Exhibit 10.4

EXECUTION COPY

CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS PROJECT

 

 

TERM LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

 

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI HOLDINGS, LLC,

as Borrower,

 

 

CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC,

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE, L.P. and

CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE GP, LLC,

as Guarantors,

 

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,

as Term Lenders,

and

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,

as Term Loan Facility Agent

 

 

Dated as of May 13, 2015


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION   

Section 1.01

 

Defined Terms

     1   

Section 1.02

 

Principles of Interpretation

     2   

Section 1.03

 

UCC Terms

     2   

Section 1.04

 

Accounting and Financial Determinations

     2   

Section 1.05

 

Loan Tranches

     2   

Section 1.06

 

Designations

     2   
ARTICLE II   
COMMITMENTS AND BORROWING   

Section 2.01

 

Term Loans

     2   

Section 2.02

 

Availability

     4   

Section 2.03

 

Procedures for Requesting Advances

     4   

Section 2.04

 

Funding

     5   

Section 2.05

 

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

     7   

Section 2.06

 

Extensions of Term Loans

     8   
ARTICLE III   
REPAYMENTS, PREPAYMENTS, INTEREST AND FEES   

Section 3.01

 

Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings

     10   

Section 3.02

 

Interest Payment Dates

     11   

Section 3.03

 

Interest Rates

     11   

Section 3.04

 

Conversion Options

     12   

Section 3.05

 

Post-Maturity Interest Rates; Default Interest Rates

     13   

Section 3.06

 

Interest Rate Determination

     13   

Section 3.07

 

Computation of Interest and Fees

     13   

Section 3.08

 

Terms of All Prepayments

     13   

Section 3.09

 

Voluntary Prepayment

     14   

Section 3.10

 

Mandatory Prepayment

     14   

 

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Section 3.11

 

Time and Place of Payments

     14   

Section 3.12

 

Borrowings and Payments Generally

     15   

Section 3.13

 

Fees

     15   

Section 3.14

 

Pro Rata Treatment

     16   

Section 3.15

 

Sharing of Payments

     17   
ARTICLE IV   
LIBOR AND TAX PROVISIONS   

Section 4.01

 

LIBOR Lending Unlawful

     17   

Section 4.02

 

Inability to Determine LIBOR

     18   

Section 4.03

 

Increased Costs

     18   

Section 4.04

 

Obligation to Mitigate

     19   

Section 4.05

 

Funding Losses

     19   

Section 4.06

 

Taxes

     20   
ARTICLE V   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 5.01

 

Incorporation of Common Terms Agreement

     20   
ARTICLE VI   
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT   

Section 6.01

 

Conditions to Closing

     20   

Section 6.02

 

Conditions to Initial Advance

     21   

Section 6.03

 

Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance

     21   

Section 6.04

 

Conditions to Each Term Loan Borrowing

     21   
ARTICLE VII   
COVENANTS   

Section 7.01

 

Covenants

     22   
ARTICLE VIII   
DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT   

Section 8.01

 

Events of Default

     22   

Section 8.02

 

Acceleration Upon Bankruptcy

     22   

 

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Section 8.03

 

Action Upon Event of Default

     22   

Section 8.04

 

Application of Proceeds

     23   
ARTICLE IX   
THE TERM LOAN FACILITY AGENT   

Section 9.01

 

Appointment and Authority

     24   

Section 9.02

 

Rights as a Facility Lender or Hedging Bank

     25   

Section 9.03

 

Exculpatory Provisions

     25   

Section 9.04

 

Reliance by Term Facility Agent

     27   

Section 9.05

 

Delegation of Duties

     27   

Section 9.06

 

Indemnification by the Term Lenders

     28   

Section 9.07

 

Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent

     28   

Section 9.08

 

No Amendment to Duties of Term Loan Facility Agent Without Consent

     30   

Section 9.09

 

Non-Reliance on Term Loan Facility Agent and Term Lenders

     30   

Section 9.10

 

No Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Lead Bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent, Co-Structuring Lead or Mandated Lead Arranger Duties

     30   

Section 9.11

 

Copies

     30   

Section 9.12

 

General Provisions as to Payments

     31   

Section 9.13

 

Agreement to Comply with Finance Documents

     31   
ARTICLE X   
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS   

Section 10.01

 

Decisions; Amendments, Etc

     32   

Section 10.02

 

Entire Agreement

     36   

Section 10.03

 

Applicable Government Rule; Jurisdiction; Etc

     36   

Section 10.04

 

Assignments

     36   

Section 10.05

 

Benefits of Agreement

     41   

Section 10.06

 

Counterparts; Effectiveness

     42   

Section 10.07

 

Indemnification by the Borrower

     42   

Section 10.08

 

Interest Rate Limitation

     42   

Section 10.09

 

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     43   

Section 10.10

 

Notices and Other Communications

     43   

Section 10.11

 

USA Patriot Act Notice

     44   

 

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Section 10.12

 

Payments Set Aside

     44   

Section 10.13

 

Right of Set-Off

     44   

Section 10.14

 

Severability

     44   

Section 10.15

 

Survival

     45   

Section 10.16

 

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

     45   

Section 10.17

 

Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc

     45   

Section 10.18

 

Waiver of Litigation Payments

     45   

Section 10.19

 

Reinstatement

     45   

Section 10.20

 

No Recourse

     46   

Section 10.21

 

Intercreditor Agreement

     46   

Section 10.22

 

Termination

     46   

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 2.01 -

  

Lenders, Commitments

Schedule 3.01(a) -

  

Amortization Schedule

Schedule 3.11 -

  

Term Loan Facility Agent Account Details

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

 

-

  

Definitions

Exhibit B

 

-

  

Form of Term Loan Note

Exhibit C

 

-

  

Form of Interest Period Notice

Exhibit D

 

-

  

Form of Lender Assignment Agreement

 

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TERM LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT

This TERM LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 13, 2015 (the “Term Loan Facility Agreement” or this “Agreement”), is made among:

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI HOLDINGS, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas (the “Borrower”),

CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas (“CCL”),

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas (“CCP”),

CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE GP, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and headquartered in Houston, Texas (“CCP GP”, and, together with CCL and CCP, the “Guarantors”),

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as the Facility Agent for the Facility Lenders under the Term Loan Facility Agreement (the “Term Loan Facility Agent”), and

Each of the lenders party hereto from time to time, as (the “Term Lenders”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to engage in the Development;

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Term Lenders establish a credit facility in order to provide funds which are to be used to partially finance the Development through the payment of Project Costs and otherwise, all as more fully set forth herein and in the other Finance Documents; and

WHEREAS, the Term Lenders are willing to make such credit facility available upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.01 Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined in Exhibit A, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the preamble hereto) shall have the meanings provided in Section 1.3 (Definitions) of Schedule A of the Common Terms Agreement.


Section 1.02 Principles of Interpretation. Unless otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be governed by the principles of interpretation provided in Section 1.2 (Interpretation) of Schedule A of the Common Terms Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

Section 1.03 UCC Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein or in Schedule A of the Common Terms Agreement, terms used herein that are defined in the UCC shall have the respective meanings given to those terms in the UCC.

Section 1.04 Accounting and Financial Determinations. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if the Borrower notifies the Intercreditor Agent and the Term Loan Facility Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Signing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of, or calculation of compliance with, such provision so as to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (or if the Intercreditor Agent and Term Loan Facility Agent, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower that the Required Term 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 provision has been amended in accordance herewith.

Section 1.05 Loan Tranches. Term Loans and Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments are made, treated, assigned and referred to in Tranches for certain limited purposes under this Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, all Term Loans and all Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments shall be identical, without regard to Tranche, including (in the case of outstanding Term Loans) rights to payment of principal, interest, Fees or other Term Loan Obligations under this Agreement or any other Finance Documents, rights to exercise remedies, rights to share in Collateral securing any such Term Loan and rights to give or withhold any approval, consent, authorization or vote required or permitted to be given by or on behalf of any Term Lender under this Agreement or any other Finance Document.

Section 1.06 Designations. This Agreement is a Facility Agreement and a Senior Debt Instrument, the Term Lenders in this Agreement are Senior Creditors and the Term Loan Facility Agent is the Senior Creditor Group Representative of the Term Lenders in each case under the Finance Documents.

ARTICLE II

COMMITMENTS AND BORROWING

On the terms, subject to the conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth:

Section 2.01 Term Loans. (a) Each Term Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make Term Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the Term

 

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Loan Facility Debt Commitments with respect to the applicable Tranche of such Term Lender, if any, from time to time during the Term Loan Availability Period but not more frequently than as permitted under Section 2.03 (Procedures for Requesting Advances); provided that, after giving effect to the making of any Term Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of any Tranche shall not exceed the Aggregate Tranche Commitments for such Tranche. The Term Loans shall be made in the following order:

(i) first, under Tranche 1 until all Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitments are used, then;

(ii) second, under Tranche 2 until all Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitments are used, then

(iii) third, under Tranche 3 until all Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitments are used, then

(iv) fourth, under Tranche 4 until all Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitments are used.

(b) Each Term Loan Borrowing, which may include Term Loans from more than one Tranche, shall be in an amount specified in the relevant Disbursement Request.

(c) Except as set forth in clause (d) below, proceeds of the Term Loans shall be deposited into the Construction Account in accordance with Section 4.5(a) (Disbursements of Senior Debt) of the Common Security and Account Agreement. The Loan Parties shall not request or apply any portion of any Term Loan other than in accordance with Section 2.02(b) (Availability) of this Agreement and Sections 2.3 (Disbursement Procedures), 2.4 (Pro Rata Advances), 2.6 (Currency) and 12.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the Common Terms Agreement. Neither the Term Loan Facility Agent nor the Term Lenders are under any obligation hereunder to inquire into or verify the application of any Term Loan but this does not affect or limit the Loan Party’s obligations hereunder or under the Common Terms Agreement.

(d) Proceeds of the Term Loans advanced for the purpose of (i) funding the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account shall be paid into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account; (ii) paying an Affiliate of the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.7 (Senior Debt/Equity Ratio at Project Completion Date) of the Common Terms Agreement shall be paid directly to such Affiliate and (iii) paying interest accruing on the Term Loans and Commitment Fees during the Term Loan Availability Period, as designated in the Disbursement Request, shall be transferred by the Term Loan Facility Agent to the Term Lenders in accordance with Section 9.12(a) (General Provisions as to Payments); provided that such transfer shall occur on the same day that the Term Loan Facility Agent receives such proceeds from the Term Lenders and subject to the Term Loan Facility Agent’s actual receipt of such proceeds in accordance with Section 2.04(a) (Funding). For the avoidance of doubt, such Advance shall constitute a Term Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and each other Finance Document and shall be treated as received, and accounted for as a Term Loan, by the Borrower.

(e) Term Loans repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

 

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Section 2.02 Availability. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Common Terms Agreement, each Term Lender severally, and not jointly or jointly and severally, agrees to advance to the Borrower its pro rata share of such Term Lender’s Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment as the Borrower may request under this Section 2.02 (Availability) and the applicable Disbursement Request (each such Advance when made, individually, a “Term Loan” and, collectively, the “Term Loans”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment, from time to time during the period commencing on the Initial Advance CP Date and ending on the earliest of:

(i) the Project Completion Date;

(ii) the date of any cancellation or termination of all of the remaining Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments pursuant to Section 3.8 (Reductions and Cancellations of Facility Debt Commitments) of the Common Terms Agreement; and

(iii) the date the Term Lenders terminate their Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments upon the occurrence and during the Continuance of a Loan Facility Event of Default;

(such period, the “Term Loan Availability Period”).

(b) Subject to Section 2.2 (Sequence of Advances of Initial Senior Debt) of the Common Terms Agreement, Section 2.4 (Pro Rata Advances) of the Common Terms Agreement and the applicable conditions of Article 4 (Conditions Precedent) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 2.02 (Availability) of this Agreement, the Borrower shall be entitled to draw down all or a portion of the unused Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments before or on the final date of the Term Loan Availability Period for the purposes set forth in Section 12.1 (Use of Proceeds) of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 2.03 Procedures for Requesting Advances. (a) From time to time, but no more frequently than twice per calendar month (except as required for the payment of interest or Commitment Fees during the Term Loan Availability Period, and for any draw of remaining Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments on the last day of the Term Loan Availability Period), subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 2.01 (Term Loans) and 2.02 (Availability) above and Sections 2.2 (Sequence of Advances of Initial Senior Debt) and 2.4 (Pro Rata Advances) of the Common Terms Agreement, the Borrower may request a Term Loan Borrowing by delivering to the Term Loan Facility Agent a properly completed Disbursement Request in accordance with Section 2.3 (Disbursement Procedures) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(b) The aggregate amount of any proposed Advance under this Agreement must be an amount that is no more than the available Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments and not less than $25,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (unless the available Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments are less than $25,000,000). Such Advances shall be made pro rata with respect to other Facility Agreements in accordance with the committed principal amounts under the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment subject to and in accordance with Section 2.4 (Pro Rata Advances) of the Common Terms Agreement.

 

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(c) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly advise each Term Lender that has a Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment under the Tranche that is to fund any portion of the applicable Term Loan Borrowing of any Disbursement Request delivered pursuant to this Section 2.03 (Procedures for Requesting Advances), together with each such Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the requested Term Loan Borrowing.

(d) Any Disbursement Request delivered pursuant to clause (a) above shall to be delivered by the Borrower to the Term Loan Facility Agent by 12:00 noon New York City time, on or before the third Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date for the Advance of any LIBO Loans and 12:00 noon New York City time, on or before the Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date for the Advance of any Base Rate Loans; provided that the notice periods set forth in this clause (d) shall not apply with respect to the Disbursement Request for the Initial Advance and for the Initial Second Phase Advance, which Disbursement Requests may be delivered no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date; provided further that such Disbursement Request is for an Advance of Base Rate Loans.

Section 2.04 Funding. (a) Subject to clause (c) below, on the proposed Borrowing Date of each Term Loan Borrowing, each Term Lender shall make a Term Loan in the amount of its Term Loan Commitment Percentage of such Term Loan Borrowing by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Term Loan Facility Agent, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, and the Term Loan Facility Agent shall transfer and deposit the amounts so received as set forth in Section 2.01(c) or (d) (Term Loans), as applicable, for application in accordance with Sections 4.5(a) (Disbursements of Senior Debt) and (c) (Construction Account) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, as applicable; provided that, if a Term Loan Borrowing does not occur on the proposed Borrowing Date because any condition precedent to such requested Term Loan Borrowing herein specified has not been met, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall return the amounts so received to each Term Lender without interest as soon as possible.

(b) Subject to Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate), each Term Lender may (without relieving the Borrower of its obligation to repay a Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Term Loan Notes), at its option, fulfill its Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments with respect to any such Term Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Term Lender to make such Term Loan.

(c) Unless the Term Loan Facility Agent has been notified in writing by any Term Lender prior to a proposed Borrowing Date that such Term Lender will not make available to the Term Loan Facility Agent its portion of the Term Loan Borrowing proposed to be made on such date, the Term Loan Facility Agent may assume that such Term Lender has made such amounts available to the Term Loan Facility Agent on such date and the Term Loan Facility Agent in its sole discretion may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower, or the applicable Term Lender in cases of payment of interest and Commitment Fees payable in accordance with Section 2.01(d) (Term Loans) above, a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Term Loan Facility Agent by such Term Lender and the Term Loan Facility Agent has made such amount available to the Borrower, or the applicable Term Lender in cases of payment of interest and Commitment Fees payable in accordance with Section 2.01(d) (Term Loans) above, the Term Loan Facility Agent

 

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shall be entitled to recover on demand from such Term Lender such corresponding amount plus interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Term Loan Facility Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Term Loan Facility Agent at an interest rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Term Lender pays such corresponding amount (together with such interest), then such corresponding amount so paid shall constitute such Term Lender’s Term Loan included in such Term Loan Borrowing. If such Term Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Term Loan Facility Agent’s demand, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall promptly repay such corresponding amount to the Term Loan Facility Agent plus interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Term Loan Facility Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Term Loan Facility Agent at an interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. If the Term Loan Facility Agent receives payment of the corresponding amount from each of the Borrower and such Term Lender, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower such corresponding amount. If the Term Loan Facility Agent receives payment of interest on such corresponding amount from each of the Borrower and such Term Lender for an overlapping period, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Term Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments hereunder and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Term Lender that fails to make all or any portion of any payment on the due date for such payment shall be deemed in default of its obligations under Section 2.01 (Term Loans) above. Any payment by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) (Funding) shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Term Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Term Loan Facility Agent. The failure of any Term Lender to make available to the Term Lender Facility Agent its portion of the Term Loan Borrowing shall not relieve any other Term Lender of its obligations, if any, hereunder to make available to the Term Loan Facility Agent its portion of the Term Loan Borrowing on the date of such Term Loan Borrowing, but no Term Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Term Lender to make available to the Term Loan Facility Agent such other Term Lender’s portion of the Term Loan Borrowing on the date of any Term Loan Borrowing. A notice of the Term Loan Facility Agent to any Term Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.04(c) (Funding) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d) Each of the Term Lenders shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term Lender resulting from each Term Loan made by such Term Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Term Lender from time to time hereunder.

(e) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall maintain at the Term Loan Facility Agent’s office (i) a copy of any Lender Assignment Agreement delivered to it pursuant to Section 10.04 (Assignments), and (ii) a register for the recordation, with respect to each Tranche, of the names and addresses of the Term Lenders, and all the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments of, and principal amount of and interest on the Term Loans owing and paid to, each Term Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time and of amounts received by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Borrower and whether such amounts constitute principal,

 

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interest, fees or other amounts and each Term Lender’s share thereof (the “Term Lender Register”). The Term Lender Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Joint Lead Bookrunner, any Joint Lead Arranger and any Term Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(f) The entries made by the Term Loan Facility Agent in the Term Lender Register or the accounts maintained by any Term Lender shall be conclusive and binding evidence, absent manifest error, of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Term Lender or the Term Loan Facility Agent to maintain such Term Lender Register or accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Term Lender and the accounts and records of the Term Loan Facility Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Term Loan Facility Agent shall control, in the absence of manifest error.

(g) In addition to such accounts or records described in clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.04 (Funding), the Term Loans made by each Term Lender with respect to any applicable Tranche may, upon the request of any Term Lender, be evidenced by a Term Loan Note or Term Loan Notes duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and shall be dated the date of any request therefor by a Term Lender. Each such Term Loan Note shall have all blanks appropriately filled in, shall specify the Tranche, and shall be payable to such Term Lender and its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to the Term Loan(s) with respect to such Tranche of such Term Lender; provided that each Term Lender may attach schedules to its respective Term Loan Note(s) and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its respective Term Loan(s) and payments with respect thereto with respect to such Tranche.

Section 2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) If the conditions set out in Section 4.3 (Conditions to Second Phase Expansion) of the Common Terms Agreement have not been satisfied or waived on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on December 31, 2015, the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments shall automatically expire and be permanently reduced to zero as of such date and time.

(b) All unused Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, if any, shall be automatically and permanently terminated (without premium or penalty) as of 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the last day of the Term Loan Availability Period that is a Business Day.

(c) The Borrower may cancel or reduce permanently the whole or any part of the unutilized Aggregate Tranche Commitments in accordance with Section 3.2 (Right of Repayment and Cancellation in Relation to a Single Facility Lender), Section 3.7 (Pro Rata Payment) and Section 3.8 (Reductions and Cancellations of Facility Debt Commitments) of the Common Terms Agreement, and where such cancellation or reduction is to be made pro rata, the Aggregate Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments and Aggregate Tranche Commitments of Tranches shall be automatically and permanently reduced (pro rata across all applicable Tranches and pro rata within a Tranche) in an amount equal to such payment or prepayment (in a minimum amount of ($10,000,000)). From the effective date of any such reduction or cancellation, the Commitment Fees shall be computed on the undrawn portion of the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments as so reduced or cancelled.

 

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(d) On the date of incurrence of any Replacement Senior Debt in accordance with Section 6.3 (Replacement Senior Debt) of the Common Terms Agreement incurred to replace all or any part of the Term Loan, the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments of the Term Lenders shall be reduced in accordance with Section 3.8(a) (Reductions and Cancellations of Facility Debt Commitments) of the Common Terms Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid Term Loans and cancelled Facility Debt Commitments on a pro rata basis by applying the proceeds of such Replacement Senior Debt first to repay any Tranches with outstanding Term Loans on a pro rata basis within each Tranche, commencing with the earlier drawn Tranches, and, to the extent any Replacement Senior Debt proceeds remain, secondly to cancel Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments that subsequently remain available to be drawn on a pro rata basis across all remaining Tranches.

(e) All unused Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, if any, shall be terminated upon the occurrence of a Loan Facility Event of Default if required pursuant to Section 8.02 (Acceleration Upon Bankruptcy) or Section 8.03 (Action Upon Event of Default) in accordance with the terms thereof.

Section 2.06 Extensions of Term Loans. (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date request that all or a portion of the Term Loans outstanding at the time of such request (any such Term Loans, “Existing Term Loans”) be converted to extend the scheduled final maturity date of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans). Prior to entering into any Extension Amendment with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Intercreditor Agent and the Term Loan Facility Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Term Lenders of the Existing Term Loans and which such request shall be offered equally to all such Term Lenders) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which terms shall be identical to the Existing Term Loans, except that (i) the Extended Term Loans may constitute a separate class of Term Loans than the Existing Term Loans and may have distinct voting rights with respect to such class, (ii) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of all or a portion of any principal amount of such Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Existing Term Loans (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 3.01(a) (Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings) with respect to the Existing Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were extended, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.06(c) below) (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the weighted average life to maturity of such Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Existing Term Loans), (iii) (A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Existing Term Loans and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Term Lenders providing such

 

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Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment and (iv) (A) the Extended Term Loans may have call protection and prepayment premiums related to optional prepayment terms as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Term Lenders thereof and (B) the Extended Term Loans may participate with the Existing Term Loans on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Term Lenders thereof. No Term Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request and no such refusal shall in and of itself entitle the Borrower to exercise rights under Section 3.2 (Right of Repayment and Cancellation in Relation to a Single Facility Lender) of the Common Terms Agreement (including as incorporated into Section 2.05(c) (Termination or Reduction of Commitments) of this Agreement) with respect to such refusing Term Lender.

(b) The Borrower shall provide the applicable Term Loan Extension Request at least 30 days (or such shorter period as the Term Loan Facility Agent may determine in its sole discretion) prior to the date on which Term Lenders are requested to respond, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Term Loan Facility Agent, in each case acting reasonably, to accomplish the purpose of this Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans). Any Term Lender (an “Extending Term Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Existing Term Loans subject to such Term Loan Extension Request converted into Extended Term Loans shall notify the Term Loan Facility Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Term Loan Extension Request of the amount of its Existing Term Loans subject to such Term Loan Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Term Loans (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Term Loan Facility Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of the Existing Term Loans subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Existing Term Loans shall be converted to Extended Term Loans on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Existing Term Loans included in each such Extension Election (subject to rounding).

(c) Extended Term Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Amendment”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.06(c) (Extensions of Term Loans) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10.01 (Decisions; Amendments, Etc), shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Term Lenders with respect to the Extended Term Loans established thereby) executed by the Loan Parties, the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Extending Term Lenders. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.06(a) above, each Extension Amendment shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 3.01(a) (Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings) with respect to the Existing Term Loans to reduce each scheduled repayment amount for the Existing Term Loans in the same proportion as the amount of Existing Term Loans is to be converted pursuant to such Extension Amendment (it being understood that the amount of any repayment amount payable with respect to any individual Existing Term Loan that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof). It is understood and agreed that each Term Lender hereunder has consented, and shall at the effective time thereof be

 

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deemed to consent, to each amendment to this Agreement and the other Finance Documents authorized by this Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans) and the arrangements described above in connection therewith.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on any date on which any Existing Term Loans are converted to extend the related scheduled final maturity date in accordance with clause (a) above (an “Extension Date”), the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted by such Term Lender on such date.

(e) No exchange or conversion of Loans or Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments pursuant to any Extension Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans) shall (i) be made at any time a Loan Facility Event of Default shall have occurred and be Continuing and (ii) constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents.

ARTICLE III

REPAYMENTS, PREPAYMENTS, INTEREST AND FEES

Section 3.01 Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings. (a) Borrower unconditionally and irrevocably promises to pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent for the ratable account of each Term Lender the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans on each CTA Payment Date beginning on the First Repayment Date, in accordance with the Amortization Schedule. In the event (x) the Second Phase CP Date fails to occur on or before December 31, 2015 or (y) the Project Completion Date occurs prior to the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall, of its own motion or as requested by the Borrower, generate and promptly provide to the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower a revised Amortization Schedule (in respect of which it shall have consulted with the Borrower). In addition, following the making of any prepayments pursuant to this Agreement or Section 3.1 (CTA Payment Dates) of the Common Terms Agreement, including in connection with the incurrence of Replacement Senior Debt, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall, of its own motion or as reasonably requested by the Borrower, generate and promptly provide to the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower a revised Amortization Schedule (in respect of which it shall have consulted with the Borrower). In either of the instances described above, the revised Amortization Schedule shall be delivered prior to the next Quarterly Payment Date and prepared in a manner that is consistent with the principles used to prepare the original Amortization Schedule. Any failure by the Term Loan Facility Agent to provide a revised Amortization Schedule as required pursuant to this Section 3.01 (Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings) shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations to pay the Term Loans in accordance with this Agreement.

(b) The repayment of principal by the Borrower for the Term Loans shall commence on the earlier of:

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(ii) the Date Certain

(such date, the “First Repayment Date”).

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 3.01(a) above, the final principal repayment installment on the Term Loan Final Maturity Date shall in any event be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date.

Section 3.02 Interest Payment Dates. (a) Interest accrued on each Term Loan shall be payable, without duplication, on the following dates (each, an “Interest Payment Date”):

(i) with respect to any repayment or prepayment of principal on such Term Loan, on the date of each such repayment or prepayment;

(ii) on the Term Loan Final Maturity Date;

(iii) with respect to LIBO Loans, (A) on the last day of each applicable Interest Period, (B) in the case of any Interest Period that has a duration of more than three months, the day three months after the first day of such Interest Period, and (C) if applicable, on any date on which such LIBO Loan is converted to a Base Rate Loan; and

(iv) with respect to Base Rate Loans, on each CTA Payment Date beginning on the first CTA Payment Date after the date of the disbursement or, if applicable, any date on which such Base Rate Loan is converted to a LIBO Loan.

(b) Interest accrued on the Term Loans or other monetary Term Loan Obligations after the date such amount is due and payable (whether on the Term Loan Final Maturity Date or any CTA Payment Date upon acceleration or otherwise) shall be payable upon demand.

(c) Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the occurrence of an event set forth in Section 15.1(d)(i) (Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 8.01 (Events of Default) of this Agreement only to the extent it relates to Section 15.1(d)(i) (Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 3.03 Interest Rates. (a) Each LIBO Loan shall accrue interest at a rate per annum during each Interest Period applicable thereto equal to the sum of the LIBOR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin for such Term Loans.

(b) On or before 12:00 noon, New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the end of each Interest Period for each LIBO Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the Term Loan Facility Agent an Interest Period Notice setting forth the Borrower’s election with respect to the duration of the next Interest Period applicable to such LIBO Loan, which Interest Period shall be one, two, three, or six months in length; provided, that, (i) if any Loan Facility Declared Default has occurred and is Continuing, all LIBO Loans shall convert into Base Rate

 

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Loans and (ii) if any Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, all LIBO Loans shall convert into LIBO Loans with an Interest Period of one month, in each case, at the end of the then-current Interest Periods (in which case the Term Loan Facility Agent shall so notify the Borrower and the Term Lenders). After such Loan Facility Declared Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default has ceased, the Borrower may convert each such Base Rate Loan or LIBO Loan with an Interest Period of one month into a LIBO Loan in accordance with this Agreement by delivering an Interest Period Notice in accordance with Section 3.04 (Conversion Options).

(c) If the Borrower fails to deliver an Interest Period Notice in accordance with Section 3.03(b) above with respect to any LIBO Loan, such LIBO Loan shall be made as, or converted into, a Base Rate Loan at the end of the then-current Interest Period.

(d) Each LIBO Loan shall bear interest from (and including) the first day of the applicable Interest Period to (but excluding) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined as applicable to such LIBO Loan.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Borrower shall have, in the aggregate, no more than twelve (12) separate LIBO Loans outstanding at any one time across all Tranches.

(f) Each Base Rate Loan shall accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Term Loans.

(g) All Base Rate Loans shall bear interest from and including the date such Term Loan is made (or the day on which LIBO Loans are converted to Base Rate Loans as required under Section 3.03(c) (Interest Rates) or 3.04 (Conversion Options) or under ARTICLE IV (LIBOR And Tax Provisions)) to (but excluding) the date such Term Loan or portion thereof is paid at the interest rate determined as applicable to such Base Rate Loan (or the date such Term Loan is converted to a LIBO Loan).

Section 3.04 Conversion Options. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert LIBO Loans to Base Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans to LIBO Loans (subject to Sections 3.03(e) (Interest Rates), 4.01 (LIBOR Lending Unlawful) and 4.02 (Inability to Determine LIBOR)), as the case may be, by delivering a completed Interest Period Notice to the Term Loan Facility Agent notifying the Term Loan Facility Agent of such election no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice, in the case of conversions to LIBO Loans, shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that (i) no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a LIBO Loan when any Loan Facility Declared Default has occurred and is Continuing and (ii) no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a LIBO Loan with an Interest Period greater than one month when any Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing and, in each case, the Term Loan Facility Agent has determined not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Term Lender thereof.

 

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Section 3.05 Post-Maturity Interest Rates; Default Interest Rates. If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Term Loan is not paid when due (whether on the Term Loan Final Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise) or any Term Loan Obligation (other than principal on the Term Loans) is not paid or deposited when due (whether on the Term Loan Final Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise), (i) all such overdue amounts of principal on the Term Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus the Default Rate and (ii) all such other defaulted amounts of Term Loan Obligations (other than principal on the Term Loans) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans plus the Default Rate, from the date of such non-payment until the amount then due is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).

Section 3.06 Interest Rate Determination. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall determine the interest rate applicable to the Term Loans and shall give prompt notice of such determination to the Borrower and the Term Lenders. In each such case, the Term Loan Facility Agent’s determination of the applicable interest rate shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error.

Section 3.07 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Term Loan Facility Agent’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All computations of interest for LIBO Loans, and for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by LIBOR shall be made on the basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed. All computations of commissions or fees owed hereunder (other than Commitment Fees, which shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13 (Fees) below) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.

(b) Interest shall accrue on each Term Loan for the day on which the Term Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Term Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Term Loan or such portion is paid; provided, that, any Term Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.

(c) Each determination by the Term Loan Facility Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 3.08 Terms of All Prepayments. The Borrower shall make prepayments of Term Loans and all reductions and cancellations of Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments in accordance with the terms of Article 3 (Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation) of the Common Terms Agreement and the following terms:

(a) upon the prepayment of any Term Loans (whether a voluntary prepayment, a mandatory prepayment or a prepayment upon acceleration or otherwise), the Borrower shall satisfy all applicable provisions under this Agreement; and

(b) together with any prepayment of Term Loans, the Borrower shall pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent, for the account of the Term Lenders which made any Term Loan being prepaid, the sum of the following amounts:

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(ii) any additional amounts required to be paid under Section 4.05 (Funding Losses); and

(iii) any other Term Loan Obligations required to be paid to the respective Term Lenders in connection with any prepayment under the Finance Documents.

Amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 3.09 (Voluntary Prepayment) and Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayment) shall not be reborrowed.

Section 3.09 Voluntary Prepayment. (a) The Borrower may, in accordance with Section 3.5 (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement and on not less than three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Term Loan Facility Agent, prepay in whole or in part amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Facility Agreement. Such notice may be conditional and subject to revocation as set forth in Section 3.5(b) (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement. If any such notice is revoked in accordance with Section 3.5(b) (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement, the Borrower shall pay any Breakage Costs incurred by any Term Lender as a result of such notice and revocation, as set forth in Section 3.5(b) (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.5(b) (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement, after the Borrower has delivered a notice of voluntary prepayment in accordance with Section 3.09(a) above, the prepayment date specified in the notice shall be deemed the due date for the principal amount (and the interest thereon) to be paid thereunder and should the Borrower fail to pay any such principal amount and/or interest and/or prepayment premium (if any, in accordance with Section 3.6 (Prepayment Fees and Breakage Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement) due on such date, the Borrower shall pay interest on such overdue amounts in accordance with Section 3.05 (Post-Maturity Interest Rates; Default Interest Rates).

Section 3.10 Mandatory Prepayment. (a) The Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans as and when required under Section 3.4 (Mandatory Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(b) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Loans. Any prepayment of Term Loans of a Term Lender pursuant to this Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayments) shall be applied first to such Term Lender’s Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof and second to such Term Lender’s LIBOR Loans.

Section 3.11 Time and Place of Payments. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment (including any payment of principal of or interest on any Term Loan or any Fees or other Term Loan Obligations) hereunder without set-off (except as and to the extent permitted under Section 2.01(d) (Term Loans) above), deduction or counterclaim not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time (except in the case of payments permitted under Section 2.01(d)(iii) (Term Loans) above, which may be made in accordance with the timing provided in Section 2.04(a) (Funding)), on the date when due in Dollars and, in immediately available funds, to the Term

 

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Loan Facility Agent at the account set forth in Schedule 3.11 (Term Loan Facility Agent Account Details) or at such other office or account as may from time to time be specified by the Term Loan Facility Agent to the Borrower. Funds received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, shall be deemed to have been received by the Term Loan Facility Agent on the next succeeding Business Day.

(b) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly remit in immediately available funds to each Term Loan Facility Secured Party its share, if any, of any payments received by the Term Loan Facility Agent for the account of such Term Loan Facility Secured Party.

(c) Whenever any payment (including any payment of principal of or interest on any Term Loan or any Fees or other Term Loan Obligations) hereunder shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall (except as otherwise required by the proviso to the definition of “Interest Period” with respect to LIBO Loans and in the case of the Term Loan Final Maturity Date, in which case the due date for payment shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such increase of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or Fees, if applicable.

Section 3.12 Borrowings and Payments Generally. (a) Unless the Term Loan Facility Agent has received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Term Loan Facility Agent for the account of the Term Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Term Loan Facility Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance with this Agreement and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Term Lenders the amount due. If the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Term Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Term Loan Facility Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Term Lender in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from (and including) the date such amount is distributed to it to (but excluding) the date of payment to the Term Loan Facility Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. A notice of the Term Loan Facility Agent to any Term Lender with respect to any amount owing under this Section 3.12 (Borrowings and Payments Generally) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(b) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Term Lender to obtain funds for any Term Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Term Lender that it has obtained or will obtain funds for any Term Loan in any particular place or manner.

Section 3.13 Fees. (a) From and including the Signing Date until the end of the Availability Period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent, for the account of the Term Lenders under each Tranche, on each CTA Payment Date beginning on the earlier of (i) the first CTA Payment Date that is also an Interest Payment Date or (ii) with respect to any Term Lender, the date on which such Term Lender’s Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments are terminated (solely to the extent of such terminated Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments), a commitment fee with respect to such Tranche (a “Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to 40% of the Applicable Margin applicable to LIBO Loans on the average daily amount by which the Aggregate Tranche Commitments exceed the aggregate outstanding principal amount

 

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of the Term Loans made under such Tranche during the relevant fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) then ended; provided that all Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears and computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days, as prorated for any partial quarter, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not be required to pay any Commitment Fee to any Term Lender with respect to any period in which such Term Lender was a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Tranche.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay or cause to be paid to the Term Loan Facility Agent for the account of the Term Lenders and the Term Loan Facility Agent, additional fees in the amounts and at the times from time to time agreed to by the Borrower and the Term Loan Facility Agent, including pursuant to each fee letter with a Joint Lead Arranger and any other fee letters entered into by the Borrower with any of the Term Lenders from time to time in respect of the Term Loan Facility Agreement; it being understood that (i) any upfront fees payable by the Borrower in respect of the First Phase Facility Debt Commitments, shall become due and payable on the earlier of the date of the Initial Advance and 60 days following the Signing Date and (ii) any upfront fees payable by the Borrower in respect of the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments shall become due and payable on the Second Phase CP Date.

(c) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due in immediately available funds. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

Section 3.14 Pro Rata Treatment. (a) The portion of any Term Loan Borrowing made under any Tranche shall be allocated by the Term Loan Facility Agent among the Term Lenders such that, following each Term Loan Borrowing, the ratio of each Term Lender’s outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment to the outstanding Aggregate Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments is equal to the Term Loan Commitment Percentage.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01 (LIBOR Lending Unlawful), each reduction of commitments of any type, pursuant to Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments) or otherwise, shall be allocated by the Term Loan Facility Agent pro rata among the Term Lenders in such Tranche in accordance with, and subject to the exceptions in, Section 3.8 (Reductions and Cancellations of Facility Debt Commitments) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(c) Except as otherwise required under Section 3.7 (Pro Rata Payment) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 3.09 (Voluntary Prepayment), Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayment) or ARTICLE IV (LIBOR And Tax Provisions), (i) each payment or prepayment of principal of the Term Loans shall be allocated by the Term Loan Facility Agent pro rata among the Term Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of their outstanding Term Loans, (ii) each payment of interest on the Term Loans shall be allocated by the Term Loan Facility Agent pro rata among the Term Lenders in accordance with the respective interest amounts outstanding on their Term Loans and (iii) each payment of the Commitment Fee with respect to a Tranche shall be allocated by the Term Loan Facility Agent pro rata among the Term Lenders in such Tranche in accordance with their respective Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments with respect to such Tranche.

 

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Section 3.15 Sharing of Payments. (a) If any Term Lender obtains any payment or other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of setoff or otherwise) on account of any Term Loan (other than pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE IV (LIBOR And Tax Provisions) or Section 3.14 (Pro Rata Treatment)) in excess of its pro rata share of payments then or therewith obtained by all Term Lenders holding Term Loans of such type, such Term Lender shall purchase from the other Term Lenders (for cash at face value) such participations in Term Loans of such type made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Term Lender to share the excess payment or other recovery ratably with each of them; provided, however, that, if all or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Term Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and each Term Lender that has sold a participation to the purchasing Term Lender shall repay to the purchasing Term Lender the purchase price to the ratable extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such selling Term Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (x) the amount of such selling Term Lender’s required repayment to the purchasing Term Lender to (y) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Term Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Term Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Term Lender so purchasing a participation from another Term Lender pursuant to this Section 3.15(a) (Sharing of Payments) may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including pursuant to Section 10.13 (Right of Set-off)) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Term Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to any payment by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by any Term Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Term Loans.

(b) If under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Term Lender receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff to which this Section 3.15 (Sharing of Payments) applies, such Term Lender shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of the Term Lenders entitled under this Section 3.15 (Sharing of Payments) to share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.

ARTICLE IV

LIBOR AND TAX PROVISIONS

Section 4.01 LIBOR Lending Unlawful. In the event that it becomes unlawful or, by reason of a Change in Law, any Term Lender is unable to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBO Loans, then such Term Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of such event (with a copy to the Term Loan Facility Agent and Intercreditor Agent) and such Term Lender’s obligation to make or to continue LIBO Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into LIBO Loans, as the case may be, shall be suspended until such time as such Term Lender may again make and maintain LIBO Loans. During such period of suspension, the Term Loans that would otherwise be made by such Term Lender as LIBO Loans shall be made instead by such Term Lender as Base Rate Loans and each LIBO Loan made by such Term Lender and outstanding will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor if such Term Loan may lawfully remain outstanding until the end of such Interest Period, and otherwise immediately,

 

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convert into a Base Rate Loan. At the Borrower’s request, each Term Lender shall use reasonable efforts, including using reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Term Loans or to assign its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Term Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or avoid such illegality and (ii) would not subject such Term Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Term Lender. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Term Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

Section 4.02 Inability to Determine LIBOR. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a LIBO Loan:

(a) the Term Loan Facility Agent reasonably determines that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Term Loan Facility Agent is advised by the Required Term Lenders that such Required Term Lenders have reasonably determined that LIBOR for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Term Lenders of making or maintaining their LIBO Loans for such Interest Period;

then the Term Loan Facility Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Term Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Term Loan Facility Agent notifies the Borrower and the Term Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist (which notice of subsequent change in circumstances shall be given as promptly as practicable), (i) any Interest Period Notice that requests the conversion of any Term Loan to, or continuation of any Term Loan as, a LIBO Loan shall be ineffective and such Term Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and (ii) if any Disbursement Request requests a LIBO Loan, such Term Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan, or, at the election of the Borrower (upon receipt of the determination to be made by the Required Term Lenders and only if they are able to agree on such a determination), made as a Term Loan bearing interest at such rate as the Required Term Lenders shall determine adequately reflects the costs to the Term Lenders of making such Term Loans. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly give notice to the Borrower, the Term Lenders and the Intercreditor Agent when the circumstances that gave rise to such notice no longer exist and, in such event, any outstanding Base Rate Loans may be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period, to LIBO Loans.

Section 4.03 Increased Costs. (a) If any Term Lender incurs additional costs or suffers a reduction, in each case, as described in Section 22.1(a) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement, the Borrower shall compensate such Term Lender in accordance with Section 22.1(a) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement (except to the extent the Borrower is excused from payment pursuant to Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate)). In determining the amount of such compensation, such Term Lender may, subject to Section 22.1(e) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement, use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in its sole discretion) shall deem appropriate.

 

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(b) If any Term Lender or Term Lender’s holding company has or would suffer a reduced rate of return as described in Section 22.1(b) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement, the Borrower shall compensate such Term Lender or (without duplication) such Term Lender’s holding company in accordance with Section 22.1(b) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement (except to the extent the Borrower is excused from payment pursuant to Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate)).

(c) To claim any amount under this Section 4.03 (Increased Costs), the Term Loan Facility Agent or a Term Lender, as applicable, shall promptly deliver a certificate in accordance with Section 22.1(c) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement (with a copy to the Term Loan Facility Agent, if delivered by a Term Lender). The Borrower shall pay the Term Loan Facility Agent or Term Lender, as applicable, in accordance with Section 22.1(c) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(d) Promptly after the Term Loan Facility Agent or Term Lender, as applicable, has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 4.03 (Increased Costs), such Person shall notify the Borrower thereof (with a copy to the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Intercreditor Agent). Failure or delay on the part of the Term Loan Facility Agent or Term Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.03 (Increased Costs) shall not constitute a waiver of such Person’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Person pursuant to this Section 4.03 (Increased Costs) for any increased costs or reductions outside of the period referred to in Section 22.1(d) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, no Term Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.03 (Increased Costs) in the circumstances described in Section 22.1(e) (Increased Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 4.04 Obligation to Mitigate. (a) If any Term Lender requests compensation under Section 4.03 (Increased Costs), or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Term Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Term Lender pursuant to Section 4.06 (Taxes), then such Term Lender shall have an obligation to mitigate such compensation in accordance with Section 19.5(a) (Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(b) The Borrower may require a Term Lender to assign and delegate (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04 (Assignments)) its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Finance Documents in accordance with Section 19.5(c) (Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders) of the Common Terms Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower, the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Term Lender may have against any Term Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.

Section 4.05 Funding Losses. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBO Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of a Loan Facility Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBO Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue

 

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or prepay any LIBO Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (other than through any default by the relevant Term Lender seeking reimbursement) or (d) the assignment of any LIBO Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate) (a “Breakage Event”), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Term Lender for the Breakage Costs. Such Breakage Costs shall be determined by the Term Loan Facility Agent based upon the information delivered to it by such Lender. To claim any amount under this Section 4.05 (Funding Losses), the Term Loan Facility Agent shall promptly deliver to the Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that the applicable Term Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 4.05 (Funding Losses) (including calculations, in reasonable detail, showing how the Term Loan Facility Agent computed such amount or amounts), which certificate shall be based upon the information delivered to the Term Loan Facility Agent by such Term Lender. The Borrower shall pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent for the benefit of the applicable Term Lender the amount due and payable and set forth on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

Section 4.06 Taxes. Any and all payments on account of any Term Loan Obligations shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 (Tax Gross-up and Indemnities) of the Common Terms Agreement.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 5.01 Incorporation of Common Terms Agreement. The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article 5 (Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties) of the Common Terms Agreement have been made to and for the benefit of each of the Term Lenders and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Article V as if fully set forth herein.

ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 6.01 Conditions to Closing. (a) The occurrence of the Closing and the effectiveness of the Term Lenders’ Facility Debt Commitments are subject to the delivery by the Intercreditor Agent of the Closing Notice in accordance with Section 4.5 (Satisfaction of Conditions) of the Common Terms Agreement. Each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 (Conditions to Closing) of the Common Terms Agreement is incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 6.01 (Conditions to Closing) as if fully set forth herein.

(b) Promptly upon receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Intercreditor Agent of the Closing Conditions Certificate from the Borrower, it shall deliver a copy of such notice to each Term Lender. Each Term Lender shall deliver confirmation of receipt of the Closing Conditions Certificate as soon as reasonably practicable to the Term Loan Facility Agent. Following receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent of the necessary confirmations of receipt from the Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent as soon as reasonably practicable a countersigned Closing Conditions Certificate.

 

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Section 6.02 Conditions to Initial Advance. (a) The obligation of each Term Lender to make the Initial Advance shall be subject to the delivery by the Intercreditor Agent of the Initial Advance Notice in accordance with Section 4.5 (Satisfaction of Conditions) of the Common Terms Agreement. Each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 (Conditions to Initial Advance) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 4.4 (Conditions to Each Advance) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 6.02 (Conditions to Initial Advance) as if fully set forth herein.

(b) Promptly upon receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Intercreditor Agent of the Initial Advance Certificate from the Borrower, it shall deliver a copy of such notice to each Term Lender. Each Term Lender shall deliver confirmation of receipt of the Initial Advance Certificate as soon as reasonably practicable to the Term Loan Facility Agent. Following receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent of the necessary confirmations of receipt from the Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent as soon as reasonably practicable a countersigned Initial Advance Certificate.

Section 6.03 Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance. (a) The obligation of each Term Lender to make the Initial Second Phase Advance shall be subject to the delivery by the Intercreditor Agent of the Initial Second Phase Advance Notice in accordance with Section 4.5 (Satisfaction of Conditions) of the Common Terms Agreement. Each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.3 (Conditions to Second Phase Expansion) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 4.4 (Conditions to Each Advance) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 6.03 (Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance) as if fully set forth herein.

(b) Promptly upon receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Intercreditor Agent of the Initial Second Phase Advance Certificate from the Borrower, it shall deliver a copy of such notice to each Term Lender. Each Term Lender shall deliver confirmation of receipt of the Initial Second Phase Advance Certificate as soon as reasonably practicable to the Term Loan Facility Agent. Following receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent of the necessary confirmations of receipt from the Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent as soon as reasonably practicable a countersigned Initial Second Phase Advance Certificate.

Section 6.04 Conditions to Each Term Loan Borrowing. The obligation of each Term Lender to make any Advance (including the Initial Advance and the Initial Second Phase Advance) shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Term Loan Facility Agent acting on the instruction of the Required Term Lenders ; provided that in the case of the Initial Advance and the Initial Second Phase Advance the Term Loan Facility Agent shall be acting on the instruction of each of the Term Lenders and; provided further that the provisions of Section 10.01(a)(iv) (Decisions; Amendments, Etc) below shall apply to each such vote by Required Term Lenders and each of the Term Lenders, as the case may be), prior to the making of such Advance, of each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.4 (Conditions to Each Advance) of the Common Terms Agreement, which conditions precedent are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 6.04 as if fully set forth herein.

 

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ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS

Section 7.01 Covenants. The covenants of the Loan Parties set forth in Article 12 (Loan Party Covenants) the Common Terms Agreement have been made to and for the benefit of each of the Term Lenders and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Article VII as if fully set forth herein.

ARTICLE VIII

DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT

Section 8.01 Events of Default. The occurrence of any Loan Facility Event of Default under the Common Terms Agreement shall constitute an event of default under this Agreement, subject to all of the relevant provisions of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 8.02 Acceleration Upon Bankruptcy. If any Loan Facility Event of Default described in Section 15.1(d)(i) (Loan Facility Events of Default – Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement occurs, all outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, if any, shall automatically terminate and the outstanding principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans and all other Term Loan Obligations shall automatically be and become immediately due and payable, in each case without notice, demand or further act of the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Term Lenders, the Intercreditor Agent, the Security Trustee or any other Term Loan Facility Secured Party in accordance with Section 16.1(b) (Facility Lender Remedies for Loan Facility Declared Events of Default - Initiating Percentage for Enforcement Action with Respect to Collateral) of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 8.03 Action Upon Event of Default. (a) If any Loan Facility Event of Default under the Common Terms Agreement or this Agreement occurs and is Continuing, the Term Lenders may, by decision of the Required Term Lenders (i) instruct the Term Loan Facility Agent, as Senior Creditor Group Representative for the Term Lenders, to further instruct the Intercreditor Agent to declare that a Loan Facility Declared Default has occurred under this Agreement in accordance with Section 15.2(a) (Declaration of Loan Facility Declared Default) of the Common Terms Agreement and (ii) thereafter, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement and the Common Security and Account Agreement, exercise, or instruct the Intercreditor Agent to exercise, any Enforcement Action provided under Section 16.1 (Facility Lender Remedies for Loan Facility Declared Events of Default) of the Common Terms Agreement, each of which is incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 8.03 (Action Upon Event of Default) as if fully set forth herein; provided that nothing herein shall, upon the occurrence of a Loan Facility Event of Default under Section 15.1(d)(i) (Loan Facility Events of Default – Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement, require any certification, declaration or other notice prior to the deemed declaration of such Loan Facility Declared Default or the acceleration of the Term Loans in connection with the occurrence thereof as provided under Section 16.1(b) (Facility Lender Remedies for Loan Facility Declared Events of Default - Initiating Percentage for Enforcement Action with Respect to Collateral) of the Common Terms Agreement.

 

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(b) Subject to Section 10.5 (Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, following commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceeding by or against the Loan Parties or Holdco, any Term Lender may: (1) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to (and to the extent of) the Senior Debt Obligations (if any) owed by such person to such Term Lender in accordance with the Finance Documents, (2) vote on any plan of reorganization and (3) make other filings, arguments, objections and motions in connection with such Bankruptcy Proceeding, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents (other than any requirement for an intercreditor vote to take such action).

(c) Any termination and acceleration made pursuant to this Section 8.03 and Section 16.1(a)(ii) (Enforcement Action) of the Common Terms Agreement may, should the Required Term Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion so elect, be rescinded by written notice to the Borrower at any time after the principal of the Term Loans has become due and payable, but before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies so due, or any part thereof, has been entered; provided that, no such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Loan Facility Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(d) An event of default under this Term Loan Facility Agreement shall be deemed to be declared, in respect of any Loan Facility Event of Default referred to in Section 15.1(d)(i) (Loan Facility Events of Default – Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement, immediately and automatically upon its occurrence, without the requirement for any certification, declaration or other notice from an Term Lender or the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Creditor in accordance with Section 15.2(a) (Declaration of Loan Facility Declared Default) of the Common Terms Agreement.

(e) Promptly after any Term Lender obtains knowledge of any Loan Facility Event of Default, such Term Lender shall notify the Term Loan Facility Agent in writing of such Loan Facility Event of Default, which notice shall describe such Loan Facility Event of Default in reasonable detail (including the date of occurrence of the same), specifically refer to this Section 8.03(e) (Action Upon Event of Default) and indicate that such notice is a notice of default.

Section 8.04 Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any moneys received by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Security Trustee after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Loan Facility Event of Default and the period during which remedies have been initiated shall be applied in full or in part by the Term Loan Facility Agent against the Term Loan Obligations in accordance with Section 6.7(b) (Enforcement Proceeds Account) of the Common Security and Account Agreement (but without prejudice to the right of the Term Lenders, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to recover any shortfall from the Borrower).

 

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ARTICLE IX

THE TERM LOAN FACILITY AGENT

Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each of the Term Lenders hereby appoints, designates and authorizes Société Générale as its Term Loan Facility Agent under and for purposes of each Finance Document to which the Term Loan Facility Agent is a party, and in its capacity as the Term Loan Facility Agent, to act on its behalf as Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Designated Voting Party (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) for the Term Lenders. Société Générale hereby accepts this appointment and agrees to act as the Term Loan Facility Agent for the Term Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Each of the Term Lenders hereby appoints and authorizes the Term Loan Facility Agent to execute and enter into each of the Common Terms Agreement, Intercreditor Agreement and Common Security and Account Agreement on behalf of each Term Lender, in its name, place and stead, to bind it to the representations, warranties, terms and conditions contained therein and to act on behalf of such Term Lender under each Finance Document to which it is a party and in the absence of other written instructions from the Required Term Lenders received from time to time by the Term Loan Facility Agent (with respect to which the Term Loan Facility Agent agrees that it will comply, except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.01 or as otherwise advised by counsel, and subject in all cases to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement), to exercise such powers hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Term Loan Facility Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as may be reasonably incidental thereto. Where the Term Loan Facility Agent is required or permitted to act under this Agreement or under any other Finance Document, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall, notwithstanding anything herein or therein to the contrary, (i) be entitled to request instruction or direction in respect of any such rights, powers and discretions or clarification of any written instruction received by it, as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising its rights, powers and discretions and (ii) unless the terms of the agreement unambiguously mandate the action, may refrain from acting (and will incur no liability in refraining to act) until that direction, instruction or clarification is received by it from the relevant parties or from a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Term Loan Facility Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Government Rule. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

(b) Except to the extent that the Term Loan Facility Agent is acting on express instructions, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs (taking into account the interests of all the Term Lenders benefiting from this Agreement). Nothing in this Agreement or any other Finance Document shall, in any case in which the Term Loan Facility Agent has failed to show such degree of care and skill, exempt the Term Loan Facility Agent from or indemnify it against any liability arising out of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct in relation to its duties under this Agreement or any other Finance Document as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment.

 

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(c) The Term Loan Facility Agent may not begin any legal action or proceeding in the name of a Term Lender, except as specifically permitted under the terms of this Agreement or the other Finance Documents.

(d) The provisions of this ARTICLE IX are solely for the benefit of the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Term Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Person shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions other than the Borrower’s rights under Section 9.07(a) and (b) (Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent).

Section 9.02 Rights as a Facility Lender or Hedging Bank. Each Person serving as the Term Loan Facility Agent hereunder or under any other Finance Document shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Facility Lender or Hedging Bank, as the case may be, as any other Facility Lender or Hedging Bank, as the case may be, and may exercise the same as though it were not the Term Loan Facility Agent. Each such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or Affiliates of the Borrower as if such Person were not the Term Loan Facility Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Term Lenders.

Section 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Finance Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall not:

(i) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties (except for an implied covenant of good faith), regardless of whether a Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing;

(ii) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Finance Documents that the Term Loan Facility Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Term Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Term Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Finance Documents); provided that the Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Term Loan Facility Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Finance Document or applicable Government Rule; or

(iii) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Finance Documents, have any duty to disclose, nor shall the Term Loan Facility Agent be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Term Loan Facility Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

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(b) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the prior written consent or at the request of the Required Term Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Term Lenders as may be necessary, or as the Term Loan Facility Agent may believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.01 (Decisions; Amendments, Etc.)) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Loan Facility Event of Default unless the Term Loan Facility Agent has received a written notice in accordance with Section 8.03(d) (Action Upon Event of Default) or with Section 2.4(d) (Defaults) of the Intercreditor Agreement or from the Intercreditor Agent, the Loan Parties, Holdco or a Senior Creditor Group Representative referring to this Term Loan Facility Agreement, describing events or actions constituting a Loan Facility Event of Default and indicating that such notice is a notice of default. If the Term Loan Facility Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of any Loan Facility Event of Default, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall give notice thereof to the Term Lenders and the Intercreditor Agent. Subject to Article 16 (Common Remedies and Enforcement) of the Common Terms Agreement, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall take such action with respect to such Loan Facility Event of Default as is provided in ARTICLE VIII (Default and Enforcement).

(c) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Finance Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence or Continuance of any Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created by any Security Document, (v) the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Term Loan Facility Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in ARTICLE VI (Conditions Precedent) or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of any items expressly required to be delivered to the Term Loan Facility Agent, except those irregularities or errors of which the Term Loan Facility Agent has actual knowledge, and provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by any Loan Party or any Term Lender of any of their rights against the Term Loan Facility Agent as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. If any remittance or communication received by the Term Loan Facility Agent appears manifestly erroneous or irregular to the Term Loan Facility Agent, it shall be under a duty to make prompt inquiry to the Person originating such remittance or communication in order to determine whether a clerical error or inadvertent mistake has occurred.

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Facility Agent’s own gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment) or be liable to any Term Lender for any breach by any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Finance Document.

Section 9.04 Reliance by Term Facility Agent. (a) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Term Loan Facility Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Term Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of each Term Lender or the Required Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Term Lender or the Required Term Lenders, as the case may be, unless the Term Loan Facility Agent has received notice to the contrary from such Facility Lender or the Intercreditor Agent prior to the making of such Term Loan. The Term Loan Facility Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by it in good faith, and shall not be required to make any investigation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of any such advice or services; provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by the Loan Parties or the Term Lenders of any of their rights against (A) the Term Loan Facility Agent as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment or (B) such counsel, accountants or other experts.

(b) Each Loan Party and each Term Lender shall deliver to the Term Loan Facility Agent (or, in the case of the Loan Parties, deliver to the Intercreditor Agent for delivery to each Facility Agent) a list of authorized signatories, together, in the case of the Loan Parties, with a certificate of an officer of such party certifying the names and true signatures of such authorized signatories who are authorized to sign any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent, agreement or other document or communication furnished to the Term Loan Facility Agent hereunder or under the other Finance Documents and the Term Loan Facility Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such list until a new list is furnished by a Loan Party or a Term Lender, as the case may be, to the Term Loan Facility Agent (or, in the case of the Loan Parties, to the Intercreditor Agent for delivery to each Facility Agent).

Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Term Loan Facility Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise any and all its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Finance Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Term Loan Facility Agent. The Term Loan Facility Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this ARTICLE IX shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Term Loan Facility Agent, and shall apply to all of their respective activities in connection with their acting as or for the Term Loan Facility Agent.

 

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Section 9.06 Indemnification by the Term Lenders. Without limiting the obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder or under the other Finance Documents, each Term Lender agrees that it shall, from time to time on demand by the Term Loan Facility Agent, indemnify the Term Loan Facility Agent and its Related Parties (ratably in accordance with its then applicable proportionate share) for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal fees) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Term Loan Facility Agent or any of its Related Parties in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other Finance Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents; provided, however, that no Term Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise solely from the Term Loan Facility Agent’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall be fully justified in taking, refusing to take or continuing to take any action hereunder unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Term Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking, refusing to take or continuing to take any such action. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Term Lender agrees to reimburse, ratably in accordance with all its Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, the Term Loan Facility Agent promptly upon demand for any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Term Loan Facility Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, administration, amendment, waiver, modification or enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, the Finance Documents, to the extent that the Term Loan Facility Agent is not reimbursed promptly for such expenses by the Loan Parties in accordance with the Finance Documents; provided that upon recovery of any or all of such costs and expenses by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Loan Parties, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall remit to each Term Lender that has paid such costs and expenses to the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to this Section 9.06 (Indemnification by the Term Lenders) its ratable share of such amounts so recovered. The obligation of the Term Lenders to make payments pursuant to this Section 9.06 (Indemnification by the Term Lenders) is several and not joint or joint and several, and the same shall survive the payment in full of the Term Loan Obligations and the termination of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents.

Section 9.07 Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent.

(a) The Term Loan Facility Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Finance Documents at any time by giving 30 days’ prior notice to the Borrower and the Term Lenders. The Term Loan Facility Agent may be removed at any time (i) by the Required Term Lenders for such Person’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct or (ii) by the Borrower, with the consent of the Required Term Lenders, for such Person’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. In the event Société Générale is no longer the Term Loan Facility Agent, any successor Term Loan Facility Agent may be removed at any time with cause by the Required Term Lenders. Any such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Term Loan Facility Agent, in accordance with this Section 9.07 (Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent.) and Section 19.3 (Replacement of Facility Agents) of the Common Terms Agreement.

 

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(b) Upon any notice of resignation by the Term Loan Facility Agent or upon the removal of the Term Loan Facility Agent by the Required Term Lenders, or by the Borrower with the approval of the Required Term Lenders pursuant to Section 9.07(a) (Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent.), the Required Term Lenders shall appoint a successor Term Loan Facility Agent, hereunder and under each other Finance Document to which the Term Loan Facility Agent is a party, such successor Term Loan Facility Agent to be a commercial bank or financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000; provided that, if no Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default shall then be Continuing, the appointment of a successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall also be subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.

(c) If no successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after (i) the retiring Term Loan Facility Agent gives notice of its resignation or (ii) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall, at the expense of the Loan Parties, petition any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States for the appointment of a successor Term Loan Facility Agent. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may prescribe, appoint a successor Term Loan Facility Agent. If no successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) above or (A) this clause (c) and shall have accepted such appointment within 90 days or (B) in the case of this clause (c) if the Term Loan Facility Agent, acting reasonably, cannot determine a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States that will consider the petition contemplated in this clause (c) within 60 days, in each case after (x) the retiring Term Loan Facility Agent gives notice of its resignation or (y) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Term Loan Facility Agent may, at the expense of the Loan Parties, appoint a successor Term Loan Facility Agent meeting the criteria set forth in Section 9.07(b) (Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent.); provided that, if no Loan Facility Event of Default shall then be Continuing, the appointment of such successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall also be subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, further, that if no successor Term Loan Facility Agent shall have been so appointed by the Term Loan Facility Agent within 30 days after the termination of such 90-day period, the Loan Parties may appoint a successor Term Loan Facility Agent with the consent of the Required Term Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(d) Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Term Loan Facility Agent hereunder and compliance with the provisions of Section 19.3 (Replacement of Facility Agents) of the Common Terms Agreement, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Term Loan Facility Agent, and the retiring (or removed) Term Loan Facility Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Finance Documents. After the retirement or removal of the Term Loan Facility Agent hereunder and under the other Finance

 

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Documents, the provisions of this ARTICLE IX and Section 10.07 (Indemnification by the Borrower) shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring (or removed) Person, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Person was acting in its capacity as Term Loan Facility Agent.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, no resignation or, as the case may be, removal of the Term Loan Facility Agent shall be effective until the following conditions are satisfied:

(i) the Term Loan Facility Agent has transferred to its successor all the rights and obligations in its capacity as Term Loan Facility Agent under this Term Loan Facility Agreement, the Common Terms Agreement and the other Finance Documents to which it is party as the Term Loan Facility Agent; and

(ii) the requirements of Section 19.3 (Replacement of Facility Agents) of the Common Terms Agreement have been satisfied.

Section 9.08 No Amendment to Duties of Term Loan Facility Agent Without Consent. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be bound by any waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of this Agreement or any other Finance Document that affects its rights or duties hereunder or thereunder unless such Term Loan Facility Agent shall have given its prior written consent, in its capacity as Term Loan Facility Agent thereto.

Section 9.09 Non-Reliance on Term Loan Facility Agent and Term Lenders. Each of the Term Lenders acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Term Loan Facility Agent, any other Term Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and make its extensions of credit. Each of the Term Lenders also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Term Loan Facility Agent or any other Term Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Section 9.10 No Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Lead Bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent, Co-Structuring Lead or Mandated Lead Arranger Duties. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Lead Bookrunner, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent, Co-Structuring Lead or Mandated Lead Arranger shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Term Loan Facility Agent or Term Lender hereunder.

Section 9.11 Copies. The Term Loan Facility Agent shall give prompt notice to each Term Lender of receipt of each notice or request required or permitted to be given to the Term Loan Facility Agent by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Finance Document (unless concurrently delivered to the Term Lenders by such Loan Party). The Term Loan Facility Agent will distribute to each Term Lender each document or

 

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instrument (including each document or instrument delivered by the Loan Parties to the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to ARTICLE V (Representations and Warranties), ARTICLE VI (Conditions Precedent) and ARTICLE VII (Covenants)) received for the account of the Term Loan Facility Agent and copies of all other communications received by the Term Loan Facility Agent from the Loan Parties for distribution to the Term Lenders by the Term Loan Facility Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Finance Document.

Section 9.12 General Provisions as to Payments. Subject to Section 3.14 (Pro Rata Treatment) above, the Term Loan Facility Agent promptly shall distribute to each Term Lender its pro rata share of each payment of (a) principal and interest payable to the Term Lenders on the Term Loans, (b) fees hereunder received by the Term Loan Facility Agent for the account of the Term Lenders and (c) any other amounts owing to the Term Lenders under the Term Loans. The payments made for the account of each Term Lender shall be made and distributed to it for the account of its facility office set forth in the Common Terms Agreement. Each Term Lender shall have the right to alter its designated facility office upon written notice to the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Loan Parties and the Intercreditor Agent pursuant to Section 10.10 (Notices and Other Communications).

(a) Where a sum is to be paid to a Term Lender under the Finance Documents or another party to this Agreement by another party to this Agreement that is primarily liable for such sum, the Term Loan Facility Agent shall not be obliged to pay such sum to such other party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has established to its satisfaction that it has received such sum.

(b) If the Term Loan Facility Agent pays an amount to another party to this Agreement and it proves to be the case that the Term Loan Facility Agent had not actually received that amount for which another party to this Agreement is primarily liable, then the party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Term Loan Facility Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Term Loan Facility Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Term Loan Facility Agent, calculated by the Term Loan Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

(c) The Term Loan Facility Agent acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any Finance Document, in no event shall the Term Lenders be obligated to pay any agency or other fee to the Term Loan Facility Agent even if the Loan Parties fail to do so.

Section 9.13 Agreement to Comply with Finance Documents. Each of the Term Lenders agrees for the benefit of the Borrower and each other that, in giving instructions to the Facility Agent and the Intercreditor Agent and, where so permitted under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, Common Terms Agreement or the Common Security and Account Agreement, in taking Decisions by itself or through the Term Loan Facility Agent, including pursuing any Facility Lender remedies against the Borrower, that such Facility Lender shall act at all times in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Common Security and Account Agreement, the Common Terms Agreement, this Agreement and the applicable Finance Documents.

 

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 10.01 Decisions; Amendments, Etc. (a) Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Common Security and Account Agreement, no Modification or termination of any provision of this Agreement or other Decision by Term Lenders under this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Loan Parties and Term Loan Facility Agent (acting on the instruction of the Required Term Lenders), and each such Modification, termination or Decision shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that:

(i) the consent of each Term Lender directly and adversely affected thereby will be required with respect to:

(A) increases in or extensions (other than pursuant to Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans) above or with respect to incurrence of any Additional Senior Debt to which such Term Lender has agreed to participate) of or change to the order of application of any reduction in any Term Loan Facility Commitments or change to the order of application of any prepayment of Term Loans from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments), Section 3.09 (Voluntary Prepayment), Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayment) (it being understood that a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 6.01 (Conditions to Closing), Section 6.02 (Conditions to Initial Advance), Section 6.03 (Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance) or Section 6.04 (Conditions of Each Term Loan Borrowing) or waiver of any Loan Facility Event of Default, Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default or mandatory prepayment will not constitute an increase or extension of any Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment);

(B) reductions of the principal of, or the interest or rate of interest specified herein on, any Term Loan, or any Fees or other amounts (including reduction in the amount to be paid in respect of any mandatory prepayments under Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayment)) payable to any Term Lender hereunder (other than by virtue of a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 6.01 (Conditions to Closing), Section 6.02 (Conditions to Initial Advance), Section 6.03 (Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance) or Section 6.04 (Conditions of Each Term Loan Borrowing), Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default or change to a financial ratio);

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(Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings), Section 3.02 (Interest Payment Dates) or Section 3.13 (Fees) or mandatory payment under Section 3.10 (Mandatory Prepayment) (other than pursuant to Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans)) (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent or the waiver of any Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default or change to a financial ratio will not constitute an extension of the Term Loan Final Maturity Date);

(D) Modifications to the provisions of Section 3.14 (Pro Rata Treatment) or Section 3.15 (Sharing of Payments), except as provided in the Finance Documents; and

(E) satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions in Section 6.01 (Conditions to Closing), Section 6.02 (Conditions to Initial Advance) and Section 6.03 (Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance);

(ii) the consent of each Term Lender will be required with respect to:

(A) changes to any provision of this Section 10.01, the definition of Required Term Lenders, or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Term Lenders required to amend, waive, terminate or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder;

(B) releases or Modifications of all or a material portion of the Collateral from the Lien of any of the Security Documents (other than as permitted in the Finance Documents);

(C) releases of all or a substantial portion of the value of the Guarantees by the Guarantors under or in connection with this Agreement, the Common Terms Agreement, the Common Security and Account Agreement or any Security Document (other than as permitted in the Finance Documents);

(D) assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement except with respect to any such assignment or transfer expressly permitted under this Agreement, the Common Terms Agreement or the Common Security and Account Agreement;

(E) incurrence of Expansion Senior Debt as provided by Section 6.5 (Expansion Senior Debt) of the Common Terms Agreement;

(F) amendment to the definition of Tranche 4 Decision; and

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consent of all Term Lenders will be required with respect to Schedule 1(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement only to the extent such amendment adversely affects the timing or priority of payments for Senior Debt Obligations in the cash waterfall in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) of the Common Security and Account Agreement;

(iii) the consent of any Term Lender (other than any Term Lender that is a Loan Party, Holdco or the Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof except as set forth in Section 7.4 (Sponsor Voting) of the Common Security and Account Agreement) will be sufficient with respect to any Modification, termination or Decision specified in a Finance Document as being made solely by any individual Senior Creditor;

(iv) with respect to any Tranche 4 Decision:

(A) the total votes for or against such Tranche 4 Decision cast by Term Lenders solely with respect to the principal amount of their Tranche 4 Term Loans or Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitments and the aggregate principal amount of such Tranche 4 Term Loans or Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitments shall be relevant;

(B) the Term Loan Facility Agent shall, solely for purposes of making a determination in accordance with the provisions of this clause (iv), (1) exclude and not count any votes for or against such Tranche 4 Decision cast by any Term Lender based on the principal amount of any Term Loan or Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment that is not a Tranche 4 Term Loan or Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment, and (2) compute the percentage of votes cast by excluding the principal amount of any Term Loan or Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment that is not a Tranche 4 Term Loan or Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment; and

(C) the Term Loan Facility Agent shall make the determination after giving effect to the exclusion of the principal amount of any Loan or Facility Debt Commitment that is not a Tranche 4 Loan or Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment; and

(v) for any Decision with respect to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.03 (Conditions to Initial Second Phase Advance) of this Agreement and Section 4.3 (Conditions to Second Phase Expansion) of the Common Terms Agreement:

(A) the total votes for or against such Decision cast by Term Lenders solely with respect to the principal amounts of their Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments shall be relevant;

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clause (v), (1) exclude and not count any votes for or against such Decision cast by any Term Lender based on the principal amount of any Term Loan made pursuant to, or Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments under the First Phase Facility Debt Commitments, and (2) compute the percentage of votes cast by excluding any votes that are not part of the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments; and

(C) the Term Loan Facility Agent shall make the determination after giving effect to the exclusion of the principal amount of any Term Loan or Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment that is made or remaining under the First Phase Facility Debt Commitments;

(b) Except as set forth in Section 7.4 (Sponsor Voting) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, no Term Lender that is a Loan Party, Holdco or the Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof shall cast a vote with respect to any Decision.

(c) In the event that the Term Loan Facility Agent is required to cast a vote with respect to a Decision under this Agreement or under Section 3.6 (Other Voting Considerations) of the Intercreditor Agreement and in each other instance in which the Term Lenders are required to vote or make a Decision, a vote shall be taken among the Term Lenders in the timeframe reasonably specified by the Term Loan Facility Agent (which timeframe shall expire at least two Business Days prior to the expiration of the time period specified in the notice provided by the Intercreditor Agent to the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(iii) (Certain Procedures Relating to Modifications, Instructions, and Exercises of Discretion) of the Intercreditor Agreement)).

(d) No vote shall be required for any Decision or other action permitted to be taken by any individual Term Lender pursuant to Section 8.03(b) of this Agreement, and the Term Loan Facility Agent shall be authorized to act at the direction of any Term Lender in respect of any such Decision or action.

(e) Subject to clause (f) below, in the event any Term Lender does not cast its votes by the later of (i) the timeframe specified by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to clause (c) above and (ii) 10 Business Days following receipt of the request for such vote or Decision, the Borrower shall be entitled to instruct the Term Loan Facility Agent to deliver a notice to such Term Lender, informing it that if it does not respond within an additional five Business Days of the date of such notice (or such longer period as the Borrower may reasonably determine in consultation with the Term Loan Facility Agent), its vote shall be disregarded. If such Term Lender (A) has not advised the Term Loan Facility Agent within the time specified in the additional notice whether it approves or disapproves of the applicable Decision or (B) has advised the Term Loan Facility Agent that it has determined to abstain from voting on such Decision, such Term Lender shall be deemed to have waived its right to consent, approve, waive or provide direction with respect to such Decision and shall be excluded from the numerator and denominator of such calculation for the purpose of determining whether the Required Term Lenders for the purpose of determining whether the Required Term Lenders have made a decision with respect to such action. Such Term Lender hereby waives any and all rights it may have to object to or seek relief from the decision of the Term Lenders voting with respect to such issue and agrees to be bound by such decision.

 

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(f) The provisions of (c) and (e) above do not apply to any action that requires the consent of 100% of the Term Lenders or the consent of each affected Term Lender, as applicable, as set forth in Section 10.01(a)(i) and (ii) above except in the case of consent for the incurrence of Expansion Senior Debt under sub-clause (a)(ii)(E) above and any consent or decision under sub-clause (a)(i)(E) above.

(g) The agreements contemplated by this Section 10.01 shall not be required for any update to the Amortization Schedule delivered in accordance with Section 3.01(a) (Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings) (which amendments shall be effective, absent any manifest error, upon delivery by the Term Loan Facility Agent to the Borrower and Intercreditor Agent of the updated Amortization Schedule in accordance with the provisions of that Section) or for amendments contemplated by Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans).

Section 10.02 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Finance Documents and any agreement, document or instrument attached hereto or referred to herein integrate all the terms and conditions mentioned herein or incidental hereto and supersede all oral negotiations and prior writings in respect to the subject matter hereof, including the Commitment Letter.

Section 10.03 Applicable Government Rule; Jurisdiction; Etc. (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. The provisions set forth in Section 23.15 (Consent to Jurisdiction) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

(c) Service of Process. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process to such Person at its then effective notice addresses pursuant to Section 10.10 (Notices and Other Communications).

(d) Immunity. The provisions set forth in Section 23.3 (Waiver of Immunity) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. The provisions set forth in Section 23.14 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

Section 10.04 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 none of the Loan Parties may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the Term Lenders and

 

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the Term Loan Facility Agent (and any attempted assignment or other transfer by any Loan Party without such consent shall be null and void), and no Term Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Acceptable Lender in accordance with Section 10.04(b) and Section 10.04(i), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with Section 10.04(d) – (f) or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.04(g) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).

(b) (i) Subject to Section 10.04(i), Section 10.04(j) and this Section 10.04(b), any Term Lender may at any time after the date hereof assign to one or more Acceptable Lenders (provided that during the Term Loan Availability Period, any such Acceptable Lender is an Eligible Assignee or has a then-current credit rating of at least equivalent to Baa2 from Moody’s or BBB from S&P or, if applicable, an insurer whose financial strength rating is at least equivalent to Baa1 from Moody’s or BBB+ from S&P or is otherwise creditworthy in the opinion of the Borrower (acting reasonably) in light of the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments proposed to be assigned, transferred or novated) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment with respect to any Tranche or the Term Loans with respect to such Tranche at the time owing to it) (provided that, on the date of such assignment, such assignment would not result in an increase in amounts payable by the Borrower under Section 4.03 (Increased Costs) or Section 4.05 (Funding Losses), unless such increase in amounts payable measured on such date of assignment is waived by the assigning and assuming Term Lenders).

(ii) Assignments made pursuant to this Section 10.04(b) shall be made with the prior written approval of the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and to be deemed to have been given by the Borrower if the Borrower has not responded in writing within 15 Business Days of request) unless (A) such assignment is to Eligible Assignee or (B) a Loan Facility Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing; provided, however, that where the prior written approval of the Borrower is not required, the assigning Existing Facility Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of any such assignment, novation or transfer.

(iii) Except in the case of (A) an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Term Lender’s Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment with respect to a Tranche and the Term Loans with respect to such Tranche at the time owing to it or (B) an assignment to a Term Lender, or an Affiliate of a Term Lender, or an Approved Fund with respect to a Term Lender, the sum of (1) the outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, if any, and (2) the outstanding Term Loans subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Lender Assignment Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Term Loan Facility Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Lender Assignment Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000 and, with respect to the assignment of the Term Loans, in integral multiples of $1,000,000, unless the Term Loan Facility Agent otherwise consents in writing.

 

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(iv) Subject to Section 10.04(g) and Section 10.04(i), each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of the same percentage of outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments and outstanding Term Loans with respect to a Tranche and a proportionate part of all the assigning Term Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan with respect to a Tranche and the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment with respect to such Tranche assigned.

(v) The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Term Loan Facility Agent a Lender Assignment Agreement, in the form of Exhibit D, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that (A) no such fee shall be payable in the case of an assignment to a Term Lender, an Affiliate of a Term Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Term Lender and (B) in the case of contemporaneous assignments by a Term Lender to one or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor (which Approved Funds are not then Term Lenders hereunder), only a single such fee shall be payable for all such contemporaneous assignments.

(vi) If the Acceptable Lender is not a Term Lender prior to such assignment, it shall deliver to the Term Loan Facility Agent an administrative questionnaire and all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” requirements.

(vii) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Term Loan Facility Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Term Loan Facility Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Term Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Term Loan Facility Agent, and each other Term Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Term Loans of each Tranche in accordance with its Term Loan Commitment Percentage for such Tranche. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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(viii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 10.04(c), from and after the effective date specified in each Lender Assignment Agreement, the Acceptable Lender thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Lender Assignment Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Term Lender under this Agreement and the other applicable Finance Documents, and the assigning Term Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Lender Assignment Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement and the other applicable Finance Documents (and, in the case of a Lender Assignment Agreement covering all of the assigning Term Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Term Lender shall cease to be a party hereto or benefit from any Finance Document) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.01 (LIBOR Lending Unlawful), Section 4.03 (Increased Costs), Section 4.05 (Funding Losses), Section 4.06 (Taxes), Section 23.4 (Expenses) of the Common Terms Agreement and Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) of the Common Security and Account Agreement with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Term Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

(ix) Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Term Loan Note to the assignee Term Lender and/or a revised Term Loan Note to the assigning Term Lender reflecting such assignment.

(x) Any assignment or transfer by a Term Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.04(b) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Term Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.04(d) – (f). Upon any such assignment, the Term Loan Facility Agent will deliver a notice thereof to the Borrower (provided that failure to deliver such notice shall not result in any liability for the Term Loan Facility Agent).

(c) The Term Loan Facility Agent shall maintain the Term Lender Register in accordance with Section 2.04(e) (Funding) above.

(d) Any Term Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Term Loan Facility Agent, sell participations to a Participant in all or a portion of such Term Lender’s rights or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment or the Term Loans owing to it of any Tranche); provided that (i) such Term Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Term Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Term Loan Facility Agent and the

 

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other Term Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Term Lender in connection with such Term Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Term Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 9.06 (Indemnification by the Term Lenders) with respect to any payments made by such Term Lender to its Participant(s).

(e) Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Term Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Term 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 or instrument may provide that such Term Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 (Decisions; Amendments, Etc.) that directly affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.03 (Increased Costs), 4.05 (Funding Losses) and 4.06 (Taxes) (subject to the requirements and limitations therein and in Article 21 (Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities) of the Common Terms Agreement, including the requirements under Section 21.5 (Status of Facility Lenders and Facility Agents) of the Common Terms Agreement (it being understood that any documentation required under Section 4.06 (Taxes) shall be delivered to the participating Term Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Term Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 10.04 (Assignments); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate) as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section 10.04; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 4.03 (Increased Costs) or 4.06 (Taxes), with respect to any participation, than its participating Term Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.

(f) Each Term Lender that sells a participation agrees, at such Term Lender’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.04 (Obligation to Mitigate) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.13 (Right of Set-off) as though it were a Term Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 3.15 (Sharing of Payments) as though it were a Term Lender. Each Term Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a Participant Register; provided that no Term Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Finance Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Term Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Term Loan Facility Agent (in its capacity as Term Loan Facility Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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(g) Any Term Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Term Loan Notes, if any) to secure obligations of such Term Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Term Lender in accordance with any applicable law, and this Section 10.04 (Assignments) 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 Term Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Term Lender as a party hereto; provided, further that in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, pledgee or trustee be considered to be a “Term Lender.”

(h) The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Lender Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Government Rule, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

(i) All assignments by a Term Lender of all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder with respect to any Tranche with then outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments shall be made only as an assignment of the same percentage of outstanding Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments and outstanding Term Loans of such Tranche held by such Lender. If a Tranche has no unused Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, assignments of outstanding Term Loans of such Tranche may be made, together with a pro rata portion of such Term Lender’s rights and obligations with respect to the Tranche subject to such assignment, in such amounts, to such persons and on such terms as are permitted by and otherwise in accordance with Section 10.04(b). This Section 10.04(i) shall not prohibit any Term Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder among separate Tranches on a non-pro rata basis among such Tranches.

(j) No sale, assignment, transfer, negotiation or other disposition of the interests of any Term Lender hereunder or under the other Finance Documents shall be allowed if it could reasonably be expected to require securities registration under any laws or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 10.05 Benefits of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Finance Document, express or implied, shall be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Lead Bookrunners, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Structuring Leads, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, each of their successors and permitted assigns under this Agreement or any other Finance Document, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.04 (Assignments) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the Term Lenders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right or remedy under this Agreement.

 

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Section 10.06 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement shall become effective when it has been executed by the Term Loan Facility Agent and when the Term Loan Facility Agent has received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (“pdf”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 10.07 Indemnification by the Borrower. (a) The Loan Parties hereby agree to indemnify each Term Lender, each Joint Lead Arranger, each Joint Lead Bookrunner, each Co-Documentation Agent, each Co-Syndication Agent and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons in accordance with Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) of the Common Security and Account Agreement and Section 2.15 (Other Indemnities) of the Intercreditor Agreement, which shall be applied mutatis mutandis to the indemnified parties under this Agreement, as well as with respect to reliance by such indemnified party on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.10 (Notices and Other Communications).

(b) To the extent that any Loan Party for any reason fails to pay any amount required under Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) of the Common Security and Account Agreement or clause (a) above to be paid by it to any of the Term Loan Facility Agent, any sub-agent thereof or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Term Lender severally agrees to pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent, any such sub-agent, or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Term Lender’s ratable share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Term Loan Facility Agent or any sub-agent thereof in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Term Loan Facility Agent or any sub-agent thereof in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Term Lenders under this Section 10.07(b) (Indemnification by the Borrower) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 (Funding). The obligations of the Term Lenders to make payments pursuant to this Section 10.07(b) (Indemnification by the Borrower) are several and not joint and shall survive the payment in full of the Term Loan Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. The failure of any Term Lender to make payments on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Term Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Term Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Term Lender to do so.

(c) The provisions of this Section 10.07 (Indemnification by the Borrower) shall not supersede Sections 4.03 (Increased Costs) and 4.06 (Taxes).

Section 10.08 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Finance Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Finance Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Government Rule (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Term Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be

 

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applied to the principal of the Term Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Term Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Government Rule, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Term Loan Obligations hereunder.

Section 10.09 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Term Loan Facility Secured Party to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Finance Document 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, and provided under each other Finance Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

Section 10.10 Notices and Other Communications. (a) Any communication between the Parties or notices provided herein to be given may be given as provided in Section 23.9 (Notices) of the Common Terms Agreement, which shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Section 10.10 (Notices and Other Communications) as if fully set forth herein except that references to the Intercreditor Agent shall be deemed references to the Term Loan Facility Agent as the context requires.

(b) The Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the Term Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any written notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the Term Lenders by the Borrower may be recorded by the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and the Term Lenders, as applicable, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

(c) Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and any of the Term Lenders to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Finance Document in any other manner specified in such Finance Document.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Finance Document, for so long as Société Générale is the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Borrower hereby agrees that it will provide to the Term Loan Facility Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to the Finance Documents, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to any Term Loan Borrowing, (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Loan Facility Event

 

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of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to any Term Loan Borrowing (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), in an electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Term Loan Facility Agent at the email addresses specified in Schedule Q – 2 (Addresses for Notices to Facility Agents and Facility Lenders) of the Common Terms Agreement. In addition, the Borrower agrees to continue to provide the Communications to the Term Loan Facility Agent in the manner specified in the Finance Documents but only to the extent requested by the Term Loan Facility Agent.

Section 10.11 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each of the Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Security Trustee hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA 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 Term Lender, the Term Loan Facility Agent or the Security Trustee, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.

Section 10.12 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee or any Term Lender, or the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee or any Term Lender (as the case may be) exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee or such Term Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Bankruptcy Proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the Term Loan Obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied by such payment shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Term Lender severally agrees to pay to the Term Loan Facility Agent or the Security Trustee upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Term Loan Facility Agent or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Term Lenders under this Section 10.12 (Payments Set Aside) shall survive the payment in full of the Term Loan Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 10.13 Right of Set-Off. The provisions set forth in Section 23.2 (Right of Set-Off) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

Section 10.14 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 10.15 Survival. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 4.01 (LIBOR Lending Unlawful), Section 4.03 (Increased Costs), Section 4.06 (Taxes), Section 9.06 (Indemnification by the Term Lenders), Section 10.07 (Indemnification by the Borrower), Section 10.12 (Payments Set Aside) and Section 10.20 (No Recourse) shall survive any termination of this Agreement. In addition, each representation and warranty made hereunder and in any other Finance Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Term Loan Facility Secured Parties regardless of any investigation made by any Term Loan Facility Secured Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Term Loan Facility Secured Parties may have had notice or knowledge of any Loan Facility Event of Default or Unmatured Loan Facility Event of Default at the time of the Term Loan Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as of the date made or any date referred to herein as long as any Term Loan or any other Senior Debt Obligation hereunder or under any other Finance Document shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

Section 10.16 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. The Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee, and each of the Term Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and all information disclosed to it concerning this Agreement and the other Finance Documents in accordance with Section 23.8 (Confidentiality) of the Common Terms Agreement.

Section 10.17 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. (a) The provisions set forth in Section 23.19 (Limitations on Liability) of the Common Terms Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

(b) No party hereto or its Related Parties shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

Section 10.18 Waiver of Litigation Payments. To the extent that any party hereto may, in any action, suit or proceeding brought in any of the courts referred to in Section 10.03(b) (Applicable Government Rule; Jurisdiction, Etc.) or elsewhere arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Finance Document to which it is a party, be entitled to the benefit of any provision of law requiring any other party hereto in such action, suit or proceeding to post security for the costs of such Person or to post a bond or to take similar action, each such Person hereby irrevocably waives such benefit, in each case to the fullest extent now or in the future permitted under the laws of the State of New York or, as the case may be, the jurisdiction in which such court is located.

Section 10.19 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if (and only to the extent that) any payment or performance of the obligations of the Borrower hereunder is rescinded, avoided, voidable, liable to be set aside, reduced or otherwise not properly payable to, or must otherwise be returned or restored by the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Term Lender as a result of (i) Bankruptcy, insolvency,

 

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reorganization with respect to the Borrower or the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Facility Lender, (ii) upon the dissolution of, or appointment of any intervenor, conservator, trustee or similar official for the Borrower, the Term Loan Facility Agent or any Term Lender or for any substantial part of the Borrower’s or any other such Person’s assets, (iii) as a result of any settlement or compromise with any Person (including the Borrower) in respect of such payment or otherwise, or (iv) any similar event or otherwise and, in such case, the provisions of Section 10.1 (Nature of Obligations) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, which shall apply hereto mutatis mutandis.

Section 10.20 No Recourse. The provisions set forth in Section 10.3 (Limitation on Recourse) of the Common Security and Account Agreement are incorporated by reference and shall apply mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

Section 10.21 Intercreditor Agreement. Any actions, consents, approvals, authorizations or discretion taken, given, made or exercised, or not taken, given, made or exercised by the Term Loan Facility Agent, acting as a Senior Creditor Group Representative on behalf of the Term Lenders, in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement shall be binding on each Term Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the case of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

Section 10.22 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and shall have no force and effect (except with respect to the provisions that expressly survive termination of this Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of Section 23.1 (Termination) of the Common Terms Agreement and if (a) on the last day of the 12th calendar month following the Signing Date if, as of such date, the conditions in Section 4.2 (Conditions to Initial Advance) and Section 4.4 (Conditions to Each Advance) of the Common Terms Agreement have not been satisfied (or waived as required by the Finance Documents) (or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by all of the Term Lenders) or (b) the Discharge Date with respect to the Senior Debt Obligations under this Agreement has occurred.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI HOLDINGS, LLC,

as the Borrower

By:

/s/ Michael J. Wortley

Name: Michael J. Wortley
Title: Chief Financial Officer


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC,

as Guarantor

By:

/s/ Michael J. Wortley

Name: Michael J. Wortley
Title: Chief Financial Officer

CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE, L.P.,

as Guarantor

By:

Corpus Christi Pipeline GP, LLC,

its general partner

By:

/s/ Michael J. Wortley

Name: Michael J. Wortley
Title: Chief Financial Officer

CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE GP, LLC,

as Guarantor

By:

/s/ Michael J. Wortley

Name: Michael J. Wortley
Title: Chief Financial Officer


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,

as Term Loan Facility Agent

By:

/s/ Roberto S. Simon

Name: Roberto S. Simon
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

ABN AMRO CAPITAL USA LLC,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Darrell Holley

Name: Darrell Holley
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Casey Lowary

Name: Casey Lowary
Title: Executive Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Ronald E. McKaig

Name: Ronald E. McKaig
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Anne Maureen Sarfati

Name: Anne Maureen Sarfati
Title: Vice President - Structured Finance North America
By:

/s/ Luca Sacchi

Name: Luca Sacchi
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BNP PARIBAS,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Ravina Advani

Name: Ravina Advani
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Fanny Bourdais

Name: Fanny Bourdais
Title: Vice President


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Shihui Wang

Name: Shihui Wang
Title:

EVP


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Erik Codrington

Name: Erik Codrington
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Evan S. Levy

Name: Evan S. Levy
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Frédéric Petit

Name: Frédéric Petit
Title: Vice President


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Philippe Ginestet

Name: Philippe Ginestet
Title: Director
By:

/s/ Raphaël Vincens

Name: Raphaël Vincens
Title: Analyst


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CAIXABANK, S.A.

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Juan Felipe Fernandez Juan

Name: Juan Felipe Fernandez Juan
Title: Structured Finance
By:

/s/ Helena Torres Ambite

Name: Helena Torres Ambite
Title: Structured Finance


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA,

as Term Lender

By its attorney under Power of Attorney dated 24 June 2013:
Signature of Attorney

/s/ Drew Lanyon

Name of Attorney Drew Lanyon
Associate Director
Signed by its duly constituted attorney in the presence of:
Signature of Witness:

/s/ Annette Tomoski

Name of Witness Annette Tomoski
Senior Associate


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CIT FINANCE LLC,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Marc Theisinger

Name: Marc Theisinger
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Nupur Kumar

Name: Nupur Kumar
Title: Authorized Signatory
By:

/s/ Samuel Miller

Name: Samuel Miller
Title: Authorized Signatory


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Eric Muller

Name: Eric Muller
Title: Authorized Signatory


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Duncan Caird

Name: Duncan Caird
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Qing Hong

Name: Qing Hong
Title: Deputy General Manager


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

ING CAPITAL LLC,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Subha Pasumarti

Name: Subha Pasumarti
Title: Managing Director
By:

/s/ Cheryl LaBelle

Name: Cheryl LaBelle
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

INTESA SANPAOLO, S.P.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Alessandro Vitatle

Name: Alessandro Vitatle
Title: First Vice President
By:

/s/ Nicholas A. Matacchieri

Name: Nicholas A. Matacchieri
Title: Vice President


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Muhammad Hasan

Name: Muhammad Hasan
Title: Vice President


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE KOREA DEVELOPMENT BANK,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Ji Ho Kang

Name: Mr. Ji Ho Kang
Title:

General Manager

Project Finance Department II


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

LANDESBANK BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG,

NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Arndt Bruns

Name: Arndt Bruns
Title: Vice President
By:

/s/ Markus Schmauder

Name: Markus Schmauder
Title: Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Stephen Giacolone

Name: Stephen Giacolone
Title:

Assistant Vice President

G011

By:

/s/ Daven Popat

Name: Daven Popat
Title:

Senior Vice President

Transaction Execution

Category A

P003


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Junji Hasegawa

Name: Junji Hasegawa
Title: Senior Vice President


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Hamish Bunn

Name: Hamish Bunn
Title: Authorized Signatory


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Hamish Bunn

Name: Hamish Bunn
Title: Authorized Signatory


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Jason S. York

Name: Jason S. York
Title: Authorized Signatory


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

RAYMOND JAMES BANK, N.A.,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Robert F. Moyle

Name: Robert F. Moyle
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A.–MIAMI BRANCH,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Maunci Lladó

Name: Maunci Lladó
Title: Executive Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Paul Clifford

Name: Paul Clifford
Title:

Director

Head of Project Finance Americas

By:

/s/ Hsing H. Huang

Name: Hsing H. Huang
Title:

Associate Director

Standard Chartered Bank NY


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Mark Sparrow

Name: Mark Sparrow
Title: Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Isaac Deutsch

Name: Isaac Deutsch
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Roberto S. Simon

Name: Roberto S. Simon
Title: Managing Director


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Term Lender

By:

/s/ Nathan Starr

Name: Nathan Starr
Title: Assistant Vice President


EXHIBIT A TO

TERM LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT

Definitions

Aggregate Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments” means (i) unless and until the Second Phase CP Date has occurred, the First Phase Facility Debt Commitments and (ii) on and following the Second Phase CP Date, the sum of the First Phase Facility Debt Commitments and the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments shall only be available to be drawn under this Agreement and the Common Terms Agreement on or following the occurrence of the Second Phase CP Date.

Aggregate Tranche Commitments” means, with respect to Tranche 1, $500,000,000, with respect to Tranche 2, $800,000,000, with respect to Tranche 3, $800,000,000, and with respect to Tranche 4, $6,303,714,178.62, in respect of First Phase Facility Debt Commitments and $3,096,055,631.43 in respect of Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments, in each case, as the same may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments).

Agreement” has the meaning provided in the Preamble.

Amortization Schedule” means the amortization schedule set forth in Schedule 3.01(a).

Applicable Margin” means (a) with respect to Term Loans that are LIBO Loans, (i) prior to the Project Completion Date, 2.25%, and (ii) on the Project Completion Date and thereafter, 2.50%, and (b) with respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, (i) prior to the Project Completion Date, 1.25%, and (ii) on the Project Completion Date and thereafter, 1.50%.

Base Rate Loan” means any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate and the provisions of ARTICLE II (Commitments and Borrowing) and ARTICLE III (Repayments, Prepayments, Interest and Fees).

Borrowing Date” means, with respect to each Advance, the date on which funds are disbursed by the Term Lenders (or the Term Loan Facility Agent on their behalf) to the Borrower.

Breakage Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

(a) the interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of a LIBO Loan had a Breakage Event not occurred calculated at LIBOR that would have been applicable to such LIBO Loan for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a LIBO Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such LIBO Loan);

 

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exceeds:

(b) the interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which the relevant Term Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the LIBOR market.

Breakage Event” has the meaning provided in Section 4.05 (Funding Losses).

Co-Documentation Agents” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, ING Capital LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., The Bank of Nova Scotia and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as co-documentation agent hereunder.

Co-Structuring Leads” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, ING Capital LLC, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, Intesa Sanpaolo, S.p.A., New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds Bank plc, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, SG Americas Securities, LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as co-structuring lead hereunder.

Co-Syndication Agents” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, Intesa Sanpaolo, S.p.A., New York Branch, Lloyds Bank plc, Royal Bank of Canada, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Standard Chartered Bank and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as co-syndication agent hereunder.

Commitment Letter” means the Commitment Letter, dated December 12, 2014, by and among the Borrower, Bank of America N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, ING Capital LLC, Intesa SanPaulo, S.p.A New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds Bank plc, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Société Générale, SG Americas Securities LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Standard Chartered Bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank via Joinder, dated December 18, 2014, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch via Joinder, dated December 24, 2014, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, New York Branch, dated January 8, 2015, and each other Term Lender that has executed a joinder thereto, as amended.

Commitment Fee” has the meaning provided in Section 3.13(a) (Fees).

Communications” has the meaning provided in Section 10.10(d) (Notices and other Communications).

 

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Defaulting Lender” means a Term Lender which (a) has defaulted in its obligations to fund all or any portion of any Term Loan or otherwise failed to comply with its obligations under Section 2.01 (Term Loans) or Section 2.04 (Funding), unless (x) such default or failure is no longer continuing or has been cured within three Business Days after such default or failure or (y) such Term Lender notifies the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Term Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower and/or the Term Loan Facility Agent that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.01 (Term Loans), Section 2.04 (Funding) or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three Business Days, after written request by the Term Loan Facility Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations under Section 2.01 (Term Loans) or Section 2.04 (Funding) (provided that such Term Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Term Loan Facility Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (x) become the subject of a Bankruptcy Proceeding, or (y) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Term Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of (i) the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Term Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority or (ii) in the case of a solvent Person, the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian, custodian or other similar official by a Governmental Authority under or based on the law of the country where such Person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if Government Rule requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed; in each case, where such action does not result in or provide such Term Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Term Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Term Lender. Any determination by the Term Loan Facility Agent that a Term Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of the clauses above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Term Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Term Lender.

Eligible Assignee” means (a) an existing Term Lender or (b) any Affiliate of a Term Lender; provided that for any assignment, novation or transfer during the Term Loan Availability Period, such Term Lender or its rated Affiliate shall have agreed in writing with the Borrower to remain obligated to promptly fund any duly requested disbursement of the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment assigned, novated or transferred to such assignee or transferee (or any part thereof) should such assignee or transferee default in its obligation to fund any portion of the Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment assigned or transferred to it.

 

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Existing Term Loans” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(a) (Extension of Term Loans).

Extended Term Loans” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(a) (Extension of Term Loans).

Extending Term Lender” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(b) (Extension of Term Loans).

Extension Amendment” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(c) (Extension of Term Loans).

Extension Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(d) (Extension of Term Loans).

Extension Election” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(b) (Extension of Term Loans).

Fees” means, collectively, each of the fees payable by the Borrower for the account of any Term Lender or the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 3.13 (Fees).

First Phase Facility Debt Commitments” means an aggregate of $8,403,714,179 of Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments as allocated to the Tranches as set forth in Schedule 2.01 (Lenders, Commitments), as may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments) of this Agreement and the Finance Documents.

First Repayment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.01(b) (Repayment of Term Loan Borrowings).

Guarantee” means the guarantees issued pursuant to the Common Security and Account Agreement by the Guarantors. The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as verbs shall have correlative meanings.

Interest Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.02(a) (Interest Payment Dates).

Interest Period” means, with respect to any LIBO Loan, the period beginning on the date on which such LIBO Loan is made pursuant to Section 2.04(a) (Funding) or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period therefor, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, in either case as the Borrower may select in the relevant Disbursement Request or Interest Period Notice; provided, however, that (i) the Interest Period for any Advance shall commence on the date of the Advance and shall extend up to (but not include) the first Interest Payment Date following the date of the Advance, (ii) if such

 

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Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next following Business Day (unless such next following Business Day is in a different calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day), (iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the month at the end of such Interest Period, (iv) no Interest Period may end later than the Final Maturity Date, and (v) any Interest Period for a Term Loan which would otherwise end after the Final Maturity Date shall end on the Final Maturity Date.

Interest Period Notice” means a notice in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or, in the case of a Term Loan Borrowing, a Disbursement Request.

Joint Lead Arranger” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, New York Branch, ING Capital LLC, Intesa Sanpaolo, S.p.A., New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds Bank plc, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Standard Chartered Bank and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as joint lead arranger hereunder and any successors and permitted assigns.

Joint Lead Bookrunner” means Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, New York Branch, ING Capital LLC, Intesa Sanpaolo, S.p.A., New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lloyds Bank plc, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Standard Chartered Bank and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as joint lead bookrunner hereunder and any successors and permitted assigns.

Lender Assignment Agreement” means a Lender Assignment Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

LIBO Loan” means any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to LIBOR and the provisions of ARTICLE II (Commitments and Borrowing) and ARTICLE III (Repayments, Prepayments, Interest and Fees).

Mandated Lead Arranger” means Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, in each case, not in its individual capacity, but as mandated lead arranger hereunder.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning provided in Section 10.08 (Interest Rate Limitation).

 

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Non-Consenting Lender” means in respect of a Term Lender, if such Term Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 10.01 (Decisions, Amendments, Etc.) requires the consent of all of the Facility Lenders or all affected Term Lenders and with respect to which Term Lenders representing at least 66.67% of the sum of (a) the aggregate undisbursed Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments plus (b) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding in each such case any Term Lender that is a Defaulting Lender or, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4 (Sponsor Voting) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, a Collateral Party, the Sponsor or any of Sponsor’s Affiliates, and each Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment and any outstanding principal amount of any Term Loan of any such Term Lender) or Term Lenders affected by such proposed amendment, waiver, consent or termination, as the case may be, shall have granted their consent.

Required Term Lenders” means at any time, the Term Lenders holding in excess of 50.00% of the sum of (a) the aggregate undisbursed Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments plus (b) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding in each such case any Term Lender that is a Defaulting Lender or, except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4 (Sponsor Voting) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, a Collateral Party, the Sponsor or any of Sponsor’s Affiliates, and each Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment and any outstanding principal amount of any Term Loan of any such Term Lender). Such percentage shall be calculated by dividing the number of votes cast in favor of a Decision by the total number of votes cast with respect to such Decision.

Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments” means an aggregate of $3,096,055,631 of Term Loan Facility Debt Commitments, as allocated to the Tranches as set forth in Schedule 2.01 (Lenders, Commitments), as may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments) of this Agreement and the Finance Documents, including the automatic reduction to zero if the Second Phase CP Date does not occur on or prior to December 31, 2015.

Term Lender Register” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04(e) (Funding).

Term Lenders” means those Term Lenders identified on Schedule 2.01 and each other Person that acquires the rights and obligations of any such Term Lender in accordance with Section 10.04 (Assignments) but excluding any Person that has assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Term Loan Facility Agreement in accordance with Section 10.04 (Assignments) (other than in connection with the sale of participations) and Participants.

Term Loan Borrowing” means each Advance of Term Loans by the Term Lenders (or the Term Loan Facility Agent on their behalf) on any single date to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.04 (Funding) and ARTICLE VI (Conditions Precedent).

Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Term Lender at any time, with respect to each applicable Tranche, the percentage that such Term Lender’s Term Loan

 

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Facility Debt Commitment with respect to such Tranche then constitutes of the Aggregate Tranche Commitment for such Tranche. For the avoidance of doubt, the Second Phase Facility Debt Commitments shall only be applicable to this calculation on or following the occurrence of the Second Phase CP Date.

Term Loan Extension Request” has the meaning provided in Section 2.06(a) (Extension of Term Loans).

Term Loan Facility Agent” means Société Générale, not in its individual capacity, but solely as administrative agent for the Term Loan hereunder, and each other Person that may, from time to time, be appointed as successor Term Loan Facility Agent in accordance with Section 9.07 (Resignation or Removal of Term Loan Facility Agent).

Term Loan Facility Debt Commitment” means the Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment, the Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitment, and the Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment, individually or collectively, as the context requires.

Term Loan Facility Secured Parties” means the Term Lenders, the Term Loan Facility Agent, the Security Trustee and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns, in each case in connection with the Term Loan Facility Agreement.

Term Loan Final Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the Project Completion Date or (ii) the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date or, in the case of Term Loans extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.06 (Extensions of Term Loans), such later date as provided in the Extension Amendment.

Term Loan Notes” means the promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit B evidencing Term Loans, in each case duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower in favor of each Term Lender that requests a Term Loan Note, including any promissory notes issued by the Borrower in connection with assignments of any Term Loan of the Term Lenders.

Term Loan Obligations” means, collectively, all Senior Debt Obligations arising under the Term Loan Facility Agreement.

Trade Date” has the meaning provided in Section 10.04(b) (Assignments).

Tranche” means Tranche 1, Tranche 2, Tranche 3 or Tranche 4.

Tranche 1” means the tranche of Term Loans funded or to be funded with the Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitments.

Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans, as set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender in the column entitled “Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitment” in Schedule 2.01, or if such Term Lender has entered into one or more Lender Assignment Agreements, set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender and any assignor Term

 

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Lender in the Term Lender Register maintained by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 2.04(f) (Funding) as each such Term Lender’s Tranche 1 Term Loan Commitment, as the same may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments).

Tranche 2” means the tranche of Term Loans funded or to be funded with the Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitments.

Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans, as set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender in the column entitled “Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment” in Schedule 2.01, or if such Term Lender has entered into one or more Lender Assignment Agreements, set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender and any assignor Term Lender in the Term Lender Register maintained by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 2.04(f) (Funding) as each such Term Lender’s Tranche 2 Term Loan Commitment, as the same may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments).

Tranche 3” means the tranche of Term Loans funded or to be funded with the Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitments.

Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans, as set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender in the column entitled “Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitment” in Schedule 2.01, or if such Term Lender has entered into one or more Lender Assignment Agreements, set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender and any assignor Term Lender in the Term Lender Register maintained by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 2.04(f) (Funding) as each such Term Lender’s Tranche 3 Term Loan Commitment, as the same may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments).

Tranche 4” means the tranche of Term Loans funded or to be funded with the Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitments.

Tranche 4 Decision” means any Decision, prior to the Project Completion Date, with respect to:

 

  1. Any matter relating to or governed by, Sections 4.4 (Conditions to Each Advance), 14.1 (Conditions to Occurrence of the Project Completion Date) or 9.1 (Prohibited Actions under EPC Contracts) of the Common Terms Agreement;

 

  2. Modifying Section 4.5 (Deposits and Withdrawals) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, other than Section 4.5(f) (Deposits and Withdrawals – Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account) of the Common Security and Account Agreement, and defined terms used therein;

 

  3. Modifying any of the provisions of Sections 6.2 (Working Capital Debt), 6.3 (Replacement Senior Debt), 6.4 (PDE Senior Debt) or 12.14 (Limitation on Indebtedness) of the Common Terms Agreement, governing the incurrence by the Borrower of Working Capital Debt, Replacement Senior Debt and PDE Senior Debt;

 

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  4. Modifying any of the provisions of Section 8.1 (LNG SPA Maintenance), 8.2 (LNG SPA Mandatory Prepayment) or 12.5 (Material Project Agreements) of the Common Terms Agreement, governing the approval of new Qualifying LNG SPAs and other Material Project Agreements;

 

  5. Modifying any of the conditions for the making of Restricted Payments under Section 11.1 (Conditions to Restricted Payments) of the Common Terms Agreement;

 

  6. Modifying any of the provisions of Section 12.16 (Limitation on Liens) of the Common Terms Agreement, Section 3.2 (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties) of the Common Security and Account Agreement or the equivalent section of the Holdco Pledge Agreement or any other provision of the Finance Documents governing the granting of or priority of the Liens over the Security Interests;

 

  7. Modifying any of the provisions Sections 12.2 (Maintenance of Existence, Etc.), 12.17 (Sale of Project Property) and 12.18 (Merger and Liquidation, Sale of All Assets) of the Common Terms Agreement;

 

  8. Modifying the definition of “Project Completion Date” as set out in Section 1.3 of Schedule A (Common Definitions and Rules of Interpretation) to the Common Terms Agreement; and

 

  9. Modifying in any material respect any of the obligations of the Sponsor under the CEI Equity Contribution Agreement.

Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans, as set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender in the columns entitled “Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment” in Schedule 2.01, or if such Term Lender has entered into one or more Lender Assignment Agreements, set forth opposite the name of such Term Lender and any assignor Term Lender in the Term Lender Register maintained by the Term Loan Facility Agent pursuant to Section 2.04(f) (Funding) as each such Term Lender’s Tranche 4 Term Loan Commitment, as the same may be reduced in accordance with Section 2.05 (Termination or Reduction of Commitments).

 

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