for any other
reason, or (ii) the Company gives notice of a Loan conversion pursuant to
Section 2.09(c), then the Company shall, upon demand by any Lender (with a
copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate
such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses which it may
reasonably incur as a result of such payment, including, without
limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits
or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Loan.
SECTION 9.05. Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during
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the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or
the granting of the consent specified by Section 7.01 to authorize the
Administrative Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 7.01, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
at any time held (other than deposits at any account with respect to which such
account states that the Company is acting in a fiduciary capacity) and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the
account of the Company against any and all of the obligations of the Company now
or hereafter existing under this Agreement and any Note held by such Lender,
whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or
such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Company after any such set-off and application made by
such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
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validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective
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when it shall have been executed by the Company, each Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent and the Administrative Agent and
when the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Bank that such
Bank has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, each Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent and each Lender and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Borrower shall have the right
to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written
consent of the Lenders.
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SECTION 9.07. Assignments and Participations.
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(a) Each Lender may assign to one or more banks or other entities all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Loans owing to it
and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that:
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(i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying,
percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than
any Competitive Bid Loans or Competitive Bid Loan Notes),
(ii) the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being
assigned pursuant to each such assignment other than an assignment to
another Lender (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance
with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000
and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
(iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and
(unless such assignment shall be to a Subsidiary of the assigning Lender or
to a Subsidiary of the bank holding company of which the assigning Lender
is a Subsidiary) the Company and the Administrative Agent shall have
consented to such assignment (which consents shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed),
(iv) after giving effect to such assignment, the assigning Lender
(together with all Affiliates of such Lender) shall continue to hold no
less than 25% of its original Commitment hereunder and of the Loans owing
to it, unless the Company shall otherwise agree,
(v) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the
Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note or Notes
subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $2,500,
and
(vi) unless the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise
agree, the Termination Date of the assignee under each such assignment
shall be deemed to be the then Final Termination Date.
Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and
obligations hereunder have
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been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder
shall relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this
Agreement, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance.
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with
each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any
Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, the Documentation
Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible
Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent
and the Letter of Credit Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent and the Letter of Credit Agent by the terms hereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that
it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by
the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Each New Lender shall submit a New Commitment Acceptance in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06(b). Upon the execution, delivery,
acceptance and recording of a New Commitment Acceptance, from and after the
Increase Date related thereto such New Lender shall be a party hereto and have
the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder having the
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Commitment specified therein (or such lesser Commitment as shall be allocated to
such New Lender in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(vi) or 2.15(d)). By executing
and delivering a New Commitment Acceptance, the New Lender thereunder confirms
to and agrees with the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such New Lender
hereby agrees that no Lender has made any representation or warranty, or assumes
any responsibility with respect to, (x) any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this
Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or (y)
the financial condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any
Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such New Lender confirms that it has
received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial
statements referred to in Section 5.01 and such other documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to
enter into such New Commitment Acceptance; (iii) such New Lender will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Managing
Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent or any other Lender
and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement; (iv) such New Lender confirms that it is an Eligible
Assignee; (v) such New Lender appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent
and the Letter of Credit Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent and the Letter of Credit Agent by the terms hereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such New Lender agrees
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which
by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred
to in Section 9.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance and each New
Commitment Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and
principal amount of the Revolving Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time
(the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding
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for all purposes, absent manifest error, and each Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon
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reasonable prior notice. The Administrative Agent shall provide the Company with
a copy of the Register upon request.
(e) (i) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by
an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible
Assignee, together with any Revolving Loan Note or Notes subject to such
assignment, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance
has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, (1)
accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (2) record the information contained
therein in the Register and (3) give prompt notice thereof to the Company.
Within five Business Days after its receipt of such notice, the relevant
Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent in exchange for the surrendered Revolving Loan Note or Notes a new
Revolving Loan Note to the order of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to
the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and a
new Revolving Loan Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal
to the Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Revolving Loan Notes shall
be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
such surrendered Revolving Loan Note or Notes, shall be dated the effective date
of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the
form of Exhibit A-l hereto. Such surrendered Revolving Note or Notes shall be
marked "canceled" and shall be returned promptly to the Company.
(ii) Upon its receipt of a New Commitment Acceptance executed by a
New Lender representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, the Administrative
Agent shall, if such New Commitment Acceptance has been completed and is in
substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, (1) accept such New Commitment
Acceptance, (2) record the information contained therein in the Register and (3)
give prompt notice thereof to the Company. Within five Business Days after its
receipt of such notice, the relevant Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent a new Revolving Loan Note to the order
of such New Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant
to such New Commitment Acceptance. Such new Revolving Loan Note shall be dated
the relevant Increase Date and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-l hereto.
(f) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities in or to a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, a portion of its Commitment, the Loans owing to
it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's
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obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment
hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
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Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of
any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the Documentation Agent, the Letter
of Credit Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, (v) except in the case of a participation involving a Lender and
one of its Affiliates (and this exception shall apply only so long as the
participant remains an Affiliate of such Lender), the parties to each such
participation shall execute a participation agreement in substantially the form
of the Participation Agreement, and (vi) no participant under any such
participation shall have any right to approve any amendment to or waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Borrower
therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would
alter the principal of, or interest on, the Loan or Loans in which such
participant is participating or any fees or other amounts payable to the Lenders
hereunder, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or
interest on, the Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder. Each
Lender shall provide the Company with a list of entities party to all
Participation Agreements with such Lender upon request.
(g) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
9.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant, any information, including Confidential Information, relating to
the Borrowers furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers;
provided that, prior to any such disclosure of Confidential Information, the
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assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall be informed of
the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and shall agree to (i)
preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the
Borrowers received by it from such Lender and (ii) be bound by the provisions of
Section 9.11.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 9.07, no
Lender may assign its interest to an Eligible Assignee if, as of the effective
date of such assignment, such assignment would increase the amount of Taxes,
Other Taxes or increased costs payable under Sections 2.12 or 3.05,
respectively.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement,
any Lender may at any time and without the consent of the Administrative Agent
or any Borrower create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights
under this
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Agreement (including, without limitation, the Loans owing to it and the Notes
held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SECTION 9.08. No Liability of the Issuing Bank or the Letter of
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Credit Agent. Each Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any
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beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of
such Letter of Credit. Neither the Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit Agent, nor
any of their respective officers or directors shall be liable or responsible
for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts or
omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the
validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement
thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by the Issuing Bank
against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter
of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate
reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in
making or failing to make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that each
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Borrower shall have a claim against the Issuing Bank, and the Issuing Bank shall
be liable to such Borrower, to the extent of any direct, but not consequential,
damages suffered by such Borrower that were caused by (i) the Issuing Bank's
willful misconduct or gross negligence in determining whether documents
presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of
Credit or (ii) the Issuing Bank's willful failure to make lawful payment under a
Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Bank acting in
good faith may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be
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governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
SECTION 9.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be
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executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
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SECTION 9.11. Confidentiality. None of the Administrative Agent,
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any Managing Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Letter of Credit Agent or any
Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without the
consent of the Company, other than (a) to such Person's Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, auditors and advisors of such
Person or such Person's Affiliates, (b) to a proposed assignee or to a proposed
participant; provided that prior to any such disclosure, the proposed assignee
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or the participant shall deliver to the Company a written agreement to preserve
the confidentiality of any Confidential Information to the extent required by
this Agreement, and then only on a confidential basis, (c) as required by any
law, rule or regulation or judicial process, (d) in connection with any
litigation to which any Lender or the Administrative Agent is a party or in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any Note (provided
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that, in the case of this clause (d), such Lender or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, uses reasonable efforts under the circumstances to obtain
reasonable assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded to such
information in connection with such litigation or exercise) and (e) as requested
or required by any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating
banks or banking or any aspects of any Lender's activities.
SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc.
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(a) Each of the parties hereto (and each Designated Borrower, by its
acceptance of the proceeds of Loans made to it) hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States
of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof,
in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement or the
other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each of the parties hereto and each Designated Borrower hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State or, to the
extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto and
each Designated Borrower agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in
the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto and each Designated Borrower
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
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extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York
State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto and each Designated Borrower
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any
such court.
SECTION 9.13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH BORROWER, THE
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE MANAGING AGENTS, THE DOCUMENTATION AGENT, THE LETTER
OF CREDIT AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES 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 ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE LOANS
OR THE ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE MANAGING AGENTS, THE
DOCUMENTATION AGENT, THE LETTER OF CREDIT AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
SECTION 9.14. Judgment Currency. This is an international loan
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transaction in which the specification of Dollars or an Alternate Currency, as
the case may be (the "Specified Currency"), any payment in New York City or the
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country of the Specified Currency, as the case may be (the "Specified Place"),
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is of the essence, and the Specified Currency shall be the currency of account
in all events relating to Loans denominated in the Specified Currency. The
payment obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Notes shall
not be discharged by an amount paid in another currency or in another place,
whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, to the extent that the amount so
paid on conversion to the Specified Currency and transfer to the Specified Place
under normal banking procedures does not yield the amount of the Specified
Currency at the Specified Place due hereunder. If for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in the
Specified Currency into another currency (the "Second Currency"), the rate of
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exchange which shall be applied shall be that at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the Specified
Currency with the Second Currency on the Business Day next preceding that on
which such judgment is rendered. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of
any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (an
"Entitled Person") shall, notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied
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in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the extent that on the
Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of any sum adjudged to be
due hereunder or under the Notes in the Second Currency such Entitled Person may
in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase and transfer to the
Specified Place the Specified Currency with the amount of
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the Second Currency so adjudged to be due; and each Borrower hereby, as a
separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify
such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand in the
Specified Currency, any difference between the sum originally due to such
Entitled Person in the Specified Currency and the amount of the Specified
Currency so purchased and transferred.
SECTION 9.15. European Monetary Union. (a) If, as a result of the
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implementation of European monetary union, (i) any European Currency ceases to
be lawful currency of the nation issuing the same and is replaced by a European
common currency (the "Euro"), or (ii) any European Currency and the Euro are at
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the same time recognized by the governmental authority which is responsible for
issuance or regulation of the relevant European Currency in the nation issuing
such European Currency as lawful currency of such nation and the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request in a notice delivered to the
Company, then any amount payable hereunder by any party hereto in such European
Currency shall instead be payable in the Euro or, to the extent then permitted
by applicable law, in the Euro or such European Currency at the election of the
Company, and the amount so payable shall, if payable in the Euro, be determined
by translating the amount payable in such European Currency to the Euro at the
exchange rate recognized by the European Central Bank for the purpose of
implementing European monetary union. Prior to the occurrence of the event or
events described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence, each amount
payable hereunder in any European Currency will, except as otherwise provided
herein, continue to be payable only in that European Currency.
(b) The Company agrees, at the request of any Lender, to compensate
such Lender for any loss, cost, expense or reduction in return, incurred or
suffered by such Lender upon or after any of the occurrence of any of the events
referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of Section 9.15(a),
that such Lender shall reasonably determine shall be incurred or sustained by
such Lender as a result of the implementation of European monetary union and
that would not have been incurred or sustained but for the transactions provided
for herein, and that was incurred or sustained during the 90-day period prior to
the date of demand therefor by such Lender. A certificate of a Lender setting
forth in reasonable detail such Lender's calculation of the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender shall be delivered to the Company and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error so long as such determination is made on a
reasonable basis. The Company shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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(c) The parties hereto agree, at the time of or at any time following
the implementation of European monetary union, to use reasonable efforts to
enter into an agreement amending this Agreement in order to reflect the
implementation of such monetary union, to permit (if feasible) the Euro to
qualify as an Alternate Currency under the terms and conditions of the
definition of such term and to place the parties hereto in the position with
respect to the settlement of payments of the Euro as they would have been with
respect to the settlement of the Currencies it replaced.
(d) Each Lender shall use its reasonable best efforts (consistent
with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to minimize any
amounts payable by the Company under this Section 9.15.
ARTICLE X
GUARANTEE
SECTION 10.01. Guarantee. The Company hereby guarantees to each
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Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns
the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) of the principal of and
interest on the Loans made by the Lender to, and the Notes held by each Lender
of, each Designated Borrower and all other amounts from time to time owing to
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by any Designated Borrower under this
Agreement pursuant to its Designation Letter and under the Notes, in each case
strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein
collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). The Company hereby further
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agrees that if any Designated Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or
otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Company will promptly pay the
same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any
extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or
renewal.
SECTION 10.02. Obligations Unconditional.
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(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder are unconditional
irrespective of (i) the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or
enforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) any modification,
amendment or variation in or addition to the terms of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any covenants in respect thereof
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or any security therefor, (iii) any extension of time for performance or
waiver of performance of any covenant of any Designated Borrower or any
failure or omission to enforce any right with regard to any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, (iv) any exchange, surrender, release of any other
guaranty of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (v) any
other circumstance with regard to any of the Guaranteed Obligations which
may or might in any manner constitute a legal or equitable discharge or
defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent hereof that the
obligations of the Company hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances.
(b) The Company hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment,
demand, protest, and all notices whatsoever with regard to any of the
Guaranteed Obligations and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or
any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any
Designated Borrower hereunder or under the Designation Letter of such
Designated Borrower or any Note of such Designated Borrower or any other
guarantor of or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.03. Reinstatement. The guarantee in this Article X shall
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be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment
by or on behalf of any Designated Borrower in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder(s) of any
of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in
bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.
SECTION 10.04. Subrogation. Until the termination of the
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Commitments and the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the
Loans and all other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably waives all rights of subrogation or
contribution, whether arising by operation of law (including, without
limitation, any such right arising under the Federal Bankruptcy Code) or
otherwise, by reason of any payment by it pursuant to the provisions of this
Article X.
SECTION 10.05. Remedies. The Company agrees that, as between the
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Company on the one hand and the Lenders and the Administrative Agent on the
other hand, the obligations of any Designated Borrower guaranteed under this
Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable, or may be deemed
automatically to have been accelerated, as provided in Article VII, for purposes
of Section 10.01 hereof notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition (whether in a bankruptcy proceeding affecting such Designated
Borrower or otherwise) preventing such declaration as against such Designated
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Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration or automatic acceleration
such obligations (whether or not due and payable by such Designated Borrower)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Company for purposes of said
Section 10.01.
SECTION 10.06. Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article
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X is a continuing guarantee and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations
whenever arising.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
The Borrower
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NEW MARRIOTT MI, INC.
(to be renamed Marriott
International, Inc.)
By /s/ Carolyn B. Handlon
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Name: Carolyn B. Handlon
Title: Vice President, Finance
and Assistant Treasurer
The Administrative Agent
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CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By /s/ Theodore J. Beck
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Name: Theodore J. Beck
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
The Managing Agents
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Managing Agent
By /s/ Karen M. Sharf
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Name: Karen M. Sharf
Title: Vice President
Address:
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Managing Agent
By /s/ Michael A. Parisi
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Name: Michael A. Parisi
Title: Corporate Banking
Officer
Address:
One First National Plaza,
Suite 0318
Chicago, Illinois 60670
The Documentation Agent
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Documentation Agent
By /s/ J.R. Trimble
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Name: J.R. Trimble
Title: Senior Relationship
Manager
Address:
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
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The Letter of Credit Agent
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Letter of Credit Agent
By /s/ J.R. Trimble
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Name: J.R. Trimble
Title: Senior Relationship
Manager
Address:
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
COMMITMENT BANKS
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$84,000,000.00 CITIBANK, N.A.
By /s/ Theodore J. Beck
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Name: Theodore J. Beck
Title: Attorney-In-Fact
$84,000,000.00 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
By /s/ J.R. Trimble
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Name: J.R. Trimble
Title: Senior Relationship
Manager
$72,000,000.00 THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ Karen M. Sharf
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Name: Karen M. Sharf
Title: Vice President
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$72,000,000.00 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By /s/ Michael A. Parisi
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Name: Michael A. Parisi
Title: Corporate Banking Officer
$57,000,000.00 BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as a
Bank and as Co-Agent
By /s/ W. L. Hess
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Name: W. L. Hess
Title: Managing Director
$57,000,000.00 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Bank and
as Co-Agent
By /s/ Ronald R. Reedy
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Name: Ronald R. Reedy
Title: Vice President
$57,000,000.00 BANK OF TOKYO - MITSUBISHI
TRUST COMPANY, as a Bank and as Co-Agent
By /s/ J. Andrew Don
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Name: J. Andrew Don
Title: Vice President & Manager
$57,000,000.00 COMERICA BANK, as a Bank and as
Co-Agent
By /s/ Tamara J. Gurne
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Name: Tamara J. Gurne
Title: Vice President
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$57,000,000.00 DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as
a Bank and as Co-Agent
By /s/ Stephan A. Wiedemann
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Name: Stephan A. Wiedemann
Title: Director
By /s/ Norman G. Amnott
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Name: Norman G. Amnott
Title: Vice President
$57,000,000.00 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as a
Bank and as Co-Agent
By /s/ Barbara K. Angel
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Name: Barbara K. Angel
Title: Vice President
$57,000,000.00 FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a Bank and
as Co-Agent
By /s/ Roger C. Boucher
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Name: Roger C. Boucher
Title: Vice President
$57,000,000.00 MARINE MIDLAND BANK, as a Bank and
as Co-Agent
By /s/ Kim P. Leary
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Name: Kim P. Leary
Title: Vice President
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$57,000,000.00 MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Bank and as
Co-Agent
By /s/ Laurie G. Dunn
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Name: Laurie G. Dunn
Title: Vice President
$40,000,000.00 BANK OF HAWAII
By /s/ Joseph T. Donalson
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Name: Joseph T. Donalson
Title: Vice President
$40,000,000.00 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MARYLAND
By /s/ Lauren D. Johnston
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Name: Lauren D. Johnston
Title: Vice President
$40,000,000.00 THE SANWA BANK, LTD. NEW
YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Yoshinori Yokoo
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Name: Yoshinori Yokoo
Title: Vice President
$40,000,000.00 SOCIETE GENERALE
By /s/ James H. Nangle
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Name: James H. Nangle
Title: First Vice President
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$40,000,000.00 SUNTRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA,
N.A.
By /s/ Janet P. Sammons
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Name: Janet P. Sammons
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA -
NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Charles Dougherty
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Name: Charles Dougherty
Title: Vice President
By /s/ Karen Purelis
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Name: Karen Purelis
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 BANCA DI ROMA SPA
NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Amedeo Ianniccari
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Name: Amedeo Ianniccari
Title: Assistant Vice President
By /s/ Luca Balostra
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Name: Luca Balostra
Title: Assistant Vice President
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$35,000,000.00 BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO
S.P.A. - NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Leonardo Valentini
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Name: Leonardo Valentini
Title: First Vice President
By /s/ Miguel J. Medida
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Name: Miguel J. Medida
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 BARCLAYS BANK PLC
By /s/ Gary Albanese
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Name: Gary Albanese
Title: Associate Director
$35,000,000.00 CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Mary P. Daly
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Name: Mary P. Daly
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 CRESTAR BANK
By /s/ Nancy R. Petrash
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Name: Nancy R. Petrash
Title: Senior Vice President
$35,000,000.00 FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK
By /s/ Scott R. Nahme
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Name: Scott R. Nahme
Title: Assistant Vice President
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$35,000,000.00 MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
By /s/ Timothy V. O'Donovan
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Name: Timothy V. O'Donovan
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ Eric Strickland
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Name: Eric Strickland
Title: Vice President
$35,000,000.00 WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
By /s/ Fitzhugh L. Wickham III
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Name: Fitzhugh L. Wickham III
Title: Vice President
$25,000,000.00 FIFTH THIRD BANK
By /s/ Kevin C.M. Jones
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Name: Kevin C.M. Jones
Title: Assistant Vice President
$25,000,000.00 THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED,
NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Raymond Ventura
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Name: Raymond Ventura
Title: Vice President & Manager
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$25,000,000.00 THE LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK OF
JAPAN, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Hiroshi Kitada
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Name: Hiroshi Kitada
Title: Senior Vice President
$25,000,000.00 RIGGS BANK N.A.
By /s/ David H. Olson
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Name: David H. Olson
Title: Vice President
$25,000,000.00 THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, NEW
YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Kazuyoshi Ogawa
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Name: Kazuyoshi Ogawa
Title: Joint General Manager
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