Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
 
 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 13, 2011
Among
COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.
as US Borrower,
CERTAIN DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY OF US BORROWER
as Canadian Borrower,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as US Administrative Agent, US Issuing Lender and US Swingline Lender,
CERTAIN DESIGNATED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SERVING
as Canadian Administrative Agent, Canadian Issuing Lender and Canadian Swingline
Lender,
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME
as Lenders
$300,000,000
 
 
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., COMERICA BANK,
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Co-Documentation Agents

 

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Table of Contents

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
    2  
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms
    2  
Section 1.2 Computation of Time Periods
    31  
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP
    31  
Section 1.4 Classes and Types of Advances
    32  
Section 1.5 Other Interpretive Provisions
    32  
Section 1.6 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
    33  
Section 1.7 Agreed Currencies
    33  
Section 1.8 Change of Currency
    34  
Section 1.9 Several Obligations of Borrowers
    35    
ARTICLE II CREDIT FACILITIES
    35  
Section 2.1 Commitments
    35  
Section 2.2 Evidence of Indebtedness
    38  
Section 2.3 Letters of Credit
    38  
Section 2.4 Swingline Advances
    46  
Section 2.5 Bankers’ Acceptances
    50  
Section 2.6 Borrowings; Procedures and Limitations
    52  
Section 2.7 Prepayments; Defeasance
    58  
Section 2.8 Repayment
    60  
Section 2.9 Fees
    60  
Section 2.10 Interest
    62  
Section 2.11 Illegality
    64  
Section 2.12 Breakage Costs
    64  
Section 2.13 Increased Costs
    65  
Section 2.14 Payments and Computations
    66  
Section 2.15 Taxes
    69  
Section 2.16 Replacement of Lenders
    71  
Section 2.17 Designation of a Canadian Borrower
    73  
Section 2.18 Defaulting Lender Provisions
    74    
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
    77  
Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
    77  
Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension
    79  
Section 3.3 Determinations Under Sections 3.1 and 3.2
    79    
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    79  
Section 4.1 Organization
    80  
Section 4.2 Authorization
    80  
Section 4.3 Enforceability
    80  
Section 4.4 Financial Condition
    80  
Section 4.5 Ownership and Liens; Real Property
    80  
Section 4.6 True and Complete Disclosure
    81  
Section 4.7 Litigation
    81  
Section 4.8 Compliance with Agreements
    81  
Section 4.9 Pension Plans
    81  
Section 4.10 Environmental Condition
    82  
Section 4.11 Subsidiaries
    82  
Section 4.12 Investment Company Act
    83  
Section 4.13 Reserved
    83  

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Section 4.14 Taxes
    83  
Section 4.15 Permits, Licenses, etc
    83  
Section 4.16 Use of Proceeds
    83  
Section 4.17 Condition of Property; Casualties
    83  
Section 4.18 Insurance
    83  
Section 4.19 Labor Agreements
    84  
Section 4.20 Security Interest
    84  
Section 4.21 OFAC; Anti-Terrorism
    84  
Section 4.22 Solvency
    84    
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
    84  
Section 5.1 Organization
    84  
Section 5.2 Reporting
    84  
Section 5.3 Insurance
    87  
Section 5.4 Compliance with Laws
    87  
Section 5.5 Taxes
    88  
Section 5.6 Additional Guarantors
    88  
Section 5.7 Security
    88  
Section 5.8 Records; Inspection
    88  
Section 5.9 Maintenance of Property
    89  
Section 5.10 Landlord Agreements
    89  
Section 5.11 Designations with Respect to Subsidiaries
    89    
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
    90  
Section 6.1 Debt
    90  
Section 6.2 Liens
    91  
Section 6.3 Investments
    92  
Section 6.4 Acquisitions
    93  
Section 6.5 Agreements Restricting Liens; Negative Pledge
    93  
Section 6.6 Use of Proceeds; Use of Letters of Credit
    94  
Section 6.7 Corporate Actions; Accounting Changes
    94  
Section 6.8 Sale of Assets
    94  
Section 6.9 Restricted Payments
    95  
Section 6.10 Affiliate Transactions
    95  
Section 6.11 Line of Business
    95  
Section 6.12 Hazardous Materials
    95  
Section 6.13 Compliance with ERISA
    96  
Section 6.14 Sale and Leaseback Transactions
    96  
Section 6.15 Non-Obligors/Unrestricted Entities
    96  
Section 6.16 Limitation on Hedging
    97  
Section 6.17 Capital Expenditures
    97  
Section 6.18 Landlord Agreements
    97  
Section 6.19 Amendment of Debt Terms
    97  
Section 6.20 Prepayment of Certain Debt
    98  
Section 6.21 Total Debt Leverage Ratio
    98  
Section 6.22 Senior Debt Leverage Ratio
    98  
Section 6.23 Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
    98    
ARTICLE VII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
    98  
Section 7.1 Events of Default
    98  

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Section 7.2 Optional Acceleration of Maturity
    100  
Section 7.3 Automatic Acceleration of Maturity
    101  
Section 7.4 Set-off
    101  
Section 7.5 Remedies Cumulative, No Waiver
    102  
Section 7.6 Application of Payments
    102  
Section 7.7 Currency Conversion After Maturity
    104    
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS AND ISSUING LENDERS
    104  
Section 8.1 Appointment and Authority
    104  
Section 8.2 Rights as a Lender
    104  
Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions
    105  
Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent and Issuing Lenders
    106  
Section 8.5 Delegation of Duties
    106  
Section 8.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender
    106  
Section 8.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
    107  
Section 8.8 No Other Duties, etc
    108  
Section 8.9 Collateral Matters
    108  
Section 8.10 Marshaling Rights of Lender Parties; Allocation of Losses
    109    
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
    109  
Section 9.1 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
    109  
Section 9.2 Waivers and Amendments
    111  
Section 9.3 Severability
    112  
Section 9.4 Survival of Representations and Obligations
    112  
Section 9.5 Successors and Assigns Generally
    112  
Section 9.6 Lender Assignments and Participations
    113  
Section 9.7 Notices, Etc
    115  
Section 9.8 Confidentiality
    117  
Section 9.9 US Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
    117  
Section 9.10 Usury Not Intended
    118  
Section 9.11 Usury Recapture
    119  
Section 9.12 Judgment Currency
    119  
Section 9.13 Payments Set Aside
    119  
Section 9.14 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
    120  
Section 9.15 Execution and Effectiveness
    120  
Section 9.16 Waiver of Jury
    121  
Section 9.17 USA PATRIOT ACT Notice
    121  
Section 9.18 Termination for Departing Lenders
    121  
Section 9.19 Integration
    122  

EXHIBITS:

         
Exhibit A
  —   Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B
  —   Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C
  —   Notice of Borrowing (US Facility)
Exhibit D
  —   Notice of Conversion or Continuance (US Facility)
Exhibit E
  —   US Pledge Agreement
Exhibit F
  —   US Security Agreement
Exhibit G
  —   US Guaranty

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SCHEDULES:

         
Schedule I
  —   Pricing Schedule
Schedule II
  —   Commitments
Schedule III
  —   Notice Information
Schedule IV
  —   Existing US Letters of Credit
Schedule 4.1
  —   Organizational Information
Schedule 4.10
  —   Environmental
Schedule 4.11
  —   Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.19
  —   Labor Agreements
Schedule 5.11
      Requirements for New Restricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.1
  —   Existing Debt
Schedule 6.2
  —   Permitted Liens
Schedule 6.3
  —   Permitted Investments

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
          This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 13,
2011 (as it may be further amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) is among (a) Complete Production
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“US Borrower” or the “Company”),
(b) that certain subsidiary of the Company, if any, that is designated as a
borrower under the Canadian Facility hereunder pursuant to Section 2.17 below
(the “Canadian Borrower”; and together with the US Borrower, the “Borrowers”),
(c) the Lenders (as defined below), (d) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as US Swingline Lender (as defined below), US Issuing Lender (as defined below),
and as US Administrative Agent (as defined below) for the Lenders, and (e) from
and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date (as defined below), such
financial institution appointed as Canadian Swingline Lender (as defined below),
Canadian Issuing Lender (as defined below), and as Canadian Administrative Agent
(as defined below) for the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17 below.
RECITALS
          A. The US Borrower, Integrated Production Services, Ltd. as the
Canadian borrower (“Existing Canadian Borrower”; together with the US Borrower,
the “Existing Borrowers”), Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (formerly known as
Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC), as existing US administrative agent, existing US
swing line lender, and existing US issuing lender, the Canadian Administrative
Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lender, the Canadian Swingline Lender and the
lenders party thereto, including certain of the Lenders (the “Existing Lenders”)
are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of December 6, 2006, as heretofore amended (as so amended, the “Restated
Agreement”).
          B. Immediately prior hereto or concurrent herewith, Wells Fargo
Capital Finance, LLC (“Wells Fargo Capital Finance”) has assigned or will assign
100% of its rights and obligations under the Restated Agreement and other Credit
Documents (as defined in the Restated Agreement) as a US Lender (as defined in
the Restated Agreement) to its affiliate, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, and in connection therewith, Wells Fargo Capital Finance has
resigned as the US Administrative Agent, US Swingline Lender and US Issuing
Lender (each as defined in the Restated Agreement) and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, pursuant to the terms hereof, is appointed as the new US
administrative agent, US issuing lender and US swingline lender.
          C. In connection with the entering into of this Agreement, (i) all
Canadian Obligations (as defined in the Restated Agreement) have been or,
concurrently herewith will be, paid in full, (ii) the Existing Canadian Borrower
has been or, concurrently herewith will be, released from the Restated
Agreement, (iii) each Guarantor (as defined in the Restated Agreement) under the
Canadian Guaranty (as defined in the Restated Agreement) has been, or
concurrently herewith, will be released in full from its obligations thereunder,
and (iv) each Canadian Security Document (as defined in the Restated Agreement)
has been, or concurrently herewith will be, terminated.
          D. The Borrowers, the US Administrative Agent, the US Issuing Lender,
the US Swingline Lender, the Canadian Administrative Agent, the Canadian Issuing
Lender, the Canadian Swingline Lender and certain of the Existing Lenders
together with the other Lenders desire to amend and restate (but not extinguish)
the Restated Agreement in its entirety as hereinafter set forth through the
execution of this Agreement.
          E. It is the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement is an
amendment and restatement of the Restated Agreement, not a new or substitute
credit agreement or novation of the Restated Agreement.

 

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          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the Borrowers, the US Administrative
Agent, the US Issuing Lender, the US Swingline Lender, the Canadian
Administrative Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lender, the Canadian Swingline Lender
and the Lenders, (i) do hereby agree that the Restated Agreement is amended and
restated (but not substituted or extinguished) in its entirety as set forth
herein, and (ii) do hereby further agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the defined terms
set forth in the recitals above shall have the meanings set forth above and the
following terms shall have the following meanings (unless otherwise indicated,
such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined):
“ABCA” means the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) as it may be amended from
time to time;
“Acceptable Security Interest” means a security interest which (a) exists in
favor of the Applicable Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable
benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, (b) is superior to all other security
interests (other than the Permitted Liens and other than as to Excluded
Perfection Collateral), (c) secures the Secured Obligations or the Canadian
Obligations, as applicable, (d) is perfected other than as to Excluded
Perfection Collateral, and (e) enforceable against the Credit Party which
created such security interest.
“Acceptance Fee” means a fee payable in Canadian Dollars by the Canadian
Borrower to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of the Canadian
Lenders with respect to the acceptance of a B/A or the making of a B/A
Equivalent Advance on the date of such acceptance or loan, calculated on the
face amount of the B/A or the B/A Equivalent Advance at the rate per annum
applicable on such date as set forth in the row labeled “Eurocurrency/BA Margin”
in Table 1 of Schedule I on the basis of the number of days in the applicable
Contract Period (including the date of acceptance and excluding the date of
maturity) and a year of 365 days (it being agreed that the rate per annum
applicable to any B/A Equivalent Advance is equivalent to the rate per annum
otherwise applicable to the discount relating to the Bankers’ Acceptance which
has been replaced by the making of such B/A Equivalent Advance pursuant to
Section 2.5).
“Acquisition” means the purchase by any Restricted Entity of any business,
including the purchase of associated assets or operations or the Equity
Interests of a Person, through merger, consolidation or otherwise.
“Additional Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1(f).
“Adjusted Base Rate” means, for any day, the fluctuating rate per annum of
interest equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day,
(ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00% and
(iii) the Daily One-Month LIBOR plus 1.00%.
“Administrative Agents” means the US Administrative Agent and, from and after
the Canadian Facility Effective Date, the Canadian Administrative Agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the
Applicable Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set
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with respect to such currency as the Applicable Administrative Agent may from
time to time notify to the Applicable Borrower and the US Lenders or Canadian
Lenders, as applicable.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Applicable Administrative Agent.
“Advance” means (a) a US Advance, (b) a Canadian Advance, (c) a US Swingline
Advance, or (d) a Canadian Swingline Advance.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreed Currency” means, subject to Section 1.7 and Section 1.8, (a) Dollars and
(b) any other Eligible Currency approved in accordance with Section 1.7.
“Applicable Administrative Agent” means (a) the US Administrative Agent, with
respect to the US Facility, US Security Documents, or US Collateral, and
(b) from and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date, the Canadian
Administrative Agent, with respect to the Canadian Facility, Canadian Security
Documents, or the Canadian Collateral.
“Applicable Borrower” means (a) the US Borrower, with respect to the US
Facility, and (b) the Canadian Borrower, with respect to the Canadian Facility.
“Applicable Issuing Lender” means (a) the US Issuing Lender, with respect to US
Letters of Credit, and (b) from and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date,
Canadian Issuing Lender, with respect to the Canadian Letters of Credit.
“Applicable Margin” means, at any time, with respect to each Type of Advance,
the Letters of Credit and the Commitment Fees, the percentage rate per annum
which is applicable at such time with respect to such Advance, Letter of Credit
or Commitment Fee as set forth in Schedule I and subject to further adjustments
as set forth in Section 2.10(g).
“Applicable Percentage” means:
          (a) with respect to the US Facility and any US Lender, (i) the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s US Commitment at such time to the
aggregate US Commitments of the US Lenders at such time or (ii) if the US
Commitments have been terminated or expired, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of such US Lender’s aggregate outstanding US Advances at such time
to the total aggregate outstanding US Advances at such time;
          (b) with respect to the Canadian Facility and any Canadian Lender,
(i) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Canadian Lender’s Canadian
Commitment at such time to the aggregate Canadian Commitments of the Canadian
Lenders at such time or (ii) if the Canadian Commitments have been terminated or
expired, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Canadian Lender’s
aggregate outstanding Canadian Advances at such time to the total aggregate
outstanding Canadian Advances at such time; and
          (c) with respect to the Facilities as a whole and to any Lender,
(i) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Commitments at such
time to the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders at such time or (ii) if the
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percentage) of such Lender’s aggregate outstanding Advances at such time to the
total aggregate outstanding Advances at such time.
“Applicable Swingline Lender” means US Swingline Lender, with respect to US
Swingline Advances, or Canadian Swingline Lender, with respect to Canadian
Swingline Advances.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender.
“ASC 410, 718 and 815” means the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 410, Asset Retirement and
Environmental Conditions, Topic 718, Stock Compensation (formerly, FASB
Statement 123R), and Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption executed by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee and accepted by the US Administrative Agent, and
if under the Canadian Facility, also accepted by the Canadian Administrative
Agent, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A.
“AutoBorrow Agreement” means any agreement providing for automatic borrowing
services between a US Credit Party and the US Swingline Lender.
“Base Rate Advance” means a US Advance or a Canadian Advance denominated in
Dollars which bears interest based upon the Adjusted Base Rate or the Canadian
Base Rate, respectively.
“B/A Advance” means a B/A accepted and purchased by a Canadian Lender pursuant
to Section 2.5 or a B/A Equivalent Advance made by a Canadian Lender pursuant to
Section 2.5. For greater certainty, all provisions of this Agreement that are
applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances are also applicable, mutatis mutandis, to B/A
Equivalent Advances.
“B/A Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of one or more Bankers’ Acceptances
or, as applicable, B/A Equivalent Advance, as to which a single Contract Period
is in effect.
“B/A Equivalent Advance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.5.
“Bankers’ Acceptance” and “B/A” means a non-interest bearing bill of exchange
denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by the Canadian Borrower, and accepted by
a Canadian Lender in accordance with this Agreement, and shall include a
depository bill within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act
(Canada) and a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act
(Canada).
“Banking Services” means each and any of the following bank services provided to
any US Credit Party by any Banking Services Provider: (a) commercial credit
cards, (b) stored value cards, and (c) treasury management services (including,
without limitation, controlled disbursement, pooling and netting arrangements,
automated clearinghouse transactions, electronic funds transfers, return items,
overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
“Banking Services Obligations” means any and all obligations of any US Credit
Party owing to the Banking Services Providers, whether absolute or contingent
and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including
all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)
in connection with Banking Services.

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“Banking Services Provider” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that
provides Banking Services to any US Credit Entity.
“Borrowing” means a US Borrowing, Canadian Borrowing, a B/A Borrowing, a US
Swingline Borrowing or a Canadian Swingline Borrowing.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Legal Requirements of, or are
in fact closed in, the state where the US Administrative Agent’s Office with
respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
          (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a
Eurocurrency Advance denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Advance,
or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Advance, means any such day on which dealings
in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London
interbank eurodollar market;
          (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a
Eurocurrency Advance denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Advance, or
any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Advance, means a TARGET Day;
          (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a
Eurocurrency Advance denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means
any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are
conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency;
          (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements
and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a
Eurocurrency Advance denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or
any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out
pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Advance (other
than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for
foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of
such currency; and
          (e) if such day also relates to any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments under the Canadian Facility, means any such day on
which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in Calgary, Alberta
Canada and Toronto, Ontario Canada.
“Canadian Administrative Agent” means, from and after the Canadian Facility
Effective Date, HSBC in its capacity as agent for the Canadian Lenders pursuant
to Article VIII and any successor agent pursuant to Section 8.6; provided that
the Canadian Administrative Agent shall at all times be a Canadian resident for
purposes of the ITA.
“Canadian Advance” means (a) an advance by a Canadian Lender to the Canadian
Borrower as a part of a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.1 and refers to either a
Canadian Base Rate Advance or a Eurocurrency Advance, and (b) a B/A accepted and
purchased by a Canadian Lender pursuant to Section 2.5 and B/A Equivalent
Advances made by a Canadian Lender pursuant to Section 2.5.
“Canadian Anti-Terrorism Laws” means the anti-terrorist provisions of the
Criminal Code (Canada), the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist
Financing Act (Canada), the United Nations Suppression of Terrorism Regulations
and the Anti-terrorism Act (Canada) and all regulations and orders made
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“Canadian Base Rate” means, on any day:
          (a) for Canadian Advances and Canadian Swingline Advances denominated
in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the annual
rate of interest announced from time to time by the Canadian Administrative
Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario on
such day for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar-denominated
commercial loans made in Canada; and (ii) the annual rate of interest equal to
the sum of (A) the CDOR Rate in effect on such day and (B) 1%, and
          (b) for Canadian Advances and Canadian Swingline Advances denominated
in Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the annual rate of
interest announced from time to time by the Canadian Administrative Agent as its
base rate in effect at its principal office in Toronto, Ontario on such day for
determining interest rates on Dollar-denominated commercial loans made in Canada
and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Each
change in the Canadian Base Rate shall be effective on the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.
“Canadian Base Rate Advance” means Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance or Canadian
Base Rate (US$) Advance.
“Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance” means a Canadian Advance in Canadian Dollars
that bears interest as provided in part (a) of the definition of Canadian Base
Rate.
“Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance” means a Canadian Advance in Dollars that
bears interest as provided in part (b) of the definition of Canadian Base Rate.
“Canadian Benefit Plans” means all employee benefit plans of any nature or kind
whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained or contributed
to by the US Borrower or any of the Canadian Subsidiaries, in each case covering
employees in Canada.
“Canadian Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Canadian
Advances of the same Type made by the Canadian Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1.
“Canadian Cash Collateral Account” means a special cash collateral account
pledged to the Canadian Administrative Agent containing cash deposited pursuant
to the terms hereof to be maintained with the Administrative Agent in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“Canadian Collateral” means (a) all “Collateral”, “Pledged Collateral”, “Pledged
Accounts” and “Mortgaged Property” (as defined in the Canadian Security
Agreements, as applicable) or similar terms used in the Canadian Security
Documents, and (b) all amounts contained in the Canadian Borrower’s and Foreign
Restricted Subsidiaries’ bank accounts.
“Canadian Commitment” means, for each Canadian Lender, the obligation of such
Lender to advance to Canadian Borrower the amount set opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule II as its Canadian Commitment, or if such Lender has entered
into any Assignment and Assumption, set forth for such Lender as its Canadian
Commitment in the applicable Register, as such amount may be reduced, increased
or reallocated pursuant to Section 2.1; provided that (i) after the Maturity
Date, the Canadian Commitment for each Lender shall be zero, (ii) the aggregate
Canadian Commitments shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any time unless otherwise
consented to in writing by the US Majority Lenders, and (iii) as of the
Effective Date, the aggregate Canadian Commitments is equal to $0 and shall
remain equal to $0 until increased on the Canadian Facility Effective Date
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“Canadian Commitment Fee” means the fees required under Section 2.9(b).
“Canadian Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, on any date of determination, with
respect to any amount in Dollars, the equivalent in Canadian Dollars of such
amount, determined by the Canadian Administrative Agent using the Exchange Rate
then in effect.
“Canadian Dollars” and “C$” means the lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Facility” means, collectively, (a) the revolving credit facility
described in Section 2.1(b) and Section 2.5, (b) the swing line subfacility
provided by the Canadian Swingline Lender described in Section 2.4 and (c) the
letter of credit subfacility provided by the Canadian Issuing Lender described
in Section 2.3. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Canadian
Facility is not in effect until the Canadian Facility Effective Date.
“Canadian Facility Effective Date” means the date on which all of the conditions
set forth in Section 2.17 have been satisfied and designation of the Canadian
Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements in Section 2.17
shall have become effective.
“Canadian Guaranty” means, individually and collectively, the guarantees, in the
form reasonably acceptable to the Guarantor executing such and the
Administrative Agents, and made by the Company or a Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Canadian Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties.
“Canadian Issuing Lender” means, as of the Canadian Facility Effective Date,
HSBC, in its capacity as the Canadian Lender that issues Canadian Letters of
Credit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Canadian Lender Party” means Lender Parties under the Canadian Facility.
“Canadian Lenders” means, from and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date,
such Lenders having a Canadian Commitment or if such Canadian Commitments have
been terminated, Lenders that are owed Canadian Advances. Each Canadian Lender
at all times shall be a Schedule I Bank, a Schedule II Bank or a Schedule III
Bank. From and after the Effective Date but prior to the Canadian Facility
Effective Date, there is no Canadian Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, no
Lender may be made a Canadian Lender without such Lender’s express written
agreement which agreement may be made in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Canadian Letter of Credit” means any standby or commercial letter of credit
issued by the Canadian Issuing Lender for the account of the Canadian Borrower
or any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in such form as may be
agreed by the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Issuing Lender.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Application” means the Canadian Issuing Lender’s
standard form letter of credit application for standby or commercial letters of
credit which has been executed by the Canadian Borrower and accepted by the
Canadian Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance of a Canadian Letter of
Credit.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Documents” means all Canadian Letters of Credit,
Canadian Letter of Credit Applications and amendments thereof, and agreements,
documents, and instruments entered into in connection therewith or relating
thereto.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure” means, at the date of its determination by
the Canadian Administrative Agent, the aggregate outstanding undrawn amount of
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aggregate unpaid amount of all of the Canadian Borrower’s payment obligations
under drawn Canadian Letters of Credit.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Canadian Letter
of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the
increase of the amount thereof.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Maximum Amount” means (a) from and after the
Effective Date but prior to the Canadian Facility Effective Date, C$0, and
(b) from and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date, such amount as agreed
to between the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Issuing Lender in writing, a
copy of which agreement has been provided to the US Administrative Agent;
provided that, on and after the Maturity Date, the Canadian Letter of Credit
Maximum Amount shall be zero.
“Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations” means all obligations of the Canadian
Borrower under this Agreement in connection with the Canadian Letters of Credit.
“Canadian Majority Lenders” means (a) at any time when there are more than two
Canadian Lenders, two or more Canadian Lenders holding at least 51% of the sum
of the unutilized Canadian Commitments plus the Canadian Outstandings (with the
aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in
the Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations and Canadian Swingline Advances being
deemed “held” by such Canadian Lender for purposes of this definition); and
(b) at any time when there are one or two Canadian Lenders, all Canadian
Lenders; provided that, (i) in any event, if there are two or more Canadian
Lenders, the Canadian Commitment of, and the portion of the Advances and Letter
of Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Canadian Majority Lenders
unless all Canadian Lenders are Defaulting Lenders, and (ii) for purposes of
this definition, Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure which is not reallocated or
Cash Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.18 shall be deemed to be held
by the Canadian Issuing Lender.
“Canadian Note” means a promissory note of the Canadian Borrower payable to the
order of a Canadian Lender in the amount of such Lender’s Canadian Commitment,
in the form provided by the Canadian Administrative Agent and acceptable to the
Canadian Borrower.
“Canadian Obligations” means the Obligations owing by the Canadian Borrower or
any Canadian Guarantor.
“Canadian Outstandings” means, as of the date of determination, the sum of
(a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding amount of all Canadian
Advances plus (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Letter of Credit
Exposure plus (c) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding amount of
all Canadian Swingline Advances.
“Canadian Pension Plans” means each plan that is considered to be a pension plan
for the purposes of any applicable pension benefits standards statute and/or
regulation in Canada established, maintained or contributed to by the Canadian
Borrower or any of the Canadian Subsidiaries for its employees or former
employees.
“Canadian Secured Parties” means the Canadian Administrative Agent, the Canadian
Lenders, the Canadian Issuing Lender, and the Canadian Swingline Lender.
“Canadian Security Agreement” means, individually and collectively, the security
agreements, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Canadian Borrower
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entered into by the Canadian Borrower or a Foreign Subsidiary Guarantor, as
grantor, and the Canadian Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Canadian
Secured Parties.
“Canadian Security Documents” means the Canadian Security Agreement, and each
other Security Document to which the Canadian Borrower or any US Guarantor or
Foreign Subsidiary Guarantor is a party and that purports to grant a Lien in the
assets of any such Person in favor of the Canadian Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties.
“Canadian Subsidiaries” means the Subsidiaries organized under the laws of
Canada or any province, territory or other political subdivision thereof.
“Canadian Swingline Advance” means an advance by the Canadian Swingline Lender
to the Canadian Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4.
“Canadian Swingline Amount” means, for the Canadian Swingline Lender, (a) from
and after the Effective Date but prior to the Canadian Facility Effective Date,
C$0, and (b) from and after the Canadian Facility Effective Date, such amount as
agreed to between the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Swingline Lender in
writing, a copy of which agreement has been provided to the US Administrative
Agent; provided that, on and after the Maturity Date, the Canadian Swingline
Amount shall be zero.
“Canadian Swingline Borrowing” means the Borrowing consisting of a Swingline
Advance made by the Canadian Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.4.
“Canadian Swingline Lender” means HSBC.
“Canadian Swingline Note” means a promissory note made by the Canadian Borrower
payable to the order of the Canadian Swingline Lender in the form provided by
the Canadian Administrative Agent and acceptable to the Canadian Borrower.
“Canadian Swingline Payment Date” means the Maturity Date.
“Capital Expenditures” for any Person and period of its determination means,
without duplication, the aggregate of all expenditures and costs (whether paid
in cash or accrued as liabilities during that period and including that portion
of Capital Leases which is capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person) of
such Person during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are required to be
included in or reflected by the property, plant, or equipment or similar fixed
asset accounts reflected in the balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital Leases” means, for any Person, any lease of any Property by such Person
as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person, subject in
all cases to Section 1.3(d).
“Cash Collateral Account” means the US Cash Collateral Account or the Canadian
Cash Collateral Account.
“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Applicable Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing
Lenders, Lenders or the Swingline Lenders, as collateral for Secured Obligations
or the Canadian Obligations, as applicable, or the obligations of Lenders to
fund participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline
Advances, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Applicable Administrative
Agent, each Applicable Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lenders shall agree in
their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to
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form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative
Agent, each Applicable Issuing Lender and the Applicable Swingline Lender. “Cash
Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include
the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“CDOR Rate” means, for each day in any period, the annual rate of interest that
is the rate based on an average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’
acceptances for a term equal to the term of the relevant Contract Period (or for
a term of 30 days for purposes of determining the Canadian Base Rate) appearing
on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario
time), on such date, or if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately
preceding Business Day; provided that if such rate does not appear on the
Reuters Screen CDOR Page on such date as contemplated, then the CDOR Rate on
such date shall be the arithmetic average of the Discount Rate quoted by each
Schedule II/III Reference Bank (determined by the Canadian Administrative Agent
as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on such date) that would be applicable
to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances for the relevant period quoted by such
bank as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on such date or, if such date is
not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, state and local analogs, and all rules and
regulations and requirements thereunder in each case as now or hereafter in
effect.
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) the
Company ceases to own, either directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity
Interest in any Restricted Subsidiary other than as a result of a sale of asset
or merger permitted under Section 6.7 or Section 6.8; (b) any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or
its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee,
agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right
to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35%
or more of the equity securities of the Company entitled to vote for members of
the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Company on a
fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right), or
(c) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the
board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Company cease to be
composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent
governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or
nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any
of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation
or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any
Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and
all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection
therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by
the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or
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regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case
be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or
issued.
“Class” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
“CNTA” as of any date of determination, means the total amount of assets (less
accumulated depreciation and amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables,
other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) which would
appear on a consolidated balance sheet of any Person consisting of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, and after giving effect to purchase accounting and after
deducting therefrom (a) Current Liabilities (as defined below) and (b) to the
extent otherwise included therein, the amounts of (i) non-controlling interests
in such consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) excess of cost over fair value of assets of
businesses acquired, as determined in good faith, (iii) any revaluation or other
write-up in book value of assets subsequent to the Effective Date as a result of
a change in the method of valuation in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied, (iv) all intangible assets, (v) treasury stock, (vi) cash set apart and
held in a sinking or other analogous fund established for the purpose of
redemption or other retirement of Equity Interests to the extent such obligation
is not reflected in Consolidated Current Liabilities, and (vii) investments in
and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition,
“Current Liabilities” means, at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity
with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any
like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (x) the current portion of any long
term debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) without
duplication of clause (x) above, all Advances outstanding under this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
and published interpretations thereof.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the US Collateral and the Canadian
Collateral.
“Commitment Fee” means the Canadian Commitment Fee or the US Commitment Fee.
“Commitment Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Commitments” means, as to any Lender, its US Commitment or Canadian Commitment,
if applicable.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Compliance Certificate” means a compliance certificate executed by a chief
financial officer of the Company or such other Person as required by this
Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit B that shall include a
certification by an authorized officer of the Company that no Default has
occurred and is continuing.
“Computation Date” means (a) the Effective Date, (b) the Canadian Facility
Effective Date, and (c) so long as any outstanding Credit Extension under any
Facility is denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) the last Business Day of each
calendar quarter, (ii) the date of any proposed Credit Extension if the US
Administrative Agent shall determine or the US Majority Lenders shall require,
(iii) the date of any reduction or reallocation of Commitments pursuant to
Sections 2.1(c) or (d), (iv) the date of any increase in the Commitments under
Section 2.1(f), (v) the date of any reallocation provided in Section 2.18,
(vi) if any such Credit Extensions are under the US Facility, such additional
dates as the US Administrative Agent shall determine or the US Majority Lenders
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are under the Canadian Facility, such additional dates as the Canadian
Administrative Agent shall determine or the Canadian Majority Lenders shall
require.
“Contract Period” means the term of a B/A Advance selected by the Canadian
Borrower in accordance with Section 2.5, commencing on the date of such B/A
Advance and expiring on a Business Day which shall be either 30 days, 60 days,
90 days or 180 days thereafter, provided that (a) subject to clause (b) below,
each such period shall be subject to such extensions or reductions as may be
reasonably determined by the Canadian Administrative Agent to ensure that each
Contract Period shall expire on a Business Day, and (b) no Contract Period shall
extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and
all businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which,
together with the Company or any Subsidiary (as applicable), are treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to (a) a conversion of US
Advances of one Type into US Advances of another Type pursuant to
Sections 2.6(b) and (c), (b) a conversion of B/A Advances into Canadian Base
Rate Advances pursuant to Sections 2.6(b) and (c), or (c) a conversion of
Canadian Base Rate Advances into B/A Advances pursuant to Sections 2.6(b) and
(c) and Section 2.5.
“Credit Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Letter of Credit
Documents, the Guaranties, the Notices of Borrowing, the Notices of Conversion,
the Security Documents, any AutoBorrow Agreement, the Fee Letter, and each other
agreement, instrument, or document executed at any time in connection with this
Agreement.
“Credit Extension” means an Advance or a Letter of Credit Extension.
“Credit Parties” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors.
“Daily One-Month LIBOR” means, for any day, the rate of interest equal to the
Eurocurrency Rate for Dollar denominated funds then in effect for delivery for a
one (1) month period.
“Debt” means, for any Person, without duplication: (a) indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money, including, without limitation, the face amount of any
letters of credit supporting the repayment of indebtedness for borrowed money
issued for the account of such Person and obligations under letters of credit,
banker’s acceptances, and agreements relating to the issuance of letters of
credit or acceptance financing, including Letters of Credit; (b) obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
(c) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property,
services, or Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any earn-out
obligations, contingent obligations, or other similar obligations associated
with such purchase, and including obligations that are non-recourse to the
credit of such Person but are secured by the assets of such Person, but
excluding trade accounts payable); (d) obligations of such Person as lessee
under Capital Leases and obligations of such Person in respect of synthetic
leases; (e) obligations of such Person under any Hedging Arrangement; (f)
obligations of such Person owing in respect of redeemable preferred stock of
such Person; (g) obligations of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties
in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person to
purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in
respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (a) through (f) above; and (h) indebtedness or obligations of others of
the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (g) secured by any

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Lien on or in respect of any Property of such Person. For the avoidance of
doubt, non-cash charges resulting from the requirements of ASC 410, 718 or 815
shall not constitute “Debt” under this Agreement.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means (a) the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, (b) the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), (c) the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement
Act (Canada) and (d) all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means (a) an Event of Default or (b) any event or condition which with
notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event
of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that (a) has
failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Advances within two Business Days
of the date such Advances were required to be funded hereunder unless such
Lender notifies the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Applicable Borrower
in writing that such failure is the result of such 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 or waived, or
(ii) pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, any
Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it
hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or
Swingline Advances) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has
notified the Applicable Borrower, the Applicable Administrative Agent or any
Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply
with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that
effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s
obligation to fund an Advance or participation hereunder and states that such
position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition
precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable
default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement)
cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written
request by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Applicable Borrower, to
confirm in writing to the Applicable Administrative Agent and the Applicable
Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder
(provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to
this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Applicable
Administrative Agent and the Applicable Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct
or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) 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 a
Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or
acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect
parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership
interest does not result in or provide such 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 Lender (or such
Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts
or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Applicable
Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses
(a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and
such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section
2.18(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Applicable
Borrower, Applicable Issuing Lender, Applicable Swingline Lender and each
applicable Lender.
“Default Rate” means a per annum rate equal to (a) in the case of principal of
any Advance, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Advance as
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case of any other Obligation, 2.00% plus the non-default rate applicable to US
Base Rate Advances denominated in Dollars as provided in Section 2.10(a).
“Designated Currency” means, (a) for Eurocurrency Advances under the US
Facility, the Agreed Currency which is designated for such Eurocurrency
Advances, (b) for US Base Rate Advances, Dollars, (c) for US Swingline Advances
and US Letters of Credit, Dollars, (d) for Canadian Swingline Advances, Canadian
Dollars, (e) for B/As and B/A Equivalent Advances, Canadian Dollars, (f) for
Eurocurrency Advances under the Canadian Facility, Dollars or Canadian Dollars,
(g) for Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advances, Canadian Dollars, (h) for Canadian
Base Rate (US$) Advances, Dollars, and (i) for Canadian Letters of Credit,
Canadian Dollars or Dollars as designated by the Canadian Borrower.
“Discount Proceeds” means for any B/A (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent
Advance), an amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent, and with one-half of one
cent being rounded up) calculated on the applicable Borrowing date by
multiplying:
          (a) the face amount of the B/A (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent
Advance); by
          (b) the quotient of one divided by the sum of one plus the product of:
     (i) the Discount Rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such B/A (or,
as applicable, any B/A Equivalent Advance), and
     (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
Contract Period of the B/A (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent Advance) and
the denominator of which is 365,
with such quotient being rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and
.000005 being rounded up.
“Discount Rate” means (a) with respect to any Canadian Lender that is a
Schedule I Bank, as applicable to a B/A being purchased by such Lender on any
day, the CDOR Rate; and (b) with respect to any Canadian Lender that is not a
Schedule I Bank, as applicable to a B/A being purchased by such Lender on any
day, the lesser of (A) the CDOR Rate plus 10 basis points (0.10%), and (B) the
average (as determined by the Canadian Administrative Agent in good faith) of
the respective percentage discount rates (expressed to two decimal places and
rounded upward, if not in an increment of 1/100th of 1%, to the nearest 0.01%)
quoted by the Schedule II/III Reference Banks as the percentage discount rates
at which the Schedule II/III Reference Banks would, in accordance with their
normal market practices, at or about 10:00 a.m. (Standard Time) on such date, be
prepared to purchase bankers’ acceptances accepted by the Schedule II/III
Reference Banks having a face amount and term comparable to the face amount and
term of such B/A.
“Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer, assignment, conveyance, or other
disposition of any Property; “Dispose” or similar terms shall have correlative
meanings; provided that, for purposes of Section 6.8, a designation of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and a merger, amalgamation,
or consolidation of a Restricted Subsidiary into an Unrestricted Subsidiary
where the Unrestricted Subsidiary is the surviving entity, are each deemed to be
a Disposition of all assets of such Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in any Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as
determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Applicable Issuing
Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Exchange Rate
(determined in respect of the most recent Computation Date) for the purchase of
Dollars with such Foreign Currency.
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“Domestic Proceeds” means all casualty insurance or condemnation proceeds
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which do not constitute
Foreign Proceeds.
“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Foreign Subsidiary.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any of its Subsidiaries
that is incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EBITDA” means, without duplication, for a Person, the sum of (a) such Person’s
consolidated Net Income for such period (it being understood that no amounts of
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries’ Net Income shall be taken into account in
calculating EBITDA for the Company other than to the extent provided in clause
(c) below) plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining such consolidated Net
Income, Interest Expense, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
charges (including any provision for the reduction in the carrying value of
assets recorded in accordance with GAAP and including non-cash charges resulting
from the requirements of ASC 410, 718 and 815) for such period plus (c) cash
dividends received by the Restricted Entities from Unrestricted Subsidiaries
during such period which have not been distributed as a Restricted Payment
(other than to another Restricted Entity) minus (d) all non-cash items which
were included in determining such consolidated Net Income (including non-cash
items resulting from the requirements of ASC 410, 718 and 815); provided that,
such EBITDA shall be subject to pro forma adjustments for Acquisitions and
Nonordinary Course Asset Sales assuming that such transactions had occurred on
the first day of the determination period, which adjustments shall be made in
accordance with the guidelines for pro forma presentations set forth by the SEC.
“Effective Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an
Approved Fund, and (e) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved
by (i) the US Administrative Agent and the US Issuing Lender in the case of any
assignment of a US Commitment, (ii) the Canadian Administrative Agent in the
case of any assignment of a Canadian Commitment, (iii) unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is effected in
accordance with Section 9.6, the US Borrower with respect to any assignment of a
US Commitment, and (iv) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time any assignment is effected in accordance with
Section 9.6, the Canadian Borrower with respect to any assignment of a Canadian
Commitment (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided, however, that neither the Company nor an Affiliate of the Company
shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
“Eligible Currency” means any Foreign Currency provided that: (a) quotes for
loans in such currency are available in the London interbank deposit market;
(b) such currency is freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the
London foreign exchange market, (c) no approval of a Governmental Authority in
the country of issue of such currency is required to permit use of such currency
by any applicable Lender or Issuing Lender for making loans or issuing letters
of credit, or honoring drafts presented under letters of credit in such
currency, and (d) there is no restriction or prohibition under any applicable
Legal Requirements against the use of such currency for such purposes.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the
introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European
currency.
“Environment” or “Environmental” shall have the meanings set forth in 42 U.S.C.
9601(8) (1988).
“Environmental Claim” means any third party (including governmental agencies and
employees) action, lawsuit, claim, demand, regulatory action or proceeding,
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potential or actual responsibility or violation (including claims or proceedings
under the Occupational Safety and Health Acts or similar laws or requirements
relating to health or safety of employees) which seeks to impose liability under
any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Law” means all federal, state, and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, orders, decisions, agreements, and other requirements,
including common law theories, now or hereafter in effect and relating to, or in
connection with the Environment, health, or safety, including without limitation
CERCLA, relating to (a) pollution, contamination, injury, destruction, loss,
protection, cleanup, reclamation or restoration of the air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, or other natural resources;
(b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, treatment, processing, recycling,
reclamation, cleanup, storage, disposal or transportation; (c) exposure to
pollutants, contaminants, hazardous, medical infections, or toxic substances,
materials or wastes; (d) the safety or health of employees; or (e) the
manufacture, processing, handling, transportation, distribution in commerce,
use, storage or disposal of hazardous, medical infections, or toxic substances,
materials or wastes.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, order, approval, registration
or other authorization under Environmental Law.
“Equity Interest” means with respect to any Person, any shares, interests,
participation, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock,
membership interests or partnership interests (or any other ownership interests)
of such Person.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States
introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency Advance” means a US Advance or a Canadian Advance that bears
interest based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D
of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect from time to time.
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means,
(a) in determining Eurocurrency Base Rate for purposes of the “Daily One-Month
LIBOR”, the rate per annum for Dollar deposits quoted by the US Administrative
Agent for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans
making reference to the “Daily One-Month LIBOR”, as the inter-bank offered rate
in effect from time to time for delivery of funds for one (1) month in amounts
approximately equal to the principal amount of the applicable Advances; provided
that, (i) the US Administrative Agent may base its quotation of the inter-bank
offered rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the inter-bank
market as the US Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion deems
appropriate including, but not limited to, the rate determined under the
following clause (b), and (ii) such rate per annum shall be generally applicable
to all credit facilities agented by the US Administrative Agent which makes
reference to the “Daily One-Month LIBOR” or words of similar import;
(b) in determining Eurocurrency Base Rate for all other purposes, for the
Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Advance comprising the same Borrowing, the
interest rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100
of 1%) equal to (i) the applicable London interbank offered rate for deposits in
the Designated Currency for such Borrowing appearing on Reuters Screen FRBD for
such Designated Currency as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business
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such Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period, and
(ii) if the rate as determined under clause (i) is not available at such time
for any reason, then the rate determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent
to be the rate at which deposits in the Designated Currency for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the
approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Advance being made, continued or
converted by the Applicable Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period would be offered by the Applicable Administrative Agent’s
London Branch (or other branch or Affiliate of the Applicable Administrative
Agent, or in the event that the Applicable Administrative Agent does not have a
London branch, the London branch of a Lender chosen by the Applicable
Administrative Agent)) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank
market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means a rate per annum determined by the Applicable
Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

             
Eurocurrency Rate
  =   Eurocurrency Base Rate        
 
1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage    

Where,

      “Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, as of any day, the reserve
percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in
effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations
issued from time to time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the
maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) with respect to liabilities or assets consisting
of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities. The Eurocurrency Rate for each
outstanding Advance shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of
any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Exchange Rate” means, on any Business Day, (a) with respect to any calculation
of the Dollar Equivalent with respect to any Foreign Currency on such date or
any calculation of the Foreign Currency Equivalent on such date, the rate at
which such Foreign Currency may be exchanged into Dollars or Dollars may be
exchanged into such Foreign Currency, as set forth on such date on the relevant
FWDS Series Reuters currency page at or about 11:00 a.m. Houston, Texas time on
such date and (b) with respect to any calculation of the Canadian Dollar
Equivalent, the rate at which Dollars may be exchanged into Canadian Dollars, as
set forth on such date on the relevant FWDS Series Reuters currency page at or
about 11:00 a.m. Houston, Texas time on such date. In the event that such rate
does not appear on any such Reuters page, the “Exchange Rate” with respect to
such Foreign Currency (including Canadian Dollars) shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates
as may be agreed upon by the US Administrative Agent and the Borrowers or, in
the absence of such agreement, such “Exchange Rate” shall instead be the US
Administrative Agent’s spot rate of exchange in the interbank market where its
currency exchange operations in respect of such Foreign Currency are then being
conducted, at or about 10:00 A.M. local time at such date for the purchase of
such Foreign Currency with Dollars or the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign
Currency, as the case may be, for delivery two Business Days later; provided
that if at the time of any such determination no such spot rate can reasonably
be quoted, the US Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method (including
obtaining quotes from three or more market makers for such Foreign Currency) as
it deems appropriate to determine such rate and such determination shall be
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“Excluded Perfection Collateral” shall mean, unless otherwise elected by the US
Administrative Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, collectively
(a) Certificated Equipment, as defined in the US Security Agreement, (b) deposit
accounts, commodities accounts and securities accounts other than the Cash
Collateral Accounts, and (c) any other Property (i) in which a security interest
cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC, PPSA
or a similar filing under the respective foreign jurisdiction, and (ii) with
respect to which the US Administrative Agent has determined, in its reasonable
discretion that the cost of perfecting a security interest in such Property are
excessive in relation to the value of the Lien to be afforded thereby.
“Excluded Properties (Canada)” means all fee owned and leased real property of
any Credit Party (other than Existing Mortgaged Properties).
“Excluded Properties (US)” means (a) all fee owned and leased real property of
any Credit Party (other than Existing Mortgaged Properties), (b) any Properties
owned by any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, and (c) the “Excluded Collateral” as
defined in the US Security Agreement.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender Party or any other recipient
of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower
hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes),
by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of
which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is
located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located,
(c) except as provided in the following sentence, in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under
Section 2.16), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with
Section 2.15(d), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor,
if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Applicable Borrower with
respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15, and (d) any U.S.
Federal withholding taxes that are imposed by FATCA. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this definition, “Excluded Taxes” shall not include
any withholding tax imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of a
Foreign Credit Party to any Lender Party hereunder or under any other Credit
Document, provided that such Lender, such Administrative Agent and such Issuing
Lender shall have complied with Section 2.15(d) and Section 2.15(f), as
applicable.
“Existing HY Debt” means the Debt evidenced by the 8.0% Senior, Unsecured Notes
issued by the Company on December 6, 2006 with a face value of $650,000,000 and
having a stated maturity at December 15, 2016.
“Existing Mortgaged Properties” means the real properties that are intended to
be encumbered under mortgages executed and delivered in connection with the
Restated Agreement and in effect on the Effective Date but excluding any such
properties which are located in any area designated as a “flood hazard area”
under the Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (or any successor agency) and which would be required to be covered under
flood insurance by Regulation H of the Federal Reserve Board or Part 22 to Title
12 of the Code of Federal Regulations in compliance with the National Flood
Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.
“Existing US Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued by the US
Issuing Lender (in its individual capacity or as agent for Wells Fargo Capital
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Agreement) under the Restated Agreement and which have not been terminated or
expired and returned to the US Issuing Lender as of the Effective Date, which
include the letters of credit identified on Schedule IV attached hereto.
“Facility” means the US Facility or the Canadian Facility.
“FATCA” means Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended version that is substantively comparable) and any
regulations or official interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on
the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business
Day and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to
the US Administrative Agent (in its individual capacity) on such day on such
transactions as determined by the US Administrative Agent.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any of its successors.
“Fee Letter” means that certain engagement and fee letter dated as of May 6,
2011 between the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Felderhoff Assets” means the assets owned by Texas CES, Inc. and related to the
Felderhoff division of such Person.
“Financial Statements” means, for any period, (a) for purposes of financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), the consolidated and
consolidating financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, including statements of income, retained earnings, changes in
equity and cash flow for such period as well as a balance sheet as of the end of
such period, and (b) for all other purposes, the consolidated and consolidating
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries, including statements of income, retained earnings, changes in
equity and cash flow for such period as well as a balance sheet as of the end of
such period, in each case, all prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any Foreign Subsidiary the Equity
Interests of which are held directly by the US Borrower or a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Foreign Credit Party” means any Credit Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary of
the Company.
“Foreign Currency” means a currency other than Dollars.
“Foreign Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Foreign
Currency as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent or the Applicable
Issuing Lender, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Exchange
Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Computation Date) for the
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“Foreign Lender” means, with respect to any Borrower, any Lender that is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such
Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed
to constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Proceeds” means casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation proceeds
received by a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary on account of a casualty or
condemnation event in connection with any assets of Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary or any other Foreign Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
“Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower
that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Person that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Foreign Restricted Subsidiary listed
on Part A of Schedule 4.11, and each other Foreign Restricted Subsidiary of the
Canadian Borrower that is or becomes a party to the Canadian Guaranty.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with
respect to any Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
the outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit
issued by such Issuing Lender other than Letter of Credit Obligations as to
which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to
other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and
(b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of outstanding Swingline Advances made by the Swingline Lender other
than Swingline Advances as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation
obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be)
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the requirements of
Section 1.3.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantors” means any Person that now or hereafter executes a Guaranty or a
joinder or supplement to a Guaranty but excluding any Person that is released
from any such Guaranty in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Guaranties” means, collectively, the US Guaranty and the Canadian Guaranty.
“Hazardous Substance” means any substance or material identified as such
pursuant to CERCLA and those regulated under any other Environmental Law,
including without limitation pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, petroleum
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“Hazardous Waste” means any substance or material regulated or designated as
such pursuant to any Environmental Law, including without limitation,
pollutants, contaminants, flammable substances and materials, explosives,
radioactive materials, oil, petroleum and petroleum products, chemical liquids
and solids, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, toxic substances, and similar
substances and materials.
“Hedging Arrangement” means a hedge, call, swap, collar, floor, cap, option,
forward sale or purchase or other contract or similar arrangement (including any
obligations to purchase or sell any commodity or security at a future date for a
specific price) which is entered into to reduce or eliminate or otherwise
protect against the risk of fluctuations in prices or rates, including interest
rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices and securities prices.
“HSBC” means HSBC Bank Canada.
“Increase Date” means the effective date of a Commitment Increase as provided in
Section 2.1(f).
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.1(f).
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
“Insurance Premium Debt” means Debt arising from the financing of insurance
premium so long as (a) such Debt shall not be in excess of the amount of the
unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance
for the underlying term of such insurance policy, (b) any unpaid amount of such
Debt is fully cancelled upon termination of the underlying insurance policy, and
(c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Debt does not exceed
$15,000,000.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period and with respect to the Company, total
interest expense net of interest income, letter of credit fees and other fees
and expenses incurred by the US Borrower and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with any Debt for such period (other than the upfront
fees paid pursuant to any of the Lender Parties on the Effective Date), whether
paid or accrued (including that attributable to obligations which have been or
should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as Capital Leases), including,
without limitation, all commissions, discounts, and other fees and charges owed
with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, fees owed
with respect to the Obligations, and net costs under Hedge Arrangements, all as
determined in conformity with GAAP.
“Interest Period” means for each Eurocurrency Advance comprising part of the
same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurocurrency Advance
is made or deemed made and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and Section 2.6, and
thereafter, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by
the Applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and Section 2.6. The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, three, or six months, in
each case as the Applicable Borrower may select, provided that:
     (a) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Advances comprising
part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
     (b) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a
day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be
extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided that if such
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the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall
occur on the next preceding Business Day;
     (c) any Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month in which it would have ended if there were a
numerically corresponding day in such calendar month; and
     (d) no Borrower may select any Interest Period for any Advance which ends
after the Maturity Date.
“Inventory” of any Person means all inventory now owned or hereafter acquired by
such Person, wherever located and whether or not in transit, which is held for
sale; provided, that Inventory shall not include raw materials, work in process
or supplies or materials consumed in the business of such Person; and provided
further that, purchased items shall be considered Inventory and not raw
materials if such purchased items could be resold in their existing condition as
finished goods without requiring further modification.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law &
Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“Issuing Lender” means US Issuing Lender or Canadian Issuing Lender.
“ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended, and any successor thereto,
and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Legal Requirement” means any law, statute, ordinance, decree, requirement,
order, judgment, rule, treaty, code, administrative or judicial precedents or
authorities, regulation (or official interpretation of any of the foregoing) of,
and the terms of any license, authorization or permit issued by, any
Governmental Authority, including, but not limited to, Regulations T, U and X.
“Lender Parties” means Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lenders and
the Administrative Agents.
“Lenders” means the US Lenders and the Canadian Lenders.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Applicable
Borrower and the Applicable Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means a US Letter of Credit or a Canadian Letter of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means a US Letter of Credit Application or a
Canadian Letter of Credit Application.
“Letter of Credit Document” means a US Letter of Credit Document or a Canadian
Letter of Credit Document.
“Letter of Credit Extension” means a US Letter of Credit Extension or the
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“Letter of Credit Obligations” means the US Letter of Credit Obligations and the
Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, deed of trust, security
interest, or encumbrance to secure or provide for the payment of any obligation
of any Person, whether arising by contract, operation of law, or otherwise
(including the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, Capital Lease, or other title retention agreement).
“Liquid Investments” means (a) readily marketable direct full faith and credit
obligations of the United States or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by
the full faith and credit of the United States; (b) commercial paper issued by
(i) any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender or (ii) any commercial banking
institutions or corporations rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or A-1 by S&P;
(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits, and bankers’ acceptances issued by
(i) any of the Lenders or (ii) any other commercial banking institution which is
a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital and surplus
and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000.00 and rated Aa by Moody’s
or AA by S&P; (d) repurchase agreements which are entered into with any of the
Lenders or any major money center banks included in the commercial banking
institutions described in clause (c) and which are secured by readily marketable
direct full faith and credit obligations of the government of the United States
or any agency thereof; (e) investments in any money market fund which holds
investments substantially of the type described in the foregoing clauses
(a) through (d); and (f) other investments made through the US Administrative
Agent or its Affiliates and approved by the US Administrative Agent. All the
Liquid Investments described in clauses (a) through (d) above shall have
maturities of not more than 365 days from the date of issue.
“Liquidity” means, as of a date of determination, the sum of (a) an amount equal
to (i) the aggregate US Commitments in effect at such time, minus (ii) US
Outstandings, plus (b) readily and immediately available cash held in deposit
accounts of any US Credit Party (other than the Cash Collateral Accounts);
provided that, such deposit accounts and the funds therein shall be unencumbered
and free and clear of all Liens and other third party rights other than a Lien
in favor of the US Administrative Agent pursuant to Security Documents and Liens
permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(i).
“Majority Lenders” means, as of the date of determination (a) with respect to
the Facilities as a whole and for purposes of declaring the Obligations due and
payable pursuant to Section 7.2, and for all purposes after the Obligations
become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.2 or 7.3 or all of the Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, two or more Lenders holding at least 51% of
the aggregate Maximum Exposure Amount; (b) with respect to the US Facility, the
US Majority Lenders; and (c) with respect to the Canadian Facility, the Canadian
Majority Lenders; provided that, (i) in any event, if there are two or more
Lenders, the Maximum Exposure Amount of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded
for purposes of making a determination of Majority Lenders unless all Lenders
are Defaulting Lenders, and (ii) for purposes of this definition, Letter of
Credit Exposure which is not reallocated or Cash Collateralized in accordance
with Section 2.18 shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the
Applicable Issuing Lender.
“Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change (a) in the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) on the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Document; or (c) on
the Company’s or any other Credit Party’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, any Note, the Guaranties or any other Credit Document.
“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) June 13, 2016 and (b) the earlier
termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1(d) or
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“Maximum Exposure Amount” means, at any time for each Lender, the sum of (a) the
unfunded US Commitment and Canadian Commitment held by such Lender at such time,
if any, plus (b) the Total Outstandings held by such Lender at such time (with
the aggregate amount of such Lender’s risk participation and funded
participation in the Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Advances being
deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition).
“Maximum Rate” means the maximum nonusurious interest rate under applicable
Legal Requirement.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto which
is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Company or any member of the Controlled
Group is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions.
“Net Income” means, for any period and with respect to any Person, the net
income for such period for such Person after taxes as determined in accordance
with GAAP, excluding, however, (a) extraordinary items, including (i) any net
non-cash gain or loss during such period arising from the sale, exchange,
retirement or other disposition of capital assets (such term to include all
fixed assets and all securities) other than in the ordinary course of business,
and (ii) any write-up or write-down of assets and (b) the cumulative effect of
any change in GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, in determining net income,
interest income shall be applied to increase income or decrease interest expense
but not both.
“Net Tangible Assets” means (a) the consolidated net book value of all assets of
a Person minus (b) the consolidated net book value of all intangible assets of
such Person.
“Net Worth” means, with respect to the Company and as of the date of its
determination, the excess of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries over the sum of the consolidated
liabilities of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries and the
non-controlling interests of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Nonordinary Course Asset Sales” means, any Disposition of Property made by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) of any division of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, (b) of the Equity Interest in a Restricted Subsidiary by
the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (c) of any assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a transaction or related series
of transactions, outside the ordinary course of business.
“Notes” means the US Notes, the Canadian Notes, the Canadian Swingline Notes,
and the US Swingline Notes.
“Notice of Borrowing” means (a) for the US Facility, a notice of borrowing
signed by the US Borrower in substantially the same form as Exhibit C or such
other form as shall be reasonably approved by the US Administrative Agent, and
(b) for the Canadian Facility, a notice of borrowing signed by the Canadian
Borrower in such form as shall be reasonably approved by the Canadian
Administrative Agent.
“Notice of Continuation or Conversion” means (a) for the US Facility, a notice
of continuation or conversion signed by the US Borrower in substantially the
same form as Exhibit D or such other form as shall be reasonably approved by the
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of continuation or conversion signed by the Canadian Borrower in such form as
shall be reasonably approved by the Canadian Administrative Agent.
“Obligations” means all principal, interest, fees, reimbursements,
indemnifications, and other amounts now or hereafter owed by any Credit Party to
any Lender, Swingline Lender, Issuing Lender, or Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the Credit Documents, including, the Letter of Credit Obligations,
all interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any
Credit Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person
as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees
are allowed claims in such proceeding, and any increases, extensions, and
rearrangements of any of the foregoing obligations under any amendments,
supplements, and other modifications of the documents and agreements creating
those obligations.
“OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
other Credit Document.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated
in Dollars, the lesser of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate
determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent, the Applicable Issuing
Lender, or Applicable Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any
amount denominated in an Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per annum at
which overnight deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency, in an amount
approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being
determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of the
Applicable Administrative Agent in the applicable offshore interbank market for
such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.6.
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding
to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Permitted Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Permitted Distribution Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an
amount equal to (a) $50,000,000 plus (b) 50% of the sum of the Company’s
positive, consolidated Net Income for all fiscal quarters that have ended after
the Effective Date but prior to such date of determination minus (c) 100% of the
sum of the Company’s consolidated net loss for all fiscal quarters that have
ended after the Effective Date but prior to such date of determination.
“Permitted Investments” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
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“Person” means any natural person, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, limited liability company,
unlimited liability company, limited liability partnership, unincorporated
association, joint venture, or other entity, or Governmental Authority, or any
trustee, receiver, custodian, or similar official.
“Plan” means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
maintained for employees of the Company or any member of the Controlled Group
and covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards
under Section 412 of the Code.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta), as amended from time
to time, and any other similar legislation of any Canadian province or
territory.
“Prime Rate” means the per annum rate of interest established from time to time
by the US Administrative Agent at its principal office as its prime rate, which
rate may not be the lowest rate of interest charged by the US Administrative
Agent to its customers.
“Property” of any Person means any property or assets (whether real, personal,
or mixed, tangible or intangible) of such Person.
“Registers” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
“Regulations T, U, and X” means Regulations T, U, and X of the Federal Reserve
Board, as each is from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and
interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees,
administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of
such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other
Environmental Law.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA
(other than any such event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC under the regulations issued under such section).
“Response” shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other
Environmental Law.
“Restricted Entity” means (a) each Borrower and (b) each Restricted Subsidiary.
“Restricted Payment” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any direct or
indirect dividend or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
Property) or any direct or indirect payment of any kind or character (whether in
cash, securities or other Property) in consideration for or otherwise in
connection with any retirement, purchase, redemption or other acquisition of any
Equity Interest of such Person, or any options, warrants or rights to purchase
or acquire any such Equity Interest of such Person or (b) principal or interest
payments (in cash, Property or otherwise) on, or redemptions of, subordinated
debt of such Person; provided that the term “Restricted Payment” shall not
include any dividend or distribution payable solely in Equity Interests of such
Person, or warrants, options or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means (a) each Subsidiary of the Company on the
Effective Date other than the Unrestricted Subsidiaries identified and noted on
Schedule 4.11 as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” (unless such Unrestricted
Subsidiaries are subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
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terms of Section 5.11) and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Company that is not
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in
Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and
payments in an Foreign Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by
the Applicable Administrative Agent or Applicable Issuing Lender, as the case
may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the
settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Foreign
Currency.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an
agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or
indirectly controlled by a country or its government, (d) a Person resident in a
country, in each case, that is subject to a country sanctions program
administered and enforced by OFAC.
“Sanctioned Person” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals maintained by OFAC.
“Sarbanes-Oxley” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or any successor thereof which is a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization.
“Schedule I Bank” means a bank that is a Canadian chartered bank listed on
Schedule I under the Bank Act (Canada).
“Schedule II Bank” means a bank that is a Canadian chartered bank listed on
Schedule II under the Bank Act (Canada).
“Schedule II/III Reference Banks” means HSBC and such other Schedule II Banks
and/or Schedule III Banks as are agreed to from time to time by the Canadian
Borrower and the Canadian Administrative Agent; provided that there shall be no
more than three Schedule II/III Reference Banks at any time.
“Schedule III Bank” means a bank that is a Canadian bank listed on Schedule III
under the Bank Act (Canada).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Secured Obligations” means (a) the Obligations, (b) the Banking Services
Obligations owing by US Credit Parties, and (c) all obligations of any US Credit
Party owing to Swap Counterparties under any Hedging Arrangements.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the US Secured Parties and the Canadian
Secured Parties.
“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting and auditing principles,
rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC
or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may
be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.
“Security Agreements” means, collectively, the US Security Agreement and the
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“Security Documents” means the Security Agreements, the US Pledge Agreement, the
US Mortgages and any and all other instruments, documents or agreements, now or
hereafter executed by any Credit Party or any other Person to secure the Secured
Obligations.
“Senior Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the
ratio of (a) all secured Debt (other than Insurance Premium Debt and Debt under
Hedging Arrangements) of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the last day of such fiscal quarter to (b) the consolidated
EBITDA for the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for the
twelve month period then ended.
“Solvent” means, as to any Person, on the date of any determination (a) the fair
value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total amount of debts
and other liabilities (including without limitation, contingent liabilities) of
such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is
not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
such Person on its debts and other liabilities (including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is
able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities
(including, without limitation, contingent liabilities) as they mature in the
normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not
believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities (including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities) beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature, (e) such Person is not engaged in, and is not about to
engage in, business or a transaction for which such Person’s Property would
constitute unreasonably small capital, and (f) such Person has not transferred,
concealed or removed any Property with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any
creditor of such Person.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subject Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
other Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
Person, a majority of whose outstanding Voting Securities (other than directors’
qualifying shares) shall at any time be owned by such parent or one or more
Subsidiaries of such parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein
to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Swap Counterparty” means a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender that has entered
into a Hedging Arrangement with a Borrower.
“Swingline Advance” means a US Swingline Advance or a Canadian Swingline
Advance.
“Swingline Lender” means the US Swingline Lender or the Canadian Swingline
Lender.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system
ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the
Applicable Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the
settlement of payments in Euro.
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“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
“Termination Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan, (b) the
withdrawal of a Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group from a Plan
during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a
Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(c)
of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or
(e) any other event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan.
“Total Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the
ratio of (a) all Debt (other than Insurance Premium Debt and Debt under Hedging
Arrangements) of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of
the last day of such fiscal quarter to (b) the consolidated EBITDA for the
Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for the twelve month period
then ended.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate US Outstandings and aggregate Canadian
Outstandings.
“Type” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York
from time to time.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 4.11 as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, unless and until such Subsidiary is
designated as a Restricted Subsidiary under Section 5.11, and (b) any Subsidiary
of the Company that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
compliance with Section 5.11.
“US Administrative Agent” means Wells Fargo in its capacity as agent for the
Lenders pursuant to Article VIII and any successor agent pursuant to
Section 8.6.
“US Advance” means an advance by a US Lender to the US Borrower as a part of a
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and refers to either a US Base Rate Advance
or a Eurocurrency Advance. Each US Advance denominated in a Foreign Currency and
made to the US Borrower shall be a Eurocurrency Advance.
“US Base Rate Advance” means a US Advance in Dollars that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.10(a).
“US Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous US Advances of the
same Type made by the US Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Converted by each
US Lender to US Advances of a different Type pursuant to Section 2.6(b).
“US Cash Collateral Account” means a special cash collateral account pledged to
the US Administrative Agent containing cash deposited pursuant to the terms
hereof to be maintained with the US Administrative Agent in accordance with the
terms hereof.
“US Collateral” means (a) all “Collateral”, “Pledged Collateral”, “Pledged
Accounts” and “Mortgaged Property” (as defined in each of the US Mortgages, the
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Agreements, as applicable) or similar terms used in the US Security Documents,
and (b) all amounts contained in the US Borrower’s and its Domestic Restricted
Subsidiaries’ bank accounts. The US Collateral shall not include any Excluded
Properties (US).
“US Commitment” means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to advance
to US Borrower the amount set opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule II as its
US Commitment, or if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Assumption,
set forth for such Lender as its US Commitment in the applicable Register, as
such amount may be reduced, increased or reallocated pursuant to Section 2.1;
provided that, after the Maturity Date, the US Commitment for each Lender shall
be zero; and provided further that, the initial aggregate amount of the US
Commitments on the Effective Date is $300,000,000.
“US Commitment Fee” means the fees required under Section 2.9(a).
“US Credit Parties” means the US Borrower and the US Guarantors.
“US Facility” means, collectively, (a) the revolving credit facility described
in Section 2.1(a), (b) the swing line subfacility provided by the US Swingline
Lender described in Section 2.4 and (c) the letter of credit subfacility
provided by the US Issuing lender described in Section 2.3.
“US Guarantor” means any Person that now or hereafter executes a US Guaranty,
including (a) the US Borrower, (b) the Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Company listed on Part B of Schedule 4.11; and (c) each Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a guarantor of all or a portion of the
Secured Obligations and which has entered into either a joinder agreement
substantially in the form attached to the Guaranty or a new Guaranty but
excluding any Person that is released from any such Guaranty in accordance with
the terms hereof.
“US Guaranty” means the US Guaranty, substantially in the form of Exhibit E
among the US Guarantors and the US Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties.
“US Issuing Lender” means Wells Fargo, in its capacity as the US Lender that
issues US Letters of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“US Lenders” means Lenders having a US Commitment or if such US Commitments have
been terminated, Lenders that are owed US Advances.
“US Letter of Credit” means any standby or commercial letter of credit issued by
the US Issuing Lender for the account of the US Borrower or any US Guarantor
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in such form as may be agreed by the US
Borrower, such US Guarantor and the US Issuing Lender.
“US Letter of Credit Application” means the US Issuing Lender standard form
letter of credit application for standby or commercial letters of credit which
has been executed by the US Borrower, the applicable US Guarantor and accepted
by the US Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance of a US Letter of
Credit.
“US Letter of Credit Documents” means all US Letters of Credit, US Letter of
Credit Applications and amendments thereof, and agreements, documents, and
instruments entered into in connection therewith or relating thereto.
“US Letter of Credit Exposure” means, at the date of its determination by the US
Administrative Agent, the aggregate outstanding undrawn amount of US Letters of
Credit plus the aggregate unpaid amount of all of the US Borrower’s payment
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“US Letter of Credit Extension” means, with respect to any US Letter of Credit,
the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of
the amount thereof.
“US Letter of Credit Maximum Amount” means the aggregate amount of the US
Commitments; provided that, on and after the Maturity Date, the US Letter of
Credit Maximum Amount shall be zero.
“US Letter of Credit Obligations” means any obligations of the US Borrower under
this Agreement in connection with the US Letters of Credit.
“US Majority Lenders” means (a) at any time when there are more than two US
Lenders, two or more US Lenders holding at least 51% of the sum of the
unutilized US Commitments plus the US Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each US Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in the US Letter of
Credit Obligations and US Swingline Advances being deemed “held” by such US
Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) at any time when there are one
or two US Lenders, all US Lenders; provided that, (i) in any event, if there are
two or more US Lenders, the US Commitment of, and the portion of the Advances
and Letter of Credit Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender
shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of US Majority Lenders
unless all US Lenders are Defaulting Lenders, and (ii) for purposes of this
definition, the Fronting Exposure of Defaulting Lenders as to US Letter of
Credit Exposure and Swingline Advances which has not been reallocated or Cash
Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.18 shall be deemed to be held by the
Lender that is the US Issuing Lender and the Lender that is the Swingline
Lender.
“US Mortgages” means each mortgage or deed of trust in effect on the Effective
Date and executed by the Company or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company to secure all or a portion of the Secured Obligations.
“US Pledge Agreement” means the US Pledge Agreement, substantially in the form
of Exhibit F among the Company, any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company now or hereafter existing, which owns any Equity Interest in another
Person and made in favor of the US Administrative Agent.
“US Note” means a promissory note of the US Borrower payable to the order of a
US Lender in the amount of such Lender’s US Commitment, in the form provided by
the US Administrative Agent and acceptable to the US Borrower.
“US Outstandings” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding amount of all US Advances plus
(b) the US Letter of Credit Exposure plus (c) the aggregate outstanding amount
of all US Swingline Advances.
“US Secured Parties” means the Lender Parties, the Banking Services Providers
and Swap Counterparties who are owed any Secured Obligations.
“US Security Agreement” means the US Security Agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit G, among the US Borrower, the Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries
party thereto and the US Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“US Security Documents” means the US Mortgages, US Security Agreement, the US
Pledge Agreement and each other Security Document to which the US Borrower or
any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary is a party and that purports to grant a Lien
in the assets of any such Person in favor of the US Administrative Agent for the
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“US Swingline Advance” means an advance by the US Swingline Lender to the US
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4.
“US Swingline Amount” means, for the US Swingline Lender, $30,000,000; provided
that, on and after the Maturity Date, the US Swingline Amount shall be zero.
“US Swingline Borrowing” means the Borrowing consisting of a Swingline Advance
made by the US Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.4 or, if an AutoBorrow
Agreement is in effect, any transfer of funds pursuant to such AutoBorrow
Agreement.
“US Swingline Lender” means Wells Fargo.
“US Swingline Note” means the promissory note made by the US Borrower payable to
the order of the US Swingline Lender in the form provided by the US
Administrative Agent and acceptable to the US Borrower.
“US Swingline Payment Date” means (a) if an AutoBorrow Agreement is in effect,
the earliest to occur of (i) the date required by such AutoBorrow Agreement,
(ii) demand is made by the US Swingline Lender and (iii) the Maturity Date, or
(b) if an AutoBorrow Agreement is not in effect, the earlier to occur of
(i) three (3) Business Days after demand is made by the US Swingline Lender if
no Default exists, and otherwise upon demand by the US Swingline Lender and
(ii) the Maturity Date.
“Voting Securities” means (a) with respect to any corporation (including any
unlimited liability company), capital stock of such corporation having general
voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall
have or might have special voting power or rights by reason of the happening of
any contingency), (b) with respect to any partnership, any partnership interest
or other ownership interest having general voting power to elect the general
partner or other management of the partnership or other Person, and (c) with
respect to any limited liability company, membership certificates or interests
having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect managers of
such limited liability company.
“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
Section 1.2 Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from”
means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but
excluding”.
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP.
     (a) All accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with those
applied in the preparation of the Financial Statements delivered to the Agent
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and delivered under Section 3.1(j),
in any event, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
     (b) Unless otherwise indicated, all Financial Statements of the Company,
all calculations for compliance with covenants in this Agreement, all
determinations of the Applicable Margin, and all calculations of any amounts to
be calculated under the definitions in Section 1.1 shall be based upon the
consolidated accounts of the Company and its consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and consistent with the principles of
consolidation applied in preparing the Financial Statements referred to in
Section 4.4. For the avoidance of doubt and unless otherwise indicated herein,
references in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document to the Company’s
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financial position, financial condition, liabilities, etc. refer to the
consolidated financial statements, financial position, financial condition,
liabilities, etc. of the Company and its properly consolidated Restricted
Subsidiaries (or subset thereof if expressly provided herein) which eliminate
offsetting intercompany transactions.
     (c) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any
financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the
Company or the Majority Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agents, the
Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in
GAAP (subject to the approval of the Company and the Majority Lenders); provided
that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to such change therein and
(ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as
reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to
such change in GAAP.
     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (c), for purposes of this
Agreement, any lease that was treated as an operating lease under GAAP at the
time it was entered into and that later becomes a capital lease or has
comparable treatment as a result of the change in GAAP that occurs upon a
conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards during the life of
such lease, including any renewals, or any lease that is entered into after the
date hereof that would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP but
that is treated as a capital lease under GAAP upon a conversion to International
Financial Reporting Standards during the life of this Agreement shall be treated
as an operating lease for all purposes under this Agreement including the
treatment of assets in calculating, among other things, EBITDA.
Section 1.4 Classes and Types of Advances. Advances are distinguished by “Class”
and “Type”. The “Class”, when used in reference to any Advance or Borrowing,
refers to whether such Advance, or the Advances comprising such Borrowing, are
Canadian Advances, or US Advances. The “Type”, when used in respect of any
Advance or Borrowing, refers to the Rate (as defined below) by reference to
which interest on such Advances or on the Advances comprising such Borrowing is
determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Eurocurrency
Rate, the Adjusted Base Rate, the Canadian Base Rate, and the Discount Rate
applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances and B/A Equivalent Advances.
Section 1.5 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and
each other Credit Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Credit Document:
     (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise,
(i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other
document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications
set forth herein or in any other Credit Document), (ii) any reference to any
Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import
when used in any Credit Document, shall be construed to refer to such Credit
Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all
references in a Credit Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, the Credit Document in which such references appear, (v) any
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include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer
to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.
     (b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and
including.”
     (c) Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
     (d) The parties hereto, including the Canadian Borrower, hereby agree that
any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which
might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers,
or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or
taken only by the Company, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein.
Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other
communication delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Canadian Borrower.
Section 1.6 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
     (a) On each Computation Date, the US Administrative Agent shall determine
the Exchange Rate as of such Computation Date and deliver to the Canadian
Administrative Agent in writing the Canadian Dollar Equivalent amount of such
determination on or prior to such Computation Date. The Exchange Rate so
determined shall become effective on the first Business Day after such
Computation Date and shall remain effective through the next succeeding
Computation Date. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by
Credit Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except
as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than
Dollars) for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent
amount as so determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent or Canadian
Issuing Lender, as applicable.
     (b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion,
continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Advance or the issuance, amendment
or extension of a Canadian Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing,
Eurocurrency Advance or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Foreign Currency,
such amount shall be the relevant Foreign Currency Equivalent of such Dollar
amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Foreign Currency, with 0.5 of a unit
being rounded upward), as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent or
the Canadian Issuing Lender, as the case may be.
Section 1.7 Agreed Currencies.
     (a) The Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Advances be
made in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of
“Agreed Currency;” provided that such requested currency is an Eligible
Currency. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of
Eurocurrency Advances, such request shall be subject to the approval of the US
Administrative Agent and the US Lenders.
     (b) Any such request shall be made to the US Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m., ten Business Days prior to the date of the desired Borrowing
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the US Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion). The US Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each US Lender thereof. Each US Lender shall notify
the US Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five Business Days after
receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the
making of such Eurocurrency Advance in such requested currency. Any failure by a
US Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the
preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender to permit
Eurocurrency Advances to be made in such requested currency. If the US
Administrative Agent and all the US Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency
Advances in such requested currency, the US Administrative Agent shall so notify
the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be
an Agreed Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency
Advances. If the US Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any
request for an additional currency under this Section 1.7, the US Administrative
Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
     (c) If, after the designation of any currency as an Agreed Currency
(including any Foreign Currency listed in clause (b) — (d) of the definition of
“Agreed Currency”), (i) currency control or other exchange regulations are
imposed in the country in which such currency is issued with the result that
different types of such currency are introduced, (ii) such currency, in the
reasonable determination of the US Administrative Agent, no longer qualifies as
an “Eligible Currency” or (iii) in the reasonable determination of the US
Administrative Agent, a Dollar Equivalent of such currency is not readily
calculable, the US Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the US Lenders and
the Company, and such currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency until such
time as the US Administrative Agent and the US Lenders, as provided herein,
agree to reinstate such currency as an Agreed Currency.
Section 1.8 Change of Currency.
     (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the
Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into
Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If,
in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of
interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be
inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for
the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis
shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on
which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if
any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately
prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such
Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
     (b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable
changes of construction as the US Administrative Agent may from time to time
specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member
state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices
relating to the Euro.
     (c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such
reasonable changes of construction as the US Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other
country other than the United States and any relevant market conventions or
practices relating to the change in currency.
Section 1.9 Several Obligations of Borrowers. Subject to the US Borrower’s
guaranty obligations under the Canadian Guaranty, the obligations of the
Borrowers to pay the principal of and interest on each Credit Extension are
several and not joint, and the Canadian Borrower and its Foreign Subsidiaries
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ARTICLE II
CREDIT FACILITIES
Section 2.1 Commitments.
     (a) US Commitment. Each US Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make US Advances to the US Borrower
from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date
until the Maturity Date; provided that after giving effect to such US Advances,
the aggregate US Outstandings shall not exceed the aggregate US Commitments in
effect at such time. Within the limits of each US Lender’s US Commitment, the US
Borrower may from time to time borrow, prepay pursuant to Section 2.7, and
reborrow under this Section 2.1(a).
     (b) Canadian Commitment. From and after the Canadian Facility Effective
Date, each Canadian Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, to make Canadian Advances to the Canadian Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until
the Maturity Date; provided that after giving effect to such Canadian Advances,
the aggregate Canadian Outstandings shall not exceed the aggregate Canadian
Commitments in effect at such time. Within the limits of each Canadian Lender’s
Canadian Commitment, the Canadian Borrower may from time to time borrow, prepay
pursuant to Section 2.7, and reborrow under this Section 2.1(b).
     (c) Reduction of Commitments.
(i) US Commitments. The US Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three
Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the US Administrative Agent, to terminate
in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portion of the US Commitments;
provided that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of
$1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided
further that a notice of termination of the US Commitments delivered by the US
Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the US
Borrower (by notice to the US Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any reduction or termination
of the US Commitments pursuant to this Section shall be permanent, with no
obligation of the US Lenders to reinstate such US Commitments, and the
Commitment Fees shall thereafter be computed on the basis of the US Commitments,
as so reduced
(ii) Canadian Commitments. The Canadian Borrower shall have the right, upon at
least three Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Canadian Administrative
Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portion of the
Canadian Commitments; provided that each partial reduction shall be in the
aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof; provided further that a notice of termination of the Canadian
Commitments delivered by the Canadian Borrower may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case
such notice may be revoked by the Canadian Borrower (by notice to the Canadian
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied Any reduction or termination of the Canadian
Commitments pursuant to this Section shall be permanent, with no obligation of
the Canadian Lenders to reinstate such Canadian Commitments, and the Commitment
Fees shall thereafter be computed on the basis of the Canadian Commitments, as
so reduced.
(iii) Defaulting Lender. The Applicable Borrower may terminate the unused amount
of the Commitments of any Defaulting Lender upon not less than 10 Business Days’
prior notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify
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event the provisions of Section 2.18(a)(ii) will apply to all amounts thereafter
paid by the Applicable Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under
this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or
other amounts); provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (ii) such termination shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release
of any claim that any Borrower, any Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender,
any Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender,
(iii) such termination must be of the entire amount of the Defaulting Lender’s
unused Commitments, and (iv) the Applicable Borrower shall have deposited with
the Applicable Administrative Agent into the Cash Collateral Account cash
collateral in the amount equal to such Defaulting Lender’s ratable share of the
Dollar Equivalent of the Letter of Credit Exposure (including any such portion
thereof that has been reallocated pursuant to Section 2.18).
     (d) Reallocation of Commitments. In connection with the designation of a
Canadian Borrower as provided in Section 2.17, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. hereby agrees
with the US Borrower to convert and reallocate all or any portion of its US
Commitment into a Canadian Commitment so long as (i) the sum of such Lender’s US
Commitment and Canadian Commitment remains equal to the aggregate amount of such
Lender’s US Commitment and Canadian Commitment, as the case may be, prior to
such reallocation, (ii) the aggregate amount of all Canadian Commitments, after
giving effect to any reallocation, shall not exceed $30,000,000, and (iii) all
of the conditions to the Canadian Facility Effective Date set forth in
Section 2.17 shall have been satisfied. Upon such reallocation, participations
by the US Lenders in the outstanding Letters of Credit and the Letter of Credit
Obligations and in the outstanding US Swingline Advances and the outstanding
Advances of the Lenders shall be automatically adjusted to give effect to such
reallocation.
     (e) Existing Advances. Without any further action on the part of either
Borrower or the Lenders and so long as all conditions set forth in Section 3.1
and 3.2 have been met and only if any “Advances” under, and as defined in, the
Restated Agreement, are outstanding on the Effective Date, the US Borrower
hereby requests that, on the Effective Date, the US Lenders make the US Advances
(as Adjusted Base Rate Advances) in the necessary amount to, and apply the
proceeds of such US Advances to, (i) repay all outstanding “US Revolving
Advances” under, and as defined in, the Restated Agreement, (ii) pay all fees
owing to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent as required under the Fee
Letter and (iii) pay such other fees, costs, and accounts detailed in the
initial Notice of Borrowing delivered to the Administrative Agent. On the
Effective Date, all Interest Periods under the Restated Agreement in respect of
any “Eurocurrency Advances” (if any) under, and as defined in, the Restated
Agreement shall automatically be terminated (and the US Borrower shall, on the
Effective Date, also pay any amounts required under Section 2.12 of the Restated
Agreement). Without any further action on the part of either Borrower or the
Lenders and so long as all conditions set forth in Section 3.1 and 3.2 have been
met, all outstanding “US Swingline Advances” (if any) under and as defined in,
the Restated Agreement are deemed to be outstanding as US Swingline Advances
hereunder.
     (f) Increase in Commitments.
(i) At any time prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrowers may effectuate up to
two separate increases in the aggregate Commitments (each such increase being a
“Commitment Increase”), by designating either one or more of the existing
Lenders (each of which, in its sole discretion, may determine whether and to
what degree to participate in such Commitment Increase) or one or more other
banks or other financial institutions (reasonably acceptable to the Applicable
Administrative Agent and the Applicable Issuing Lender) that at the time agree,
in the case of any such bank or financial institution that is an existing Lender
to increase its US Commitment as such Lender shall so select (an “Increasing
Lender”) and, in the case of any other such bank or financial institution (an
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however, that (A) each Commitment Increase shall be of at least $50,000,000,
(B) the aggregate amount of all Commitment Increases shall not exceed
$150,000,000, and (C) all Commitments and Advances provided pursuant to a
Commitment Increase shall be available on the same terms as those applicable to
the existing Commitments and Advances (other than with respect to additional
fees which may be as agreed to between the US Borrower and the Increasing
Lenders and/or Additional Lenders, as the case may be). The sum of the increases
in the Commitments of the Increasing Lenders plus the Commitments of the
Additional Lenders upon giving effect to a Commitment Increase shall not, in the
aggregate, exceed the amount of such Commitment Increase. The US Borrower shall
provide prompt notice of any proposed Commitment Increase pursuant to this
clause (f) to the US Administrative Agent and the applicable Class of Lenders.
This Section 2.1(f) shall not be construed to create any obligation on any of
the Administrative Agents or any of the Lenders to advance or to commit to
advance any credit to any Borrower or to arrange for any other Person to advance
or to commit to advance any credit to any Borrower.
(ii) A Commitment Increase shall become effective upon (A) the receipt by the US
Administrative Agent of (1) an agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the US Administrative Agent signed by the US Borrower, each
Increasing Lender and each Additional Lender, setting forth the US Commitments,
if any, of each such Lender and setting forth the agreement of each Additional
Lender to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and
provisions hereof binding upon each Lender, and (2) such evidence of appropriate
authorization on the part of the US Borrower with respect to such Commitment
Increase as the US Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (B) the funding
by each Increasing Lender and Additional Lender of the Advances to be made by
each such Lender to effect the prepayment requirement set forth in
Section 2.7(c)(iv), and (C) receipt by the US Administrative Agent of a
certificate of an authorized officer of the US Borrower stating that, both
before and after giving effect to such Commitment Increase, no Default has
occurred and is continuing, and that all representations and warranties made by
the Borrowers in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects
(except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof), unless such representation or warranty relates
to an earlier date which remains true and correct as of such earlier date.
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, from and
after the date of any Commitment Increase, all calculations and payments of
interest on the Advances shall take into account the actual US Commitment of
each Lender and the principal amount outstanding of each Advance made by such
Lender during the relevant period of time.
Section 2.2 Evidence of Indebtedness.
     (a) The Advances and Letters of Credit made by each Lender, including any
Swingline Lender, shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records
maintained by such Lender or such Swingline Lender and by the Applicable
Administrative Agent with respect to the applicable Facility in the ordinary
course of business. The accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agents,
the applicable Lenders and the Swingline Lenders shall be conclusive absent
manifest error of the amount of the Advances and Letters of Credit made by such
Lenders or such Swingline Lenders to the Applicable Borrower and the interest
and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall
not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Applicable
Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In
the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Lender or any Swingline Lender and the accounts and records of the Applicable
Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Applicable Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
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Applicable Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver to such
Lender or such Swingline Lender (through the Applicable Administrative Agent)
the applicable Note or Notes which shall evidence such Lender’s Advances or
Swingline Advances to such Borrower in addition to such accounts or records.
Each Lender may attach schedules to such Notes and endorse thereon the date,
Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Advances or Swingline
Advances and payments with respect thereto.
     (b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection
(a) above, each Lender, Swingline Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain
in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the
purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and
Swingline Advances. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and
records maintained by the Applicable Administrative Agent and the accounts and
records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of
the Applicable Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest
error.
     (c) Except for any B/A Advances (the compensation for which is set forth in
Section 2.5), each Advance shall bear interest from and including the date made
on the outstanding principal balance thereof as set forth in Section 2.10.
Section 2.3 Letters of Credit.
     (a) Commitment for Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement and in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Section, (i) the US Issuing Lender agrees to, from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until
the Maturity Date, issue, increase or extend the expiration date of, US Letters
of Credit denominated in the Designated Currency for the account of the US
Borrower or a US Guarantor; and (ii) the Canadian Issuing Lender agrees to, from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date until
the Maturity Date, issue, increase or extend the expiration date of, Canadian
Letters of Credit denominated in a Designated Currency for the account of the
Canadian Borrower or a Guarantor; provided that, in any event, no Letter of
Credit will be issued, increased, or extended:
(i) if such issuance, increase, or extension would cause the US Letter of Credit
Exposure to exceed the lesser of (A) the US Letter of Credit Maximum Amount and
(B) an amount equal to (1) the aggregate US Commitments in effect at such time
minus (2) the aggregate US Outstandings.
(ii) if such issuance, increase, or extension would cause the Canadian Letter of
Credit Exposure to exceed the lesser of (A) the Canadian Letter of Credit
Maximum Amount and (B) an amount equal to (1) the aggregate Canadian Commitments
in effect at such time minus (2) the aggregate Canadian Outstandings;
(iii) unless such Letter of Credit has an expiration date not later than 30 days
prior to the Maturity Date; provided that, (A) if the US Commitments are
terminated in whole pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i), any US Letter of Credit may
have an expiration date after the then resulting Maturity Date if (1) the US
Borrower shall deposit into the US Cash Collateral Account cash in an amount
equal to 103% of the US Letter of Credit Exposure or (2) the US Borrower shall
provide a replacement letter of credit (or other security) reasonably acceptable
to the US Administrative Agent, US Issuing Lender and the US Lenders in an
amount equal to 103% of the US Letter of Credit Exposure; and (B) if the
Canadian Commitments are terminated in whole pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii), any
Canadian Letter of Credit may have an expiration date after the then resulting
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Collateral Account cash in an amount equal to 103% of the Canadian Letter of
Credit Exposure or (2) the Canadian Borrower shall provide a replacement letter
of credit (or other security) reasonably acceptable to the Canadian
Administrative Agent, Canadian Issuing Lender and the Canadian Lenders in an
amount equal to 103% of the Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure;
(iv) unless such Letter of Credit is (A) a standby letter of credit, or (B) with
the consent of the Applicable Issuing Lender, a commercial letter of credit;
(v) unless such Letter of Credit is in form and substance acceptable to the
Applicable Issuing Lender in its sole discretion;
(vi) unless the Applicable Borrower has delivered to the Applicable Issuing
Lender a completed and executed applicable Letter of Credit Application;
provided that, if the terms of any Letter of Credit Application conflicts with
the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control;
(vii) unless such Letter of Credit is governed by (A) the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 600, or (B) the ISP, in either case, including any
subsequent revisions thereof approved by a Congress of the International Chamber
of Commerce;
(viii) if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Applicable
Issuing Lender from issuing, increasing or extending such Letter of Credit, or
any Legal Requirement applicable to the Applicable Issuing Lender or any request
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Applicable Issuing Lender shall prohibit,
or request that such Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance, increase or
extension of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular
or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit
any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Lender
is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or
shall impose upon such Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Lender in
good faith deems material to it;
(ix) if the issuance, increase or extension of such Letter of Credit would
violate one or more policies of such Issuing Lender that are generally
applicable to letters of credit;
(x) if such Letter of Credit supports the obligations of any Person in respect
of (A) a lease of real property, or (B) an employment contract if the Applicable
Issuing Lender reasonably determines that the Applicable Borrower’s obligation
to reimburse any draws under such Letter of Credit may be limited; or
(xi) if any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the
Applicable Issuing Lender has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the
Applicable Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Lender’s Fronting
Exposure with respect to such Lender.
     (b) Requesting Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Extension shall be
made pursuant to a Letter of Credit Application, or if applicable, amendments to
such Letter of Credit Applications, given by the Applicable Borrower to the
Applicable Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Applicable Issuing Lender
by facsimile, in writing or by such other method as may be accepted by the
Applicable Issuing Lender from time to time, but in any event, not later than
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third Business Day before the proposed date of the US Letter of Credit Extension
and (ii) 11:00 a.m. (Calgary, Alberta Canada, time) on the third Business Day
before the proposed date of the Canadian Letter of Credit Extension. Each Letter
of Credit Application, or if applicable, amendments to such Letter of Credit
Applications, shall be fully completed and shall specify the information
required therein. Each Letter of Credit Application, or if applicable,
amendments to such Letter of Credit Applications, shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Applicable Borrower. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Applicable Issuing Lender shall (i) before 2:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas, time)
on the date of such US Letter of Credit Extension and (ii) before 2:00 p.m.
(Calgary, Alberta Canada, time) on the date of such Canadian Letter of Credit
Extension, make such Letter of Credit Extension to the beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit.
     (c) Reimbursements for Letters of Credit; Funding of Participations.
(i) In accordance with the related Letter of Credit Application, the US Borrower
with respect to a US Letter of Credit and the Canadian Borrower with respect to
Canadian Letters of Credit, each agrees to pay on demand to Applicable
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Applicable Issuing Lender an amount equal
to any amount paid by such Applicable Issuing Lender under such Letter of
Credit. Upon the Applicable Issuing Lender’s demand for payment under the terms
of a Letter of Credit Application, the Applicable Borrower may request that such
Borrower’s obligations to the Applicable Issuing Lender thereunder be satisfied
with the proceeds of (A) a US Base Rate Advance under the US Facility in the
same amount with respect to US Letters of Credit, (B) a Canadian Base Rate (C$)
Advance in the same amount with respect to Canadian Letters of Credit
denominated in Canadian Dollars, and (C) a Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance in
the same amount with respect to Canadian Letters of Credit denominated in
Dollars, (notwithstanding any minimum size or increment limitations on
individual Advances). If the Applicable Borrower does not make such request and
does not otherwise make the payments demanded by the Applicable Issuing Lender
as required under this Agreement or the applicable Letter of Credit Application,
then the Applicable Borrower shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement
to have requested such US Advance, or such Canadian Advance, as the case may be,
in the same amount and the transfer of the proceeds thereof to satisfy such
Borrower’s obligations to Applicable Issuing Lender. The US Borrower hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes, empowers, and directs the US Lenders
to make such US Base Rate Advances, to transfer the proceeds thereof to the US
Issuing Lender in satisfaction of such obligations, and to record and otherwise
treat such payments as a US Base Rate Advance under the US Facility to the US
Borrower. The Canadian Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
authorizes, empowers, and directs the Canadian Lenders to make such Canadian
Base Rate Advances, to transfer the proceeds thereof to Canadian Issuing Lender
in satisfaction of such obligations, and to record and otherwise treat such
payments as a Canadian Base Rate Advance to the Canadian Borrower. Each
Administrative Agent and each Lender may record and otherwise treat the making
of such Borrowings as the making of (1) a US Borrowing to the US Borrower under
this Agreement as if requested by the US Borrower with respect to US Letter of
Credit Obligations and (2) a Canadian Borrowing in the same Designated Currency
as the applicable Canadian Letters of Credit to the Canadian Borrower under this
Agreement as if requested by the Canadian Borrower with respect to Canadian
Letter of Credit Obligations. Nothing herein is intended to release any of any
Borrower’s obligations under any Letter of Credit Application, but only to
provide an additional method of payment therefor. The making of any Borrowing
under this Section 2.3(c) shall not constitute a cure or waiver of any Default
or Event of Default, other than the payment Default or Event of Default which is
satisfied by the application of the amounts deemed advanced hereunder, caused by
a Borrower’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Agreement or the
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(ii) Each Lender (including the Lender acting as Issuing Lender) shall, upon
notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent that the Applicable Borrower has
requested or is deemed to have requested an Advance pursuant to Section 2.6 and
regardless of whether (A) the conditions in Section 3.2 have been met, (B) such
notice complies with Section 2.6, or (C) a Default exists, make funds available
to the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of the Applicable Issuing
Lender in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount
of such Advance not later than 1:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas, time or Calgary,
Alberta Canada, time, as applicable) on the Business Day specified in such
notice by the Applicable Administrative Agent, whereupon (i) each US Lender that
so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a US Base Rate Advance
under the US Facility to the US Borrower in such amount, and (b) each Canadian
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Canadian
Base Rate (C$) Advance or Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance, as applicable, to
the Canadian Borrower in such amount. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall
remit the funds so received to the Applicable Issuing Lender.
(iii) If any such Lender shall not have so made such Advance available to the
Applicable Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3, such Lender agrees
to pay interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount
is paid at the lesser of (A) the Overnight Rate for such day for the first three
days and thereafter the interest rate applicable to such US Base Rate Advances,
or if applicable, the Canadian Base Rate Advances and (B) the Maximum Rate.
Whenever, at any time after the Applicable Administrative Agent has received
from any Lender such Lender’s Advance, the Applicable Administrative Agent
receives any payment on account thereof, the Applicable Administrative Agent
will pay to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately
adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during
which such Lender’s Advance was outstanding and funded), which payment shall be
subject to repayment by such Lender if such payment received by the Applicable
Administrative Agent is required to be returned. Each Lender’s obligation to
make the Advances pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (1) any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or
any other Person may have against any Issuing Lender, any Administrative Agent
or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (2) the occurrence or continuance
of a Default or the termination of the Commitments; (3) any breach of this
Agreement by a Borrower or any other Lender; or (4) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
(iv) If at any time, the US Commitments shall have expired or been terminated
while any US Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, then each US Lender, at
the sole option of the US Issuing Lender, shall fund its participation in such
US Letters of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the unpaid amount of the US Borrower’s payment obligations under drawn US
Letters of Credit. If at any time, the Canadian Commitments shall have expired
or been terminated while any Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding,
then each Canadian Lender, at the sole option of the Canadian Issuing Lender,
shall fund its participation in such Letters of Credit in an amount equal to
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the unpaid amount of the Canadian
Borrower’s payment obligations under drawn Canadian Letters of Credit. The
Applicable Issuing Lender shall notify the Applicable Administrative Agent, and
in turn, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall notify each such applicable
Lender of the amount of such participation, and such Lender will transfer to the
Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of the Applicable Issuing Lender
on the next Business Day following such notice, in Same Day Funds, the amount of
such participation. At any time after an Applicable Issuing Lender has made a
payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender funding of
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(iv), if the Applicable Administrative Agent receives for the account of such
Applicable Issuing Lender any payment in respect of the related Letter of Credit
Exposure or interest thereon (whether directly from a Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of cash collateral applied thereto by the Applicable
Administrative Agent), the Applicable Administrative Agent shall distribute to
such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those
received by the Applicable Administrative Agent.
(v) If any payment received by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the
account of any Applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.13
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Lender in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent for
the account of such Applicable Issuing Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof
on demand of the Applicable Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the
date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a
rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate in effect from time to time. The
obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full
of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
     (d) Participations. Upon the date of the issuance or increase of a Letter
of Credit or the deemed issuance of the Existing US Letters of Credit under
Section 2.3(j), (i) the US Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have sold to each
other US Lender and each other US Lender shall have been deemed to have
purchased from the US Issuing Lender a participation in the related US Letter of
Credit Obligations equal to such US Lender’s Applicable Percentage at such date,
and (ii) the Canadian Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have sold to each other
Canadian Lender and each other Canadian Lender shall have been deemed to have
purchased from the Canadian Issuing Lender a participation in the related
Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations equal to such Canadian Lender’s Applicable
Percentage at such date, and, in either case, such sale and purchase shall
otherwise be in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Applicable
Issuing Lender shall promptly notify each such participant Lender by telex,
telephone, or facsimile of each Letter of Credit issued or increased and the
actual dollar amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit.
     (e) Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the US Borrower under
this Agreement in respect of each US Letter of Credit, and the obligations of
the Canadian Borrower under this Agreement in respect of each Canadian Letter of
Credit, shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances,
notwithstanding the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit Documents;
(ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Letter of
Credit Documents;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which any
Restricted Entity may have at any time against any beneficiary or transferee of
such Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such
transferee may be acting), any Issuing Lender, any Lender or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement or in any Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(iv) any statement or any other document presented under such Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
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inaccurate in any respect to the extent any Issuing Lender would not be liable
therefor pursuant to the following paragraph (g);
(v) payment by any Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit; or
(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this paragraph (e) shall be deemed
to constitute a waiver of any remedies of the Borrowers in connection with the
Letters of Credit.
     (f) Prepayments of Letters of Credit. In the event that any US Letter of
Credit shall be outstanding or shall be drawn and not reimbursed after the
Maturity Date, the US Borrower shall pay to the US Administrative Agent an
amount equal to 103% of the US Letter of Credit Exposure allocable to such
Letter of Credit to be held in the US Cash Collateral Account and applied in
accordance with paragraph (h) below. In the event that any Canadian Letter of
Credit shall be outstanding or shall be drawn and not reimbursed after the
Maturity Date, the Canadian Borrower shall pay to the Canadian Administrative
Agent an amount equal to 103% of the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Letter of
Credit Exposure allocable to such Letter of Credit to be held in the Canadian
Cash Collateral Account and applied in accordance with paragraph (h) below.
     (g) Liability of Issuing Lenders. The US Borrower assumes all risks of the
acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any US Letter of Credit
with respect to its use of such Letter of Credit. The Canadian Borrower assumes
all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any
Canadian Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of Credit.
Neither Issuing Lender nor any of their respective officers or directors shall
be liable or responsible for:
(i) the use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts or omissions
of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith;
(ii) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any
endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all
respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged;
(iii) payment by any Issuing Lender against presentation of documents which do
not comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any
documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the relevant Letter of
Credit; or
(iv) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment
under any Letter of Credit (INCLUDING AN ISSUING LENDER’S OWN NEGLIGENCE),
except that the Applicable Borrower shall have a claim against the Applicable
Issuing Lender, and the Applicable Issuing Lender shall be liable to, and shall
promptly pay to, the Applicable Borrower, to the extent of any direct, as
opposed to consequential, damages suffered by such Borrower which such Borrower
proves were caused by (A) such Issuing Lender’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence in determining whether documents presented under a Letter of Credit
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, as determined in final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction or (B) such Issuing
Lender’s willful failure to make lawful payment under any Letter of Credit after
the presentation to it of a draft and certificate strictly complying with the
terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
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documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
     (h) Cash Collateral Account.
(i) If the US Borrower is required to deposit funds in the US Cash Collateral
Account pursuant to the terms hereof, then the US Borrower and the US
Administrative Agent shall establish the US Cash Collateral Account and the US
Borrower shall execute any documents and agreements, including the US
Administrative Agent’s standard form assignment of deposit accounts, that the US
Administrative Agent requests in connection therewith to establish the US Cash
Collateral Account and grant the US Administrative Agent an Acceptable Security
Interest in such account and the funds therein. The US Borrower hereby pledges
to the US Administrative Agent and grants the US Administrative Agent a security
interest in the US Cash Collateral Account, whenever established, all funds held
in the US Cash Collateral Account from time to time, and all proceeds thereof as
security for the payment of the Secured Obligations.
(ii) If the Canadian Borrower is required to deposit funds in the Canadian Cash
Collateral Account pursuant to the terms hereof, then the Canadian Borrower and
the Canadian Administrative Agent shall establish the Canadian Cash Collateral
Account and the Canadian Borrower shall execute any documents and agreements,
including the Canadian Administrative Agent’s standard form assignment of
deposit accounts, that the Canadian Administrative Agent requests in connection
therewith to establish the Canadian Cash Collateral Account and grant the
Canadian Administrative Agent an Acceptable Security Interest in such account
and the funds therein. The Canadian Borrower hereby pledges to the Canadian
Administrative Agent and grants the Canadian Administrative Agent a security
interest in the Canadian Cash Collateral Account, whenever established, all
funds held in the Canadian Cash Collateral Account from time to time, and all
proceeds thereof as security for the payment of the Canadian Obligations.
(iii) Funds held in the Cash Collateral Accounts shall be held as Cash
Collateral for obligations with respect to US Letters of Credit in the case of
the US Cash Collateral Account and the Canadian Letters of Credit in the case of
the Canadian Cash Collateral Account. Such funds shall be promptly applied by
the Applicable Administrative Agent at the request of the Applicable Issuing
Lender to any reimbursement or other obligations under the applicable Letters of
Credit that exist or occur. To the extent that any surplus funds are held in the
US Cash Collateral Account above the US Letter of Credit Exposure during the
existence of an Event of Default the US Administrative Agent may (A) hold such
surplus funds in the US Cash Collateral Account as Cash Collateral for the
Secured Obligations or (B) apply such surplus funds to any Secured Obligations
in any manner directed by the Majority Lenders. To the extent that any surplus
funds are held in the Canadian Cash Collateral Account above the Canadian Letter
of Credit Exposure during the existence of an Event of Default the Canadian
Administrative Agent may (A) hold such surplus funds in the Canadian Cash
Collateral Account as Cash Collateral for the Canadian Obligations or (B) apply
such surplus funds to any such Obligations in any manner directed by the
Canadian Majority Lenders. If no Default exists, the Administrative Agents shall
release to the Applicable Borrower at such Borrower’s written request any funds
held in the applicable Cash Collateral Account above the amounts required by
2.3(f), subject to the requirements of this Section 2.3(h) and Section 2.18.
(iv) Funds held in the US Cash Collateral Account shall be invested in Liquid
Investments maintained with, and under the sole dominion and control of, the US
Administrative Agent or in another investment if mutually agreed upon by the US
Borrower and the US Administrative Agent, but the US Administrative Agent shall
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investment of the funds therein. Funds held in the Canadian Cash Collateral
Account shall be invested in Liquid Investments maintained with, and under the
sole dominion and control of, the Canadian Administrative Agent or in another
investment if mutually agreed upon by the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian
Administrative Agent, but the Canadian Administrative Agent shall have no other
obligation to make any other investment of the funds therein. The Administrative
Agents shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
funds held in the Cash Collateral Accounts and shall be deemed to have exercised
such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that
which such Administrative Agent accords its own property, it being understood
that neither Administrative Agent shall have any responsibility for taking any
necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any such
funds.
     (i) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a
Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any
obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary of the US Borrower,
(i) the US Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the US Issuing Lender
hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit issued under the
US Facility by the US Issuing Lender and (ii) the Canadian Borrower shall be
obligated to reimburse the Canadian Issuing Lender hereunder for any and all
drawings under such Letter of Credit issued under the Canadian Facility by the
Canadian Issuing Lender. The US Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance
of Letters of Credit for the account of its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit
of the US Borrower, and that the US Borrower’s business derives substantial
benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries. The Canadian Borrower hereby
acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of its
Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Canadian Borrower, and that the
Canadian Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of
such Subsidiaries.
     (j) Existing US Letters of Credit. The US Issuing Lender, the US Lenders
and the US Borrower agree that effective as of the Effective Date, the Existing
US Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued and maintained under,
and to be governed by the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.
Section 2.4 Swingline Advances.
     (a) Facility. On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and
if an AutoBorrow Agreement is in effect, subject to the terms and conditions of
such AutoBorrow Agreement as to US Swingline Borrowings: (i) the US Swingline
Lender shall, from time-to-time on any Business Day from the Effective Date
until the last Business Day occurring before the Maturity Date, make US
Swingline Advances in Dollars to the US Borrower in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed the US Swingline Amount at any time, and (ii) the Canadian
Swingline Lender shall, from time-to-time on any Business Day from the Effective
Date until the last Business Day occurring before the Maturity Date, make
Canadian Swingline Advances in Canadian Dollars to the Canadian Borrower in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Canadian Swingline Amount
outstanding at any time; provided that, in any event, (A) after giving effect to
such Swingline Advance, the US Outstandings shall not exceed the aggregate US
Commitments in effect at such time and the Canadian Outstandings shall not
exceed the aggregate Canadian Commitments in effect at such time, (B) no
Swingline Advance shall be made by either Swingline Lender if the conditions set
forth in Section 3.2 have not been met as of the date of such Swingline Advance
(it being agreed by the Borrowers that the giving of the applicable Notice of
Borrowing and the acceptance by the Applicable Borrower of the proceeds of such
Swingline Advance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrowers that on the date of such Swingline Advance such conditions have been
met), and (C) with respect to a US Swingline Borrowing, if an AutoBorrow
Agreement is in effect, such additional terms and conditions of such AutoBorrow
Agreement shall have been satisfied, and in the event that any of the terms of
this Section 2.4(a) conflict with such AutoBorrow Agreement, the terms of the
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Borrowers agree that the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the
acceptance by the Applicable Borrower of the proceeds of such Swingline Advance
shall constitute a representation and warranty by the such Borrower that on the
date of such Swingline Advance the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 have been
met. No Lender shall have any rights or obligations under any AutoBorrow
Agreement, but each US Lender shall have the obligation to purchase and fund
risk participations in the US Swingline Advances and to refinance US Swingline
Advances as provided below and as provided in Section 2.18.
     (b) Evidence of Indebtedness. The indebtedness of the US Borrower to the US
Swingline Lender resulting from US Swingline Advances, and the indebtedness of
the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Swingline Lender resulting from Canadian
Swingline Advances shall be evidenced as set forth in Section 2.2.
     (c) Prepayment. Within the limits expressed in this Agreement, amounts
advanced pursuant to Section 2.4(a) may from time to time be borrowed, prepaid
without penalty, and reborrowed. If the amount of aggregate outstanding amount
of US Swingline Advances ever exceeds the US Swingline Amount, the US Borrower
shall, upon receipt of written notice of such condition from the US Swingline
Lender and to the extent of such excess, prepay to the US Swingline Lender
outstanding principal of the US Swingline Amount such that such excess is
eliminated. If the Canadian Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate
outstanding amount of Canadian Swingline Advances ever exceeds the Canadian
Swingline Amount, the Canadian Borrower shall, upon receipt of written notice of
such condition from the Canadian Swingline Lender and to the extent of such
excess, prepay to the Canadian Swingline Lender outstanding principal of the
Canadian Swingline Amount such that such excess is eliminated. If an AutoBorrow
Agreement is in effect, each prepayment of a US Swingline Borrowing shall be
made as provided in such AutoBorrow Agreement.
     (d) Refinancing of Swingline Advances.
(i) With respect to the US Swingline Advances and the interest, premium, fees,
and other amounts owed by the US Borrower to the US Swingline Lender in
connection with the US Swingline Advances, the US Borrower agrees to pay to the
US Swingline Lender such amounts when due and payable to the US Swingline Lender
under the terms of this Agreement and, if an AutoBorrow Agreement is in effect,
in accordance with the terms of such AutoBorrow Agreement. The US Swingline
Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of
the US Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes such Swingline Lender to so
request on its behalf), that each US Lender make a US Base Rate Advance under
the US Facility in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
amount of US Swingline Advances then outstanding. The US Administrative Agent
shall promptly forward notice of such request to the US Borrower and the US
Lenders, and each US Lender shall, regardless of whether (A) the conditions in
Section 3.2 have been met, (B) such notice complies with Section 2.6, or (C) a
Default exists, make available such US Lender’s ratable share of such US
Borrowing to the US Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds, and the US
Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver the proceeds thereof to the US
Swingline Lender for application to such amounts owed to the US Swingline
Lender. The US Swingline Lender shall furnish the US Borrower with a copy of the
applicable Notice of Borrowing promptly after delivering such notice to the US
Administrative Agent. The US Administrative Agent and each US Lender may record
and otherwise treat the making of such US Borrowings as the making of a US
Borrowing to the US Borrower under this Agreement as if requested by the US
Borrower. Nothing herein is intended to release the US Borrower’s obligations
with respect to US Swingline Advances, but only to provide an additional method
of payment therefor. The making of any Borrowing under this Section 2.4 shall
not constitute a cure or waiver of any Default or Event of Default, other than
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payment Default or Event of Default which is satisfied by the application of the
amounts deemed advanced hereunder, caused by the US Borrower’s failure to comply
with the provisions of this Agreement or any AutoBorrow Agreement.
(ii) With respect to the Canadian Swingline Advances and the interest, premium,
fees, and other amounts owed by the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Swingline
Lender in connection with the Canadian Swingline Advances, the Canadian Borrower
agrees to pay to the Canadian Swingline Lender such amounts when due and payable
to the Canadian Swingline Lender under the terms of this Agreement. The Canadian
Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on
behalf of the Canadian Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes such
Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Canadian Lender make a
Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance under the Canadian Facility in an amount equal
to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Canadian Swingline
Advances then outstanding. The Canadian Administrative Agent shall promptly
forward notice of such request to the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian
Lenders, and each Canadian Lender shall, regardless of whether (A) the
conditions in Section 3.2 have been met, (B) such notice complies with
Section 2.6, or (C) a Default exists, make available such Canadian Lender’s
ratable share of such Canadian Borrowing to the Canadian Administrative Agent in
Same Day Funds, and the Canadian Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver the
proceeds thereof to the Canadian Swingline Lender for application to such
amounts owed to the Canadian Swingline Lender. The Canadian Swingline Lender
shall furnish the Canadian Borrower with a copy of the applicable Notice of
Borrowing promptly after delivering such notice to the Canadian Administrative
Agent. The Canadian Administrative Agent and each Canadian Lender may record and
otherwise treat the making of such Canadian Borrowings as the making of a
Canadian Borrowing to the Canadian Borrower under this Agreement as if requested
by the Canadian Borrower. Nothing herein is intended to release the Canadian
Borrower’s obligations with respect to Canadian Swingline Advances, but only to
provide an additional method of payment therefor.
(iii) If at any time, the US Commitments shall have expired or been terminated
while any US Swingline Advance is outstanding, each US Lender, at the sole
option of the US Swingline Lender, shall either (A) notwithstanding the
expiration or termination of the US Commitments, make a US Advance as a US Base
Rate Advance, or (B) be deemed, without further action by any Person, to have
purchased from the US Swingline Lender a participation in such US Swingline
Advance, in either case in an amount equal to the product of such US Lender’s
Applicable Percentage times the outstanding aggregate principal balance of the
US Swingline Advances made by the US Swingline Lender. The US Swingline Lender
shall notify the US Administrative Agent, and in turn, the US Administrative
Agent shall notify each such US Lender of the amount of such US Advance or
participation, and such US Lender will transfer to the US Administrative Agent
for the account of the US Swingline Lender on the next Business Day following
such notice, in Same Day Funds, the amount of such US Advance or participation.
If any such US Lender shall not have so made its US Advance or its percentage
participation available to the US Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
2.4, such US Lender agrees to pay interest thereon for each day from such date
until the date such amount is paid at the lesser of (A) the Overnight Rate for
such day for the first three days and thereafter the interest rate applicable to
the US Advance and (B) the Maximum Rate. Whenever, at any time after the US
Administrative Agent has received from any US Lender such Lender’s US Advance or
participating interest in a US Swingline Advance, the US Administrative Agent
receives any payment on account thereof, the US Administrative Agent will pay to
such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted,
in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which
such Lender’s US Advance or participating interest was outstanding and funded),
which payment shall be subject to repayment by such Lender if such payment
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Administrative Agent is required to be returned. Each US Lender’s obligation to
make the US Advance or purchase such participating interests pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (1) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right which such Lender or any other Person may have against the US
Swingline Lender, the US Administrative Agent or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (2) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or the termination of
the US Commitments; (3) any breach of this Agreement by the US Borrower or any
other Lender; or (4) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Each US Swingline Advance, once
so participated by any US Lender, shall cease to be a US Swingline Advance with
respect to that amount for purposes of this Agreement, but shall continue to be
a US Base Rate Advance.
(iv) If at any time, the Canadian Commitments shall have expired or been
terminated while any Canadian Swingline Advance is outstanding, each Canadian
Lender, at the sole option of the Canadian Swingline Lender, shall either
(A) notwithstanding the expiration or termination of the Canadian Commitments,
make a Canadian Advance as a Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance, or (B) be deemed,
without further action by any Person, to have purchased from the Canadian
Swingline Lender a participation in such Canadian Swingline Advance, in either
case in an amount equal to the product of such Canadian Lender’s Applicable
Percentage times the outstanding aggregate principal balance of the Canadian
Swingline Advances made by the Canadian Swingline Lender. The Canadian Swingline
Lender shall notify the Canadian Administrative Agent, and in turn, the Canadian
Administrative Agent shall notify each such Canadian Lender of the amount of
such Canadian Advance or participation, and such Canadian Lender will transfer
to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of the Canadian Swingline
Lender on the next Business Day following such notice, in Same Day Funds, the
amount of such Canadian Advance or participation. If any such Canadian Lender
shall not have so made its Canadian Advance or its percentage participation
available to the Canadian Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.4,
such Canadian Lender agrees to pay interest thereon for each day from such date
until the date such amount is paid at the lesser of (A) the Overnight Rate for
such day for the first three days and thereafter the interest rate applicable to
the Canadian Advance and (B) the Maximum Rate. Whenever, at any time after the
Canadian Administrative Agent has received from any Canadian Lender such
Lender’s Canadian Advance or participating interest in a Canadian Swingline
Advance, the Canadian Administrative Agent receives any payment on account
thereof, the Canadian Administrative Agent will pay to such Lender its
participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of
interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s
Canadian Advance or participating interest was outstanding and funded), which
payment shall be subject to repayment by such Lender if such payment received by
the Canadian Administrative Agent is required to be returned. Each Canadian
Lender’s obligation to make the Canadian Advance or purchase such participating
interests pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (1) any set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender or any other
Person may have against the Canadian Swingline Lender, the Canadian
Administrative Agent or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (2) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default or the termination of the Canadian
Commitments; (3) any breach of this Agreement by the Canadian Borrower or any
other Lender; or (4) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Each Canadian Swingline Advance,
once so participated by any Canadian Lender, shall cease to be a Canadian
Swingline Advance with respect to that amount for purposes of this Agreement,
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(v) The US Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes, empowers,
and directs the US Swingline Lender to make such requests for US Borrowings on
behalf of the US Borrower in accordance with this Section, and the US Lenders to
make US Advances to the US Administrative Agent for the benefit of the US
Swingline Lender in satisfaction of such obligations. The Canadian Borrower
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorizes, empowers, and directs the
Canadian Swingline Lender to make such requests for Canadian Borrowings on
behalf of the Canadian Borrower in accordance with this Section, and the
Canadian Lenders to make Canadian Advances to the Canadian Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Canadian Swingline Lender in satisfaction of such
obligations. The making of any Borrowing under this Section 2.4 shall not
constitute a cure or waiver of any Default or Event of Default, other than the
payment Default or Event of Default which is satisfied by the application of the
amounts deemed advanced hereunder, caused by the Applicable Borrower’s failure
to comply with the provisions of this Agreement or any AutoBorrow Agreement.
     (e) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation
in a Swingline Advance, if the Applicable Swingline Lender receives any payment
on account of such Swingline Advance, the Applicable Swingline Lender will
distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same
funds as those received by the Applicable Swingline Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Applicable Swingline Lender in respect of
principal or interest on any Swingline Advance is required to be returned by
such Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 9.13
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Swingline Lender in
its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Applicable Swingline Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Applicable Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is
returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The
Applicable Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the
Applicable Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause
shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
     (f) Interest for Account of Swingline Lender. The US Swingline Lender shall
be responsible for invoicing the US Borrower for interest on the US Swingline
Advances. The Canadian Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the
Canadian Borrower for interest on the Canadian Swingline Advances. Until each
Lender funds its Advances or risk participation pursuant to this Section to
refinance such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the applicable Swingline
Advances, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for
the account of the Applicable Swingline Lender.
     (g) Payments Directly to Swingline Lender. The US Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the US Swingline Advances
directly to the US Swingline Lender. The Canadian Borrower shall make all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the Canadian Swingline Advances
directly to the Canadian Swingline Lender.
     (h) Method of Borrowing. If an AutoBorrow Agreement is in effect, each US
Swingline Borrowing shall be made as provided in such AutoBorrow Agreement.
Otherwise, and except as provided in the clause (c) above, each request for a
Swingline Advance shall be made pursuant to telephone notice to the Applicable
Swingline Lender given no later than 11:00 a.m. (Houston, Texas time or Calgary,
Alberta Canada time) on the date of the proposed Swingline Advance, promptly
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executed Notice of Borrowing facsimiled to the Applicable Administrative Agent
and the Applicable Swingline Lender. The Applicable Swingline Lender will
promptly make such Swingline Advance available to the Applicable Borrower at the
Applicable Borrower’s account with the Applicable Administrative Agent.
     (i) Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
(A) so long as any US Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the US Swingline Lender
shall not be required to fund any US Swingline Advance unless it is satisfied
that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such US Swingline
Advance, and (B) so long as any Canadian Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the
Canadian Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Canadian Swingline
Advance unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after
giving effect to such Canadian Swingline Advance.
Section 2.5 Bankers’ Acceptances.
     (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Canadian
Borrower may request a Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars by presenting
drafts for acceptance and, if applicable, purchase as B/As by the Canadian
Lenders.
     (b) No Contract Period with respect to a B/A to be accepted and, if
applicable, purchased as an Advance shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. All
B/A Borrowings shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars.
     (c) To facilitate availment of the B/A Advances, the Canadian Borrower
hereby appoints each Canadian Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its
behalf, in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when
deemed necessary by such Canadian Lender, blank forms of B/As in the form
requested by such Canadian Lender. The Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees
that all B/As signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by a Canadian Lender shall
bind the Canadian Borrower as fully and effectually as if signed in the
handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of the Canadian
Borrower. Each Canadian Lender is hereby authorized to issue such B/As endorsed
in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Canadian Lender;
provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of
B/As required to be accepted and purchased by such Canadian Lender. No Canadian
Lender shall be liable for any damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of
any loss or improper use of any such instrument except the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Canadian Lender or its officers, employees, agents or
representatives as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and
non-appealable judgment. Each Canadian Lender shall maintain a record with
respect to B/As (i) voided by it for any reason, (ii) accepted and purchased by
it hereunder and (iii) canceled at their respective maturities. Each Canadian
Lender further agrees to retain such records in the manner and for the statutory
periods provided in the various provincial or federal statutes and regulations
which apply to such Canadian Lender. On request by or on behalf of the Canadian
Borrower, a Canadian Lender shall cancel all forms of B/A which have been
pre-signed or pre-endorsed on behalf of the Canadian Borrower and which are held
by such Canadian Lender and are not required to be issued in accordance with the
Canadian Borrower’s irrevocable notice. At the discretion of a Canadian Lender,
B/As to be accepted by such Canadian Lender may be issued in the form of
“Depository Bills” within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act
(Canada) and deposited with the Canadian Depository for Securities Limited
(“CDS”) and may be made payable to “CDS & Co.” or in such other name as may be
acceptable to CDS and thereafter dealt with in accordance with the rules and
procedures of CDS, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the
Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada). All Depository Bills so issued shall be
governed by the provisions of this Section 2.5.
     (d) Drafts of the Canadian Borrower to be accepted as B/As hereunder shall
be signed as set forth in this Section 2.5. Notwithstanding that any Person
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an authorized signatory for any of the Canadian Lenders or the Canadian Borrower
at the date of issuance of a B/A, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and
sufficient for all purposes as if such authority had remained in force at the
time of such issuance and any such B/A so signed shall be binding on the
Canadian Borrower.
     (e) Promptly following receipt of a notice of borrowing, continuation or
conversion of B/As, the Canadian Administrative Agent shall so advise the
Canadian Lenders and shall advise each Canadian Lender of the aggregate face
amount of the B/As to be accepted by it and the applicable Contract Period
(which shall be identical for all Canadian Lenders). The aggregate face amount
of the B/As to be accepted by a Canadian Lender shall be in an integral multiple
of C$100,000 and such face amount shall be in each Canadian Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such Canadian Borrowing, and each such Canadian Borrowing shall be
no less than $1,000,000; provided, that the Canadian Administrative Agent may,
in its sole discretion, increase or reduce any Canadian Lender’s portion of such
B/A to the nearest C$100,000.
     (f) The Canadian Borrower may specify in a notice of borrowing or
conversion or continuation pursuant to Section 2.6(a) or Section 2.6(b),
respectively, that it desires that any B/As requested by such notice be
purchased by the Canadian Lenders, in which case the Canadian Lenders shall
purchase, or arrange the purchase of, each B/A from the Canadian Borrower at the
Discount Rate for such Canadian Lender applicable to such B/A accepted by it and
provide to the Canadian Administrative Agent the Discount Proceeds for the
account of the Canadian Borrower. The Acceptance Fee payable by the Canadian
Borrower to a Canadian Lender under Section 2.10(f) in respect of each B/A
accepted by such Canadian Lender shall be set off against the Discount Proceeds
payable by such Canadian Lender under this Section 2.5.
     (g) Each Canadian Lender may at any time and from time to time hold, sell,
rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all B/As accepted and purchased by it.
     (h) If a Canadian Lender notifies the Canadian Administrative Agent in
writing that it is unable to accept Bankers’ Acceptances, such Canadian Lender
will, instead of accepting and, if applicable, purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances,
make an advance (a “B/A Equivalent Advance”) to the Canadian Borrower in the
amount and for the same term as the draft that such Canadian Lender would
otherwise have been required to accept and purchase hereunder. Each such
Canadian Lender will provide to the Canadian Administrative Agent the Discount
Proceeds of such B/A Equivalent Advance for the account of the Canadian
Borrower. Each such B/A Equivalent Advance will bear interest at the same rate
that would result if such Lender had accepted (and been paid an Acceptance Fee)
and purchased (on a discounted basis at the Discount Rate) a Bankers’ Acceptance
for the relevant Contract Period (it being the intention of the parties that
each such B/A Equivalent Advance shall have the same economic consequences for
the Lenders and the Canadian Borrower as the Bankers’ Acceptance which such B/A
Equivalent Advance replaces). All such interest shall be paid in advance on the
date such B/A Equivalent Advance is made, and will be deducted from the
principal amount of such B/A Equivalent Advance in the same manner in which the
Discount Proceeds of a Bankers’ Acceptance would be deducted from the face
amount of the Bankers’ Acceptance.
     (i) The Canadian Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other
defense to payment of any amounts due to a Canadian Lender in respect of a B/A
accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely
by reason of such B/A being held, at the maturity thereof, by such Canadian
Lender in its own right and the Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days
of grace if such Canadian Lender as holder sues the Canadian Borrower on the B/A
for payment of the amount payable by the Canadian Borrower thereunder. On the
last day of the Contract Period of a B/A, or such earlier date as may be
required or permitted pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Canadian
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shall pay the Canadian Lender that has accepted and purchased such B/A the full
face amount of such B/A (subject to Section 2.5(j) below and Section 2.7(b)),
and after such payment, the Canadian Borrower shall have no further liability in
respect of such B/A and such Canadian Lender shall be entitled to all benefits
of, and be responsible for all payments due to third parties under, such B/A.
     (j) Except as required by any Canadian Lender upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, no B/A Advance may be repaid by the Canadian Borrower prior to
the expiry date of the Contract Period applicable to such B/A Advance; provided,
however, that any B/A or B/A Equivalent Advance may be defeased as provided in
Section 2.7(b)(ii).
Section 2.6 Borrowings; Procedures and Limitations.
     (a) Notice. Each Borrowing shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing
(other than the Borrowings to be made on the Effective Date, US Swingline
Borrowings and Canadian Swingline Borrowings) and given:
(i) by the US Borrower to the US Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m.
(Houston, Texas time) on the fourth Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing in the case of a Eurocurrency Advance under the US Facility
denominated in a Foreign Currency,
(ii) by the US Borrower to the US Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m.
(Houston, Texas time) on the third Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing in the case of a Eurocurrency Advance under the US Facility
denominated in Dollars,
(iii) by the US Borrower to the US Administrative Agent not later than
12:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas time) one Business Day before the date of the
proposed Borrowing in the case of a US Base Rate Advance;
(iv) by the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 p.m. (Calgary, Alberta Canada time) on the fourth Business Day before
the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Eurocurrency Advance under
the Canadian Facility denominated in Dollars,
(v) by the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Administrative Agent not later than
12:00 p.m. (Calgary, Alberta Canada time) on the third Business Day before the
date of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Eurocurrency Advance under the
Canadian Facility, Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance and in the case of B/A
Advances, and
(vi) by the Canadian Borrower to the Canadian Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 p.m. (Calgary, Alberta Canada time) one Business Day before the date
of the proposed Borrowing in the case of a Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance.
     (b) The Applicable Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender
prompt notice on the day of receipt of timely Notice of Borrowing of such
proposed Borrowing by facsimile (other than the deemed Borrowings to be made on
the Effective Date under Section 2.1(e), the US Swingline Borrowings and the
Canadian Swingline Borrowings). Each Notice of Borrowing shall be by telephone
or facsimile, and if by telephone, confirmed promptly in writing, specifying the
(i) requested date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day),
(ii) requested Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate
amount of such Borrowing, (iv) if such Borrowing is to be comprised of
Eurocurrency Advances, the Interest Period for such Advances, (v) if such
Borrowing is to be comprised of B/A Advances, the Contract Period for such
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In the case of a proposed Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Advances, the
Applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of
the applicable interest rate under Section 2.10, as applicable. Each US Lender
or Canadian Lender, as applicable, shall before 11:00 a.m. (Houston, Texas time
or Calgary, Alberta Canada time, as applicable) on the date of the proposed
Borrowing, make available for the account of its Lending Office to the
Applicable Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.7, or
such other location as the Applicable Administrative Agent may specify by notice
to the applicable Lenders, in Same Day Funds, such Lender’s Applicable Pro Rata
Share of such Borrowing. Promptly upon the Applicable Administrative Agent’s
receipt of such funds (but in any event not later than 3:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas
time or Calgary, Alberta Canada time, as applicable) on the date of the proposed
Borrowing) and provided that the applicable conditions set forth in Article III
have been satisfied, the Applicable Administrative Agent will make such funds
available to the Applicable Borrower at its account with such Administrative
Agent.
     (c) Conversions and Continuations. In order to elect to Convert or continue
Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing under this Section, the
Applicable Borrower shall:
(i) in case of a US Borrowing, deliver an irrevocable Notice of Conversion or
Continuation to the US Administrative Agent at the US Administrative Agent’s
office no later than 12:00 p.m. (Houston, Texas time) (A) at least one Business
Day in advance of the proposed Conversion date in the case of a Conversion of
such Advances to US Base Rate Advances, (B) at least three Business Days in
advance of the proposed Conversion or continuation date in the case of a
Conversion to, or a continuation of, Eurocurrency Advances denominated in
Dollars; and (C) at least four Business Days in advance of the proposed
Conversion or continuation date in the case of a Conversion to, or a
continuation of, Eurocurrency Advances denominated in Foreign Currencies;
(ii) in case of a Canadian Borrowing or a B/A Borrowing, deliver an irrevocable
Notice of Conversion or Continuation to the Canadian Administrative Agent at the
Canadian Administrative Agent’s office no later than 12:00 p.m. (Calgary,
Alberta Canada time) (A) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed
Conversion date in the case of a Conversion of such Advance to Canadian Base
Rate (C$) Advances, (B) at least three Business Day in advance of the proposed
Conversion date in the case of a Conversion of such Advance to Canadian Base
Rate (US$) Advances, (C) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed
Conversion or continuation date in the case of a Conversion to, or a
continuation of, Eurocurrency Advances under the Canadian Facility, and (D) at
least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Conversion or continuation
date in the case of a Conversion to, or a continuation of, B/A Advances.
Each such Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall be in writing or by
telephone or facsimile, and if by telephone, confirmed promptly in writing,
specifying (A) the requested Conversion or continuation date (which shall be a
Business Day), (B) the Borrowing amount and Type of the Advances to be Converted
or continued, (C) whether a Conversion or continuation is requested, and if a
Conversion, into what Type of Advances, (D) in the case of a Conversion to, or a
continuation of, Eurocurrency Advances, the requested Interest Period, and
(E) in the case of a Conversion to, or continuation of, B/A Advances, the
requested Contract Period. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion or
Continuation under this paragraph, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall
provide each applicable Lender with a copy thereof and, in the case of a
Conversion to or a continuation of Eurocurrency Advances, notify each applicable
Lender of the applicable interest rate under Section 2.10 as applicable. For
purposes other than the conditions set forth in Section 3.2, the portion of
Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing that are Converted to Advances of
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     (d) Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) above:
(i) Each US Borrowing shall (A) be in an aggregate amount not less than
$3,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof in case of
Eurocurrency Advances and in an aggregate amount not less than $500,000 and in
integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof in case of US Base Rate
Advances, (B) consist of Advances of the same Type made, Converted or continued
on the same day by the US Lenders according to their Applicable Percentage, and
(C) denominated in the applicable Designated Currencies.
(ii) Each Canadian Borrowing and each B/A Borrowing shall (A) with respect to
Eurocurrency Advances, be in an aggregate amount not less than $1,000,000 and in
integral multiples of $100,000, (B) with respect to Canadian Base Rate (US$)
Advances, be in an aggregate amount not less than $500,000 and in integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, (C) with respect to Canadian Base Rate
(C$) Advances, be in an aggregate amount not less than C$500,000 and in integral
multiples of C$100,000, (D) with respect to B/A Advances, be in such minimum
amounts required under Section 2.5, (E) consist of Advances of the same Type
made, Converted or continued on the same day by the Canadian Lenders according
to their Applicable Percentage, and (F) denominated in the applicable Designated
Currencies.
(iii) At no time shall there be more than eight Interest Periods applicable to
outstanding Eurocurrency Advances under the Facilities nor more than five
Contract Periods applicable to B/A Advances under the Canadian Facility.
(iv) No single Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Advances may include
Advances in different currencies and no single Borrowing consisting of Canadian
Base Rate Advances may include Advances in different currencies.
(v) Neither Borrower may select Eurocurrency Advances for any Borrowing to be
made, Converted or continued if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing.
(vi) Canadian Borrower may not select B/A Advances for any Borrowing to be made,
Converted or continued if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(vii) If any Lender shall, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date
of any Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Advances or B/A Advances, notify the
Applicable Administrative Agent and the Applicable Borrower that the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Legal
Requirement makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other Governmental
Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its Lending Office to
perform its obligations under this Agreement to make Eurocurrency Advances or
B/A Advances or to fund or maintain Eurocurrency Advances or B/A Advances, or
any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of
such Lender to purchase or sell, or take deposits of, Dollars or any Foreign
Currency in the applicable interbank market, then (1) if the requested Borrowing
was of US Advances, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent
amount of such Borrowing shall be made as a US Base Rate Advance of such US
Lender under the US Facility, (2) if the requested Borrowing was of Canadian
Advances denominated in Dollars, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
Dollar Equivalent amount of such Borrowing shall be made as a Canadian Base Rate
(US$) Advance of such Lender, (3) if the requested Borrowing was of Canadian
Advances denominated in Canadian Dollars, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
the amount of such Borrowing shall be made as a Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance
of such Lender, (4) in any event, such US Base Rate Advance or Canadian Base
Rate Advance, as applicable, shall be considered part of the same Borrowing and
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US Base Rate Advance or Canadian Base Rate Advance, as applicable, shall be due
and payable at the same time that interest on the Eurocurrency Advances or the
face amount of the B/A Advances comprising the remainder of such Borrowing shall
be due and payable, and (5) any obligation of such Lender to make, continue, or
Convert to, Eurocurrency Advances in the affected currency or currencies, or to
make B/A Advances, including in connection with such requested Borrowing, shall
be suspended until such Lender notifies the Applicable Administrative Agent and
the Applicable Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination
no longer exist.
(viii) If (A) the US Administrative Agent is unable to determine the
Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Advances comprising any requested US
Borrowing, or (B) the Canadian Administrative Agent is unable to determine the
Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Advances comprising any requested Canadian
Borrowing, the right of the Applicable Borrower to select Eurocurrency Advances
in the affected currency or currencies for such Borrowing or for any subsequent
Borrowing shall be suspended until the Applicable Administrative Agent shall
notify the Applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances
causing such suspension no longer exist, and each US Advance comprising such
Borrowing shall be made as a US Base Rate Advance under the US Facility in the
Dollar Equivalent of the originally requested Advance, and each Canadian Advance
comprising such Borrowing shall be made as a Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance in
the Dollar Equivalent of the originally requested Advance.
(ix) If the US Majority Lenders shall, at least one Business Day before the date
of any requested Borrowing, notify the US Administrative Agent that (A) the
Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Advances comprising such Borrowing will not
adequately reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or funding their
respective Eurocurrency Advances, as the case may be, for such Borrowing, or
(B) deposits are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank
market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurocurrency Advance, then the US Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof
to the US Borrower and the US Lenders and the right of the US Borrower to select
Eurocurrency Advances in the affected currency or currencies for such US
Borrowing or for any subsequent US Borrowing shall be suspended until the US
Administrative Agent shall notify the US Borrower and the US Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance
comprising such Borrowing shall be made as a US Base Rate Advance under the US
Facility in the Dollar Equivalent of the originally requested Advance.
(x) If the Canadian Majority Lenders shall, at least one Business Day before the
date of any requested Borrowing, notify the Canadian Administrative Agent that
(A) the Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Advances or the Discount Rate for the
B/A Advances comprising such Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to
such Lenders of making or funding their respective Eurocurrency Advances or B/A
Advances, as the case may be, for such Borrowing, or (B) deposits are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for Dollars or
Canadian Dollars for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurocurrency Advance, the right of the Canadian Borrower to select Eurocurrency
Advances or B/A Advances for such Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing
shall be suspended until the Canadian Administrative Agent shall notify the
Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist, and each Advance comprising such Canadian Borrowing
shall be made as a Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advance in case of a requested
Eurocurrency Advance and as a Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advance in case of a
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(xi) With respect to any proposed Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Advances
denominated in any Foreign Currencies and requested or made under the US
Facility, if there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Borrowing any
change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions
or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would in the reasonable
opinion of the US Administrative Agent or the US Majority Lenders, make it
impracticable for such Borrowing to be denominated in the Foreign Currency
designated by the US Borrower, then the US Administrative Agent shall give
notice thereof to the US Borrower and the US Lenders, and the right of the US
Borrower to select Eurocurrency Advances in the affected currency or currencies
for such Borrowing or for any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until the
US Administrative Agent shall notify the US Borrower and the US Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance
comprising such Borrowing shall be made as a US Base Rate Advance in the Dollar
Equivalent of the originally requested Advance.
(xii) If the Applicable Borrower shall fail to select the duration or
continuation of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Advance in accordance
with the provisions contained in the definition of “Interest Period” in
Section 1.1 and paragraph (b) or (c) above, the Applicable Administrative Agent
will forthwith so notify the Applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders and
(A) if denominated in Dollars under the US Facility, such affected Advances will
be made available to the US Borrower on the date of such Borrowing as US Base
Rate Advances or, if such affected Advances are existing Advances, will be
Converted into US Base Rate Advances at the end of Interest Period then in
effect, (B) if under the Canadian Facility, such affected Advances will be made
available to the Canadian Borrower on the date of such Borrowing as Canadian
Base Rate (US$) Advances or, if such affected Advances are existing Advances,
will be Converted into Canadian Base Rate (US$) Advances at the end of Interest
Period then in effect, and (C) if denominated in a Foreign Currency under the US
Facility, the US Borrower shall be deemed to have specified an Interest Period
of one month for such affected Advances or, if such affected Advances are
existing Advances, such affected Advances will be continued as a Eurocurrency
Advance in the original Designated Currency with an Interest Period of one
month.
(xiii) If the Canadian Borrower shall fail to select the duration or
continuation of any Contract Period for any B/A Advance in accordance with the
provisions contained in the definition of “Contract Period” in Section 1.1,
clause (b) and (c) above, and Section 2.5, the Canadian Administrative Agent
will forthwith so notify the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders and such
affected B/A Advances will be made available to the Canadian Borrower on the
date of such Borrowing as Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advances or, if such affected
B/A Advances are existing Advances, will be automatically Converted into
Canadian Base Rate (C$) Advances at the end of the Contract Period then in
effect.
(xiv) If the US Borrower shall fail to specify a currency for any Eurocurrency
Advances under the US Facility, then the Eurocurrency Advances as requested
shall be made in Dollars.
(xv) US Advances may only be Converted or continued as US Advances.
(xvi) Canadian Advances may only be Converted or continued as Canadian Advances.
(xvii) Swingline Advances may not be Converted or continued.
(xviii) No Advance may be Converted or continued as an Advance in a different
currency, but instead must be prepaid (or defeased with respect to B/A Advances)
in the original Designated Currency of such Advance and reborrowed in such new
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     (e) Notices Irrevocable. Each Notice of Borrowing and Notice of Conversion
or Continuation shall be irrevocable and binding on the Applicable Borrower.
     (f) Lender Obligations Several. The failure of any Lender to make the
Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligation, if any, to make its Advance on the date of such
Borrowing. No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
     (g) Funding by Lenders; Administrative Agents’ Reliance. Unless the
Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Advances or of B/A
Advances, or prior to noon on the date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Advances,
that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Administrative Agent
such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Applicable Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at
the time required in Section 2.6 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of B/A
Advances, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and
at the time required by Section 2.5) and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the Applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event,
if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available
to the Applicable Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the
Applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made
available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Applicable Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by
such Lender, the Overnight Rate and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by
such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the requested Borrowing. If such
Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Applicable
Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Applicable
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such
interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of
the applicable Borrowing to the Applicable Administrative Agent, then the amount
so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Advance included in such Borrowing. Any
payment by such Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower
may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Applicable Administrative Agent. A notice of the Applicable Administrative Agent
to any Lender or Applicable Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this
subsection (g) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
Section 2.7 Prepayments; Defeasance.
     (a) Right to Prepay. No Borrower shall have any right to prepay any
principal amount of any Advance except as provided in this Section 2.7.
     (b) Optional.
(i) Each Borrower may elect to prepay any Borrowing (other than Bankers’
Acceptances or B/A Equivalent Advances, which may, however, be defeased as
provided below), in whole or in part, without penalty or premium except as set
forth in Section 2.12 and after giving by 11:00 a.m. (Houston, Texas time or
Calgary, Alberta Canada time as applicable) (i) in the case of Eurocurrency
Advances, at least three Business Days’ or (ii) in case of Base Rate Advances,
same Business Day’s prior written notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent
stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of such prepayment. If
any such notice is given, such Borrower shall prepay Advances comprising part of
the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the amount specified in such notice, together with accrued interest to
the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and amounts, if any,
required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.12 as a result of such prepayment
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such date; provided that (A) each optional partial prepayment of a Borrowing
(other than a US Swingline Borrowing or a Canadian Swingline Borrower) shall be
in a minimum amount not less than $3,000,000 and in multiple integrals of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (B) partial prepayments of US Swingline
Borrowing or Canadian Swingline Borrowing shall be in such minimum amounts as
may be agreed to by the Applicable Swingline Lender and the Applicable Borrower.
If an AutoBorrow Agreement is in effect, each prepayment of US Swingline
Advances shall be made as provided in such AutoBorrow Agreement.
(ii) The Canadian Borrower may defease any B/A or B/A Equivalent Advance by
depositing with the Canadian Administrative Agent an amount that, together with
interest accruing on such amount to the end of the Contract Period for such B/A
or B/A Equivalent Advance is sufficient to pay such maturing B/As or B/A
Equivalent Advances when due. The Applicable Administrative Agent shall promptly
advise the applicable Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.7
and of each Lender’s portion of such prepayment.
     (c) Mandatory.
(i) On each Computation Date the US Administrative Agent shall consult with the
Canadian Administrative Agent regarding the Exchange Rate and the Administrative
Agents shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate US Outstandings
and the aggregate Canadian Outstandings. If, on any Computation Date: (i) the
Dollar Equivalent of the US Outstandings exceeds the aggregate US Commitments
then in effect; or (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Outstandings
exceeds the aggregate Canadian Commitments then in effect; then the US
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the US Borrower and the US
Lenders, and the Canadian Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the
Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Lenders. Within five Business Days after the
Applicable Borrower has received notice thereof, (A) the Canadian Borrower shall
first prepay outstanding Canadian Base Rate Advances and Eurocurrency Advances,
second defease outstanding B/A Advances pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(ii), third
prepay outstanding Canadian Swingline Advances, and fourth make deposits into
the Canadian Cash Collateral Account, such that after giving effect to such
prepayment or provision, the Dollar Equivalent of the Canadian Outstandings does
not exceed the aggregate Canadian Commitments then in effect and (B) the US
Borrower shall first prepay outstanding US Advances, second prepay outstanding
US Swingline Advances, and third make deposits into the US Cash Collateral
Account, such that after giving effect to such prepayment or provision, the
Dollar Equivalent of the US Outstandings does not exceed the aggregate US
Commitments then in effect.
(ii) If, in any fiscal year, the US Borrower or any Subsidiary (that is a
Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such receipt), receives casualty insurance
proceeds or condemnation proceeds in connection with any assets of such Borrower
or such Subsidiary and, which when taken together with all other insurance
proceeds or condemnation proceeds received by the US Borrower or any Subsidiary
(that is a Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such receipt) during such fiscal
year but less any third-party costs and expenses incurred by the US Borrower or
such Subsidiary to collect such proceeds, are greater than $10,000,000, such
proceeds are not utilized to repair or replace or been contractually committed
to repair or replace such assets within 365 days after the date of such casualty
event or condemnation event, then immediately upon the expiration of such
365-day period (1) the Canadian Borrower shall prepay (or otherwise provide for)
the Canadian Outstandings, and (2) US Borrower shall prepay (or otherwise
provide for) the US Outstandings to the extent any such proceeds are not Foreign
Proceeds, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such unutilized excess and
such prepayments and provisions shall be made as set forth in Section 2.7(e) and
Section 2.7(f); provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of this clause
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if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing when any such insurance
proceeds and condemnation proceeds are received by the US Borrower or any such
Subsidiary, then (A) the Canadian Borrower shall prepay (or otherwise provide
for) the Canadian Outstandings, and (B) US Borrower shall prepay (or otherwise
provide for) the US Outstandings to the extent any such proceeds are not Foreign
Proceeds, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of all such casualty insurance
proceeds and condemnation proceeds less any third-party costs and expenses
incurred by the US Borrower or such Subsidiary to collect such proceeds,
regardless of whether the aggregate amount of such proceeds in such fiscal year
is greater than $10,000,000, and such prepayments and provisions shall be made
as set forth in Section 2.7(e) and Section 2.7(f).
(iii) If any currency shall cease to be an Agreed Currency as provided herein,
then promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of receipt of the
notice from the US Administrative Agent provided for in such sentence, the US
Borrower shall prepay all US Advances funded and denominated in such affected
currency or Convert such US Advances into Advances in Dollars, subject to the
other terms set forth in Article II.
(iv) If a Commitment Increase is effected as permitted under Section 2.1(f), the
US Borrower shall prepay any US Advances outstanding on such Increase Date and
the Canadian Borrower shall prepay any Canadian Advances to the extent necessary
to keep the outstanding Canadian Advances and the outstanding US Advances
ratable to reflect the revised Applicable Percentages arising from such
Commitment Increase. Any prepayment made by US Borrower in accordance with this
clause (iv) may be made with the proceeds of Advances made by all the Lenders in
connection the Commitment Increase occurring simultaneously with the prepayment.
     (d) Interest; Costs. Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of such
prepayment and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.12 as
a result of such prepayment being made on such date.
     (e) Application of Foreign Proceeds. All excess amounts described in clause
(ii) of Section 2.7(c) that are Foreign Proceeds shall be applied by the
Canadian Borrower for the following prepayments and provisions and in the
following order:
(i) First, prepayments of all Canadian Swingline Advances until all Canadian
Swingline Advances are repaid in full;
(ii) Second, prepayments of (or in the case of B/A Advances, defeasance of) all
Canadian Advances until such Advances are repaid in full; and
(iii) Third, if the Canadian Commitments have been terminated or expired,
deposits into the Canadian Cash Collateral Account to provide Cash Collateral to
the extent of any existing Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure.
     (f) Application of Domestic Proceeds. All excess amounts described in
clause (ii) of Section 2.7(c) that are Domestic Proceeds shall be applied by the
US Borrower for the following prepayments and provisions and in the following
order:
(i) First, ratable prepayments of all US Swingline Advances until all US
Swingline Advances are repaid in full;
(ii) Second, ratable prepayments of all US Advances until all such Advances are
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(iii) Third, if the applicable Commitments have been terminated or expired,
ratable deposits into the US Collateral Account to provide Cash Collateral to
the extent of any existing US Letter of Credit Exposure.
Section 2.8 Repayment.
     (a) US Advances. The US Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
the US Administrative Agent for the account of and ratable benefit of each US
Lender the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all US Advances on the
Maturity Date.
     (b) Canadian Advances. The Canadian Borrower hereby unconditionally
promises to pay to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of and
ratable benefit of each Canadian Lender the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Canadian Advances on the Maturity Date.
     (c) US Swingline Advances. The US Borrower hereby unconditionally promises
to pay the US Swingline Advances to the US Swingline Lender (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all US Swingline Advances on each US Swingline
Payment Date, and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all US
Swingline Advances outstanding on the Maturity Date.
     (d) Canadian Swingline Advances. The Canadian Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay the Canadian Swingline Advances to the Canadian
Swingline Lender (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Canadian
Swingline Advances on each Canadian Swingline Payment Date, and (ii) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Canadian Swingline Advances
outstanding on the Maturity Date.
Section 2.9 Fees.
     (a) US Commitment Fees. The US Borrower agrees to pay to the US
Administrative Agent for the account of each US Lender a US Commitment Fee on
the average daily amount by which such Lender’s US Commitment exceeds such
Lender’s outstanding US Advances plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
US Letter of Credit Exposure at the rate equal to the Applicable Margin for US
Commitment Fees for such period. The US Commitment Fee is due quarterly in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year
commencing on December 31, 2006, and on the Maturity Date. For purposes of this
Section 2.9(a) only, amounts advanced as US Swingline Advances shall not reduce
the amount of the unused US Commitment.
     (b) Canadian Commitment Fees. The Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to the
Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of each Canadian Lender a Canadian
Commitment Fee on the average daily amount by which such Lender’s Canadian
Commitment exceeds such Lender’s outstanding Canadian Advances plus such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Canadian Letter of Credit Exposure at the
rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Canadian Commitment Fees for such
period. The Canadian Commitment Fee is due quarterly in arrears on March 31,
June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year commencing on December 31,
2006, and on the Maturity Date. For purposes of this Section 2.9(b) only,
amounts advanced as Canadian Swingline Advances shall not reduce the amount of
the unused Canadian Commitment.
     (c) Fees for US Letters of Credit. The US Borrower agrees to pay the
following:
(i) to the US Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the US Lenders a
per annum letter of credit fee for each standby US Letter of Credit issued
hereunder in an amount equal to 66 2/3% of the Applicable Margin for
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the face amount of such US Letter of Credit for the period such US Letter of
Credit is to be outstanding, which fee shall be due and payable quarterly in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, and on
the Maturity Date;
(ii) to the US Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the US Lenders a
per annum letter of credit fee for each US Letter of Credit (other than a
standby US Letter of Credit) issued hereunder in an amount equal to the
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Advances under the US Facility per annum on
the face amount of such US Letter of Credit for the period such US Letter of
Credit is to be outstanding, which fee shall be due and payable quarterly in
arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, and on
the Maturity Date;
(iii) to the US Issuing Lender, a fronting fee for each standby US Letter of
Credit equal to the greater of (A) .125% per annum on the face amount of such US
Letter of Credit and (B) $750.00, which fee shall be due and payable in advance
on the date of the issuance of the Letter of Credit, and, in the case of an
increase or extension only, on the date of such increase or such extension;
(iv) to the US Issuing Lender, such other fronting fee for each US Letter of
Credit that is not a standby US Letter of Credit equal to an amount agreed to
between the US Borrower and the US Issuing Lender in writing, which fee shall be
due and payable in advance on the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit,
and, in the case of an increase or extension only, on the date of such increase
or such extension; and
(v) to the US Issuing Lender such other usual and customary fees associated with
any transfers, amendments, drawings, negotiations or reissuances of any US
Letter of Credit, which fees shall be due and payable as requested by the US
Issuing Lender in accordance with the US Issuing Lender’s then current fee
policy. The US Borrower shall have no right to any refund of letter of credit
fees previously paid by the US Borrower, including any refund claimed because
the US Borrower cancels any Letter of Credit prior to its expiration date.
     (d) Fees for Canadian Letters of Credit. The Canadian Borrower agrees to
pay the following:
(i) to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the
Canadian Lenders a per annum letter of credit fee for each standby Canadian
Letter of Credit issued hereunder in an amount equal to 66 2/3% of the
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Advances under the Canadian Facility per
annum on the face amount of such Canadian Letter of Credit for the period such
Canadian Letter of Credit is to be outstanding, which fee shall be due and
payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31
of each year, and on the Maturity Date;
(ii) to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the
Canadian Lenders a per annum letter of credit fee for each Canadian Letter of
Credit (other than a standby Letter of Credit) issued hereunder in an amount
equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Advances under the Canadian
Facility per annum on the face amount of such Canadian Letter of Credit for the
period such Canadian Letter of Credit is to be outstanding, which fee shall be
due and payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and
December 31 of each year, and on the Maturity Date;
(iii) to the Canadian Issuing Lender, a fronting fee for each standby Canadian
Letter of Credit equal to the greater of (A) .125% per annum on the face amount
of such Canadian Letter of Credit and (B) $750.00, which fee shall be due and
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of the Letter of Credit, and, in the case of an increase or extension only, on
the date of such increase or such extension;
(iv) to the Canadian Issuing Lender, such other fronting fee for each Canadian
Letter of Credit that is not a standby Canadian Letter of Credit equal to an
amount agreed to between the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Issuing Lender
in writing, which fee shall be due and payable in advance on the date of the
issuance of such Letter of Credit, and, in the case of an increase or extension
only, on the date of such increase or such extension; and
(v) to the Canadian Issuing Lender such other usual and customary fees
associated with any transfers, amendments, drawings, negotiations or reissuances
of any Canadian Letter of Credit, which fees shall be due and payable as
requested by the Canadian Issuing Lender in accordance with the Canadian Issuing
Lender’s then current fee policy. The Canadian Borrower shall have no right to
any refund of letter of credit fees previously paid by the Canadian Borrower,
including any refund claimed because the Canadian Borrower cancels any Letter of
Credit prior to its expiration date
     (e) Administrative Agent Fee. The Borrowers agree to pay the fees to the US
Administrative Agent as set forth in the Fee Letter.
Section 2.10 Interest.
     (a) US Base Rate Advances. Each US Base Rate Advance shall bear interest at
the Adjusted Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin
for US Base Rate Advances for such period. The US Borrower shall pay to US
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of each US Lender all accrued but
unpaid interest on such US Lender’s US Base Rate Advances on each March 31,
June 30, September 30, and December 31 commencing on June 30, 2011, and on the
Maturity Date.
     (b) Canadian Base Rate Advances. Each Canadian Base Rate Advance shall bear
interest at the applicable Canadian Base Rate in effect from time to time plus
the Applicable Margin for Canadian Base Rate Advances for such period. The
Canadian Borrower shall pay to Canadian Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of each Canadian Lender all accrued but unpaid interest on such Canadian
Lender’s Canadian Base Rate Advances on each March 31, June 30, September 30,
and December 31 commencing on the first such date to occur after the Canadian
Facility Effective Date, and on the Maturity Date.
     (c) Eurocurrency Advances. Each Eurocurrency Advance shall bear interest
during its Interest Period equal to at all times the Eurocurrency Rate for such
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Advances for such
period. The Canadian Borrower shall pay to the Canadian Administrative Agent for
the ratable benefit of each Canadian Lender all accrued but unpaid interest on
each of such Canadian Lender’s Eurocurrency Advances on the last day of the
Interest Period therefor (provided that for Eurocurrency Advances with six month
Interest Periods, accrued but unpaid interest shall also be due on the day three
months from the first day of such Interest Period), on the date any Eurocurrency
Advance is repaid in full, and on the Maturity Date. The US Borrower shall pay
to the US Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of each US Lender all
accrued but unpaid interest on each of such US Lender’s Eurocurrency Advances on
the last day of the Interest Period therefor (provided that for Eurocurrency
Advances with six month Interest Periods, accrued but unpaid interest shall also
be due on the day three months from the first day of such Interest Period), on
the date any Eurocurrency Advance is repaid in full, and on the Maturity Date.
     (d) US Swingline Advances. US Swingline Advances shall bear interest at the
Adjusted Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for US
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shall pay to the US Swingline Lender for its own account subject to
Section 2.4(f) all accrued but unpaid interest on each US Swingline Advance on
each US Swingline Payment Date, on the date any US Swingline Advance is repaid
(or refinanced) in full, and on the Maturity Date.
     (e) Canadian Swingline Advances. Canadian Swingline Advances shall bear
interest at the applicable Canadian Base Rate in effect from time to time plus
the Applicable Margin for Canadian Base Rate Advances. The Canadian Borrower
shall pay to the Canadian Swingline Lender for its own account subject to
Section 2.4(f) all accrued but unpaid interest on each Canadian Swingline
Advance on each Canadian Swingline Payment Date, on the date any Canadian
Swingline Advance is repaid (or refinanced) in full, and on the Maturity Date.
     (f) Acceptance Fee on B/A Advances. Subject to the provisions of
Section 9.10, the Advances comprising each B/A Borrowing shall be subject to an
Acceptance Fee, payable by the Canadian Borrower on the date of acceptance of
the relevant B/A and calculated as set forth in the definition of the term
“Acceptance Fee” in Section 1.1.
     (g) Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Margin. In the event that any
financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.2
is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the
Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such
inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher
Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable
Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the US Borrower shall
promptly deliver to the Administrative Agents a corrected Compliance Certificate
for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if
the higher Applicable Margin that would have applied were applicable for such
Applicable Period (and in any event at the highest level (Level IV) if the
inaccuracy was the result of intentional dishonesty, fraud or willful
misconduct), and (iii) the US Borrower shall promptly, without further action by
either Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Lender, pay to the Applicable
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, the accrued
additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for
such Applicable Period. This Section 2.10(g) shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agents and Lenders with respect to the Default Rate of interest
as set forth in Section 2.10(h) below or Article VII. The Borrowers’ obligations
under this Section 2.10(g) shall survive the termination of the Commitments and
the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
     (h) Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) from and after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under
Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(g), all Obligations shall bear interest at the
Default Rate and (ii) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, upon the request of the Majority Lenders, all Obligations
shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Interest accrued pursuant to this
Section 2.10(h) and all interest accrued but unpaid on or after the Maturity
Date shall be due and payable on demand.
     (i) Interest Act (Canada). For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), in
any case in which an interest or fee rate is stated in this Agreement to be
calculated on the basis of a number of days that is other than the number in a
calendar year, the yearly rate to which such interest or fee rate is equivalent
is equal to such interest or fee rate multiplied by the actual number of days in
the year in which the relevant interest or fee payment accrues and divided by
the number of days used as the basis for such calculation.
Section 2.11 Illegality. If any Lender shall notify a Borrower that the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental
authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its Lending Office to
perform its obligations under this Agreement to make, maintain, or fund any
Eurocurrency Advances or B/A Advances of such Lender then outstanding hereunder,
(a) the Applicable Borrower shall, no later than

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11:00 a.m. (Houston, Texas, time or Calgary, Alberta Canada time, as applicable)
(i) if not prohibited by law, on the last day of the Interest Period for each
outstanding Eurocurrency Advance or on the last day of the Contract Period for
each outstanding B/A Advance, as applicable, or (ii) if required by such notice,
on the second Business Day following its receipt of such notice, prepay all of
the Eurocurrency Advances of such Lender then outstanding or defease all B/A
Advances of such Lender then outstanding pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(ii),
together with accrued interest on the principal amount prepaid or defeased to
the date of such prepayment and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to
Section 2.12 as a result of such prepayment or defeasance being made on such
date, (b) such Lender shall simultaneously make a Base Rate Advance to the
Applicable Borrower on such date in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Eurocurrency Advances prepaid or B/A Advances defeased to such
Lender, and (c) the right of the Applicable Borrower to select Eurocurrency
Advances or B/A Advances from such Lender for any subsequent Borrowing shall be
suspended until such Lender shall notify the Applicable Borrower that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
Section 2.12 Breakage Costs.
     (a) Funding Losses. In the case of any Revolving Borrowing which the
related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurocurrency
Advances or B/A Advances, the US Borrower hereby indemnifies each US Lender and
the Canadian Borrower hereby indemnifies each Canadian Lender against any loss,
out-of-pocket cost, or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing
for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III,
including, without limitation, any loss (excluding any loss of anticipated
profits), cost, or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or redeployment
of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Eurocurrency
Advance or the B/A Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing
when such Eurocurrency Advance or B/A Advances, as the case maybe, as a result
of such failure, is not made on such date.
     (b) Prepayment Losses. If (i) any payment of principal of any Eurocurrency
Advance is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Advance as a result of any prepayment, payment pursuant to Section 2.7, the
acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations, or for any other reason,
(ii) the Applicable Borrower fails to make a principal or interest payment with
respect to any Eurocurrency Advance or B/A Advance on the date such payment is
due and payable, or (iii) any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any
Advance or reimbursement of drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due
thereon) denominated in a Foreign Currency on its scheduled due date or any
payment thereof in a different currency; the Applicable Borrower shall, within
10 days of any written demand sent by the Applicable Administrative Agent on
behalf of a Lender to the Applicable Borrower, pay to the Applicable
Administrative Agent for the benefit of such Lender any amounts determined in
good faith by such Lender to be required to compensate such Lender for any
additional losses, out-of-pocket costs, or expenses which it may reasonably
incur as a result of such payment or nonpayment, including, without limitation,
any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost, or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance.
Section 2.13 Increased Costs.
     (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan, insurance charge or other assessment, or similar requirement against
assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or
participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the
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(ii) subject any Lender or Issuing Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter
of Credit, any Eurocurrency Advance made by it, or any B/A Advance made or
accepted and purchased by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to
such Lender or Issuing Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.15 and the imposition of, or any change in
the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or Issuing Lender); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any
other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency
Advances made by such Lender or B/A Advances made or accepted and purchased by
such Lender, or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making, converting, continuing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Advance
or accepting and purchasing any B/A Advance (or of maintaining its obligation to
make or accept and purchase any such Advance), or to increase the cost to such
Lender or Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter
of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any
Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by
such Lender or Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any
other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or Issuing Lender, the US
Borrower will pay to such US Lender or US Issuing Lender, and the Canadian
Borrower will pay to such Canadian Lender or Canadian Issuing Lender, as the
case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or
Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
     (b) Capital Adequacy. If any Lender or Issuing Lender determines that any
Change in Law affecting such Lender or Issuing Lender or any lending office of
such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any,
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s capital or on the capital of such
Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Advances made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Advances held by, such Lender,
or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, to a level below that
which such Lender or Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s holding
company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the US Borrower will pay to such US Lender or
US Issuing Lender, and the Canadian Borrower will pay to such Canadian Lender or
Canadian Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or
Issuing Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
     (c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or Issuing
Lender (together with such further information as the Borrowers may reasonably
request) setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
or Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Applicable Borrower
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Applicable Borrower shall pay
such Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on
any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
     (d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or
Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not
constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Lender’s right to demand
such compensation, provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate a Lender or Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased
costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date
that such Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Applicable
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reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s intention to claim
compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof).
Section 2.14 Payments and Computations.
     (a) Payments. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made
without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or
setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to
principal of and interest on Advances denominated in a Foreign Currency and
Letter of Credit Obligations on Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the
Applicable Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to
which such payment is owed in Dollars and in Same Day Funds. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect
to principal and interest on Advances denominated in a Foreign Currency and
Letter of Credit Obligations on Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign
Currency shall be made to the Applicable Administrative Agent, for the account
of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, in such Foreign
Currency and in Same Day Funds. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited
by any Legal Requirement from making any required payment hereunder in a Foreign
Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar
Equivalent of the Foreign Currency payment amount. Subject to Section 2.6(c),
each payment of any Advance pursuant to this Section or any other provision of
this Agreement shall be made in a manner such that all Advances comprising part
of the same Borrowing are paid in whole or ratably in part.
     (b) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agents. Unless
the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the
Issuing Lenders hereunder that the Applicable Borrower will not make such
payment, the Applicable Administrative Agent may assume that the Applicable
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders,
as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Applicable Borrower
has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders or the
Issuing Lenders, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Applicable
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender or Issuing Lender, in Same Day 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 Applicable Administrative Agent, at the Overnight
Rate. A notice of the Applicable Administrative Agent to any Lender or
Applicable Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection
(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
     (c) Payment Procedures. The Borrowers shall make each payment of any amount
under this Agreement and under any other Credit Document not later than
11:00 a.m. (Houston, Texas time or Calgary, Alberta Canada time, as applicable)
on the day when due to the Applicable Administrative Agent at the Applicable
Administrative Agent’s (or such other location as the Applicable Administrative
Agent shall designate in writing to the Applicable Borrower) in Same Day Funds.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the US Administrative Agent
may require that any payments due under this Agreement under the US Facility be
made in the United States and the Canadian Administrative agent may require that
any payments due under this Agreement under the Canadian Facilities be made in
Canada. The Applicable Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter, and in any
event prior to the close of business on the day any timely payment is made,
cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal,
interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable solely to any specific
Lender Party pursuant to Sections 2.4, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, and 9.1 but after
taking into account payments effected pursuant to Section 2.14(f)) in accordance
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Lenders for the account of their respective Lending Offices, and like funds
relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender
for the account of its Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Upon receipt of other amounts due solely to a
specific Lender Party, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall distribute such
amounts to the appropriate party to be applied in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
     (d) Non-Business Day Payments. Whenever any payment shall be stated to be
due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be;
provided that if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal
of Eurocurrency Advances or B/A Advances to be made in the next following
calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
     (e) Computations. All computations of interest and fees shall be made by
the Applicable Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365/366 days for
Base Rate Advances based on the Adjusted Base Rate or the Canadian Base Rate
(other than Base Rate Advances based on the Federal Funds Rate or a Daily
One-Month LIBOR) and a year of 360 days for all other interest and fees, in each
case for the actual number of days (including the first day, but excluding the
last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable.
Each determination by the Applicable Administrative Agent of an amount of
interest or fees shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error. For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure
thereunder, the annual rates of interest to which the rates determined in
accordance with the provisions hereof on the basis of a period of calculation
less than a year are equivalent, are the rates so determined (a) multiplied by
the actual number of days in the one year period beginning on the first day of
the period of calculation, and (b) divided by the number of days in the period
of calculation. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply
to any interest calculation under this Agreement; all interest payments to be
made hereunder shall be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed
reinvestment or otherwise. The rates of interest specified in this Agreement are
intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates. Interest calculated
hereunder shall be calculated using the nominal rate method and not the
effective rate method of calculation.
     (f) Sharing of Payments, Etc.
(i) Each Canadian Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a
right of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against a Borrower or any other
Credit Party, or pursuant to a secured claim or other security or interest
arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Canadian
Lender under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, or by any other
means, obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any Canadian
Advance or the participations in the Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations or in
the Canadian Swingline Advances held by it, as a result of which the unpaid
portion of its Canadian Advances shall be proportionately less than the unpaid
portion of the Canadian Advances or the participations in the Canadian Letter of
Credit Obligations or in the Canadian Swingline Advances held by it of any other
Canadian Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have purchased from such
other Canadian Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay to such other
Canadian Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the Canadian
Advances, the participations in the Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations and in
the Canadian Swingline Advances held by it of such other Canadian Lender, so
that the aggregate unpaid amount of the Canadian Advances and participations in
Canadian Advances, Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations and Canadian Swingline
Advances held by each Canadian Lender shall be in the same proportion to the
aggregate unpaid amount of all Canadian Advances, Canadian Letter of Credit
Obligations and Canadian Swingline Advances then outstanding as the amount of
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participations in Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations and Canadian Swingline
Advances prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or
other event was to the amount of all Canadian Advances and participations in
Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations and Canadian Swingline Advances,
outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or
other event; provided, however, that (A) if any such purchase or purchases or
adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.14(f)(i) and the payment
giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or
adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase
price or prices or adjustment restored without interest, and (B) the provisions
of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the
Canadian Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a
Defaulting Lender), or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Advances or
participations in Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Advances to
any assignee or participant, other than to a Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
(ii) Each US Lender agrees that if it shall, through the exercise of a right of
banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim against a Borrower or any other Credit
Party, or pursuant to a secured claim or other security or interest arising
from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such US Lender under any
applicable Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, or by any other means, obtain payment
(voluntary or involuntary) in respect of any US Advance or the participations in
the US Letter of Credit Obligations or in the US Swingline Advances held by it,
as a result of which the unpaid portion of its US Advances shall be
proportionately less than the unpaid portion of the US Advances or the
participations in the US Letter of Credit Obligations or in the US Swingline
Advances held by it of any other US Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to
have purchased from such other US Lender at face value, and shall promptly pay
to such other US Lender the purchase price for, a participation in the US
Advances, the participations in the US Letter of Credit Obligations and in the
US Swingline Advances held by it of such other US Lender, so that the aggregate
unpaid amount of the US Advances and participations in US Advances, US Letter of
Credit Obligations and US Swingline Advances held by each US Lender shall be in
the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of all US Advances, US Letter
of Credit Obligations and US Swingline Advances then outstanding as the amount
of its US Advances, and participations in US Letter of Credit Obligations and US
Swingline Advances prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or
counterclaim or other event was to the amount of all US Advances and
participations in US Letter of Credit Obligations and US Swingline Advances,
outstanding prior to such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or
other event; provided, however, that (A) if any such purchase or purchases or
adjustments shall be made pursuant to this Section 2.14(f)(ii) and the payment
giving rise thereto shall thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or
adjustments shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase
price or prices or adjustment restored without interest, and (B) the provisions
of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the
US Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a
Defaulting Lender), or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Advances or
participations in US Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Advances to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable Legal Requirement, that any Lender acquiring
a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such
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participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower
in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.15 Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be
made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if the Applicable Borrower shall be required
by applicable Legal Requirement to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any
Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable
Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be, receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall
timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable Legal Requirement.
     (a) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the
provisions of the terms set forth in this Section above, each Borrower shall
timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable Legal Requirement.
     (b) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Canadian Borrower shall, and does
hereby, indemnify the Canadian Administrative Agent, each Canadian Lender and
the Canadian Issuing Lender, and the US Borrower shall, and does hereby,
indemnify the US Administrative Agent, each US Lender and the US Issuing Lender,
in any case, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
paid by the such Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as
the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto (except such expenses, interest and penalties
resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Administrative
Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment), whether or not such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Lender
(with a copy to the Applicable Administrative Agent), or by the Applicable
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
     (c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority,
such Borrower shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent the original
or a certified copy of any available receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return (if any) reporting such
payment or other evidence of such payment.
     (d) Status of Lenders.
(i) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is
resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party,
with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall
deliver to the Applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Applicable Administrative
Agent), prior to the Effective Date (or upon becoming a Lender by assignment or
participation) and at any time or times prescribed by applicable Legal
Requirement or reasonably requested by the Applicable Borrower or the Applicable
Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable Legal Requirement as will permit such payments to be
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Lender, if requested by the Applicable Borrower or the Applicable Administrative
Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Legal
Requirement or reasonably requested by the Applicable Borrower or the Applicable
Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or such Administrative Agent
to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a
Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender
shall deliver to the US Borrower and the US Administrative Agent (in such number
of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on
which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time
to time thereafter upon the request of the US Borrower or the US Administrative
Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever
of the following is applicable:
     (A) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming
eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party,
     (B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
     (C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption
for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to
the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of
section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the
Applicable Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or
(C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
     (D) Any other form prescribed by applicable Legal Requirement as a basis
for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding
tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be
prescribed by applicable Legal Requirement to permit the Company to determine
the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(iii) Without limiting the obligations of the Lenders set forth above regarding
delivery of certain forms and documents to establish each Lender’s status for
U.S. withholding tax purposes, each Lender agrees promptly to deliver to the
Applicable Administrative Agent or the Applicable Borrower, as the Applicable
Administrative Agent or the Applicable Borrower shall reasonably request, on or
prior to the Effective Date, and in a timely fashion thereafter, such other
documents and forms required by any relevant taxing authorities under any Legal
Requirement of any other jurisdiction, duly executed and completed by such
Lender, as are required under such Legal Requirements to confirm such Lender’s
entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable
withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender outside
of the U.S. by the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to
establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in such other
jurisdiction.
(iv) Each Lender shall promptly (i) notify the Applicable Administrative Agent
of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any such
claimed exemption or reduction, and (ii) take such steps as shall not be
materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and
as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
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any such jurisdiction that any Borrower make any deduction or withholding for
taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.
     (e) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Lender Party determines, in its
sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to
such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this
Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Administrative Agent, such Lender or
such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any
interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund), provided that each Borrower, upon the request of such Administrative
Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over
to such Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the
relevant Governmental Authority) to such Administrative Agent, such Lender or
such Issuing Lender in the event such Administrative Agent, such Lender or such
Issuing Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.
This subsection shall not be construed to require any Lender Party to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that
it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.
     (f) FATCA. In the case of any Lender Party that would be subject to
withholding tax imposed by FATCA on payments made on account of any obligation
of the Borrowers hereunder if such Lender Party fails to comply with the
applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section
1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender Party shall provide
such documentation prescribed by applicable Legal Requirement (including as
prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional
documentation reasonably requested by the Applicable Borrower or the Applicable
Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers to comply with their
obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender Party has complied with
such Lender Party’s obligations under FATCA.
Section 2.16 Replacement of Lenders. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of
Lenders.
     (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 2.13, or requires a Borrower to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.15, or suspends its obligation to continue, or Convert
Advances into, Eurocurrency Advances pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(vi) or
Section 2.11, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a
different lending office for funding or booking its Credit Extensions hereunder
or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future or if applicable,
would avoid the effect of Section 2.6(c)(vi) or Section 2.11, (ii) would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise
be disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
     (b) Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under
Section 2.13, (ii) a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.15, (iii) any Lender suspends its obligation to continue, or Convert
Advances into, Eurocurrency Advances pursuant to Section 2.6(c)(vi) or
Section 2.11, (iv) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or (v) any Lender (a
“Non-Consenting Lender”) refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or
waiver of this Agreement that requires consent of 100% of the Lenders pursuant
to Section 9.2(c), consent of 100% of the US Lenders pursuant to Section 9.2(a)
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Canadian Lenders pursuant to Section 9.2(b) (any such Lender under the preceding
clauses (i) — (iv), a “Subject Lender”), and, in the case of a Lender under
clause (i) — (iii), such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a
different lending office in accordance with Section 2.16(a), then the Applicable
Borrower may as to any Subject Lender, at its sole expense and effort, and the
Applicable Administrative Agent may as to any Defaulting Lender (but neither
shall be obligated to), upon notice to the Subject Lender, the Borrowers (if
requested by the Applicable Administrative Agent), and the Applicable
Administrative Agent (if requested by the Borrowers), require such Subject
Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 9.6), all of
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related
Credit Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which
assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided
that:
(A) the Applicable Borrower shall have paid to the Applicable Administrative
Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 9.6;
(B) such Subject Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Advances and participations in outstanding Letter
of Credit Obligations and funded participations in outstanding Swingline
Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to it hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (including any amounts
under Section 2.12 other than to a Defaulting Lender) from the assignee (to the
extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the
Applicable Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(C) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation
under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter;
(D) in the event such Subject Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each assignee
shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of
which such Subject Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender; and
(E) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Legal Requirements.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Applicable Borrower to require such assignment and
delegation cease to apply.
Section 2.17 Designation of a Canadian Borrower. The Company may at any time,
upon not less than 30 days’ written notice from the Company to the US
Administrative Agent and HSBC (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the US
Administrative Agent and HSBC in their respective sole discretion) designate any
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of Canada as the
“Canadian Borrower” to receive Credit Extensions under the Canadian Facility
hereunder, by delivering to the US Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
deliver copies thereof to each US Lender) and HSBC a duly executed notice and
agreement in such form and substance as may be reasonably required by the US
Administrative Agent and HSBC evidencing the agreement of such designated
Foreign Subsidiary to be bound by the terms hereof, and to assume all of the
obligations hereunder, as the Canadian Borrower. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that the effectiveness of such designation of such Foreign Subsidiary
as the Canadian Borrower and the access to the Canadian Facility by the Canadian
Borrower is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions
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     (a) No Default shall have occurred and be continuing both before and after
giving effect to such designation.
     (b) Such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary that would be the Canadian Borrower
and its Canadian Subsidiaries must all be Restricted Subsidiaries.
     (c) The Administrative Agents and the Lenders shall have received such
supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel, Security
Documents, and other documents, governmental certificates, agreements, lien
searches, due diligence material, and other information, in form, content and
scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agents, as may be required
by the Administrative Agents in their sole discretion, and Canadian Notes signed
by such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary to the extent any Canadian Lender so
requires.
     (d) The aggregate Canadian Commitments plus any remaining US Commitment of
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. shall not exceed such Lender’s US Commitment in effect
immediately prior to such reallocation.
     (e) HSBC shall have executed and delivered to the US Administrative Agent
(i) a duly executed agreement in such form and substance as may be reasonably
required by the US Administrative Agent evidencing the agreement of HSBC to be
bound by the terms hereof, and to assume all of the obligations hereunder, as
the Canadian Administrative Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lender, the Canadian
Swingline Lender, a Canadian Lender and, otherwise, as a Lender Party, and
(ii) the intercreditor agreement referenced in Section 8.10.
     (f) HSBC Bank USA, N.A. shall have consented to such designation and agreed
to the reallocation of all or a portion of its US Commitment to the Canadian
Facility, which consent and agreement may be made in its sole and absolute
discretion and subject to such additional conditions as it may require. The
parties hereto also acknowledge and agree that HSBC may, at its sole and
absolute discretion, determine whether and to what degree to participate in, and
provide a Commitment under, the Canadian Facility.
     (g) An updated Schedule III with the contact information for HSBC shall
have been provided to the US Administrative Agent.
     (h) If, as a result of any reallocation provided in Section 2.1(d), the
aggregate US Outstandings would exceed the aggregate of US Commitments, then the
US Borrower shall, on the effective date of such reallocation, repay or prepay
US Advances and US Swingline Advances, deposit cash in the US Cash Collateral
Account, or cause to be issued an irrevocable standby letter of credit in favor
of the US Issuing Lender and issued by a bank or other financial institution
acceptable to the US Issuing Lender, in an aggregate principal amount, such
that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate US Outstandings shall not
exceed the aggregate of all of the US Commitments.
     (i) The US Borrower shall have paid any amounts (or deposited cash in the
applicable Cash Collateral Account, or caused to be issued an irrevocable
standby letter of credit in favor of the US Issuing Lender and issued by a bank
or other financial institution acceptable to such Issuing Lender) due under
Section 2.7(c)(i) hereof on the effective date of such designation.
     (j) All other conditions, if any, as may be required by HSBC shall have
been satisfied or waived by HSBC.
     (k) If the Administrative Agents and HSBC as the sole Canadian Lender agree
that such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be entitled to receive Credit
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then promptly following the confirmation of the above conditions, the
Administrative Agents shall send a notice to the Company and the Lenders
specifying the effective date upon which such First Tier Foreign Subsidiary
shall constitute the Canadian Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon, as of
such effective date, each of the Canadian Lenders agrees to permit such Canadian
Borrower to receive Credit Extensions hereunder under the Canadian Facility, on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and each of the
parties hereto agrees that, from and after such effective date, such First Tier
Foreign Subsidiary shall be the Canadian Borrower for all purposes of this
Agreement.
Section 2.18 Defaulting Lender Provisions.
     (a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then,
until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent
permitted by Legal Requirement:
     (i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall
be restricted as set forth in the definition of Majority Lenders.
     (ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees
or other amounts received by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account
of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant
to Article VII or otherwise) or received by the Applicable Administrative Agent
from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 7.4 shall be applied at such time
or times as may be determined by Applicable Administrative Agent as follows:
first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to such
Administrative Agent and to the other Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to
the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender
to any Issuing Lender or any Swingline Lender hereunder; third, on a pro rata
basis, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ and Swingline Lenders’
Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with
Section 2.18(c); fourth, as Applicable Borrower may request (so long as no
Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of
which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required
by this Agreement, as determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent; fifth,
if so determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent and Applicable Borrower,
to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy
such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to
Advances under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’
and Swingline Lenders’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting
Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued and Swingline Advances
made under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.18(c); sixth, to the
payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders or Swingline
Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Lenders or Swingline Lenders against such
Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of
Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to any Borrower as a result
of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of
its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or
as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if
(x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances or Letter
of Credit Obligations in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully
funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Advances were made or the related
Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in
Section 3.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to
pay the Advances of, and Letter of Credit Obligations owed to, all
Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment
of any Advances of, or Letter of Credit Obligations owed to, such Defaulting
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unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations and Swingline Advances
are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Applicable Commitments
under the applicable Facility without giving effect to Section 2.18(a)(vi). Any
payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender
that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post
Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.18(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and
redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents
hereto.
     (iii) Certain Fees.
     (A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee
for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the
Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have
been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
     (B) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive letter of credit fees
for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender, except to the
extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of
Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.3(h).
     (C) With respect to any letter of credit fee not required to be paid to any
Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (B) above, the Applicable Borrower shall
(x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise
payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s
participation in Letter of Credit Obligations that has been reallocated to such
Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing
Lender and each Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee
otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such
Issuing Lender’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting
Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
     (iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any
part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Canadian Letter of Credit
Obligations, the US Letter of Credit Obligations, and Swingline Advances, as the
case may be, shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in such
applicable Facility in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages
(calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Commitments)
but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 are
satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrowers shall have
otherwise notified the Applicable Administrative Agent at such time, the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions
are satisfied at such time), (y) such reallocation does not cause the sum of
(1) the aggregate amount of US Advances owing to such Non-Defaulting Lender,
plus (2) such Non-Defaulting Lender’s participation in US Swingline Advances and
US Letters of Credit to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s US Commitment, and
(z) such reallocation does not cause sum of (1) the aggregate amount of Canadian
Advances owing to such Non-Defaulting Lender, plus (2) such Non-Defaulting
Lender’s participation in Canadian Swingline Advances and Canadian Letters of
Credit to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Canadian Commitment. No
reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any
party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having
become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a
result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such
reallocation.
     (v) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Advances. If the reallocation
described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the
Applicable Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to
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Advances in an amount equal to the Applicable Swingline Lender’s Fronting
Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ Fronting
Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.18(c).
     (b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrowers, Applicable Administrative
Agents, the Applicable Swingline Lender and Applicable Issuing Lender agree in
writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Applicable
Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the
effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth
therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral),
that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of
outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the
Applicable Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the
Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and
Swingline Advances to be held pro rata by the applicable Lenders in accordance
with the applicable Commitments under the applicable Facility (without giving
effect to Section 2.18(a)(iv), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a
Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with
respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of any Borrower while
that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the
extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder
from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any
claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting
Lender.
     (c) Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting
Lender, within two Business Days following the written request of the Applicable
Administrative Agent or the Applicable Issuing Lender, the Applicable Borrower
shall Cash Collateralize the Applicable Issuing Lender’s and the Applicable
Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender
(determined after giving effect to Section 2.18(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral
provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount equal to such Fronting
Exposure.
     (i) Grant of Security Interest. The US Borrower, and to the extent provided
by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the US
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and agrees to
maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as
security for the Secured Obligations, to be applied pursuant to
Section 2.18(a)(ii) above. The Canadian Borrower, and to the extent provided by
any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Canadian
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties, and
agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash
Collateral as security for the Canadian Obligations, to be applied pursuant to
Section 2.18(a)(ii) above. If at any time the Applicable Administrative Agent
determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person
other than the Secured Parties as herein provided, or that the total amount of
such Cash Collateral is less than 100% of the Fronting Exposure of the then
existing Defaulting Lenders, the Applicable Borrower will, promptly upon demand
by the Applicable Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Applicable
Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to
eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided
by the Defaulting Lender).
     (ii) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 2.18 in respect of
Letters of Credit and Swingline Advances shall be applied to the satisfaction of
the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Letter
of Credit Obligations and Swingline Advances (including, as to Cash Collateral
provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for
which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of
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(iii) Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion
thereof) provided to reduce any Issuing Lender’s or Swingline Lender’s Fronting
Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to
this Section 2.18(c) and all such Cash Collateral shall be promptly thereafter
be returned to the Applicable Borrower following (A) the elimination of the
applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender
status of the applicable Lender) so long as no Default exists, or (B) the
determination by the Applicable Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender and
each Swingline Lender that there exists excess Cash Collateral and no Default
exists; provided that, (x) subject to the other clauses of this Section 2.18,
the Person providing Cash Collateral and each Issuing Lender and each Swingline
Lender may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future
anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations, (y) to the extent that such
Cash Collateral was provided by the Applicable Borrower, such Cash Collateral
shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Credit
Documents, and (z) to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by a
Borrower, during the existence of an Event of Default the application of such
Cash Collateral shall be subject to Section 2.3(h)(iv) and (v) above,
Section 2.18(a)(ii) and Section 2.18(c)(ii).
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The Restated Agreement shall
be amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein upon the occurrence
of the following conditions precedent on or before the Effective Date:
     (a) Documentation. The US Administrative Agent shall have received the
following, duly executed by all the parties thereto, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the US Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(i) this Agreement and all attached Exhibits and Schedules;
(ii) the Notes payable to the order of each applicable Lender, as requested by
such Lender;
(iii) the US Guaranty;
(iv) the US Security Agreement, together with appropriate UCC-1 and UCC-3
financing statements, if any, necessary or desirable for filing with the
appropriate authorities and any other documents, agreements, or instruments
necessary to create, perfect or maintain an Acceptable Security Interest in the
Collateral described in such Security Agreements;
(v) the US Pledge Agreement together with stock powers executed in blank, UCC-1
and UCC-3 financing statements, if any, necessary or desirable for filing with
the appropriate authorities and any other documents, agreements, or instruments
necessary to create, perfect or maintain an Acceptable Security Interest in the
Collateral described in the such Pledge Agreement;
(vi) evidence that the US Administrative Agent has an Acceptable Security
Interest in the US Collateral;
(vii) a certificate from an authorized officer of the Company dated as of the
Effective Date stating that as of such date (A) all representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in
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not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are
qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) and (B) no Default has
occurred and is continuing;
(viii) a secretary’s certificate from each Credit Party certifying such Person’s
(A) officers’ incumbency, (B) authorizing resolutions, (C) organizational
documents, and (D) governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Credit
Documents to which such Person is a party;
(ix) certificates of good standing for each Credit Party in (a) the state,
province or territory in which each such Person is organized and (b) each state,
province or territory in which such good standing is necessary except where the
failure to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change, which certificates shall be dated a date not earlier
than 30 days prior to Effective Date;
(x) a legal opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP outside counsel to the Credit
Parties, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the US Administrative
Agent; and
(xi) such other documents, governmental certificates, agreements, and lien
searches as any Lender Party may reasonably request.
     (b) Consents; Authorization; Conflicts. The Company shall have received any
consents, licenses and approvals required in accordance with all Legal
Requirements, or in accordance with any document, agreement, instrument or
arrangement to which the Company, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a
party, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and
enforceability of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. In addition,
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have all such material
consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the continued
operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and such approvals
shall be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have
expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority
which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on this
Agreement and the actions contemplated hereby.
     (c) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
contained in Article IV and in each other Credit Document shall be true and
correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall
not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are
qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the
Effective Date before and after giving effect to the initial Borrowings or
issuance (or deemed issuance) of Letters of Credit and to the application of the
proceeds from such Borrowing, as though made on and as of such date.
     (d) Payment of Fees. The Company shall have paid (i) the fees and expenses
required to be paid as of the Effective Date by Sections 2.9(e) and 9.1 and the
Fee Letter, (ii) all fees and expenses outstanding under the Restated Agreement
as detailed to the Borrower by HSBC Bank Canada as Canadian administrative agent
thereunder or by Wells Fargo Capital Finance as US administrative agent
thereunder, and (iii) all outstanding “Advances”, if any, under and as defined
in, the Restated Agreement (either with immediately available funds or with an
initial Borrowing hereunder as provided in Section 2.1(e)).
     (e) Other Proceedings. No action, suit, investigation or other proceeding
(including, without limitation, the enactment or promulgation of a statute or
rule) by or before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority shall be
threatened or pending and no preliminary or permanent injunction or order by a
state or federal court shall have been entered (i) in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby or (ii) which, in any case, in
the judgment of the US Administrative Agent, could reasonably be expected to
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     (f) Other Information. The US Administrative Agent shall have received, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, all other reports, documents,
and such other instruments or certifications as it may reasonably request.
     (g) Material Adverse Change. No event or circumstance that could reasonably
be expected to result in a material adverse change in the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, or results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have occurred since December 31, 2010.
     (h) No Default. No Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
     (i) Solvency. The US Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the US Administrative Agent
from a senior financial officer of the Company certifying that, before and after
giving effect to the initial Borrowings made hereunder, each Credit Party is
Solvent (assuming with respect to each Credit Party that is a Guarantor, that
the fraudulent conveyance savings language contained in the Guaranty applicable
to such Guarantor will be given full effect).
     (j) Delivery of Financial Statements. The US Administrative Agent shall
have received true and correct copies of the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2011.
     (k) Notice of Borrowing. If any Advances are to be made on the Effective
Date hereunder, then the US Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of
Borrowing from the Company, with appropriate insertions and executed by a duly
authorized officer of the Company.
Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension. The obligation of
each Lender to make any Credit Extension on the occasion of each Borrowing
(including the initial Borrowing), the obligation of each Issuing Lender to make
any Credit Extension (including the deemed issuance of the Existing US Letters
of Credit) and the obligation of each Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Advances, in any such case, shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that on the date of such Borrowing or such Credit Extension:
     (a) Representations and Warranties. As of the date of the making of such
Credit Extension, the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party or
any officer of any Credit Party contained in the Credit Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier
shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are
qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on such date, except
that any representation and warranty which by its terms is made as of a
specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such
specified date and each request for the making of any Credit Extension and the
making of such Credit Extension shall be deemed to be a reaffirmation of such
representations and warranties.
     (b) Event of Default. As of the date of the Credit Extension, there shall
exist no Default or Event of Default, and the making of such Credit Extension
would not cause a Default or Event of Default.
Section 3.3 Determinations Under Sections 3.1 and 3.2. For purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in Sections 3.1 and 3.2,
each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer
of the US Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by
the Credit Documents shall have received written notice from such Lender prior
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thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the Applicable
Administrative Agent such Lender’s Credit Extension.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
          The Company represents and warrants as follows:
Section 4.1 Organization. The US Borrower and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries is duly and validly organized and existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and is
authorized to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which
such qualifications or authorizations are necessary except where the failure to
be so qualified or authorized could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change. Each Credit Party’s type of organization and
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation are set forth on Schedule 4.1.
Section 4.2 Authorization. The execution, delivery, and performance by each
Credit Party of each Credit Document to which such Credit Party is a party and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (a) are within such
Credit Party’s powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate,
limited liability company or partnership action, (c) do not contravene any
articles or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, partnership or limited
liability company agreement binding on or affecting such Credit Party, (d) do
not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting
such Credit Party, (e) do not result in or require the creation or imposition of
any Lien prohibited by this Agreement, and (f) do not require any authorization
or approval or other action by, or any notice or filing with, any Governmental
Authority. At the time of each Credit Extension, such Credit Extension and the
use of the proceeds of such Credit Extension are within the Applicable
Borrower’s corporate powers, are been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, don’t contravene (i) such Borrower’s articles or certificate (as
applicable) of incorporation or bylaws or (ii) any law or any contractual
restriction binding on or affecting such Borrower, will not result in or require
the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this Agreement, and do not
require any authorization or approval or other action by, or any notice or
filing with, any Governmental Authority.
Section 4.3 Enforceability. The Credit Documents have each been duly executed
and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and each Credit
Document constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of each Credit
Party that is a party thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws or similar laws at the time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally and to the effect of general
principles of equity whether applied by a court of law or equity.
Section 4.4 Financial Condition.
     (a) The Company has delivered to the Lenders the financial statements
required pursuant to Section 3.1(j) and such financial statements are true and
correct in all material respects and present fairly the consolidated financial
condition of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date thereof.
As of the date of the financial statements referred in the preceding sentence,
there were no material contingent obligations, liabilities for taxes, unusual
forward or long-term commitments, or unrealized or anticipated losses of the
applicable Persons, except as disclosed therein and adequate reserves for such
items have been made in accordance with GAAP. All projections, estimates, and
pro forma financial information furnished by the Borrowers were prepared on the
basis of assumptions, data, information, tests, or conditions believed to be
reasonable at the time such projections, estimates, and pro forma financial
information were furnished, but the Credit Parties do not represent and warrant
that such projections, estimates or pro forma information is (or will ultimately
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     (b) Since December 31, 2010, no event or condition has occurred that could
reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.5 Ownership and Liens; Real Property. Each Restricted Entity (a) has
good and marketable title to, or a valid and subsisting leasehold interest in,
all material real Property, and good title to all personal Property, used in its
business, and (b) none of the Property owned or leased by a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens.
Section 4.6 True and Complete Disclosure. All written factual information
(whether delivered before or after the date of this Agreement) prepared by or on
behalf of a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and furnished to any Lender
Party for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is true and accurate
in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or
certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to
make such information (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time.
There is no fact known to any officer of any Restricted Entity on the date of
this Agreement that has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agents that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.7 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or,
to any Restricted Entity’s knowledge, threatened against a Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary, at law, in equity, or in admiralty, or by or before any
Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change. Additionally, except as disclosed in writing to the
Lender Parties, there is no pending or, to the best of the knowledge of any
Restricted Entity, threatened action or proceeding instituted against any
Borrower or any of Restricted Subsidiary which seeks to adjudicate any Borrower
or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of
it or its debts under any Debtor Relief Law, or seeking the entry of an order
for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official
for it or for any substantial part of its Property; provided that this
Section 4.7 does not apply with respect to Environmental Claims.
Section 4.8 Compliance with Agreements.
     (a) No Restricted Entity is a party to any indenture, loan or credit
agreement or any lease or any other types of agreement or instrument or subject
to any charter or corporate restriction or provision of applicable Legal
Requirement, the performance of or compliance with which could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. No Restricted Entity is in default
under or with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or any other types of
agreement or instrument to which any Restricted Entity is a party and which
could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
     (b) No Default has occurred and is continuing. Additionally, no event of
default under any financing agreement which would constitute an Event of Default
under Section 7.1(f) has occurred and is continuing.
Section 4.9 Pension Plans. (a) Except for matters that could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, all Plans are in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA, (b) no
Termination Event has occurred with respect to any Plan that would result in an
Event of Default under Section 7.1(i), and, except for matters that could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Plan has
complied with and been administered in all material respects in accordance with
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, (c) no “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to
any Plan, and for plan years after December 31, 2007, no unpaid minimum required
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and there has been no excise tax imposed upon any Borrower or any Subsidiary
under Section 4971 of the Code, (d) to the knowledge of each Borrower, except
for matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change, no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan, and each Multiemployer Plan has complied with and been
administered in accordance with applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code,
(e) the present value of all benefits vested under each Plan (based on the
assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of the last annual valuation
date applicable thereto, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable
to such vested benefits in an amount that could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change, (f) neither Borrower nor any member of the
Controlled Group has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer
Plan for which there is any unsatisfied withdrawal liability that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or an Event of
Default under Section 7.1(j), and (g) except for matters that could not
reasonably result in a Material Adverse Change, as of the most recent valuation
date applicable thereto, neither Borrower nor any member of the Controlled Group
would become subject to any liability under ERISA if any Borrower or any
Subsidiary has received notice that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in
reorganization. Based upon GAAP existing as of the date of this Agreement and
current factual circumstances, no Restricted Entity has any reason to believe
that the annual cost during the term of this Agreement to any Borrower or any
Subsidiary for post-retirement benefits to be provided to the current and former
employees of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under Plans that are welfare benefit
plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) could, in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.10 Environmental Condition.
     (a) Permits, Etc. Each Restricted Entity (i) has obtained all material
Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership and operation of its
Properties and the conduct of its business; (ii) except as set forth in
Schedule 4.10, has at all times been and are in material compliance with all
terms and conditions of such Permits and with all other material requirements of
applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) has not received written notice of any
material violation or alleged material violation of any Environmental Law or
Environmental Permit; and (iv) is not subject to any actual or contingent
Environmental Claim which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Change.
     (b) Certain Liabilities. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, to each
Restricted Entity’s best knowledge, none of the present or previously owned or
operated Property of any Restricted Entity or of any of their former
Subsidiaries, wherever located, (i) has been placed on or proposed to be placed
on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation Liability Information System list, or their state or local analogs,
or have been otherwise investigated, designated, listed, or identified as a
potential site for removal, remediation, cleanup, closure, restoration,
reclamation, or other response activity under any Environmental Laws; (ii) is
subject to a Lien, arising under or in connection with any Environmental Laws,
that attaches to any revenues or to any Property owned or operated by any
Restricted Entity or any Subsidiary, wherever located, which could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change; or (iii) has been the site of any
Release of Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Wastes from present or past
operations which has caused at the site or at any third-party site any condition
that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in the need for
Response that could cause a Material Adverse Change.
     (c) Certain Actions. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) all notices have
been properly filed, and no further action is required under current applicable
Environmental Law as to each Response or other restoration or remedial project
undertaken by any Borrower, any of Subsidiary, or any Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary’s former Subsidiaries on any of their presently or formerly owned or
operated Property except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change and (ii) the present and, to each
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Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to arise in connection with
requirements under Environmental Laws will not result in a Material Adverse
Change.
Section 4.11 Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, neither Borrower has any
Subsidiaries other than those listed on Schedule 4.11. Each Restricted
Subsidiary (including any such Restricted Subsidiary formed or acquired
subsequent to the Effective Date), to the extent required, has complied with the
requirements of Section 5.7 and Section 5.11.
Section 4.12 Investment Company Act. No Restricted Entity is an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Restricted Entity is
subject to regulation under any Federal or state statute, regulation or other
Legal Requirement which limits its ability to incur Debt.
Section 4.13 Reserved.
Section 4.14 Taxes. Proper and accurate (in all material respects), federal,
state, local and foreign tax returns, reports and statements required to be
filed (after giving effect to any extension granted in the time for filing) by
any Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any member of the Affiliated Group as
determined under Section 1504 of the Code (hereafter collectively called the
“Tax Group”) have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities, and
all Taxes (which are material in amount) shown to be due and payable on such tax
returns have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty,
interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for non-payment thereof
except where contested in good faith and by appropriate proceeding and for which
full or adequate provisions therefor is included on the books of the appropriate
member of the Tax Group. No Restricted Entity nor any other member of the Tax
Group has given, or been requested to give, a waiver of the statute of
limitations relating to the payment of any Taxes. Proper and accurate amounts
have been withheld (including withholdings from employee wages and salaries
relating to income tax, employment insurance and Canadian Benefit Plans
contributions) by each Borrower and all other members of the Tax Group from
their employees for all periods to comply in all material respects with the tax,
social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable federal,
state, local and foreign law. Timely payment of all material sales and use taxes
required by applicable Legal Requirement have been made by each Restricted
Entity and all other members of the Tax Group.
Section 4.15 Permits, Licenses, etc. Each Restricted Entity possesses all
permits, licenses, patents, patent rights or licenses, trademarks, trademark
rights, trade names rights, and copyrights which are material to the conduct of
its business. Each Restricted Entity manages and operates its business in
accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements except where the failure to so
manage or operate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change; provided that this Section 4.15 does not apply with respect to
Environmental Permits.
Section 4.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used
by the Borrowers for the purposes described in Section 6.6. Neither Credit Party
is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U). No proceeds of any
Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock in violation of
Regulation T, U or X.
Section 4.17 Condition of Property; Casualties. The material Properties used or
to be used in the continuing operations of any Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, are in good working order and condition, normal wear and tear
excepted. Neither the business nor the material Properties of any Restricted
Entity has been affected as a result of any fire, explosion, earthquake, flood,
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cancellation of contracts, permits or concessions by a Governmental Authority,
riot, activities of armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy, which
effect could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Section 4.18 Insurance. Each Restricted Entity carries insurance (which may be
carried by the Company on a consolidated basis) with reputable insurers in
respect of such of their respective Properties, in such amounts and against such
risks as is customarily maintained by other Persons of similar size engaged in
similar businesses or, self-insure to the extent that is customary for Persons
of similar size engaged in similar businesses.
Section 4.19 Labor Agreements. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.19, no
Restricted Entity has any contracts with any labor union or employee association
nor made commitments to or conducted negotiations with any labor union or
employee association with respect to any future agreements, and no Restricted
Entity is aware of any current attempts to organize or establish any such labor
union or employee association.
Section 4.20 Security Interest. Each Credit Party has authorized the filing of
financing statements sufficient when filed to perfect the Lien created by the
Security Documents to the extent such Lien can be perfected by filing financing
statements. When such financing statements (or corresponding filings in Canada)
are filed in the offices noted therein, the Applicable Administrative Agent will
have a valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral that is capable
of being perfected by filing financing statements (or such corresponding filings
in Canada) excluding, for perfection purposes, the Excluded Perfection
Collateral.
Section 4.21 OFAC; Anti-Terrorism; Patriot Act. Neither Borrower nor any
Subsidiary of a Borrower is in violation of any of the country or list based
economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC or Canadian
Anti-Terrorism Laws. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of a Borrower (a) is a
Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) a “blocked” person listed in Annex
to Executive Order Nos. 12947, 13099 and 13224 and all modifications thereto or
thereof or on any lists maintained by the OFAC pursuant to the Patriot Act or
any other list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained pursuant to
any of the rules and regulations of the OFAC issued pursuant to the Patriot Act
or on any other list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained
pursuant to the Patriot Act, (c) has its assets located in Sanctioned Entities,
(d) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned
Persons or Sanctioned Entities, (e) is listed as a Specially Designated
Terrorist (as defined in the Patriot Act), (f) has received any notice from the
Secretary of State of the Attorney General of the United States or any other
department, agency or office of the United States claiming a violation or
possible violation of the Patriot Act, (g) is a Person who has been determined
by competent authority to be subject to any of the prohibitions contained in the
Patriot Act, or (h) is owned or controlled by or now acting and/or will be in
the future acting for or on behalf of any Person named in the Annex referred to
in clause (b) above or any other list promulgated under the Patriot Act or any
other Person who has been determined to be subject to the prohibitions contained
in the Patriot Act. Each Borrower and each Subsidiary of a Borrower is in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
and all other requirements contained in the rules and regulations of the OFAC.
No proceeds of any Advance will be used to fund any operations in, finance any
investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a
Sanctioned Entity.
Section 4.22 Solvency. Before and after giving effect to the making of each
Credit Extension after the Effective Date, the Credit Parties are, when taken as
a whole, Solvent.
ARTICLE V
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          So long as any Obligation shall remain unpaid, any Lender shall have
any Commitment hereunder, or there shall exist any Letter of Credit Exposure,
the Company agrees to comply with the following covenants.
Section 5.1 Organization. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain its partnership, limited
liability company or corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in
the jurisdiction of its organization. The Company shall, and shall cause each of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to qualify and remain qualified as a foreign
business entity in each jurisdiction in which qualification is necessary or
desirable in view of its business and operations or the ownership of its
Properties and where failure to qualify could reasonably be expected to cause a
Material Adverse Change. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any transaction
permitted by Section 6.7 or Section 6.8.
Section 5.2 Reporting.
     (a) Annual Financial Reports. The Company shall provide, or shall cause to
be provided, to the Administrative Agents with sufficient copies for the
Lenders, as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days (or within five
days after such shorter time period as may be required under Securities Law for
the filing of its Form 10-K) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, (i) the unqualified
audited annual Financial Statements, all prepared in conformity with GAAP
consistently applied and all as audited by Grant Thornton or other certified
public accountants reasonably acceptable to the US Administrative Agent, and
(ii) the unaudited annual Financial Statements, all prepared in conformity with
GAAP consistently applied, together with a duly completed Compliance Certificate
that shall include a certification by an authorized financial officer of the
Company that no Default has occurred and is continuing.
     (b) Quarterly Financial Reports. The Company shall provide to the
Administrative Agents with sufficient copies for the Lenders, as soon as
available, but in any event within 45 days (or within five days after such
shorter time period as may be required under Securities Law for the filing of
its Form 10-K) after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Company: (i) an internally prepared Financial Statement as of
the close of such fiscal quarter, (ii) a comparison of such balance sheet and
the related consolidated statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flow
to the balance sheet and related consolidated statements of income, retained
earnings, and cash flow for the corresponding fiscal period of the preceding
fiscal year, (iii) any other such items as either Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, all of which shall be certified as accurate by an authorized
financial officer of the Company, and (iv) a duly completed Compliance
Certificate that shall include a certification by an authorized financial
officer of the Company that no Default has occurred and is continuing.
     (c) Defaults. The Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents
promptly, but in any event within three Business Days after knowledge of the
occurrence thereof, a notice of each Default or Event of Default known to the
Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary, together with a statement of an officer
of the Company setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and
the actions which the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect
thereto.
     (d) Other Creditors. The Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents
promptly after the giving or receipt thereof, copies of any default notices
given or received by US Borrower or by any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the
terms of any indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement, or similar agreement
evidencing or relating to Debt in a principal amount equal to or greater than
$5,000,000.
     (e) Litigation. The Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent
promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, and
proceedings before any Governmental Authority, affecting any Restricted Entity
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     (f) Environmental Notices. Promptly upon, and in any event no later than
15 days after, the receipt thereof, or the acquisition of knowledge thereof, by
a Borrower or any Subsidiary, the Company shall provide the Administrative
Agents with a copy of any form of request, claim, complaint, order, notice,
summons or citation received from any Governmental Authority or any other
Person, (i) concerning violations or alleged violations of Environmental Laws,
which seeks to impose liability therefore in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii) concerning any action or omission on the part of any of the Credit Parties
or any of their former Subsidiaries in connection with Hazardous Waste or
Hazardous Substances which could reasonably result in the imposition of
liability in excess of $5,000,000 or requiring that action be taken to respond
to or clean up a Release of Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Waste into the
environment and such action or clean-up could reasonably be expected to exceed
$5,000,000, including without limitation any information request related to, or
notice of, potential responsibility under CERCLA, or (iii) concerning the filing
of a Lien (other than Permitted Lien) upon, against or in connection with a
Borrower, any Subsidiary, or any of their respective former Subsidiaries, or any
of their leased or owned Property, wherever located.
     (g) Material Changes. The Company shall provide to the Administrative
Agents prompt written notice of any condition or event of which the Company or
any Subsidiary has knowledge, which condition or event has resulted or may
reasonably be expected to result in (i) a Material Adverse Change or (ii) a
breach of or noncompliance with any material term, condition, or covenant of any
material contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which
their Properties may be bound which breach or noncompliance could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
     (h) Termination Events. As soon as possible and in any event (i) within
30 days after the Company or any member of the Controlled Group knows or has
reason to know that any Termination Event described in clause (a) of the
definition of Termination Event with respect to any Plan has occurred, and
(ii) within 10 days after the Company or any member of the Controlled Group
knows or has reason to know that any other Termination Event with respect to any
Plan has occurred, the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents a
statement of an authorized officer of the Company describing such Termination
Event and the action, if any, which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
proposes to take with respect thereto;
     (i) Termination of Plans. Promptly and in any event within five Business
Days after receipt thereof by a Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group
from the PBGC, the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents copies of
each notice received by the Company or any such member of the Controlled Group
of the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to
administer any Plan;
     (j) Other ERISA Notices. Promptly and in any event within five Business
Days after receipt thereof by the Company or any member of the Controlled Group
from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, the Company shall provide to the
Administrative Agents a copy of each notice received by the Company or any
member of the Controlled Group concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal
liability imposed on the Company or any member of the Controlled Group pursuant
to Section 4202 of ERISA;
     (k) Other Governmental Notices. Promptly and in any event within five
Business Days after receipt thereof by any Restricted Entity, the Company shall
provide to the Administrative Agents a copy of any notice, summons, citation, or
proceeding seeking to modify in any material respect, revoke, or suspend any
material contract, license, permit, or agreement with any Governmental
Authority;
     (l) Disputes; etc. The Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents
prompt written notice of (i) any claims, legal or arbitration proceedings,
proceedings before any Governmental Authority, or disputes, or to the knowledge
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Restricted Entity, which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected
to cause a Material Adverse Change, or any material labor controversy of which
any Restricted Entity has knowledge resulting in or reasonably considered to be
likely to result in a strike against any Restricted Entity, and (ii) any claim,
judgment, Lien or other encumbrance (other than a Permitted Lien) affecting any
Property of any Restricted Entity, if the value of the claim, judgment, Lien, or
other encumbrance affecting such Property shall exceed $5,000,000;
     (m) Annual Budget. Promptly and in any event within 90 days after the end
of a fiscal year (“Preceding Year”), the Company shall provide to the
Administrative Agents with sufficient copies for the Lenders, (i) the projected
consolidated statements of income and retained earnings, and (ii) the projected
cash flow budget and operating budget, including the balance sheet as of the end
of the Preceding Year, for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in any
case, for the twelve month period immediately following the Preceding Year.
     (n) Other Information. Subject to the confidentiality provisions of
Section 9.8, the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agents such other
information respecting the business, operations, or Property of the Company or
of any Subsidiary, financial or otherwise, as any Lender through an
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Section 5.3 Insurance.
     (a) The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, with
reputable insurers in respect of such of their respective Properties, carry and
maintain insurance in such amounts and against such risks as is customarily
maintained by other Persons of similar size engaged in similar businesses or,
self-insure to the extent that is customary for Persons of similar size engaged
in similar businesses. In addition, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall comply with all requirements regarding insurance contained in the Security
Documents to which it or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party.
     (b) Certificates of insurance, and endorsements and renewals thereof shall
be delivered by the Company to and retained by the Applicable Administrative
Agent. All policies of (i) property insurance with respect to the US Collateral
either shall have attached thereto a lender’s loss payable endorsement in favor
of the US Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the US
Secured Parties or name the US Administrative Agent as loss payee for its
benefit and the ratable benefit of the US Secured Parties, in either case, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the US Administrative Agent, (ii) property
insurance with respect to the Canadian Collateral either shall have attached
thereto a lender’s loss payable endorsement in favor of the Canadian
Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Canadian
Secured Parties or name the Canadian Administrative Agent as loss payee for its
benefit and the ratable benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties, in either case,
in form reasonably satisfactory to the Canadian Administrative Agent, and
(iii) liability insurance shall name the US Administrative Agent for its benefit
and the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties as an additional insured. All
certificates of insurance shall set forth the coverage, the limits of liability,
the name of the carrier, the policy number, and the period of coverage. All such
policies shall contain a provision that notwithstanding any contrary agreements
between a Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the applicable insurance
company, such policies will not be canceled or allowed to lapse without renewal
without at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Applicable Administrative
Agent. In the event that, notwithstanding the “lender’s loss payable
endorsement” requirement of this Section 5.3, the proceeds of any insurance
policy described above are paid to a Borrower or a Restricted Entity, the
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, such proceeds to the Applicable
Administrative Agent immediately upon receipt.
     (c) If at any time the area in which the Mortgaged Property (as defined in
the US Mortgages) are located is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood
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Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), the Company shall, and
shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, obtain flood insurance in
such total amount as required by Regulation H of the Federal Reserve Board or
Part 22 to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in either case, as from
time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder
or thereof, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as
set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended
from time to time.
     (d) Any proceeds of insurance referred to in this Section 5.3 which are
paid to any Administrative Agent shall (i) if no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, be returned to the Applicable Borrower to be applied as
permitted by Section 2.7, and (ii) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, be immediately applied to the Secured Obligations in accordance with
Section 7.6.
Section 5.4 Compliance with Laws. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to, comply with all federal, state, provincial,
territorial and local laws and regulations (including Environmental Laws) which
are applicable to the operations and Property of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary and maintain all related permits necessary for the ownership and
operation of the Company’s and such Restricted Subsidiary’s Property and
business, except in any case where the failure to so comply could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, provided that this
Section 5.4 shall not prevent the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
from, in good faith and with reasonable diligence, contesting the validity or
application of any such laws or regulations by appropriate legal proceedings for
which adequate reserves have been established.
Section 5.5 Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary
to pay and discharge all material Taxes imposed on the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, respectively, prior to the date on which penalties
attach; provided that nothing in this Section 5.5 shall require the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any Tax which is being contested in
good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with GAAP.
Section 5.6 [Reserved].
Section 5.7 Security. The Company agrees that at all times before the
termination of this Agreement, payment in full of the Obligations (other than
reimbursement and indemnity obligations which survive but are not due and
payable), and termination in full of the Commitments, the Applicable
Administrative Agent shall have an Acceptable Security Interest in the
applicable Collateral to secure the performance and payment of the applicable
Secured Obligations as set forth in the applicable Security Documents. The
Company shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to take such actions,
including execution and delivery of any Security Documents necessary to:
     (a) create, perfect and maintain an Acceptable Security Interest in favor
of the US Administrative Agent in the following Properties of the Company and
any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired: (i) all Equity Interests issued by any Domestic Subsidiary,
(ii) 100% of Equity Interests issued by First Tier Foreign Subsidiaries but, in
any event, no more than 66% of the outstanding Voting Securities issued by any
First Tier Foreign Subsidiary; and (iii) the Existing Mortgaged Properties, and
(iv) all other Properties other than (A) real properties and Equity Interests in
a Subsidiary, each of which is discussed elsewhere under this Section and
(B) Excluded Properties (US); and
     (b) create, perfect and maintain an Acceptable Security Interest in favor
of the Canadian Administrative Agent in all Properties (other than Excluded
Properties (Canada)) of the Canadian Borrower and any Foreign Subsidiary,
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For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
Section 5.7 or any other provisions of the Credit Documents, (A) neither the
Company nor any Domestic Subsidiary shall be required to grant any security
interest in more than 66% of the Voting Securities in any First Tier Foreign
Subsidiary and (B) none of the Property of any Foreign Subsidiary shall ever
serve as collateral or other security for the US Facility (including US
Swingline Advances).
Section 5.8 Records; Inspection. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to maintain proper, complete and consistent books of
record with respect to such Person’s operations, affairs, and financial
condition. From time to time upon reasonable prior notice, the Company shall
permit any Lender and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to permit any
Lender, at such reasonable times and intervals and to a reasonable extent and
under the reasonable guidance of officers of or employees delegated by officers
of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, to, subject to any applicable
confidentiality considerations, examine and copy the books and records of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, to visit and inspect the Property of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, and to discuss the business operations
and Property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with the officers and
directors thereof.
Section 5.9 Maintenance of Property. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Restricted Subsidiary to, maintain their owned, leased, or operated Property in
good condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted; and shall abstain
from, and cause each Restricted Subsidiary to abstain from, knowingly or
willfully permitting the commission of waste or other injury, destruction, or
loss of natural resources, or the occurrence of pollution, contamination, or any
other condition in, on or about the owned or operated Property involving the
Environment that could reasonably be expected to result in Response activities
and that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Section 5.10 Landlord Agreements. The Company shall, and shall cause the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain lien waivers or subordination agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent and executed by each
landlord with respect to each parcel of property leased by the Company or one of
its Restricted Subsidiaries where 20% or more of the aggregate value of the
Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Inventory is located.
Section 5.11 Designations with Respect to Subsidiaries.
     (a) Any Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date shall be
deemed a Restricted Subsidiary unless initially designated by the US Borrower as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.11(a)
or subsequently designated by the US Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 5.11(b). No Borrower may acquire or form any new
Subsidiary or initially designate such new Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless each of the following conditions are satisfied in connection
with such acquisition, formation or designation:
(i) immediately before and after giving effect to such acquisition, formation,
or designation, no Default shall exist and be continuing;
(ii) the US Borrower shall deliver to the US Administrative Agent each of the
items set forth in Schedule 5.11 attached hereto with respect to each Subsidiary
created after the Effective Date (and not initially designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent required in Schedule 5.11;
(iii) the Borrowers shall otherwise be in compliance with Sections 5.7, 6.3, 6.4
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(iv) such initial designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall occur either
(A) concurrently with the acquisition or formation of such new Subsidiary or
(B) prior to such new Subsidiary becoming a Credit Party.
     (b) The US Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary and may designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) before and after giving effect to
such designation, no Default shall exist, (ii) the US Borrower can demonstrate
compliance with the covenants in Article VI (including Section 6.8 and
Section 6.15) as of the date of such designation, both before and after giving
effect to such designation, in such detail as is reasonably acceptable to the US
Administrative Agent, (iii) such designation shall be made effective as of a
quarter end, (iv) if such designation is made in connection with the designation
of a Canadian Borrower under Section 5.17, then such other requirements and
conditions set forth therein have been satisfied, (v) if such designation is to
make an Unrestricted Subsidiary a Restricted Subsidiary, such Restricted
Subsidiary shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent each of the
items set forth in Schedule 5.11 to the extent required therein, and (vi) only
two such designations may be made as to any particular Subsidiary.
     (c) The US Borrower shall deliver to the US Administrative Agent, within 20
Business Days after any such designation, a certificate of the chief financial
officer of the US Borrower stating the effective date of such designation and
stating that the applicable foregoing conditions have been satisfied.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
     So long as any Obligation shall remain unpaid, any Lender shall have any
Commitment hereunder, or there shall exist any Letter of Credit Exposure, the
Company agrees to comply with the following covenants.
Section 6.1 Debt. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, suffer to exist, or in any manner become
liable, directly, indirectly, or contingently in respect of, any Debt other than
the following (collectively, the “Permitted Debt”):
     (a) Debt of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents;
     (b) (i) intercompany Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business owed
by a US Credit Party to another US Credit Party; and (ii) intercompany Debt
incurred in the ordinary course of business owed by a Foreign Credit Party to
another Foreign Credit Party; provided that, in any case and if applicable, such
Debt as an investment is also permitted in Section 6.3;
     (c) Debt for borrowed money incurred after the Effective Date under senior,
unsecured notes or convertible debentures; provided that (i) such Debt is
unsecured, (ii) the maintenance covenants and financial ratios under instruments
or agreements governing the credit facility for such Debt (including, without
limitation, indentures) are not more restrictive than such covenants under the
Facilities as reasonably determined by the US Administrative Agent which
determination will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, (iii) the scheduled
maturity of such Debt is at least six months past the scheduled Maturity Date
and no amortization payments, mandatory prepayments, or repurchases of such Debt
are required thereunder other than at the scheduled maturity thereof (other than
amortization payments, mandatory prepayments or repurchases required in respect
of such Debt in connection with the occurrence of an event of default under such
Debt, a change of control of the issuer (including a disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the US Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, a liquidation or dissolution of the US Borrower, or any event
constituting a Change of Control (as defined herein) or an asset sale by the
issuer or a Subsidiary thereof), (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in
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with the covenants set forth in this Agreement, both before and after giving
effect to each incurrence of such Debt, and (v) the aggregate principal amount
of such Debt does not exceed $600,000,000;
     (d) unsecured Debt existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Part A
of Schedule 6.1 (including the Existing HY Debt) and including any refinancings,
replacements and renewals of such existing unsecured Debt so long as (i) any
such refinancing, replacement or renewal Debt is in an aggregate principal
amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Debt being renewed
or refinanced, plus the amount of any premiums required to be paid thereon and
reasonable fees and expenses associated therewith, (ii) such refinancing,
replacement or renewal Debt is unsecured, and (iii) such refinancing,
replacement or renewal Debt meets the conditions set forth in clause (ii),
(iii) and (iv) of Section 6.1(c) above;
     (e) unsecured Debt not otherwise permitted under the preceding provisions
of this Section 6.1; provided that, the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of Debt permitted under this clause (e) shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any
time;
     (f) secured Debt in the form of one or more letter of credit facilities
which are secured only with cash collateral (including the deposit account that
holds such cash collateral); provided that, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Debt permitted under this clause (f) shall not exceed $75,000,000 at
any time;
     (g) Insurance Premium Debt; and
     (h) the following secured Debt; provided that, the aggregate principal
amount of all such Debt shall not exceed 10% of the Company’s consolidated Net
Worth at any time and neither Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary may enter
into additional indebtedness of the type described in this clause (h) if a
Default is continuing or entering into the additional indebtedness could
reasonably be expected to cause a Default:
(i) purchase money indebtedness or Capital Leases;
(ii) Debt secured by Liens of the type described in Section 6.2(f); and
(iii) Secured Debt existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Part B of
Schedule 6.1.
Section 6.2 Liens. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien
on the Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any right to receive any
income, other than the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”) but
subject to the limitation in Section 6.5(b):
     (a) Liens securing the Secured Obligations or the Canadian Obligations, in
any case, pursuant to the Security Documents;
     (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, builder’s,
carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s liens, and other similar liens arising in
the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not overdue for a
period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
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     (c) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business out of pledges or
deposits under workers compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age
pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar
legislation to secure public or statutory obligations;
     (d) Liens for taxes, assessment, or other governmental charges which are
not yet due and payable or which are being actively contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings;
     (e) Liens securing purchase money debt and Capital Leases permitted under
Section 6.1(h); provided that each such Lien encumbers only the Property
purchased in connection with the creation of any such purchase money debt and
the amount secured thereby is not increased;
     (f) Liens on Property of Persons which become Restricted Subsidiaries of a
Borrower after the Effective Date and securing Permitted Debt; provided that,
(i) such Liens are in existence at the time the respective Persons become
Restricted Subsidiaries of a Borrower and were not created in anticipation
thereof and (ii) the Debt secured by such Liens (A) is secured only by such
Property and not by any other assets of any other Restricted Entity, and (B) is
not increased in amount;
     (g) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements or PPSA
filings regarding operating leases to the extent such operating leases are
permitted hereby;
     (h) encumbrances consisting of minor easements, zoning restrictions, or
other restrictions on the use of real property that do not (individually or in
the aggregate) materially affect the value of the assets encumbered thereby or
materially impair the ability of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to
use such assets in its business, and none of which is violated in any material
aspect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
     (i) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision
relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and
burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository
institution;
     (j) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders,
surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money
bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory
obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
     (k) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default,
provided that (i) any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly
initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated
or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have
expired and (ii) no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced;
     (l) in respect of any parcel of Real Property, defects or irregularities in
the title to such Real Property which in the opinion of the Administrative
Agents are of a minor nature and which, in the aggregate, will not materially
impair the use of such Real Property for the purposes for which such Real
Property is held by the owner thereof;
     (m) Liens existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.2 and
covering only such property that is covered by such Lien on the Effective Date;
     (n) Liens on cash and the deposit account holding such cash and securing
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     (o) Liens on the proceeds of insurance the premium of which were financed
with Insurance Premium Debt.
Section 6.3 Investments. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, make or hold any direct or indirect investment in any
Person, including capital contributions to the Person, investments in or the
acquisition of the debt or equity securities of the Person, or any loans,
guaranties, trade credit, or other extensions of credit to any Person, other
than the following (collectively, the “Permitted Investments”):
     (a) investments in the form of trade credit to customers of a Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business and
represented by accounts from such customers;
     (b) Liquid Investments;
     (c) loans, advances, or capital contributions to, or investments in, or
purchases or commitments to purchase any stock or other securities or evidences
of indebtedness of or interests in any Person and existing on the Effective
Date, in each case as specified in the attached Schedule 6.3; provided that, the
respective amounts of such loans, advances, capital contributions, investments,
purchases and commitments shall not be increased (other than appreciation);
     (d) contributions, loans, or advances to, or investments in a US Credit
Party made by a US Credit Party and in a Foreign Credit Party made by a Foreign
Credit Party; provided that, such contributions, loans, or advances to, or
investments are subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable
to the Applicable Administrative Agent;
     (e) promissory notes and other noncash consideration received by the Credit
Parties in connection with any asset sale permitted hereunder, with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers, or with the settlement
of delinquent obligations of, and disputes with, customers and suppliers arising
in the ordinary course of business;
     (f) creation or acquisition of and additional contributions, loans or
advances to, or investments in, any additional Subsidiaries in compliance with
Section 5.7, Section 5.11 and Section 6.15; provided that, (i) any
contributions, loans, or advances to, or investments in such Subsidiary (other
than the initial capitalization of such Subsidiary) by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall be otherwise permitted under this Section 6.3, (ii) any
contributions, loans, or advances to, or investments in any Unrestricted
Subsidiary by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed
$25,000,000 in the aggregate (other than increases through appreciation) at any
time outstanding, and (iii) if any Restricted Payments made by Unrestricted
Subsidiaries are included in the calculation of the Company’s consolidated
EBITDA of any period for any purpose under this Agreement, then no
contributions, loans, or advances to, or investments may be made by any
Restricted Entity in such applicable Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period
(under this clause (f) or otherwise) unless the US Borrower would otherwise be
in compliance with the applicable covenant without taking into account such
Restricted Payments from the Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
     (g) contributions, loans, or advances to, or investments in Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.3 in an
aggregate outstanding amount not in excess of the greater of (i) $150,000,000
and (ii) 15% of CNTA, in any case, not including increases through appreciation;
provided that (A) if such loan or advance is made to a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a US Credit Party, such loan or advance is evidenced by an
unsecured, intercompany note in such form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the US Administrative and the US Administrative Agent shall have a first
priority Lien in such intercompany note and the receivable evidenced thereby,
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contribution, loan, advance or investment would cause the outstanding aggregate
amount of contributions, loans, advances or investments permitted under this
clause (g) to exceed $150,000,000, then before and after giving effect to such
contribution, loan, advance or investment, Liquidity shall be greater than or
equal to $100,000,000 on the date of the effectiveness of such contribution,
loan, advance or investment; and
     (h) other investments, loans and advances in an aggregate amount (valued at
cost or outstanding principal amount, as the case may be) not greater than
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
Section 6.4 Acquisitions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, make an Acquisition in a transaction or related series
of transactions; provided that, an Acquisition may be made so long as, both
before and after giving effect to such Acquisition: (a) no Default or Event of
Default exists; (b) Liquidity is greater than or equal to $15,000,000; (c) such
Acquisition is substantially related to the business of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and is not hostile; and (d) the Total
Debt Leverage Ratio (calculated as of the fiscal quarter ending immediately
prior to effective date of such Acquisition and as of the effective date of the
Acquisition) shall be less than 3.50 to 1.00, and, if requested by the US
Administrative Agent in connection with any such Acquisition the net cash
proceeds of which exceed $20,000,000, the US Borrower has delivered to the US
Administrative Agent a compliance certificate evidencing such pro forma
compliance duly executed by the chief financial officer of the US Borrower.
Section 6.5 Agreements Restricting Liens; Negative Pledge. (a) The Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or
permit to exist any contract, agreement or understanding (other than this
Agreement, the Security Documents and agreements governing Debt permitted by
Section 6.1(h) to the extent such restrictions govern only the asset financed
pursuant to such Debt incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(h)) which in any way
prohibits or restricts the granting, conveying, creation or imposition of any
Lien on any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure
the Secured Obligations or restricts any Restricted Subsidiary from paying
Restricted Payments to any parent company that is a Restricted Entity, or which
requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not, nor
shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or permit to exist any Lien
on any Equity Interests issued by a Foreign Subsidiary, other than (i) a Lien in
favor of the Applicable Administrative Agent and (ii) a Lien to the extent it is
permitted under Section 6.2(d) or Section 6.2(k).
Section 6.6 Use of Proceeds; Use of Letters of Credit. The Company shall not,
nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to: (a) use the proceeds of the Revolving
Advances for any purposes other than (i) to refinance the advances and other
obligations outstanding under the Restated Agreement, (ii) for working capital
purposes, and (iii) for general corporate purposes, including capital
expenditures and the payment of fees and expenses related to the entering into
of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; or (b) use the proceeds of the
Swingline Advances or the Letters of Credit for any purposes other than (i) for
working capital purposes and (ii) for general corporate purposes. Neither
Borrower shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly use any part of the proceeds of Advances or Letters of Credit for any
purpose which violates, or is inconsistent with, Regulations T, U, or X.
Section 6.7 Corporate Actions; Accounting Changes.
     (a) The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Person, except that
(i) any US Credit Party may merge, amalgamate or be consolidated with or into
the US Borrower or any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Foreign Credit
Party may merge, amalgamate or be consolidated with or into any Foreign
Restricted Subsidiary; and (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate
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Subsidiary with the Unrestricted Subsidiary being the surviving entity if the
designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary would be
permitted under Section 5.11(b); provided that, in the case of the foregoing
clauses (i) and (ii), (A) immediately after giving effect to any such proposed
transaction no Default would exist, (B) in the case of any such transaction to
which the US Borrower is a party, the US Borrower is the surviving entity,
(C) in the case of any such transaction to which the Canadian Borrower is a
party, the Canadian Borrower or, if the US Borrower is involved, the US
Borrower, is the surviving entity, and (D) in the case of any such transaction
to which a Credit Party is a party, the surviving entity must be a Credit Party.
     (b) The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, change its name or reorganize in another jurisdiction, or in any manner
rearrange its business structure as it exists on the date of this Agreement,
provided that the Company may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
change its name, reorganize in another jurisdiction or in any manner rearrange
its business structure if the Company gives written notice thereof to the
Administrative Agents within thirty (30) days thereafter.
     (c) The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Credit Party to, modify
or change its organizational documents in any manner that could reasonably be
expected to be adverse to any Secured Party or Related Party other than such
modification or changes necessary to effect a transaction permitted hereunder.
     (d) The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to, modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting in any material
respect (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) without providing at
least 30 days prior written notice thereof to the US Administrative Agent.
Section 6.8 Sale of Assets. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to make a Disposition of any of its assets outside the
ordinary course of business, except that:
     (a) the Restricted Entities may, during any fiscal year of the Company make
a Disposition of assets (including Equity Interests in any Subsidiary) outside
the ordinary course of business up to an aggregate net book value equal to 10%
of aggregate, consolidated net book value of the fixed assets of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries as set forth in the Financial Statements most
recently delivered under Section 5.2; provided that such assets may not be
Disposed for an amount which is less than fair market value;
     (b) any US Credit Party may make a Disposition of any of its assets to any
other US Credit Party so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or would be caused thereby; provided that the receiving US Credit
Party shall ratify, grant and confirm the Liens on such assets (and any other
related Collateral) pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the US
Administrative Agent;
     (c) any Foreign Credit Party may make a Disposition of any of its assets to
any other Foreign Credit Party so long as no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby; provided that the
receiving Foreign Credit Party shall ratify, grant and confirm the Liens on such
assets (and any other related Collateral) pursuant to documentation satisfactory
to the Canadian Administrative Agent; and
     (d) the Credit Parties may make a Disposition of the Felderhoff Assets;
provided that such assets may not be sold for an amount which is less than fair
market value.
Section 6.9 Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to make any Restricted Payments except that so long as no
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     (a) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the US
Borrower or any other US Credit Party; and (ii) any Foreign Restricted
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Borrower or any other Credit
Party;
     (b) the Company may issue common Equity Interests upon conversion of any
convertible Debt securities of the Company permitted to be incurred under
Section 6.1(c) hereof and, in connection therewith, the Company may make cash
payments in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in respect thereof;
     (c) the Company may (i) purchase any call or capped call option (or
substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common Equity
Interests to the extent such call or capped call option (or substantively
equivalent derivative transaction) is permitted under the proviso to
Section 6.16 hereof and (ii) settle any call option (or warrant or substantively
equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common Equity Interests
which is permitted under the proviso to Section 6.16 hereof by delivery of
common Equity Interests; and
     (d) the Company may make Restricted Payments in the form of cash to its
equity holders so long as, before and after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists, and (ii) the sum of
(A) aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments permitted under this clause (d)
plus (B) the aggregate amount of Debt prepayments, redemptions, purchases or
defeasances permitted under Section 6.20(e) does not exceed the Permitted
Distribution Amount.
Section 6.10 Affiliate Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of transactions (including, but not limited to,
the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the making of any investment,
the giving of any guaranty, the assumption of any obligation or the rendering of
any service) with any of their Affiliates unless such transaction or series of
transactions is on terms no less favorable to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as applicable, than those that could be obtained in a comparable
arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not such an affiliate.
Section 6.11 Line of Business. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Restricted Entity to, change the character of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries
collective business as conducted on the date of this Agreement, or engage in any
type of business not reasonably related to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
collective business as presently and normally conducted.
Section 6.12 Hazardous Materials. Except where the failure could not reasonably
be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, the Company (a) shall not, nor
shall it permit any Subsidiary to, create, handle, transport, use, or dispose of
any Hazardous Substance or Hazardous Waste, except in material compliance with
Environmental Law; and (b) shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to,
release any Hazardous Substance or Hazardous Waste into the environment and
shall not permit its or any Subsidiary’s Property to be subjected to any release
of Hazardous Substance or Hazardous Waste, except in compliance with
Environmental Law.
Section 6.13 Compliance with ERISA. Except for matters that individually or in
the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse
Change, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly: (a) engage in any transaction in connection with which the
Company or any Subsidiary could be subjected to either a civil penalty assessed
pursuant to section 502(c), (i) or (l) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Chapter 43
of Subtitle D of the Code; (b) terminate, or permit any member of the Controlled
Group to terminate, any Plan in a manner, or take any other action with respect
to any Plan, which could result in any liability to the Company, any Subsidiary
or any member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC; (c) fail to make, or permit
any member of the Controlled Group to fail to make, full payment when due of all
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agreement relating thereto or applicable Legal Requirement, the Company, a
Subsidiary or member of the Controlled Group is required to pay as contributions
thereto; (d) permit to exist, or allow any Subsidiary or any member of the
Controlled Group to permit to exist, any accumulated funding deficiency within
the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code, whether or not
waived, with respect to any Plan; (e) permit, or allow any member of the
Controlled Group to permit, the actuarial present value of the benefit
liabilities (as “actuarial present value of the benefit liabilities” shall have
the meaning specified in section 4041 of ERISA) under any Plan that is regulated
under Title IV of ERISA to exceed the current value of the assets (computed on a
plan termination basis in accordance with Title IV of ERISA) of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities; (f) contribute to or assume an obligation
to contribute to, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to contribute to
or assume an obligation to contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan; (g) acquire,
or permit any member of the Controlled Group to acquire, an interest in any
Person that causes such Person to become a member of the Controlled Group if
such Person sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or at any time in the
six-year period preceding such acquisition has sponsored, maintained, or
contributed to, (1) any Multiemployer Plan, or (2) any other Plan that is
subject to Title IV of ERISA under which the actuarial present value of the
benefit liabilities under such Plan exceeds the current value of the assets
(computed on a plan termination basis in accordance with Title IV of ERISA) of
such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities; (h) incur, or permit any member
of the Controlled Group to incur, a liability to or on account of a Plan under
sections 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA; (i) contribute to or
assume an obligation to contribute to any employee welfare benefit plan, as
defined in section 3(1) of ERISA, including, without limitation, any such plan
maintained to provide benefits to former employees of such entities, that may
not be terminated by such entities in their sole discretion at any time without
any liability; or (j) amend or permit any member of the Controlled Group to
amend, a Plan resulting in an increase in current liability such that the
Company, any Subsidiary or any member of the Controlled Group is required to
provide security to such Plan under section 401(a)(29) of the Code.
Section 6.14 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall
it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell or transfer to a Person any
Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, if at the time or thereafter
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall lease as lessee such Property or
any part thereof or other Property which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the Property sold or
transferred unless the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased
or disposed of pursuant to this Section 6.14 at any time does not, in the
aggregate during any fiscal year, exceed 5% of consolidated Net Worth of the
Company calculated as of such fiscal year end.
Section 6.15 Non-Obligors/Unrestricted Entities. The Company shall not, nor
shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) permit the Net
Tangible Assets legally, beneficially and directly owned by the US Credit
Parties to be less than 85% of the Net Tangible Assets of the US Borrower and
its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) permit the EBITDA attributable
to the US Credit Parties to be less than 85% of the consolidated EBITDA of the
US Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as established in
accordance with GAAP and as reflected in the financial statements most recently
delivered to the US Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms hereof. The
Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
(i) permit any Subsidiary that directly owns more than 6% of the consolidated
Net Tangible Assets of the US Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or (ii) permit any Subsidiary which has EBITDA
attributable to it in excess of 6% of the consolidated EBITDA of the US Borrower
and its Subsidiaries to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Section 6.16 Limitation on Hedging. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, (a) purchase, assume, or hold a speculative
position in any commodities market or futures market or enter into any Hedging
Arrangement for speculative purposes; or (b) be party to or otherwise enter into
any Hedging Arrangement which (i) is entered into for reasons other than as a
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business operations as a risk management strategy and/or hedge against changes
resulting from market conditions related to the Company’s or its Restricted
Subsidiaries’ operations, or (ii) obligates the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary to any margin call requirements; provided, however, that the Company
shall be permitted to purchase a call or capped call option (or substantively
equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common Equity Interests in
connection with an issuance of convertible Debt securities permitted to be
incurred under Section 6.1(c) hereof and sell a call option (or warrant or
substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common Equity
Interests substantially concurrently with any such purchase so long as (y) the
purchase price for the call option (or equivalent transaction), less the
proceeds from the sale of the call option (or warrant or equivalent transaction)
does not exceed 50% of the net proceeds from such issuance of convertible Debt,
and (z) any early termination or settlement of such options does not result in
any payments to be made by the Company other than delivery of its common Equity
Interests. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Hedging
Arrangements entered into by any Restricted Entity to hedge against fuel costs
related to its operations (A) for purposes of clause (b)(i) above, are part of
its normal business operations and part of its risk management strategy, and
(B) for purposes of clause (a) above, are not speculative.
Section 6.17 Capital Expenditures. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur or expend any Capital Expenditure; provided
that, a Capital Expenditure may be incurred or expended so long as, both before
and after giving effect to such Capital Expenditure, (a) no Default or Event of
Default exists, (b) Liquidity is greater than or equal to $15,000,000 and
(c) the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (calculated as of the fiscal quarter ending
immediately prior to effective date of such Capital Expenditure and as of the
effective date of such Capital Expenditure) shall be less than 3.50 to 1.00;
provided that, if the requirements in clause (b) or (c) are not satisfied in
connection with any particular Capital Expenditure, then such Capital
Expenditure shall, nevertheless, be permitted so long as the aggregate Capital
Expenditures expended during any four fiscal quarter period does not exceed 100%
of the consolidated EBITDA for the US Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such four fiscal quarter period.
Section 6.18 Landlord Agreements. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries to hold, store or otherwise maintain more than
20% of the aggregate value of the Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’
Inventory at locations which are not owned by a Credit Party or which are not
covered by a lien waiver or subordination agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Applicable Administrative Agent.
Section 6.19 Amendment of Debt Terms. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, without prior written consent of the US
Administrative Agent, amend any of the documents or terms governing the Existing
HY Debt (including any renewals, refinancing or replacements thereof), or any
other senior, unsecured notes issued by the Company which is permitted under
Section 6.1(c), the effect of which could reasonably be adverse to the Lenders
as determined in the US Administrative Agent’s sole reasonable discretion.
Section 6.20 Prepayment of Certain Debt. The Company shall not, nor shall it
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease
or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or
make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Debt, except:
     (a) the prepayment of the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
     (b) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of Permitted
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     (c) so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, other
prepayments of Permitted Debt not described in the immediately preceding clauses
(a) and (b), but specifically excluding any prepayments, redemptions, purchases,
defeasance, or other satisfaction of Debt permitted under Section 6.1(c) or (d);
     (d) the prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance of the Existing HY
Debt so long as, after giving effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or
defeasance, (i) the Total Debt Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.50 to 1.00,
and (ii) the aggregate US Commitments that are unused and available hereunder is
equal to or greater than $50,000,000; and
     (e) the prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance of unsecured, senior
notes or convertible debentures that are permitted under Section 6.1(c) so long
as, before and after giving effect to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or
defeasance, (i) the Total Debt Leverage Ratio would be less than 2.50 to 1.00,
and (ii) the sum of (A) aggregate amount of such prepayments, redemptions,
purchases and defeasances permitted under this clause (e) plus (B) the aggregate
amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.9(d) does not exceed the
Permitted Distribution Amount.
Section 6.21 Total Debt Leverage Ratio. The Company shall not permit the Total
Debt Leverage Ratio, at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 4.00
to 1.00.
Section 6.22 Senior Debt Leverage Ratio. The Company shall not permit the Senior
Debt Leverage Ratio, at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 2.50
to 1.00.
Section 6.23 Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company shall not permit
the ratio of, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, (a) the consolidated
EBITDA of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated
for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to (b) the consolidated Interest
Expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for the four
fiscal quarters then ended, to be less than 2.75 to 1.00.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events
shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Agreement and any other Credit
Document:
     (a) Payment Failure. Any Credit Party (i) fails to pay any principal when
due under this Agreement or (ii) fails to pay, within three Business Days of
when due, any other amount due under this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, including payments of interest, fees, reimbursements, and
indemnifications;
     (b) False Representation or Warranties. Any representation or warranty made
or deemed to be made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof in this
Agreement, in any other Credit Document or in any certificate delivered in
connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document is incorrect, false
or otherwise misleading in any material respect (except that such materiality
qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) at the
time it was made or deemed made;
     (c) Breach of Covenant. (i) Any breach by any Credit Party of any of the
covenants in Section 5.2(c), Section 5.2(d), Section 5.3(a), or Article VI of
this Agreement or the corresponding covenants in any Guaranty or (ii) any breach
by any Credit Party of any other covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement or any other Credit Document and such breach is not cured within
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the date notice thereof is given to any Borrower by any Lender Party or the date
any officer of the Company or any other Restricted Entity obtained actual
knowledge thereof;
     (d) Guaranties. Any material provisions in the Guaranties shall at any time
(before its expiration according to its terms) and for any reason cease to be in
full force and effect and valid and binding on the Guarantors party thereto or
shall be contested by any party thereto; any Guarantor shall deny it has any
liability or obligation under such Guaranties; or any Guarantor shall cease to
exist other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement;
     (e) Security Documents. Any Security Document shall at any time and for any
reason cease to create an Acceptable Security Interest in any material portion
of the Property purported to be subject to such agreement in accordance with the
terms of such agreement or any material provisions thereof shall cease to be in
full force and effect and valid and binding on the Credit Party that is a party
thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing;
     (f) Cross-Default. (i) Any Restricted Entity shall fail to pay any
principal of or premium or interest on its Debt which is outstanding in a
principal amount of at least $10,000,000.00 individually or when aggregated with
all such Debt of the Restricted Entities so in default (but excluding Debt
constituting Obligations) when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and
such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified
in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; (ii) any other event shall
occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to
Debt which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $10,000,000.00
individually or when aggregated with all such Debt of the Restricted Entities so
in default (other than Debt constituting Obligations), and shall continue after
the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument,
if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the
acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt prior to the stated maturity thereof;
or (iii) any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to
be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment); provided
that, for purposes of this subsection 7.1(f), the “principal amount” of the
obligations in respect of any Hedging Arrangements at any time shall be the
maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that would be
required to be paid if such Hedging Arrangements were terminated at such time;
     (g) Bankruptcy and Insolvency. (i) Except as otherwise permitted under this
Agreement, any Restricted Entity shall terminate its existence or dissolve or
(ii) any Restricted Entity (A) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due; makes an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, fiscal agent, or trustee of itself or any of its Property; files a
petition under any Debtor Relief Law; or consents to any reorganization,
arrangement, workout, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any
Debtor Relief Law or (B) shall have had, without its consent, any court enter an
order appointing a receiver, liquidator, fiscal agent, or trustee of itself or
any of its Property; any petition filed against it seeking reorganization,
arrangement, workout, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any
Debtor Relief Law and such petition shall not be dismissed, stayed, or set aside
for an aggregate of 60 days, whether or not consecutive;
     (h) Adverse Judgment. Any Restricted Entity suffers final judgments against
any of them since the date of this Agreement in an aggregate amount, less any
insurance proceeds covering such judgments which are received or as to which the
insurance carriers admit liability, greater than $10,000,000.00 and either
(i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such
judgments or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which
a stay of enforcement of such judgments, by reason of a pending appeal or
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     (i) Termination Events. Any Termination Event with respect to a Plan shall
have occurred, and, 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to the
Company by the US Administrative Agent, such Termination Event shall not have
been corrected and shall have created and caused to be continuing a material
risk of Plan termination or liability for withdrawal from the Plan as a
“substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), which
termination could reasonably be expect to result in a liability of, or liability
for withdrawal could reasonably be expected to be, greater than $10,000,000.00;
     (j) Plan Withdrawals. The Company or any member of the Controlled Group as
employer under a Multiemployer Plan shall have made a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan and such withdrawing employer shall have
incurred a withdrawal liability in an annual amount exceeding $10,000,000.00;
     (k) Invalidity of Credit Agreement. Any material provision of this
Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect and valid and binding on
the Borrowers or any Borrower shall so state in writing (except as permitted by
the terms of this Agreement or as waived in accordance with Section 9.2); or
     (l) Change in Control. The occurrence of a Change in Control.
Section 7.2 Optional Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1(g) shall have occurred and be
continuing, then, and in any such event,
     (a) the Applicable Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may
with the consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare
that the obligation of each Lender, each Swingline Lender and each Issuing
Lender to make Credit Extensions shall be terminated, whereupon the same shall
forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of
the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare all outstanding
Advances, all interest thereon, and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such Advances, all such
interest, and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable in
full, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind
(including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or notice of
acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower,
     (b) the US Borrower shall, on demand of the US Administrative Agent at the
request or with the consent of the US Majority Lenders, deposit with the US
Administrative Agent into the US Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash equal
to 103% the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding US Letter of Credit Exposure as
security for the Secured Obligations to the extent the US Letter of Credit
Obligations are not otherwise paid or Cash Collateralized at such time,
     (c) the Canadian Borrower shall, on demand of the Canadian Administrative
Agent at the request or with the consent of the Canadian Majority Lenders,
deposit with the Canadian Administrative Agent into the Canadian Cash Collateral
Account an amount of cash equal to 103% of the outstanding Canadian Letter of
Credit Exposure as security for the Canadian Obligations to the extent the
Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations are not otherwise paid or Cash
Collateralized at such time, and
     (d) the Applicable Administrative Agent shall at the request of, or may
with the consent of, the Majority Lenders proceed to enforce its rights and
remedies under the Security Documents, the Guaranties, or any other Credit
Document by appropriate proceedings.
Section 7.3 Automatic Acceleration of Maturity. If any Event of Default pursuant
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     (a) obligation of each Lender, each Swingline Lender and each Issuing
Lender to make Credit Extensions shall immediately and automatically be
terminated and all Advances, all interest on the Advances, and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement shall immediately and automatically become and be
due and payable in full, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of
any kind (including, without limitation, any notice of intent to accelerate or
notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrowers,
     (b) the US Borrower shall, on demand of the US Administrative Agent at the
request or with the consent of the US Majority Lenders, deposit with the US
Administrative Agent into the US Cash Collateral Account an amount of cash equal
to 103% of the outstanding Dollar Equivalent of the US Letter of Credit Exposure
as security for the Secured Obligations to the extent the US Letter of Credit
Obligations are not otherwise paid or Cash Collateralized at such time,
     (c) the Canadian Borrower shall, on demand of the Canadian Administrative
Agent at the request or with the consent of the Canadian Majority Lenders,
deposit with the Canadian Administrative Agent into the Canadian Cash Collateral
Account an amount of cash equal to 103% of the outstanding Canadian Letter of
Credit Exposure as security for the Canadian Obligations to the extent the
Canadian Letter of Credit Obligations are not otherwise paid or Cash
Collateralized at such time, and
     (d) the Applicable Administrative Agent shall at the request of, or may
with the consent of, the Majority Lenders proceed to enforce its rights and
remedies under the Security Documents, the Guaranties, or any other Credit
Document by appropriate proceedings.
Section 7.4 Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Lender Party, and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Legal Requirement, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time
held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such
Lender Party or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Applicable Borrower against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower now
or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Credit Document to such
Lender Party or Affiliate, irrespective of whether or not such Lender Party or
Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Credit
Document and although such obligations of such Borrower may be contingent or
unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender Party or Affiliate
different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such
indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall
exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over
immediately to the Applicable Administrative Agent for further application in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.18 and, pending such payment, shall
be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in
trust for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender
shall provide promptly to the Applicable Administrative Agent a statement
describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting
Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each
Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Lender and their respective
Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) that such Administrative Agent, such Lender,
such Issuing Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and
each Issuing Lender agrees to notify the Applicable Borrower and the Applicable
Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided
that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
setoff and application.
Section 7.5 Remedies Cumulative, No Waiver. No right, power, or remedy conferred
to any Lender, Administrative Agent, or Issuing Lender in this Agreement or the
Credit Documents, or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity, by statute, or
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or remedy shall to the full extent permitted by law be cumulative and in
addition to every other such right, power or remedy. No course of dealing and no
delay in exercising any right, power, or remedy conferred to any Lender,
Administrative Agent, or Issuing Lender in this Agreement and the Credit
Documents or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity, by statute, or
otherwise shall operate as a waiver of or otherwise prejudice any such right,
power, or remedy. Any Lender, Administrative Agent, or Issuing Lender may cure
any Event of Default without waiving the Event of Default. No notice to or
demand upon the Borrowers shall entitle the Borrowers to similar notices or
demands in the future.
Section 7.6 Application of Payments.
     (a) Prior to Event of Default. Prior to an Event of Default, all payments
made hereunder shall be applied as directed by the applicable Borrower, but such
payments are subject to the terms of this Agreement, including the application
of prepayments according to Section 2.7.
     (b) After Event of Default (US Collateral). If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, any amounts received or collected from, or on
account of assets held by, any Credit Party (other than a Foreign Credit Party)
shall be applied to the Secured Obligations by the Administrative Agents in the
following order and manner but subject to the marshalling rights of the US
Administrative Agent and US Lenders:
(i) First, to payment of that portion of such Secured Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities, expenses, and other amounts (including fees, charges, and
disbursements of counsel to any Administrative Agent and amounts payable under
Sections 2.12, 2.13, and 2.15) payable by any Credit Party to any Administrative
Agent in its capacity as such;
(ii) Second, to payment of that portion of such Secured Obligations constituting
accrued and unpaid interest, allocated ratably among the Lender Parties in
proportion to the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts described in this clause
Second payable to them;
(iii) Third, to payment of that portion of such Secured Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable
by any Credit Party to the Secured Parties (including fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the respective Secured Parties and amounts payable
under Article II), ratably among such Secured Parties in proportion to the
Dollar Equivalent of the amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;
(iv) Fourth, to the Applicable Administrative Agent for the account of the
Applicable Issuing Lender, ratably between the two Facilities, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of the Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the
aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
(v) Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting
unpaid principal of the Secured Obligations payable by any Credit Party
(including obligations under Hedging Agreements with any Swap Counterparties and
Banking Services Obligations, in any event, owing by any US Credit Party)
allocated ratably among the Lender Parties in proportion to the Dollar
Equivalent of the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by
them;
(vi) Sixth, to the remaining Secured Obligations owed by any Credit Party
including all Secured Obligations for which the Company is liable as a
Guarantor, allocated among such remaining Secured Obligations as determined by
the Administrative Agents and the Majority Lenders and applied to such Secured
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(vii) Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to applicable Borrower or as otherwise required by
any Legal Requirement.
Subject to Section 2.3(h), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate
undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be
applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any
amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have
either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to
the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
     (c) After Event of Default (Canadian Collateral). If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, any amounts received or collected from, or on
account of assets held by, any Foreign Credit Party shall be applied to the
Canadian Obligations by the Canadian Administrative Agent in the following order
and manner:
(i) First, to payment of that portion of such Canadian Obligations constituting
fees, indemnities, expenses, and other amounts (including fees, charges, and
disbursements of counsel to any Administrative Agent and amounts payable under
Sections 2.11, 2.13, and 2.15) payable by any Foreign Credit Party to any
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
(ii) Second, to payment of that portion of such Canadian Obligations
constituting accrued and unpaid interest, allocated ratably among the Canadian
Lender Parties in proportion to the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of the respective
amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
(iii) Third, to payment of that portion of such Canadian Obligations
constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and
interest) payable by any Foreign Credit Party to the Canadian Secured Parties
(including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Canadian
Secured Parties and amounts payable under Article II), ratably among such
Canadian Secured Parties in proportion to the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of the
amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
(iv) Fourth, to the Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of the
Canadian Issuing Lender to Cash Collateralize that portion of the Canadian
Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of
Canadian Letters of Credit;
(v) Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Canadian Obligations constituting
unpaid principal of the Canadian Obligations payable by any Foreign Credit Party
(including obligations under Hedging Agreements with any Swap Counterparties
owing by any Foreign Credit Party) allocated ratably among the Canadian Lender
Parties in proportion to the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of the respective
amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them;
(vi) Seventh, to the remaining Canadian Obligations owed by any Foreign Credit
Party allocated among such remaining Canadian Obligations as determined by the
Canadian Administrative Agent and the Canadian Majority Lenders and applied to
such Canadian Obligations in the order specified in this clause (c); and
(vii) Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Canadian Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, to the Canadian Borrower or as otherwise required by
any Legal Requirement.
Subject to Section 2.3(h), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate
undrawn amount of Canadian Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above
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Canadian Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as
Cash Collateral after all Canadian Letters of Credit have either been fully
drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Canadian
Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
Section 7.7 Currency Conversion After Maturity. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement, on the date that there has been an acceleration of
the maturity of the Obligations or a termination of the obligations of the
Lenders to make Credit Extensions hereunder as a result of any Event of Default,
(i) the Commitments shall automatically and without further act be terminated;
(ii) all Advances and all other Obligations under the US Facility denominated in
any Foreign Currency (including C$) shall be converted into, and all such
amounts due thereunder shall accrue and be payable in, Dollars at the Exchange
Rate on such date; (iii) all Advances and all other Obligations under the
Canadian Facility denominated in Dollars shall be converted into, and all such
amounts due thereunder shall accrue and be payable in, Canadian Dollars at the
Exchange Rate on such date; and (iv) on and after such date the interest rate
applicable to all such Obligations shall be the Default Rate applicable to
overdue Base Rate Advances hereunder. From and after such date, all Advances
under the US Facility shall be denominated only in, and all fees due under this
Agreement under the US Facility shall be payable in, Dollars and all Advances
under the Canadian Facility shall be denominated only in, and all fees due under
this Agreement under the Canadian Facility shall be payable in, Canadian
Dollars.
ARTICLE VIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS AND ISSUING LENDERS
Section 8.1 Appointment and Authority. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender
hereby (a) irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the US
Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and HSBC to
act on its behalf as the Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents, and (b) authorizes such Administrative Agents to take
such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this
Article VIII are solely for the benefit of the Lender Parties, and neither the
Company nor any other Credit Party shall have rights as a third party
beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use
of the term “agent” herein or in any other Credit Documents (or any other
similar term) with reference to either Administrative Agent is not intended to
connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under
agency doctrine of any applicable Legal Requirement. Instead such term is used
as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an
administrative relationship between contracting parties.
Section 8.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the US Administrative
Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same
as though it were not the US Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative
Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly
indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving
as the US Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
lend money to, own securities, act as the financial advisor or in any other
advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the
Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not
the US Administrative Agent or the Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. Wells Fargo and, from and
after the Canadian Facility Effective Date, HSBC (and any successor acting as US
Administrative Agent or as Canadian Administrative Agent) and their respective
Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any Borrower or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Subsidiary for services in connection with this
Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders,
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Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither Administrative Agent (which term as
used in this Section 8.3 shall include its Related Parties) shall have any
duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other
Credit Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither Administrative Agent:
     (a) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless
of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
     (b) shall 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 Credit Documents that the such
Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the US
Majority Lenders or Canadian Majority Lenders, as applicable (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or
in the other Credit Documents), provided that neither Administrative Agent shall
be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its
counsel, may expose such Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary
to any Credit Document or applicable Legal Requirement, including for the
avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay
under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or
termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief
Law; and
     (c) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit
Documents, have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to
disclose, any information relating to the Company, any Credit Party or any of
its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the
US Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity.
     (d) Neither Administrative Agent shall be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the US Majority
Lenders or Canadian Majority Lenders, as applicable (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Administrative Agent
shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as
provided in Sections 9.2 and 7.1) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. Each Administrative Agent
shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written
notice describing such Default is given to such Administrative Agent by the
Company, a Lender or an Issuing Lender. In the event that an Administrative
Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default, such Administrative
Agent shall (subject to Section 9.2) take such action with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as shall reasonably be directed by the Majority
Lenders, provided that, unless and until such Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, such Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Secured
Parties.
     (e) Neither Administrative Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any recital, statement, warranty or
representation (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Credit 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 of any Default, (iv) the value, validity, enforceability,
effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency or genuineness of this Agreement, any
other Credit Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the
inspection of, or to inspect, the Property (including the books and records) of
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, (vi) the satisfaction
of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such
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to initiate or conduct any such litigation or proceedings) under any Credit
Document unless requested by the Majority Lenders in writing and it receives
indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders.
Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent and Issuing Lenders. Each
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document, writing or other communication (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. Each Administrative 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 Credit Extension or any Conversion or continuance of an Advance that by its
terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender,
each Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to
such Lender or Issuing Lender unless such Administrative Agent shall have
received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Lender prior to the
making of such Credit Extension or Conversion or continuance of an Advance. Each
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
Company), 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.
Section 8.5 Delegation of Duties. Each Administrative Agent may perform any and
all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any
other Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such
Administrative Agent. Each Administrative 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 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the Facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Neither Administrative
Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents
except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a
final and non appealable judgment that such Administrative Agent acted with
gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub agents.
Section 8.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender. Each
Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender may at any time give notice of its
resignation to the other Lender Parties and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any
such notice of resignation, (a) the US Majority Lenders shall have the right, in
consultation with the US Borrower, to appoint a successor US Administrative
Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in Houston, Texas or an Affiliate of
any such bank with an office in Houston, Texas, (b) the US Majority Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the US Borrower to appoint a
successor US Issuing Lender, which shall be a Lender with an office in Houston,
Texas or an Affiliate of any such Lender with an office in Houston, Texas,
(c) the Canadian Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
Canadian Borrower, to appoint a successor Canadian Administrative Agent and
Canadian Issuing Lender, which shall be a bank with an office in Calgary,
Alberta Canada, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in Calgary,
Alberta Canada. If no such successor shall have been so appointed and shall have
accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent
or Issuing Lender gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender, as applicable, may on behalf of the
Lenders and Issuing Lenders, appoint a successor agent or issuing lender meeting
the qualifications set forth above provided that if the retiring Administrative
Agent or Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall
nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring
Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall be discharged from
its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
(except that (y) in the case of any collateral security held by such
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Lenders or an Issuing Lender under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring
Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such
time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and (z) the retiring
Issuing Lender shall remain the Issuing Lender with respect to any Letters of
Credit outstanding on the effective date of its resignation and the provisions
affecting the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit shall inure
to the benefit of the retiring Issuing Lender until the termination of all such
Letters of Credit.), and (2) all payments, communications and determinations
provided to be made by, to or through the retiring Administrative Agent or
Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall instead be made by or to each applicable
class of Lenders, until such time as the applicable Majority Lenders appoint a
successor Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender as provided for above in this
paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative
Agent or Issuing Lender hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or
retired) Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender, as applicable, and the retiring
Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall be discharged from
all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents
(if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The
fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent or Issuing
Lender, as applicable shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the
retiring Administrative Agent’s or Issuing Lender’s resignation hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Article and
Sections 9.1 and Section 2.3(g) shall continue in effect for the benefit of such
retiring Administrative Agent and Issuing Lender, 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 Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender,
as applicable, was acting as US Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent, US Issuing Lender or Canadian Issuing Lender.
Section 8.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender
Party acknowledges and agrees that it has, independently and without reliance
upon either Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party 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. Each Lender Party also acknowledges and agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon either Administrative Agent or any other
Lender Party 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 Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder. Except for notices, reports, and other documents and
information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders or the Issuing
Lender by the Applicable Administrative Agent hereunder and for other
information in the Applicable Administrative Agent’s possession which has been
requested by a Lender and for which such Lender pays the Applicable
Administrative Agent’s expenses in connection therewith, the Administrative
Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or
Issuing Lender with any credit or other information concerning the affairs,
financial condition, or business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates that may come into the possession of the Applicable Administrative
Agent or any of its Affiliates.
Section 8.8 No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers, Syndication Agents and
Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers,
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the US Administrative
Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Lender hereunder.
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     (a) Each Administrative Agent is authorized on behalf of the Secured
Parties, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the
Secured Parties, from time to time, to take any actions with respect to any
Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain
Acceptable Security Interests in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant
to the Security Documents. Each Administrative Agent is further authorized (but
not obligated) on behalf of the Secured Parties, without the necessity of any
notice to or further consent from the Secured Parties, from time to time, to
take any action (other than enforcement actions requiring the consent of, or
request by, the Majority Lenders as set forth in Section 7.2(c) or
Section 7.3(c) above) in exigent circumstances as may be reasonably necessary to
preserve any rights or privileges of the Lenders under the Credit Documents or
applicable Legal Requirement.
     (b) The Lenders, and any other Secured Party by accepting the benefit of
the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents, hereby irrevocably
authorize each Administrative Agent to (i) release any Lien granted to or held
by such Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (a) upon termination of this
Agreement, termination of all Hedging Arrangements with such Persons,
termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which
other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Issuing Lender have
been made), and the payment in full of all outstanding Advances, Letter of
Credit Obligations (other than with respect to Letters of Credit as to which
other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Applicable Issuing Lender have
been made) and all other Secured Obligations payable under this Agreement and
under any other Credit Document; (b) constituting property sold or to be sold or
disposed of as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under
this Agreement or any other Credit Document; (c) constituting property in which
no Credit Party owned an interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any
time thereafter; (d) constituting property leased to any Credit Party under a
lease which has expired or has been terminated in a transaction permitted under
this Agreement or is about to expire and which has not been, and is not intended
by such Credit Party to be, renewed or extended; (e) constituting assets held by
a Restricted Subsidiary upon designation of such Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.11(b); (ii)
subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by such Administrative
Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that
is permitted by Section 6.2(g); or (g) constituting Excluded Perfection
Collateral (to the extent necessary to release the perfection of the Lien
granted thereon in the name of Wells Fargo Capital Finance), Excluded Properties
(Canada) or Excluded Properties (US); and (ii) release a Guarantor from its
obligations under a Guaranty and any other applicable Credit Document if such
Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction
permitted under this Agreement.
     (c) Upon request by an Administrative Agent at any time, the Secured
Parties will confirm in writing such Administrative Agent’s authority to release
or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to
release any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to this
Section 8.9. Neither Administrative Agent shall be responsible for or have a
duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the
existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or
perfection of either Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate
prepared by any Credit Party in connection therewith, nor shall either
Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties or any
other Lender Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the
Collateral.
     (d) Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to
the contrary, the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agents, and each Secured
Party hereby agree that no Secured Party shall have any right individually to
realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranties, it being
understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Guaranties
and under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by Applicable
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the
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     (e) By accepting the benefit of the Liens granted pursuant to the Security
Documents, each Secured Party hereby agrees to the terms of this Section 8.9.
Section 8.10 Marshalling Rights of Lender Parties; Allocation of Losses.
Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary,
the Canadian Secured Parties, by receipt of the benefits of the US Collateral,
hereby acknowledge the marshalling rights of the US Administrative Agent and US
Lenders. The Canadian Administrative Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of the
Canadian Lenders for the Canadian Lenders and its Affiliates that are Swap
Counterparties to, and the US Administrative Agent is hereby authorized on
behalf of the US Lenders for the US Lenders and its Affiliates that are Swap
Counterparties to, enter into an intercreditor agreement in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agents addressing certain allocation
of losses among the Secured Parties, as more particularly provided therein. A
form of such intercreditor agreement will be made available to each Secured
Party on the Canadian Facility Effective Date and thereafter upon request. Each
Secured Party acknowledges and agrees to the terms of such intercreditor
agreement and agrees that the terms thereof shall be binding on such Secured
Party and its successors and assigns, as if it were a party thereto.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
     (a) Costs and Expenses. Each Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for such
Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof
(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Issuing
Lenders in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender Party (including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for any Lender Party), in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents, including its rights under this Section, or
(B) in connection with the Advances made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder,
including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout,
restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Advances or Letters of Credit.
     (b) Indemnification by the Borrowers. Each Borrower shall, and does hereby
indemnify, each Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender,
each Swingline Lender and each Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Credit
Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto
of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of any
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only,
the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) any
Advance or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by an Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under
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comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged
presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or
operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental
Liability related in any way to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other
theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Company or any other Credit
Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, IN ALL
CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE
COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or
(y) result from a claim brought by the Company or any other Credit Party against
an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder
or under any other Credit Document, if the Company or such other Credit Party
has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrowers for any
reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or
(b) of this Section to be paid by it to any Administrative Agent (or any
sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender or any Related Party of
any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Administrative
Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or such
Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as
of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is
sought based on each Lender’s share of the aggregate Maximum Exposure Amount at
such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of
a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid
amounts owed to any Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender
solely in its capacity as such, only the Lenders of the applicable Facility
shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally
among them based on such Lenders’ Applicable Percentage (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought),
provided further that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against such Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing
Lender or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related
Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), such Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender in connection with such
capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject
to the provisions of Section2.6(f).
     (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable Legal Requirement, no party hereto shall assert, and each party
hereto hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any
Advance or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. For the
avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sentence is not intended as, and shall not be
construed as, a limitation or impairment of the Borrowers’ obligations under
subsection (b) above. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above 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 Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and
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     (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later
than ten Business Days after written demand therefor.
     (f) Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement
hereunder, the agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of any
Administrative Agent and any Issuing Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the
termination of the Aggregate Commitments, termination or expiration of all
Letters of Credit, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other
Obligations.
Section 9.2 Waivers and Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, the Notes, or any other Credit Document (other than the Fee
Letter or any AutoBorrow Agreement), nor consent to any departure by any Credit
Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the applicable Majority Lenders and the Applicable
Borrower, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that:
          (a) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by all the US Lenders and the US Borrower (in addition to such other
parties that may be required under this Section 9.2), change the number of US
Lenders which shall be required for the US Lenders to take any action hereunder
or under any other Credit Document;
          (b) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by all the Canadian Lenders and the Canadian Borrower, change the number
of Canadian Lenders which shall be required for the Canadian Lenders to take any
action hereunder or under any other Credit Document;
          (c) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by all the Lenders and both Borrowers, do any of the following: (i) waive
any of the conditions specified in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, (ii) increase the
aggregate Commitments (except pursuant to Section 2.1(f)), (iii) amend
Section 2.14(f), Section 7.6, this Section 9.2 or any other provision in any
Credit Document which expressly requires the consent of, or action or waiver by,
all of the Lenders, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from
their respective obligations under any Guaranty except as specifically provided
in the Credit Documents or release the US Borrower from its obligations under
the US Guaranty, (v) release all or substantially all of the Collateral except
as permitted under Section 8.9(b), or (vi) amend the definitions of “Majority
Lenders”, “US Majority Lenders”, “Canadian Majority Lenders”, or “Maximum
Exposure Amount”;
          (d) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, do any of the
following: (i) postpone any date fixed for any interest, fees or other amounts
payable hereunder or extend the Maturity Date as to such Lender, (ii) reduce any
fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document
(other than the principal or interest), (iii) reduce the principal or interest
amounts payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document to such Lender
(provided that, the consent of the Majority Lenders shall be sufficient to waive
or reduce the increased portion of interest resulting from Section 2.10(g)), or
(iv) increase the Commitment of such Lender;
          (e) no Commitment of a Lender or any obligations of a Lender may be
increased without such Lender’s written consent;
          (f) no amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the applicable Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders
required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of such
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          (g) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Applicable Issuing Lender in addition to the Lenders required
above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of such Issuing Lender
under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; and
          (h) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Applicable Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required
above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of such Swingline Lender
under this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender shall have
any voting rights under this Agreement or any Credit Document as a result of the
existence of obligations owed to it under Hedging Arrangements or Banking
Services Obligations.
Section 9.3 Severability. In case one or more provisions of this Agreement or
the other Credit Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect under any applicable Legal Requirement, the validity, legality, and
enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall not
be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 9.4 Survival of Representations and Obligations. All representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or made in writing by or on behalf of any
Credit Party in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the making Credit Extensions and
any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders, none of which
investigations shall diminish any Lender’s right to rely on such representations
and warranties. Without limiting the provisions hereof which expressly provide
for the survival of obligations, all obligations of any Borrower provided for in
Sections 2.10(g), 2.12, 2.13, 2.15(b), and 9.1 and all of the obligations of the
Lenders in Section 9.1 shall survive any termination of this Agreement,
repayment in full of the Obligations, and termination or expiration of all
Letters of Credit.
Section 9.5 Successors and Assigns Generally. 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 neither Borrower
may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender Party and no Lender may assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (a) to
an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6(a), (b) by
way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6(d) or
(c) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of Section 9.6(e) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer
by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
Participants to the extent provided in Section 9.6(c) and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each Administrative Agent
and each Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.
Section 9.6 Lender Assignments and Participations.
     (a) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or
more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Advances at
the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s applicable Commitment and the Advances under such Commitment
at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the
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includes Advances outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is
not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Advances of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Applicable Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the
Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than
$3,000,000 in the case of any assignment in respect the Facilities, unless the
Applicable Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Borrowers otherwise consent (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent
assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from
members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible
Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single
assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate
part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
with respect to the applicable Class of Advances or the applicable Commitment
assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from
assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate
Facilities on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by the Applicable
Administrative Agent and the Applicable Issuing Lender unless the Person that is
the proposed assignee is itself a Lender with a Commitment (whether or not the
proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee);
(iv) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Applicable
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500 (it being understood that only one such processing
fee is payable for the series of concurrent assignments to members of an
Assignee Group or the series of concurrent assignments from members of an
Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee or to an Eligible Assignee and
members of its Assignee Group) and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a
Lender, shall deliver to the Applicable Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire; provided that the Applicable Administrative Agent may, in its
sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case
of any assignment;
(v) copies of any Assignment and Assumption received by the Canadian
Administrative Agent shall be promptly forwarded to the US Administrative Agent;
and
(vi) 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 Applicable
Administrative 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 Applicable Borrower and the Applicable
Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Advances 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 Applicable Administrative Agent, Applicable Issuing Lender, Applicable
Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon),
and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all
Advances and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Advances in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
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rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective
under applicable Legal Requirement without compliance with the provisions of
this clause (vi), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a
Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance
occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Applicable Administrative
Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section, from and after the effective
date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee
thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15(b), 9.1(a), 9.1(b),
9.1(c), and 9.1(d) 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 Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
     (b) Register. The US Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose
as an agent of the US Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in
Charlotte, North Carolina or Houston, Texas a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the US Lenders and the US Commitments of, and principal amounts of
the US Advances owing to, each US Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time
to time (the “US Register”). The Canadian Administrative Agent, acting solely
for this purpose as an agent of the Canadian Borrower, shall maintain at one of
its offices in Calgary, Alberta Canada a copy of each Assignment and Assumption
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Canadian Lenders, and the Canadian Commitments of, and principal amounts of
the Canadian Advances owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Canadian Register”; together with the US Register, the
“Registers”). The entries in the applicable Register shall be conclusive absent
manifest error, and the Borrowers and the Lender Parties may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the applicable Register pursuant to the terms hereof
as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice
to the contrary. Each Borrower hereby agrees that the Applicable Administrative
Agent acting as its agent solely for the purpose set forth above in this clause
(b), shall not subject either Administrative Agent to any fiduciary or other
implied duties, all of which are hereby waived by each Borrower.
     (c) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or
notice to, any Borrower or any Administrative Agent, sell participations to any
Person (other than a natural person or the Company or any of the Company’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such
Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitments and/or the Advances owing to it); provided that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers and the Lender
Parties shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender Party in
connection with such Lender Party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity
under Section 9.1(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its
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     Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (a) — (g) of
Section 9.2 (that adversely affects such Participant). Subject to paragraph
(d) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of, and subject to the requirements of, Sections 2.12,
2.13 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its
interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section provided that
such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 as if it
were an assignee under clause (a) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 7.4 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.14(f) as though it were a Lender.
     (d) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.13 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation
sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such
Participant is made with the Applicable Borrower’s prior written consent. A
Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be
entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Applicable Borrower is
notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of such Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(d), in
which case Section 2.15 shall be applied as if such Participant had become a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section; provided that, in no event shall such Participant be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 than the applicable Lender would
have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Participant.
     (e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or
assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.7 Notices, Etc.
     (a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or such other method
of delivery (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows: (i) if to the US Borrower, the
Canadian Borrower, or any other Credit Party, at the applicable address (or
facsimile numbers) set forth on Schedule III, as it may have been updated
pursuant to Section 2.17(f); (ii) if to the US Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, US Issuing Lender or Canadian Issuing Lender, at the
applicable address (or facsimile numbers) set forth on Schedule III, as it may
have been updated pursuant to Section 2.17(f); and (iii) if to a Lender, to it
at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire. Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by
certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received;
notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except
that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be
deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day
for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the
extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said
paragraph (b).
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(i) The Borrowers and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agents may make
any material delivered by any Borrower to any Administrative Agent, as well as
any amendments, waivers, consents, and other written information, documents,
instruments and other materials relating to the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries, or any other materials or matters relating to this Agreement, the
Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the
“Communications”) available to the Lenders by posting such notices on an
electronic delivery system (which may be provided by any Administrative Agent,
an Affiliate of an Administrative Agent, or any Person that is not an Affiliate
of an Administrative Agent), such as IntraLinks, or a substantially similar
electronic system (the “Platform”). The Borrowers acknowledge that (i) the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure
and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such
distribution, (ii) the Platform is provided “as is” and “as available” and
(iii) none of the Administrative Agents nor any of their respective Affiliates
warrants the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, sufficiency, or sequencing of
the Communications posted on the Platform. The Administrative Agents and their
respective Affiliates expressly disclaim with respect to the Platform any
liability for errors in transmission, incorrect or incomplete downloading,
delays in posting or delivery, or problems accessing the Communications posted
on the Platform and any liability for any losses, costs, expenses or liabilities
that may be suffered or incurred in connection with the Platform. No warranty of
any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any
warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement
of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by
either Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates in connection
with the Platform. In no event shall any Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties have any liability to the Company or the other Credit Parties,
any Lender Party or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind,
including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or
otherwise) arising out of the Company’s, any Credit Party’s or any Lender
Party’s transmission of communications through the Platform.
(ii) Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a
“Notice”) specifying that any Communication has been posted to the Platform
shall for purposes of this Agreement constitute effective delivery to such
Lender of such information, documents or other materials comprising such
Communication. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify, on or before the date such
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Applicable Agent in writing of
such Lender’s e-mail address to which a Notice may be sent (and from time to
time thereafter to ensure that the Agent has on record an effective e-mail
address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice may be sent to such e-mail
address.
     (c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or
facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the
other parties hereto.
Section 9.8 Confidentiality. Each Lender Party agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other
representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is
made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including
any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirement or by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit
Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder,
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substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other
transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Company and
its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential
basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Company or its
Subsidiaries or the Facilities or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar
agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with
respect to the Facilities, (h) with the consent of the Company or (i) to the
extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of
a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to any Lender Party or any of
their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
a Credit Party. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all
information received from the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
relating to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their
respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to
Lender Party on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered
to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the
same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such
Person would accord to its own confidential information. NOTWITHSTANDING
ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, nothing in this Agreement shall
(a) restrict any Lender Party from providing information to any bank or other
regulatory or Governmental Authorities, including the Federal Reserve Board and
its supervisory staff; (b) require or permit any Lender Party to disclose to any
Credit Party that any information will be or was provided to the Federal Reserve
Board or any of its supervisory staff; or (c) require or permit any Lender Party
to inform any Credit Party of a current or upcoming Federal Reserve Board
examination or any nonpublic Federal Reserve Board supervisory initiative or
action.
Section 9.9 US Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, the US Administrative
Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any US Advance or US Letter of
Credit Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the US Administrative Agent
shall have made any demand on the US Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered
(but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
     (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the US Advances, US Letter of Credit
Obligations and all other Obligations under the US Facility that are owing and
unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the US Lenders, the US Issuing Lender and the US
Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the US Lenders, the US Issuing Lender
and the US Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all
other amounts due the US Lenders, the US Issuing Lender and the US
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.9 and 9.1) allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and
     (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each US Lender and US Issuing Lender to make such payments to the US
Administrative Agent and, in the event that the US Administrative Agent shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the US Lenders and the US
Issuing Lender, to pay to the US Administrative Agent any amount due for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the US
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
US Administrative Agent under Sections 2.9 and 9.1.

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Section 9.10 Usury Not Intended. It is the intent of each Credit Party and each
Lender Party in the execution and performance of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents to contract in strict compliance with applicable usury laws,
including conflicts of law concepts, governing the Advances of each Lender
including such applicable Legal Requirements of the State of New York, if any,
and the United States of America and Canada from time to time in effect,
including the Criminal Code (Canada). In furtherance thereof, the Lender Parties
and the Credit Parties stipulate and agree that none of the terms and provisions
contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents shall ever be
construed to create a contract to pay, as consideration for the use, forbearance
or detention of money, interest at a rate in excess of the Maximum Rate and that
for purposes of this Agreement “interest” shall include the aggregate of all
charges which constitute interest under such laws that are contracted for,
charged or received under this Agreement; and in the event that, notwithstanding
the foregoing, under any circumstances the aggregate amounts taken, reserved,
charged, received or paid on the Advances, include amounts which by applicable
Legal Requirement are deemed interest which would exceed the Maximum Rate, then
such excess shall be deemed to be a mistake and each Lender receiving same shall
credit the same on the principal of its Obligations (or if such Obligations
shall have been paid in full, refund said excess to the Applicable Borrower). In
the event that the maturity of the Obligations are accelerated by reason of any
election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this
Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment,
then such consideration that constitutes interest may never include more than
the Maximum Rate, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or
otherwise shall be canceled automatically as of the date of such acceleration or
prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited on the applicable
Obligations (or, if the applicable Obligations shall have been paid in full,
refunded to the Applicable Borrower of such interest). In determining whether or
not the interest paid or payable under any specific contingencies exceeds the
Maximum Rate, the Credit Parties and the Lender Parties shall to the maximum
extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirement amortize, prorate, allocate
and spread in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the
Obligations all amounts considered to be interest under applicable Legal
Requirement at any time contracted for, charged, received or reserved in
connection with the Obligations. The provisions of this Section shall control
over all other provisions of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents which
may be in apparent conflict herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement or any Credit Document, no Credit Party existing under the laws
of Canada or any province or territory of Canada shall be obligated to make any
payments of interest or other amounts payable to the Lender Parties in excess of
an amount or rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in the
receipt by the Lender Parties of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are
construed under the Criminal Code (Canada).
Section 9.11 Usury Recapture. In the event the rate of interest chargeable under
this Agreement or any other Credit Document at any time is greater than the
Maximum Rate, the unpaid principal amount of the Advances shall bear interest at
the Maximum Rate until the total amount of interest paid or accrued on the
Advances equals the amount of interest which would have been paid or accrued on
the Advances if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement or
applicable Credit Document had at all times been in effect. In the event, upon
payment in full of the Advances, the total amount of interest paid or accrued
under the terms of this Agreement and the Advances is less than the total amount
of interest which would have been paid or accrued if the rates of interest set
forth in this Agreement or such Credit Document had, at all times, been in
effect, then the applicable Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Legal Requirement, pay the Applicable Administrative Agent for the
account of the applicable Lender Party an amount equal to the difference between
(i) the lesser of (A) the amount of interest which would have been charged on
Advances owed to it if the Maximum Rate had, at all times, been in effect and
(B) the amount of interest which would have accrued on such Advances if the
rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect
and (ii) the amount of interest actually paid under this Agreement or any Credit
Document on Advances owed to it. In the event the any Lender Party ever receive,
collect or apply as interest any sum in excess of the Maximum Rate, such excess
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law, be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Advances, and
if no such principal is then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining
shall be paid to the applicable Borrower.
Section 9.12 Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the
currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another
currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with usual and customary banking procedures the US Administrative
Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at any of
the US Administrative Agent’s offices in the United States of America on the
Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of
the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any Lender Party hereunder shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be
discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such
Lender, such Issuing Lender or such Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of
any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender, such Issuing
Lender or such Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with
normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such
other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the
applicable Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so,
as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify
such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such Administrative Agent, as the case may
be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased
exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender, such Issuing Lender or such
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any
amounts shared with other Lender Parties as a result of allocations of such
excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender Party under Section 2.14,
each Lender Party agrees to promptly remit such excess to the Applicable
Borrower.
Section 9.13 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf
of any Borrower is made to any Lender Party, or any Lender Party 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 any
Lender Party in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other
party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or
otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied 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 Lender and each Issuing Lender severally agrees to
pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share
(without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the
Applicable Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable
currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the
Issuing Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the
payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.14 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
     (a) Governing Law. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents
(other than such Credit Documents which expressly provide otherwise) shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New York (including Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General
Obligations Law of the State of New York). Each Letter of Credit shall be
governed by either (i) the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
(2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, or
(ii) the ISP, in either case, including any subsequent revisions thereof
approved by a Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce and adhered to
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     (b) Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY
AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENT, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR
IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
     (c) Waiver of Venue. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENT, ANY OBJECTION THAT
IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE
(B) ABOVE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES THAT SECTIONS 5-1401 AND
4-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL APPLY TO
THIS AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENT, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
     (d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service
of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.7. Nothing in this
Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any
other manner permitted by applicable Legal Requirement.
Section 9.15 Execution and Effectiveness.
     (a) Execution in Counterparts. 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 and the other Credit
Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to
the Administrative Agents, constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed
by the Administrative Agents and when the US Administrative Agent shall have
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 by email “PDF” copy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     (b) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption 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
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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.
Section 9.16 Waiver of Jury. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENT, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 9.17 USA PATRIOT ACT Notice. Each US Lender that is subject to the
Patriot Act and the US Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any
US Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements
of the Patriot Act it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies such Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of
such Credit Party and other information that will allow such US Lender or the US
Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance
with the Patriot Act.
Section 9.18 Termination for Departing Lenders. Notice of termination given on
the Effective Date to any Lender (as defined in the Restated Agreement) which is
not also a Lender under this Agreement (“Departing Lender”) shall constitute
effective termination of the Restated Agreement with respect to such Departing
Lender and upon payment in full of all outstanding Advances, interest and fees
under the Restated Agreement owing to such Departing Lender by the Applicable
Borrower, the Applicable Borrower shall be released of any obligations to such
Departing Lender under the Restated Agreement other than reimbursement and
indemnity obligations which by the terms of the Restated Agreement survive.
Section 9.19 Integration. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS, AS DEFINED IN
THIS AGREEMENT, REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO
THE SUBJECT MATTERS SET FORTH HEREIN AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF
PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
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     EXECUTED as of the date first above written.

          COMPANY:   COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.
      By:   /s/ Jose Bayardo       Jose Bayardo       Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer  

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          LENDER PARTIES:   WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as US Administrative Agent, US Swingline Lender,
US Issuing Lender, a US Lender
      By:   /s/ Robert Corder       Robert Corder       Director   

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            BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Gary L. Mingle       Name: Gary L. Mingle       Title: Senior
Vice President  

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            COMERICA BANK
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ David Balderach       Name: David Balderach       Title: Senior
Vice President  

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            JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Preeti Bhatnagar       Name: Preeti Bhatnagar       Title:
Authorized Officer  

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            AMEGY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Kenyatta B. Gibbs       Name: Kenyatta B. Gibbs       Title:
Vice President  

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            CAPITAL ONE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Bobby Hamilton       Name: Bobby Hamilton       Title: Vice
President  

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            CITIBANK, N.A.
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Daniel A. Davis       Name: Daniel A. Davis       Title: SVP  

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            DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Marguerite Sutton       Name: Marguerite Sutton       Title:
Director           By:   /s/ Carin Keegan       Name: Carin Keegan       Title:
Director  

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            HSBC BANK USA, N.A.
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Koby West       Name: Koby West       Title: Assistant Vice
President  

            By:   /s/ Bruce Robinson       Name: Bruce Robinson       Title:
Vice President  

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            CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as US Lender
      By:   /s/ Christopher Reo Day       Name: Christopher Reo Day       Title:
Vice President           By:   /s/ Vipul Dhadda       Name: Vipul Dhadda      
Title: Associate  

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SCHEDULE I
Pricing Schedule
The Applicable Margin with respect to Commitment Fees and Advances under the
Facilities shall be determined in accordance with the following Table based on
the Company’s Total Debt Leverage Ratio as reflected in the Compliance
Certificate delivered in connection with the Financial Statements most recently
delivered pursuant to Section 5.2. Adjustments, if any, to such Applicable
Margin shall be effective on the date the US Administrative Agent receives the
applicable Financial Statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate as
required by the terms of this Agreement. If the Company fails to deliver the
Financial Statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate to the US
Administrative Agent at the time required pursuant to Section 5.2, then
effective as of the date such Financial Statements and Compliance Certificate
were required to the delivered pursuant to Section 5.2, the Applicable Margin
with respect to Commitment Fees and Advances under the Facilities shall be
determined at Level IV and shall remain at such level until the date such
Financial Statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate are so delivered
by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be deemed to be
at Level II described in Table below until delivery of its unaudited Financial
Statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter
ending June 30, 2011. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the determination of the Applicable Margin for any period shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 2.10(f). For the avoidance of doubt, the levels on the
pricing grid set forth below are set forth from lowest (Level I) to the highest
(Level IV).

                                      Eurocurrency                      
Advances/BA     Base Rate         Applicable Margin   Total Debt Leverage Ratio
  Advances     Advances     Commitment Fee   Level I  
Is less than 1.50
    2.25 %     1.25 %     0.375 % Level II  
Is equal to or greater than 1.50 but less than 2.50
    2.50 %     1.50 %     0.500 % Level III  
Is equal to or greater than 2.50 but less than 3.50
    2.75 %     1.75 %     0.500 % Level IV  
Is equal to or greater than 3.50
    3.00 %     2.00 %     0.500 %

Schedule I
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