FORM 8-K
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): July 6, 2009
LEAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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1-11311
(Commission File Number)
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13-3386776
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21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI
(Address of principal executive offices)
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48033
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(248) 447-1500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 Registrants Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
General
On July 7, 2009, Lear Corporation (Lear) and certain of its United States and Canadian
subsidiaries (collectively, the Debtors) filed voluntary petitions for relief (the Chapter 11
Petitions) under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy Code) in the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court) (Consolidated Case No.
09-14326) (the Chapter 11 Cases). Lear expects that certain of its Canadian subsidiary
Debtors will shortly commence parallel cases under section 18.6 of the Companies Creditors
Arrangement Act (the CCAA Cases) in the Ontario Superior Courts Commercial List (the Canadian
Court), in which these Canadian Debtors will seek relief consistent with the relief sought by the
Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases. The Debtors continue to operate their business as
debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Court and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Court.
In connection with the filing of the Chapter 11 Petitions, Lear entered into support agreements
with certain of the lenders under Lears Senior Credit Facility (as defined below) and certain
holders of Lears Senior Notes (as defined below). Pursuant to these support agreements, such
lenders and bondholders have agreed, subject to certain conditions, to support any plan of
reorganization proposed by the Debtors (any such Plan, a Qualified Plan) to the extent such plan
is consistent in all material respects with the plan of reorganization (the Plan) described in
the Joint Plan of Reorganization Term Sheet filed as Exhibit 99.2 to Lears Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2009 (the Term Sheet). The
Debtors proposed financial restructuring, as outlined in the Term Sheet, has the support of (i) a
majority of the members of a steering committee of Lears secured lenders and a steering committee
of bondholders acting on behalf of an ad hoc group of bondholders, (ii) Participating Lenders (as
defined below) representing approximately 68% of the aggregate amount of all Lender Claims (as
defined below) and (iii) Participating Noteholders (as defined below) representing more than 50% of
the aggregate amount of all Noteholder Claims (as defined below).
Subject to certain exceptions, general unsecured claims which are due and payable on or before the
effective date of the Plan (the Effective Date) and relate to the provision of goods or services
to the Debtors arising with, or held by, persons or entities with whom the Debtors conducted
business as of the filing of the Chapter 11 Petitions would be paid in full in cash under the Plan.
DIP Agreement
Subject to the approval of the Court, the Debtors entered into a Credit and Guarantee Agreement by
and among Lear, as borrower, and the other guarantors named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent, and each of the lenders party thereto, dated as of July 6, 2009 (the DIP Agreement).
The DIP Agreement provides for a new money debtor-in-possession financing comprised of a term loan
in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million. The proceeds of the term loan will be used for
working capital and other general corporate needs of the Debtors and their subsidiaries and the
payment of fees and expenses in accordance with the final order of the Court authorizing such
borrowing and subject to the satisfaction of certain other customary conditions. Obligations under
the DIP Agreement will be secured by a lien on the assets of the Debtors (which lien will have
first priority priming status with respect to many of the Debtors assets) and by a superpriority
administrative expense claim in each of the Chapter 11 Cases.
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Advances under the DIP Agreement will bear interest at a fixed rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR
(with a LIBOR floor of 3.5%), as adjusted for certain statutory reserves, plus 10% or (ii) the
Adjusted Base Rate plus 9%. In addition, the DIP Agreement obligates the Debtors to pay certain
fees to the lenders, as described in the DIP Agreement.
The DIP Agreement contains various representations, warranties and covenants by the Debtors that
are customary for transactions of this nature. These covenants include, without limitation, (i)
achievement of a minimum amount of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the DIP Agreement); (ii)
maintenance of a minimum amount of liquidity; (iii) limitations on the amount of capital
expenditures; (iv) limitations on fundamental changes involving Lear or its subsidiaries; and (v)
limitations on indebtedness and liens.
The Debtors obligations under the DIP Agreement may be accelerated following certain events of
default, including without limitation, any breach by the Debtors of any of the representations,
warranties or covenants made in the DIP Agreement or the conversion of any of the Chapter 11 Cases
to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code or the appointment of a trustee pursuant to
chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
The DIP Agreement matures on the first anniversary of the closing date thereof (the Closing Date)
and may be extended, at Lears option to the date that is fifteen (15) months after the Closing
Date. The DIP Agreement is convertible into an exit facility of up to $500 million (the Exit
Facility), comprised of a term loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the terms loans outstanding under the DIP Agreement at the time of conversion. The DIP
Agreement is convertible into the Exit Facility upon the Debtors emergence from chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code, subject to the satisfaction of various conditions, including, without limitation,
the approval by the Court of a Qualified Plan and that the Debtors are not then in default under
the terms of the DIP Agreement. The Exit Facilitys scheduled maturity date is three years after
the Effective Date. The credit agreement governing the Exit Facility (the Exit Agreement) will
contain various customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Debtors, including,
without limitation, (i) covenants regarding maximum leverage and minimum interest coverage; (ii)
limitations on the amount of capital expenditures; (iii) limitations on fundamental changes
involving Lear or its subsidiaries; and (iv) limitations on indebtedness and liens.
The foregoing summaries of the DIP Agreement and the Exit Agreement are summaries only and are
qualified, in all respects, by the provisions of the DIP Agreement and the form of Exit Agreement,
which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by
reference.
Lender Support Agreement
The Debtors entered into an agreement dated as of July
6, 2009 (the Lender Support Agreement), with certain participating lenders (the Participating
Lenders) who are parties to the Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of
April 25, 2006, among Lear, certain of its subsidiaries, the several Lenders from time to time
parties thereto, the several agents parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as lender and general administrative
agent (JPMCB) (as amended and supplemented, the Senior Credit Facility). Pursuant to the Lender Support
Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, the Participating Lenders have
agreed, among other things, (i) to support any Qualified Plan and (ii) not to sell or otherwise
transfer or grant any right to acquire any interest in any claim under the Senior Credit Facility
(a Lender Claim) except in accordance with the terms of the Senior Credit Facility and to a
transferee who agrees to be bound by the Lender Support Agreement.
The Debtors proposed financial restructuring, as outlined in the Term Sheet, has the support of
(i) a majority of the members of a steering committee of the Lenders,
and (ii) Participating Lenders representing approximately 68% of the aggregate amount of the Lender
Claims.
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The Lender Support Agreement may be terminated:
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by the mutual written consent of Lear and Participating Lenders holding more than 66
⅔% of the Lender Claims bound under the Lender Support Agreement (the Requisite
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by the Requisite Participating Lenders, following the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) a Qualified Plan and a disclosure statement related to the Plan, consistent in all
material respects with the Term Sheet and the Lender Support Agreement shall not have been
filed within 60 days after the filing of the Chapter 11 Petitions (the Petition Date); (ii)
the Court shall not have entered an order approving the adequacy of the disclosure statement
within 150 days after the Petition Date; (iii) the Court shall not have entered an order (the
Confirmation Order) confirming a Plan within 270 days after the Petition Date; (iv) a
Qualified Plan shall not have been consummated within 300 days after the Petition Date; (v)
the Debtors shall have materially breached certain of their covenants under the Lender Support
Agreement, publicly announced their intention not to support a Qualified Plan or proposed,
accepted or filed a motion with the Court seeking approval of a transaction that is not a
Qualified Plan; (vi) an examiner with expanded powers or a trustee shall have been appointed
in the Chapter 11 Cases, or the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been converted to cases under
chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; (vii) any of the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been
involuntarily dismissed; (viii) the Court shall not have entered, within 10 days after the
Petition Date, an order governing the use by the Debtors of the Lenders cash collateral and
granting adequate protection to the Lenders; (ix) the Court shall not have entered, within 60
days after the Petition Date, a debtor-in-possession financing order in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to JPMCB; (x) an event of default shall have occurred and be
continuing under the DIP Agreement and the obligations thereunder shall have been accelerated
and declared due and payable; (xi) a force majeure event shall have occurred; or (xii) there
shall have been a termination event under the Noteholder Support Agreement (as defined below);
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by Lear, following any material breach of any of the Participating Lenders
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the Lender Support
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The foregoing summary of the Lender Support Agreement is a summary only and is qualified, in all
respects, by the provisions of the Lender Support Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit
10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
Noteholder Support Agreement
The Debtors entered into an agreement dated as
of July 6, 2009 (the Noteholder Support Agreement), with certain holders (the
Participating Noteholders) of Lears debt instruments set forth below:
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8.50% senior notes due 2013 (the 8.50% Notes); |
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5.75% senior notes due 2014 (the 5.75% Notes); |
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8.75% senior notes due 2016 (the 8.75% Notes); and |
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Zero-coupon convertible senior notes due 2022 (the Zero-Coupon Notes and together with
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Pursuant to the Noteholder Support Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions contained
therein, the Participating Noteholders have agreed, among other things, (i) to support a Qualified
Plan, (ii) to support the debtor-in-possession financing contemplated by the Term Sheet and (iii)
not to sell or otherwise transfer or grant any right to acquire any interest in any claim under the
Senior Notes (a Noteholder Claim) except to a Participating Noteholder or to a transferee who
agrees to be bound by the Noteholder Support Agreement.
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The Debtors proposed financial restructuring, as outlined in the Term Sheet, has the support of
(i) a steering committee of bondholders acting on behalf of an ad hoc group of bondholders and (ii)
Participating Noteholders representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of all Noteholder
Claims.
The Noteholder Support Agreement may be terminated:
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by the mutual written consent of Lear and Participating Noteholders holding more than
66 ⅔% of the Noteholder Claims bound under the Noteholder Support Agreement (the Requisite
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by the Requisite Participating Noteholders, following the occurrence of any of the
following events: (i) a Qualified Plan and a disclosure statement related to the Plan,
consistent in all material respects with the Term Sheet and the Noteholder Support Agreement
shall not have been filed within 60 days after the Petition Date; (ii) the Court shall not
have entered an order approving the adequacy of the disclosure statement within 150 days after
the Petition Date; (iii) the Court shall not have entered the Confirmation Order within 270
days after the Petition Date; (iv) a Qualified Plan shall not have been consummated within 300
days after the Petition Date; (v) the Debtors shall have materially breached certain of their
covenants, representations, warranties or obligations under the Noteholder Support Agreement;
(vi) the Debtors shall have withdrawn or revoked the Qualified Plan or publicly announced
their intention not to pursue a Qualified Plan or proposed, accepted or filed a motion with
the Court seeking approval of a plan of reorganization or other transaction that is not a
Qualified Plan; (vii) an examiner with expanded powers or a trustee shall have been appointed
in the Chapter 11 Cases, or any of the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been converted to cases
under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; (viii) any of the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been
involuntarily dismissed; (ix) the CCAA Cases shall have been converted to Canadian bankruptcy
proceedings or the CCAA Cases shall have been involuntarily dismissed by the Canadian Court;
(x) the Qualified Plan shall have been modified or replaced such that it is not consistent in
any material respect with the Term Sheet; (xi) the termination of, or occurrence of an event
of default, under any order or agreement permitting the use of cash collateral which shall not
have been cured; (xii) a force majeure event shall have occurred; or (xiii) there shall have
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by Lear, following any material breach of any of the Participating Noteholders
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the Noteholder Support
Agreement. |
The foregoing summary of the Noteholder Support Agreement is a summary only and is qualified, in
all respects, by the provisions of the Noteholder Support Agreement, which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On July 7, 2009, the Debtors filed the Chapter 11 Petitions. Lear expects that certain of its
Canadian subsidiary Debtors will shortly commence the CCAA Cases. The information set forth above
in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Chapter 11 Petitions is
incorporated into this Item 1.03.
A copy of the press release dated July 7, 2009, which announces the filing of the Chapter 11
Petitions, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2 Financial Information
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the DIP
Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
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Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
As previously disclosed, Lear is in default under the Senior Credit Facility, the 8.50% Notes and
the 8.75% Notes, and certain foreign exchange, commodity and interest rate hedging transactions. In addition,
the filing of the Chapter 11 Petitions constituted an event of default or otherwise triggered
repayment obligations under the following debt instruments:
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Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2006, among
Lear, certain of its subsidiaries, the several Lenders from time to time parties thereto, the
several agents parties thereto and JPMCB, as general administrative agent, as amended and
supplemented by that certain First Amendment, dated as of June 27, 2008, Second Amendment and
Waiver, dated as of March 17, 2009, Third Amendment and Waiver, dated as of May 13, 2009, and
Fourth Amendment and Release, dated as of June 22, 2009; |
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Indenture dated as of November 24, 2006, by and among Lear, certain subsidiary guarantors
party thereto from time to time and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (BONY), relating to the 8.50% Notes and the 8.75% Notes; |
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Indenture dated as of August 3, 2004, by and among Lear, the guarantors party thereto from
time to time and BNY Midwest Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended and supplemented by
that certain Supplemental Indenture No. 1 and Supplemental Indenture No. 2 relating to the
5.75% Notes; and |
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Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2002, by and among Lear, the guarantors party thereto
from time to time and BONY, as amended and supplemented by that certain Supplemental Indenture
No. 1, Supplemental Indenture No. 2, Supplemental Indenture No. 3 and Supplemental Indenture
No. 4 relating to the Zero-Coupon Notes. |
Lear has approximately $2.3 billion outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility (including
outstanding letters of credit and termination claims under certain hedging arrangements held by certain Lenders) and approximately
$1.3 billion of Senior Notes outstanding, consisting primarily of $589 million aggregate principal
amount of 8.75% Notes, $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Notes, $298 million
aggregate principal amount of 8.50% Notes and $1 million aggregate principal amount of Zero-Coupon
Notes. As a result of the filing of the Chapter 11 Petitions, all indebtedness outstanding under
the Senior Credit Facility and the Senior Notes was accelerated and became due and payable, subject
to an automatic stay of any action to collect, assert or recover a claim against Lear and the
application of applicable bankruptcy law.
Section 7 Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Additional information on the Chapter 11 Petitions, including access to documents filed with the
Court and other general information about the Chapter 11 Cases is available at
http://www.kccllc.net/lear. Lear expects to begin submitting monthly operating reports to
the Court in August, 2009 and also plans to make these monthly reports available through the
Investor Relations section of http://www.lear.com. Lear will continue to file quarterly
and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will also be available in the
Investor Relations section of www.lear.com.
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Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
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10.1 |
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Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of July 6,
2009, by and among Lear, as borrower, the other
guarantors named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and each of the lenders party
thereto |
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10.2 |
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Form of Credit Agreement among reorganized Lear, as
borrower, the several other lenders from time to time
parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent and collateral agent |
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10.3 |
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Agreement
dated as of July 6, 2009, by and among Lear,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders,
and each of the Participating Lenders |
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10.4 |
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Agreement
dated as of July 6, 2009, as amended, by and among
Lear and each of the Participating Noteholders |
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99.1 |
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Press release, dated July 7, 2009 |
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding anticipated
financial results and liquidity. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results as
a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the potential adverse
impact of the chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Lears business, financial condition or results of
operations, including Lears ability to maintain contracts, trade credit and other customer and
vendor relationships that are critical to its business and the actions and decisions of Lears
creditors and other third parties with interests in Lears chapter 11 proceedings; Lears ability
to obtain court approval with respect to motions in the chapter 11 proceedings prosecuted from time
to time and to develop, prosecute, confirm and consummate one or more plans of reorganization with
respect to the chapter 11 proceedings and to consummate all of the transactions contemplated by one
or more such plans of reorganization or upon which consummation of such plans may be conditioned;
the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination
of the plan support agreements Lear has entered into with certain of its lenders and bondholders;
general economic conditions in the markets in which Lear operates, including changes in interest
rates or currency exchange rates, the financial condition of Lears customers or suppliers; changes
in actual industry vehicle production levels from Lears current estimates; fluctuations in the
production of vehicles for which Lear is a supplier; the loss of business with respect to, or the
lack of commercial success of, a vehicle model for which Lear is a significant supplier, including
further declines in sales of full-size pickup trucks and large sport utility vehicles; disruptions
in the relationships with Lears suppliers; labor disputes involving Lear or its significant
customers or suppliers or that otherwise affect Lear; Lears ability to achieve cost reductions
that offset or exceed customer-mandated selling price reductions; the outcome of customer
negotiations; the impact and timing of program launch costs; the costs, timing and success of
restructuring actions; increases in Lears warranty or product liability costs; risks associated
with conducting business in foreign countries; competitive conditions impacting Lears key
customers and suppliers; the cost and availability of raw materials and energy; Lears ability to
mitigate increases in raw material, energy and commodity costs; the outcome of legal or regulatory
proceedings to which Lear is or may become a party; unanticipated changes in cash flow, including
Lears ability to align its vendor payment terms with those of its customers; further impairment
charges initiated by adverse industry or market developments; and other risks described from time
to time in Lears Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Future operating results will be
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various factors, including actual industry production volumes, commodity prices and Lears success
in implementing its operating strategy. The forward-looking statements in this Current Report on
Form 8-K are made as of the date hereof, and Lear does not assume any obligation to update, amend
or clarify them to reflect events, new information or circumstances occurring after the date
hereof.
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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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Lear Corporation
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Date: July 7, 2009 |
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/s/ Matthew J. Simoncini
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Matthew J. Simoncini |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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10.1 |
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Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of July 6,
2009, by and among Lear, as borrower, the other
guarantors named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and each of the lenders party
thereto |
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10.2 |
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Form of Credit Agreement among reorganized Lear, as
borrower, the several other lenders from time to time
parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent and collateral agent |
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10.3 |
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Agreement dated as of July 6, 2009, by and among Lear,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders,
and each of the Participating Lenders |
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10.4 |
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Agreement dated as of July 6, 2009, as amended, by and among
Lear and each of the Participating Noteholders |
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99.1 |
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Press release, dated July 7, 2009 |
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EX-10.1 CREDIT AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
$500,000,000
CREDIT AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
among
LEAR CORPORATION,
a Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession, as Borrower
THE OTHER GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
each (other than Lear ASC Corporation) a Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated
as of July 6, 2009
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined Terms
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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SECTION 2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
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2.1
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Loans
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Procedure for Borrowing
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[Reserved]
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Maturity and Repayment of Loans
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Termination of Commitments
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2.6
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Fees.
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2.7
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Exit Facility Commitment Fee
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2.8
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Optional Prepayments
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2.9
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Mandatory Prepayments
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2.10
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Conversion and Continuation Options
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2.11
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Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches
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Interest Rates and Payment Dates
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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Inability to Determine Interest Rate
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Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
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Taxes
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Indemnity
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Change of Lending Office
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Priority and Liens
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Payment of Obligations
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No Discharge; Survival of Claims
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Conflicts
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Conversion to Exit Facility
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SECTION 4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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No Change.
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Existence; Compliance with Law
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Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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No Legal Bar
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4.5
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Litigation
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4.6
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No Default
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4.7
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Ownership of Property; Liens
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4.8
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Intellectual Property
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4.9
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Taxes
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4.10
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Federal Regulations
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4.11
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Labor Matters
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4.12
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ERISA
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4.13
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Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
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4.14
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Subsidiaries
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4.15
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Use of Proceeds
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4.16
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Environmental Matters
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4.17
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Accuracy of Information, etc
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4.18
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Financial Statements
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4.19
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Insurance
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SECTION 5.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SECTION 6.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1
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Financial Statements
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6.2
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Certificates; Other Information
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6.3
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Payment of Obligations
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6.4
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Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
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6.5
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Maintenance of Property; Insurance
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6.6
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Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
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6.7
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Notices
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6.8
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Environmental Laws
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6.9
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Lender Conference Calls
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6.10
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Collateral; Further Assurances
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SECTION 7.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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7.1
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Financial Covenants
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7.2
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Indebtedness
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7.3
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Liens
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7.4
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Fundamental Changes
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7.5
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Disposition of Property
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7.6
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Restricted Payments
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7.7
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Investments
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7.8
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Transactions with Affiliates
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7.9
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Swap Agreements
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7.10
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Changes in Fiscal Periods
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7.11
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Negative Pledge Clauses
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7.12
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Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
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7.13
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Lines of Business
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7.14
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Use of Proceeds
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7.15
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Chapter 11 Claims
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SECTION 8.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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8.1
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Events of Default
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SECTION 9.
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.1
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Appointment
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9.2
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Delegation of Duties
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9.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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9.4
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Reliance by Administrative Agent
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9.5
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Notice of Default
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9.6
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
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9.7
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Indemnification
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9.8
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Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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9.9
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Successor Administrative Agent
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9.10
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Execution of Loan Documents
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SECTION 10.
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GUARANTEE
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10.1
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Guarantee
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10.2
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Right of Contribution
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10.3
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No Subrogation
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10.4
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Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations
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10.5
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional
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10.6
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Reinstatement
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10.7
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Payments
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SECTION 11.
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REMEDIES; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
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11.1
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Remedies; Obtaining the Collateral Upon Default
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11.2
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Remedies; Disposition of the Collateral
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11.3
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Application of Proceeds
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11.4
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WAIVER OF CLAIMS
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11.5
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Remedies Cumulative
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11.6
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Discontinuance of Proceedings
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SECTION 12.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
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Amendments and Waivers
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12.2
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Notices
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12.3
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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12.4
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Survival of Representations and Warranties
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12.5
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Payment of Expenses and Taxes
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12.6
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Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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12.7
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Adjustments; Set-off
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12.8
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Counterparts
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12.9
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Severability
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12.10
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Integration
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12.11
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GOVERNING LAW
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12.12
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Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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12.13
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Absence of Prejudice to the Prepetition Lenders with
Respect to Matters Before the Bankruptcy Court
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12.14
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Specific Performance of Obligation to Convert into
Exit Facility
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12.15
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Acknowledgements
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12.16
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Releases of Guarantees and Liens
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12.17
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Confidentiality
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12.18
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WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
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12.19
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Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment; Adequate
Protection
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12.20
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Effectiveness
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SCHEDULES:
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1.1A
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Commitments |
4.14
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Subsidiaries |
7.2(d)
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Existing Indebtedness |
7.3(f)
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Existing Liens |
EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of Final Order |
B
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Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note |
C
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
D
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
E
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Form of Exemption Certificate |
F
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Form of Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment |
G
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Warrant Term Sheet |
H
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Restructuring Term Sheet |
I
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Exit Credit Agreement |
THIS DEBT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A LENDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT,
ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO LEAR
CORPORATION AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034, ATTENTION:
SHARI L. BURGESS.
CREDIT
AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of July 6, 2009, among
(i) LEAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), which is a debtor and
debtor-in-possession in a case pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) each of
the direct and indirect domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower signatory hereto (such
Subsidiaries, the Guarantors and, the Guarantors (other than Lear ASC Corporation),
together with the Borrower, the Debtors and each a Debtor), each of which
Guarantors (other than Lear ASC Corporation) is a debtor and a debtor-in-possession in a case
pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the cases of the Debtors, each a Case
and, collectively, the Cases), (iii) the several banks and other financial institutions
or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the Lenders), and (iv) JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT:
On
or about July 6, 2009 (the Petition Date), the Debtors filed voluntary petitions with
the Bankruptcy Court (such term and other capitalized terms used in this Introductory Statement are
as defined in this Introductory Statement or are being used with the meanings given to such terms
in Section 1.1) initiating the Cases and have continued in the possession of their assets and in
the management of their businesses pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 1107 and 1108.
Pursuant to this Agreement and the Final Order, the Lenders are making available to the
Borrower a $500,000,000 debtor-in-possession term loan facility (the DIP Facility), all
of the Borrowers obligations with respect to which are guaranteed by the Guarantors.
The proceeds of the Loans will be used for working capital and other general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including without limitation, for the payment of
fees and expenses incurred in connection with entering into this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby), in all cases subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Final Order.
To provide guarantees for the repayment of the Loans and the payment of the other Obligations
of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Debtors are providing to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and subject to the Final Order,
the following (each as more fully described herein):
(a) a guarantee from each of the Guarantors of the due and punctual payment and performance of
the Obligations of the Borrower;
(b) with respect to the Obligations of the Debtors, a Superpriority Claim entitled to the
benefits of Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(1) in each of the Cases;
(c) pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(2) a perfected first priority (subject to
permitted exceptions) Lien on all present and after-acquired property of the Debtors not subject to
a
Lien on the Petition Date, excluding, in all cases, thirty-five (35%) percent of the total
outstanding voting Capital Stock of each new or existing Foreign Subsidiary;
(d) pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(c)(3) a perfected junior Lien on all present and
after-acquired property of the Debtors that is otherwise subject to a valid and perfected Lien on
the Petition Date (other than Liens securing the Prepetition Obligations and Liens that are junior
to the Liens securing the Prepetition Obligations) or a valid Lien perfected (but not granted)
after the Petition Date to the extent such post-Petition Date perfection in respect of a
pre-Petition Date claim is expressly permitted under the Bankruptcy Code; and
(e) pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 364(d)(1) a perfected first priority (subject to
permitted exceptions), senior priming Lien on (x) all present and after-acquired property of the
Debtors that is subject to a valid, perfected and enforceable Lien on or after the Petition Date to
secure the Prepetition Obligations, (y) all present and after-acquired assets that are presently
subject to Liens that are junior to the Liens that secure the Prepetition Obligations and (z) the
Liens granted after the Petition Date to provide adequate protection in respect of the Prepetition
Obligations.
All of the claims and the Liens granted hereunder and pursuant to the Final Order in the Cases
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be subject to the Carve Out, but in each case
only to the extent provided in the Final Order.
Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1
shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
ABR: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16
of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate with a one-month
Interest Period commencing on such day plus 1.0%. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the
opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate, respectively.
ABR Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., together with its affiliates, as
the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.
Affiliate: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10%
or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
Agent Indemnitees: as defined in Section 9.7.
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Agreement: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Applicable Margin: a percentage per annum equal to (a) for ABR Loans, 9.0% and (b)
for Eurodollar Loans, 10.0%.
Approved Fund: as defined in Section 12.6(b).
Asset Sale: any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of
property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by Section 7.5(a) (l)) that yields Net Cash
Proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of
non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in
the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $1,000,000.
Assignee: as defined in Section 12.6(b).
Assignment and Assumption: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form
of Exhibit C.
Bankruptcy Code: the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as heretofore and hereafter
amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq.
Bankruptcy Court: the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York, or any other court having jurisdiction over the Cases from time to time.
Benefited Lender: as defined in Section 12.7(a).
Board: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
(or any successor).
Borrower: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Borrowing Date: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the
Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
Borrowing Notice: as defined in Section 2.2.
Budget: as defined in Section 5(i).
Business: as defined in Section 4.16(b).
Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with
respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest
on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in
the interbank eurodollar market.
Canadian Court: the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Commercial List.
Capital Expenditures: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of
all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a
capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements,
capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance
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sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries, but excluding (i) such expenditures that are made
with all or any portion of a Reinvestment Deferred Amount, (ii) capitalized interest and (iii) such
expenditures for which such Person is reimbursed in cash by a third party (other than any Group
Member).
Capital Lease Obligations: as to any Person, 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, for the purposes
of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount
thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any
of the foregoing.
Carve Out: as defined in Section 2.20(a).
Carve-Out Cap: as defined in Section 2.20(a).
Carve-Out Trigger Notice: a written notice delivered by the Administrative Agent to
the Borrower, the United States Trustee, counsel for the Borrower and counsel for any statutory
committee appointed in the Cases stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and that the Carve-Out Cap is invoked, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
Cases: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Cash Collateral: as defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Cash Equivalents: (a) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by
the United States Government, the Canadian Government, Japan or any member of the European Union or
any other government approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld), (b) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by any state of the
United States of America or province of Canada or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition and having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moodys, (c) time deposits, certificates of deposit
and bankers acceptances having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of
acquisition, in each case with any Lender (or any affiliate of any thereof) or with any commercial
bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, Japan, Canada or any member of the European Union or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank
having at the date of acquisition capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, (d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (c) above, (e) commercial paper issued by the parent corporation of any Lender
and commercial paper rated, at the time of acquisition, at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by
S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys and in either case maturing within twelve months
after the date of acquisition, (e) deposits maintained with money market funds having total assets
in excess of $300,000,000, (f) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of
business with banks or trust companies, (g) temporary deposits, of amounts received in the ordinary
course of business pending disbursement of such amounts, in demand deposit accounts in banks
outside the United States, (h) deposits in mutual funds which invest substantially all of their
assets in preferred equities issued by
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U.S. corporations rated at least AA (or the equivalent thereof) by S&P; provided,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall, in any event, include all cash and cash
equivalents as set forth in the Borrowers balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (i)
other investments requested by the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent.
Cash Flow Forecast: as defined in Section 6.2(f).
CCAA Cases: the cases commenced by certain of the Canadian Subsidiaries of the
Borrower in the Canadian Court under Section 18.6 of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act.
Change of Control: (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 Capital Stock representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower; or (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.
Chinese Acceptance Notes: acceptance notes issued by Chinese banks in the ordinary
course of business for the account of any direct or indirect Chinese Subsidiary of the Borrower or
customers thereof to effect the current payment of goods and services in accordance with customary
trade terms in China.
Closing Date: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1
shall have been satisfied or waived and the funding of the Loans occurs.
Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral: all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, as
more particularly described and referred to as DIP Collateral in the Final Order or in the
Collateral Documents.
Collateral Documents: collectively, any Mortgages, collateral assignments, security
agreements, pledge agreements, security agreements granting Liens in Intellectual Property or other
similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Loan
Documents to secure the Obligations (including pursuant to Section 2.20(b)). The Collateral
Documents shall supplement, and shall not limit, the grant of Collateral pursuant to the Final
Order.
Commitment: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Loans to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
Commitment opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1A. The original aggregate amount of the
Commitments is $500,000,000.
Commonly Controlled Entity: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Compliance Certificate: a certificate of the Borrower duly executed by a
Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
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Conduit Lender: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any
Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated
by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a
Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan
under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the
designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to
deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its
Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled
to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 or 12.5 than the designating
Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such
Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
Confirmation Order: an order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Reorganization
Plan.
Conforming Plan: (a) a Reorganization Plan proposed by the Debtors that
incorporates the terms and conditions set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet attached as Exhibit
H and is consistent in all material respects with the Restructuring Term Sheet (as may be modified
in accordance with the terms of that certain letter agreement dated
as of July 6, 2009 by and
among the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the lender
signatories thereto) or (b) a plan of reorganization proposed by the Debtors that provides for
payment in full in cash of the Obligations.
Consolidated EBITDA: for any Test Period (and calculated without duplication),
Consolidated Net Income for such period excluding (a) any extraordinary and non-recurring non-cash
expenses, losses, income or gains as determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) charges, premiums and
expenses associated with the discharge of pre-petition Indebtedness, (c) charges relating to FAS
106, (d) any non-cash income included, and any non-cash deductions made, in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period (other than any deductions which represent the accrual of
or a reserve for the payment of cash charges in any future period), provided that cash
payments made in any subsequent period in respect of any item for which any such non-cash deduction
was excluded in a prior period shall be deemed to reduce Consolidated Net Income by such amount in
such subsequent period, (e) stock compensation expense and non-cash equity linked expense, (f)
deferred financing fees (and any write-offs thereof), (g) write-offs of goodwill, (h) an aggregate
amount of up to $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $120,000,000 for any fiscal year thereafter
(provided that up to $25,000,000 of such amount may be carried forward to the following
fiscal year or carried back to the preceding fiscal year) in respect of restructuring,
restructuring-related or other similar charges, (i) fees, costs, charges, commissions and expenses
or other charges incurred during such period in connection with this Agreement, the Cases, the
Reorganization Plan, the Exit Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the foregoing,
including the write-off of receivables of Chrysler, GM and their affiliates as a result of their
respective bankruptcy filings, the termination or settlement of executory contracts, professional
and accounting costs fees and expenses, management incentive, employee retention or similar plans
(in each case to the extent such plan is approved by the Bankruptcy Court to the extent required),
litigation costs and settlements, asset write-downs, income and gains recorded in connection with
the corporate reorganization effected in connection with the winding up the Debtors prior to
emergence, (j) foreign exchange gains and losses and (k) any state or local taxes, plus, to the
extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (A) Consolidated Interest
Expense, (B) any expenses for taxes, (C) depreciation and amortization expense, (D) minority
interests in income (or losses) of Subsidiaries and (E) net equity earnings (and losses) in
Affiliates (excluding Subsidiaries).
Consolidated Interest Expense: for any Test Period, the amount which would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption interest expense (or any like caption) on
a consolidated income statement of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period;
provided, that
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Consolidated Interest Expense for any period shall (a) exclude (i) any amortization or
write-off of deferred financing fees during such period and (ii) premiums paid in connection with
the discharge of Indebtedness and (b) include any interest income during such period.
Consolidated Net Income: for any Test Period, the consolidated net income (or
deficit) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (taken as a cumulative whole),
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that any provision for post-retirement medical
benefits, to the extent such provision calculated under FAS 106 exceeds actual cash outlays
calculated on the pay as you go basis, shall not to be taken into account.
Consummation Date: the date of substantial consummation (as defined in Section 1101
of the Bankruptcy Code) of a Reorganization Plan that is confirmed pursuant to a Confirmation
Order.
Contractual Obligation: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
Debtors: as defined in the preamble.
Default: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Defaulting Lender any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans
required to be funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder, unless such failure is the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured
(in which case such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date of such cure), (b)
has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date when due, unless such
failure is the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured (in which case such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date of such cure), or (c) has been deemed
insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
DIP Facility: as defined in the Introductory Statement.
Disclosure Statement: the disclosure statement in respect of a Conforming Plan, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be distributed to
certain holders of claims (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against the
Debtors.
Disposition: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback,
assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms Dispose and
Disposed of shall have correlative meanings.
Dollars and $: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction within the United States.
Effective Date: the effective date of the Reorganization Plan.
Enforcement Action: with respect to the Obligations, any demand for payment or
acceleration thereof, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Collateral
securing the
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Obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, or applicable law, including without
limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or
remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or
under the Bankruptcy Code.
Environmental Laws: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws,
rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental
Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now
or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
ERISA: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
ERISA Affiliate: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under 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: (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of
a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (c) any failure by any Single Employer Plan to satisfy the
minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) applicable to such Single Employer Plan, whether or not waived; (d) a determination that any
Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in at risk status (within the meaning of Section
430 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA); (e) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA
Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Single
Employer Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any
Single Employer Plan; (f) the incurrence by any Loan Party 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 any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt
by any Multiemployer Plan from a Loan Party 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, in Reorganization, or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of
Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA.
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the
aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve
requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves)
under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System.
Eurodollar Base Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for
deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such
Interest Period appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two
Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not
appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page (or otherwise on such screen), the Eurodollar Base
Rate shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for
displaying eurodollar rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the
absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered
Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two
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Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar
market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted
for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
Eurodollar Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following
formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurodollar Rate shall
be the greater of (x) such rate determined pursuant to the foregoing formula and (y) 3.50% per
annum.
Eurodollar Tranche: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the then current
Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date
(whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
Event of Default: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, provided that
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Exit Credit Agreement: the credit agreement for the Roll-Over Exit Facility of
reorganized Lear Corporation, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, with such amendments,
modifications, supplements and changes permitted or agreed to pursuant to the terms hereof.
Exit Facility: as defined and described in the Exit Credit Agreement.
Exit Facility Documentation: the collective reference to the Exit Credit Agreement,
collateral agreements, intercreditor agreement, mortgages and other security agreements, documents
and instruments, substantially consistent with the terms and conditions set forth in the Exit
Credit Agreement, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, and otherwise in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and reorganized Lear Corporation.
Exit Fee: as defined in Section 2.6 (b).
Extension Option: as defined in Section 2.4(b).
Federal Funds Effective Rate: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on
overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal
funds brokers, as published 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 of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Final Order: an order of the Bankruptcy Court entered in the Cases granting
approval of, among other things, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and granting the Liens and Superpriority Claims described in the Introductory Statement
in favor of the
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Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, or
otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders.
Foreign Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
Funding Office: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 12.2 or
such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding
office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect
from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis
of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation
of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 12.1(a) of the Prepetition
Credit Agreement.
Governmental Authority: any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory
organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Group Members: the collective reference to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Guarantee Obligation: as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any
obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing
Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a
separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that
guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the
primary obligations) of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be
deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for
which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such
Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
Guarantors: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Immaterial Subsidiary: at any time, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a
Loan Party which has consolidated assets with a book value of $1,000,000 or less or which has
consolidated revenues of $1,000,000 or less for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters.
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Indebtedness: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness
of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services which would, in accordance with GAAP be shown on the liability side
of the balance sheet, (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the
rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of a default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
Person, (f) all obligations of such Person (contingent or otherwise) as an account party or
applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar
arrangements, (g) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind
referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above, (h) all obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts
and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable
for the payment of such obligation, provided, if such Person has not assumed or become
liable for such obligation, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the
fair market value of such property or the obligation being secured thereby and (i) for the purposes
of Section 8.1(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements, but excluding
(i) trade and other accounts payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Persons business,
(ii) accrued expenses and deferred compensation arrangements in the ordinary course, and (iii)
advance payments in the ordinary course. 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 Persons ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Initial Cash Flow Forecast: as defined in Section 5(i).
Insolvency: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is
insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Insolvent: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
Intellectual Property: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, inventions, designs, patents,
patent licenses, trademarks, tradenames, domain names and other source indicators, trademark
licenses, technology, trade secrets, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in
equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
Intercompany Subordinated Note: a promissory note, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Interest Payment Date: (a) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after
the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any ABR
Loan, the last day of each calendar month and the Maturity Date.
Interest Period: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on
the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of
borrowing or notice of
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conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period
commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan
and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date that
is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are
subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result
of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond the
Scheduled Maturity Date or the extension thereof pursuant to the Extension Option; and
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
Investments: an advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
otherwise, but excluding trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, loans, debentures or other debt
securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or any other similar investment in,
any Person. The amount of any Investment by any Person on any date of determination shall be the
acquisition price of the gross assets acquired (including any liability assumed by such Person to
the extent such liability would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP)
plus all additional capital contributions or purchase price paid in respect thereof,
without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment minus the amount of all cash returns of
principal or capital thereon, cash dividends thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon
or liabilities expressly assumed by another Person (other than a Group Member) in connection with
the sale of such Investment. Whenever the term outstanding is used in this Agreement with
reference to an Investment, it shall take into account the matters referred to in the preceding
sentence.
Lenders: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the
context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any
Conduit Lender.
Lien: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any, priority or other security
agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
Liquidity: on any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the
cash and Cash Equivalents which are not subject to any Liens (other than (a) Liens in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, (b) Liens in favor of the Prepetition Agent,
for the benefit of the Prepetition Secured Parties, (c) Liens permitted by Section 7.3(c)(ii) and
(d) inchoate Liens arising by operating of law which are not the subject of enforcement actions)
held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date, (ii) accounts receivable and inventory (in
each case valued in accordance with GAAP) which are not subject to any Liens (other than (a) Liens
in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, (b) Liens in favor of the
Prepetition Agent, for the benefit of the Prepetition Secured Parties, and (c) inchoate Liens
arising by operation of law which are not the subject of enforcement actions) held by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on such date, less trade payables of the
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (iii) the aggregate availability under any loan agreements
or other lines of credit of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date.
Loan Documents: this Agreement, the Notes, the Final Order, any Collateral
Documents and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.
Loan Parties: the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loans: as defined in Section 2.1.
Material Adverse Effect: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property,
operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other
than (i) any events leading up to the filing of the Cases disclosed to the Lenders, (ii) the filing
of the Cases and (iii) those events which customarily occur following the commencement of a
proceeding under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and other events ancillary thereto) or (b) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
Materials of Environmental Concern: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil
or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or
wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
Maturity Date: the earliest of (a) the later of (i) the Scheduled Maturity Date or
(ii) upon effectiveness of the Extension Option pursuant to Section 2.4(b), the date that is 15
months following the Closing Date, (b) the Consummation Date and (c) the acceleration of the Loans
in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Moodys: Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgages: collectively, any deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and mortgages
creating and evidencing a Lien on any real property made by the Loan Parties in favor of or for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case securing the Obligations.
Multiemployer Plan: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by
way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of (i) attorneys fees,
accountants fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of
such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien securing the Obligations) and other
third-party fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and (ii) Taxes and Other
Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of any Asset Sale or Recovery Event
(after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of
Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys fees,
investment banking fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other
customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.
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Non-Excluded Taxes: as defined in Section 2.17(a).
Non-U.S. Lender: as defined in Section 2.17(d).
Notes: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
Obligations: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing
after the maturity of the Loans) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower and each Guarantor (or, in the case of Specified Letters of Credit, each Group Member on
whose account such Specified Letter of Credit is issued and guarantee obligations of other Group
Members in respect thereof) to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of
Specified Letters of Credit and Specified Swap Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any Specified Letter of Credit (and related letter of credit applications), any Specified
Swap Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith,
whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, Guarantee Obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses (including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant
hereto) or otherwise.
Other Taxes: 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 or any
other Loan Document, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto,
whether disputed or not.
Outstanding Amount: with respect to the Loans at any time, the aggregate principal
amount thereof, after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans
occurring on such date.
Outstanding Percentage: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such
Lenders Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Commitments (or, at any time after the
Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Loans then
outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding).
Participant: as defined in Section 12.6(c).
PBGC: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A
of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Person: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Petition Date: as defined in the Introductory Statement.
Plan: at a particular time, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) in respect of which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Plan Effective Date: as defined in Section 2.7.
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Prepetition Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as general
administrative agent for the Prepetition Lenders.
Prepetition Credit Agreement: the Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee
Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2006, among the Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party
thereto, the Prepetition Lenders, the Prepetition Agent and the other agents party thereto, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified as of the Petition Date.
Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment: an amendment to the Prepetition Credit
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
Prepetition Lenders: the several banks and other financial institutions and
entities from time to time parties to the Prepetition Credit Agreement.
Prepetition Loan Documents: the Prepetition Credit Agreement, the Securities
Documents (as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement), the Notes (as defined in the
Prepetition Credit Agreement) and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of
the foregoing.
Prepetition Loans: the Loans as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement.
Prepetition Obligations: all of the Debtors obligations (including any Hedging
Agreement Obligations (as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement) owed by any Debtor to any
Prepetition Lender (or any Affiliate of such Prepetition Lender)) incurred under, pursuant to or in
connection with the Prepetition Loan Documents.
Prepetition Secured Parties: the Prepetition Agent, the Prepetition Lenders and any
affiliate of a Prepetition Lender which holds Prepetition Obligations.
Prime Rate: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the
Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. in connection with extensions of credit to debtors).
Professional Fees: as defined in Section 2.20(a).
Professional Persons: as defined in Section 2.20(a).
Prohibited Claim: any action or objection with respect to (a) claims of the
Prepetition Secured Parties against the Debtors or the Liens which secure the Prepetition
Obligations, (b) the Superpriority Claims or Liens granted to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.20(a) and (b), or (c) the Superpriority Claims or Liens granted to
the Prepetition Secured Parties pursuant to Section 2.20(c).
Prohibited Transaction: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
Projections: as defined in Section 6.2(c).
Properties: as defined in Section 4.16(a).
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Recovery Event: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member in an
amount in excess of $1,000,000.
Register: as defined in Section 12.6(b).
Regulation U: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
Reinvestment Deferred Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate
Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to
prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.9(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Event: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the
Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Notice: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or
indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net
Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event in the business.
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant
Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the businesses of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.
Reinvestment Prepayment Date: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier
of (a) the date occurring 180 days after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the
Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets
useful in the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with all or any portion of the
relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
Reorganization: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
Reorganization Plan: a plan of reorganization in the Borrowers Case.
Reportable Event: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the
regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived
under PBGC regulations.
Required Lenders: at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the Outstanding
Amount; provided that the portion of the Outstanding Amount held or deemed held by any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
Requirement of Law: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws
or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
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Responsible Officer: with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer,
the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the treasurer or the assistant
treasurer of such Loan Party.
Restricted Payments: as defined in Section 7.6.
S&P: Standard & Poors Ratings Services.
Scheduled Maturity Date: the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
SEC: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any
analogous Governmental Authority.
Secured Parties: collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each issuer of
a Specified Letter of Credit, the Persons entitled to indemnification under the Loan Documents and
each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to
Section 9.2.
Single Employer Plan: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is
not a Multiemployer Plan.
Specified Jurisdiction: any country, state or other jurisdictional subdivision
outside North America or Europe.
Specified Letters of Credit: any letter of credit (a) issued for the account of any
Group Member by any Lender or any affiliate of a Lender and (b) that has been designated by the
relevant Lender and such Group Member, by written notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the
issuance thereof, as a Specified Letter of Credit and with respect to which the Administrative
Agent has confirmed to the relevant Lender sufficient availability pursuant to Section 7.2(i).
Such designation shall not create in favor of such Lender or affiliate of a Lender any rights in
connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party
hereunder or under any Collateral Document.
Specified Swap Agreement: any Swap Agreement (a) entered into by the Borrower or
any Guarantor and any Person that is a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap
Agreement is entered into and (b) that has been designated by the relevant Lender and such Group
Member, by written notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the effectiveness thereof, as a
Specified Swap Agreement. Such designation shall not create in favor of such Lender or affiliate
of a Lender any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the
obligations of any Loan Party hereunder or under any Collateral Document.
Subsidiary: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power
(other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person (exclusive of any Affiliate in which such Person has a minority ownership interest). Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Superpriority Claim: a claim against any Debtor in any of the Cases which is an
allowed administrative expense claim having priority over any or all administrative expenses,
whether
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now existing or hereafter arising, including of the kind specified in or arising under
Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113 or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code,
including a claim pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Swap Agreement: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
Taxes: all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, whether disputed or not.
Test Period: on any date, the period beginning on July 6, 2009 and ending on such
date (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each fiscal
month, quarter or year in such period have been (or have been required to be) delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1(a), (b) or (c), as applicable.
Transferee: any Assignee or Participant.
Type: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
United States: the United States of America.
Upfront Fee: as defined in Section 2.6(a).
Warrant Share: a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount
of Loans which are converted into the Exit Facility (or an alternative exit facility acceptable to
the Lenders) and the denominator of which is the original principal amount of Loans made on the
Closing Date.
Warrants: as defined in Section 2.7.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital
Stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person
directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Withdrawal Liability: liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete
or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan
Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not
defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under 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 thereof (whether as a result of the Cases or
otherwise) on
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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 by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, or such provision amended in accordance
herewith, (ii) the words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase without limitation, (iii) the word incur shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume or become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words incurred and
incurrence shall have correlative meanings), (iv) 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, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold
interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations
shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations
as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
(c) The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) When determining whether a Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be in
existence after giving pro forma effect to a certain event, the covenant levels to be used in
making such determination shall be those in effect as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
quarter (or, in the case of Section 7.1(b), the most recent month) of the Borrower for which
financial reports are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Final
Order, each Lender listed on Schedule 1.1A hereto severally agrees to make term loans (the
Loans) on the Closing Date in the full amount of such Lenders Commitment to the
Borrower. The Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the
Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.10.
2.2 Procedure for Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable notice (the Borrowing Notice) (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the
anticipated Borrowing Date) requesting that the Lenders make the Loans and specifying the amount
and Type of Loans to be borrowed, the requested Borrowing Date and in the case of Eurodollar Loans,
the amount and length of the Interest Period therefor. Upon receipt of the Borrowing Notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date each Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower
on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders in immediately available funds.
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2.3 [Reserved]
2.4 Maturity and Repayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding
Loans on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may extend the Scheduled Maturity Date to the date that is 15 months after
the Closing Date (the Extension Option) subject to satisfaction of the following
conditions:
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2.5 Termination of Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall
terminate on the date that is 60 days after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement if
the Bankruptcy Court has not entered on or prior to such date the Final Order in accordance with
Section 5(g); provided that such date may be extended by an additional 30 days if the
Administrative Agent consents to such extension (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
2.6 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of each Lender, an upfront fee (the Upfront Fee) in an amount equal to 5.0% of
the Commitment of such Lender, payable on the Closing Date.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, an
exit fee (the Exit Fee) in an amount equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Loans
that are continued as Exit Loans (as defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 2.24
or exit loans under an alternative exit facility acceptable to the Lenders, such Exit Fee to be
payable on the Consummation Date.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the
dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other
obligations contained therein.
2.7 Exit Facility Commitment Fee. On the effective date of a Reorganization Plan
under which the DIP Facility is converted into the Exit Facility (or an alternative exit facility
acceptable to the Lenders) (the Plan Effective Date), the Borrower agrees that
reorganized Lear Corporation will pay to the Lenders a commitment fee, at reorganized Lear
Corporations sole election, by either (i) issuing to the Lenders warrants (the Warrants)
to purchase a number of shares of common stock of reorganized Lear Corporation with a value as of
the Plan Effective Date equal to $25,000,000 (or, if less than all of the Loans under the DIP
Facility are converted into an exit facility, the Warrant Share of $25,000,000), with the Warrants
to have the terms set forth on Exhibit G and other customary terms or (ii) paying in cash to each
Lender an amount equal to 5% of the principal amount of such Lenders Loans that will be converted
into the Exit Facility or any other exit facility.
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2.8 Optional Prepayments. Subject to Section 2.6(b) and the provisos below, the
Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without
premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than
1:00 P.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans,
and one Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans (provided that ABR Loans may
be prepaid on the same Business Day if notice is received by the Administrative Agent no later than
12:00 P.M., New York City time), which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and
Type of the Loans being prepaid, as applicable; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is
prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower
shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.18. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Loans
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof. Partial optional prepayments of the Loans shall be ratable as among the Lenders thereof.
2.9 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) If any Capital Stock or Indebtedness shall be
issued or incurred by any Group Member (excluding any Capital Stock issued to a Group Member in
accordance with Section 7.7 and any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2) an amount equal to 100%
of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied by the Borrower on the date of receipt thereof by
such Group Member toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.9(c).
(b) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or
Recovery Event then, unless, a Reinvestment Notice shall have been timely delivered in respect
thereof, an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied by the Borrower no
later than the end of the fiscal month in which such Net Cash Proceeds are received (or, if the
aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds is less than $15,000,000, no later than the end of the
fiscal month following the fiscal month in which such Net Cash Proceeds are received) toward the
prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.9(c); provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales that may be excluded from the
foregoing prepayment requirement pursuant to Reinvestment Notices shall not exceed $25,000,000 in
any fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to
the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied
toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.9(c).
(c) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.9
shall be made ratably among the Lenders of the Loans. The application of any prepayment made
pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall be made, first, to ABR Loans and, second, to
Eurodollar Loans. Each prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.9 shall be accompanied by accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid and, if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid
on any day other the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also
pay amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.18.
2.10 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable
notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day preceding
the proposed conversion date. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to
Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no
later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed
conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor),
provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have
determined in its or their sole discretion not
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to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term Interest Period
set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans,
provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its
or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if the
Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such
continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically
converted to ABR on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.11 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all
selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so
that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans
comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in
excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.12 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section
2.12(c), each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with
respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the
Applicable Margin.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(c), each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on and after the date the
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent stating that interest is to accrue pursuant
to this paragraph (c) or following acceleration of payment of the Loans, all outstanding Loans and
other Obligations under the Loan Documents (whether or not overdue at such time) shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise
be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or and
(ii) in the case of any other Obligation, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%, in
each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such
amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
2.13 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant
hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that,
with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime
Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be)
day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify
the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in
the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change
becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall
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as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and
the amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be presumptively correct and binding on the Borrower and the
Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative
Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.12(a).
2.14 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any
Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
presumptively correct and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that
the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such
Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the
relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar
Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y)
any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar
Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted,
on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall do promptly after the
circumstances giving rise to such event no longer exist), no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made
or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
2.15 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein,
each payment by the Borrower on account of the Upfront Fee, the Exit Fee or any other fee payable
to Lenders (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include issuance of the Warrants) shall be
made pro rata according to the respective Outstanding Percentages of the relevant
Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, each payment (including each prepayment) by the
Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans shall be made pro
rata according to the respective Outstanding Percentages of the relevant Lenders entitled
thereto. Amounts prepaid on account of the Loans may not be reborrowed.
(c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and
shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the
Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than
payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such
payment into another calendar month, in which event
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such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any
extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon
shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to
a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If
such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing
Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Lenders share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent
by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall
also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable
thereto, within three Business Days after demand therefor from the Borrower.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior
to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is
making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata
shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to
the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.15(d), 2.15(e) or 9.7, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Agreement), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenders obligations under such Sections until
all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
2.16 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority, in each case, made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to
such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 2.17 and
changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
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account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that
such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining
Eurodollar Loans, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any
such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, within 30 days after receipt of a
reasonably detailed invoice therefor, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by
such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each
case, made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such Lenders or such corporations capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a
level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lenders or such corporations policies with
respect to capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then
from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by
any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be presumptively correct
in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts
incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such
Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances
giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine-month period shall be extended
to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
amounts payable hereunder.
2.17 Taxes. (a) All payments made by or on account of any Loan Party under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, addition to
tax or penalties applicable thereto), excluding income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu
of net income taxes) and taxes imposed on or measured by the Administrative Agents or any Lenders
net profits if such tax is imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing
such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such
connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered
or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions
or withholdings (Non-Excluded Taxes) or any Other Taxes are
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required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts
payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided,
however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are
attributable to the Administrative Agents or such Lenders failure to comply with the requirements
of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender at the time the Administrative Agent or
such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that the Administrative Agents
or such Lenders assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional
amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph (a).
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by any Loan Party, as promptly
as reasonably possible thereafter such Loan Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its
own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, (i) a certified copy of
an original official receipt received by such Loan Party showing payment thereof or (ii) if such
Loan Party reasonably determines that it is unable to provide a certified copy of such receipt, a
certificate as to the amount of such payment. If the relevant Loan Party fails to pay any
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to
the Administrative Agent copies of the required receipts or other required documentary evidence,
such Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes,
interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result
of any such failure.
(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a United States Person as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code (a Non-U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Administrative Agent and the Lender
from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY (accompanied by applicable
underlying IRS forms), or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of portfolio
interest, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E and two copies of the applicable Form
W-8, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in each case properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes
a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such
Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver
such forms promptly upon the expiration, obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any
previously delivered certificate to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or any other form of
certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant
to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.
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(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent), such properly completed
and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to
complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lenders reasonable judgment such
completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the commercial or legal position
of such Lender.
(f) Any Lender that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code
shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a duly completed and signed
IRS Form W-9 (or successor form) establishing that the Lender is organized under the laws of the
United States and is not subject to backup withholding.
(g) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion (exercised in
good faith), that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it
has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional
amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this
Section 2.17 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net
of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest
(other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund);
within 45 Business Days of the determination that the Borrower is entitled to such refund
provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender,
agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the
event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental
Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrower or to any other Person.
(h) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by
the Administrative Agent, and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such 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
any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(i) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.18 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each
Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of
(a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar
Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement (other than by operation of Section 2.14), (b) default by the Borrower in making
any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar
Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such
indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest
that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for
the period from the date of such
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prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest
Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would
have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for
such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any)
over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have
accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period
with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable
pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumptively correct in
the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.19 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any
event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.16 or 2.17(a) with respect to such Lender, it will,
if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of
such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the
object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made
on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to
suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that
nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the
rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 or 2.17(a).
2.20 Priority and Liens. (a)The Loan Parties hereby covenant, represent and warrant
that, upon entry of the Final Order and subject to the terms thereof, the Obligations of the Loan
Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (i) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times constitute allowed Superpriority Claims, (ii) pursuant to
Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be secured by a perfected first priority Lien on
all Collateral that is otherwise not encumbered by a valid perfected and non-avoidable Lien as of
the Petition Date or a valid and perfected Lien in existence at the time of such commencement that
is perfected subsequent to such commencement as permitted by Section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code,
excluding (x) 35% percent of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of each new or existing
Foreign Subsidiary and (y) avoidance actions but including the proceeds thereof, (iii) pursuant to
Section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be secured by a perfected junior Lien upon all
Collateral that is subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens in existence on the Petition
Date or valid Liens perfected (other than to secure the Prepetition Obligations) (but not granted)
thereafter to the extent such post-Petition Date perfection in respect of a pre-Petition Date claim
is expressly permitted under the Bankruptcy Code, and (iv) pursuant to Section 364(d)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, shall be secured by a perfected first priority priming Lien upon all Collateral
(x) that is subject to a valid Lien or security interest in effect on the Petition Date to secure
the Prepetition Obligations, (y) that is subject to a Lien granted after the Petition Date to
provide adequate protection in respect of the Prepetition Obligations or (z) that is subject to a
valid Lien in effect on the Petition Date that is junior to the Liens that secure the Prepetition
Obligations, subject and subordinate in each case with respect to subclauses (i) through (iv)
above, only to the Carve Out. For purposes hereof, the Carve Out shall mean the sum of
(A) all fees required to be paid to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and to the Office of the
United States Trustee under section 1930(a) of title 28 of the United States Code, (B) the costs of
administrative expenses not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate that are permitted to be incurred by
any Chapter 7 trustee pursuant to any order of the Bankruptcy Court following any conversion of any
of the Cases pursuant to section 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (C) at any time after the first
Business Day following delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice, to the extent allowed at any time,
whether before or after delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice, whether by interim order,
procedural order or otherwise, all unpaid fees, costs and expenses (collectively, the
Professional Fees) incurred by persons or firms retained by the Debtors pursuant to
Section 327, 328 or 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and any official committee of unsecured creditors
appointed in the Cases pursuant to Section 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the
Professional Persons), the payment of all Professional Fees incurred by the Professional
Persons at any time after the first Business Day following
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delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice in an aggregate amount not exceeding $15,000,000 (the
Carve-Out Cap) (plus all unpaid Professional Fees allowed at any time by the Bankruptcy
Court, whether before or after delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice, whether by interim order,
procedural order or otherwise, that were incurred by the Professional Persons on or prior to the
first Business Day following the delivery of the Carve-Out Trigger Notice), provided that
(x) the Carve Out shall not be available to pay any such Professional Fees incurred in connection
with the initiation or prosecution of any Prohibited Claims or the initiation or prosecution of any
claims, causes of action, adversary proceedings or other litigation against the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders, the Prepetition Lenders or the Prepetition Agent and (y) the Carve Out shall
not be reduced by the payment of Professional Fees incurred prior to the first Business Day
following delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice without regard to when such amounts are allowed by
the Bankruptcy Court. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Carve Out shall not be
used to commence or prosecute any Prohibited Claim. Upon delivery of a Carve-Out Trigger Notice or
the commencement of a liquidation, the Borrower shall deposit the amount prior to making any
distributions of the Carve Out in a segregated account solely for payment of Professional Fees that
are within the Carve Out.
(b) As to all Collateral, including without limitation, all cash, Cash Equivalents and real
property the title to which is held by any Loan Party, or the possession of which is held by any
Loan Party in the form of a leasehold interest, each Loan Party hereby assigns and conveys as
security, grants a security interest in, hypothecates, mortgages, pledges and sets over unto the
Administrative Agent all of the right, title and interest of the Borrower and such Guarantor in all
of such Collateral, including without limitation, all cash, Cash Equivalents and owned real
property and in all such leasehold interests, together in each case with all of the right, title
and interest of the Borrower and such Guarantor in and to all buildings, improvements, and fixtures
related thereto, any lease or sublease thereof, all general intangibles relating thereto and all
proceeds thereof. The Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledges that, pursuant to and subject to
the terms of the Final Order, the Liens granted in favor of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of
the Lenders) in all of the Collateral shall be perfected without the recordation of any Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements, notices of Lien or other instruments of mortgage or
assignment. The Borrower and each Guarantor further agrees that (a) the Administrative Agent shall
have the rights and remedies set forth in Section 11 and the Final Order in respect of the
Collateral and (b) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each of the
Guarantors shall enter into separate security agreements, pledge agreements and fee and leasehold
mortgages with respect to such Collateral on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(c) Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that, subject to the terms of the Final Order, the
Prepetition Secured Parties shall receive (a) as adequate protection for, and to the extent of, any
diminution in the value of the Prepetition Secured Parties respective interests in their
collateral whether resulting from the imposition of the automatic stay, the priming described in
Section 2.20(a) above, the use of the Prepetition Secured Parties cash collateral or the use,
sale, lease, depreciation, decline in market price or other diminution in value of the Prepetition
Secured Parties collateral (i) a Superpriority Claim under Section 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
junior only the Carve Out and to the Superpriority Claim granted to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders; and (ii) a replacement Lien on the Collateral subject and subordinate to the Carve Out
having a priority immediately junior to the priming and other Liens granted in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and the Final
Order and to valid and perfected Liens which are senior (after giving effect to the Final Order) to
the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Final Order and (b)
as further adequate protection, (i) the payment on a current basis of the reasonable fees and
expenses (including, but not limited to, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel or
financial advisors or third-party consultants incurred by the Prepetition Agent (including any
unpaid prepetition fees and expenses) and (ii) financial and other reporting information in
accordance with this Agreement.
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2.21 Payment of Obligations. Upon the maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) of any of the Obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
subject to the terms of the Final Order, the Lenders shall be entitled to immediate payment
(whether in cash or pursuant to a refinancing pursuant to the terms of the Exit Credit Agreement)
of such Obligations without further application to or order of the Bankruptcy Court.
2.22 No Discharge; Survival of Claims. The Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that
to the extent its Obligations are not satisfied in full (including by conversion of the DIP
Facility to the Exit Facility as described in Section 2.24), (a) its Obligations shall not be
discharged by the entry of a Confirmation Order (and each Loan Party, pursuant to Section
1141(d)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code, hereby waives any such discharge) and (b) the Superpriority
Claim granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Final Order and described
in Section 2.20 and the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Final Order and
described in Section 2.20 shall not be affected in any manner by the entry of a Confirmation Order.
2.23 Conflicts. To the extent of any conflict between the provisions of this
Agreement and provisions contained in the Final Order, the provisions of the Final Order shall
govern.
2.24 Conversion to Exit Facility. Upon the satisfaction or waiver by the requisite
parties of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 of the Exit Credit Agreement,
automatically and without any further consent or action required by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Loan Party, (i) the Borrower, in its capacity as reorganized Lear Corporation, and
each Guarantor, in its capacity as a reorganized Debtor, to the extent such Person is required
under the Exit Credit Agreement to continue to be a guarantor of the Exit Facility, shall assume
all Obligations in respect of the Loans hereunder and all other monetary obligations in respect
hereof, (ii) each outstanding Loan hereunder shall be continued as an Exit Loan (as defined in the
Exit Credit Agreement) under the Exit Facility, (iii) each Lender hereunder shall be a Lender (as
defined in the Exit Credit Agreement) under the Exit Facility, (iv) accrued and unpaid interest on
the Loans shall be payable in cash on the Effective Date and (v) this Agreement and the Loan
Documents shall be superseded and replaced by the Exit Facility Documentation. Each of the Loan
Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall take such actions and execute and deliver
such agreements, instruments or other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
to give effect to the provisions of this Section 2.24 and as are required to complete the Schedules
to the Exit Facility Documentation; provided, however, that any such action by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall not be a condition precedent to the effectiveness
of the provisions of this Section 2.24.
SECTION 3. [RESERVED]
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and the
Lenders to make the Loans, each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 No Change. Since the Petition Date, there has been no development or event that
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that
solely for purposes of this Section 4.1 no change in automotive industry conditions or in banking,
financial or capital markets on and after the Petition Date which does not disproportionately
adversely affect the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have a Material Adverse
Effect).
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4.2 Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the
power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it
operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law.
4.3 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Upon entry by the Bankruptcy
Court of the Final Order, each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to
make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the
Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary
organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. Except for the entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final
Order, no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit
hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, and the Final Order has not been vacated, reversed or
stayed, or modified or amended in a manner that would reasonably be expected to be adverse to the
interests of the Required Lenders. Upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order, each
Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party thereto. Upon
entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final Order, this Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan
Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party
thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms and the Final Order.
4.4 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate
any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party entered into after the
Petition Date and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of
their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such
post-petition Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by this Agreement and the Final
Order).
4.5 Litigation. Other than the Cases, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of
or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened by or against any Loan Party or against any of their respective properties or revenues
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
4.7 Ownership of Property; Liens. Except as could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold
interest in, all its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its
other property, and none of such property, except for minor defects in title that do not materially
interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such
properties and assets for their intended purposes is subject to any Lien except as permitted by
Section 7.3.
4.8 Intellectual Property. Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all
Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No
material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person against any Loan Party challenging or
questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any
Intellectual Property of any Loan Party, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such
claim. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no use
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by each Loan Party of any of its material Intellectual Property infringes on the rights of any
Person in any material respect.
4.9 Taxes. Each Loan Party has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and material
state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to
be due and payable on said returns or on any material assessments made against it or any of its
property and all other material taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property
by any Governmental Authority (except any such taxes the amount or validity of which are currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in
conformity with GAAP (where GAAP requires such reserves) have been provided on the books of the
relevant Loan Party); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim
is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
4.10 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other
extensions of credit hereunder, will be used (a) for buying or carrying any margin stock
within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time
to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the
Board or (b) for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If
requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
4.11 Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any
Loan Party pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and
payment made to employees of each Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards
Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due
from any Loan Party on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been, in all material
respects, paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Loan Party.
4.12 ERISA. Except, in the aggregate, as could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates is
in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code relating to Single Employer
Plans and Multiemployer Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder and (ii)
no ERISA Event has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan. Except, in the aggregate, as could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of all accrued
benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) did
not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.
4.13 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an investment
company, or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any
Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur the
Indebtedness to be incurred hereunder.
4.14 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.14 sets forth the name
and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the
percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and (b) there are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than
stock options or similar equity
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awards granted to current or former employees or directors and directors qualifying shares)
of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except as created by
the Loan Documents and the Prepetition Loan Documents.
4.15 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used (a) for working
capital and other general corporate purposes of the Group Members (including, without limitation,
Chapter 11 expenses (or administrative costs reflecting Chapter 11 expenses)) and the payment
of fees and expenses incurred in connection with entering into this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, subject to the Final Order; and (b) to make adequate protection payments to,
or for the benefit of, the Prepetition Secured Parties in accordance with Section 2.20, the Final
Order and the Budget. The proceeds of the Loans shall not be used to purchase or carry margin
stock.
4.16 Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member (the
Properties) do not contain, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, have not
previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or
under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give rise to
liability under, any Environmental Law;
(b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged
violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters
or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business
operated by any Group Member (the Business), nor does the Borrower have knowledge
or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;
(c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from
the Properties during the last five years or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any prior
time in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability
under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been
generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties during the
last five years or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any prior time in violation of, or in
a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Group
Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor
are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or
other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any
Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;
(e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental
Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operations of any Group
Member in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business,
during the past five years or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any prior time, in
violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under
Environmental Laws;
(f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and have in
the last five years and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any prior time, been in
compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at, under
or about the
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Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the
Business; and
(g) no Group Member has assumed any liability by contract or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, operation of law, of any other Person under Environmental Laws.
4.17 Accuracy of Information, etc. No factual statement or information contained in
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished
by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Bankruptcy Court,
or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents other than any projections or pro forma information, when taken as a whole,
contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances when
made. The projections and pro forma information contained in the materials referenced above are
based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be
reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as they
relate to future events are subject to significant uncertainties, many of which are beyond the
control of the Borrower and not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or
periods covered by such projections may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a
material amount.
4.18 Financial Statements. The (i) audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and the related statements of
income and cash flow for the fiscal year ending on such date and (ii) unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of April 4, 2009 and the related
statements of income and cash flow for the fiscal quarter ending on such date, each as heretofore
furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, are complete and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date. All such financial statements,
including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis, and all liabilities, direct and contingent, of the Borrower on a
consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries on such date required to be disclosed pursuant to GAAP are
disclosed in such financial statements, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
4.19 Insurance. All policies of insurance of any kind or nature owned by or issued
to each Loan Party, including policies of life, fire, theft, product liability, public liability,
property damage, other casualty, employee fidelity, workers compensation, employee health and
welfare, title, property and liability insurance, are (a) in full force and effect except to the
extent commercially reasonably determined by the Borrower not to be necessary pursuant to clause
(b) of this Section 4.19 or which is not material to the overall coverage and (b) are of a nature
and provide such coverage as in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower, is sufficient and is
customarily carried by companies of the size and character of the Loan Parties.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The agreement of each Lender to make the extension of credit requested to be made by it on the
Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such
extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
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(a) Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received this
Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, each Guarantor
and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A and Lear ASC Corporation
shall have become a Guarantor by executing a joinder agreement in the
form specified by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of
a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where any Loan Party is organized, and
such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for liens
permitted by Section 7.3 or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all
fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including
the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Closing Date. All such
amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Closing Date and will be reflected
in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before
the Closing Date.
(d) Closing Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as to the incumbency and signature of
their respective officers executing each Loan Document to which it is a party, together with
satisfactory evidence of the incumbency of such Responsible Officer, (ii) a copy of the
resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of
the Board of Directors (or the executive committee or other governing authority thereof) of
each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to
be entered into on the Closing Date to which it is a party, (iii) a certificate of the
Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
attaching the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation
certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party
and (iv) a good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of
organization.
(e) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties
made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all
material respects (provided that if any representation or warranty is by its terms
qualified by materiality, such representation shall be true and correct in all respects) on
and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.
(f) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. The Administrative Agent shall
have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant
to the Final Order, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed
in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note
(if any) pledged pursuant to the Final Order endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or
accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof, in each case of
the foregoing, to the extent not previously delivered to the Prepetition Agent under the
Prepetition Loan Documents.
(g) Final Order. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the
Final Order authorizing the Loan Documents and granting the Superpriority Claim status and
Liens described in Section 2.20 and finding that the Lenders are extending credit to the
Borrower in good faith within the meaning of Section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, which
Final Order shall (i) have been entered with the consent or non-objection of a preponderance
(as determined by the Administrative Agent) of the Prepetition Obligations and on prior
notice to such parties
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(including without limitation, the Prepetition Secured Parties), (ii) be substantially
consistent with Exhibit A (with such modifications as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), (iii) authorize extensions of credit in amounts not in excess of
$500,000,000, (iv) authorize the use of Cash Collateral under the Prepetition Credit
Agreement and provide for adequate protection in favor of the Prepetition Secured Parties as
set forth in Section 2.20(c), (v) contain customary provisions regarding challenges to the
prepetition claims and liens of the Prepetition Secured Parties and other matters, (vi)
approve the payment by the Borrower of all fees owed under Section 2.6 and the issuance of
additional consideration provided pursuant to Section 2.7, (vii) be in full force and effect
and (viii) not have been stayed, reversed, vacated, rescinded, modified or amended in any
respect and, if the Final Order is the subject of a pending appeal in any respect, none of
the making of such extension of credit, the grant of Liens and Superpriority Claims pursuant
to Section 2.20 or the performance by the Loan Parties of any of their respective
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or under any other instrument or
agreement referred to herein shall be the subject of a presently effective stay pending
appeal.
(h) First Day Motion/Orders. All motions and orders submitted to the
Bankruptcy Court on or about the Petition Date shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(i) Budget/Initial Cash Flow Forecast. The Borrower shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (i) a detailed consolidated budget, on a quarterly
basis, for the 15-month period ending October 2, 2010 (including a projected consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such 15-month period,
the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a
description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto) (the Budget), and
(ii) the initial 13-week cash flow forecast in form reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders
(the Initial Cash Flow Forecast) which, in each case, shall be accompanied by a
certificate of the Borrower executed by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower,
stating that such budget is based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by
management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made and that such Responsible
Officer executing such certificate, on behalf of the Borrower (not in his or her individual
capacity but solely as a Responsible Officer), has not had reason to believe that such
Budget or Initial Cash Flow Forecast, as applicable, in light of such assumptions is
incorrect or misleading in any material respect.
(j) Borrowing Notice. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
Borrowing Notice, executed and delivered by the Borrower.
(k) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be
made on such date.
(l) Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall
have received an opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, of counsel to the Loan Parties.
(m) Patriot Act and Know Your Customer Information. The Administrative Agent
shall have received all documentation and other information mutually agreed to be required
by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering
rules and regulations, including the United States PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the USA Patriot Act).
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(n) Ratings. The DIP Facility shall have received a rating from both S&P and
Moodys.
For the purpose of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5, each
Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have accepted, and to be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required under this Section 5 unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, commencing on the Closing Date and
so long as any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder,
each Loan Party shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent to be provided to
each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related
audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in
each case, in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a
qualification arising out of the scope of the audit or other material qualification or
exception (other than a going concern exception or similar exception or qualification), by
an independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each
of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with
the fiscal quarter ended in June 2009, the unaudited consolidated and consolidating (on the
same basis as the Borrower prepared consolidating financial statements prior to the Petition
Date) balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such
quarter and the related unaudited consolidated and consolidating (on the same basis as the
Borrower prepared consolidating financial statements prior to the Petition Date) statements
of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the
end of such quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for the
previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, as being
fairly stated in all material respects; and
(c) as soon as available and in any event not later than 35 days after the end of each
fiscal month, commencing with the fiscal month ended August 1, 2009, unaudited balance
sheets of the Borrower on a consolidated and consolidating (on the same basis as the
Borrower prepared consolidating financial statements prior to the Petition Date) basis with
its Subsidiaries and the related statements of operations and the related statements of cash
flows of the Borrower on a consolidated and consolidating (on the same basis as the Borrower
prepared consolidating financial statements prior to the Petition Date) basis with its
Subsidiaries, that shall be certified by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower,
to be complete and correct in all material respects and to present fairly, in accordance
with GAAP, the financial position of the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the results of operations for such period, and
for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such period.
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All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be
prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except (i) as approved by such
accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein and (ii)
with respect to unaudited statements, the absence of footnote disclosure and subject to year-end
audit adjustments) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent which
shall make such item available to each Lender (or, in the case of clause (j), to the relevant
Lender):
(a) [RESERVED];
(b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1,
(i) a certificate of the Borrower stating that the Responsible Officer executing such
certificate on behalf of the Borrower has no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
except as specified in such certificate, (ii) a Compliance Certificate containing all
information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Loan Party with
the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein, and (iii) in the case of quarterly or
annual financial statements, to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative
Agent, (1) a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan
Party, (2) a description of any Domestic Subsidiary acquired or created, including name and
jurisdiction of organization, and (3) a description of any Person that has become a Loan
Party, in each case since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this
clause (iii) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since the Closing
Date);
(c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year
(including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the end of the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected cash
flow and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable
thereto), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget and
projections with respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the Projections),
which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of the Borrower
executed by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, stating that such Projections
are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and that such Responsible
Officer executing such certificate, on behalf of the Borrower, has no reason to believe that
such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect and that whether or not
any such Projections are in fact achieved are subject to significant uncertainties and
contingencies, many of which are not within the control of the Borrower, and that no
assurance can be given that such Projections will be realized, and actual results may vary
from the projected results and such variations may be material.
(d) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section
6.1(a) or (b), a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period
from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter;
(e) within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and
reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC;
(f) no later than Tuesday of every calendar week, commencing the first Tuesday
following the Closing Date, a rolling 13-week cash flow projection of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries substantially in the form of the Initial Cash Flow Forecast (each, a Cash
Flow
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Forecast), certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as being
prepared based upon good faith estimates and assumptions that are believed by such
Responsible Officer to be reasonable at the time made and that such Responsible Officer is
not aware of (x) any information contained in such cash flow forecast which is false or
misleading in any material respect or (y) any omission of information which causes such cash
flow forecast to be false or misleading in any material respect (it being understood that
any such forecasts are estimates and that actual results may vary materially from such
forecasts);
(g) no later than the fifteenth Business Day of every fiscal month, commencing for
fiscal month August, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing all
information and calculations necessary for determining compliance with Section 7.1(b) as of
the close of business on the last day of the previous fiscal month;
(h) to the Administrative Agent and counsel to the Administrative Agent,
contemporaneously upon such filing or distribution, copies of all pleadings, motions,
applications, judicial information, financial information and other documents to be filed by
or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with the Bankruptcy Court or the
United States Trustee in the Cases, or to be distributed by or on behalf of the Borrower or
any of the Guarantors to any official committee appointed in the Cases (other than (a)
pleadings, motions applications or other filings which would reasonably be expected to be
immaterial to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or (b) emergency pleadings, motions
or other filings where, despite such Debtors best efforts, such simultaneous notice is
impracticable or (c) copies of pleadings and motions in connection with the DIP Facility or
the Cash Collateral shall be delivered prior to such filing or distribution thereof)
provided however, notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the Loan
Parties obligation in this clause (h) shall be deemed satisfied if and to the extent any of
such information and documents is publicly available;
(i) to the Administrative Agent on behalf of each Required Lender promptly following
receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA
that, following reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (which right to request shall
be exercised no more than once during a 12-month period), any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate shall have promptly requested from the administrator or sponsor of a Multiemployer
Plan with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; and
(j) promptly, subject to applicable confidentiality agreements of the Group Members,
such reasonably available additional financial and other information as any Lender through
the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, Section 6.2 or Section 6.7 may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
received by the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be deemed to have received such documents
on the date on which such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency
or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial or governmental third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided, that the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile
or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and, at the
request of the Administrative Agent, provide by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft
copies) of such documents.
6.3 Payment of Obligations. Except in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code or by an
applicable order of the Bankruptcy Court, pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity
or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, (i) all its post-petition material taxes and
other
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material obligations of whatever nature that constitute administrative expenses under Section
503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code in the Cases, except, so long as no material property (other than
money for such obligation and the interest or penalty accruing thereon) of any Loan Party is in
danger of being lost or forfeited as a result thereof, no such obligation need be paid if the
amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and any required reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the
books of the relevant Loan Party and (ii) all material obligations arising from Contractual
Obligations entered into after the Petition Date or from Contractual Obligations entered into prior
to the Petition Date and assumed and which are permitted to be paid post-petition by order of the
Bankruptcy Court that has been entered with the consent of (or non-objection by) the Administrative
Agent.
6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all
rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business,
except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii)
above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) subject to the effect of the Cases, comply in all material respects with
all Requirements of Law.
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary
in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted except as
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such
amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product
liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by
companies engaged in the same or a similar business.
6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) 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 and (b) permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make
abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice and as
often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and
financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers and managerial employees of the
Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants, provided that an
officer of the Borrower shall be provided reasonable opportunity to participate in any such
discussion with the accountants, provided further that that such inspections shall
be coordinated through the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to
use reasonable efforts to coordinate and manage the exercise of their rights under this Section 6.6
so as to minimize the disruption to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries resulting
therefrom.
6.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any post-Petition Date litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party (i) in
which the amount involved is $5,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which
injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Event(s) that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan
Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000; and
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(d) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the
relevant Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.8 Environmental Laws. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) comply with, and take all commercially reasonable steps to ensure compliance by all
tenants and subtenants, if any, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and
comply with and maintain, and take all commercially reasonable steps to ensure that all
tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals,
notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply
with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws.
6.9 Lender Conference Calls. On a regular basis (but in any event no less
frequently than monthly if and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent) at such times
as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, host a conference call with the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to discuss the performance of the business, strategic
alternatives and other issues as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
6.10 Collateral; Further Assurances. Subject to the Final Order:
(a) Execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent
such documents, agreements and instruments, and take or cause to be taken such further actions
(including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents and Mortgages)
which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably
request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to
ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral
Documents and the Final Order, all at the expense of the Loan Parties;
(b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent (and subject to applicable legal and
contractual restrictions), cause each of its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries specified by the
Administrative Agent to become a Guarantor, by executing a joinder agreement in a form specified by
the Administrative Agent, and upon execution and delivery thereof, each such Person (i) shall
automatically become a Guarantor hereunder and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits,
duties, and obligations in such capacity under the Loan Documents and (ii) will grant Liens to the
Administrative Agent in any property of such Loan Party which constitutes (or is a type which
constitutes) Collateral; and
(c) from after the date which is 30 days after the Closing Date (which period may be extended
by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its sole discretion), maintain at all times
substantially all of the cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties (other than cash and Cash
Equivalents which are pledged to third parties to secure obligations of the Loan Parties) at an
account or accounts with the Administrative Agent or any other financial institution that has
entered into a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, commencing on the Closing Date and
so long as any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder,
they shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial Covenants. (a) Minimum Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA.
Permit the Consolidated EBITDA as at the last day of any Test Period ending on any date set forth
below, to be less than the amount set forth below opposite such date:
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Date |
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Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA |
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October 3, 2009
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($25,000,000) |
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December 31, 2009
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$65,000,000 |
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April 3, 2010
|
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$100,000,000 |
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|
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July 3, 2010
|
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$200,000,000 |
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October 2, 2010
|
|
$315,000,000 |
(b) Minimum Liquidity. Permit Liquidity, as of the last day of any fiscal month,
commencing August 1, 2009, to be less than the amount set forth below opposite such date
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Date |
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Minimum Liquidity |
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August 1, 2009
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|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 29, 2009
|
|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 28, 2009
|
|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
900,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 30, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 27, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 3, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 1, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 29, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 3, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 28, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 2, 2010
|
|
$ |
700,000,000 |
|
(c) Limitation on Capital Expenditures. Permit the aggregate amount of Capital
Expenditures made by the Loan Parties during any Test Period ending on any date set forth below to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such date:
|
|
|
|
|
Date |
|
Cumulative Capital Expenditure Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
October 3, 2009
|
|
$ |
50,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
100,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 3, 2010
|
|
$ |
140,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
July 3, 2010
|
|
$ |
180,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 2, 2010
|
|
$ |
230,000,000 |
|
7.2 Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or
suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) intercompany Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Investment permitted by Section
7.7(f) so long as any such Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to any Person other than a
Loan Party shall, in each case, be evidenced by an Intercompany Subordinated Note (other
than, and solely to the extent that, such Intercompany Subordinated Note would be prohibited
by any law or regulation of a jurisdiction where any such Person that is a Foreign
Subsidiary is located or organized);
(c) unsecured Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by (i)
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor or
(ii) any Subsidiary that is not Loan Party of any obligations of a Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party;
(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the Petition Date and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and,
except with respect to any such Indebtedness of Debtors, any refinancings, refundings,
renewals or extensions thereof (without increasing, or shortening the maturity of, the
principal amount thereof) (any such indebtedness, Refinancing Indebtedness);
provided however that (i) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances
Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is
subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the
Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced and (ii) the obligors in respect of such
Refinancing Indebtedness (including in their capacities as primary obligor and guarantor)
are the same as for the Indebtedness being refinanced;
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(e) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by
Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000
at any one time outstanding;
(f) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed (x) with respect to the Loan Parties, $15,000,000 and (y)
with respect to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, $50,000,000, in each case, at any
one time outstanding;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred after the Petition
Date in respect of workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance,
bid and surety bonds and completion guaranties, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred after the Petition
Date arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or
similar instrument inadvertently drawn by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of business against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is repaid within
five Business Days;
(i) letters of credit issued for the account of any Group Member (including Specified
Letters of Credit), so long as (1) the sum (without duplication) of (i) the aggregate
undrawn face amount thereof, (ii) any unreimbursed obligations in respect thereof and (iii)
the aggregate amount of pledges and deposits made pursuant to Section 7.3(t) below does not
exceed $250,000,000 at any time and (2) at any time no more than $65,000,000 of such letters
of credit shall be issued by Persons other than Lenders or affiliates thereof;
(j) obligations of Chinese Subsidiaries in respect of Chinese Acceptance Notes in the
ordinary course of business;
(k) Indebtedness of a joint venture (including a joint venture which is treated as a
Subsidiary as a result of FASB Interpretation No. 46 issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board) as long as such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any
time;
(l) Indebtedness incurred by any Group Member other than a Loan Party pursuant to
working capital lines of credit or any overdraft line or other cash management system in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount for all such Group Members at the close of business
on any day not to exceed $75,000,000;
(m) Indebtedness under tax-favored or government-sponsored financing transactions;
provided that (i) the terms of such transactions and the Group Members party thereto have
been approved by the Administrative Agent, (ii) such Indebtedness is not senior in right of
payment to the Obligations, (iii) any Lien arising pursuant to such transactions is
subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and (iv) the aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time.
7.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its
property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
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(a) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto (if
required by GAAP) are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, in conformity with GAAP (or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in their respective jurisdiction
of organization);
(b) landlords, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens,
supplier, construction or other like Liens in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue for a period of more than 45 days or that are being bonded or contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) (i) pledges or deposits made in connection with workers compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) Liens (A) of a collecting bank
arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial
Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon or
(B) in favor of a banking institution or financial intermediary, encumbering amounts
credited to deposit or securities accounts (including the right of set-off) arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the maintenance of such accounts;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds,
utility payments and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would
disclose, mortgage rights, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens in existence on the Petition Date and listed on Schedule 7.3(f) and, except
with respect to Liens of Debtors, extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Liens so
long as the principal amount of Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby is not
increased and so long as such Liens are not extended to any other property of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred
pursuant to Section 7.2(e) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets;
provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within 30 days of the acquisition of
such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other
than the property financed by such Indebtedness and proceeds thereof and (iii) the amount of
Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(h) Liens created pursuant to this Agreement and the Final Order;
(i) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or
any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so
leased;
(j) Liens with respect of leases, licenses, sublicenses or subleases granted to others
not interfering in any material respect with the businesses of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
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(k) Liens with respect to operating leases not prohibited under this Agreement and
entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair
market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto
exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $5,000,000 at any one time;
(m) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries securing
obligations of such Persons that are not prohibited by Section 7.2 so long as the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the obligations for borrowed money secured thereby does not
exceed (as to all Foreign Subsidiaries) $15,000,000 at any one time;
(n) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of
business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;
(o) Liens on the assets of joint ventures and their Subsidiaries securing obligations
of such Persons that are not prohibited by Section 7.2 so long as such Liens do not encumber
any assets or property of the Borrower or its other Subsidiaries;
(p) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens securing judgments or decrees not
constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(l) or securing appeal or other surety
bonds related to such judgments or decrees;
(q) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for
borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in
the ordinary course of business;
(r) statutory Liens and rights of offset arising in the ordinary course of business of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(s) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of a Foreign
Subsidiary permitted by Sections 7.2(f) and 7.2(k) and securing other obligations under the
agreements governing or relating to such Indebtedness, so long as such Liens do not encumber
the Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(t) pledges or deposits made to support any obligations of the Group Members (including
cash collateral to secure obligations under letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section
7.2(i)) so long as (without duplication) the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn face amount of
letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(i) above, (ii) any unreimbursed
obligations in respect of letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(i) above and
(iii) the aggregate amount of such pledges and deposits does not exceed the limit set forth
in Section 7.2(i);
(u) Liens arising in connection with financing transactions permitted by Section
7.2(l), provided that such liens do not at any time encumber any property unless approved by
the Administrative Agent and such Liens otherwise comply with Section 7.2(l);
(v) the exchange or transfer within China of Chinese Acceptance Notes by Chinese
Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business; and
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(w) statutory Liens and Liens granted by any orders in any proceeding in connection
with the CCAA Cases, in each case on any assets of any Canadian Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
7.4 Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or
liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all
or substantially all of its property or business, except that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated with or into or
transferred to the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or
surviving corporation) or with, into or to any Guarantor (provided that the
Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or simultaneously therewith, the
continuing corporation shall become a Guarantor);
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party may be merged,
consolidated, amalgamated, liquidated, wound-up, dissolved or all or substantially all of
its property or business Disposed of with, into or to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party;
(c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets to the
Borrower or any Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); and
(d) any Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 may be completed.
7.5 Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such
Subsidiarys Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property or property no longer useful in
the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) the Disposition of inventory or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(c), Restricted Payments permitted by Section
7.6 and Investments permitted by Section 7.7;
(d) the Disposition or issuance of any Subsidiarys Capital Stock to the Borrower or
any Guarantor;
(e) the licensing and cross-licensing arrangements of technology or other intellectual
property in the ordinary course of business;
(f) the Disposition of any property or assets (i) to any Loan Party and (ii) by any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(g) transfers of property as a result of any Recovery Event;
(h) leases, occupancy agreements and subleases of property in the ordinary course of
business;
(i) the Disposition by the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries of account
receivables of General Motors Corporation, Chrysler LLC and their affiliates and customary
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related property to special purpose vehicles established by General Motors Corporation
and Chrysler LLC pursuant to the United States Department of the Treasurys Auto Supplier
Support Programs;
(j) the Disposition of receivables and customary related assets pursuant to factoring
programs on customary market terms for such transactions and with respect to receivables of,
and generated by, Group Members that are not Loan Parties;
(k) the Disposition for fair market value of certain assets in Sweden related to the
transfer of certain programs to a competitor as previously disclosed to the Administrative
Agent;
(l) the exchange or transfer within China of Chinese Acceptance Notes by Chinese
Subsidiaries of the Borrower; and
(m) the Disposition of other property (other than receivables and customary related
assets) having a fair market value not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate;
provided that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied to prepay the Loans to the
extent required by Section 2.9(b).
7.6 Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable
solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of,
or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption,
defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect
thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (collectively, Restricted Payments), except
that (a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party, (b) any Subsidiary may make
Restricted Payments to the Group Member that is its parent company so long as, in the case of any
Restricted Payment made by a Loan Party, such parent company is also a Loan Party and (c) any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments with respect to the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary,
provided that each Group Member shareholder of such Subsidiary receives at least its
ratable share thereof.
7.7 Investments. Make any Investment except:
(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans and advances to employees or directors of any Group Member in the ordinary
course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses, provided
that, in the case of the Loan Parties, the aggregate amount of such loans and advances shall
not exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) Investments in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount;
(f) intercompany Investments by (i) any Group Member in the Borrower or any Person
that, prior to such investment, is a Guarantor, (ii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iii) any Loan Party in a Foreign
Subsidiary
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to fund in the ordinary course of business foreign operations, (iv) by any Loan Party
in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, provided that the aggregate amount of
Investments under clause (iv) in Subsidiaries that are organized under the laws of a
Specified Jurisdiction shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding in the
aggregate plus, without duplication, all cash returns of principal or capital, cash
dividends and other cash returns received by any Loan Party after the date hereof from any
Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a Specified Jurisdiction;
(g) Investments consisting of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2;
(h) prepaid expenses and lease, utility, workers, compensation, performance and other
similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of
business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement or delinquent obligations of,
and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising out of the ordinary course of
business;
(j) Investments in existence on the Petition Date;
(k) Investments in Greenfield Holdings, LLC and Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly
L.L.C. to the extent that such Investments are made in the ordinary course of a Loan Partys
business, for cash management purposes and not exceeding $25,000,000 at any one time
outstanding plus, without duplication, all cash returns of principal or capital, cash
dividends and other cash returns received by any Loan Party after the date hereof from
Greenfield Holdings, LLC or Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly L.L.C.;
(l) the Disposition or contribution by the Borrower and certain of its domestic
Subsidiaries of certain metals and electronics assets to its existing Subsidiaries
consistent with the restructuring plan including in the financial projections; and
(m) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$75,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
7.8 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including any
purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any
management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than transactions among Group
Members) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, or (b) in the
ordinary course of business of the relevant Group Member, upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the relevant Group Member than it would obtain in a comparable arms length
transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.
7.9 Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement except (a) Swap Agreements
entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which any Group Member has actual exposure (other than
those in respect of Capital Stock of any Person) and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to
effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one
floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability
or investments of any Group Member, provided that in each case such agreements are not
entered into for speculative purposes.
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7.10 Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a
day other than December 31 or change the Borrowers method of determining fiscal quarters.
7.11 Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or permit to exist or become effective any
agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a)
the Final Order, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any
purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any
prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby and proceeds
thereof), (c) the Prepetition Loan Documents and any agreement existing as of the Petition Date
which has been assumed or which remains effective after the Petition Date, (d) customary provisions
in joint venture agreements and similar agreements that restrict the transfer of assets of, or
equity interests in, joint ventures, and (e) licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business (in which case, any
prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the intellectual property subject
thereto).
7.12 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or permit to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held
by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make
loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower
or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, except
for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing
under the Loan Documents and the Prepetition Loan Documents, and any restrictions existing under or
in connection with any other Indebtedness existing as of the Petition Date which has been assumed
or which remains effective after the Petition Date, (ii) customary provisions in joint venture
agreements and similar agreements that restrict the transfer of equity interests in joint ventures
(which are not Subsidiaries of the Borrower) (in which case such restrictions shall relate only to
assets of, or equity interests in, such joint venture), (iii) any restrictions regarding licenses
or sublicenses by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course
of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such intellectual property), (iv)
customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of all or a
substantial part of the capital stock or assets of any Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary to be sold and such sale is permitted
hereunder, (v) with respect to restrictions described in clause (a) of this Section 7.12,
restrictions contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(c) hereof and
(vi) with respect to restrictions described in clause (c) of this Section 7.12, restrictions
contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(e) hereof (as long as such
restrictions apply to the property financed thereby) and (k) (as long as such restrictions apply
only to the assets of the applicable joint venture).
7.13 Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any
Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on
the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.
7.14 Use of Proceeds. (a) Use the proceeds of the Loans for purposes other than
those described in Section 4.15 or (b) use any portion of the Loans, the Collateral, the Carve Out
or the Cash Collateral of the Prepetition Secured Parties to commence or prosecute any Prohibited
Claim (provided that the restriction in the foregoing clause (b) does not apply to
investigations of Prohibited Claims).
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7.15 Chapter 11 Claims. In the case of the Debtors, incur, create, assume, suffer
to exist or permit any other Superpriority Claim or Lien on any Collateral which is senior to, or
pari passu with, the Obligations hereunder, in each case except for the Carve-Out.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.1 Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing
on or after the occurrence of the Closing Date:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when due in accordance
with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan, or any
other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within three Business Days
after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in
any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or
other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or
any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on
or as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in clause (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to the Borrower only), Section
6.7(a) or Section 7 of this Agreement; or
(d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in
paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for
a period of 10 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders to the Borrower; or
(e) any Group Member (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) default in making
any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but
excluding the Loans and, in case of the Debtors, any pre-Petition Date Indebtedness) on the
scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment
of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such post-Petition Date Indebtedness was created; or
(iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating
to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which
default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause,
with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to
become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause
(i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of
Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type
described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be
continuing with respect to post-Petition Date Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount
(or the termination value, as applicable) of which exceeds in the aggregate $10,000,000; or
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(f) any of the Cases shall be dismissed or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the
Bankruptcy Code or a trustee under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code shall be appointed in
any of the Cases; or
(g) (i) an order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be entered granting another
Superpriority Claim (other than the Carve-Out) or Lien pari passu with or senior to that
granted (x) to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the
Final Order, or (y) to the Prepetition Secured Parties pursuant to the Final Order (other
than the Carve Out); (ii) an order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be entered reversing,
staying for a period in excess of ten (10) days, vacating or otherwise amending,
supplementing or modifying the Final Order without the written consent of the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders; (iii) the Prepetition Secured Parties Cash Collateral shall
be used in a manner inconsistent with the Final Order; (iv) an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction shall be entered terminating the use of the Prepetition Secured Parties Cash
Collateral; or (v) an order of the Bankruptcy Court shall be entered under Section 1106(b)
of the Bankruptcy Code in any of the Cases appointing an examiner having enlarged powers
relating to the operation of the business of the Loan Parties (i.e., powers beyond those set
forth under Sections 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code) and such order shall not be
reversed or vacated within 30 days after the entry thereof;
(h) any Loan Party shall make any payments relating to pre-Petition Date obligations
other than (i) as permitted under the Final Order, (ii) in accordance with, and to the
extent authorized by, a first day order reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and (iii) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement or by the Administrative Agent,
including pursuant to the Final Order and in connection with adequate protection payments
described in Section 2.20(c); or
(i) the entry of an order granting relief from the automatic stay so as to allow a
third party to proceed against any property of any Loan Party which has a value in excess of
$10,000,000 in the aggregate; or
(j) (i) the filing of any pleading by any Loan Party seeking, or otherwise consenting
to, any of the matters set forth in paragraphs (f), (g), (h) or (i) above in this Section or
(ii) any of the Debtors shall seek support for, or fail to contest in good faith any of the
matters set forth in paragraphs (f), (g), (h) or (i) above in this Section; or
(k) (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred; (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a
United States district court to administer any Single Employer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall
institute proceedings to terminate any Single Employer Plan(s); (iv) any Loan Party or any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by the sponsor of a
Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such
Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such
Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and
appropriate manner; or (v) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to
a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together
with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(l) one or more judgments or decrees required to be satisfied as an administrative
expense claim shall be entered after the Petition Date against any Loan Party involving in
the aggregate a liability (excluding any amounts paid or covered by insurance as to which
the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) of $10,000,000 or more, and all such
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judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending
appeal within 45 days from the entry thereof; or
(m) (i) except as permitted under the Final Order, any proceeding shall be commenced by
any Loan Party seeking, or otherwise consenting to, (x) the invalidation, subordination or
other challenging of the Superpriority Claims and Liens granted to secure the Obligations or
(y) any relief under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Collateral or
(ii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall file a motion, pleading or proceeding which could
reasonably be expected to result in a material impairment of the rights or interests of the
Lenders or a determination by a court with respect to a motion, pleading or proceeding
brought by another party which results in such a material impairment; or
(n) (i) the Bankruptcy Court shall confirm a plan in any of the Cases of the Debtors
that does not provide for payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than unasserted
contingent obligations as long as such plan otherwise provides for payment of such
obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) on the Consummation Date
or the assumption of the Obligations by the reorganized Debtors in accordance with Section
2.24, (ii) the Bankruptcy Court shall enter an order which dismisses any of the Cases of the
Debtors and which does not provide for payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other
than unasserted contingent obligations as long as such plan otherwise provides for payment
of such obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or the assumption
of the Obligations by the reorganized Debtors in accordance with Section 2.24 or (iii) any
of the Debtors shall seek support for, or fail to contest in good faith to the filing or
confirmation of, a plan or the entry of such an order described in clauses (i) or (ii)
above; or
(o) the Final Order shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any
Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Liens or Superpriority
Claims created by the Final Order shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and
priority purported to be created thereby other than by reason of the release thereof in
accordance with the terms thereof; or
(p) a Change of Control shall have occurred; or
(q) the Debtors shall not have filed a Conforming Plan and the Disclosure Statement
with the Bankruptcy Court on or before 210 days following the Petition Date, or such later
date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; or
(r) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered an order, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, approving the Disclosure Statement on or
before 275 days (plus the number of days by which the Scheduled Maturity Date shall have
been extended pursuant to the Extension Option) following the Petition Date, or such later
date as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; or
(s) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered an order, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, confirming a Conforming Plan on or before
335 days (plus the number of days by which the Scheduled Maturity Date shall have been
extended pursuant to the Extension Option) following the Petition Date, or such later date
as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; or
(t) the Effective Date of a Conforming Plan shall not have occurred on or before 365
days (plus the number of days by which the Scheduled Maturity Date shall have been extended
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pursuant to the Extension Option) following the Petition Date, or such later date as
may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; or
(u) any material provision of this Agreement shall cease to be valid and binding on the
Debtors or any Debtor shall file a motion, pleading or proceeding seeking, consenting to or
asserting the invalidity of any material provision of this Agreement;
then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent may, and, at the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Prepetition
Agent, counsel for any statutory committee appointed in the Cases and to the United States
Trustee), take one or more of the following actions, at the same or different times
(provided that with respect to clause (iii) below and the enforcement of Liens or other
remedies with respect to the Collateral under clause (iv) below, the Administrative Agent shall
provide the Borrower (with a copy to the Prepetition Agent, counsel for any statutory committee
appointed in the Cases and to the United States Trustee) with five Business Days written notice
prior to taking the action contemplated thereby; provided, further, that upon
receipt of the notice referred to in the immediately preceding clause, the Borrower may continue to
make ordinary course and Carve-Out disbursements from the account referred to in clause (iii) below
but may not withdraw or disburse any other amounts from such account) (in any hearing after the
giving of the aforementioned notice, the only issue that may be raised by any party in opposition
of any such action shall be whether, in fact, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing):
(i) terminate forthwith the Commitments; (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith
due and payable, whereupon the principal of the Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and
any unpaid accrued fees and all other Obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any
other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties,
anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; (iii)
subject to the Final Order, set-off amounts held as cash collateral or in the accounts of the Loan
Parties and apply such amounts to the Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents in accordance with Section 11.3; and (iv) exercise any and all remedies under this
Agreement, the Final Order, and applicable law available to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the
Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take
such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in
this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except
those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The exculpatory provisions of this
Agreement and of the other Loan
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Documents shall apply to any such agent or attorney-in-fact and to their Related Parties (as
defined below).
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact, or affiliates shall
be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the
foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted from its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided
for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a
party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall
not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, facsimile or email message, statement, order or
other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer
thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if
so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by
this Agreement) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement), and such request
and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and
all future holders of the Loans.
9.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative
Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing
such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give
notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so
specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by
this Agreement); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as
they shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
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9.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it
and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of
a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative
Agent 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
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision
to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents 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 deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that
may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and
its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, advisors, and controlling persons (each,
an Agent Indemnitee) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting
the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Outstanding
Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if
indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the
Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Outstanding Percentages
immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
(including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) whatsoever that may at any time (whether before
or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent
Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the
other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee
under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable
for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and
nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent
Indemnitees gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates
may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan
Party as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its
Loans made or renewed by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include the
Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.
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9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 10 days notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative
Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then
the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders,
whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative
Agent, and the term Administrative Agent shall mean such successor agent effective upon such
appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agents rights, powers and duties as
Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of
such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the
Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is
10 days following a retiring Administrative Agents notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agents resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders
shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time,
if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any
retiring Administrative Agents resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section
9 and of Section 12.5 shall continue to inure to its benefit.
9.10 Execution of Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby empower and authorize the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, to execute and deliver to the Loan Parties the
other Loan Documents and all related agreements, certificates, documents, or instruments as shall
be necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that
any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or any other instructing
group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or any
other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) of their respective powers set
forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto,
shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
SECTION 10. GUARANTEE
10.1 Guarantee.
(a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns permitted hereunder, the prompt and complete payment
and performance by the Borrower (or, in the case of any Specified Letter of Credit, the relevant
Group Member(s)) when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations;
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum
liability of each Guarantor under this Section 10.1 and under the other Loan Documents shall in no
event exceed the amount which is permitted under applicable federal and state laws relating to the
insolvency of debtors.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed
the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained
in this Section 10 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall remain in full force and effect until all
the Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
10 shall have been satisfied by payment in full (other than unasserted contingent obligations) and
the Commitments shall be terminated.
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(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other
Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of
the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or
any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in
payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the
liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any
payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected
from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the
maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full (other than
unasserted contingent obligations) and the Commitments are terminated.
10.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a
Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such
Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor
hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantors right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 10.3. The provisions of this
Section 10.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
10.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or
any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no
Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or
right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations,
nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the
Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all
amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the
Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such
amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor,
be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly
indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
10.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain
obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor
and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of
any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or
right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,
extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents executed and delivered in connection herewith or therewith may be amended, modified,
supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required
Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or
released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any
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obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security
for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or any property subject
thereto.
10.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice
of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of
reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10
or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 10; the Obligations, and any of them,
shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended,
amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10; and all dealings
between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10. Each Guarantor waives
diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon
the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands
and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Obligations or any other
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or
from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to
or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or
such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal
discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained
in this Section 10, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise
pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor, or any
other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of
offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any
such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower,
any other Guarantor, or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or
guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other
Guarantor, or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall
not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect
the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof demand shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
10.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall continue to be
effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of
any Loan Party, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator
of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Loan Party or any substantial part of its property, or
otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
10.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be
paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.
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SECTION 11. REMEDIES; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
11.1 Remedies; Obtaining the Collateral Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default and with not fewer than 5 days prior written notice
by the Administrative Agent (or such longer time as may be required pursuant to the terms of the
Final Order), to the extent any such action is not inconsistent with the Final Order or Section 8,
the Administrative Agent, in addition to any rights now or hereafter existing under applicable law,
and without application to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, shall have all rights as a secured
creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code in all relevant jurisdictions and may:
(a) personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately retake possession of the Collateral or
any part thereof, from the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other Person who then has possession of
any part thereof with or without notice or process of law (but subject to any Requirements of Law),
and for that purpose may enter upon the Borrowers or any Guarantors premises where any of the
Collateral is located and remove the same and use in connection with such removal any and all
services, supplies, aids and other facilities of the Borrower, or such Guarantor;
(b) instruct the obligor or obligors on any agreements, instrument or other obligation
constituting the Collateral to make any payment required by the terms of such instrument or
agreement directly to any Cash Collateral account;
(c) sell, assign or otherwise liquidate, or direct any Loan Party to sell, assign or otherwise
liquidate, any or all of the Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with Section 11.2, and
take possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment or liquidation; and
(d) take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, by directing the Borrower and any
Guarantor in writing to deliver the same to the Administrative Agent at any place or places
designated by the Administrative Agent, in which event the Borrower and such Guarantor shall at its
own expense:
(i) forthwith cause the same to be moved to the place or places so designated by the
Administrative Agent and there delivered to the Administrative Agent,
(ii) store and keep any Collateral so delivered to the Administrative Agent at such
place or places pending further action by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section
11.2, and
(iii) while the Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such guards and
maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain
them in good condition;
it being understood that the Borrowers and each Guarantors obligation so to deliver the
Collateral is of the essence of this Agreement and that, accordingly, upon application to the
Bankruptcy Court, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific
performance by the Borrower or such Guarantor of such obligation.
11.2 Remedies; Disposition of the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default and following not fewer than 5 days prior notice by the
Administrative Agent (or such longer time as may be required pursuant to the terms of the Final
Order), and to the extent not inconsistent with the Final Order or Section 8, without application
to or order of the Bankruptcy Court, any Collateral repossessed by the Administrative Agent under
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11.1 or the Final Order or otherwise, and any other Collateral whether or not so repossessed
by the Administrative Agent, may be sold, assigned, leased or otherwise disposed of under one or
more contracts or as an entirety, and without the necessity of gathering at the place of sale the
property to be sold, and in general in such manner, at such time or times, at such place or places
and on commercially reasonable terms, in compliance with any Requirements of Law. Any of the
Collateral may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, in the condition in which the same existed
when taken by the Administrative Agent or after any overhaul or repair which the Administrative
Agent shall determine to be commercially reasonable. Any such disposition which shall be a private
sale or other private proceeding permitted by applicable Requirements of Law shall be made upon not
less than 10 days written notice to the Borrower specifying the time at which such disposition is
to be made and the intended sale price or other consideration therefor, and shall be subject, for
the 10 days after the giving of such notice, to the right of the Borrower or any nominee of the
Borrower to acquire the Collateral involved at a price or for such other consideration at least
equal to the intended sale price or other consideration so specified. Any such disposition which
shall be a public sale permitted by applicable Requirements of Law shall be made upon not less than
10 days written notice to the Borrower specifying the time and place of such sale and, in the
absence of applicable Requirement of Law, shall be by public auction (which may, at the
Administrative Agents option, be subject to reserve), after publication of notice of such auction
not less than 10 days prior thereto in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, National Edition.
Subject to Section 11.4, to the extent permitted by any such Requirement of Law, the Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders or any Lender may bid for and become the purchaser of the Collateral
or any item thereof, offered for sale in accordance with this Section 11.2 without accountability
to the Borrower, any Guarantor or the Prepetition Secured Parties (except to the extent of surplus
money received). If, under mandatory Requirements of Law, the Administrative Agent shall be
required to make disposition of the Collateral within a period of time which does not permit the
giving of notice to the Borrower as hereinabove specified, the Administrative Agent need give the
Borrower only such notice of disposition as shall be reasonably practicable.
11.3 Application of Proceeds. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) if the Administrative Agent takes
action under Section 8 upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any
payment by any Loan Party on account of principal of and interest on the Loans and any proceeds
arising out of any realization (including after foreclosure) upon the Collateral shall be applied
as follows: first, to the payment of professional fees pursuant to the Carve Out,
second, to the payment in full of all costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including without
limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) paid or incurred by the Administrative
Agent or any of the Lenders in connection with any such realization upon the Collateral, and,
third, pro rata in accordance with each Lenders Outstanding Percentage, to the payment in
full of the Loans and the Obligations (including any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and any
fees and other Obligations in respect thereof), and (ii) any payments or distributions of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, made by any Loan Party or otherwise in a
manner inconsistent with clause (i) of this Section 11.3(a) shall be held in trust and paid over or
delivered to the Administrative Agent so that the priorities and requirements set forth in such
clause (i) are satisfied.
(b) It is understood that the Loan Parties shall remain liable to the extent of any deficiency
between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the amount of the Obligations.
11.4 WAIVER OF CLAIMS. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER
AND THE GUARANTORS HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
(a) NOTICE AND JUDICIAL HEARING IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS TAKING
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AGENTS DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THE COLLATERAL, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL
PRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY OR REMEDIES AND ANY SUCH RIGHT WHICH THE
BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW;
(b) ALL DAMAGES OCCASIONED BY SUCH TAKING OF POSSESSION EXCEPT ANY DAMAGES WHICH ARE
THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS OR ANY LENDERS BAD FAITH, GROSS NEGLIGENCE
OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT;
(c) ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS TO THE TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS
WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS RIGHTS HEREUNDER; AND
(d) ALL RIGHTS OF REDEMPTION, APPRAISEMENT, STAY, EXTENSION OR MORATORIUM NOW OR
HEREAFTER IN FORCE UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW IN ORDER TO PREVENT OR DELAY THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ABSOLUTE SALE OF THE COLLATERAL OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, AND EACH LOAN
PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND ALL WHO MAY CLAIM UNDER IT, INSOFAR AS IT OR THEY NOW OR HEREAFTER
LAWFULLY MAY, HEREBY WAIVES THE BENEFIT OF ALL SUCH LAWS.
11.5 Remedies Cumulative. Each and every right, power and remedy hereby
specifically given to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be in addition to every other
right, power and remedy specifically given under this Agreement, the Final Order or the other Loan
Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity, or by statute and each and every right,
power and remedy whether specifically herein given or otherwise existing may be exercised from time
to time or simultaneously and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender. All such rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative and
the exercise or the beginning of exercise of one shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to
exercise of any other or others. No delay or omission of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
the exercise of any such right, power or remedy and no renewal or extension of any of the
Obligations shall impair any such right, power or remedy or shall be construed to be a waiver of
any Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. In the event that the Administrative
Agent shall bring any suit to enforce any of its rights hereunder and shall be entitled to
judgment, then in such suit the Administrative Agent may recover reasonable expenses, including
reasonable attorneys fees, and the amounts thereof shall be included in such judgment.
11.6 Discontinuance of Proceedings. In case the Administrative Agent shall have
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by
foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Administrative Agent, then
and in every such case the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each holder of any of the
Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the
Collateral subject to the Liens granted under this Agreement and the Final Order, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue as if no such
proceeding had been instituted.
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SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Amendments and Waivers. (a) Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document,
nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 12.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the
relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to
time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan
Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or
changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or
(b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided,
however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i)
forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the
stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of
applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with
the consent of the Required Lenders), (y) in connection with the waiver or extension of any
mandatory prepayment hereunder, and (z) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in
the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest
or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or
increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lenders Commitment, in each case without
the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting
rights of any Lender under this Section 12.1 without the written consent of such Lender; (iii)
reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or consent to the assignment
or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or
waive any provision of Section 9 or any other provision of any Loan Document that affects the
Administrative Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (v) release all or
substantially all of the Collateral securing the Obligations or release all or substantially all of
the Guarantors from their obligations under this Agreement, in each case without the written
consent of all Lenders; or (vi) amend, modify or waive Section 8.1(n) without the written consent
of all Lenders. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply
equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and
rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived
shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
(b) The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that requests any payment under
Section 2.16 or 2.17(a) or that does not consent to any proposed amendment, supplement,
modification, consent or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that
requires the consent of each of the Lenders or each of the Lenders affected thereby (so long as the
consent of the Required Lenders has been obtained), with a replacement financial institution;
provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) the
replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such
replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall be liable to such
replaced Lender under Section 2.18 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be
purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (iv) the replacement
financial institution shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the
replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
Section 12.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the processing and
recordation fee referred to therein) and (vi) any such replacement shall not be deemed to
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be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender
shall have against the replaced Lender. Any amendment supplement or modification hereof shall
amend, supplement or modify the corresponding provision of the Exit Facility as may be agreed by
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the consent of any other party.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein (including Section 12.1) to the contrary, the Loan Parties
may (i) make any change to the Exit Facility with the consent of the Administrative Agent to the
extent such change is not material or not adverse to the Lenders (or the lenders under the Exit
Facility) (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable
discretion, whether such change is material or adverse, as the case may be) and (ii) make any
change to the Exit Facility with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders;
provided that any change to the Exit Facility that would require the consent of affected
lenders or all lenders under the Exit Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Exit
Credit Agreement had the Exit Credit Agreement become effective and superseded this Agreement
pursuant to Section 2.24 of this Agreement shall require the consent of affected Lenders or all
Lenders, as applicable.
12.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties
hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when
received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set
forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the
Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
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Lear Corporation |
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21557 Telegraph Road |
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Southfield, Michigan 48034 |
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Attention: Shari L. Burgess |
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Telecopy: (248) 447-1593 |
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Telephone: (248) 447-1580 |
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Email: sburgess@lear.com |
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Lear Corporation |
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21557 Telegraph Road |
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Southfield, Michigan 48034 |
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Attention: Terrence B. Larkin |
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Telecopy: (248) 447-5126 |
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Telephone: (248) 447-5123 |
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Email: TLarkin@lear.com |
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With copies to (which shall not constitute a
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
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601 Lexington Avenue |
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New York, NY 10022 |
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Telecopy: (212) 446-6460 |
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Telephone: (212) 446-4792 |
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Email: Leonard.Klingbaum@kirkland.com |
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Winston & Strawn LLP |
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35 West Wacker Drive |
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Chicago, IL 60601-9703 |
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Telecopy: (312) 558-5989 |
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Telephone: (312) 558-5700 |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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Attention: Douglas Jenks |
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Telecopy: (212) 622-4557 |
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Telephone: (212) 622-4521 |
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Email: douglas.jenks@chase.com |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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Attention: Goh Siew Tan |
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Telecopy: (212) 622-4556 |
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Telephone: (212) 622-4575 |
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Houston, TX 77002 |
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Attention: Alice Telles |
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provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders shall not be effective until received.
Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent
or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
12.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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12.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties
made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
12.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in
connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and any
financial advisor or third party consultants or appraisers to and of the Administrative Agent and
filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be
submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the
Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on such other periodic basis as the Administrative
Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for
all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or
preservation of any rights under this Agreement, including in connection with any work-out,
restructuring, forbearance or other amendment providing relief to the Borrower, the other Loan
Documents and any such other documents related thereto, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel and any financial advisor or third party consultants or appraisers to the
Administrative Agent and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the several Lenders;
provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), the Borrower shall not be obligated to
so reimburse for more than one law firm (and, in addition to such law firm, any local counsel
engaged in each relevant jurisdiction by such law firm) as counsel for the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent
harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees, if any, that may be payable or determined to
be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of
any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any
waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such
other documents related thereto, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the
Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents,
advisors, trustees and controlling persons (each, an Indemnitee) harmless from and
against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of any
litigation, investigation or proceeding with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents and instruments referred to therein, including any of the foregoing relating to the use
of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by
any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause
(d), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities), provided, that the Borrower
shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the
extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law,
the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives
and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages,
costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of
them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section
12.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after a reasonably detailed written demand therefor.
Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 12.5 shall be submitted to Shari
Burgess (Telecopy No. (248)
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447-1593; Telephone No. 248-447-1580; and Email: sburgess@lear.com), at the address of the
Borrower set forth in Section 12.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter
designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this
Section 12.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
12.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (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, 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 without such consent shall be
null and void), (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder
except in accordance with this Section and (iii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights or obligations hereunder to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below and subject to
paragraph (a)(iii) above, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an
Assignee) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be
required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or
an Approved Fund; and
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender
or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lenders Commitments or, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent)
shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless the Administrative Agent otherwise
consents;
(B) (1) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500 and (2) the assigning Lender shall have paid in full any
amounts owing by it to the Administrative Agent; and
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee
designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information
(which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its
Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made
available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees
compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities
laws.
For the purposes of this Section 12.6, Approved Fund means any Person (other than a
natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers
or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
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and 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 Lenders 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 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 12.5). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not comply with this Section 12.6 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.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to
it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall
be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignees completed administrative questionnaire
(unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment
required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in
the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a Participant) in all or a portion
of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under
this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant
to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will
not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that
(1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the
second sentence of Section 12.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph
(c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.7(b) as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 12.7(a) as though it were a
Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
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the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to
such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent. Any Participant that is
a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless such
Participant complies with Section 2.17(d).
(iii) In the event that any Lender sells a participation in a Loan, such Lender shall,
acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it
enters the name and address of all participants in the Loans held by it and the principal
amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Loan which is the subject of the
participation (the Participation Register). A Loan may be participated in whole
or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participation Register. Any
transfer of such participation may be effected only by the Registration of such transfer on
the Participation Register. The entries in the Participation Register shall be conclusive
absent manifest error and such Lender shall treat such participants whose name is recorded
in the Participation Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Participation Register shall be
available for inspection by the Administrative Agent at any reasonable time upon reasonable
prior notice.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue
Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph
(d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it
may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 12.6(b). Each of
the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute
against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state
bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest
maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each
Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other
party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a
proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.
12.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or a court order expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular
Lender or Lenders (including assignments made pursuant to Section 12.6), if any Lender (a
Benefited Lender) shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder
shall immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of all or part
of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily
or involuntarily, by set-off, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or
collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other
Lender, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating
interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such
other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause
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such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with
each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess
payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be
rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest.
(b) Subject to (i) the Carve Out, (ii) the Final Order and (iii) after giving of the notice
described in Section 8, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, in
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the
right, without prior notice to the Borrower or the Guarantors, any such notice being expressly
waived by the Borrower and the Guarantors to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any
amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower or the Guarantors hereunder (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but not any trust or
fiduciary account), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any
currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at
any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower or the Guarantors, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such
Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
setoff and application.
12.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page
of this Agreement by email or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall
be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
12.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
12.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire
agreement of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or
warranties by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not
expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
12.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, THE BANKRUPTCY CODE.
12.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally:
(i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of
the Bankruptcy Court and, if the Bankruptcy Court does not have (or abstains from)
jurisdiction, to
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the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of any State or Federal court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in New York County, New York;
(ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected
by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form
of mail), postage prepaid, to such Loan Party at its address set forth in Section 12.2 or at
such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction;
and
(v) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special,
exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(b) Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
(i) submits itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding arising as a result of a
Debtors enforcement of the provisions contained in Section 12.14, to the exclusive general
jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court, (ii) consents to the actions referred to in Section 12.14
being brought in such court and waives any objection that it may have now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was
brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same, (iii) agrees that
service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by
registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such
party in care of the Administrative Agent at its address set forth in Section 12.2 or at such other
address of which the Borrower shall have been notified pursuant thereto and (iv) agrees that
nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by
law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.
12.13 Absence of Prejudice to the Prepetition Lenders with Respect to Matters Before the
Bankruptcy Court. No Loan Party will without the express consent of the Administrative Agent
(a) mention in any pleading or argument before the Bankruptcy Court in support of, or in any way
relating to, a position that Bankruptcy Court authorization should be granted on the ground that
such authorization is permitted by this Agreement (unless a Person opposing any such pleading or
argument relies on this Agreement to assert or question the propriety of such) or (b) in any way
attempt to support a position before the Bankruptcy Court based on the provisions of this
Agreement. The rights of the parties to the Prepetition Credit Agreement are fully reserved and
preserved.
12.14 Specific Performance of Obligation to Convert into Exit Facility. It is
understood and agreed by the parties that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any
breach by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of their obligations under Section 2.24 to
convert the DIP Facility into the Exit Facility upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
precedent and each non-breaching party shall be entitled to seek specific performance and
injunctive or other equitable relief, including attorneys fees and costs, as a remedy of any such
breach, and each party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of a bond in
connection with such remedy.
12.15 Acknowledgements. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that:
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(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with
or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one
hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Loan
Parties and the Lenders.
12.16 Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby
irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender
except as expressly required by Section 12.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower having
the effect of releasing, or subordinating any Lien on, any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i)
to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan
Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 12.1 or (ii) under the
circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.
(b) At such time as the Loans and the other obligations under the Loan Documents shall have
been paid in full, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Final Order, and
all obligations related thereto (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of
the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party shall terminate, all without delivery of any
instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
12.17 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to
keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the
provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the
Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative
Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the
provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee, (c) to its employees,
officers, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any
of its affiliates, provided that such Persons have been advised of the confidentiality
provisions hereof and are subject thereto, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental
Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may
otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in
connection with the Cases, any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly
disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization
or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lenders
investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its
Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has
developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it
will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable
law, including Federal and state securities laws.
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All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public
information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective
securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information
that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and
applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
12.18 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
12.19 Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment; Adequate Protection. Each Lender that
holds direct ownership in the loans under the Prepetition Credit Agreement shall, or in the case of
a Lender that holds beneficial ownership in the loans under the Prepetition Credit Agreement
through a participation, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to instruct its respective
participant counterpart to: (a) to the extent not already a party thereto in such capacity, execute
and deliver to the Borrower the Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment and in any event by becoming
a Lender shall be deemed to have agreed to said Prepetition Credit Agreement Amendment and (b)
agree to the adequate protection provided for the Prepetition Credit Agreement in the Restructuring
Term Sheet.
12.20 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Borrower, each Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and each
Person listed on Schedule 1.1A, provided that the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 8 shall
not apply, and shall be of no force and effect, prior to the occurrence of the Closing Date.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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Signature Page to DIP Credit Agreement
EX-10.2 FORM OF EXIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
FORM OF EXIT AGREEMENT
$500,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
[REORGANIZED LEAR CORPORATION]
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
Dated as of [ ___________ ], 20__
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS |
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Defined Terms |
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Loans |
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Procedure for Conversion |
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Maturity and Repayment of Loans |
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Interest Rates and Payment Dates |
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Inability to Determine Interest Rate |
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Pro Rata Treatment and Payments |
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Taxes |
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Indemnity |
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Existence; Compliance with Law |
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Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
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10.17. |
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USA Patriot Act |
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SCHEDULES:
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1.1A
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Commitments |
1.1B
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Mortgaged Property |
4.3
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Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices |
4.14
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Subsidiaries |
4.20(a)
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UCC Filing Jurisdictions |
4.20(b)
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Mortgage Filing Jurisdictions |
6.10
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Post-Closing Matters |
7.2(d)
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Existing Indebtedness |
7.3(f)
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Existing Liens |
7.7(j)
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Existing Investments |
EXHIBITS:
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A
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Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note |
B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
D
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Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement |
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Form of Intercreditor Agreement |
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Form of Mortgage |
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Form of Exemption Certificate |
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Form of Closing Certificate |
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Restructuring Term Sheet |
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of [ ], 20___, among (i) [REORGANIZED
LEAR CORPORATION], a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), (ii) the several banks and
other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the
Lenders) and (iii) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity,
the Administrative Agent) and as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity the
Collateral Agent).
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT:
WHEREAS, on July ___, 2009 (the Petition Date), the Borrower and certain of its
subsidiaries (the Debtors) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title
11 of the United States Code (as amended, the Bankruptcy Code) in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court) and
continued in the possession of their property and in the management of their businesses pursuant to
Sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS, on ___, 20___, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Confirmation Order
confirming the Debtors [___Joint Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code, dated ___, 20___] (as in effect on the date of confirmation thereof and
as thereafter may be amended as provided in this Agreement, the Plan of Reorganization);
and
WHEREAS, in connection with the confirmation and implementation of the Plan of Reorganization,
the reorganized Debtors have requested the Lenders to make loans available to the reorganized
Debtors to enable the reorganized Debtors to, among other things, consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Plan of Reorganization and to pay related fees and expenses, and the Lenders
have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to enter into this Agreement.
Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective
meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
ABR: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16
of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate with a one-month
Interest Period commencing on such day plus 1.0%. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the
opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or such Eurodollar Rate, respectively.
ABR Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
Acquisition: any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of
or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the
assets of a Person, or of all or a substantial portion of any business or division of a Person, (b)
the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a
merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than a Person that is
already a Subsidiary).
Administrative Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., together with its affiliates, as
the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.
Affiliate: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10%
or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
Agent Indemnitees: as defined in Section 9.7.
Agents: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent.
Agreement: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Applicable Margin: a percentage per annum equal to (a) for ABR Loans, (i) prior to
the date which is 18 calendar months after the Closing Date, 9.0%, (ii) for the next 12 months
thereafter, 10.0% and (iii) thereafter, 11.0% and (b) for Eurodollar Loans, (i) prior to the date
which is 18 calendar months after the Closing Date, 10.0%, (ii) for the next 12 months thereafter,
11.0% and (iii) thereafter, 12.0%.
Approved Fund: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Asset Sale: any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of
property excluding (i) any such Disposition permitted by Section 7.5(a) through (l), and (ii) any
such Disposition that yields Net Cash Proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the initial principal
amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and
valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) of $1,000,000 or less.
Assignee: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Assignment and Assumption: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B.
Bankruptcy Code: as defined in the recitals hereto.
Bankruptcy Court: as defined in the recitals hereto.
Benefited Lender: as defined in Section 10.7(a).
Board: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
(or any successor).
Borrower: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Business: as defined in Section 4.16(b).
Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with
respect to notices
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and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar
Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank
eurodollar market.
Canadian Court: the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Commercial List.
Canadian Debtors: the Borrowers Canadian Subsidiaries that are Debtors.
Capital Expenditures: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of
all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a
capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements,
capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries, but excluding (i) such expenditures
that are made in connection with the purchase, replacement, substitution or restoration of assets
to the extent of (A) insurance proceeds (or other similar recoveries) paid (or reasonably expected
to be paid) on account of the loss of or damage to assets or (b) cash awards of compensation
arising from (or reasonably expected to arise from) the taking by eminent domain or condemnation of
assets, (ii) such expenditures that are made with all or any portion of a Reinvestment Deferred
Amount, (iii) capitalized interest, (iv) such expenditures for which such Person is or reasonably
expects to be reimbursed in cash by a third party (other than any Group Member), (v) such
expenditures that are made with the proceeds of an Excluded Issuance and (vi) such expenditures
that are made to fund the purchase price for assets acquired in Permitted Acquisitions.
Capital Lease Obligations: as to any Person, 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, for the purposes
of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount
thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any
of the foregoing.
Cases: the cases of the Debtors before the Bankruptcy Court.
Cash Equivalents: (a) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by
the United States Government, the Canadian Government, Japan or any member of the European Union or
any other government approved by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld), (b) securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by any state of the
United States of America or province of Canada or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition and having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moodys, (c) time deposits, certificates of deposit
and bankers acceptances having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of
acquisition, in each case with any Lender (or any affiliate of any thereof) or with any commercial
bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, Japan, Canada or any member of the European Union or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank
having at the date of acquisition capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, (d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types
described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (c) above, (e) commercial paper issued by the parent corporation of any Lender
and commercial paper rated, at the time of acquisition, at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by
S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys and in either case maturing within twelve months
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after the date of acquisition, (e) deposits maintained with money market funds having total
assets in excess of $300,000,000, (f) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of
business with banks or trust companies, (g) temporary deposits, of amounts received in the ordinary
course of business pending disbursement of such amounts, in demand deposit accounts in banks
outside the United States, (h) deposits in mutual funds which invest substantially all of their
assets in preferred equities issued by U.S. corporations rated at least AA (or the equivalent
thereof) by S&P; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall, in
any event, include all cash and cash equivalents as set forth in the Borrowers balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and (i) other investments requested by the Borrower and approved
by the Administrative Agent.
CCAA Cases: the cases commenced by the Canadian Debtors in the Canadian Court under
Section 18.6 of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act.
Change of Control: (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 Capital Stock representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower; or (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.
Chinese Acceptance Notes: acceptance notes issued by Chinese banks in the ordinary
course of business for the account of any direct or indirect Chinese Subsidiary of the Borrower or
customers thereof to effect the current payment of goods and services in accordance with customary
trade terms in China.
Closing Date: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5
shall have been satisfied or waived and the funding of the Loans occurs.
Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral: all property of the Loan Parties (other than Excluded Property), now
owned or hereafter acquired upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.
Collateral Agent: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Commitment: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to convert Loans of the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
Commitment opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1A. The original aggregate amount of the
Commitments is $[up to 500,000,000 as specified in the Conversion Notice].
Commonly Controlled Entity: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Compliance Certificate: a certificate of the Borrower duly executed by a
Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Conduit Lender: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any
Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated
by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a
Conduit Lender
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shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this
Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating
Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all
consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender,
and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any
greater amount pursuant to Section 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have
been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b)
be deemed to have any Commitment.
Confirmation Order: as defined in Section 5(h).
Consolidated Assets: at a particular date, all amounts which would be included
under total assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such
date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Current Assets: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash
Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current
assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
such date.
Consolidated Current Liabilities: at any date, all amounts that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like
caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, but
excluding the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Consolidated EBITDA: for any period (and calculated without duplication),
Consolidated Net Income for such period excluding (a) any extraordinary and non-recurring non-cash
expenses, losses, income or gains as determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) charges, premiums and
expenses associated with the discharge of Indebtedness, (c) charges relating to FAS 106, (d) any
non-cash income included, and any non-cash deductions made, in determining Consolidated Net Income
for such period (other than any deductions which represent the accrual of or a reserve for the
payment of cash charges in any future period), provided that cash payments made in any
subsequent period in respect of any item for which any such non-cash deduction was excluded in a
prior period shall be deemed to reduce Consolidated Net Income by such amount in such subsequent
period, (e) stock compensation expense and non-cash equity linked expense, (f) deferred financing
fees (and any write-offs thereof), (g) write-offs of goodwill, (h) an aggregate amount of up to (i)
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and (ii) $150,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter
(provided that up to $25,000,000 of such amount may be carried forward to the following
fiscal year or carried back to the preceding fiscal year) in respect of restructuring,
restructuring-related or other similar charges, (i) fees, costs, charges, commissions and expenses
or other charges incurred during such period in connection with this Agreement, the DIP Credit
Agreement, the Cases, the Plan of Reorganization and the transactions contemplated by the
foregoing, including the write-off of receivables of Chrysler, GM and their affiliates as a result
of their respective bankruptcy filings, the termination or settlement of executory contracts,
professional and accounting costs fees and expenses, management incentive, employee retention or
similar plans (in each case to the extent such plan is approved by the Bankruptcy Court to the
extent required), litigation costs and settlements, asset write-downs, income and gains recorded in
connection with the corporate reorganization effected in connection with the winding up the Debtors
prior to emergence, (j) foreign exchange gains and losses and (k) any state or local taxes, plus,
to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (A) Consolidated Interest
Expense, (B) any expenses for taxes, (C) depreciation and amortization expense, (D) minority
interests in income (or losses) of Subsidiaries and (E) net equity earnings (and losses) in
Affiliates (excluding Subsidiaries). For purposes of calculating the ratios set forth in Section
7.1(a) and (b), Consolidated EBITDA for any fiscal period shall in any event include the
Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal period of any entity acquired by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in a
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Permitted Acquisition during such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of calculating
Consolidated EBITDA for each of the four fiscal quarter periods ending December 31, 2009, March 31,
2010 and June 30, 2010, Consolidated EBITDA for such four fiscal quarter periods shall equal
Consolidated EBITDA for the period commencing on October 1, 2009 and ending on December 31, 2009,
April 3, 2010 and July 3, 2010, as applicable, multiplied by 4, 2 and 4/3, respectively.
Consolidated Interest Expense: for any period, the amount which would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption interest expense (or any like caption) on
a consolidated income statement of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period and, to the
extent not otherwise included in interest expense, any other discounts and expenses comparable to
or in the nature of interest under any Receivable Financing Transaction; provided, that
Consolidated Interest Expense for any period shall (a) exclude (i) fees payable in respect of such
period under Section 2.6, (ii) any amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees during such
period, (iii) premiums paid in connection with the discharge of Indebtedness, (iv) any non-cash
expense, and (v) interest payments made by the Debtors during the pendency of the Cases on
pre-petition Indebtedness, and (b) include any interest income during such period.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
Consolidated Net Income: for any period, the consolidated net income (or deficit)
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (taken as a cumulative whole), determined in
accordance with GAAP; provided that any provision for post-retirement medical benefits, to
the extent such provision calculated under FAS 106 exceeds actual cash outlays calculated on the
pay as you go basis, shall not to be taken into account.
Consolidated Revenues: for any fiscal period, the consolidated revenues of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Tangible Assets: as of any date of determination thereof, the
aggregate consolidated book value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than
patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, copyrights, licenses, permits,
goodwill and other similar intangible assets properly classified as such in accordance with GAAP)
after all appropriate adjustments (including, without limitation, reserves for doubtful
receivables, obsolescence, depreciation and amortization), all as set forth in the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 on such date of
determination, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Debt: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis,
that would be required to be shown as debt on a balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in
accordance with GAAP, but excluding Chinese Acceptance Notes and Earn-outs.
Consolidated Working Capital: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current
Assets on such date over Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.
Consummation Date: the date of substantial consummation (as defined in Section 1101
of the Bankruptcy Code) of the Plan of Reorganization.
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Contractual Obligation: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
Conversion Date: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the
Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to convert the loans under the DIP Credit Agreement to Loans
hereunder.
Conversion Notice: as defined in Section 2.2.
Debtors: as defined in the preamble.
Default: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, whether or not any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Defaulting Lender any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Loans
required to be funded by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date required to be funded
by it hereunder, unless such failure is the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured
(in which case such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date of such cure), (b)
has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the date when due, unless such
failure is the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured (in which case such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date of such cure), or (c) has been deemed
insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
DIP Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for the
lenders under the DIP Credit Agreement.
DIP Credit Agreement: the Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of ___
___, 2009 among the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders from time to time party
thereto, the DIP Agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified prior to the date hereof.
DIP Facility: the term loan facility made available under the DIP Credit Agreement.
Disclosure Statement: the disclosure statement in respect of the Plan of
Reorganization, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
distributed to certain holders of claims (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code)
against the Debtors.
Disposition: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback,
assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms Dispose and
Disposed of shall have correlative meanings.
Dollars and $: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction within the United States.
Earn-outs: with respect to any Person, obligations of such Person arising from a
Permitted Acquisition which are payable to the seller based on the achievement of specified
financial
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results over time. The amount of any Earn-outs at any time for the purpose of this Agreement
shall be the amount earned and due to be paid at such time.
ECF Percentage: for any fiscal year (or, in the case of the first period, the
portion of the fiscal year following the first anniversary of the Closing Date), 50% if the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio exceeds 1.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of such fiscal year and 25% if
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 1.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of such
fiscal year.
Effective Date: the effective date of the Plan of Reorganization.
Environmental Laws: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws,
rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental
Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now
or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
ERISA: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
ERISA Affiliate: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under 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: (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of
a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction; (c) any failure by any Single Employer Plan to satisfy the
minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) applicable to such Single Employer Plan, whether or not waived; (d) a determination that any
Single Employer Plan is in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Title
IV of ERISA); (e) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Single Employer Plan, including but
not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan; (f) the
incurrence by any Loan Party 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 any
Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan
from a Loan Party 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, in
Reorganization, or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code
or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA.
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the
aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve
requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves)
under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to as Eurocurrency Liabilities in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System.
Eurodollar Base Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for
deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such
Interest Period appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two
Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not
appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page (or
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otherwise on such screen), the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be determined by reference
to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be
reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by
reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about
11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in
the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations
are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of
days comprised therein.
Eurodollar Loans: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Rate: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following
formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Eurodollar Rate shall
be the greater of (x) such rate determined pursuant to the foregoing formula and (y) 3.50% per
annum.
Eurodollar Tranche: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the then current
Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date
(whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
Event of Default: any of the events specified in Section 8.1, provided that
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Excess Cash Flow: for any fiscal year of the Borrower (or shorter period beginning
on the Closing Date through the end of the current fiscal year), the excess, if any, of (a) the
sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year (or period), (ii) the
amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at
such Consolidated Net Income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year
(or period), and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of property by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (or period) (other than sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income over (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all
non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, (ii) the aggregate amount
actually paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year (or period) on
account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in
connection with such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any
Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all optional prepayments of the Loans
during such fiscal year (or period), (iv) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal
payments of Indebtedness (including the Loans) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made in cash
during such fiscal year (or period) (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the
extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (v) increases in
Consolidated Working Capital for such fiscal year (or period), (vi) the aggregate net amount of
non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such
fiscal year (or period) (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), (vii)
minority interests in income and earnings of Affiliates for which the Borrower has not received
cash distributions thereof, and (viii) all cash consideration paid with respect to Permitted
Acquisitions (except to the extent funded with the proceeds of Excluded
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Issuances or Indebtedness), including, without limitation, payments in respect of earnouts
and similar payment obligations and seller notes, to the extent included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income.
Excess Cash Flow Application Date: as defined in Section 2.9(c).
Excluded Issuance: any Capital Stock of the Borrower issued (a) to directors,
employees or consultants of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to compensation plans or
arrangements approved by the Board, (b) upon the conversion or exercise of any Capital Stock of the
Borrower outstanding on the date hereof or issued hereafter as part of an Excluded Issuance, (c) to
a Group Member in accordance with Section 7.7, (d) to fund Capital Expenditures permitted under
Section 7.1(c) and (e) to fund the payment of any consideration for a Permitted Acquisition in
accordance with Section 7.7.
Excluded Property: (i) property owned by any Excluded Subsidiary or Foreign
Subsidiary; (ii) receivables and customary related rights and assets subject to a Receivables
Financing Transaction; (iii) any property to the extent that a grant of a security interest in such
property pursuant to the Security Documents is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a
Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to
such Requirement of Law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in
the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement,
instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any
Investment, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note (as such terms are defined in the Security Documents),
any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law
or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or
similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such
consent is ineffective under applicable law; (iv) Vehicles (as defined in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement) and title documents therefor; (v) any Capital Stock held by a Loan Party in a
joint venture, so long as (x) not more than 50% of the aggregate Capital Stock of such joint
venture is held by the Loan Parties in the aggregate and (y) such Capital Stock is not subject to a
Lien in favor of any other Person; (vi) any property with respect to which the Administrative Agent
determines that the cost or burden of subjecting such property to a Lien under the Security
Documents is disproportionate to the value of the collateral security afforded thereby; (vii) real
property owned by the Loan Parties having a fair market value of less than $1,000,000; (viii)
interests in real property leased, subleased or licensed to any of the Loan Parties; and (ix)
thirty-five percent (35%) of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of each new and existing
Foreign Subsidiary.
Excluded Subsidiary: each Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and, with respect to
any requirement to enter into any Security Document, any Special Purpose Subsidiary.
Exit Fee: as defined in Section 2.6.
Facility: the term loan facility made available to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
Federal Funds Effective Rate: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on
overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal
funds brokers, as published 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 of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Foreign Subsidiary: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
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Funded Debt: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more
than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is
renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date
or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to
extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current
maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not
required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation or maturity and, in the case of
the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
Funding Office: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or
such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding
office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect
from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis
of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation
of the most recent audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) of the DIP
Credit Agreement.
Governmental Authority: any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank
or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory
organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Group Members: the collective reference to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be
executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Guarantee Obligation: as to any Person (the guaranteeing person), any
obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing
Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the creation of a
separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that
guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the
primary obligations) of any other third Person (the primary obligor) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be
deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for
which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such
Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing persons maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
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Guarantor: each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower other than Excluded
Subsidiaries.
Immaterial Subsidiary: at any time, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which, based on
the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b), constituted
less than 1% of Consolidated Assets or, for the twelve month period ended on the date of such
financial statements, represented less than 1% of Consolidated Revenues, in each case determined
using the equity method of accounting in accordance with GAAP.
Indebtedness: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness
of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, which would, in accordance with GAAP be shown on the liability side
of the balance sheet, (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or
other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the
rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or
applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar
arrangements, (g) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind
referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above, (h) all obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (g) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts
and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable
for the payment of such obligation, provided, if such Person has not assumed or become
liable for such obligation, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the
fair market value of such property or the obligation being secured thereby and (i) for the purposes
of Section 8.1(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements, but excluding
(i) trade and other accounts payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Persons business,
(ii) accrued expenses and deferred compensation arrangements in the ordinary course, and (iii)
advance payments in the ordinary course. 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 Persons ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Insolvency: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is
insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
Insolvent: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
Intellectual Property: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, inventions, designs, patents,
patent licenses, trademarks, tradenames, domain names and other source indicators, trademark
licenses, technology, trade secrets, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in
equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
Intercompany Subordinated Note: a promissory note, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Intercreditor Agreement: the Intercreditor Agreement to be executed and delivered
by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the agent or trustee for the Second Lien Term
Loans and
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the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, which form shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Lenders, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.
Interest Coverage Ratio: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for
such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.
Interest Payment Date: (a) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after
the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; (b) as to any ABR Loan,
the last day of each calendar quarter and the Maturity Date, (c) as to any Loan, the date of any
repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof, and (d) as to any ABR Loan if an Event of Default
is in existence, the last day of each calendar month.
Interest Period: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on
the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of
borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b)
thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable
to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result
of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond the
Maturity Date; and
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.
Investments: an advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
otherwise, but excluding trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business) or capital
contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, loans, debentures or other debt
securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or any other similar investment in,
any Person. The amount of any Investment by any Person on any date of determination shall be the
acquisition price of the gross assets acquired (including any liability assumed by such Person to
the extent such liability would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP)
plus all additional capital contributions or purchase price paid in respect thereof,
without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or
write-offs with respect to such Investment minus the amount of all cash returns of
principal or capital thereon, cash dividends thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon
or liabilities expressly assumed by another Person (other than a Group Member) in connection with
the sale of such Investment. Whenever the term outstanding is used in this Agreement with
reference to an Investment, it shall take into account the matters referred to in the preceding
sentence.
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Lenders: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the
context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any
Conduit Lender.
Lien: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any priority or other security agreement
of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Liquidity: on any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the
cash and Cash Equivalents which are not subject to any Liens (other than (a) Liens in favor of the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, (b) Liens permitted by Section 7.3(c)(ii) and
(c) inchoate Liens arising by operating of law which are not the subject of enforcement actions)
held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date, (ii) accounts receivable and inventory (in
each case valued in accordance with GAAP) which are not subject to any Liens (other than (a) Liens
in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and (b) inchoate Liens arising by
operation of law which are not the subject of enforcement actions) held by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on such date, less trade payables of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date
and (iii) the aggregate availability under any loan agreements or other lines of credit of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date.
Loan Documents: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Notes and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the
foregoing.
Loan Parties: the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loans: as defined in Section 2.1.
Material Adverse Effect: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property,
operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
Materials of Environmental Concern: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil
or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or
wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
Maturity Date: the earlier of (a) the Scheduled Maturity Date and (b) the
acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Moodys: Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgaged Property: as defined in Section 4.20(b).
Mortgages: collectively, any deeds of trust, trust deeds, hypothecs and mortgages
creating and evidencing a Lien on any real property made by the Loan Parties in favor of or for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case securing the Obligations, substantially in
the form of Exhibit (with such non-substantive changes thereto as shall be required under the law
of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded to provide for
recordability and enforceability thereof and to include such provisions as are customarily
contained in mortgages or deeds of trust in such jurisdiction).
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Multiemployer Plan: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by
way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of (i) attorneys fees,
accountants fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of
Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of
such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien created pursuant to a Security Document) and
other third-party fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and (ii) Taxes and
Other Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of any Asset Sale or Recovery
Event (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements), (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of
Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys fees,
investment banking fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other
customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, and (c) in connection with
any Receivable Financing Transaction, the initial cash purchase price received by, or Indebtedness
incurred by, any Loan Party thereunder (and any increase in the aggregate funded amount thereof)
net of attorneys fees, investment banking fees, accountants fees, underwriting discounts and
commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.
Non-Excluded Taxes: as defined in Section 2.17(a).
Non-U.S. Lender: as defined in Section 2.17(d).
Notes: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
Obligations: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing
after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to a
Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and each Guarantor
(or, in the case of Specified Letters of Credit, each Group Member on whose account such Specified
Letter of Credit is issued and guarantee obligations of other Group Members in respect thereof) to
the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Letters of Credit,
Specified Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender),
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other
Loan Document, any Specified Letter of Credit (and related letter of credit applications), any
Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, Guarantee Obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender
that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
Other Taxes: 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 or any
other Loan Document, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto,
whether disputed or not.
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Outstanding Amount: with respect to the Loans at any time, the aggregate principal
amount thereof, after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans
occurring on such date.
Outstanding Percentage: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such
Lenders Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Commitments (or, at any time after the
Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Loans then
outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding).
Participant: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
Participation Register: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
PBGC: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A
of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Permitted Acquisition: any Acquisition by (i) the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of all or substantially all
of any business or division of a Person or (ii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of no less
than 100% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any
Person, in each case to the extent that:
(a) each of the conditions precedent set forth in Annex III shall have been
satisfied in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(b) such Acquisition shall not be hostile and shall have been approved by the board of
directors (or other similar body) and/or the stockholders or other equityholders of the
Target; and
(c) no Default or Event of Default is in existence or would occur after giving effect
to such Acquisition.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness: as defined in Section 7.2(s).
Person: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Petition Date: as defined in the recitals hereto.
Plan: at a particular time, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA) in respect of which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Plan of Reorganization as defined in the recitals hereto.
Prime Rate: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the
Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. in connection with extensions of credit to debtors).
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Prohibited Transaction: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
Pro Forma Balance Sheet: as defined in Section 4.18.
Projections: as defined in Section 6.2(c).
Properties: as defined in Section 4.16(a).
Receivable Financing Transaction: any transaction or series of transactions
involving a sale for cash of accounts receivable, without recourse based upon the collectibility of
the receivables sold, by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to a Special Purpose Subsidiary
and a subsequent sale or pledge of such accounts receivable (or an interest therein) by such
Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case without any guarantee by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Special Purpose Subsidiary).
Recovery Event: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member in an
amount in excess of $1,000,000.
Register: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Regulation U: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
Reinvestment Deferred Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate
Net Cash Proceeds received by any Group Member in connection therewith that are not applied to
prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.9(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Event: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the
Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
Reinvestment Notice: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or
indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net
Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or a Recovery Event in the business.
Reinvestment Prepayment Amount: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant
Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the businesses of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.
Reinvestment Prepayment Date: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier
of (a) the date occurring 360 days after such Reinvestment Event (provided that if on such
360th day, the applicable Reinvestment Prepayment Amount is contractually committed to
acquire or repair assets useful in the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the
Reinvestment Prepayment Date with respect to such amount shall be the earlier of (i) the date
occurring 450 days after such Reinvestment Event, (ii) the date of termination of such commitment,
and (iii) if such amount is not so expended, the first day following the date such amount was
contractually committed to be expended) and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have
determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful in the
businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with all or any portion of the relevant
Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
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Related Parties: as defined in Section 9.3.
Reorganization: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
Reportable Event: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the
regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived
under PBGC regulations.
Required Lenders: at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the Outstanding
Amount; provided that the portion of the Outstanding Amount held or deemed held by any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
Requirement of Law: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws
or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
Responsible Officer: with respect to any Loan Party, the chief executive officer,
the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the treasurer or the assistant
treasurer of such Loan Party.
Restricted Payments: as defined in Section 7.6.
Restructuring Term Sheet: the term sheet substantially in the form of Exhibit I (as
such term sheet may be modified with the written consent of the Borrower and the Supermajority
Lenders).
S&P: Standard & Poors Ratings Services.
Scheduled Maturity Date: the third anniversary of the Closing Date.
SEC: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any
analogous Governmental Authority.
Second Lien Agent: .
Second Lien Term Loans: .
Second Lien Term Loan Documents: .
Secured Parties: collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, each provider
under a Specified Cash Management Agreement, each issuer of a Specified Letter of Credit, each
counterparty to a Specified Swap Agreement, the Persons entitled to indemnification under the Loan
Documents and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time
pursuant to Section 9.2.
Security Documents: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
Seller Debt: unsecured debt owing to the seller in a Permitted Acquisition.
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Single Employer Plan: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is
not a Multiemployer Plan.
Solvent: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of
determination, (a) the amount of the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person
will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all liabilities of such Person, contingent or
otherwise, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable
federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that
will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and
matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital
with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they
mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) debt means liability on a claim, and (ii) claim
means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable,
secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach
gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
Special Purpose Subsidiary: any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower created by
the Borrower for the sole purpose of facilitating a Receivable Financing Transaction;
provided, that such Special Purpose Subsidiary shall cease to be a Special Purpose
Subsidiary if at any time (a) such Special Purpose Subsidiary engages in any business other than
Receivable Financing Transactions and activities directly related thereto or (b) the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Subsidiary) or any of their respective assets
incur any liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, in respect of any obligation of a
Special Purpose Subsidiary whether arising under or in connection with any Receivable Financing
Transaction or otherwise (other than Standard Securitization Undertakings); provided
further, however, that if the law of a jurisdiction in which the Borrower proposes to
create a Special Purpose Subsidiary does not provide for the creation of a bankruptcy remote entity
that is acceptable to the Borrower or requires the formation of one or more additional entities
(whether or not Subsidiaries of the Borrower), such other type of entity may, upon the request of
the Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld) serve as a Special Purpose Subsidiary.
Specified Cash Management Agreement: any agreement providing for treasury,
depositary or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing house
transactions, controlled disbursements, return items, overdrafts, interstate depository network
services or any similar transactions between the Borrower or any Guarantor and any Lender or
affiliate thereof.
Specified Jurisdiction: any country, state or other jurisdictional subdivision
outside North America or Europe.
Specified Letters of Credit: any letter of credit (a) issued for the account of any
Group Member by any Lender or any affiliate of a Lender and (b) that has been designated by the
relevant Lender and such Group Member, by written notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the
issuance thereof, as a Specified Letter of Credit and with respect to which the Administrative
Agent has confirmed to the relevant Lender sufficient availability pursuant to Section 7.2(i).
Such designation shall not create in favor of such Lender or affiliate of a Lender any rights in
connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party
hereunder or under any Collateral Document.
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Specified Swap Agreement: any Swap Agreement (a) entered into by the Borrower or
any Guarantor and any Person that is a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap
Agreement is entered into and (b) that has been designated by the relevant Lender and such Group
Member, by written notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the effectiveness thereof, as a
Specified Swap Agreement. Such designation shall not create in favor of such Lender or affiliate
of a Lender any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the
obligations of any Loan Party hereunder or under any Collateral Document.
Standard Securitization Undertakings: representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with a Receivable
Financing Transaction which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable financing
transaction.
Subsidiary: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power
(other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person (exclusive of any Affiliate in which such Person has a minority ownership interest). Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Supermajority Lenders: at any time, Lenders having more than 66 2/3% of the
Outstanding Amount; provided that the portion of the Outstanding Amount held or deemed held
by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Supermajority
Lenders.
Swap Agreement: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
Target: the Person, or business or substantially all of the assets of a Person or a
division of a Person intended to be acquired in a Permitted Acquisition.
Taxes: all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, whether disputed or not.
3% Subsidiary: at any time, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which, based on the
financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(a) or (b), constituted at
least 3% of Consolidated Assets or for the twelve month period ended on the date of such financial
statements represented at least 3% of Consolidated Revenues, in each case determined using the
equity method of accounting in accordance with GAAP.
Title Insurance Company: as defined in Section 5(t)(ii).
Transferee: any Assignee or Participant.
Type: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
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UCC: the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York or any other applicable jurisdiction.
United States: the United States of America.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital
Stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person
directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Withdrawal Liability: liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete
or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.
1.2. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the
defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not
defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under 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 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 by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, or such provision amended in accordance herewith, (ii) the words include, includes
and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation, (iii) the word
incur shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume or become liable in respect of or
suffer to exist (and the words incurred and incurrence shall have correlative meanings), (iv)
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, Capital Stock,
securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to
agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer
to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
(c) The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) When determining whether a Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be in
existence after giving pro forma effect to a certain event, the covenant levels to be used in
making such determination shall be those in effect as of the last day of the most recent fiscal
quarter of the Borrower for which financial reports are required to have been delivered pursuant to
Section 6.1.
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS
2.1. Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender listed on Schedule 1.1A
hereto has severally agreed to make term loans (the Loans) on the Closing Date in the
full amount of such Lenders Commitment to the Borrower. The Loans may from time to time be
Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.10.
2.2. Procedure for Conversion. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (the Conversion
Notice) (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Conversion Date) requesting that the
Lenders convert the loans under the DIP Credit Agreement into the Loans hereunder and specifying
the amount and Type of such Loans, the requested Conversion Date and in the case of Eurodollar
Loans, the amount and length of the Interest Period therefor. Upon receipt of the Conversion
Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. On the requested
Conversion Date, each Lender agrees to maintain outstanding its term loans made under the DIP
Credit Agreement in the outstanding principal amounts as set forth on Schedule 1.1A as Loans
hereunder.
2.3. [Reserved].
2.4. Maturity and Repayment of Loans. The Loan of each Lender shall mature in eleven consecutive quarterly installments,
commencing on the last day of the first full calendar quarter following the Closing Date, each of
which shall be in an amount equal to such Lenders Outstanding Percentage multiplied by the amount
set forth below opposite such installment, with a final installment on the third anniversary of the
Closing Date (as such amounts may be adjusted to reflect any prepayments of the Loans):
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2.6. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender,
an exit fee (Exit Fee) equal to 2% of the principal amount of such Lenders Loans repaid on or
after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, such fee to be payable on the date of such
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repayment; provided, however, that if the outstanding principal balance of the Lenders Loans
are not repaid in full on or prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, the Exit Fee on such outstanding
principal balance shall be payable on the Scheduled Maturity Date rather than on the date of such
repayment.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the
dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other
obligations contained therein.
2.7. [Reserved]
2.8. Optional Prepayments. Subject to Section 2.6(a) and the proviso below, the Borrower may at any time and from time
to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, three Business
Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and one Business Day prior thereto, in the
case of ABR Loans (provided that ABR Loans may be prepaid on the same Business Day if notice is
received by the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 P.M., New York City time), which notice
shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and Type of the Loans being prepaid, as applicable;
provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.18.
Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable
on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.
Partial prepayments of Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Partial optional prepayments of the Loans shall be
ratable as among the Lenders thereof.
2.9. Mandatory Prepayments. (a) If any Capital Stock or Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member
(excluding any Excluded Issuance and any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(a) through (s)) an
amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds in the case of Capital Stock and 100% of the Net Cash
Proceeds in the case of Indebtedness shall be applied by the Borrower on the date of receipt
thereof by such Group Member toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.9(e).
(b) If on any date any Group Member shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or
Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall have been timely delivered in respect
thereof, an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied by or on behalf of the
Borrower no later than the end of the fiscal month in which such Net Cash Proceeds are received
(or, if the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds is less than $15,000,000, no later than the
end of the fiscal month following the fiscal month in which such Net Cash Proceeds are received)
toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.9(e); provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales that may be
excluded from the foregoing prepayment requirement pursuant to Reinvestment Notices shall not
exceed $100,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment
Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant
Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in Section
2.9(e).
(c) If, for (i) the period from the first anniversary of the Closing Date through the end of
the then current fiscal year of the Borrower or (ii) any fiscal year of the Borrower thereafter,
there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application
Date, apply the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow toward the prepayment of the Loans as set
forth in Section 2.9(e). Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an Excess Cash Flow
Application Date) no later than five Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which
the financial statements of the Borrower
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referred to in Section 6.1(a), for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is
made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are
actually delivered.
(d) Following the establishment of any Receivable Financing Transaction by the Borrower or any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be
promptly applied by or on behalf of the Borrower toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in
Section 2.9(e).
(e) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to this Section 2.9
shall be made ratably among the Lenders of the Loans. The application of any prepayment made
pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall be made, first, to ABR Loans and, second, to
Eurodollar Loans. Each prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.9 shall be accompanied by accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid, the Exit Fee owing pursuant to
Section 2.6(a) (if applicable) and, if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay amounts owing pursuant to
Section 2.18.
2.10. Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by
giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date. The Borrower may
elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent
prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of
the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar
Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or
the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term Interest Period
set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans,
provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined
in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided,
further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in
this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such
Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR on the last day of such then expiring Interest
Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
relevant Lender thereof.
2.11. Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and
continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts
and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurodollar
Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.12. Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(c), each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest
for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
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(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(c), each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on and after the date the
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent stating that interest is to accrue pursuant
to this paragraph (c) or following acceleration of payment of the Loans, all outstanding Loans and
other Obligations under the Loan Documents (whether or not overdue at such time) shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise
be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or and
(ii) in the case of any other Obligation, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%, in
each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such
amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
2.13. Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of
interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days
elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the
relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a
Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of
the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be presumptively correct and binding on the Borrower and the
Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative
Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.12(a).
2.14. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall
be presumptively correct and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required
Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest
Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as
conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected
Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the
relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar
Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y)
any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar
Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted,
on the last day of the then-
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current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative
Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall do promptly after the circumstances giving rise to such
event no longer exist), no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall
the Borrower have the right to convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
2.15. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each payment by the Borrower on account of the
Exit Fee or any other fee payable to Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective
Outstanding Percentages of the relevant Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, each payment (including each prepayment) by the
Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans shall be made pro
rata according to the respective Outstanding Percentages of the relevant Lenders entitled
thereto. The amount of each principal prepayment of the Loans shall be applied to reduce the then
remaining installments of the Loans (i) as directed by the Borrower in the case of prepayments made
pursuant to Section 2.8, (ii) in direct order of maturity to the next four installments then due
and thereafter ratably based upon the respective then remaining principal amounts thereof in the
case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.9(c) and (iii) ratably based upon the respective
then remaining principal amounts thereof otherwise. Amounts prepaid on account of the Loans may
not be reborrowed.
(c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and
shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to each
relevant Lender promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other
than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar
Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend
such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal
pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable
rate during such extension.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to
a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If
such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the date of
borrowing therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Lenders share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent
by such Lender within three Business Days after such date of borrowing, the Administrative Agent
shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum
applicable thereto, within three Business Days after demand therefor from the Borrower.
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(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior
to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is
making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata
shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to
the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.15(d), 2.15(e) or 9.7, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any
contrary provision of this Agreement), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenders obligations under such Sections until
all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
2.16. Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, in each case, made
subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to
such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 2.17 and
changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that
such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining
Eurodollar Loans, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any
such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, within 30 days after receipt of a
reasonably detailed invoice therefor, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by
such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each
case, made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such Lenders or such corporations capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a
level below that
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which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lenders or such corporations policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of
a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by
any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be presumptively correct
in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts
incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such
Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances
giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such nine-month period shall be extended
to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this
Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
amounts payable hereunder.
2.17. Taxes. (a) All payments made by or on account of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, addition to tax or penalties applicable
thereto), excluding income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and
taxes imposed on or measured by the Administrative Agents or any Lenders net profits if such tax
is imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such
Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely
from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document).
If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings
(Non-Excluded Taxes) or any Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the amounts so
payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to
yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts
specified in this Agreement; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase
any such amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded
Taxes (i) that are attributable to the Administrative Agents or such Lenders failure to comply
with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States
withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender at the time
the Administrative Agent or such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent
that the Administrative Agents or such Lenders assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of
assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes
pursuant to this paragraph (a).
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority
in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by any Loan Party, as promptly
as reasonably possible thereafter such Loan Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its
own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, (i) a certified copy of
an original official receipt received by such Loan Party showing payment thereof or (ii) if such
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Loan Party reasonably determines that it is unable to provide a certified copy of such
receipt, a certificate as to the amount of such payment. If the relevant Loan Party fails to pay
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to
remit to the Administrative Agent copies of the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, such Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any
incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a United States Person as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code (a Non-U.S. Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Administrative Agent and the Lender
from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party, Form W-8ECI or Form W-8IMY (accompanied by applicable
underlying IRS forms), or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of portfolio
interest, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit G and two copies of the applicable Form
W-8, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, in each case properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes
a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such
Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver
such forms promptly upon the expiration, obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any
previously delivered certificate to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or any other form of
certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant
to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.
(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax
under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent), such properly completed
and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to
complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lenders reasonable judgment such
completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the commercial or legal position
of such Lender.
(f) Any Lender that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code
shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a duly completed and signed
IRS Form W-9 (or successor form) establishing that the Lender is organized under the laws of the
United States and is not subject to backup withholding.
(g) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion (exercised in
good faith), that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it
has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional
amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this
Section 2.17 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net
of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest
(other than any interest
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paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); within 45 Business
Days of the determination that the Borrower is entitled to such refund provided, that the
Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount
paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative
Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This
paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrower or to any other Person.
(h) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by
the Administrative Agent, and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such 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
any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(i) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.18. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from,
any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the
Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the
Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
(other than by operation of Section 2.14), (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of
or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a
day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may
include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have
accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from
the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest
Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate
of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included
therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that
would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable
period with leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts
payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumptively
correct in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.19. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of
Section 2.16 or 2.17(a) with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use
reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another
lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of
such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such
Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of
the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 or 2.17(a).
2.20. Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf and hereby approves and agrees to be bound
by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary herein, in the case of any inconsistency between this Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. The Lenders acknowledge
that the Second Lien Term Loans and related obligations are secured by the Collateral, subject to
the Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 3. [RESERVED]
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and the Lenders to make the
Loans, each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Agents and each
Lender that:
4.1. No Change. Since [___, 20___]1, there has been no development or event that has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that solely for purposes
of this Section 4.1 no change in automotive industry conditions or in banking, financial or capital
markets on and after such date which does not disproportionately adversely affect the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have a Material Adverse Effect).
4.2. Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the power and authority, and the legal right, to
own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the
business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other
organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and (d) is in
compliance with all Requirements of Law.
4.3. Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Upon entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Confirmation Order, each Loan Party has the power
and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is
a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan
Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to
authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or
authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental
Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of
the Loan Documents except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule
4.3, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full
force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.20. Each Loan Document has been
duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and
each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally
and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at
law).
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4.4. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the
borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or
any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party and will not result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any
Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Loan
Documents and the Second Lien Term Loans).
4.5. Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against any Loan Party
or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to the Loan Documents or
(b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6. No Default. No Loan Party is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in
any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
4.7. Ownership of Property; Liens. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan
Party has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold, subleasehold, license or other interest
in, all its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other
property, and none of such property, except for minor encumbrances and defects in title that do not
materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize
such properties and assets for their intended purposes is subject to any Lien except as permitted
by Section 7.3.
4.8. Intellectual Property. Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the
conduct of its business as currently conducted. No material claim has been asserted and is pending
by any Person against any Loan Party challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual
Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property of any Loan Party, nor does
the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no use
by each Loan Party of any of its material Intellectual Property infringes on the rights of any
Person in any material respect.
4.9. Taxes. Each Loan Party has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and material state and other
material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on said returns or on any material assessments made against it or any of its property and
all other material taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any
Governmental Authority (except any such taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity
with GAAP (where GAAP requires such reserves) have been provided on the books of the relevant Loan
Party); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being
asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
4.10. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be
used (a) for buying or carrying any margin stock within the respective meanings of each of
the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect for any
purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for any purpose that
violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a
statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form
U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
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4.11. Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Loan Party pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each
Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable
Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Loan Party on
account of employee health and welfare insurance have been, in all material respects, paid or
accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant Loan Party.
4.12. ERISA. Except, in the aggregate, as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates is in compliance
with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code relating to Single Employer Plans and
Multiemployer Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder and (ii) no ERISA
Event has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made with respect to any Plan. Except, in the aggregate, as could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of all accrued benefits under
each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of the
last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made,
exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.
4.13. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an investment company, or a company controlled by an investment
company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is
subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that
limits its ability to incur the Indebtedness to be incurred hereunder.
4.14. Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.14 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of
incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of
Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and (b) except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, there are no
outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments
(other than stock options or similar equity awards granted to current or former employees or
directors and directors qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
4.15. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used to replace and refinance the outstanding loans made
under the DIP Credit Agreement. The proceeds of the Loans shall not be used to purchase or carry
margin stock.
4.16. Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member
(the Properties) do not contain, and to the knowledge of the Borrower,
have not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or
concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of,
or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;
(b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of violation,
alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding
environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of
the Properties or the business operated by any Group Member (the
Business), nor does the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that
any such notice will be received or is being threatened;
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(c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of
from the Properties during the last five years or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
any prior time in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise
to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental
Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the
Properties during the last five years or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any
prior time in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under,
any applicable Environmental Law;
(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending
or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to
which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties
or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders,
administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial
requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties
or the Business;
(e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to the
operations of any Group Member in connection with the Properties or otherwise in
connection with the Business, during the last five years or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, any prior time in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could
give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;
(f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and
have in the last five years and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, at all prior
times been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no
contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental
Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; and
(g) no Group Member has assumed any liability by contract or, to the knowledge
of the Borrower, operation of law, of any other Person under Environmental Laws.
4.17. Accuracy of Information, etc. No factual statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Bankruptcy Court, or any of them, for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents other than any
projections or pro forma information, when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such
statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein
or therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances when made. The projections and
pro forma information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith
estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made,
it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections as they relate to future events are
subject to significant uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and not
to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such
projections may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
4.18. Financial Statements. (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at ___, 20___(including the notes thereto) (the Pro Forma Balance
Sheet), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has
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been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the
occurrence of the Effective Date, (ii) the Second Lien Term Loans deemed made on the Closing Date,
(iii) the Loans made on the Closing Date and the use of the proceeds thereof and (iv) the payment
of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been
prepared based on the best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery
thereof, and presents fairly on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at ___, 20___, assuming that the events specified in
the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) The (i) audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of December 31, [2009] and the related statements of income and cash flow for the
fiscal year ending on such date and (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of [___], 20___and the related statements of income and cash
flow for the fiscal quarter ending on such date, each as heretofore furnished to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, are complete and
correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on such date. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes
thereto, have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, and all
liabilities, direct and contingent, of the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries
on such date required to be disclosed pursuant to GAAP are disclosed in such financial statements,
subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements
referred to in clause (ii) above.
4.19. Insurance. All policies of insurance of any kind or nature owned by or issued to each Loan Party,
including policies of life, fire, theft, product liability, public liability, property damage,
other casualty, employee fidelity, workers compensation, employee health and welfare, property and
liability insurance, are (a) in full force and effect except to the extent commercially reasonably
determined by the Borrower not to be necessary pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 4.19 or which
is not material to the overall coverage and (b) are of a nature and provide such coverage as in the
reasonable opinion of the Borrower, is sufficient and is customarily carried by companies of the
size and character of the Loan Parties.
4.20. Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for its benefit, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit
of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described
therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the
Collateral Agent (together with a properly completed and signed stock power or endorsement), and in
the case of the other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when
financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 4.20(a) in appropriate form are filed
in the offices specified on Schedule 4.20(a) together with payment of any filing or recordation
fees, or, with respect to after-acquired property, when the requirements set forth in Section 6.9
have been complied with, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security
interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds
thereof (except for registration of and application for Intellectual Property filed outside the
United States) to the extent such Lien can be perfected by the filing of financing statements under
the applicable UCC, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of
Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.3, and in the case of the
Collateral constituting Pledged Stock, inchoate Liens arising by operation of law), in each case,
to the extent required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
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(b) Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its
benefit, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal,
valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, and when the Mortgages are
filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.20(b), each such Mortgage shall constitute a Lien on,
and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the subject
Mortgaged Property, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each
case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by Section 7.3). Part
1 of Schedule 1.1B lists, as of the Closing Date, each parcel of owned real property located in the
United States and held by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors that has a fair market value, in
the reasonable opinion of the Borrower, in excess of $1,000,000 (each, a Mortgaged
Property). Part 2 of Schedule 1.1B lists, as of the Closing Date, (A) each parcel of owned
real property located in the United States and held by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors which
is not listed on Part 1 of Schedule 1.1B, and (B) each parcel of real property located in the
United States and which is leased (as lessee) or subleased (as sublessee) by the Borrower or any of
the Guarantors.
4.21. Solvency. After giving effect to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the incurrence of all
Indebtedness and Obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith, the Borrower is
Solvent.
4.22. Regulation H. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.22, no Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is
located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an
area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The agreement of each Lender to make the extension of credit requested to be made by it on the
Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such
extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower, (ii) the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Guarantor, and
(iii) the Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Agent, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
(b) Closing Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good
Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as to the
incumbency and signature of their respective officers executing each Loan Document
to which it is a party, together with satisfactory evidence of the incumbency of
such Responsible Officer, (ii) a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors (or
the executive committee or other governing authority thereof) of each Loan Party
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to be
entered into on the Closing Date to which it is a party, (iii) a certificate of the
Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
attaching the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation
certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan
Party and (iv) a good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction
of organization.
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(c) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects (provided that if any representation or
warranty is by its terms qualified by materiality, such representation shall be true
and correct in all respects) on and as of such date as if made on and as of such
date.
(d) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received
all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been
presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or
before the Closing Date.
(e) Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent
shall have received (i) an opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, of counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii)
the legal opinion of local counsel in jurisdictions in which the Mortgages have been
filed as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(f) Compliance with DIP Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent
shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying (i) no
Default or Event of Default (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) exists under
the DIP Credit Agreement immediately prior to the termination thereof and (ii) the
Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 of
the DIP Credit Agreement, immediately prior to the termination of the DIP Credit
Agreement.
(g) Pro Forma Liquidity. After giving pro forma effect
to the Plan of Reorganization and the borrowing of the Loans on the Closing Date (i)
Liquidity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not be less than the minimum
Liquidity required to be maintained pursuant to Section 7.1(b) of the DIP Credit
Agreement as of the last day of the fiscal month in which the Closing Date occurs,
and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans and the Second Lien Term Loans
shall not exceed $1,100,000,000, and the Borrower shall have provided to the
Administrative Agent reasonably satisfactory support for such calculations.
(h) Confirmation Order. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an
order confirming the Plan of Reorganization, which order (the Confirmation
Order) (i) shall confirm a Plan of Reorganization that is consistent in all
material respects with the Restructuring Term Sheet, (ii) shall authorize the
Facility and (iii) shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been
reversed or modified and shall not be stayed or subject to a motion to stay or
subject to appeal or petition for review, rehearing or certiorari, and the period
for appealing the confirmation order shall have elapsed. The Canadian Court shall
have entered an order in the CCAA Cases recognizing and implementing the
Confirmation Order with respect to the Canadian Debtors, which order (i) shall be
consistent with the Confirmation Order except to the extent otherwise reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) shall be in full force and effect
and shall not have been reversed or modified and shall not be stayed or subject to a
motion to stay or subject to appeal or petition for review, rehearing or certiorari,
and the period for appealing such order shall have elapsed. The Effective Date
shall have occurred (and all conditions precedent thereto as set forth therein shall
have been satisfied (or shall be concurrently satisfied) or waived by the Required
Lenders).
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(i) Repayment of DIP Facility. The DIP Facility shall have been (i)
repaid in full in cash and all commitments relating thereto shall have been
terminated, and/or (ii) converted into Loans and/or Commitments to provide financing
under the Facility, and all liens and security interests related thereto shall have
been terminated, released or continued, as applicable (any combination of the
actions specified in clauses (i) and (ii) shall be permitted).
(j) Projections. The Borrower shall have delivered projections through
2013 prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein.
(k) Second Lien Term Loans. (i) The Second Lien Term Loan Documents
shall contain terms that conform to the Restructuring Term Sheet and are otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders, and (ii) the Administrative Agent
shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the conditions to the
effectiveness of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents shall have been satisfied or
waived in accordance with their terms.
(l) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Financial Statements. The Lenders shall
have received (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) audited consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal
year and (iii) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter ended after the date of the latest
applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph
as to which such financial statements are available.
(m) Conversion Notice. The Administrative Agent shall have received
the Conversion Notice, executed and delivered by the Borrower.
(n) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit
requested to be made on such date.
(o) Patriot Act and Know Your Customer Information. The
Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information
mutually agreed to be required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your
customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the United
States PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001))
(the USA Patriot Act).
(p) Ratings. The Borrower shall have used commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain a rating for the Facility from both S&P and Moodys.
(q) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance
certificates satisfying the requirements of Section ___of the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement and Section ___of the Mortgages.
(r) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. The Collateral Agent
shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock
pledged pursuant to the Security Documents, together with an undated stock power for
each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor
thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Security
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Documents endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed
transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof, in each case of the foregoing, to
the extent not previously delivered to the DIP Agent under the DIP Credit Agreement.
(s) Mortgages, etc. (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received
a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of each party thereto.
(ii) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall
have received, and the title insurance company issuing the policy referred to in
clause (iii) below (the Title Insurance Company) shall have received, maps
or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of the Mortgaged Properties certified to
the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to them, dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Title Insurance Company by an independent professional licensed land
surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received in respect of each Mortgaged
Property a binding pro forma mortgagees title insurance policy (or policies) or
marked-up unconditional commitment to issue such insurance, in each case in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all premiums
in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage recording tax, and all
related expenses, if any, have been paid.
(iv) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall
have received (A) a policy of flood insurance that (1) covers any parcel of improved
real property that is encumbered by any Mortgage and located in a special flood
hazard area, (2) is written in an amount not less than the outstanding principal
amount of the indebtedness secured by such Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to
such real property, the fair market value of such real property as reasonable
determined by Borrower or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect
to the particular type of property under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended, whichever is less, and (3) has a term ending not later than the maturity
of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage and (B) confirmation that the Borrower
has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208(e)(3) of Regulation H of
the Board with respect to any parcel of improved real property that is encumbered by
any Mortgage and located in a special flood hazard area.
(v) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of all recorded
documents referred to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or
policies referred to in clause (iii)) above.
(t) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where any Loan Party is
organized, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan
Parties except for liens permitted by Section 7.3 or discharged on or prior to the
Closing Date pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(u) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including
any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents
or
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under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its
benefit, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, a perfected Lien (or in the case of the Mortgages, a valid Lien) on the
Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other
than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall be in proper
form to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or
recordation.
For the purpose of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5, each
Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have accepted, and to be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required under this Section 5 unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, so long as any Loan or other amount
is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, each Loan Party shall and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1. Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent to be provided to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year
and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such
year, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, reported on without a qualification arising out of the scope of the audit or
other material qualification or exception (other than a going concern exception or
similar exception or qualification [for fiscal year 2009]), by independent certified
public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end
of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower,
commencing with the fiscal quarter ended ___20___, the unaudited consolidated and
consolidating (on the same basis as the Borrower prepared consolidating financial
statements prior to the Closing Date) balance sheet of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited
consolidated and consolidating (on the same basis as the Borrower prepared
consolidating financial statements prior to the Closing Date) statements of income
and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the
end of such quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for
the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, as
being fairly stated in all material respects.
All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be
prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except (i) as approved by such
accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein and (ii)
with respect to unaudited statements, the absence of footnote disclosure and subject to year-end
audit adjustments) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods.
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6.2. Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent which shall make such item available to each Lender
(or, in the case of clause (f), to the relevant Lender):
(a) [Reserved];
(b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to
Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of the Borrower stating that the Responsible Officer
executing such certificate on behalf of the Borrower has no knowledge of any Default
or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii) a Compliance
Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining
compliance by each Loan Party with the provisions of this Agreement referred to
therein, including calculations in reasonable detail with respect to compliance with
Section 7.1, and (iii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, to
the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (1) a description
of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, (2 a
description of any Domestic Subsidiary acquired or created, including name and
jurisdiction of organization, and (3) a description of any Person that has become a
Loan Party, in each case since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant
to this clause (iii) (or, in the case of the first such report so delivered, since
the Closing Date);
(c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the
following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, the
related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a
description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), and, as soon as
available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget and projections with
respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the Projections), which
Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of the Borrower
executed by a Responsible Officer, on behalf of the Borrower, stating that such
Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and that
such Responsible Officer executing such certificate, on behalf of the Borrower, has
no reason to believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any
material respect, and that whether or not any such Projections are in fact achieved
are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are not
within the control of the Borrower, and that no assurance can be given that such
Projections will be realized, and actual results may vary from the projected results
and such variations may be material;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to
Section 6.1(a) or (b), a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial
condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year
to the end of such fiscal quarter;
(e) within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial
statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC;
(f) to the Administrative Agent on behalf of each Required Lender promptly
following receipt thereof, copies of any documents described in Sections 101(k) or
101(l) of ERISA that, following reasonable request of the Administrative Agent
(which right to request shall be exercised no more than once during a 12-month
period), any Loan Party
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or any ERISA Affiliate shall have promptly requested from the administrator or
sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; and
(g) promptly, subject to applicable confidentiality agreements of the Group
Members, such reasonably available additional financial and other information as any
Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, Section 6.2 or Section 6.7 may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
received by the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be deemed to have received such documents
on the date on which such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency
or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial or governmental third-party website or whether sponsored by the
Administrative Agent); provided, that the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile
or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and, at the
request of the Administrative Agent, provide by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft
copies) of such documents.
6.3. Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent,
as the case may be, all its material obligations in respect of taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with
respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
6.4. Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and
(ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by
Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply in all material
respects with all Requirements of Law.
6.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but
including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are
usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar
business.
6.6. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) 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 and (b) permit
representatives of the Agents or any Lender (subject to reasonable confidentiality agreements) to
visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and
records at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be desired and
to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group
Members with officers and managerial employees of the Group Members and with their independent
certified public accountants, provided that an officer of the Borrower shall be provided reasonable
opportunity to participate in any such discussion with the accountants; provided further that such
inspections shall be coordinated through the Administrative Agent so that in the absence of an
Event of Default, not more than one such inspection shall occur in any calendar year. The Agents
and the Lenders agree to use reasonable efforts to coordinate and manage the exercise of their
rights under this Section 6.6 so as to minimize the disruption to the business of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries resulting therefrom.
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6.7. Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party (i) in which the
amount involved is $10,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance, (ii) in which
injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other
ERISA Event(s) that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount
exceeding $10,000,000; and
(d) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the
relevant Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.8. Environmental Laws. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) comply with, and take all commercially reasonable steps to ensure
compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental
Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and take all commercially reasonable
steps to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain,
any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and
all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and
promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental
Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
6.9. Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Parties (other
than (x) any property described in paragraph (b) below and (y) any property constituting Excluded
Property) as to which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a
perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the
Security Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable
to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in
such property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest under the laws
of the United States in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Security Documents or by law or as may
be requested by the Administrative Agent.
(b) (i) As soon as possible (and in no event later than 45 days after the delivery of any
financial statements under subsection 6.1(a) or (b), for any fiscal period, in the case of
Subsidiaries referred to in the following clause (A) which period may be extended by the
Administrative Agent from time to time in its discretion), cause (A) all of the Capital Stock
(other than Excluded Property) owned
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directly or indirectly by the Borrower of each of the Borrowers direct or indirect Domestic
Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary or Immaterial Subsidiary) to be pledged to the
Collateral Agent, pursuant to an amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, (B) if requested by the Administrative Agent, cause all of the Capital Stock
(other than Excluded Property) owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower of any of the
Borrowers direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary and whether
or not such Domestic Subsidiary is an Immaterial Subsidiary) to be pledged to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to an amendment to the Security Documents reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, (C) 65% of the voting Capital Stock and all non-voting Capital Stock (other than Excluded
Property) of each of the Borrowers or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries direct Foreign
Subsidiaries which are not Immaterial Subsidiaries (or such lesser amount as may be owned by the
Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries), to be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Security Documents, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to an amendment to the
Security Documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and (D) the Administrative
Agent to receive legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower acceptable to the Administrative Agent
covering such matters in respect of such pledges as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, cause the Capital Stock of any Special Purpose
Subsidiary or Subsidiary of the Borrower which acts as a purchaser of receivables for a
receivables securitization program of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries to be
pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.
(c) As soon as possible, cause (i) each of the Borrowers direct or indirect Domestic
Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary (provided that
all Immaterial Subsidiaries excluded from the requirements under this clause (c) shall not at any
time contribute in the aggregate more than 5% of Consolidated Assets or more than 5% of
Consolidated Revenues) or a joint venture in which not more than 85% of the aggregate Capital Stock
of such joint venture is held by the Loan Parties in the aggregate) to become a Guarantor by
executing and delivering a joinder or assumption agreement to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement in a form reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent if such Subsidiary is not then
a Guarantor and (ii) opinions of counsel to the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, covering such matters in respect of the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
(d) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a fair market value (together
with improvements thereof) of at least $1,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party
(other than any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g)), as
soon as reasonably possible and in any event within 30 days after such acquisition (i) execute and
deliver a Mortgage, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for its benefit, for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property, creating a
Lien on such real property prior and superior in right to all other Liens on such real property
(except Liens permitted by Section 7.3), (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the
Collateral Agent, for its benefit, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit
of the Lenders with (x) a binding pro forma mortgagees title insurance policy or marked-up
unconditional commitment to issue such insurance covering such real property in an amount equal to
the purchase price of such real property (or such lesser amount as shall be reasonably specified by
the Administrative Agent) as well as a current map or plat of an as-built survey thereof, together
with a surveyors certificate and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary by the
Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) if requested by the Administrative
Agent, deliver to the Agents legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which
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opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
6.10. Post-Closing Matters. (a) Maintain at all times substantially all of the cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan
Parties (other than cash and Cash Equivalents which are pledged to third parties to secure
obligations of the Loan Parties) at an account or accounts with the Administrative Agent or any
other financial institution that has entered into a control agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, that (i) the Loan Parties
may maintain accounts with financial institutions other than the Administrative Agent and not
subject to control agreements consisting of (A) payroll accounts, which accounts shall at no time
contain more cash than is necessary to meet the periodic payroll obligations of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, (B) accounts with balances up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate, (C) trust
accounts, so long as such trust accounts only contain funds of third parties and (D) accounts, if
any, maintained in connection with employee benefit plans, so long as such accounts contain only
funds required to be maintained by such employee benefit plans.
(b) [Cause the post-closing matters identified on Schedule 6.10 to be completed on or before
the date which is ___days after the Closing Date (which period may be extended by the
Administrative Agent from time to time in its discretion)].
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, so long as any Loan or other amount
is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, they shall not, and shall not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1. Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit, on the last day of any fiscal quarter
beginning with the first fiscal quarter end date following the Closing Date, the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with such fiscal
quarter end date to exceed the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
Consolidated Leverage Ratio |
Q4 2009
|
|
7.50 |
Q1 2010
|
|
7.50 |
Q2 2010
|
|
6.00 |
Q3 2010
|
|
4.75 |
Q4 2010
|
|
3.50 |
Q1 2011
|
|
2.75 |
Q2 2011
|
|
2.50 |
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|
|
|
Q3 2011
|
|
2.25 |
Q4 2011 and each fiscal quarter thereafter
|
|
2.00 |
(b) Interest Coverage. Permit, on the last day of any fiscal quarter beginning with
the first fiscal quarter end date following the Closing Date, the Interest Coverage Ratio for the
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with such fiscal quarter end date to be
less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter below:
|
|
|
Fiscal Quarter |
|
Interest Coverage Ratio |
Q4 2009
|
|
1.25 |
Q1 2010
|
|
1.25 |
Q2 2010
|
|
1.50 |
Q3 2010
|
|
1.75 |
Q4 2010
|
|
2.50 |
Q1 2011 and each fiscal quarter thereafter
|
|
3.00 |
(c) Capital Expenditures. Permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by
the Loan Parties during any fiscal year set forth below to exceed the amount set forth opposite
such fiscal year:
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|
|
Fiscal Year |
|
Maximum Capital Expenditure Amount |
|
|
($) |
2010
|
|
200,000,000 |
2011
|
|
215,000,000 |
Each fiscal year thereafter
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|
250,000,000 |
; provided, that (a) up to 100% of any such amount referred to above, if not expended in
the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next
succeeding fiscal year and (b) Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this Section during any fiscal
year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided
above and, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the prior fiscal year pursuant to clause
(a) above.
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7.2. Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) intercompany Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Investment permitted by
Section 7.7(f) so long as any such Indebtedness owing by a Loan Party to any Person
other than a Loan Party shall, in each case, be evidenced by an Intercompany
Subordinated Note (other than, and solely to the extent that, such Intercompany
Subordinated Note would be prohibited by any law or regulation of a jurisdiction
where any such Person that is a Foreign Subsidiary is located or organized);
(c) unsecured Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
by (i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower or any
Guarantor or (ii) any Subsidiary that is not Loan Party of any obligations of a
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the
occurrence of the Effective Date) and listed on Schedule 7.2(d);
(e) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations)
secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(f) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) with respect to the Loan Parties,
$35,000,000 and (y) with respect to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties,
$150,000,000, in each case, at any one time outstanding;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of
workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance, bid and
surety bonds and completion guaranties, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar
instrument inadvertently drawn by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of business against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is
repaid within five Business Days;
(i) letters of credit issued for the account of any Group Member (including
Specified Letters of Credit), so long as the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn face
amount thereof, (ii) any unreimbursed obligations in respect thereof and (iii) the
aggregate amount of pledges and deposits made pursuant to Section 7.3(t) below does
not exceed $225,000,000 at any time;
(j) obligations of Chinese Subsidiaries in respect of Chinese Acceptance Notes
in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Indebtedness of a joint venture (including a joint venture which is treated
as a Subsidiary as a result of FASB Interpretation No. 46 issued by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board) as long as such Indebtedness is non-recourse to the
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Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $150,000,000 at any time;
(l) Indebtedness incurred by any Group Member other than a Loan Party pursuant
to working capital lines of credit or any overdraft line or other cash management
system in an aggregate outstanding principal amount for all such Group Members at
the close of business on any day not to exceed $150,000,000;
(m) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Second Lien Term Loan
Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600,000,000, plus
(x) interest thereon that is paid-in-kind and (y) any additional amount permitted
under the Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) Guarantee Obligations of any Guarantor
in respect of such Indebtedness;
(n) Indebtedness under tax-favored or government-sponsored financing
transactions; provided that (i) the terms of such transactions and the Group Members
party thereto have been approved by the Administrative Agent, (ii) such Indebtedness
is not senior in right of payment to the Obligations, (iii) any Lien on Collateral
arising pursuant to such transactions is subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral
securing the Obligations and (iv) the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness shall not exceed $75,000,000 at any time;
(o) Indebtedness incurred by any Group Member in order to finance Permitted
Acquisitions;
(p) Seller Debt and Earn-outs incurred in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions; provided, that such Seller Debt or Earn-outs shall be
subordinated and/or restricted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent at the time they are contemplated to be incurred;
(q) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired pursuant to a
Permitted Acquisition (or Indebtedness assumed at the time of a Permitted
Acquisition of an asset securing such Indebtedness); provided that (i) such
Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) such Indebtedness does not
constitute debt for borrowed money, it being understood and agreed that Capitalized
Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness shall not constitute debt for
borrowed money for purposes of this subclause (ii);
(r) contingent obligations with respect to customary indemnification
obligations in favor of sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted under
Section 7.7 and purchasers in connection with Dispositions permitted under Section
7.5;
(s) provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would occur as a consequence thereof, Indebtedness which serves to refund, replace,
extend repurchase, redeem or refinance any Indebtedness permitted under paragraphs
(d), (e), (f), (o) or (q) above, or any Indebtedness issued to so refund, replace,
extend, repurchase or refinance such Indebtedness, including, in each case,
additional Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums),
defeasance costs and fees and expenses in connection therewith (collectively, the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) at or prior to its respective
maturity; provided, however, that:
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(i) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such
refinanced Indebtedness at the time of such refunding or refinancing;
(ii) to the extent such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness refinances
Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations at least
to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced;
(iii) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be in a principal
amount in excess of the principal amount of, premium, if any, accrued interest on,
and related fees and expenses of, the Indebtedness being refunded, replaced,
extended, repurchased, redeemed or refinanced (including any premium, expenses,
costs and fees incurred in connection with such refund, replacement or refinancing);
(iv) the obligors in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
(including in their capacities as primary obligor and guarantor) are the same as for
the Indebtedness being refinanced; and
(v) any Liens securing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not extended
to any property which does not secure the Indebtedness being refinanced; and
(t) unsecured Indebtedness and unsecured Guarantee Obligations of any Loan
Party in respect of such unsecured Indebtedness so long as the Net Cash Proceeds
thereof are applied to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.9(a).
7.3. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect
thereto (if required by GAAP) are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP (or, in the case of
Foreign Subsidiaries, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time
to time in their respective jurisdiction of organization);
(b) landlords carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens,
repairmens, supplier, construction or other like Liens in the ordinary course of
business that are not overdue for a period of more than 45 days or that are being
bonded or contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) (i) pledges or deposits made in connection with workers compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, and (ii) Liens (A) of
a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of
the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the
items being collected upon or (B) in favor of a banking institution or financial
intermediary, encumbering amounts credited to deposit or securities accounts
(including the right of set-off) arising in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the maintenance of such accounts;
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(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds, utility payments and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(e) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate
survey would disclose, mortgage rights, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and
other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens in existence on the Closing Date (after giving effect to the
occurrence of the Effective Date) and listed on Schedule 7.3(f) and extensions,
renewals and replacements of any such Liens so long as the principal amount of
Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby is not increased and so long as
such Liens are not extended to any other property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary
incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(e) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital
assets; provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within 30 days of the
acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time
encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and
proceeds thereof and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not
increased and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Liens so long as the
principal amount of Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby is not
increased and so long as such Liens are not extended to any other property of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(i) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering
only the assets so leased;
(j) Liens with respect of leases, licenses, sublicenses or subleases granted to
others not interfering in any material respect with the businesses of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) Liens with respect to operating leases not prohibited under this Agreement
and entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii)
the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date such Lien is incurred) of
the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries)
$35,000,000 at any one time;
(m) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries securing
obligations of such Persons that are not prohibited by Section 7.2 so long as the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations for borrowed money secured
thereby does not exceed (as to all Foreign Subsidiaries) $75,000,000 at any one
time;
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(n) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary
course of business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related inventory and
proceeds thereof;
(o) Liens on the assets of joint ventures and their Subsidiaries securing
obligations of such Persons that are not prohibited by Section 7.2 so long as such
Liens do not encumber any assets or property of the Borrower or its other
Subsidiaries;
(p) attachment, judgment or other similar Liens securing judgments or decrees
not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) or securing appeal or
other surety bonds related to such judgments or decrees;
(q) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing
Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(r) statutory Liens and rights of offset arising in the ordinary course of
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(s) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of a Foreign
Subsidiary permitted by Sections 7.2(f) and 7.2(k) and securing other obligations
under the agreements governing or relating to such Indebtedness, so long as such
Liens do not encumber the Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(t) pledges or deposits made to support any obligations of the Group Members
(including cash collateral to secure obligations under letters of credit permitted
pursuant to Section 7.2(i)) so long as (without duplication) the sum of (i) the
aggregate undrawn face amount of letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section
7.2(i) above, (ii) any unreimbursed obligations in respect of letters of credit
permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(i) above and (iii) the aggregate amount of such
pledges and deposits does not exceed the limit set forth in Section 7.2(i);
(u) Liens arising in connection with financing transactions permitted by
Section 7.2(n), provided that such liens do not at any time encumber any property
unless approved by the Administrative Agent and such Liens otherwise comply with
Section 7.2(n);
(v) Liens on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) securing the obligations
under the Second Lien Term Loan Documents; provided that such Liens are
subordinated pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(w) Liens on property or assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition,
or on property or assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower in existence at the time
such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i)
any Indebtedness that is secured by such Liens is permitted to exist under Section
7.2(q), and (ii) such Liens are not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation
or anticipation of, such Permitted Acquisition and do not attach to any other asset
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and extensions, renewals and replacements
of any such Liens so long as the principal amount of Indebtedness or other
obligations secured thereby is not increased and so long as such Liens are not
extended to any other property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(x) statutory Liens and Liens granted by any orders in any proceeding in
connection with the CCAA Cases, in each case on any assets of any Canadian
Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(y) Liens on receivables and customary related assets subject to a Receivable
Financing Transaction; and
(z) the exchange or transfer within China of Chinese Acceptance Notes by
Chinese Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business.
7.4. Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve
itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its
property or business, except that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated with or into or
transferred to the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation) or with, into or to any Guarantor
(provided that the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation or simultaneously therewith, the continuing corporation shall become a
Guarantor);
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party may be merged,
consolidated, amalgamated, liquidated, wound-up, dissolved or all or substantially
all of its property or business Disposed of with, into or to a Subsidiary that is
not a Loan Party;
(c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets to
the Borrower or any Guarantor (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise);
(d) any Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.5 may be
completed; and
(e) any Permitted Acquisition otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.7 may
be completed.
7.5. Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of
any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiarys Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property or property no longer
useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) the Disposition of inventory or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(c), Restricted Payments permitted by
Section 7.6 and Investments permitted by Section 7.7;
(d) the Disposition or issuance of any Subsidiarys Capital Stock to the
Borrower or any Guarantor;
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(e) the licensing and cross-licensing arrangements of technology or other
intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;
(f) the Disposition of any property or assets (i) to any Loan Party and (ii) by
any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party;
(g) transfers of property as a result of any Recovery Event;
(h) leases, occupancy agreements and subleases of property in the ordinary
course of business;
(i) the Disposition by the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries of account
receivables of General Motors Corporation, Chrysler LLC and their affiliates and
customary related property to special purpose vehicles established by General Motors
Corporation and Chrysler LLC pursuant to the United States Department of the
Treasurys Auto Supplier Support Programs;
(j) the Disposition of receivables and customary related assets (i) in
connection with a Receivables Financing Transaction or (ii) pursuant to factoring
programs on customary market terms for such transactions and with respect to
receivables of, and generated by, Group Members that are not Loan Parties;
(k) the Disposition for fair market value of certain assets in Sweden related
to the transfer of certain programs to a competitor as previously disclosed to the
Administrative Agent;
(l) the exchange or transfer within China of Chinese Acceptance Notes by
Chinese Subsidiaries of the Borrower; and
(m) the Disposition of other property (other than receivables and customary
related assets) having a fair market value not to exceed 5% of Consolidated Total
Tangible Assets in the aggregate during any fiscal year of the Borrower;
provided that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied to prepay the Loans
to the extent required by Section 2.9(b).
7.6. Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the
Person making such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other
acquisition of, any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether now or
hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower (collectively, Restricted Payments), except that (a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted
Payments to any Loan Party, (b) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Group Member
that is its parent company so long as, in the case of any Restricted Payment made by a Loan Party,
such parent company is also a Loan Party, and (c) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments with
respect to the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, provided that each Group Member shareholder of
such Subsidiary receives at least its ratable share thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
cashless exercise of stock options granted pursuant to any employee benefit plan shall not be
construed as a Restricted Payment.
7.7. Investments. Make any Investment except:
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(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans and advances to employees or directors of any Group Member in the
ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation
expenses);
(e) Investments in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the proceeds of any Reinvestment
Deferred Amount;
(f) intercompany Investments by (i) any Group Member in the Borrower or any
Person that, prior to such investment, is a Guarantor, (ii) by any Subsidiary that
is not a Loan Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iii) by any
Loan Party in a Foreign Subsidiary to fund in the ordinary course of business
foreign operations and (iv) by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party, provided that the aggregate amount of Investments under clause (iv)
in Subsidiaries that are organized under the laws of a Specified Jurisdiction shall
not exceed $200,000,000 at any one time outstanding in the aggregate plus, without
duplication, all cash returns of principal or capital, cash dividends and other cash
returns received by any Loan Party after the date hereof from any Subsidiary that is
organized under the laws of a Specified Jurisdiction;
(g) Investments consisting of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2;
(h) prepaid expenses and lease, utility, workers, compensation, performance and
other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of
business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement or delinquent
obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising out of the
ordinary course of business;
(j) Investments in existence on the Closing Date;
(k) Investments in Greenfield Holdings, LLC and Integrated Manufacturing and
Assembly L.L.C. to the extent that such Investments are made in the ordinary course
of a Loan Partys business, for cash management purposes and not exceeding
$50,000,000 at any one time outstanding plus, without duplication, all cash
returns of principal or capital, cash dividends and other cash returns received by
any Loan Party after the date hereof from Greenfield Holdings, LLC or Integrated
Manufacturing and Assembly L.L.C.;
(l) the Disposition or contribution by the Borrower and certain of its domestic
Subsidiaries of certain metals and electronics assets to its existing Subsidiaries
consistent with the restructuring plan including in the financial projections; and
(m) Swap Agreements permitted by Section 7.9;
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(n) Investments in Special Purpose Subsidiaries arising or made under
Receivable Financing Transactions;
(o) Permitted Acquisitions; and
(p) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section,
Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $200,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
7.8. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property,
the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any
Affiliate (other than transactions among Group Members) unless such transaction (a) is otherwise
permitted under this Agreement, (b) is in the ordinary course of business of the relevant Groups
Member, upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Group Member than it would
obtain in a comparable arms length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate; or (c)
involves any Lender or Agent (or their Affiliates) in its capacity as Lender or Agent under this
Agreement.
7.9. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate
risks to which any Group Member has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock
of any Person) and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange
interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or
otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investments of any Group Member,
provided that in each case such agreements are not entered into for speculative purposes.
7.10. Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the
Borrowers method of determining fiscal quarters.
7.11. Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or permit to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits
(other than a dollar limit, provided that such dollar limit is sufficient in amount to allow at all
times the Liens to secure the obligations under the Loan Documents in full) the ability of any Loan
Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements
governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in
which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed
thereby and proceeds thereof), (c) the Second Lien Term Loan Documents, any agreement governing any
Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date and any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness of such Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date (provided that the prohibition or
limitation contained therein is no less favorable to the Lenders than that which exists in the
agreement governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date), (d) customary provisions in joint
venture agreements and similar agreements that restrict the transfer of assets of, or equity
interests in, joint ventures, (e) customary provisions in any agreements governing any Receivable
Financing Transaction (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against
the assets conveyed thereunder) and (f) licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business (in which case, any
prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the intellectual property subject
thereto).
7.12. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any
other Loan Party, (b) make loans or advances to, or
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other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or (c) transfer any of its assets
to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, the Second Lien Term
Loan Documents, any agreement governing any Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date and any
agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness existing as of the
Closing Date (provided that the prohibition or limitation contained therein is no less favorable to
the Lenders than that which exists in the agreement governing such Indebtedness as of the Closing
Date), (ii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and similar agreements that restrict
the transfer of equity interests in joint ventures (which are not Subsidiaries of the Borrower) (in
which case such restrictions shall relate only to assets of, or equity interests in, such joint
venture), (iii) any restrictions regarding licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business (in which case such
restriction shall relate only to such intellectual property); (iv) customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of all or a substantial part of the capital
stock or assets of any Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions
apply only to the Subsidiary to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (v) with respect to
restrictions described in clause (a) of this Section 7.12, restrictions contained in agreements
governing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(c) hereof; and (vi) with respect to restrictions
described in clause (c) of this Section 7.12, restrictions contained in agreements governing
Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(e) (as long as such restrictions apply to the property
financed thereby) and (k) hereof (as long as such restrictions apply only to the assets of the
applicable joint venture).
7.13. Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those
businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or
that are reasonably related thereto.
7.14. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans for purposes other than those described in Section 4.15.
7.15. Optional Payments and Modifications of Second Lien Term Loan Documents. Except to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, (a) make or offer to make
any payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise defease or segregate funds with
respect to the Second Lien Term Loans other than scheduled payments of interest; or (b) amend,
modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or
other change to, any of the terms of the Second Lien Term Loan Documents (other than any such
amendment, modification, waiver or other change that would extend the maturity or reduce the amount
of any payment of principal thereof or reduce the rate or extend any date for payment of interest
thereon and is not otherwise materially adverse to the Lenders).
7.16. Sale and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Loan Party of
real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Loan Party to such
Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such property or rental obligations of such Loan Party unless the Net Cash Proceeds
received by such Loan Party have been used to make a prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section
2.9(b) above.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.1. Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
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(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when due in
accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on
any Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in
accordance with the terms hereof; or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein
or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or
financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with
this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate
in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any
agreement contained in clause (i) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to the Borrower
only), Section 6.7(a) or Section 7 of this Agreement or Section ___and ___of
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or
(d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as
provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower; or
(e) any Group Member (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) default in
making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee
Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with
respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such
Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or
agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the
observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of
which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or
beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness
constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided, that a
default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph
(e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one
or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect
to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount (or the termination value, as
applicable) of which exceeds in the aggregate $35,000,000; or
(f) (i) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than 3% Subsidiaries)
shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future
law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered
with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution,
composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official
for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets; or
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(ii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than 3% Subsidiaries) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature
referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief
or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged
for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than 3% Subsidiaries) any case, proceeding or other
action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar
process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry
of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or
stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the
Board of Directors of the Borrower shall authorize any action set forth in clause
(i) above; or (v) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than 3%
Subsidiaries) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing
its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or (vi) or the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries (other than 3% Subsidiaries) shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; provided that all 3% Subsidiaries that are
subject to any of the proceedings or actions described in clauses (i) through (vi)
of this paragraph (f) shall not at any time contribute in the aggregate more than 5%
of Consolidated Assets or more than 5% of Consolidated Revenues; or
(g) (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred; (ii) a trustee shall be appointed
by a United States district court to administer any Single Employer Plan, (iii) the
PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any Single Employer Plan(s); (iv) any
Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates shall have been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed
Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such entity does not have
reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting
such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; or (v) any other event
or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in
clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such
events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member
involving in the aggregate a liability (excluding any amounts paid or covered by
insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) of
$35,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated,
discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof;
or
(i) any of the Loan Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force
and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or
any Liens created by any Loan Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the
same effect and priority purported to be created thereby other than by reason of the
release thereof in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; or
(j) a Change of Control shall have occurred; or
(k) the Intercreditor Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full
force and effect or the Liens securing the obligations under the Second Lien Term
Loan Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Liens
securing the Obligations, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall
assert any of the foregoing;
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then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or
(ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall
immediately terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all amounts to be
paid pursuant to Section 2.6(a)) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is
any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments to be
terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued
interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. Except
as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of
any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
9.1. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the
agent and the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes each of the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, to take such action on its behalf under the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as
applicable, by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not have any
duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship
with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable.
9.2. Delegation of Duties. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither
Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. The exculpatory provisions of this Agreement and of the other
Loan Documents shall apply to any such agent or attorney-in-fact and to their Related Parties (as
defined below).
9.3. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors,
attorneys-in-fact, controlling persons or affiliates (collectively, the Related Parties) shall be
(i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the
foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted from its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided
for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any
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failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
9.4. Reliance by Agents. The Agents and their Related Parties shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, telecopy, facsimile or email message, statement, order or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agents. The Agents and their
Related Parties may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes
unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with
the Administrative Agent. The Agents and their Related Parties shall be fully justified in failing
or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall
first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this
Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) as it
deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any
and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take
any such action. The Agents and their Related Parties shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in
accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement), and such request
and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and
all future holders of the Loans.
9.5. Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default unless such Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to
this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a
notice of default. In the event that an Agent receives such a notice, such Agent shall give
notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agents shall take such action with respect to such Default or
Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by
this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement);
provided that unless and until the Agents shall have received such directions, the Agents may (but
shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as they shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
9.6. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties
have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the any Agent hereafter taken,
including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be
deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender
represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any
other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision
to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to
the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan
Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required
to be furnished to the
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Lenders by the Agents hereunder, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations,
property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or
any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Agents or any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and its Related Parties (each, an Agent
Indemnitee) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of
the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Outstanding Percentages in effect on
the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid
in full, ratably in accordance with such Outstanding Percentages immediately prior to such date),
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind (including reasonable attorneys fees
and expenses) whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising
out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Indemnitees gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
9.8. Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage
in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect
to its Loans made or renewed by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include each Agent in its individual
capacity.
9.9. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days notice to the
Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the
Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the
rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term Administrative Agent shall
mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former
Administrative Agents rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated,
without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative
Agents notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agents resignation shall nevertheless
thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agents resignation as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 and of Section 10.5 shall continue to inure
to its benefit. The Administrative Agent may in its discretion resign as Collateral Agent at any
time it resigns as Administrative Agent.
9.10. Execution of Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby empower and authorize the Agents, on behalf of the Lenders, to execute
and deliver to the Loan Parties the other Loan Documents
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and all related agreements, certificates, documents, or instruments as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees that any action taken
by the Agents or the Required Lenders (or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this
Agreement) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the
exercise by the Agents or the Required Lenders (or any other instructing group of Lenders specified
by this Agreement) of their respective powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other
powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
9.11. Collateral Agent. (a) The provisions of Section 9 that apply to the Administrative Agent shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to the Collateral Agent and to any successor Collateral Agent, as applicable;
provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent shall have the
right to appoint a successor to itself as Collateral Agent and without the consent of any Lender.
(b) The Collateral Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of
any notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any action with
respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain a
perfected security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan
Documents. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for
moneys actually received by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Collateral
Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with
respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, trades or other matters relative to any
Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as
to taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral (including the filing of UCC Financing and Continuation Statements).
The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised appropriate and due care in the custody and
preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which other collateral agents accord similar property.
(c) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as an agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be entitled to all right, privileges, protections,
immunities, benefits and indemnities provided to the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Amendments and Waivers. (a) Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may
be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1.
The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the
written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the
relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or
of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument,
any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of
Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled
date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date of any principal amortization payment in
respect of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in
connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which
waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders), (y) in connection with the
waiver or extension of any mandatory prepayment hereunder, and (z) that any amendment or
modification of
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defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a
reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled
date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lenders
Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (ii)
eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 10.1 without the written
consent of such Lender; (iii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders
or Supermajority Lenders or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case without the
written consent of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 or any other
provision of any Loan Document that affects the Administrative Agent without the written consent of
the Administrative Agent; (v) release all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the
Obligations or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the consent of each Lender; or (vi) amend
or modify the definition of Restructuring Term Sheet without the written consent of the
Supermajority Lenders. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall
apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and
rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived
shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may amend or supplement the
Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents without the consent of any Lender or the
Required Lenders (but with the consent of the Borrower to the extent required under the
Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency
in the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents.
(c) The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that requests any payment under
Section 2.16 or 2.17(a) or that does not consent to any proposed amendment, supplement,
modification, consent or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that
requires the consent of each of the Lenders or each of the Lenders affected thereby (so long as the
consent of the Required Lenders has been obtained), with a replacement financial institution;
provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) the
replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such
replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall be liable to such
replaced Lender under Section 2.18 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be
purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (iv) the replacement
financial institution shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the
replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the processing and
recordation fee referred to therein) and (vi) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have
against the replaced Lender.
(d) In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written
consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant
Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all or a portion of the
Loans outstanding hereunder (Refinanced Terms Loans) with a replacement term loan tranche
hereunder which shall be Loans hereunder (Replacement Term Loans); provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal
amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of such
Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such
Refinanced Term Loans at the time of
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such refinancing and (iii) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be
substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing, such Replacement Term Loans
than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for
covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of any Loans in
effect immediately prior to such refinancing.
10.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective
shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall
be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received,
addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in
an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders,
or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
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Lear Corporation |
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21557 Telegraph Road |
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Southfield, Michigan 48034 |
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Attention: Shari L. Burgess |
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Telecopy: (248) 447-1593 |
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Telephone: (248) 447-1580 |
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Email: sburgess@lear.com |
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Lear Corporation |
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21557 Telegraph Road |
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Southfield, Michigan 48034 |
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Attention: Terrence B. Larkin |
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Telecopy: (248) 447-5126 |
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Telephone: (248) 447-5123 |
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Email: TLarkin@lear.com |
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With copies to (which shall not constitute
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
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601 Lexington Avenue |
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New York, NY 10022 |
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Telecopy: (212) 446-6460 |
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Telephone: (212) 446-4792 |
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Email: Leonard.Klingbaum@kirkland.com |
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Winston & Strawn LLP |
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35 West Wacker Drive |
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Chicago, IL 60601-9703 |
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Telecopy: (312) 558-5989 |
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Telephone: (312) 558-5700 |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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Attention: Douglas Jenks |
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Telecopy: (212) 622-4557 |
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Telephone: (212) 622-4521 |
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Email: douglas.jenks@chase.com |
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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Attention: Goh Siew Tan |
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Telecopy: (212) 622-4556 |
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Telephone: (212) 622-4575 |
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1111 Fannin Street, Floor 10 |
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Houston, TX 77002 |
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Attention: Alice Telles |
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Telecopy: (713) 750-2938 |
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provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agents or the Lenders shall not
be effective until received.
Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent
or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.
10.4. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any
document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other
extensions of credit hereunder.
10.5. Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse each Agent for all its reasonable,
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and
execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the
consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and any financial advisor or third party
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consultants or appraisers to and each Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with
statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date
(in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on such
other periodic basis as each Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and
each Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, including in connection with any
work-out, restructuring, forbearance or other amendment providing relief to the Borrower, the other
Loan Documents and any such other documents related thereto, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel and any financial advisor or third party consultants or appraisers to each
Agent and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the several Lenders; provided that,
in the case of clauses (a) and (b), the Borrower shall not be obligated to so reimburse for more
than one law firm (and, in addition to such law firm, any local counsel engaged in each relevant
jurisdiction by such law firm) as counsel for the Lenders and the Agents, (c) to pay, indemnify,
and hold each Lender and each Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees, if any,
that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of,
or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment,
supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents and any such other documents related thereto, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and
hold each Lender and each Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
agents, advisors, trustees and controlling persons (each, an Indemnitee) harmless from and
against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of any
litigation, investigation or proceeding with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents and instruments referred to therein, including any of the foregoing relating to the use
of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by
any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause
(d), collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities), provided, that the Borrower shall have no
obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and
agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages,
costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of
them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section
10.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after a reasonably detailed written demand therefor.
Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall
be submitted to Shari
Burgess (Telecopy No. (248) 447-1593; Telephone No. 248-447-1580; and Email: sburgess@lear.com), at
the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be
hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The
agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (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, 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
without such consent shall be null and void), (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
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Section and (iii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations
hereunder to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below and subject to
paragraph (a)(iii) above, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an
Assignee) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be
required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or
an Approved Fund; and
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders
Commitments, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each
such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to
such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000
unless the Administrative Agent otherwise consents;
(B) (1) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500
and (2) the assigning Lender shall have paid in full any amounts owing by it to the
Administrative Agent; and
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit
contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public
information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their
respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in
accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal
and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 10.6, Eligible Assignee means (a) a commercial
bank, financial institution, financial company, fund or insurance company that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course or (b) any other Person that is not a competitor of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or an affiliate of any such competitor; and Approved Fund means any Person
(other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed
by (a) a Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and 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 Lenders 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 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 10.5). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not comply with this Section 10.6 shall be
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treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in
such rights and obligations in accordance with and to the extent permitted by paragraph (c)
of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to
it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the
Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries in the Register shall
be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignees completed administrative questionnaire
(unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation
fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment
required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in
the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a Participant) in all or a portion
of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under
this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant
to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will
not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that
(1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the
second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph
(c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 10.7(a) as though it were a
Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent. Any Participant that
is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless such
Participant complies with Section 2.17(d).
(iii) In the event that any Lender sells a participation in a Loan, such Lender shall,
acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it
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the name and address of all participants in the Loans held by it and the principal
amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Loan which is the subject of the
participation (the Participation Register). A Loan may be participated in whole
or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participation Register. Any
transfer of such participation may be effected only by the Registration of such transfer on
the Participation Register. The entries in the Participation Register shall be conclusive
absent manifest error and such Lender shall treat such participants whose name is recorded
in the Participation Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Participation Register shall be
available for inspection by the Administrative Agent at any reasonable time upon reasonable
prior notice.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue
Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph
(d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it
may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 10.6(b) (but with
regard to the requirements set forth in Section 10.6(b)(iv)). Each of the Borrower, each Lender
and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or
join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for
one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued
by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender
hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost,
damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit
Lender during such period of forbearance.
10.7. Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement, any other Loan Document or a court order
expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or Lenders (including
assignments made pursuant to Section 10.6), if any Lender (a Benefited Lender) shall, at any time
after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become due and payable
pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or
receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, or
otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other
Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefited Lender
shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the
Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits
of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess
payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if
all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited
Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the
extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall
have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower or the Guarantors, any such notice being
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expressly waived by the Borrower and the Guarantors to the extent permitted by applicable law,
upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by the Borrower or the Guarantors hereunder (whether
at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against
such Obligations any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but
not any trust or fiduciary account), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or
claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured
or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for
the credit or the account of the Borrower or the Guarantors, as the case may be. Each Lender
agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such setoff and application.
10.8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement
by email or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be
lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
10.9. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction.
10.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Loan
Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, or any Lender relative to the subject matter
hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
10.11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or
for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of (i) any State or Federal court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in New York County, New York; and (ii) appellate courts from
any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts
and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such
action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
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similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Loan Party at its address set
forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent
shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any
other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have
to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section
any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13. Acknowledgements. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender has
any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Lenders, on one
hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith
is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or
otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders
or among the Loan Parties and the Lenders.
10.14. Releases of Guarantees and Liens. (a)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document,
each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each
Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by
Section 10.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing, or
subordinating any Lien on, any Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to
permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been
consented to in accordance with Section 10.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph
(b) below.
(b) At such time as the Loans and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than
obligations under or in respect of Specified Letters of Credit and Specified Swap Agreements and
any contingent indemnification obligations) shall have been paid in full, the Collateral shall be
released from the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and all obligations related thereto (other
than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Loan Party shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or
performance of any act by any Person.
10.15. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public
information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or
in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the provider thereof as confidential;
provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing
any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof,
(b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or
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Transferee or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional
advisors to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys,
accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, provided that such
Persons have been advised of the confidentiality provisions hereof and are subject thereto, (d)
upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court
or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law,
(f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g)
that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any
similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information
about a Lenders investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such
Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its
Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has
developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it
will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable
law, including Federal and state securities laws.
All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public
information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective
securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information
that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and
applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
10.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
10.17. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which
information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow
such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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Annex III
Conditions Precedent to Permitted Acquisitions
(1) the Administrative Agent shall receive not less than ten Business Days prior written
notice of such Acquisition, which notice shall include a reasonably detailed description of the
proposed terms of such Acquisition and identify the anticipated closing date thereof;
(2) concurrently with such Acquisition, the Borrower shall comply, and shall cause the Target
to the extent applicable to comply, with the provisions of Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement;
(3) after giving effect to such Acquisition and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in
connection therewith, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, and (b) the Borrower shall be
in compliance on a pro forma basis with the covenants set forth in Section 7.1 recomputed for the
most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which information is available regarding the
business being acquired;
(4) all material consents necessary for such Acquisition have been acquired and such
Acquisition shall have been approved by the applicable Targets board of directors or similar
governing body;
(5) the applicable Target shall be engaged in substantially the same type of business as the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries or a reasonable extension thereof;
(6) the aggregate consideration (including all (i) cash and other property (other than common
stock of the Borrower), (ii) Earn-Outs, (iii) Seller Debt and (iv) any other Indebtedness that is
assumed or acquired by the Borrower of any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Acquisition)
paid in connection with all Acquisitions shall not exceed $400,000,000.
EX-10.3 LENDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.3
LEAR CORPORATION
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48033
July 6, 2009
To the Holders of Lender Claims
Referred to Below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement (the Agreement) sets forth certain terms and conditions
pursuant to which Lear Corporation (Lear) and certain of its domestic and Canadian
subsidiaries (together with Lear, collectively the Debtors) will propose their jointly
filed chapter 11 plan of reorganization (a Plan) on a consensual basis with the support
of the lenders (the Lenders) party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit and
Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 25, 2006 (as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from
time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Lear, certain of its subsidiaries party
thereto, the Lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as general administrative agent thereunder (in
such capacity, the Administrative Agent), and the other parties signatory thereto.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Restructuring Term Sheet (as defined below).
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Proposed Plan of Reorganization
Each of the Debtors proposes to commence voluntary, pre-arranged cases (collectively, the
Chapter 11 Cases) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York (the Bankruptcy Court) to be jointly administered. Certain Canadian subsidiary
Debtors (the Canadian Debtors) propose to commence parallel cases under section 18.6 of
the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (the CCAA Cases) in the Ontario Superior Courts
Commercial List (the Canadian Court), in which such Canadian Debtors will seek relief
consistent with the relief sought by the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases. As part of the Chapter 11
Cases, the Debtors intend to file a disclosure statement and related Plan, which will provide for,
among other things, certain distributions on account of the claims of the Lenders under the Credit
Agreement (the Lender Claims).
2. Representations and Warranties of the Participating
Lenders
Each Lender identified as a holder of Lender Claims on the signature pages hereto (such
Lenders, the Participating Lenders) represents and warrants to the Debtors that, as of
the date hereof:
(a) Such Participating Lender (i) either (A) is the sole beneficial owner of the principal
amount of Lender Claims set forth below under its signature hereto, or (B) has sole
investment or voting discretion with respect to the principal amount of Lender Claims set
forth below under its signature and has the power and authority to bind the beneficial owner(s) of
such Lender Claims to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) has full power and authority to act on
behalf of, vote and consent to matters concerning such Lender Claims and to dispose of, exchange,
assign and transfer such Lender Claims. For the purposes of this Agreement, Participating Lenders
shall not include a holder of Lender Claims signatory hereto in its capacity or to the extent of
its holdings as a public-side broker or market maker of Lender Claims or any other claim against or
security in the Debtors.
(b) Such Participating Lender has made no prior assignment, sale, participation, grant,
conveyance, or other transfer of, and has not entered into any other agreement to assign, sell,
participate, grant, convey or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any portion of its right,
title, or interests in any Lender Claims that are subject to this Agreement that are inconsistent
with the representations and warranties of such Participating Lender herein or would render such
Participating Lender otherwise unable to comply with this Agreement and perform its obligations
hereunder.
(c) Such Participating Lender (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of entering into this
Agreement and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted an independent review
and analysis of the business and affairs of the Debtors that it considers sufficient and reasonable
for purposes of entering into this Agreement and (ii) is an accredited investor (as defined by
Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
3. Support for a Qualified Plan
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and for so long this Agreement has not been
terminated as provided herein, and except as otherwise specifically requested in writing by Lear,
each Participating Lender shall (and, in the case of the following clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and
(e), shall cause each of its affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, agents and employees to)
(a) (i) vote its Lender Claims to accept any Plan proposed by the Debtors incorporating the terms
and conditions set forth on the term sheet annexed hereto as Exhibit 1, which term sheet is
expressly incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth
herein (as such term sheet may be modified in accordance with Section 9 hereof, the
Restructuring Term Sheet), consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and
the Restructuring Term Sheet, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors (a
Qualified Plan) by delivering its duly executed and completed ballot accepting such
Qualified Plan on a timely basis following commencement of the solicitation of acceptances of such
Qualified Plan in accordance with sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) not change
or withdraw such vote (or cause or direct such vote to be changed or withdrawn), (b) support, and
take all reasonable actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Debtors to facilitate, the
solicitation, confirmation and consummation of a Qualified Plan and the transactions contemplated
thereby, (c) not object to, or vote any of its Lender Claims to reject, a Qualified Plan or
otherwise take any action or commence any proceeding to oppose or to seek any modification of a
Qualified Plan, the related disclosure statement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Debtors and consistent in all material respects with this Agreement
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and the Restructuring Term Sheet (the Disclosure Statement), or any other
reorganization documents filed by any of the Debtors in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases and
the confirmation of a Qualified Plan, (d) not directly or indirectly seek, solicit, support,
encourage, vote its Lender Claims for, consent to, encourage, or participate in any discussions
regarding or the negotiation or formulation of (i) any plan of reorganization, proposal, offer,
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, merger, consolidation, business combination,
joint venture, partnership, sale of assets or restructuring for any of the Debtors (each, an
Alternative Proposal) other than a Qualified Plan or (ii) any other action that is
inconsistent with, or that would delay or obstruct the proposal, solicitation, confirmation, or
consummation of, a Qualified Plan, and (e) support customary release provisions contained in any
Qualified Plan in favor of the Debtors and its agents, including their respective officers,
directors and employees.
Each Participating Lender agrees to permit disclosure in the Disclosure Statement and any
filings by the Debtors with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory agency
to which the Debtors may be subject of the contents of this Agreement, including, but not limited
to, the aggregate Lender Claims held by all Lenders; provided that (i) the Debtors shall provide a
draft of such disclosure to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Participating Lenders) and a
reasonable amount of time to review such draft prior to such disclosure being made and (ii) the
Debtors shall not disclose the amount of any individual Lender Claim, except as otherwise required
by applicable law.
4. Transfer of Lender Claims
Each Participating Lender agrees that so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in
accordance with its terms it shall not directly or indirectly (a) grant any proxies to any person
in connection with its Lender Claims to vote on the Plan, or (b) sell, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, or grant, issue or sell any option, right to acquire, voting,
participation or other interest in (Transfer) any Lender Claims, except in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement and to a party that agrees in writing to be subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement as a Participating Lender, which writing shall be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Debtors. Each
Participating Lender agrees to notify the Debtors in writing before the close of two (2) business
days after such Transfer of its Lender Claims and to provide the Debtors with a signed agreement of
the transferee agreeing to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement before the
close of two (2) business days after such Transfer. Any Transfer of any Lender Claim that does not
comply with the foregoing shall be deemed void ab initio. This Agreement shall in no way be
construed to preclude any Lender from acquiring additional Lender Claims or any other interests in
any Debtors; provided, however, that any such additional Lender Claims or other
interests in such Debtor shall, upon acquisition, automatically be deemed to be subject to all the
terms of this Agreement.
5. The Debtors Covenants
As long as a Termination Event (as defined below) has not occurred, or has occurred but has
been duly waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Debtors shall, to the
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extent not inconsistent with the fiduciary obligations of any of the Debtors or any of their
respective subsidiaries under applicable law, use their commercially reasonable efforts to:
(a) file the Disclosure Statement and prosecute its approval by the Bankruptcy Court within
the time frame set forth herein;
(b) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an order confirming a Qualified Plan (the
Confirmation Order) within the time frame set forth herein, which Confirmation Order
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Debtors
and consistent in all material respects with this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet; and
(c) effectuate and consummate a Qualified Plan within the timeframe set forth herein.
6. Termination of Obligations
(a) This Agreement shall terminate and all obligations of the parties hereto shall immediately
terminate and be of no further force and effect as follows:
(i) by the mutual written consent of Lear and Participating Lenders holding more than
66 2/3% of the Lender Claims bound under this Agreement (the Requisite Participating
Lenders);
(ii) on the date that is five (5) business days following the occurrence of any of the
events listed below (each, a Termination Event), unless such Termination Event is
waived by the Requisite Participating Lenders within such five (5) business day period:
(A) the Chapter 11 Cases shall not have been filed by July 9, 2009 (or such later
date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Lenders);
(B) a Qualified Plan and the Disclosure Statement shall not have been filed within
60 days after the filing date of the Chapter 11 Cases (the Petition Date) (or
such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Lenders);
(C) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered an order, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, approving the adequacy of the
Disclosure Statement within 150 days after the Petition Date (or such later date as may
be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Lenders);
(D) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Confirmation Order within 270
days after the Petition Date (or such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the
Requisite Participating Lenders);
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(E) a Qualified Plan shall not have been consummated within 300 days after the
Petition Date (or such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite
Participating Lenders);
(F) the Debtors shall (1) materially breach the Debtors covenants set forth in
Section 5 above, (2) publicly announce their intention not to pursue a Qualified Plan,
or (3) propose, accept or file a motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of an
Alternative Proposal;
(G) (1) an examiner with expanded powers or a trustee shall have been appointed in
any of the Chapter 11 Cases, or (2) any of the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been
converted to cases under Chapter 7;
(H) the Chapter 11 Case of any Debtor that is a obligor or guarantor under the
Credit Agreement is involuntarily dismissed;
(I) the Bankruptcy Court does not enter, within 10 days after the Petition Date, an
order governing the use by the Debtors of the Lenders cash collateral and granting
adequate protection to the Lenders, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
2;
(J) the Bankruptcy Court does not enter, within 60 days after the Petition Date, a
debtor in possession financing order, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and approving the DIP Facility (as defined in the Restructuring
Term Sheet);
(K) an event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Debtors
debtor in possession financing facility and the obligations under such facility shall
have been accelerated and declared due and payable;
(L) a Termination Event shall have occurred under the Noteholder Plan Support
Agreement (as defined in the Restructuring Term Sheet); or
(M) there shall have occurred a force majeure event (to be defined as a significant
global disruption in the financial markets caused by outbreak of war, terrorism, or
other incidents, but not adverse changes in the financial, banking or capital markets
generally);
provided that the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide notice of any
Termination Event to Lear (it being understood that failure to provide such notice shall not
constitute a waiver of such Termination Event); or
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(iii) upon delivery of written notice of termination to the Administrative Agent by
Lear following any material breach of any of the Participating Lenders representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms herein, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and of no further force or effect, each party hereto shall be released
from its commitments, undertakings and agreements under or related to this Agreement, and there
shall be no liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto; provided, however, that in no
event shall any such termination relieve a party hereto from liability for its breach or
non-performance of its obligations hereunder prior to the date of such termination. Upon the
occurrence of any termination of this Agreement, any and all votes delivered by a Participating
Lender prior to such termination shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be null and void from the
first instance and shall not be considered or otherwise used in any manner by the Debtors.
7. Specific Performance
It is understood and agreed by the parties that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy
for any breach of this Agreement by any party and each non-breaching party shall be entitled to
seek specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief, including attorneys fees and
costs, as a remedy of any such breach, and each party agrees to waive any requirement for the
securing or posting of a bond in connection with such remedy, in addition to any other remedy to
which such non-breaching party may be entitled, at law or in equity.
8. Prior Negotiations
This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations, and documents reflecting such prior
negotiations, between and among the Debtors and the Lenders (and their respective advisors), with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
9. Amendments
No amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of the terms of this Agreement or the
Restructuring Term Sheet shall be valid unless such amendment, modification, waiver or other
supplement is in writing and has been signed by the Debtors and the Requisite Participating
Lenders, provided, however, (a) the written consent of each Participating Lender shall be required
for any amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of this Agreement that (i) amends or
modifies in any way the definition of Conflicted Lender (as defined below)as used in this Agreement
or (ii) amends or modifies in any way the definition of Requisite Participating Lenders as used in
this Agreement, (b) the written consent of Participating Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of the
aggregate Lender Claims or, if the Participating Lenders hold in the aggregate less than such
percentage of the aggregate Lender Claims, then the written consent of each Participating Lender,
shall be required for any amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of this Agreement
that effects a material change to the treatment of the Class 3A Prepetition Credit Agreement
Secured Claims or the Class 5A Other Unsecured Claims (each as defined in the Restructuring Term
Sheet) from that reflected in the Restructuring Term Sheet as of the date hereof, and (c) a
Conflicted Lender shall
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have no vote on any matter herein and its Lender Claims will not count for any purposes in
calculating Requisite Participating Lenders.
Conflicted Lender shall be any Lender that, as of any date of determination, (a) objects in
any respect to any of the relief requested by the Debtors in their motion for approval of the DIP
Facility filed with the Bankruptcy Court or (b) holds nominal unsecured senior notes claims against
the Debtors that (determined on a percentage basis of the total unsecured senior notes claims
against the Debtors) exceed 50% of its nominal Lender Claims (determined on a percentage basis of
the total Lender Claims of all Lenders). By way of example with respect to clause (b) in the
immediately preceding sentence, if a Lender held 30% of the aggregate Lender Claims, it would be a
Conflicted Lender if it held more than 15% of the aggregate unsecured senior notes claims against
the Debtors.
For the purposes hereof, immaterial changes to the Restructuring Term Sheet shall not
constitute a modification or amendment thereof or of this Agreement and may be made by the Debtors
and the Administrative Agent.
10. Independent Analysis
Each Participating Lender hereby confirms that it has made its own decision to execute this
Agreement based upon its own independent assessment of documents and information available to it,
as it deemed appropriate.
11. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of
the State of New York. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees for itself that any legal action, suit or proceeding
against it with respect to any matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment rendered in any such action, suit or proceeding,
may be brought in either a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New
York. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
accepts and submits itself to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of each such court, generally and
unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing
consent to jurisdiction in either a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State
of New York, upon the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, each of the parties hereto hereby
agrees that, if the petitions have been filed and the Chapter 11 Cases are pending, the Bankruptcy
Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all matters arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
12. Effective Date
Upon delivery of its duly executed counterpart signature page, each Participating Lender shall
be bound to the terms of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall become effective as between the
Debtors and such Participating Lender (the Effective Date); provided, that if as
of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors have not received (a) signature pages to
this Agreement from Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount of Lender
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Claims and (b) signatures to the Noteholder Plan Support Agreement from holders of Unsecured
Note Claims (as defined in the Restructuring Term Sheet) holding more
than 50% of the aggregate
amount of Unsecured Notes Claims, this Agreement shall become null and void.
Upon the Effective Date, the Restructuring Term Sheet shall be deemed effective for the
purposes of this Agreement and thereafter the terms and conditions therein may only be amended,
modified, waived or otherwise supplemented as set forth in Section 9 above.
13. Third-Party Beneficiary
This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and no other person shall
have any rights hereunder.
14. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. Execution
copies of this agreement may be delivered by facsimile or otherwise, which shall be deemed to be an
original for the purposes of this paragraph.
15. Headings
The section headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not,
for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Agreement.
16. Acknowledgment
This Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be a solicitation of consents to the Plan.
The acceptance of the Lenders will not be solicited until the Lenders have received the Disclosure
Statement and related ballot, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
17. Settlement Discussions
This Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet are part of a proposed settlement of matters
that could otherwise be the subject of litigation among the parties hereto. Nothing herein shall
be deemed an admission of any kind. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any applicable
state rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating thereto shall not be
admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than a proceeding to enforce the terms of this
Agreement.
18. No Waiver of Participation and Preservation of Rights
Except as provided in this Agreement, nothing herein is intended to, does or shall be deemed
in any manner to waive, limit, impair or restrict the ability of each of the Lenders to protect and
preserve its rights, remedies and interests, including, but not limited to, its claims against any
of the Debtors, any liens or security interests it may have in any assets of any of the Debtors, or
its full participation in the Chapter 11 Cases. Without limiting the foregoing sentence
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in any way, if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms for any reason, the
parties hereto each fully reserve any and all of their respective rights, remedies and interests,
subject to Section 6(b) in the case of any claim for breach of Agreement arising prior to
termination.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
by their respective duly authorized officers, solely in their respective capacity as officers of
the undersigned and not in any other capacity, as of the date first set forth above.
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[Signature Page Plan Support Agreement]
EX-10.4 NOTEHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION
VERSION
LEAR CORPORATION
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48033
July 6, 2009
To the Holders of Noteholder Claims
Referred to Below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement (the Agreement) sets forth certain terms and conditions
pursuant to which Lear Corporation (Lear) and certain of its domestic and Canadian
subsidiaries (together with Lear, collectively the Debtors) will propose their jointly
filed chapter 11 plan of reorganization (a Plan) on a consensual basis with the support
of certain of the holders (the Noteholders) of (i) 8.50% senior notes due 2013, (ii)
5.75% senior notes due 2014, (iii) 8.75% senior notes due 2016, and/or (iv) zero-coupon convertible
senior notes due 2022 (collectively, the Notes) issued by Lear.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Restructuring Term Sheet (as defined below).
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Proposed Plan of Reorganization
Each of the Debtors proposes to commence voluntary, pre-arranged cases (collectively, the
Chapter 11 Cases) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New
York (the Bankruptcy Court) to be jointly administered. Certain Canadian subsidiary
Debtors (the Canadian Debtors) propose to commence parallel cases under section 18.6 of
the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (the CCAA Cases) in the Ontario Superior Courts
Commercial List (the Canadian Court), in which such Canadian Debtors will seek relief
consistent with the relief sought by the Debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases. As part of the Chapter 11
Cases, the Debtors intend to file a disclosure statement and related Plan, which will provide for,
among other things, certain distributions on account of the claims of the Noteholders under the
Notes (together with all related claims, rights and causes of action arising out of or in
connection with or otherwise relating to such Notes, the Noteholder Claims).
2. Representations and Warranties of the Participating
Noteholders
Each Noteholder identified as a holder of Noteholder Claims on the signature pages hereto
(such Noteholders, the Participating Noteholders) (for the avoidance of doubt if the
Noteholder is specified on the relevant signature as a particular group or business within an
entity, Participating Noteholder shall mean such group or
business and shall not mean the entity or its affiliates, or any other desk or business
thereof, or any third party funds advised thereby) represents and warrants to the Debtors that, as
of the date hereof:
(a) Such Participating Noteholder (i) either (A) is the beneficial owner of the principal
amount of Notes set forth below under its signature hereto, or (B) has investment or voting
discretion (other than ordinary course pledges and/or swaps) with respect to the principal amount
of Notes set forth below under its signature and has the power and authority to bind the beneficial
owner(s) of such Notes and Noteholder Claims to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) has full power
and authority to act on behalf of, vote and consent to matters concerning such Notes and Noteholder
Claims and to dispose of, exchange, assign and transfer such Notes and Noteholder Claims.
(b) Such Participating Noteholder has made no prior assignment, sale, participation, grant,
conveyance, or other transfer of, and has not entered into any other agreement to assign, sell,
participate, grant, convey or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, any portion of its right,
title, or interests in any Notes or Noteholder Claims that are subject to this Agreement (other
than ordinary course pledges and/or swaps) that are inconsistent with the representations and
warranties of such Participating Noteholder herein or would render such Participating Noteholder
otherwise unable to comply with this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder.
(c) Such Participating Noteholder (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of entering
into this Agreement and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted an independent
review and analysis of the business and affairs of the Debtors that it considers sufficient and
reasonable for purposes of entering into this Agreement and (ii) is an accredited investor (as
defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
For the purposes of this Agreement, Participating Noteholders shall not include a holder of
Notes or Noteholder Claims signatory hereto in its capacity or to the extent of its holdings as a
public-side broker, dealer or market maker of Notes or Noteholder Claims or any other claim against
or security in the Debtors.
3. Support for a Qualified Plan
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and for so long this Agreement has not been
terminated as provided herein, each Participating Noteholder shall, with respect to the Noteholder
Claims that it beneficially owns or has investment or voting discretion with respect to at such
time, (a) (i) vote its Noteholder Claims to accept any Plan proposed by the Debtors incorporating
the terms and conditions set forth on the term sheet annexed hereto as Exhibit 1, which term sheet
is expressly incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Agreement as if fully set
forth herein (as such term sheet may be modified in accordance with Section 10 hereof, the
Restructuring
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Term Sheet), materially consistent in all respects with this Agreement and the
Restructuring Term Sheet, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Debtors and the
Requisite Participating Noteholders (as defined below) (a Qualified Plan) by delivering
its duly executed and completed ballot accepting such Qualified Plan on a timely basis following
commencement of the solicitation of acceptances of such Qualified Plan in accordance with sections
1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) not change or withdraw such vote (or cause or direct
such vote to be changed or withdrawn) (subject to the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof);
(b) support the confirmation and consummation of a Qualified Plan and the transactions contemplated
thereby, (c) not object to, or vote any of its Noteholder Claims to reject, a Qualified Plan or
otherwise take any action or commence any proceeding to oppose or to seek any modification of a
Qualified Plan, the related disclosure statement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Debtors and the Requisite Participating Noteholders and materially consistent in all respects
with this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet (the Disclosure Statement), or any
other reorganization documents filed by any of the Debtors in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases
and the confirmation of a Qualified Plan that, in each case, are materially consistent in all
respects with this Agreement and the Qualified Plan, and (d) not directly or indirectly seek,
solicit, support, encourage, vote its Noteholder Claims for, or consent to, encourage, or
participate in any negotiations regarding, (i) any plan of reorganization, proposal, offer,
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, merger, consolidation, business combination,
joint venture, partnership, sale of assets or restructuring for any of the Debtors (each, an
Alternative Proposal) other than a Qualified Plan or (ii) any other action that is
inconsistent with, or that would delay or obstruct the proposal, solicitation, confirmation, or
consummation of, a Qualified Plan.
Provided, however, unless expressly limited herein, nothing contained herein
shall limit: (i) the ability of a Participating Noteholder to consult with other Participating
Noteholders or the Debtors; (ii) the rights of a Participating Noteholder under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, foreclosure or similar proceeding, including, without limitation, appearing
as a party in interest in any matter to be adjudicated to appear and be heard, concerning any
matter arising in the Chapter 11 Cases or the CCAA Cases so long as such consultation or appearance
is not inconsistent with the Participating Noteholders obligations hereunder and the terms of the
Qualified Plan; (iii) the ability of a Participating Noteholder to sell or enter into any
transactions in connection with the Notes or any other claims against or interests in the Debtors,
subject to Section 4 hereof; or (iv) the rights of any Participating Noteholder under the
indentures governing the Notes or constitute a waiver or amendment of any provision of the
indentures governing the Notes.
The Noteholders party to this Agreement shall support the DIP Facility (as defined in the
Restructuring Term Sheet).
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4. Transfer of Noteholder Claims
Each Participating Noteholder agrees that so long as this Agreement has not been terminated in
accordance with its terms it shall not directly or indirectly sell, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, or grant, issue or sell any option, right to acquire, voting,
participation or other interest in (Transfer) any Noteholder Claims, except to a party
that (i) is a Participating Noteholder or (ii) agrees in writing to be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement as a Participating Noteholder, by executing the Joinder attached
hereto as Exhibit A by three business days following such transfer, a copy of which shall be
provided to both Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as counsel to the Ad Hoc Group (Stroock,
and together with Moelis & Company, as financial advisors to the Ad Hoc Group and Canadian counsel
to the Ad Hoc Group, the Ad Hoc Group Advisors) and Kirkland & Ellis LLP as counsel to
the Debtors. Any Transfer of any Noteholder Claim that does not comply with the foregoing shall be
deemed void ab initio. This Agreement shall in no way be construed to preclude any Noteholder from
acquiring additional Noteholder Claims or any other interests in any Debtors; provided,
however, that any such additional Noteholder Claims or other interests in such Debtor
shall, upon acquisition, automatically be deemed to be subject to all the terms of this Agreement;
except to the extent that such additional Notes and Noteholder Claims are acquired by a Qualified
Marketmaker in accordance with the following proviso.
Provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit transactions by any
Qualified Marketmaker (as defined below) in respect of Notes and Noteholder Claims not otherwise
subject to this Agreement (as identified on the signature pages hereto or acquired pursuant to the
last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph and not subject to the exception in such
sentence, which such exception does not in any way apply to Notes or Noteholder Claims transferred
or delivered in any manner to or from a Qualified Marketmaker that were at the time of transfer
subject to this Agreement) (i) conducted in the ordinary course of its broker/dealer, market maker
or flow trading business, and (ii) not entered into with a view towards establishing and holding
directionally biased positions (including without limitation engaging in arbitrage positions with
respect to Notes) for the proprietary account of such Qualified Marketmaker, whether in a
proprietary trading unit or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the accumulation of an
inventory of Notes by a Qualified Market Maker in the ordinary course of its broker/dealer, market
maker or flow trading business shall not be deemed to be establishing or holding a directionally
biased position for purposes of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this paragraph or otherwise, to the extent any Notes or Noteholder
Claims that are subject to this Agreement (as identified on the signature pages hereto or acquired
pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph and not subject to the
exception in such sentence, which such exception does not in any way apply to Notes or Noteholder
Claims transferred or delivered in any manner to or from a Qualified Marketmaker that were at the
time of transfer subject to this Agreement) are sold,
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purchased or otherwise transferred to or from any Qualified Marketmaker, any such Noteholder
Claim shall at all times and in all respects remain subject to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the
definition of Participating Noteholders herein, or otherwise, the full amount of the Noteholders
Claims set forth on each Noteholders signature page to this Agreement is subject at all times and
in all respects to the provisions of this Agreement, and each such amount shall not be reduced in
any respect by invocation or application of the preceding two paragraphs of this Agreement, the
definition of Participating Noteholders herein, or any other provisions of this Agreement or
otherwise.
Qualified Marketmaker means an entity that (i) holds itself out to the public as standing
ready in the ordinary course of its business to purchase from and sell Notes to or on behalf of
customers (or to enter with customers into long and short positions in derivative contracts that
reference Notes), in its capacity as a dealer or market maker in such Notes, (ii) in fact regularly
makes a two-way market in such Notes or regularly engages in flow trading with or on behalf of
customers, and (iii) consistently has filed its U.S. federal income tax returns on the basis that
such business constituted a securities dealer business within the scope of section 475(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. An entity that is under common control with or
controlled by a Qualified Marketmaker shall be considered a Qualified Marketmaker to the extent it
satisfies conditions (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence.
5. The Debtors Covenants
As long as a Termination Event (as defined below) has not occurred, or has occurred but has
been duly waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Debtors shall, subject to Section
23 herein, use their reasonable best efforts to:
(a) file the Disclosure Statement and prosecute its approval by the Bankruptcy Court within
the time frame set forth herein;
(b) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an order confirming a Qualified Plan (the
Confirmation Order) within the time frame set forth herein, which Confirmation Order
shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Participating Noteholders
and the Debtors and materially consistent in all respects with this Agreement and the Restructuring
Term Sheet;
(c) effectuate and consummate a Qualified Plan within the timeframe set forth herein; and
(d) continue payment of the fees and expenses of the Ad Hoc Group Advisors upon the terms of
the engagement letters executed by the Company and each professional, subject to modification as
reasonably acceptable to Stroock, Moelis and the Ad Hoc Steering Committee and pursuant to
applicable bankruptcy law, including but not
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limited to supporting an application by the Ad Hoc Group for reimbursement of fees and
expenses of the Ad Hoc Group Advisors under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and payment of
such fees and expenses pursuant to the Qualified Plan under section 1129(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
6. Termination of Obligations
(a) This Agreement shall terminate and all obligations of the parties hereto shall immediately
terminate and be of no further force and effect as follows:
(i) by the mutual written consent of Lear and Participating Noteholders holding more
than 66 2/3% of the Noteholder Claims bound under this Agreement held by Participating
Noteholders who are not then in breach of their obligations under this Agreement (the
Requisite Participating Noteholders);
(ii) upon two (2) business days prior written notice of termination delivered to Lear
by the Requisite Participating Noteholders following the occurrence of any of the events
listed below (each, a Termination Event), unless waived in accordance with
Section 10 hereof:
(A) the Chapter 11 Cases shall not have been filed by July 9, 2009 (or such later
date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Noteholders);
(B) a Qualified Plan and the Disclosure Statement shall not have been filed within
60 days after the filing date of the Chapter 11 Cases (the Petition Date) (or
such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Noteholders);
(C) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered an order, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Participating Noteholders, approving the
adequacy of the Disclosure Statement within 150 days after the Petition Date (or such
later date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite Participating Noteholders);
(D) the Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered the Confirmation Order within 270
days after the Petition Date (or such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the
Requisite Participating Noteholders);
(E) a Qualified Plan shall not have been consummated within 300 days after the
Petition Date (or such later date as may be agreed by Lear and the Requisite
Participating Noteholders);
(F) the Debtors shall have materially breached their covenants, representations,
warranties or obligations under this Agreement;
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(G) the Debtors (1) withdraw or revoke the Qualified Plan or publicly announce
their intention not to pursue the Qualified Plan or (2) propose, accept or file a
motion with the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of an Alternative Proposal;
(H) (1) an examiner with expanded powers or a trustee shall have been appointed in
any of the Chapter 11 Cases or (2) any of the Chapter 11 Cases shall have been
converted to cases under Chapter 7;
(I) the Chapter 11 Case of any Debtor that is an obligor or guarantor under any
indenture governing the Notes is involuntarily dismissed;
(J) the CCAA Cases shall have been converted to Canadian bankruptcy proceedings or
the CCAA Cases shall have been involuntarily dismissed by the Canadian Court;
(K) the Qualified Plan is modified or replaced such that it (or any such
replacement) at any time is not in whole or in part consistent in any material respect
with the Restructuring Term Sheet;
(L) the termination of, or occurrence of an event of default (as defined in the
applicable agreement) under, any order or agreement permitting the use of cash
collateral or to provide post-petition debtor-in-possession financing or exit financing
to the Debtors which shall not have been cured within any applicable grace periods or
waived pursuant to the terms of the agreement governing such facility; or
(M) there shall have occurred a force majeure event (to be defined as a
significant global disruption in the financial markets caused by outbreak of war,
terrorism, or other incidents, but not adverse changes in the financial, banking or
capital markets generally); or
(N) a Termination Event shall have occurred under the Lender Plan Support
Agreement (as defined in the Restructuring Term Sheet).
(iii) upon delivery of written notice of termination to the Participating Noteholders
by Lear following any material breach of any of the Participating Noteholders
representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms herein, this Agreement
shall forthwith become void and of no further force or effect, each party hereto shall be released
from its commitments, undertakings and agreements under or related to this Agreement, and there
shall be no liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto; provided,
however, that in no event shall any such termination relieve a party hereto from liability
from its breach or non-performance of its obligations
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hereunder prior to the date of such termination. Upon the occurrence of any termination of
this Agreement, any and all votes delivered by a Participating Noteholder prior to such termination
shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be null and void from the first instance and shall not be
considered or otherwise used in any manner by the Debtors. If this Agreement has been terminated
at a time when permission of the Bankruptcy Court shall be required for the Participating
Noteholder to change or withdraw (or cause to change or withdraw) its vote to accept the Plan, the
Debtors shall not oppose any attempt by the Participating Noteholder to change or withdraw (or
cause to change or withdraw) such vote at such time unless the Debtors dispute the effectiveness of
termination of this Agreement. The Participating Noteholders shall have no liability to the
Debtors or to each other in respect of any termination of this Agreement following the occurrence
of a Termination Event.
7. Good Faith Cooperation; Further Assurances;
Acknowledgment
The parties hereto shall cooperate and negotiate with each other in good faith and shall
coordinate their activities (to the extent practicable and subject to the terms hereof) in respect
of (a) all material matters relating to their rights in respect of the Debtors or otherwise in
connection with their relationship with the Debtors, (b) all material matters concerning the
implementation of the Qualified Plan, including the definitive documents implementing and achieving
the Qualified Plan (including the order of the Bankruptcy Court order of the Bankruptcy Court
confirming the Qualified Plan, the order of the Canadian Court recognizing the order confirming the
Qualified Plan and other related documents, each of which are more specifically described in the
Restructuring Term Sheet (the Definitive Documents)) and (c) the pursuit and support of
the restructuring transaction contemplated herein. Furthermore, subject to the terms hereof, each
of the parties shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary, in their discretion, to carry
out the purposes and intent of this Agreement, including making and filing any required regulatory
filings. The Company agrees to provide drafts of all Definitive Documents to the Ad Hoc Group
Advisors and shall afford them a reasonable opportunity to comment on such documents and
disclosures. The consent or approval of the Requisite Participating Noteholders to the Definitive
Documents, or any other documents provided for under this Agreement, may be communicated to the
Debtors by Stroock.
8. Specific Performance
It is understood and agreed by the parties that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy
for any breach of this Agreement by any party and each non-breaching party shall be entitled to
seek specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief, including attorneys fees and
costs, as a remedy of any such breach, and each party agrees to waive any requirement for the
securing or posting of a bond in connection with such remedy, in addition to any other remedy to
which such non-breaching party may be entitled, at law or in equity.
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9. Prior Negotiations
This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations, and documents reflecting such prior
negotiations, between and among the Debtors and the Noteholders (and their respective advisors),
with respect to the subject matter hereof.
10. Amendments
No amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of the terms of this Agreement or the
Restructuring Term Sheet shall be valid unless such amendment, modification, waiver or other
supplement is in writing and has been signed by the Debtors and the Requisite Participating
Noteholders, provided, however, (a) the written consent of each Participating Noteholder shall be
required for any amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of this Section 10 or
the definition of Requisite Participating Noteholders as used in this Agreement, and (b) the
written consent of Participating Noteholders holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate Noteholder
Claims or, if the Participating Noteholders hold in the aggregate less than such percentage of the
aggregate Noteholder Claims, then the written consent of each Participating Noteholder, shall be
required for any amendment, modification, waiver or other supplement of this Agreement that effects
a material change to the treatment of the Class 5A Other Unsecured Claims (as defined in the
Restructuring Term Sheet) from that reflected in the Restructuring Term Sheet as of the date
hereof.
For the purposes hereof, immaterial changes to the Restructuring Term Sheet shall not
constitute a modification or amendment thereof or of this Agreement and may be made by the Debtors
and the Ad Hoc Group Advisors.
11. Independent Analysis
Each Participating Noteholder hereby confirms that it has made its own decision to execute
this Agreement based upon its own independent assessment of documents and information available to
it, as it deemed appropriate.
12. Governing Law
This Agreement and all matters arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to
conflicts of laws (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Laws of the State of New
York). By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees for itself that any legal action, suit or proceeding against
it with respect to any matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment rendered in any such action, suit or proceeding, may be
brought in either a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York. By
execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably accepts and
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submits itself to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court, generally and
unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing
consent to jurisdiction in either a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State
of New York, upon the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, each of the parties hereto hereby
agrees that, if the petitions have been filed and the Chapter 11 Cases are pending, the Bankruptcy
Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all matters arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement.
13. Effective Date
This Agreement shall become effective when counterparts hereof have been duly executed and
delivered by the Debtors and Participating Noteholders holding more than 50% of all Noteholder
Claims (the Effective Date); provided, however, that signature pages
executed by Participating Noteholders shall be delivered to (a) other Participating Noteholders in
a redacted form that removes such Participating Noteholders holdings of the Notes and (b) the
Debtors and advisors to the Participating Noteholders in an unredacted form; provided,
further, that if as of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Debtors have not
received (a) signature pages to this Agreement from Noteholders holding more than 50% of the
aggregate amount of Noteholder Claims and (b) signatures to the Lender Plan Support Agreement from
Prepetition Credit Agreement Lenders (as defined in the Restructuring Term Sheet) holding more than
50% of the aggregate amount of the claims under the Prepetition Credit Agreement (as defined in the
Restructuring Term Sheet), this Agreement shall become null and void.
Upon the Effective Date, the Restructuring Term Sheet shall be deemed effective for the
purposes of this Agreement and thereafter the terms and conditions therein may only be amended,
modified, waived or otherwise supplemented as set forth in Section 10 above.
14. Third-Party Beneficiary
This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and no other person shall
have any rights hereunder.
15. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. Execution
copies of this agreement may be delivered by facsimile or otherwise, which shall be deemed to be an
original for the purposes of this paragraph.
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16. Headings
The section headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not,
for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Agreement.
17. Acknowledgment
This Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be a solicitation of consents to the Plan.
The acceptance of the Noteholders will not be solicited until the Noteholders have received the
Disclosure Statement and related ballot, as approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
18. Settlement Discussions
This Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet are part of a proposed settlement of matters
that could otherwise be the subject of litigation amount the parties hereto. Nothing herein shall
be deemed an admission of any kind. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 and any applicable
state rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating thereto shall not be
admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than a proceeding to enforce the terms of this
Agreement.
19. No Waiver of Participation and Preservation of Rights
Except as provided in this Agreement, nothing herein is intended to, does or shall be deemed
in any manner to waive, limit, impair or restrict the ability of each of the Noteholders to protect
and preserve its rights, remedies and interests, including, but not limited to, its claims against
any of the Debtors, any liens or security interests it may have in any assets of any of the
Debtors, or its full participation in the Chapter 11 Cases. Without limiting the foregoing sentence
in any way, if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms for any reason, the
parties hereto each fully reserve any and all of their respective rights, remedies and interests,
subject to Section 6(b) in the case of any claim for breach of Agreement arising prior to
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respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and representatives. The
invalidity or unenforceability at any time of any provision hereof shall not affect or diminish in
any way the continuing validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. The
agreements, representations and obligations of the Participating Noteholders under this Agreement
are, in all respects, several and not joint.
21. Relationship Among Parties.
It is understood and agreed that no Participating Noteholder has any duty of trust or
confidence in any form with any other Participating Noteholder, and, except as
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provided in this Agreement, there are no commitments among or between them. In this regard,
it is understood and agreed that any Participating Noteholder may trade in the Notes or other debt
or equity securities of the Debtors without the consent of the Debtors or any other Participating
Noteholder, subject to applicable securities laws and the terms of this Agreement; provided further
that no Participating Noteholder shall have any responsibility for any such trading by any other
entity by virtue of this Agreement. No prior history, pattern or practice of sharing confidences
among or between the Participating Noteholders shall in any way affect or negate this understanding
and agreement.
22. Disclosure; Publicity.
(a) Not later than two business days after commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, subject to
the provisions set forth in Section 22(b) hereof, the Debtors shall either file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a Report on Form 8-K or disseminate a press release disclosing
the existence of this Agreement and the terms hereof (including the schedules and exhibits hereto),
with such redactions as may be requested by any Participating Noteholders counsel solely with
respect to maintaining the confidentiality of the items identified in Section 22(b) hereof,
except as otherwise required by law. In the event that the Debtors fail, in the reasonable
judgment of a Participating Noteholder, to make the foregoing disclosures in compliance with the
terms specified herein, any such Participating Noteholder may publicly disclose the foregoing,
including, without limitation, this Agreement and all of its exhibits and schedules (subject to the
redactions called for by Section 13 hereof), and the Company hereby waives any claims
against the Consenting Holders arising as a result of such disclosure by a Consenting Holder;
provided that such disclosure fully complies with this Agreement and any other applicable agreement
among the parties.
(b) The Debtors will submit drafts to the Ad Hoc Group Advisors of any press releases and
public documents that constitute disclosure of the existence or terms of this Agreement or any
amendment to the terms of this Agreement at least one (1) business day prior to making any such
disclosure, and shall afford them a reasonable opportunity to comment on such documents and
disclosures. Except as required by law or otherwise permitted under the terms of any other
agreement between the Debtors and any Participating Noteholder, no party or its advisors shall (i)
use the name of any Participating Noteholder in any public manner or (ii) disclose to any person
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Participating Noteholder), other than advisors to
the Debtors, the principal amount or percentage of any Notes or any other securities of the Debtors
held by any Participating Noteholder, in each case, without such Participating Noteholders prior
written consent; provided, however, that (i) if such disclosure is required by law
or regulation, the disclosing party shall use reasonable best efforts to afford the relevant
Participating Noteholder a reasonable opportunity to review and comment in advance of such
disclosure and shall take all reasonable measures to limit such disclosure and (ii) the foregoing
shall not prohibit the disclosure of the aggregate
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percentage or aggregate principal amount of Notes held by all the Participating Noteholders
collectively.
23. Fiduciary Duties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall require (a)
the Debtors or any directors or officers of the Debtors (in such persons capacity as a director or
officer of the Debtors) to take any action, or to refrain from taking any action, to the extent
required to comply with its or their fiduciary obligations under applicable law, or (b) any
Participating Noteholder or representative of a Participating Noteholder that is a member of a
statutory committee established in the Chapter 11 Cases to take any action, or to refrain from
taking any action, in such persons capacity as a statutory committee member to the extent required
to comply with fiduciary obligations applicable under the Bankruptcy Code; provided
however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring any Participating
Noteholder to serve on any statutory committee in the Chapter 11 Case. Nothing herein will limit
or affect, or give rise to any liability, to the extent required for the discharge of the fiduciary
obligations described in this Section 23.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
by their respective duly authorized officers, solely in their respective capacity as officers of
the undersigned and not in any other capacity, as of the date first set forth above.
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JOINDER
This Joinder to the Restructuring & Lockup Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2009, by and among
Lear Corporation and the Participating Noteholders signatory thereto (the Agreement), is
executed and delivered by [ ] (the Joining Party) as of [ ],
2009. Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth
in the Agreement.
1. Agreement to be Bound. The Joining Party hereby agrees to be bound by all of the
terms of the Agreement, attached to this Joinder as Annex I (as the same may be hereafter amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time). The Joining Party shall hereafter be deemed to
be a Participating Noteholder and a party for all purposes under the Agreement.
2. Representations and Warranties. With respect to the aggregate principal amount of
Notes set forth below its name on the signature page hereof and all related claims, rights and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with or otherwise relating to such Notes, the
Joining Party hereby makes the representations and warranties of the Participating Noteholders set
forth in the Agreement to each other party to the Agreement.
3. Governing Law. This Joinder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to any conflicts of law provisions which
would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.
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LEAR SECURES SUPPORT FROM A MAJORITY OF ITS CREDITORS
TO PROCEED WITH DEBT RESTRUCTURING PLAN
Company Initiates Previously Announced Voluntary Reorganization
Proceedings for certain U.S. and Canadian Subsidiaries Under Chapter 11
Plan of Reorganization Supported by Approximately 68% in Principal Amount of
Secured Lenders and More Than 50% in Principal Amount of Bondholders
Global Operations are Continuing Without Interruption
SOUTHFIELD,
Mich., July 7, 2009 Lear Corporation [OTC: LEAR], a leading global supplier of
automotive seating systems, electrical distribution systems and electronic products, announced
today that it has received the support it was seeking from its bank lenders and bondholders to move
forward with its previously announced debt restructuring plan. To implement the restructuring, as
previously announced, the Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries have filed
voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Lears
subsidiaries outside the U.S. and Canada are not part of the Chapter 11 filings.
On July 1, the Company said it had reached an agreement in principle regarding a consensual debt
restructuring with steering committees representing its secured lenders and its bondholders. At
that time, the plan had the support of a majority of the members of a steering committee of the
Companys secured lenders and a steering committee of bondholders acting on behalf of an ad hoc
group of bondholders. Since then, the Company has secured support from additional secured lenders
and bondholders and has entered into agreements supporting the restructuring plan with
approximately 68% in principal amount of its secured lenders and more than 50% in principal amount
of its bondholders.
Under the proposed restructuring plan, which needs to be approved by the Bankruptcy Court, Lears
trade creditors will be paid in full subject to certain limited exceptions. To
this end, the Company has filed motions seeking to continue to pay trade creditors under normal
terms in the ordinary course of business.
The Company also said that it has sought approval from the Bankruptcy Court to continue to provide
pay and benefits to its employees worldwide without interruption and to continue its normal course
funding of its pension obligations in the U.S. and Canada.
Bob Rossiter, Lears Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, said, We are conducting
business as usual and are very pleased to have received strong support from our lender and
bondholder groups for our debt restructuring plan. We intend to proceed on an expedited basis and
expect to submit the plan to the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days. Our goal is to emerge from this
process quickly and with an appropriate capital structure to support our long-term business
objectives as a leading global competitor with the financial flexibility to build on our strengths
and take advantage of future growth opportunities.
As previously announced, the Company has received commitments from a syndicate of secured lenders,
led by J.P. Morgan and Citigroup, for $500 million in new money debtor-in-possession (DIP)
financing. The proposed DIP financing, subject to customary conditions, provides additional
financial flexibility that supplements Lears significant existing cash balances. Additionally, the
DIP agreement includes provisions that, subject to certain conditions, provide for exit financing
upon Lears emergence from Chapter 11.
Lear has filed several other customary first day motions with the Bankruptcy Court, including
with respect to its cash management procedures, which will help it to continue conducting business
without interruption while it pursues its restructuring on an expedited basis.
Lears legal advisors are Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP; its restructuring advisor
is Alvarez & Marsal; and its financial advisor is Miller Buckfire & Co. More information about
Lears restructuring is available through the Companys
website at www.Lear.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding anticipated
financial results and liquidity. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results as
a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the potential adverse
impact of the chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on the Companys business, financial condition or
results of operations, including the Companys ability to maintain contracts, trade credit and
other customer and vendor relationships that are critical to its business and the actions and
decisions of the Companys creditors and other third parties with interests in the Companys
chapter 11 proceedings; the
Companys ability to obtain court approval with respect to motions in the chapter 11 proceedings
prosecuted from time to time and to develop, prosecute, confirm and
consummate one or more plans of reorganization with respect to the chapter 11 proceedings and to
consummate all of the transactions contemplated by one or more such plans of reorganization or upon
which consummation of such plans may be conditioned; the occurrence of any event, change or other
circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the plan support agreements the Company has
entered into with certain of its lenders and bondholders; general economic conditions in the
markets in which the Company operates, including changes in interest rates or currency exchange
rates, the financial condition of the Companys customers or suppliers; changes in actual industry
vehicle production levels from the Companys current estimates; fluctuations in the production of
vehicles for which the Company is a supplier; the loss of business with respect to, or the lack of
commercial success of, a vehicle model for which the Company is a significant supplier, including
further declines in sales of full-size pickup trucks and large sport utility vehicles; disruptions
in the relationships with the Companys suppliers; labor disputes involving the Company or its
significant customers or suppliers or that otherwise affect the Company; the Companys ability to
achieve cost reductions that offset or exceed customer-mandated selling price reductions; the
outcome of customer negotiations; the impact and timing of program launch costs; the costs, timing
and success of restructuring actions; increases in the Companys warranty or product liability
costs; risks associated with conducting business in foreign countries; competitive conditions
impacting the Companys key customers and suppliers; the cost and availability of raw materials and
energy; the Companys ability to mitigate increases in raw material, energy and commodity costs;
the outcome of legal or regulatory proceedings to which the Company is or may become a party;
unanticipated changes in cash flow, including the Companys ability to align its vendor payment
terms with those of its customers; further impairment charges initiated by adverse industry or
market developments; and other risks described from time to time in the Companys Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. Future operating results will be based on various factors, including
actual industry production volumes, commodity prices and the Companys success in implementing its
operating strategy. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date
hereof, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update, amend or clarify them to reflect
events, new information or circumstances occurring after the date hereof.
Lear Corporation is one of the worlds leading suppliers of automotive seating systems,
electrical distribution systems and electronic products. The Companys world-class products are
designed, engineered and manufactured by a diverse team of 80,000 employees at 210 facilities in 36
countries. Lears headquarters are in Southfield, Michigan, and Lear shares are traded on the
Over-The-Counter exchange under symbol [LEAR]. Further information about Lear is available on the
Internet at http://www.Lear.com.
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