Delaware | 65-0654331 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
200 Riverfront Boulevard | ||
Elmwood Park, New Jersey | 07407 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
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Exhibits | |
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Amended and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of June 17, 2011, by and among Sealed Air Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Inc. |
SEALED AIR CORPORATION |
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Date: June 21, 2011 | By: | /s/ H. Katherine White | ||
Name: | H. Katherine White | |||
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
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Amended and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of June 17, 2011, by and among Sealed Air Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and RBS Securities Inc. |
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 390 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED One Bryant Park New York, New York 10036 |
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BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP. 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC RBS SECURITIES INC. 600 Washington Boulevard Stamford, CT 06901 |
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Very truly yours, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. |
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MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC |
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RBS SECURITIES INC. |
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CONFIDENTIAL | EXHIBIT A |
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CONFIDENTIAL | EXHIBIT B |
Borrowers:
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Sealed Air Corporation (the US Borrower, each wholly-owned restricted foreign subsidiary of the US Borrower listed on Annex I to this Exhibit B and certain other wholly-owned foreign restricted subsidiaries of the US Borrower, to be agreed, the Foreign Borrowers, and together with the US Borrower, the Borrowers). The Borrowers and the Guarantors (as defined below) are collectively referred to herein as the Loan Parties. | |
Bank Lead Arrangers:
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Citi, MLPFS, BNPPSC and RBSSI (each a Bank Lead Arranger and, collectively, the Bank Lead Arrangers). | |
Bank Administrative
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Citi (in its capacity as administrative agent for the Bank Lenders, the Bank Administrative Agent, and in its capacity as collateral agent for the Bank Lenders, the Collateral Agent). | |
Bank Lenders:
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Citi, Bank of America, BNPP, RBS and a syndicate of financial institutions and institutional lenders arranged by the Bank Lead Arrangers in consultation with (or where applicable, with the consent of), US Borrower, in accordance with the syndication provisions of the Commitment Letter (the Bank Lenders). | |
Guarantors:
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All obligations under the Bank Facilities and under any cash management, interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with the Bank Administrative Agent, any Bank Lender, or any affiliates of the foregoing shall be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a senior secured basis (the Bank Guarantees) by, except to the extent prohibited or restricted by applicable law or by contract existing on the Closing Date or, with respect to subsidiaries acquired after the Closing Date, existing when such subsidiary was acquired (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party) or resulting in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by US Borrower in consultation with the Bank Administrative Agent, all of the existing and future, direct and indirect, wholly-owned, material domestic restricted subsidiaries of US Borrower except: (i) any indirect subsidiaries constituting controlled foreign corporations or any direct subsidiaries thereof, (ii) any wholly-owned, domestic restricted subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which constitute the equity of controlled foreign corporations and (iii) any unrestricted subsidiaries, captive |
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insurance companies, not-for-profit subsidiaries, special purpose entities and immaterial subsidiaries. | ||
In addition, wholly-owned, material foreign restricted subsidiaries of the Borrowers will be required to provide Bank Guarantees with respect to the obligations of Foreign Borrowers, subject to any requirements of applicable law and the benefit from any such guarantee outweighing the cost of obtaining the same, as reasonably determined by the Bank Administrative Agent in consultation with US Borrower. | ||
The subsidiary guarantors described under this section being referred to herein as the Guarantors. | ||
Bank Facilities:
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(A) A term A term loan facility (the Term A Facility), available in Euros, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Equivalent of US$750 million; provided, that the US Borrower may, on or prior to July 15, 2011, with the consent of each Lead Arranger (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), request that the entire amount of the Term A Facility be made available in U.S. Dollars, instead of Euros. | |
(B) A term B term loan facility (the Term B Facility, and together with the Term A Facility, the Term Facilities) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Equivalent of US$1,550 million, of which (x) US$1,000 million shall be available in U.S. Dollars (the Dollar Term B Subfacility), and (y) the Equivalent of US$550 million shall be available in Euros (the Euro Term B Subfacility); provided, that the US Borrower may, on or prior to July 15, 2011, with the consent of each Lead Arranger (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), request that the entire amount of the Euro Term B Subfacility re-allocated to the Dollar Term B Subfacility and be made available in U.S. Dollars, instead of Euros. | ||
(C) A revolving credit facility (the Revolving Facility, and together with the Term Facilities, the Bank Facilities) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Equivalent of US$700 million, available in U.S. Dollars, Euros and the Commitment Currencies (as defined below). In addition, (i) up to an amount to be agreed of the Revolving Facility will be available for the issuance of letters of credit (Letters of Credit), and (ii) up to an amount to be agreed of the Revolving Facility will be available as a swingline subfacility (the Swingline Facility). | ||
Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility (i) will be issued by Citi and by one or more Bank Lenders reasonably acceptable to US Borrower and the Bank Lead Arrangers (each such Bank Lender, an Issuing Bank) and (ii) may be issued for the account of any Borrower. Each Letter of Credit shall expire not later than the earlier of (i) twelve months after the original |
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date of issuance and (ii) the fifth business day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date (as defined below); provided that any letter of credit may provide for renewal thereof on an evergreen basis for additional periods of up to 12 months (which shall be subject to customary non-renewal provisions, and which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above). | ||
Committed Currencies means the lawful currency of Australia, lawful currency of Canada, lawful currency of Japan, lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, lawful currency of The Swiss Federation, lawful currency of New Zealand and such other currencies as mutually agreed, in each case with applicable sublimits to be determined as mutually agreed among the applicable Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and any other Bank Lenders that may be required to lend in such currency. | ||
Drawings in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be reimbursed by the Borrowers within one business day after notice of such drawing by the Bank Administrative Agent to the applicable Borrower. To the extent the Borrowers do not so reimburse the Issuing Bank, the Bank Lenders under the Revolving Facility shall be irrevocably obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective commitments under the Revolving Facility. The issuance of all Letters of Credit shall be subject to the customary procedures of the applicable Issuing Bank. | ||
Except for purposes of calculating the commitment fee described below, any swingline borrowings will reduce availability under the Revolving Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis. | ||
Equivalent means, whenever this Commitment Letter requires or permits a determination of the equivalent in any currency (the base currency) of an amount expressed in any other currency (the other currency), the equivalent amount in such base currency of such amount expressed in the other currency as determined by the Bank Administrative Agent on such date on the basis of the Spot Rate for the purchase of the base currency with such other currency on the relevant computation date provided for hereunder. Spot Rate for a currency means the rate quoted by the Bank Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Bank Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its foreign exchange office at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date 2 business days prior to the date as of which the applicable foreign exchange computation is made; provided that in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Spot Rate will be determined at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date 1 |
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business day prior to the date as of which the applicable foreign exchange computation is made. | ||
Maturity and
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Term A Facility: The Term A Facility shall mature on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the Term A Maturity Date). The Term A Facility will amortize in equal quarterly installments in annual amounts set forth below: |
Term A Facility | ||||
Year 1 |
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Year 2 |
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Year 3 |
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Year 4 |
25.00 | % | ||
Year 5 |
50.00 | % |
Term B Facility: The Term B Facility shall mature on the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date (the Term B Maturity Date). The Term B Facility will amortize in equal quarterly installments in the annual amounts set forth below: |
Term B Facility | ||||
Year 1 |
1.00 | % | ||
Year 2 |
1.00 | % | ||
Year 3 |
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Year 4 |
1.00 | % | ||
Year 5 |
1.00 | % | ||
Year 6 |
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Year 7 |
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Revolving Facility: The Revolving Facility shall mature on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the Revolving Maturity Date). There shall be no amortization in respect of loans under the Revolving Facility (the Revolving Loans; each of the loans under the Term Facilities and the Revolving Loans, a Bank Loan and collectively, the Bank Loans). | ||
Incremental Facilities:
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The Bank Loan Documents will permit the Borrowers to (a) add one or more incremental term loan facilities to the Bank Facilities (each, an Incremental Term Facility) and (b) add one or more revolving credit facilities and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Facility (any such revolving credit facility or increase, an Incremental Revolving Facility; the Incremental Term Facilities and the Incremental Revolving Facilities are collectively referred to as Incremental Facilities); provided that (i) US Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant (as defined below) contained in the Bank Facilities Documentation (regardless of whether such Financial Covenant is otherwise then in effect), (ii) the Incremental Facilities do not exceed in the aggregate the sum of (A) US$500 million and (B) up to an additional US$500 million, so long as |
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the US Borrowers Total Net Secured Leverage Ratio (to be defined in the Bank Loan Documents in a manner consistent with the Documentation Principles), calculated giving pro forma effect to the requested incremental borrowing, is no greater than 2.0 : 1.0, (iii) no Lender will be required to participate in any such Incremental Facility, (iv) the Incremental Facilities will rank pari passu in right of payment and security with the other Bank Facilities, (v) the Incremental Term Facilities will have a final maturity no earlier than the final maturity of the Term B Facility and any Incremental Revolving Facility will have a final maturity no earlier than the final maturity of the Revolving Facility, (vi) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Facility shall be no shorter than that of the Term B Facility, (vii) subject to clauses (v) and (vi) above, the amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Facility shall be determined by US Borrower and the lenders thereunder and the Incremental Revolving Facility shall not have amortization, (viii) no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (ix) the all-in yield (whether in the form of interest rate margins, original issue discount (OID), upfront fees or a greater interest rate floor) applicable to any Incremental Facility will be determined by US Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Facility, but will not be more than 0.50% higher than the corresponding all-in yield (after giving effect to interest rate margins (including interest rate floors), OID and upfront fees) for the existing Term B Facility or Revolving Facility, as the case may be, unless the interest rate margins (and, if applicable, interest rate floors) with respect to the existing Term B Facility or Revolving Facility, as the case may be, are increased by an amount equal to the difference between the all-in yield with respect to the Incremental Facility and the corresponding all-in yield on the existing Term B Facility or Revolving Facility, as the case may be, minus 0.50%, (x) the representations and warranties in the Bank Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, and (xi) except as otherwise required or permitted in clauses (i) through (x) above, all other terms of such Incremental Facility, if not consistent with the terms of the existing Term Facility or Revolving Facility, as the case may be, will be as agreed among the US Borrower, the lenders providing such Incremental Facility and the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers may seek commitments in respect of the Incremental Facilities from existing Lenders (each of which shall be entitled to agree or decline to participate in its sole discretion) and additional banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders (in the case of such additional banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders, subject to the consent of Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) if such consent is required under Assignments and Participations) who will become Lenders in connection |
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therewith. No Lender shall be under any obligation to provide any portion of any requested Incremental Facilities. | ||
Purpose and Availability:
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Term A Facility: The full amount of the Term A Facility shall be available in a single borrowing on the Closing Date and shall be utilized to (a) finance the Acquisition and the Transactions (including refinancing pre-existing indebtedness (and any interest or fees in connection therewith) of the Acquired Business), and (b) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. Once repaid, no amount of loans under the Term A Facility may be reborrowed. | |
Term B Facility: The full amount of the Term B Facility shall be available in a single borrowing on the Closing Date and shall be utilized to (a) to finance the Acquisition and the Transactions (including refinancing pre-existing indebtedness (and any interest or fees in connection therewith) of the Acquired Business), and (b) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. Once repaid, no amount of loans under the Term B Facility may be reborrowed. | ||
Revolving Facility: The Revolving Loans (and the Letters of Credit issued thereunder) shall be available on the Closing Date and shall be utilized solely for the Borrowers and their subsidiaries working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes (including permitted acquisitions); provided that on the Closing Date the Revolving Loans shall be available only (i) in an amount up to US$400 million (less any amount funded pursuant to clause (ii) below) to finance liabilities incurred by US Borrower arising out of the W.R. Grace liability, (ii) in an amount of up to US$25 million to finance the Transactions, (iii) to fund OID or upfront fees in connection with the Facilities in an amount sufficient to fund any OID or upfront fees required to be funded on the Closing Date including those required to be funded under the flex provisions in the Fee Letter or in connection with the issuance of the Senior Term Loans or any Exchange Securities on the Closing Date (excluding letter of credit usage), and (iv) in an amount up to US$100 million for working capital needs. Revolving Loans may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed from time to time. | ||
Letters of credit may be issued on the Closing Date to backstop or replace letters of credit outstanding on the Closing Date (including by grandfathering such existing letters of credit in the Revolving Facility) or for other general corporate purposes. | ||
Collateral:
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Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, the Bank Facilities of US Borrower, any cash management, and all interest rate protection and other hedging arrangements entered into by US Borrower with the Bank Administrative Agent, any Bank Lender, or any affiliates of the foregoing will be secured by a |
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valid and perfected first priority lien and security interest in all of the following, whether owned on the Closing Date or thereafter acquired (collectively, the US Collateral): | ||
(a) | All present and future tangible and intangible assets of US Borrower and the domestic Guarantors including but not limited to, machinery and equipment, inventory and other goods, accounts receivable, owned real property, fixtures, deposit accounts, general intangibles, intercompany debt, license rights, intellectual property, chattel paper, contract rights, hedge agreements, documents, instruments, tax refunds, investment property and cash, wherever located, in each case, other than accounts receivable securing any securitization facility; and | ||
(b) | All proceeds and products of the property and assets described in clause (a) above. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Collateral shall not include: (i) pledges and security interests prohibited or restricted by applicable law (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party), (ii) pledges and security interests in agreements, licenses and leases that are prohibited or restricted by such agreements, licenses and leases (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party), to the extent prohibited or restricted thereby, and except to the extent such prohibition or restriction is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code, other than proceeds thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code notwithstanding such prohibition, (iii) any assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by US Borrower and the Bank Administrative Agent, (iv) any real property interest constituting Principal Property, as defined in the indentures governing the 5.625% Senior Notes due July 2013, the 12% Senior Notes due February 2014, the 7.875% Senior Notes due June 2017 and the 6.875% Senior Notes due July 2033 (collectively, the Existing Senior Notes) as in effect on the Execution Date and the capital stock of any subsidiary which cannot be pledged under such indentures without triggering the equal and ratable clauses thereunder, while any Existing Senior Notes remain outstanding, (v) any immaterial fee-owned real property and any leasehold interest (it being understood there shall be no requirement to obtain any landlord waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters), (vi) letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims, in each case below thresholds to be agreed, (vii) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization is |
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prohibited or restricted thereby, (viii) margin stock and to the extent prohibited by the terms of any applicable charter joint venture agreement, shareholders agreement or similar agreement, equity interests in any person other than material wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries, (ix) any lease, license or agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition and (x) in the case of the capital stock of any foreign subsidiary of a U.S. entity or of a U.S. entity that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes substantially all of whose assets consist of capital stock and/or indebtedness of one or more foreign subsidiaries and any other assets incidental thereto, shall be limited to 65% of the stock of such foreign subsidiary or such U.S. entity, as the case may be, (b) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights, chattel paper, hedge agreements, tax refunds, motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or commercial tort claims other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement and (c) control agreements and perfection by control shall not be required with respect to any Collateral (other than delivery of stock certificates of material wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and notes evidencing material indebtedness). | ||
Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, all the above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages shall be created on terms and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Bank Administrative Agent, and none of the Collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages, subject to exceptions to be agreed upon. Assets will be excluded from the Collateral in circumstances to be agreed and in circumstances where the Bank Administrative Agent (in consultation with US Borrower) determines in writing that the cost of obtaining a security interest in such assets is excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby. | ||
Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, the Bank Facilities of the Foreign Borrowers will be secured by the US Collateral and by a valid and perfected first priority security interest in certain assets of the Foreign Guarantors to be agreed. | ||
Documentation Principles:
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The Bank Loan Documents shall contain the terms set forth in this Exhibit B and, to the extent any other terms are not expressly set forth in this Exhibit B, will be negotiated in good |
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faith and shall contain such other terms as US Borrower and the Bank Lead Arrangers shall reasonably agree; it being understood and agreed that the Bank Loan Documents shall be usual and customary for financings of this kind and size, as agreed by the Bank Lead Arrangers and US Borrower, as modified as appropriate in light of the operational requirements of US Borrower and its subsidiaries in light of their size, industry, businesses, leverage, ratings and business practices, and with baskets and exceptions commensurate with the increased size of US Borrower after giving effect to the Transactions (the Documentation Principles). | ||
Interest:
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At the Borrowers option, the Bank Loans denominated in U.S. dollars will bear interest based on the Base Rate or Eurocurrency Rate (in each case, as defined below), except that all swingline borrowings will accrue interest based only at the Base Rate. Bank Loans denominated in Euros will bear interest at the Eurocurrency Rate, and Bank Loans denominated in other Committed Currencies shall bear interest at their local equivalent of the Eurocurrency Rate. | |
A. Base Rate Option | ||
Interest will be at the Base Rate plus the applicable Interest Margin, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days and payable quarterly in arrears. Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1/2 of 1.00%, (ii) the rate that the Bank Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime or base commercial lending rate, as in effect from time to time, and (iii) one-month LIBOR (determined as of such day) plus 1.00%. | ||
Base Rate borrowings will be in minimum amounts to be agreed upon and (other than swingline borrowings) will require one business days prior notice. | ||
B. Eurocurrency Option | ||
Interest will be determined for periods to be selected by the Borrowers (Interest Periods) of one, two, three or six months (or with the consent of each Lender, nine or twelve months) and will be at an annual rate equal to (i) if the currency of such loans is U.S. Dollars, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for the corresponding deposits of U.S. Dollars, plus the applicable Interest Margin, and (ii) if the currency of such loans is Euros, the rate per annum for deposits in Euros that appears on Reuters Page EURIBOR-01 (EURIBOR), plus the applicable Interest Margin. |
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LIBOR will be determined by reference to the rate appearing on Reuters Screen Libor 01 for the applicable interest period (or on any successor or substitute page of such screen, or any successor to or substitute for such screen, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such screen, as determined by the Bank Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market). | ||
EURIBOR will be determined by reference to the rate appearing on Reuters Page EURIBOR-01 for the applicable interest period (or on any successor or substitute page of such page, or any successor to or substitute for such page, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the Bank Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Euro deposits in the London interbank market). | ||
The term Eurocurrency Rate shall mean LIBOR and/or EURIBOR, as the context shall require. | ||
Interest will be paid at the end of each Interest Period or, in the case of Interest Periods longer than three months, quarterly, and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Eurocurrency Rate will be adjusted for maximum statutory reserve requirements (if any) pursuant to terms to be agreed. | ||
Eurocurrency borrowings will require 3 business days prior notice and will be in minimum amounts to be agreed upon. | ||
At no time shall the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to the Term B Facility be less than 1.00% per annum. | ||
C. Interest Margins | ||
The applicable Interest Margin will be the basis points set forth in the following table. |
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Term A Facility |
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The Interest Margin under the Revolving Facility and the Term A Facility shall be subject to step-downs to be agreed. |
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Default Interest:
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Any principal or interest payable under or in respect of the Bank Facilities not paid when due shall bear interest at the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum. Other overdue amounts shall bear interest at 2.00% per annum above the rate applicable to ABR loans. | |
Unused Commitment Fees:
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0.50% per annum on the unused amount of the commitments under the Revolving Facility (calculated on an actual/360-day basis) subject to a step-down to 0.375% based on a Net Total Leverage Ratio level to be agreed, payable (i) quarterly in arrears and (ii) on the date of termination or expiration of the commitments (the Unused Commitment Fee). | |
Letter of Credit Fees:
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The Borrowers shall pay (calculated on an actual/360-day basis) (a) to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the aggregate face amount of each Letter of Credit issued and (b) to the Bank Lenders under the Revolving Facility a participation fee equal to the applicable Interest Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the face amount of each such Letter of Credit. Other customary administrative, issuance, amendment and other charges shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account. | |
Voluntary Prepayments and
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The Borrowers may prepay, in whole or in part, the Bank Facilities, with prior notice but without premium or penalty (other than any breakage costs) and in minimum amounts to be agreed. Voluntary reductions to the unutilized commitments of the Revolving Facility may be made from time to time by the Borrowers without premium or penalty. | |
Mandatory Prepayments:
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Mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans shall be required from the following, subject to the Documentation Principles: | |
(a) 100% of the net cash proceeds of any non-ordinary course sale or other disposition of assets (including as a result of casualty or condemnation and excluding sales of inventory, obsolete or worn-out property, property no longer useful in such persons business and other customary exceptions to be agreed) by US Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries in excess of an amount to be agreed (subject to reinvestment of such proceeds in the business of US Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries within (i) 12 months following receipt or (ii) if US Borrower or its applicable restricted subsidiaries have contractually committed to reinvest such proceeds within 12 months following receipt, 18 months following receipt; | ||
(b) 100% of the net cash proceeds from issuances or incurrence of debt by US Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (other than indebtedness permitted by the Bank Facilities, including the Notes, the Securities and other indebtedness |
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permitted or required to be issued under the Senior Bridge Facility); and | ||
(c) 50% of excess cash flow for each fiscal year of US Borrower (commencing with the first full fiscal year ended after the Closing Date); provided, that the foregoing percentage shall be reduced to 25% and 0% subject to Net Total Leverage Ratio levels to be agreed; provided further that (i) voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans (to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of the corresponding commitment) made during such fiscal year, or after the year end and prior to the time such excess cash flow prepayment is due, will reduce the amount of excess cash flow prepayments required for such fiscal year on a dollar-for-dollar basis (in the case of Loans prepaid at a discount to par, with such reduction of the amount of excess cash flow prepayments being equal to the amount of cash spent to make such prepayment (as opposed to the face amount of the Loans so prepaid) and (ii) excess cash flow shall be reduced for, among other things, cash used for capital expenditures, certain permitted investments, permitted acquisitions and certain limited restricted payments to be agreed (but in any case, excluding therefrom the payment of public shareholder dividends), in each case, to the extent financed with internally generated funds and made during such fiscal year. | ||
Application of Prepayments:
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Optional prepayments of the Term Facilities will be applied as directed by the Borrowers, but will be applied pro rata among the Bank Lenders within the selected Bank Facilities and subfacilities. Mandatory prepayments of the Term Facilities will be applied ratably between and within each of the Term Facilities in direct order of occurrence for the next eight immediately following scheduled amortization payments (based on the relative size of such scheduled amortization payments), and then applied ratably to the payment of the remaining scheduled amortization payments, on a pro rata basis between and within each of the Term Facilities. | |
Conditions Precedent
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Subject to Certain Funds Provisions on the Closing Date, the initial borrowings under the Bank Facilities shall be subject only to (a) the conditions set forth in Section 1 of the Commitment Letter, (b) the conditions set forth in Exhibit D to the Commitment Letter, and (c) the delivery to the Bank Administrative Agent of a notice of borrowing (along with one or more letter of credit requests, to the extent that the Borrowers are requesting the issuance of Letters of Credit on the Closing Date). |
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Conditions Precedent
to All Other Extensions of Credit:
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After the Closing Date, the conditions precedent to each borrowing and each issuance of a Letter of Credit under the Bank Facilities shall be (a) delivery to the Bank Administrative Agent of a notice of borrowing or letter of credit request, as applicable; (b) the absence of any default or event of default under the Bank Loan Documents at the time of, and after giving effect to, such borrowing; (c) the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and each of their respective restricted subsidiaries at the time of, and after giving effect to, such borrowings; and (d) to the extent that compliance with the Financial Covenant was not required in the most recently reported fiscal quarter, pro forma compliance, after giving effect to such borrowing or issuance (and all prior borrowings, issuances and repayments), with the Financial Covenant, calculated on a pro forma basis for the most recent period for which financial statements were required to be delivered (whether or not compliance with the Financial Covenant was then otherwise applicable). | |
Representations and
Warranties:
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The Bank Facilities will contain such representations and warranties by the Borrowers and the Guarantors limited to the following, subject to the Documentation Principles and to customary materiality qualifications and exceptions to be agreed: organization, existence and good standing; requisite power and authority, qualification; equity interests and ownership; due authorization; no conflict; governmental consents; binding obligation; historical financial statements; no material adverse change (after the Closing Date); adverse proceedings; payment of taxes; properties; environmental matters; no defaults; Investment Company Act; margin stock; employee matters; employee benefit plans; solvency; compliance with law; disclosure; senior indebtedness; Patriot Act; anti-money laundering laws; intellectual property; Regulation H (to the extent applicable); and security documents. | |
Affirmative Covenants:
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The Bank Facilities will contain such affirmative covenants by the Borrowers and the Guarantors limited to the following, subject to the Documentation Principles and to customary materiality qualifications and exceptions to be agreed: financial statements (accompanied by an officers compliance certificate) and other reports; maintenance of existence; payment of taxes and claims; maintenance of properties; insurance; books and records inspections; lenders meetings; compliance with laws; environmental compliance; use of proceeds; further assurances in respect of subsidiaries, guaranties and additional collateral; and using commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings. |
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Negative Covenants:
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The Bank Facilities will contain such negative covenants by the Borrowers and the Guarantors limited to the following, subject to the Documentation Principles and to customary materiality qualifications and exceptions to be agreed: indebtedness (with exceptions, including to permit the Notes, the Securities and the Facilities); liens; restricted payments (with exceptions, including for the payment of ordinary dividends (a) in fiscal year 2011 (if the Closing Date occurs prior to the end of fiscal year 2011), up to an amount to be agreed consistent with the Documentation Principles, and (b) thereafter, up to the amount for each respective fiscal year set for the below: |
fiscal year 2012: |
US$ | 135 million | ||
fiscal year 2013: |
US$ | 150 million | ||
fiscal year 2014: |
US$ | 160 million | ||
fiscal year 2015 and thereafter: |
US$ | 175 million |
provided, that if the Borrower pays less than the maximum amount of ordinary dividends permitted in any fiscal year, such unpaid excess amount may be added to increase the amount of maximum ordinary dividends permitted to be paid in the next two immediately following fiscal years (provided, further, that (i) in no event shall the unpaid excess amount of ordinary dividends permitted to be paid pursuant to this provision from any fiscal year be added to increase the maximum amount of ordinary dividends permitted to be paid in any fiscal year beyond the two immediately following fiscal years and (ii) upon the payment of ordinary dividends in any fiscal year pursuant to this paragraph, the availability of ordinary dividends permitted to be paid in such fiscal year shall be reduced in the following order: first, to a reduction of the unpaid excess amount of ordinary dividends permitted to be carried over from previous fiscal years (in the order of oldest in time), and second to a reduction of the available amount of ordinary dividends permitted to be paid in the then-current fiscal year)); no further negative pledges; restricted junior payments; investments; fundamental changes; disposition of assets (including subsidiaries); acquisitions; sales and lease-backs; speculative hedging activities; transactions with shareholders and affiliates; conduct of business; amendments or waivers of organizational documents; amendments or waivers with respect to certain indebtedness; and fiscal year, in each case subject to applicable periods, exceptions and baskets. | ||
The Borrowers or any restricted subsidiary will be permitted to make acquisitions (each, a Permitted Acquisition) so long as (a) before and after giving effect thereto, no event of default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Borrower would be in compliance (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition and any other acquisition, disposition, debt incurrence, debt retirement and customary pro forma adjustments, including pro forma cost savings and synergy |
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addbacks, to be agreed) with the Financial Covenant recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available, and (c) subject to the limitations set forth in Guarantees and Security above, the acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than any designated as an unrestricted subsidiary) will become Guarantors and pledge their Collateral to the Administrative Agent. Acquisitions of entities that do not become Guarantors and made with the proceeds of any consideration provided by the Borrowers or a Guarantor will be limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the sum of (x) an amount to be agreed and (y) the amount described in the second succeeding paragraph below. The foregoing requirements will not apply to the consummation of the Acquisition. | ||
So long as no event of default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrowers and any restricted subsidiary will be permitted to: | ||
(a) incur senior unsecured indebtedness, subject to
compliance, on a pro forma basis (giving effect to such
incurrence and all other incurrences of indebtedness
since the most recently ended fiscal quarter of US
Borrower for which financial statements are available)
with either (i) the Financial Covenant, except
that, for purposes of determining compliance with this
clause (i), the then-applicable Financial Covenant shall
be reduced by 0.50 or (ii) (x) the Financial Covenant
and (y) a minimum 2.0 : 1.0 interest coverage ratio test
(to be defined in a mutually agreed manner, consistent
with the Documentation Principles but to exclude the
cash proceeds from the indebtedness being inccurred);
and |
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(b) incur subordinated indebtedness, subject to
compliance, on a pro forma basis (giving effect to such
incurrence and all other incurrences of indebtedness
since the most recently ended fiscal quarter of US
Borrower for which
financial statements are available) with the Financial
Covenant; |
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in each case, subject to terms and conditions consistent with the Documentation Principles; provided that any such indebtedness incurred by a restricted subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be capped at an amount to be agreed. | ||
So long as no event of default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrowers and any restricted subsidiary may make fair market value, non-ordinary course asset sales, in each fiscal year in an aggregate amount not to exceed 15% of the US Borrowers consolidated net tangible assets, as determined as of |
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the last day of the preceding fiscal year, and subject to the mandatory prepayment provision and other terms and conditions consistent with the Documentation Principles; provided, that at least 75% of the proceeds from each such non-ordinary course asset sale shall be in the form of cash or cash equivalents. The foregoing limits on non-ordinary course asset sales will fall away in the event that the US Borrower obtains corporate family/corporate credit ratings of BBB- and Baa3 from each of S&P and Moodys, respectively (in each case, with no negative outlook or negative watch), though for the avoidance of doubt, such non-ordinary course asset sales shall still remain subject to the mandatory prepayment provision. | ||
The limitations on investments, restricted payments and debt payments referenced above shall be subject to (i) a carve-out to permit investments, restricted payments or restricted junior debt payments, subject to a building basket based on excess cash flow that is not required to be prepaid pursuant to the mandatory prepayment provisions of any Facility, and with terms and conditions consistent with the Documentation Principles; (ii) a carve-out to permit any investments, restricted junior debt payments and restricted payments, subject to pro forma compliance with a maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio of 2.5 : 1.0; and (iii) in the case of any debt payment, there shall be an exception for conversions of the applicable indebtedness to common or qualified preferred equity (or payments with the proceeds thereof) or refinancing or exchanges of debt for like or junior debt. | ||
Upon the US Borrowers receipt of corporate family/corporate credit ratings of BBB- and Baa3 from each of S&P and Moodys, respectively (in each case, with no negative outlook or negative watch), (i) certain negative covenants, to be mutually agreed, will be suspended for all periods during which the US Borrower maintains such investment grade ratings, (ii) certain other negative covenants, to be mutually agreed, will be permanently removed, and (iii) all collateral will be released. | ||
Financial Covenant:
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The only financial covenant will be maintenance of a maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio (the Financial Covenant) for each period of four fiscal quarters of US Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (beginning with the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date), which financial covenant shall be applicable to only the Term A Facility and the Revolving Facility, and shall apply only when there exists any outstanding loan or letter of credit (drawn or undrawn) under the Term A Facility or the Revolving Facility (in the case of undrawn Letters of Credit, unless such Letters of Credit have been cash collateralized in an amount equal to no less than 102% of the face amount thereof). |
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The levels for the Financial Covenant shall be set at a cushion of at least 30% above the levels set forth in the model provided to Citi on May 18, 2011, or in such subsequently provided model as may be mutually agreed between the US Borrower and the Initial Lenders. | ||
Events of Default:
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The Bank Facilities will contain events of default limited to the following, subject to the Documentation Principles and subject to customary materiality qualifications and exceptions to be agreed: failure to pay principal when due and failure to pay interest, fees and other amounts within 5 business days of when due; representations or warranties materially incorrect; failure to comply with covenants, with customary notice and cure periods (provided, that any breach of the Financial Covenant shall require enforcement of such default and acceleration of loans by the Revolving Lenders and Term A Lenders to trigger an event of default under the Term B Facility); cross-default to payment defaults on principal of indebtedness in an aggregate minimum threshold amount to be agreed, or to other events if the effect is to accelerate or permit acceleration of such debt; failure to pay a final judgment or court order not covered by insurance if not stayed within an appropriate period in excess of a minimum threshold amount to be agreed; bankruptcy, liquidation, or the appointment of a receiver or similar official or institution of any such proceeding if not dismissed within an appropriate period; ERISA; change of control or ownership (with such definition to be agreed in a mutually acceptable manner, but in any event shall not require any minimum ownership or control by any person, entity or group); invalidity (actual or asserted in writing by US Borrower) of the Bank Loan Documents or portion of Collateral (such portion of Collateral subject to a materiality threshold to be agreed consistent with the Documentation Principles); and failure of subordinated indebtedness to be subordinated. | |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries:
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The Bank Loan Documents will contain provisions pursuant to which, subject to customary limitations based on a minimum consolidated restricted asset test to be agreed, and customary limitations on investments, loans, advances to, and other investments in, unrestricted subsidiaries, US Borrower will be permitted to designate any existing or subsequently acquired or organized subsidiary as an unrestricted subsidiary and subsequently re-designate any such unrestricted subsidiary as a restricted subsidiary. Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the representations and warranties, affirmative or negative covenant or event of default provisions of the Bank Loan Documents and the results of operations and indebtedness of unrestricted subsidiaries will not be taken into account for purposes of determining any financial ratio or covenant contained in the Bank Loan Documents. |
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Expenses and Indemnity:
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The US Borrower shall pay or reimburse all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Bank Lead Arrangers, the Bank Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in connection with the syndication of the Bank Facilities and with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Bank Loan Documents and any security arrangements in connection therewith, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal expenses of one firm of counsel to the Bank Administrative Agent, the Bank Lenders and the Bank Lead Arrangers, taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (and, to the extent required by the subject matter, one specialist counsel for each such specialized area of law in each appropriate jurisdiction); provided that, if the Closing Date does not occur, the US Borrower shall only be required to reimburse 50% of the aggregate costs and expenses referenced in the preceding portion of this sentence. | |
US Borrower further agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Bank Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Bank Lenders incurred in connection with the administration, amendment, waiver or modification (including proposed amendments, waivers or modifications) of, and enforcement of any of its rights and remedies under, the Bank Loan Documents, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal expenses of one firm of counsel to the Bank Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Bank Lenders, taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (and, to the extent required by the subject matter, one specialist counsel for each such specialized area of law in each appropriate jurisdiction). | ||
US Borrower will indemnify the Bank Lenders, the Bank Lead Arrangers, the Bank Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks and their respective affiliates, and hold them harmless from and against all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal expenses of one firm of counsel to the Bank Lenders, the Bank Lead Arrangers, the Bank Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks and their respective affiliates, taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (and, to the extent required by the subject matter, one specialist counsel for each such specialized area of law in each appropriate jurisdiction) (and, in the case of a conflict of interest (as determined in the sole discretion of each affected indemnified person) where the indemnified person affected by such conflict informs you of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for each such affected indemnified person) and liabilities arising out of or relating to |
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the Bank Facilities and any actual or proposed use of the proceeds of any loans made under the Bank Facilities; provided, however, that no such person will be indemnified for costs, expenses or liabilities (i) to the extent determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been incurred solely from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of an indemnified person or any of its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors or other representatives, (ii) which resulted from a material breach of any material Bank Loan Documents by, such indemnified person or any of its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors or other representatives, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) any dispute solely among the indemnified persons and not arising out of any act or omission of the US Borrower, or any of their affiliates (except when one of the parties to such action was acting in its capacity as an agent, an arranger, a bookrunner or other agency capacity); provided that US Borrower shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages (other than in respect of any such damages required to be indemnified pursuant to the indemnification provisions, including without limitation, as to any claims by persons not party to the Bank Loan Documents, or claims brought in violation of this provision). | ||
Waivers and Amendments:
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Amendments and waivers of the provisions of the Bank Loan Documents shall require the approval of Bank Lenders holding not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the loans and commitments under the Bank Facilities; provided that (a) the consent of each affected Bank Lender shall be required with respect to (i) increases in the commitment of such Bank Lender; (ii) reductions of principal, interest or fees of such Bank Lender; (iii) extensions of scheduled amortization or the final maturity date; (iv) releases of all or substantially all of the Collateral or the guarantees; and (v) decreases in the required voting percentages (or any of the applicable definitions related thereto), and (b) consent of the Bank Lenders holding not less than a majority of any class of loans under the Bank Facilities shall be required with respect to matters customarily regarded as specifically affecting the rights of such class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) amendments and waivers of the Financial Covenant or its component definitions will require only the approval of Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of Loans and commitments under the Term A Facility and the Revolving Facility, and (y) the Bank Loan Documents will include customary amend and extend provisions, as well as provisions allowing for the Borrowers to repurchase loans under the Term Facilities on a non pro rata basis through reverse Dutch auctions. |
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The Bank Loan Documents shall contain customary yank-a-bank provisions and customary provisions relating to defaulting Bank Lenders (including provisions relating to reallocation of defaulting Bank Lender commitments to non-defaulting Bank Lenders up to such non-defaulting Bank Lenders commitments and, in the absence of such reallocation, providing cash collateral to support swingline loans or Letters of Credit, the suspension of voting rights, rights to receive certain fees, and the termination or assignment of commitments or loans of such Bank Lenders). | ||
The Bank Loan Documents shall provide the right for individual Lenders to agree to extend the maturity date of their own outstanding Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility commitments, as applicable, upon the request of US Borrower and without the consent of any other Lender (it being understood that each Lender under the tranche that is being extended shall have the opportunity to participate in such extension on the same terms and conditions as each other Lender under such tranche), upon terms as are usual and customary for financings of this kind and scope generally, subject to the Documentation Principles. | ||
Assignments and
Participations:
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Each Bank Lender may assign all or, subject to minimum amounts to be agreed, a portion of its loans and commitments under one or more of the Bank Facilities. Assignments will require payment of an administrative fee to the Bank Administrative Agent, and the consents of the Bank Administrative Agent and, except with respect to assignments made as part of the primary syndication of the Facilities (subject to the provisions of Section 2 of the Commitment Letter), the consent of the US Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, the US Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment in respect of the Term Facilities, unless it shall object thereto by written reply to the Bank Administrative Agent within 5 business days after having received notice thereof; provided, further, that no consent of US Borrower shall be required (i) for an assignment to an existing Bank Lender or an affiliate of an existing Bank Lender or (ii) during a payment or bankruptcy event of default; and provided, further, that no consent of the Bank Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an existing Bank Lender or an affiliate of an existing Bank Lender. In addition, each Bank Lender may sell participations in all or a portion of its loans and commitments under one or more of the Bank Facilities; provided that no purchaser of a participation shall have the right to exercise or to cause the selling Bank Lender to exercise voting rights in respect of the Bank Facilities (except as to certain basic issues requiring a 100% vote of affected Lenders). |
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Any Bank Lender may at any time make a security assignment of all or any portion of its rights under the Bank Facilities, to secure extensions of credit to such Bank Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Bank Lender (including any such assignment or pledge in support of obligations owed to a Federal Reserve Bank). | ||
Yield Protection, Taxes and
Other Deductions:
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The Bank Loan documents will contain yield protection provisions, customary for facilities of this nature, protecting the Bank Lenders in the event of unavailability of funding, funding losses, reserve and capital adequacy requirements (including, without limitation, change in law exceptions and other customary provisions with respect to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, pursuant to Basel III), subject to customary yank-a-bank provisions. | |
The Bank Loan Documents will provide that all payments are to be made free and clear of any taxes (other than (i) income taxes in the jurisdiction of the Bank Lenders applicable lending office, (ii) franchise taxes, (iii) taxes on overall net income and (iv) taxes imposed under the foreign accounts tax compliance provisions of Sections 1471 and 1472 of the Code (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). Bank Lenders will furnish to the Bank Administrative Agent appropriate certificates or other evidence of exemption from U.S. federal tax withholding. | ||
Governing Law:
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The State of New York, except as to real estate and certain other collateral documents required to be governed by local law. Each party to the Bank Loan Documents will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. | |
Counsel to the Bank Lead
Arrangers and Bank
Administrative Agent:
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Shearman & Sterling LLP. |
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| Diversey B.V. | |
| Diversey Co., Ltd. | |
| Diversey Brasil Indústria Quimica Ltda. or any other Brazilian subsidiary of Diversey, Inc. | |
| Diversey S.p.A. or any other Italian subsidiary of Diversey, Inc. | |
| Soap Merger Sub Incorporated (Delaware) | |
| Sealed Air Corporation | |
| SAC US | |
| Cryovac | |
| Sealed Air Luxembourg, SCA | |
| Cryovac Japan |
Borrowers:
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Sealed Air Corporation (the US Borrower, and one wholly-owned European restricted subsidiary of the US Borrower, to be agreed, the European Borrower, and such European Borrower, together with the US Borrower, the Borrowers). The Borrowers and the Guarantors (as defined below) are collectively referred to herein as the Loan Parties. | |
Acquisition:
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As described in the Transaction Description. | |
Bridge Lead Arrangers:
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Citi, MLPFS and RBSSI, with respect to the Dollar Bridge Subfacility (each a Dollar Bridge Subfacility Lead Arranger), and Citi, MLPFS and BNPPSC, with respect to the Euro Bridge Subfacility (each a Euro Bridge Subfacility Lead Arranger and, together with the Dollar Bridge Subfacility Lead Arrangers, the Bridge Lead Arrangers). | |
Bridge Administrative Agent:
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Citi (in its capacity as administrative agent for the Bridge Lenders, the Bridge Administrative Agent). | |
Bridge Lenders:
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Citi, Bank of America, BNPP, RBS and/or other financial institutions arranged by the Bridge Lead Arrangers in consultation with (or where applicable, with the consent of), US Borrower, in accordance with the syndication provisions of the Commitment Letter (the Bridge Lenders). | |
Bridge Loans:
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The Bridge Lenders will make loans to the Borrowers on the date the Acquisition is consummated in an aggregate principal amount up to the Equivalent of US$1,500 million, of which (x) up to the Equivalent of US$500 million shall be available in Euros, (the Euro Bridge Loan), and (y) up to the Equivalent of US$1,000 million shall be available in Dollars (the Dollar Bridge Loan and, together with the Euro Bridge Loan, the Bridge Loans) | |
Purpose:
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The proceeds of the Bridge Loans will be used to (a) finance the Acquisition and the Transactions (including refinancing pre-existing indebtedness of the Acquired Business), and (b) pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. | |
Availability:
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A single drawing may be made on the Closing Date of up to the full amount of the Bridge Loans. Amounts borrowed under the |
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Senior Bridge Facility and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. | ||
Documentation Principles:
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The definitive documentation for the Bridge Loans will contain only those conditions to borrowing, representations, warranties, covenants and events of default expressly set forth in this Exhibit C and other provisions that are usual for facilities and transactions of this type (including as to operational requirements of the Borrowers and the Acquired Business and its subsidiaries in light of their industries, businesses and business practices) (the Bridge Documentation Principles). The documentation for the Bridge Loans will include, among others, a credit agreement (the Bridge Loan Agreement), guarantees and other appropriate documents (collectively, the Bridge Loan Documents) and in any event shall be no more restrictive to the US Borrower and its subsidiaries than the Bank Loan Documents. | |
Conversion and Maturity
Dates:
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All Bridge Loans shall have an initial maturity date that is the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date (the Bridge Loan Maturity Date), which shall be extended as provided below. On the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, (i) any Euro Bridge Loan that has not been previously repaid in full will be automatically converted into a Euro-denominated senior term loan (any such loan, a Euro Senior Term Loan) due on the date that is eight years after the Closing Date (the Euro Extended Maturity Date), subject to the conditions set forth herein, and (ii) any Dollar Bridge Loan that has not been previously repaid in full will be automatically converted into two U.S. Dollar-denominated senior term loans, each such loan in an amount equal to half the aggregate amount of the then outstanding Dollar Bridge Loan (the Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loan and the Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loan, respectively, and each a Dollar Senior Term Loan and, collectively with any Euro Senior Term Loans, the Senior Term Loans). The Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans shall be due on a date that is eight years after the Closing Date, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans shall be due on a date that is ten years after the Closing Date, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The date on which Bridge Loans are extended as Senior Term Loans is referred to as the Conversion Date. | |
The Senior Term Loans will be governed by the provisions of the Bridge Loan Documents and will have the same terms as the Bridge Loans except as expressly set forth on Annex II hereto. | ||
Exchange of the Senior Term
Loans:
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At any time or from time to time on or after the Conversion Date, at the option of the Bridge Lenders, any Euro Senior Term Loans, Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans or Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans may be exchanged in whole or in part for |
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senior exchange notes, each such series of senior exchange notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Euro Senior Term Loans, Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans or Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans being exchanged (the Euro Exchange Securities, the Eight-Year Dollar Exchange Securities and the Ten-Year Dollar Exchange Securities, respectively, and collectively the Exchange Securities); provided that Borrowers may defer the first issuance of Exchange Securities until such time as the applicable Borrower shall have received requests to issue an aggregate of at least the Equivalent of US$100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities. | ||
When issued, the Exchange Securities will be governed by an indenture to be entered into between Borrowers and a trustee in a form customarily utilized for a Rule 144A offering of high-yield securities, with terms to be mutually agreed, which shall have the terms set forth in this exhibit for such Exchange Securities. | ||
If reasonably requested by the Bridge Lead Arrangers, or at any time prior to such request in connection with a contemplated exchange by any Bridge Lender of Senior Term Loans for Exchange Securities, US Borrower shall (i) deliver to the Lender that is receiving Exchange Securities, and to such other Lenders as the Bridge Lender requests, an offering memorandum of the type customarily utilized in a Rule 144A offering of high-yield securities covering the resale of such Exchange Securities by such Lenders, in such form and substance as reasonably acceptable to US Borrower and the Bridge Lender, and keep such offering memorandum updated in a manner as would be required pursuant to a customary Rule 144A securities purchase agreement, (ii) in connection with any sale by such Bridge Lender, deliver or cause to be delivered such opinions and accountants comfort letters addressed to the Bridge Lender and such certificates as the Bridge Lender may reasonably request as would be customary in Rule 144A offerings and (iii) take such other actions, and cause its advisors, auditors and counsel to take such actions, as reasonably requested by the Bridge Lender in connection with issuances or resales of Exchange Securities, including (A) providing such information regarding the business and operations of US Borrower and its subsidiaries as is reasonably requested by any prospective holder of Exchange Securities and customarily provided in due diligence investigations in connection with purchases or resales of securities and (B) providing representations, covenants and indemnities to such Bridge Lender in connection with any sale of Exchange Securities to such Bridge Lender. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation to keep an offering memorandum updated shall be subject to customary blackout periods of not more than 45 days in any 90-day period, not to |
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exceed 90 days in any year, for material developments. Upon notice by the Lead Arrangers that the Lead Arrangers have resold all of their Exchange Securities, the Borrower shall have no obligation to provide or update any offering memorandum pursuant to this section. | ||
Availability of the
Exchange Securities:
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The Exchange Securities will be available only in exchange for the Senior Term Loans. The principal amount of any Exchange Security will equal 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Term Loan for which it is exchanged. | |
Guarantee:
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The obligations of US Borrower in respect of the Bridge Loans, the Senior Term Loans and the Exchange Securities will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed on a senior basis (the Guarantees) by all the domestic guarantors of the Bank Facilities. The Guarantees will automatically be released upon the release of the corresponding guarantees of the Bank Facilities. | |
In addition, wholly-owned, material foreign restricted subsidiaries of the Borrowers may be required to provide Guarantees with respect to the obligations of the European Borrower, subject to any requirements of applicable law and the benefit from any such guarantee outweighing the cost of obtaining the same, as reasonably determined by the Bridge Administrative Agent in consultation with US Borrower. | ||
Collateral:
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None. | |
Interest Rates and Fees:
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As set forth on Annex I hereto and in the Fee Letter. | |
Ranking:
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The Bridge Loans, the Senior Term Loans and the Exchange Securities shall be pari passu for all purposes. | |
With respect to the Bank Facilities, the Bridge Loans, the Senior Term Loans and the Exchange Securities shall constitute senior debt and shall rank pari passu with the Bank Facilities. | ||
Mandatory Prepayments:
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US Borrower will be required to prepay the Bridge Loans on a pro rata basis from the net proceeds (after deduction of, among other things, mandatory prepayments under the Bank Facilities) from the incurrence of any debt by US Borrower or any of its subsidiaries whose proceeds are required to prepay the Bank Facilities or from all non-ordinary course asset sales by US Borrower or any of its subsidiaries in excess of amounts reinvested in the business of US Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries on the same terms as permitted by the Bank Facilities, with exceptions and baskets usual and customary for financings of this type. |
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US Borrower will be required to prepay all Bridge Loans at 100% and offer to repurchase all the Senior Term Loans at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repayment, upon the occurrence of a change of control or ownership (with such change of control definition to be agreed among the Initial Bridge Lenders and the Borrower in a mutually acceptable manner, but in any event shall not require any minimum ownership or control by any person, entity or group). | ||
The net cash proceeds from the issuance of the Securities (or other debt securities issued to refinance the Senior Bridge Facility in whole or in part) will be applied to refinance the Bridge Loans held by such Bridge Lender or its affiliates, notwithstanding the pro rata provisions otherwise applicable to redemptions and prepayments. | ||
Optional Prepayment:
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The Bridge Loans will be prepayable at par at any time upon not less than 3 business days prior notice at the applicable Borrowers option, in whole or in part, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Breakage costs, if any, will be paid by the Borrowers. | |
The Euro Exchange Securities will be non-callable for three years from the Closing Date (subject to customary 35% clawback provisions in the first three years after the Closing Date with the proceeds of equity offerings at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to the coupon) and will be callable thereafter at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to three-quarters of the coupon, which premium shall decline ratably on each anniversary of the Closing Date to zero two years before the maturity of the Euro Exchange Securities; provided, however, that any Euro Exchange Securities will be callable prior to such third anniversary at a redemption price equal to par plus accrued interest plus a make whole premium calculated on the basis of a discount rate equal to the then Treasury Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.50%). | ||
The Eight-Year Dollar Exchange Securities will be non-callable for three years from the Closing Date (subject to customary 35% clawback provisions in the first three years after the Closing Date with the proceeds of equity offerings at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to the coupon) and will be callable thereafter at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to three-quarters of the coupon, which premium shall decline ratably on each anniversary of the Closing Date to zero two years before the maturity of the Eight-Year Dollar Exchange Securities; provided, however, that any Eight-Year Dollar Exchange Securities will be callable prior to such third anniversary at a redemption price equal to par plus accrued interest plus a make whole premium calculated on the basis of a |
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discount rate equal to the then Treasury Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.50%). | ||
The Ten-Year Dollar Exchange Securities will be non-callable for five years from the Closing Date (subject to customary 35% clawback provisions in the first three years after the Closing Date with the proceeds of equity offerings at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to the coupon) and will be callable thereafter at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to one-half the coupon, which premium shall decline ratably on each anniversary of the Closing Date to zero two years before the maturity of the Ten-Year Dollar Exchange Securities; provided, however, that any Ten-Year Dollar Exchange Securities will be callable prior to such fifth anniversary at a redemption price equal to par plus accrued interest plus a make whole premium calculated on the basis of a discount rate equal to the then Treasury Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.50%). | ||
Representations and
Warranties:
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The Bridge Facilities will contain representations and warranties relating to US Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries set forth in Exhibit B under the caption Representations and Warranties, with such changes as are appropriate in connection with unsecured bridge loans (and in any event such representations and warranties shall not be more restrictive to US Borrower and its subsidiaries than those set forth in the Bank Loan Documents). | |
Conditions Precedent:
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Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, the availability of the initial borrowing on the Closing Date shall be conditioned solely upon (a) the satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified in Section 1 of the Commitment Letter and (b) the Summary of Additional Conditions Precedent as described in Exhibit D of the Commitment Letter. | |
Covenants:
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Affirmative and incurrence-based negative covenants customary for senior unsecured high-yield senior debt offerings, based on customary senior unsecured high-yield debt securities (consistent with the Bridge Documentation Principles). Prior to the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the negative covenants (including limitations in respect of debt incurrence, lien incurrence, merger and restricted payments will be more restrictive, in certain agreed upon aspects, than those in the Exchange Securities (but in any event less restrictive than those set forth in the Bank Loan Documents). Following the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the negative covenants relevant to the Senior Term Loans will automatically be modified so as to be consistent with the Exchange Securities. | |
Financial Covenants:
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None. |
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Events of Default:
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1. | Failure to pay principal, interest or any other amount, in each case, when due. | ||||
2. | Representations or warranties materially incorrect when made. | |||||
3. | Failure to comply with covenants (with customary notice and cure periods). | |||||
4. | Cross-acceleration to debt aggregating an amount to be agreed. | |||||
5. | Unsatisfied judgment or order in excess of an amount to be agreed. | |||||
6. | Bankruptcy or insolvency. | |||||
7. | Actual or asserted invalidity of any Guarantee or any other material Bridge Loan Document. |
Any notice periods, cure periods or amounts shall be consistent with those contained in the events of default in the Existing Senior Notes (but in any event no more restrictive than the Bank Facilities); provided, however, that in the case of the Bridge Loans (but not the Senior Term Loans or Exchange Securities) (i) the notice periods, cure periods or amounts may be more restrictive than the notice periods, cure periods or amounts contained in the Existing Senior Notes and (ii) the cross-acceleration event of default may be changed to include a cross payment event of default, as reasonably agreed by the Bridge Lead Arrangers and the US Borrower. The default provisions of the Bridge Loan Documents shall be no more restrictive to the US Borrower and its subsidiaries than those set forth in the Bank Loan Documents. | ||
Voting:
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Amendments and waivers of the documentation for the Bridge Loans and the other definitive credit documentation related thereto will require the approval of Bridge Lenders holding at least a majority of the outstanding Bridge Loans, except that the consent of each affected Bridge Lender will be required for, among other things, (i) reductions of principal and interest rates and fees, (ii) additional restrictions on the right to exchange Senior Term Loans for Exchange Securities or any amendment of the rate of such exchange, (iii) any amendment to the Exchange Securities that requires (or would, if any Exchange Securities were outstanding, require) the approval of all holders of Exchange Securities and (iv) any amendment to the redemption times, non-call period or call premiums in the Exchange Securities. |
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Assignment and
Participation of Loans:
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The Bridge Lenders will have the right to assign loans and commitments to their affiliates and to other Bridge Lenders (and affiliates of such other Bridge Lenders) without restriction, and to other financial institutions after the Closing Date in consultation with, but without the consent of, US Borrower; provided, however, that prior to the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, unless there has been a Demand Failure Event or any bankruptcy event with respect to US Borrower, the consent of US Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) shall be required with respect to any assignment if, subsequent thereto, any Bridge Lender would hold, in the aggregate, less than 51% of the outstanding Bridge Loans held by it on the Closing Date (or immediately following the Closing Date if such Bridge Lender acquired its Bridge Loans as part of the primary syndication of Bridge Loans by the Initial Bridge Lenders). Minimum aggregate assignment level (except to affiliates of the assigning Bridge Lender and other Bridge Lenders and their affiliates) of US$5,000,000 and increments of US$1,000,000 in excess thereof. | |
Any Bridge Lender may at any time make a security assignment of all or any portion of its rights under the Bridge Facility, to secure extensions of credit to such Bridge Lender or in support of obligations owed by such Bridge Lender (including any such assignment or pledge in support of obligations owed to a Federal Reserve Bank). | ||
Each Bridge Lender will have the right to sell participations in its rights and obligations under the loan documents, subject to customary restrictions on the participants voting rights. | ||
Right to Transfer
Exchange Securities:
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The holders of the Exchange Securities shall have the right to transfer such Exchange Securities in compliance with applicable law to any Eligible Holder. Eligible Holder will mean (a) a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (b) a non-US person acquiring the Exchange Securities pursuant to an offer and sale occurring outside of the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (c) a person acquiring the Exchange Securities in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to the US Borrowers right to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the US Borrower prior to any such transaction; provided that in each case such Eligible Holder represents that it is acquiring the Exchange Securities for its own account and that it is not acquiring such Exchange Securities with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof (within the meaning of the Securities Act) that would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. |
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Yield Protection, Taxes
and Other Deductions:
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The Bridge Loan Documents will contain yield protection provisions, customary for facilities of this nature, protecting the Bridge Lenders in the event of unavailability of funding, funding losses, reserve and capital adequacy requirements (including, without limitation, change in law exceptions and other customary provisions with respect to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, pursuant to Basel III), subject to customary yank-a-bank provisions. | |
The Bridge Loan Documents will provide that all payments are to be made free and clear of any taxes (other than (i) income taxes in the jurisdiction of the Bridge Lenders applicable lending office, (ii) franchise taxes, (iii) taxes on overall net income and (iv) taxes imposed under the foreign accounts tax compliance provisions of Sections 1471 and 1472 of the Code (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). Bridge Lenders will furnish to the Bridge Administrative Agent appropriate certificates or other evidence of exemption from U.S. federal tax withholding. | ||
Expenses and
Indemnification:
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Provisions regarding expense reimbursement and indemnification as set forth in Exhibit B under the caption Expenses and Indemnification. | |
Governing Law and Forum:
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The laws of the State of New York. Each party to the Bridge Loan Documents will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. | |
Counsel to Bridge Lenders,
Bridge Lead Arrangers and
Bridge Administrative
Agent:
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Shearman & Sterling LLP |
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Bridge Loans:
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Prior to the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the Dollar Bridge Loans will bear interest at a rate per annum expressed as one month LIBOR (as adjusted monthly and adjusted for all applicable reserve requirements) plus the Spread. The Spread will initially be 575 basis points. If the Dollar Bridge Loans are not repaid in full within three months following the Closing Date, the Spread will increase by 50 basis points at the beginning of the subsequent three-month period and shall increase by an additional 50 basis points at the beginning of each three-month period thereafter. In no event shall LIBOR be deemed to be less than 1.00%. | |
Interest on the Dollar Bridge Loans will be payable in arrears at the end of each fiscal quarter and at the Bridge Loan Maturity Date. Interest on the Dollar Bridge Loans shall not exceed the blended weighted average of the then applicable Total Eight-Year Dollar Interest Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter) and the then applicable Total Ten-Year Dollar Interest Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter). | ||
Prior to the Bridge Loan Maturity Date, the Euro Bridge Loans will bear interest at a rate per annum expressed as one month EURIBOR (as adjusted monthly and adjusted for all applicable reserve requirements) plus the Spread. The Spread will initially be 600 basis points. If the Euro Bridge Loans are not repaid in full within three months following the Closing Date, the Spread will increase by 50 basis points at the beginning of the subsequent three-month period and shall increase by an additional 50 basis points at the beginning of each three-month period thereafter. In no event shall EURIBOR be deemed to be less than 1.25%. | ||
Interest on the Euro Bridge Loans will be payable in arrears at the end of each fiscal quarter and at the Bridge Loan Maturity Date. Interest on the Euro Bridge Loans shall not exceed the Total Euro Interest Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter). | ||
Upon the occurrence of a Demand Failure Event the Dollar Bridge Loans will accrue interest at the fixed rate of the blended weighted average of the then applicable Total Eight-Year Dollar Interest Cap and the then applicable Total Ten-Year Dollar Interest Cap. |
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Upon the occurrence of a Demand Failure Event the Euro Bridge Loans will accrue interest at the fixed rate of the Total Euro Interest Cap. | ||
To the extent that LIBOR cannot be determined or any Lender is unable to maintain a LIBOR loan, the Bridge Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the higher of (x) the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 bps per annum or (y) the Prime Rate (as determined by the Bridge Administrative Agent), plus in each case the spread as indicated above (minus 100 bps). | ||
Calculation of interest shall be on the basis of actual days elapsed in a year of 360 days. | ||
LIBOR and EURIBOR will each at all times include statutory reserves. | ||
On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Senior Term Loans will bear interest at a rate equal to the applicable Total Interest Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter). On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, interest on the Senior Term Loans will be payable quarterly in arrears. | ||
Exchange Securities:
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The Exchange Securities will bear interest at the applicable Total Interest Cap. | |
Interest on the Exchange Securities will be payable semiannually in arrears. | ||
Default:
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Amounts not paid when due under the Senior Bridge Facility will bear interest at a rate of 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to the loans under the Senior Bridge Facility and will be payable on demand. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in no event shall any cap or limit on the interest rate payable with respect to the Senior Bridge Facility or Exchange Securities affect the payment of any default rate of interest in respect of any Bridge Loans or Exchange Securities. |
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Maturity:
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The Euro Senior Term Loans will mature on the eighth anniversary of the Closing Date. | |
The Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans will mature on the eighth anniversary of the Closing Date. | ||
The Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans will mature on the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date. | ||
Interest Rate:
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The Euro Senior Term Loans will bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Total Euro Interest Cap. Interest will be paid in cash. | |
The Eight-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans will bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Total Eight-Year Dollar Interest Cap. The Ten-Year Dollar Senior Term Loans will bear interest at an interest rate per annum equal to the Total Ten-Year Dollar Interest Cap. In each case interest will be paid in cash. | ||
Interest shall be payable on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the applicable Borrower and on the applicable maturity date for each of the Senior Term Loans, in each case payable in arrears and computed on the basis of a 360-day year. | ||
Covenants, Defaults
and Mandatory Prepayments:
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Upon and after the Conversion Date, the covenants, mandatory prepayments and defaults which would be applicable to the Exchange Securities, if issued, will also be applicable to the Senior Term Loans in lieu of the corresponding provisions of the Bridge Loan Documents. | |
Optional Prepayment
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The Senior Term Loans may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest upon not less than 3 days prior written notice, at the option of the Borrowers at any time. |
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Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
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