UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
June 28, 2002
Commission file number 1-13163
YUM! BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina | 13-3951308 | |
(State or other jurisdiction | (IRS Employer | |
of incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
40213
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (502) 874-8300
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
On June 25, 2002, the Company closed on a new $1.4 billion three-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the "New Facility") which replaced its old senior unsecured revolving credit facility and senior unsecured term loan facility which were scheduled to mature on October 2, 2002. A copy of the New Facility agreement is set forth as Exhibit 10.6 hereto.
Item 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
10.6 Credit Agreement
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
YUM! BRANDS, INC. (Registrant) |
Date: June 28, 2002 | /s/ Matthew M. Preston
Vice President and Associate General Counsel |
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Exhibit 10.6
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 25, 2002
among
YUM! BRANDS, INC.,
The Lenders Party Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
CITICORP USA, INC.,
as Syndication Agent
JPMORGAN SECURITIES INC. and
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookruners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01. | Defined Terms | 1 |
SECTION 1.02. | Classification of Loans and Borrowings | 27 |
SECTION 1.03. | Terms Generally | 27 |
SECTION 1.04. | Accounting Terms; GAAP | 28 |
ARTICLE II The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01. | Commitments | 28 |
SECTION 2.02. | Loans and Borrowings | 28 |
SECTION 2.03. | Requests for Borrowings | 30 |
SECTION 2.04. | Competitive Bid Procedure | 31 |
SECTION 2.05. | Swingline Loans | 35 |
SECTION 2.06. | Letters of Credit | 37 |
SECTION 2.07. | Funding of Borrowings | 43 |
SECTION 2.08. | Interest Elections | 44 |
SECTION 2.09. | Termination and Reduction of Commitments | 46 |
SECTION 2.10. | Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 46 |
SECTION 2.11. | Prepayment of Loans | 48 |
SECTION 2.12. | Fees | 48 |
SECTION 2.13. | Interest | 50 |
SECTION 2.14. | Alternate Rate of Interest | 51 |
SECTION 2.15. | Increased Costs | 52 |
SECTION 2.16. | Break Funding Payments | 53 |
SECTION 2.17. | Taxes | 54 |
SECTION 2.18. | Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs | 55 |
SECTION 2.19. | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 58 |
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 3.01. | Organization; Powers | 59 |
SECTION 3.02. | Authorization; Enforceability | 59 |
SECTION 3.03. | Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts | 60 |
SECTION 3.04. | Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change | 60 |
SECTION 3.05. | Properties | 61 |
SECTION 3.06. | Litigation and Environmental Matters | 61 |
SECTION 3.07. | Compliance with Laws and Agreements | 62 |
SECTION 3.08. | Investment and Holding Company Status | 62 |
SECTION 3.09. | Taxes | 62 |
SECTION 3.10. | ERISA | 62 |
SECTION 3.11. | Disclosure | 63 |
SECTION 3.12. | Solvency | 63 |
SECTION 3.13. | Initial Guarantors | 64 |
ARTICLE IV Conditions |
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SECTION 4.01. | Effective Date | 64 |
SECTION 4.02. | Each Credit Event | 66 |
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.01. | Financial Statements and Other Information | 67 |
SECTION 5.02. | Notices of Material Events | 69 |
SECTION 5.03. | Existence; Conduct of Business | 69 |
SECTION 5.04. | Payment of Obligations | 69 |
SECTION 5.05. | Maintenance of Properties; Insurance | 70 |
SECTION 5.06. | Books and Records; Inspection Rights | 70 |
SECTION 5.07. | Compliance with Laws | 70 |
SECTION 5.08. | Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit | 71 |
SECTION 5.09. | Principal Domestic Subsidiaries | 71 |
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 6.01. | Subsidiary Indebtedness | 71 |
SECTION 6.02. | Liens | 72 |
SECTION 6.03. | Fundamental Changes | 73 |
SECTION 6.04. | Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions | 74 |
SECTION 6.05. | Hedging Agreements | 76 |
SECTION 6.06. | Restricted Payments | 76 |
SECTION 6.07. | Transactions with Affiliates | 77 |
SECTION 6.08. | Restrictive Agreements | 77 |
SECTION 6.09. | Issuances of Capital Stock by Subsidiaries | 78 |
SECTION 6.10. | Leverage Ratio | 78 |
SECTION 6.11. | Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio | 79 |
SECTION 6.12. | Sale and Lease-Back Transactions | 79 |
ARTICLE VII Events of Default |
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SECTION 7.01. | Events of Default | 79 |
SECTION 7.02. | Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries | 83 |
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 9.01. | Notices | 86 |
SECTION 9.02. | Waivers; Amendments | 87 |
SECTION 9.03. | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 89 |
SECTION 9.05. | Survival | 95 |
SECTION 9.06. | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 96 |
SECTION 9.07. | Severability | 96 |
SECTION 9.08. | Right of Setoff | 97 |
SECTION 9.09. | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 97 |
SECTION 9.10. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 98 |
SECTION 9.11. | Headings | 98 |
SECTION 9.12. | Confidentiality | 98 |
SECTION 9.13. | Interest Rate Limitation | 99 |
SECTION 9.14. | Judgment Currency | 99 |
SCHEDULES:
Schedule A -- Initial Guarantors
Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule 2.06 -- Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.06 -- Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.11 -- Disclosure
Schedule 6.02 -- Existing Liens
Schedule 6.08 -- Existing Restrictions
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B -- Form of Guarantee Agreement
Exhibit C-1 -- Form of Opinion of Mayer, Brown, Roe & Maw
Exhibit C-2 -- Form of Opinion of Matthew Preston, Esq.
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2002, among YUM! BRANDS, INC., the LENDERS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent, and CITICORP USA, INC., as Syndication Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"Acquired Business" means any Person, property, business or asset acquired (or, as applicable, proposed to be acquired) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition.
"Adjusted EBITDA" means, for any period, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such period, adjusted (a) to include (to the extent not otherwise included) the Consolidated EBITDA of any Acquired Business acquired during such period (and, solely for purposes of determining whether a proposed acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of the term Permitted Acquisition, any Acquired Business that, at the time of calculation of Adjusted EBITDA for such purpose, has been acquired subsequent to the end of such period and prior to such time as well as that proposed to be acquired) pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of during such period (or, solely for purposes of determining whether a proposed acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition, subsequent to the end of such period and prior to such time), based on the actual Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Business for such period (including the portion thereof attributable to such period prior to the date of acquisition of such Acquired Business) and (b) to exclude the Consolidated EBITDA of any Sold Business sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of during such period (and, solely for purposes of determining whether a proposed acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of the term Permitted Acquisition, any Sold Business that, at the time of calculation of Adjusted EBITDA for such purpose, has been sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of subsequent to the end of such period and prior to such time), based on the actual Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Business for such period (including the portion thereof attributable to such period prior to the date of sale, transfer or disposition of such Sold Business). For purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA for any period, the portion of the Consolidated EBITDA of any Acquired Business that is to be included in Adjusted EBITDA for such period that is attributable to the period prior to the date of acquisition of such Acquired Business shall be determined as though all net income of such Acquired Business for such period was distributed to the holders of the Equity Interests of such Acquired Business ratably.
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
"Administrative Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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"Alternative Currency" means any currency other than dollars which is freely transferable and convertible into dollars.
"Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
"Applicable Rate" means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Revolving Loan or ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption "Eurodollar Revolving Spread", "ABR Revolving Spread" or "Facility Fee Rate", as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date; provided that until the first determination date that occurs after December 31, 2002, the Applicable Rate shall not be less than the Applicable Rate that would apply under Category 3:
================================================================================= Eurodollar ABR Facility Fee Leverage Ratio Revolving Spread Revolving Spread Rate --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 1 1.5 to 1.0 0.80% 0.00% 0.20% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 2 1.5 to 1.00 1.025% 0.25% 0.225% 1.75 to 1.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 3 1.75 to 1.00 1.25% 0.25% 0.25% 2.25 to 1.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 4 2.25 to 1.00 1.45% 0.45% 0.30% 2.75 to 1.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category 5 2.75 to 1.0 1.65% 0.65% 0.35% =================================================================================
For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year based upon the Borrower's consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b); and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and
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including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next change in the Applicable Rate; provided that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be based on Category 5 (A) at any time that an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default of the type set forth in clause (e) or (h) of Section 7.01) has occurred and is continuing or (B) if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until (but excluding the date that) such consolidated financial statements are delivered.
"Approved Fund" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
"Arrangers" means JPMorgan Securities Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., in their capacities as arrangers hereunder.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
"Borrower" means YUM! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation.
"Borrowing" means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.
"Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
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"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its Included Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for the exclusion of Excluded Subsidiaries) and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its Included Subsidiaries during such period; provided that consideration paid for Permitted Acquisitions shall not be construed to constitute Capital Expenditures.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Change in Control" means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of shares representing more than 25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group.
"Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of
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Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement that would be complied with by similarly situated banks acting reasonably.
"Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Competitive Loans or Swingline Loans.
"CLO" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender's Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders' Commitments is $1,400,000,000.
"Competitive Bid" means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.04.
"Competitive Bid Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Bid Request" means a request by the Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.04.
"Competitive Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any Person for any period, Consolidated Net Income of such
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Person for such period, plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted from revenues in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (b) the aggregate amount of income tax expense of such Person for such period, (c) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization of such Person for such period, (d) all non-cash charges and non-cash losses of such Person during such period and (e) all losses from the sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business of such Person during such period and minus, without duplication and to the extent added to revenues in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period, all gains from the sale of assets outside the ordinary course of business of such Person during such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis with respect to such Person and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of the Borrower, for the exclusion of Excluded Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Consolidated EBITDA" are to Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated EBITDAR" means, for any Person for any period, the sum of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period and Rental Expense of such Person for such period. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Consolidated EBITDAR" are to Consolidated EBITDAR of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" means, as of any date of determination, without duplication (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date (including Indebtedness of Excluded Subsidiaries to the extent Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Included Subsidiary), plus (b) the Securitization Amount as of such date, minus (c) the aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments (other than any cash and Permitted Investments that are subject to a Lien) owned by the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries as of such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (except for the exclusion of Excluded Subsidiaries); provided that, for purposes of this definition, the term "Indebtedness" shall exclude obligations as an account party in respect of letters of credit to the extent that such letters of credit have not been drawn upon.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any Person for any period, the interest expense, both expensed and capitalized (including the interest component in respect of Capital Lease Obligations), accrued or paid by such
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Person during such period, determined on a consolidated basis with respect to such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of the Borrower, for the exclusion of Excluded Subsidiaries); provided that interest expense of an Excluded Subsidiary shall be deemed to be interest expense of the Borrower to the extent such interest expense relates to Indebtedness to the extent Guaranteed by the Borrower or an Included Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Consolidated Interest Expense" are to Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any Person for any period, net income or loss of such Person for such period determined on a consolidated basis with respect to such Person and its subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that, in the case of the Borrower, there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the Attributable Income (as defined below) of such Person, (b) the income of any Excluded Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions (including distributions made as a return of capital or repayment of principal of advances) actually paid to the Borrower or any Included Subsidiaries by such Excluded Subsidiary during such period, (c) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or the date such Person's assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and (d) for purposes of Section 6.06, without duplication and to the extent added to or subtracted from revenues in determining net income or loss for such period, all non-cash extraordinary items during such period, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Consolidated Net Income" are to Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, "Attributable Income" means, for any period, (i) in the case of any Domestic Subsidiary at least 90% of the Equity Interests in which are owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower, a portion of the net income of such Subsidiary for such period equal to the Borrower's direct or indirect ownership percentage of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary or (ii) in the case of any Domestic Subsidiary less than 90% of the Equity Interests in which are owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower, the amount of dividends or other distributions (including
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distributions made as a return of capital or repayment of principal of advances) actually paid by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, with respect to the Borrower as of any date, the total amount of assets (less applicable valuation allowances) after deducting (a) all current liabilities (excluding (i) the amount of liabilities which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than 12 months after the date as of which the amount is being determined, (ii) the current portion of long-term Indebtedness and (iii) Loans outstanding hereunder) and (b) all goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries included in financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to such date of determination pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of Section 5.01 and determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
"Dollar Amount" means, in relation to any Competitive Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, the amount designated by the Borrower as the dollar amount of such Competitive Borrowing in the Competitive Bid Request for such Borrowing, subject to Section 2.04(g).
"dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
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"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
"Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interests.
"Equivalent Amount" means, in connection with the determination of the amount of a Competitive Loan to be made in an Alternative Currency in relation to the Dollar Amount of such Loan, the amount of such Alternative Currency converted from such Dollar Amount at the spot buying rate of the Lender that is to make such Loan (based on the London interbank market rate then prevailing) for dollars against such Alternative Currency as of approximately 9:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before such date.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under
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Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
"Eurodollar", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (or, in the case of a Competitive Loan, the LIBO Rate).
"Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
"Excluded Subsidiary" means a Foreign Subsidiary of which securities or other ownership interests representing less than 80% of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests, as the case may be, are, at the time any determination is being made, beneficially owned, whether directly or indirectly, by the Borrower.
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or
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franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
"Existing Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of October 2, 1997, as amended, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means each letter of credit previously issued for the account of the Borrower or a Subsidiary that (a) is outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Effective Date and (b) is listed on Schedule 2.06.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDAR of the Borrower for such
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period minus Capital Expenditures for such period to (ii) the sum of Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower for such period plus Rental Expense of the Borrower for such period.
"Fixed Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a Eurodollar Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
"Fixed Rate Loan" means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed Rate.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
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such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
"Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.
"Guarantors" means the Initial Guarantors and any other Subsidiaries that become parties to the Guarantee Agreement.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate hedging arrangement.
"Included Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of outstanding Indebtedness of others (other than Guarantees of contingent lease payments related to sales of restaurants by the Borrower and the
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Subsidiaries or their predecessors in interest (howsoever effected)), (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers' acceptances; provided that obligations under the Separation Agreement with respect to post-closing adjustments, and obligations under the Tax Separation Agreement, shall not be construed to constitute "Indebtedness". The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Index Debt" means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement (regardless of whether there is any such indebtedness outstanding).
"Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May, 2002, relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
"Initial Guarantors" means the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule A.
"Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a
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Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days' duration (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days' duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
"Interest Period" means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than one day or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
"Issuing Bank" means, as the context may require, (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it, (b) any other Lender that becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to Sections 2.06(j), with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it, and (c) any Person that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit, with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit and, in each case, its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i). An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank" shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
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"LC Disbursement" means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
"Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Lenders" includes the Swingline Lender.
"Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued by an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement. As of the Effective Date, each Existing Letter of Credit shall constitute a Letter of Credit as though issued pursuant to this Agreement on the Effective Date.
"Leverage Ratio" means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on such date (or, if such date is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, ended on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to such date).
"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of Dow Jones Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such
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Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party (other than any such rights of a financial institution under repurchase agreements described in clause (d) of the definition of "Permitted Investments" entered into with such financial institution) with respect to such securities.
"Lien Basket Amount" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Securitization Amount at such time, plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of obligations (including contingent obligations, in the case of Guarantees or letters of credit) at such time secured by Liens permitted under clause (h) of Section 6.02, plus (c) the fair market value of all property sold or transferred after the Effective Date pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by clause (b) of Section 6.12.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e).
"Loan Parties" means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
"Margin" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
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taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the rights and remedies available to the Lenders under any Loan Document.
"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than (a) the Loans and Letters of Credit and (b) Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or a Subsidiary), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
"Maturity Date" means June 25, 2005.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"PepsiCo" means PepsiCo, Inc., a North Carolina corporation.
"Permitted Acquisition" means the acquisition by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the assets of a Person constituting a business unit or any Equity Interests of a Person; provided that (a) immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (b) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a
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Material Adverse Effect, (c) in the case of an acquisition of Equity Interests in a Person, after giving effect to such acquisition, at least 90% of the Equity Interests in such Person, and any other Subsidiary resulting from such acquisition, shall be owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries and all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to each Subsidiary resulting from such acquisition under Section 5.09 shall be taken, (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with the covenants contained in Sections 6.10 and 6.11 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance (using Adjusted EBITDA in lieu of Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period and including, for purposes of Section 6.11, pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Interest Expense and Rental Expense for the relevant period as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period), (e) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (a), (c) and (d) above, together with all relevant financial information for the business or entity being acquired and (f) in the case of an acquisition of a publicly-owned entity, such acquisition shall not have been preceded by an unsolicited tender offer.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means:
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obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
provided that the term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
"Permitted Investments" means:
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to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America) and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above, or (ii) with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
"Permitted Obligations" means (a) obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor with respect to unsecured debt securities issued by the Borrower or such Guarantor, respectively, and (b) a negative pledge obligation not exceeding $25,000,000 under an agreement with the PBGC
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pursuant to which the PBGC has been granted the right to an equal and ratable security interest in any of the Borrower's property or assets with respect to which the Lenders are granted a security interest.
"Permitted Securitization Transaction" means any sale, assignment or other transfer (or series of related sales, assignments or other transfers) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of receivables or royalty payments owing to the Borrower or such Subsidiary or any interest in any of the foregoing pursuant to a securitization transaction, together in each case with any collections and other proceeds thereof, any collection or deposit account related thereto, and any collateral, guarantees or other property or claims supporting or securing payment by the obligor thereon of, or otherwise related to, any such receivables or royalty payments.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
"Principal Domestic Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary organized in the United States of America whose consolidated assets exceed 5% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries or whose revenues exceed 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter or for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters, respectively, or (b) any Subsidiary that holds any material trademark (including any Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, Pizza Hut, A&W, Long John Silver's or Taco Bell trademark) for use in the United States of America or any jurisdiction therein.
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"Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Rental Expense" means, for any Person for any period, the minimum rental expense of such Person deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Rental Expense" are to Rental Expense of the Borrower and the Included Subsidiaries.
"Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required Lenders.
"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class of capital stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of any such shares of capital stock of the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares of capital stock of the Borrower.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
"Revolving Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.12.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.
"Securitization Amount" means, at any date of determination thereof and in respect of any Permitted Securitization Transaction, (a) in the case of a Permitted Securitization Transaction structured as a borrowing of loans secured by receivables or royalty payments, the outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in respect of such Permitted Securitization Transaction that is secured by such receivables or royalty payments and (b) in the case of a Permitted Securitization Transaction structured as a sale or other transfer of receivables or royalty payments (other than a sale or transfer of such receivables or royalty payments to a Subsidiary), the aggregate amount of cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such sale or transfer, but only to the extent representing the outstanding equivalent of principal, capital or comparable interests in respect of such receivables or royalty payments that remain uncollected at such time and would not be distributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary if such Permitted Securitization Transactions were to be terminated at such time.
"Securitization Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that is formed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for the sole purpose of effecting or facilitating a Permitted Securitization Transaction and that (a) owns no assets other than receivables, royalty payments and other assets that are related to such Permitted Securitization Transaction and (b) engages in no business and incurs no Indebtedness, in each case, other than those related to such Permitted Securitization Transaction.
"Separation Agreement" means the Separation Agreement, dated as of August 26, 1997, by and between PepsiCo and the Borrower.
"Sold Business" means any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business.
"Statutory Reserve Rate" means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency
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funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Swingline Exposure" means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
"Swingline Lender" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
"Swingline Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
"Syndication Agent" means Citicorp USA, Inc., in its capacity as syndication agent hereunder.
"System Unit" means any restaurant operated under the name Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, A&W, Long John Silver's or any other brand that is acquired and operated by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or franchised or licensed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to any of its franchisees or licensees.
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"Tax Separation Agreement" means the Tax Separation Agreement, dated as of August 26, 1997, between PepsiCo, on behalf of itself and the members of the PepsiCo Group (as such term is defined therein), and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and the members of the TRICON Group (as such term is defined therein).
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
"Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing, the LIBO Rate or a Fixed Rate.
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Loan") or by Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Loan") or by Class and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Borrowing") or by Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Borrowing") or by Class and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing").
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall". Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
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any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application or interpretation thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender's Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan (other than a Competitive Loan or a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to make Loans as required.
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that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of fifteen Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
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If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period the Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans; provided that the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans at any time shall not exceed the total Commitments. To request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (x) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing to be made in dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (y) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing to be made in dollars, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (z) in the case of a Competitive Borrowing to be made in an Alternate Currency in accordance with subsection (g) of this Section, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, six Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that the Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) three Competitive Bid Requests on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
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Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.
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currency in which such Loan or Loans will be made and (iv) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.
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Any Competitive Loan which is to be made in an Alternative Currency in accordance with this subsection (g) shall be advanced in the Equivalent Amount of the Dollar Amount thereof and shall be repaid or prepaid in such Alternative Currency in the amount borrowed. Interest payable on any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be paid in such Alternative Currency.
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For purposes of determining whether the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding hereunder exceeds any applicable limitation expressed in dollars, each Competitive Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be deemed to be in a principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount thereof. The Dollar Amount of any Competitive Loan with an Interest Period exceeding three months in duration shall be adjusted on each date that would have been the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan if such Loan had successive Interest Periods of three months duration. Each such adjustment shall be made by the Lender holding such Loan by determining the amount in dollars that would be required in order to result in an Equivalent Amount in the applicable Alternative Currency equal to the principal amount of the applicable Loan outstanding on the date of the adjustment, and the amount in dollars so determined shall be the Dollar Amount of such Loan unless and until another adjustment is required hereby. Each Lender that makes a Competitive Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency agrees to determine any such adjustments if and when required to be made pursuant to this paragraph and to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of each such adjustment promptly upon making such determination.
SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $75,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments; provided that (A) no Swingline Loans will be made on the last day of any calendar quarter and (B) if any Swingline Loans are outstanding on the Business Day immediately preceding the last day of any calendar quarter, the Lenders will be required, if requested by the Swingline Lender, to make ABR Revolving Loans on such day in an equivalent amount, the proceeds of which will be applied to repay such Swingline Loans. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
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and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
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Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Upon the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the conditions specified in Section 4.01, on the Effective Date, each Existing Letter of Credit will automatically, without any action on the part of any Person, be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for the account of the Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loans Documents. In addition, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account (for its own behalf or on behalf of any Subsidiary), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control, and any obligations or liabilities imposed on the Borrower under any such letter of credit application (including by reason of rights or remedies granted to an Issuing Bank) shall be disregarded (it being understood that this Agreement sets forth all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower with respect to Letters of Credit).
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Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such
other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If
requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application
on such Issuing Bank's standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of
Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after
giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed
$500,000,000 and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Competitive Loans shall not exceed the total Commitments.
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obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Lenders for damages caused by such Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
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documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
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the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, (i) such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived and (ii) if any Letter of Credit thereafter expires or is terminated, then within three Business Days thereafter there shall be returned to the Borrower an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount of cash collateral then held hereunder (excluding amounts attributable to interest or profits on investments) over the amount of LC Exposure and accrued and unpaid interest thereon after giving effect to such expiration or termination.
SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time at the place of payment, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders or (ii) subject to the provisions of Section 2.04, if such Borrowing is to be made in an Alternative Currency, by making available the Equivalent Amount of such Alternative Currency (in such funds as may then be customary for the settlement of international transactions in the Alternative Currency) by 12:00 noon, local time at the place of payment, to the account of the Administrative Agent at such place as shall have been notified by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders by not less than five Business Days' notice; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request (or, in the case of a Borrowing made in an Alternative Currency, to an account mutually agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for funding such Borrowing); provided that (i) ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank and (ii) ABR Revolving Loans made to refinance outstanding Swingline Loans as provided in Section 2.02(d)
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shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender.
SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Competitive Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
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such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
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Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and
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the date that is five Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing or Competitive Borrowing (other than a Competitive Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency) is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans which were outstanding at the time such Borrowing was requested.
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that the Borrower shall not have the right
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to prepay any Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender thereof.
SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any facility fees accruing after the date on which the
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Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
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SECTION 2.13. Interest.(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
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interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective,
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(ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (iii) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such notice do not affect all the Lenders, then requests by the Borrower for Eurodollar Competitive Borrowings may be made to Lenders that are not affected thereby.
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the failure to
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borrow any Competitive Loan after accepting the Competitive Bid to make such Loan, or (e) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
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within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) Except for payments required to be made hereunder in an Alternative Currency as expressly provided in Section 2.04(g), the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) in dollars prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff or counterclaim. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or the
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Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. All payments to be made by the Borrower in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.04(g) shall be made in such Alternative Currency in such funds as may then be customary for the settlement of international transactions in such Alternative Currency for the account of the Administrative Agent at such time and at such place as shall have been notified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower by not less than four Business Days' notice. Any amounts received after the time required to be received hereunder on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Except for payments required to be made hereunder in an Alternative Currency as expressly provided in Section 2.04(g), all payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
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Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to file any certificate or document reasonably requested by the Borrower or designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such filing, designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) in the judgment of such Lender, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
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shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (other than Competitive Loans) and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered into by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party's corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement and any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitute, and the Guarantee Agreement, when executed and delivered by any Loan Party that becomes party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Loan Party, as the case may be, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general
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principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment (other than pursuant to this Agreement or repayment of amounts owing under the Existing Credit Agreement) to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except, with respect to clauses (b) and (c), any such violations, defaults and payments which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and except, with respect to clause (d), any such Liens set forth in Schedule 6.02.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholder's equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, reported on by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) its condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 23, 2002, its condensed consolidated statements of income for the 12 week periods ended March 23, 2002 and March 24, 2001, and its condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the 12 week periods ended March 23, 2002 and March 24, 2001, certified by its Financial Officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
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SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except for minor defects in title and other matters that do not interfere with their ability to conduct their businesses on a consolidated basis as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes on a consolidated basis.
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings (and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no investigations) by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that, other than actions, suits or proceedings commenced by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
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reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount which, if it were required to be fully paid, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be
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expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that, for purposes of this sentence, any information disclosed in any publicly available filing made by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be considered to have been disclosed to the Lenders. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.11, neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower by any of its authorized representatives to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole, contained, at the time so furnished, any material misstatement of fact or omitted, at the time so furnished, to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made and the nature and scope of the report, financial statement, certificate or other information being furnished, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 3.12. Solvency. (a) The fair value of the assets of the Borrower and the Principal Domestic Subsidiaries taken together, at a fair valuation, exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, on a consolidated basis.
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SECTION 3.13. Initial Guarantors. As of the Effective Date, there are no Principal Domestic Subsidiaries other than the Initial Guarantors.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
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Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 28, 2002 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
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warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date in which case any such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects) at and as of such earlier date; provided that, solely for purposes of a Competitive Borrowing, the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall not apply to any material adverse change that shall have been disclosed by the Borrower to the Lenders in writing prior to the time that the Borrower submitted its Competitive Bid Request with respect to such Competitive Borrowing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender):
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stockholders' equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (identifying in an explanatory paragraph any material accounting changes); provided that delivery of the Borrower's form 10-K containing the information required to be contained therein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the financial statements described above reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit"), shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this clause (a);
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent written notice of any of the following promptly after a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower becomes aware thereof:
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Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or sale of assets permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of their business on a consolidated basis in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (or pursuant to self-insurance arrangements that are consistent with those used by other companies that are similarly situated), insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all during normal business hours; provided that, in the case of any Lender, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall not be required to permit any such visits by such Lender or its representatives pursuant to this Section more than once during any calendar year (and the Lenders will exercise reasonable efforts to coordinate such visits through the Administrative Agent).
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of all Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business.
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SECTION 5.09. Principal Domestic Subsidiaries. Promptly after any Subsidiary (including any Subsidiary formed or acquired after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement) that is not a Guarantor becomes a Principal Domestic Subsidiary, the Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to enter into the Guarantee Agreement and become a Guarantor as provided in the Guarantee Agreement; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Securitization Subsidiary.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding (a) any Indebtedness of a Domestic Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or another Domestic Subsidiary, (b) any Indebtedness of a Guarantor, (c) any Indebtedness of a Securitization Subsidiary that is included in calculating the Securitization Amount, (d) any Guarantee by a Domestic Subsidiary of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary, if the assets of such Domestic Subsidiary consist solely of investments in Foreign Subsidiaries and a deminimus amount of other assets, and (e) Capital Lease Obligations of Domestic Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $100,000,000, but including (except as provided in clause (d) above) any Guarantee by a Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) of Indebtedness of any other Person, including the Borrower, a Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary) at any time to exceed $150,000,000.
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SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
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and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default shall result therefrom (i) any Person may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Person may merge with any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) the Borrower may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to a Subsidiary or a Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good
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faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any Foreign Subsidiary or any assets of any Foreign Subsidiary, (vi) this Section shall not be construed to restrict investments permitted by Section 6.04, (vii) this Section shall not be construed to restrict Permitted Securitization Transactions, (viii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets used or formerly used in its Long John Silver's business and (ix) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $300,000,000 during the term of this Agreement (in addition to sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets that would not be prohibited by this Section without giving effect to this clause (ix)); provided that any merger permitted by clause (i) or (ii) of this Section involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except:
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SECTION 6.05. Hedging Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement or commodity price protection agreement or other commodity price hedging arrangement, other than Hedging Agreements, commodity price protection agreements and other commodity price hedging arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities.
SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock payable solely in additional shares of its capital stock, (b) Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or a wholly owned Subsidiary and may make other Restricted Payments that are made ratably to the holders of their capital stock, (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may declare and make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this section in an aggregate amount during the term of this Agreement not exceeding the sum of $500,000,000 plus 50% of
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cumulative Consolidated Net Income since the end of the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001.
SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its then Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business for consideration and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties (including pursuant to joint venture agreements entered into after the Effective Date with third parties that are not Affiliates), (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or between or among wholly owned Subsidiaries, in each case not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.06 and (d) the foregoing shall not prevent the Borrower or any Subsidiary from performing its obligations under agreements existing on the date hereof between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any joint venture of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of such agreements as in effect on the date hereof or pursuant to amendments or modifications to any such agreements that are not adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other consensual arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof and either identified on Schedule 6.08 or affecting only Foreign Subsidiaries or any extensions or renewals of any such restrictions and conditions that do not expand the scope thereof (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification of, any such restriction or
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condition that expands the scope of such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, (vi) clause (b) of the foregoing shall not apply to financial covenants applicable to a Subsidiary contained in an agreement relating to permitted Indebtedness of such Subsidiary if, on the date such agreement is entered into, the Borrower reasonably believes that such covenants will not prevent such Subsidiary from paying dividends to the extent of its net income and (vii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Permitted Obligations that consist of requirements that Liens securing Indebtedness must equally and ratably secure such Permitted Obligations or restrictions substantially the same as (or less restrictive than) those imposed by this Section.
SECTION 6.09. Issuances of Capital Stock by Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to issue any additional shares of its capital stock or other ownership interest in such Subsidiary other than (a) to the Borrower, (b) to another Subsidiary in which the Borrower owns, directly or indirectly, a percentage interest not less than the percentage interest owned in the Subsidiary issuing such capital stock or other interest, (c) any such issuance that does not reduce the Borrower's direct or indirect percentage ownership interest in such Subsidiary and (d) issuances of capital stock after the date hereof which are not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section, provided that the aggregate consideration received therefor (net of all consideration paid in connection with all repurchases or redemptions thereof) does not exceed $100,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.10. Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage Ratio as of any date to exceed (a) 3.0 to 1.0 at any time during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date that is the last day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately after the first anniversary of the Effective Date or (b) 2.75 to 1.0 at any time thereafter.
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SECTION 6.11. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending after the Effective Date to be less than 1.40 to 1.00.
SECTION 6.12. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Domestic Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred (a "Sale and Lease-Back Transaction"), except (a) any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction consummated within 90 days after the purchase by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary of the property or assets (other than assets acquired pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition) which are the subject of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and (b) other Sale and Lease-Back Transactions; provided that any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction permitted by clause (b) above shall be subject to compliance with the limitation set forth in the proviso to clause (h) of Section 6.02.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur:
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other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
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or condition that enables a counterparty to terminate a Hedging Agreement, other than an event or condition that constitutes or is in the nature of an event of default in respect of the Borrower or a Subsidiary;
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or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and (iii) enforce its rights under the Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (i) or (j) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
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SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for purposes of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (i), (j), (k) or (l) of Section 7.01, any reference in any such clause to any "Subsidiary" shall be deemed not to include any Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause that (a) is not a Principal Domestic Subsidiary, (b) does not have consolidated assets accounting for more than 3% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) did not, for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, have consolidated revenues accounting for more than 3% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (d) did not, for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, have Consolidated EBITDAR in an amount exceeding 3% of the Borrower's Consolidated EBITDAR for such period; provided that if it is necessary to exclude more than one Subsidiary from clause (i), (j), (k) and (l) of Section 7.01 pursuant to this Section in order to avoid a Default thereunder, all excluded Subsidiaries shall be considered to be a single consolidated Subsidiary for purposes of determining whether the conditions specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above are satisfied.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
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whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken
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or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall not be required so long as any Event of Default set forth in clause (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
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Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that the Syndication Agent and the Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Syndication Agents and Arrangers, respectively, hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such capacities.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (c) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
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same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
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Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Class; provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
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related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available (i) to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee (it being understood that, for purposes of this clause, each of an Arranger, the Administrative Agent or a Lender, on the one hand, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons, on the other hand, shall be considered to be a single party seeking indemnification) or (ii) with respect to any amounts paid pursuant to any settlement made by such Indemnitee without the consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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such. For purposes hereof, a Lender's "pro rata share" shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at the time. Any payment by a Lender hereunder shall not relieve the Borrower of its liability in respect thereof.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower or without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Loans;
For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms "Approved Fund" and "CLO" have the following meanings:
"Approved Fund" means, with respect to any Lender, (a) a CLO administered or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
"CLO" means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.
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Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
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SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been
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executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement, but only to the extent such obligations are then due and payable. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
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agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
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Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (subject to the last sentence of this paragraph), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. If any Lender receives any subpoena or similar legal process referred to in clause (c) above, such Lender will endeavor, to the extent practicable, to notify the Borrower and afford the Borrower an opportunity to challenge the same before disclosing any confidential Information pursuant thereto.
SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with
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all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the "Specified Currency") into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the Specified Currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent's New York office on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the Specified Currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Specified Currency with such other currency; if the amount of the Specified Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the Specified Currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
YUM! BRANDS, INC. by /s/ Matthew M. Preston Name: Matthew M. Preston Title: Vice President and Associate General Counsel |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually by /s/ Barry K Bergman Name: Barry K. Bergman Title: Vice President |
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CITICORP USA, INC., by /s/ Asghar Z. Ali Name: Asghar Z. Ali Title: Vice President |
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SUNTRUST BANK, by /s/ Charles J. Johnson Name: Charles J. Johnson Title: Managing Director |
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CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK, by /s/ Lee E. Greve Name: Lee E. Greve Title: First Vice President |
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HSBC BANK USA, by /s/ Robert Corder Name: Robert Corder Title: First Vice President |
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COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN- by /s/ Tamira Treffers-Herrera Name: Tamira Treffers-Herrera Title: Executive Director by /s/ Edward J. Peyser Name: Edward J. Peyser Title: Managing Director |
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BANK ONE NA, by /s/ Glenn A. Currin Name: Glenn A. Currin Title: Managing Director |
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, by /s/ Robert W. MacElhiney Name: Robert W. MacElhiney Title: Director |
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, by /s/ Edward D. Henderson, Jr. Name: Edward D. Henderson, Jr. Title: Joint General Manager |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, by /s/ Kenneth R. McDonnell Name: Kenneth R. McDonnell Title: Assistant Vice President |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, by /s/ Toby B. Rau Name: Toby B. Rau Title: Vice President |
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NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY, by /s/ Kevin L. Anderson Name: Kevin L. Anderson Title: Vice President |
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, by /s/ N. Bell Name: N. Bell Title: Senior Manager |
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, by /s/ Roger Pelz Name: Roger Pelz Title: Managing Director |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., by /s/ Chitt Swamidasan Name: Chitt Swamidasan Title: Principal |
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COMERICA BANK, by /s/ Kathleen M. Kasperek Name: Kathleen M. Kasperek Title: Vice President |
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CREDIT AGRICOLE INDUSUEZ, by /s/ Theodore D. Tice Name: Theodore D. Tice Title: Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager by /s/ Raymond A. Fallonberg Name: Raymond A. Fallonberg Title: Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager |
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FIFTH THIRD BANK, KENTUCKY, INC., by /s/ Edward B. Martin Name: Edward B. Martin Title: Vice President |
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ING CAPITAL LLC, by /s/ Bradford W. Pollard Name: Bradford W. Pollard Title: Vice President |
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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., by /s/ Takeyuki Kuroki Name: Takeyuki Kuroki Title: Vice President and Senior Team Leader |
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NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK by /s/ Raimund Ferley Name: Raimund Ferley Title: Senior Vice President by /s/ Josef Haas Name: Josef Haas Title: Vice President |
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THE NORINCHUKIN BANK, NEW YORK by /s/ Fumiaki Ono Name: Fumiaki Ono Title: General Manager |
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WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION, by /s/ Lisa Porter Name: Lisa Porter Title: Vice President |
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CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD., by /s/ Ming-Hsien Lin Name: Ming-Hsien Lin Title: Vice President and General Manager |
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GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., by /s/ Robert Wagner Name: Robert Wagner Title: Authorized Signatory |
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THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, by /s/ Randall K. Stephens Name: Randall K. Stephens Title: Vice President |
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THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, by /s/ Karen E. Dahl Name: Karen E. Dahl Title: Vice President |
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PB CAPITAL CORPORATION, by /s/ Nina Zhou Name: Nina Zhou Title: Assistant Vice President by /s/ Kevin D. Walz Name: Kevin D. Walz Title: Vice President |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., by /s/ Melissa Nachman Name: Melissa Nachman Title: Vice President by /s/ Carol Polasky Name: Carol Polasky Title: Vice President |
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BANK OF LOUISVILLE, by /s/ Frank R. Eckerd Name: Frank R. Eckerd Title: Senior Vice President |
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CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL, by /s/ Brian O'Leary Name: Brian O'Leary Title: Vice President by /s/ Marcus Edward Name: Marcus Edward Title: Vice President |
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BANK HAPOALIM B.M., by /s/ James P. Surless Name: James P. Surless Title: Vice President by /s/ Laura Anne Raffa Name: Laura Anne Raffa Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Manager |
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HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, by /s/ Michael R. Geissler Name: Michael R. Geissler Title: Vice President |