Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 30, 2016

 

among

 

TEXTRON INC.,

 

THE LENDERS LISTED HEREIN,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
 as Administrative Agent

 

and

 

CITIBANK, N.A.
 and
 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
 as Syndication Agents

 

and

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
 as Documentation Agent

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
 and
 THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
 Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

	
 
    	
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ARTICLE 1   Definitions and Accounting Terms
    	
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Section 1.01. Definitions
    	
1
    
	
Section 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 2 Amounts   and Terms of Commitments and Loans
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 2.01. Commitments
    	
15
    
	
Section 2.02. Notices of Conversion/Continuation
    	
18
    
	
Section 2.03. Registry
    	
19
    
	
Section 2.04. Pro Rata Borrowings
    	
19
    
	
Section 2.05. Interest
    	
20
    
	
Section 2.06. Commissions and Fee
    	
21
    
	
Section 2.07. Reductions in Commitments; Repayments and Payments
    	
22
    
	
Section 2.08. Use of Proceeds
    	
23
    
	
Section 2.09. Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans
    	
23
    
	
Section 2.10. Capital Requirements
    	
28
    
	
Section 2.11. Regulation D Compensation
    	
28
    
	
Section 2.12. Letters of Credit
    	
28
    
	
Section 2.13. Defaulting Lenders
    	
34
    
	
Section 2.14. Taxes
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 3   Conditions to Loans and Letters of Credit
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 3.01. Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit
    	
39
    
	
Section 3.02. Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 4   Representations and Warranties
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 4.01. Organization, Powers and Good Standing
    	
42
    
	
Section 4.02. Authorization of Borrowing, Etc.
    	
42
    
	
Section 4.03. Financial Condition
    	
43
    
	
Section 4.04. No Material Adverse Change
    	
43
    
	
Section 4.05. Litigation
    	
43
    
	
Section 4.06. Payment of Taxes
    	
43
    
	
Section 4.07. Governmental Regulation
    	
44
    
	
Section 4.08. Securities Activities
    	
44
    
	
Section 4.09. ERISA Compliance
    	
44
    
	
Section 4.10. Certain Fees
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.11. Subsidiaries
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.12. Economic Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Matters
    	
45
    
	
Section 4.13. EEA Financial Institution
    	
45
    

 

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ARTICLE 5 Affirmative   Covenants
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Reports
    	
45
    
	
Section 5.02. Conduct of Business and Corporate Existence
    	
48
    
	
Section 5.03. Payment of Taxes
    	
48
    
	
Section 5.04. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
    	
48
    
	
Section 5.05. Inspection
    	
48
    
	
Section 5.06. Compliance with Laws
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 6 Negative   Covenants
    	
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Section 6.01. Merger
    	
49
    
	
Section 6.02. Liens
    	
49
    
	
Section 6.03. Financial Covenant
    	
50
    
	
Section 6.04. Use of Proceeds
    	
50
    
	
Section 6.05. Subsidiary Indebtedness
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE 7 Events   of Default
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Section 7.01. Failure to Make Payments When Due
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.02. Default in Other Agreements
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.03. Breach of Certain Covenants
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.04. Breach of Warranty
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.05. Other Defaults under Agreement
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.06. Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
    	
51
    
	
Section 7.07. Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
    	
52
    
	
Section 7.08. Judgments and Attachments
    	
52
    
	
Section 7.09. Dissolution
    	
52
    
	
Section 7.10. ERISA Title IV Liabilities
    	
52
    
	
Section 7.11. Change of Control
    	
53
    
	
Section 7.12. Cash Cover
    	
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ARTICLE 8 Agents
    	
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Section 8.01. Appointment
    	
54
    
	
Section 8.02. Powers; General Immunity
    	
54
    
	
Section 8.03. Representations and Warranties; No Responsibility for Appraisal of   Creditworthiness
    	
55
    
	
Section 8.04. Right to Indemnity
    	
55
    
	
Section 8.05. Resignation by or Removal of the Agents
    	
56
    
	
Section 8.06. Successor Agents
    	
56
    
	
Section 8.07. Other Agents
    	
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ARTICLE 9   Miscellaneous
    	
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Section 9.01. Benefit of Agreement
    	
57
    
	
Section 9.02. Expenses
    	
59
    
	
Section 9.03. Indemnity
    	
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Section 9.04. Setoff
    	
60
    
	
Section 9.05. Amendments and Waivers
    	
60
    
	
Section 9.06. Independence of Covenants
    	
61
    
	
Section 9.07. Notices
    	
61
    
	
Section 9.08. Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements
    	
62
    
	
Section 9.09. USA PATRIOT Act Notice
    	
62
    
	
Section 9.10. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
    	
62
    
	
Section 9.11. Severability
    	
62
    
	
Section 9.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights
    	
62
    
	
Section 9.13. Headings
    	
63
    
	
Section 9.14. Applicable Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Limitation of Liability
    	
63
    
	
Section 9.15. Successors and Assigns
    	
63
    
	
Section 9.16. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Integration
    	
64
    
	
Section 9.17. No Fiduciary Duty
    	
64
    
	
Section 9.18. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Fianncial Institutions
    	
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EXHIBITS

 

	
Commitment Schedule
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Pricing Schedule
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 2.15
    	
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Existing Letters of Credit
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
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Form of Note
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
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Form of Opinion of E. Robert Lupone, Esq.
   Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Borrower
    
	
Exhibit C
    	
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Form of Opinion of Jayne M. Donegan, Esq.
   Executive Counsel of the Borrower
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
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Form of Opinion of Davis Polk &   Wardwell LLP
    
	
Exhibit E-1
    	
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Form of Notice of Borrowing
    
	
Exhibit E-2
    	
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Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
    
	
Exhibit F
    	
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Form of Compliance Certificate
    
	
Exhibit G
    	
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Form of Transfer Supplement
    
	
Exhibit H
    	
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Form of Extension Agreement
    

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2016, among TEXTRON INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Borrower”), the banks and other financial institutions signatory hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively the “Lenders”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), CITIBANK, N.A. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agents for the Lenders (together with their successors in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”) and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Documentation Agent for the Lenders (together with its successors in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”).

 

The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agents agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
  DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

Section 1.01.        Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

“2013 Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 3.01(e).

 

“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

 

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

“Administrative Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.06(c)

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent, completed by such Lender and returned to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower).

 

“Affected Lender” means any Lender affected by any of the events described in Section 2.09(b) or 2.09(c) hereof.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group of Persons acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons acting in concert, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

 

 

“Agent” means any of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agent.

 

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may at any time be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all other laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

“Applicable Lending Office” means, for any Lender with respect to its Loans of any particular Type, the office, branch or affiliate of such Lender specified as the booking office therefor in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Lender as such Lender may specify from time to time for such purpose by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 2.13 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.

 

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as from time to time amended and any successor statutes.

 

“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person 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 Person (or such Governmental

 

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Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any obligations of such Person hereunder.

 

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the Eurodollar Screen Rate (or if the Eurodollar Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day.  Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

 

“Base Rate Loans” are Loans whose interest rate is based on Base Rate.

 

“Base Rate Margin” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.

 

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

“Borrowing” means a borrowing of Loans hereunder.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized by law to close and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

“Capital Lease”, as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

 

“Change of Control” means that (a) any Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the outstanding common stock of the Borrower or (b) individuals who constitute the Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended.  Any reference to the Code shall include a reference to corresponding provisions of any subsequent revenue law.

 

“Commitment” means (i) with respect to each Lender listed on the Commitment Schedule, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Schedule, and (ii) with respect to any substitute Lender or Assignee which becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 9.01 or 9.15, the amount of the transferor Lender’s Commitment assigned to it pursuant to Section 9.01 or 9.15, as such amount may be changed from time to time pursuant to Section

 

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2.07, 9.01 or 9.15; provided that, if the context so requires, the term “Commitment” means the obligation of a Lender to extend credit up to such amount to the Borrower hereunder.

 

“Commitment Schedule” means the Commitment Schedule attached hereto.

 

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F delivered to the Lenders by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(i)(B).

 

“Consolidated Capitalization” means, as at any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth plus (c) preferred stock of the Borrower plus (d) other securities of the Borrower convertible (whether mandatorily or at the option of the holder) into capital stock of the Borrower.

 

“Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of short-term and long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is shown on a balance sheet of Textron Manufacturing (or would be if a balance sheet were prepared on such date).

 

“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as at any date of determination, the stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (but excluding the effects of the Borrower’s accumulated other comprehensive income/loss) calculated in conformity with GAAP.

 

“Continuing Director” means any member of the board of directors of the Borrower who is (i) a director of the Borrower on the date of this Agreement, (ii) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower or (iii) appointed by directors referred to in clauses (i) and (ii).

 

“Contractual Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other similar instrument of that Person under which Indebtedness is outstanding or secured or by which that Person or any of its properties is bound or to which that Person or any of its properties is subject.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.13(d), any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund all or any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Agent or Issuing Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s reasonable determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or, in the case of clause (iii) such payment is the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent or the Borrower in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with all or any portion of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s reasonable determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to

 

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extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it, (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action or has a Parent that has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action, or (e) has defaulted in fulfilling its funding obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower).

 

“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country, region or territory to the extent that such country, region or territory itself is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions, currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.

 

“Documentation Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

“Dollar”, “Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful currency of the United States.

 

“Domestic Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.16 hereof.

 

“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and any successor statute.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with such Person, is under common control as described in

 

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Section 414(c) of the Code or is a member of a controlled group, as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code, which includes such Person.

 

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

“Eurodollar Margin” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.

 

“Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any Interest Period, the Eurodollar Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the Eurodollar Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) then the Eurodollar Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if the Eurodollar Rate determined in accordance with the foregoing would otherwise be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Eurodollar Rate Loans” means Loans or portions thereof during the period in which such Loans bear interest at rates determined in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(i) hereof.

 

“Eurodollar Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any applicable currency and for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) provided that if the Eurodollar Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in Article 7 hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.

 

“Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued before the Effective Date and listed in Schedule 2.15 hereto.

 

“Facility Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official

 

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interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NY FRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate.

 

“Finance Company” means any Person which is (or would be but for the proviso to the definition of such term) a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which is primarily engaged in the business of a finance company.

 

“Finance Company Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) debt of the Finance Group at such date, determined in a manner consistent with “Finance group debt” on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, less securitized debt at such date, determined in a manner consistent with “Note 7. Debt and Credit Facilities” in the notes to the Financial Statements, to (ii) total Finance Group assets less total Finance Group liabilities at such date, each as set forth on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet for such date (or would be if a balance sheet were prepared on such date).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the manner of determining “Finance group debt” and/or securitized debt changes during the term of this Agreement as a result of changes to GAAP that apply to this Agreement as a result of Section 1.02, these amounts shall be determined in a manner consistent with GAAP as in effect as of the date of determination.

 

“Finance Group” means “Finance group” as defined in the Financial Statements.

 

“Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.03.

 

“Funding Date” means the date of the funding of a Loan made pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing but does not mean the date of any conversion or continuation of the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to a Notice of Conversion/Continuation.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board as in effect from time to time.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

 

“Indebtedness”, as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money of that Person, (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases which is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet of that Person in conformity with GAAP, (iii) notes payable of that Person and drafts accepted by that Person

 

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representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (iv) any obligation of that Person owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services which purchase price is (a) due more than twelve months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof, or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (v) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (vi) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been  assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person and (vii) any guarantee of that Person, direct or indirect, of any indebtedness, note payable, draft accepted, or obligation described in clauses (i)-(vi) above of any other Person.

 

“indemnified liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.03.

 

“Indemnitees” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.03.

 

“Initial Loans” means the initial Loans made under this Agreement.

 

“Interest Payment Date” means, (x) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan; provided that in the case of each Interest Period of six months, “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each Interest Period Anniversary Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day) for such Interest Period and (y) in the case of any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter.

 

“Interest Period” means any interest period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan as determined pursuant to Section 2.05(b) hereof.

 

“Interest Period Anniversary Date” means, for each Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan which is six months, the three-month anniversary of the commencement of that Interest Period.

 

“Interest Rate Determination Date” means each date for calculating the Adjusted LIBO Rate for purposes of determining the interest rate in respect of an Interest Period.  The Interest Rate Determination Date shall be the second Business Day prior to the first day of the related Interest Period.

 

“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the Eurodollar Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Eurodollar Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the Eurodollar Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Eurodollar Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the Eurodollar Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

“Issuing Lender” means any Lender designated by the Borrower that agrees to issue letters of credit hereunder pursuant to an instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each in its capacity as an issuer of a Letter of Credit hereunder.  Any Lender which is the issuer of an Existing Letter of Credit is an Issuing Lender with respect thereto.

 

“JPMorgan Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors.

 

“Lead Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement) and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ, Ltd.

 

“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings assigned to those terms in the introduction to this Agreement and its or their successors and permitted assigns.  Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to “Lender” (including each such reference in any indemnification, exculpation or expense reimbursement provision of this Agreement) shall include each Issuing Lender.

 

“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit to be issued hereunder by an Issuing Lender.

 

“Letter of Credit Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.

 

“Letter of Credit Liabilities” means, for any Lender and at any time, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the sum of (x) the aggregate amount then owing by the Borrower in respect of amounts paid by the Issuing Lender upon a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued hereunder and (y) the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit.

 

“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).

 

“Loan” means a loan made pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement.

 

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, including without limitation, schedules and exhibits hereto and any agreements entered into in connection herewith, including amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or waivers thereof, the Notes and any other documents prepared in connection with the other Loan Documents, if any.

 

“Loans and Principal Payments Schedule” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.03(b).

 

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“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its material payment obligations under this Agreement and the Notes or (iii) the validity or enforceability of, or the rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under, this Agreement and the Notes.

 

“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

“Note” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b) hereof.

 

“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice described in Section 2.01(b) hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto.

 

“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” means any notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(a) hereof, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto.

 

“Notice of Issuance” means any notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.12(c) hereof.

 

“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day(or for any day that is not a Banking Day, for the immediately preceding Banking Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means, as applied to any corporation, a certificate executed on behalf of such corporation by its Chairman of the Board (if an officer), its President, any Vice President of such corporation, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such corporation.

 

“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).

 

“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

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“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(f).

 

“Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56).

 

“Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(d).

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a) of ERISA or any successor thereto.

 

“Pension Plan” means any plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant to Section 4021(b) thereof, which may be, is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions may be, are or have been made by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or as to which the Borrower would be considered as a “contributing sponsor” for purposes of Title IV of ERISA at any relevant time.

 

“Permitted Encumbrances” means:

 

(i)                                     Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 5.03;

 

(ii)                                  Statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by generally accepted  accounting principles then in effect, shall have been made therefor;

 

(iii)                               Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

(iv)                              Any attachment or judgment Lien individually or in the aggregate not in excess of $100,000,000 unless the judgment it secures shall, within 30 days after the entry thereof, not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;

 

(v)                                 Leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(vi)                              Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(vii)                           Any interest or title of a lessor under any lease;

 

(viii)                        Liens arising from UCC financing statements regarding leases;

 

(ix)                              Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(x)                                 Liens (a) of a collection bank on the items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to investment accounts, trading accounts or brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are customary in the banking industry, (d) attaching to other prepayments, deposits or earnest money in the ordinary course of business and (e) attaching to cash collateral posted pursuant to a hedging, swap or similar contract entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and any Governmental Authority.

 

“Pooled Basket Amount” means 3% of the consolidated total assets of Textron Manufacturing and its Subsidiaries, all as determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis for Textron Manufacturing and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Potential Event of Default” means a condition or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default if that condition or event were not cured or removed within any applicable grace or cure period.

 

“Pricing Schedule” means the Pricing Schedule attached hereto.

 

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

“Pro Rata Share or pro rata Share” means, when used with reference to any Lender and any described aggregate or total amount, the percentage designated as such Lender’s Pro Rata Share set forth under the name of such Lender on the applicable signature page of this Agreement, as such pro rata Share may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

“Purchasing Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(c).

 

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.

 

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“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.

 

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.

 

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.

 

“Reimbursement Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(d).

 

“Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or in the regulations thereunder notice of which to PBGC is required within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, or receipt of a notice of withdrawal liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4204 of ERISA.

 

“Required Lenders” means, as at any time any determination thereof is to be made, the Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Commitment or, if no Commitments are in effect, more than 50% of the Total Outstanding Amount (exclusive in each case of the Commitment, Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities of any Defaulting Lender).

 

“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary (or a group of Subsidiaries that would constitute a Restricted Subsidiary if consolidated and which are engaged in the same or related lines of business) of the Borrower now existing or hereafter acquired or formed by the Borrower which (x) for the most recent fiscal year of the Borrower, accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or (y) as at the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 5% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this definition, the proviso to the definition of Subsidiary shall not be applicable.

 

“Sanctions” means any international economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK).

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.

 

“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D).  Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under

 

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such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

“Stop Issuance Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(g).

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; provided, however, that (i) no Finance Company or any Subsidiary of any Finance Company and (ii) no Person having consolidated assets less than $1,000,000 shall be treated as a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

“Syndication Agents” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.

 

“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“Termination Date” means September 30, 2021, or such later date to which the Termination Date then in effect may be extended pursuant to Section 2.01(d), or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.

 

“Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan (including any such notice with respect to a Pension Plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA),  or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (v) any other event or condition which, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan.

 

“Textron Manufacturing” means the Borrower and any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Finance Company; provided that, for purposes of this definition, the exclusion set forth in subsection (ii) in the definition of Subsidiary shall be disregarded.

 

“Total Commitment” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders then in effect (as such Commitments may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07(a) hereof).  The original amount of the Total Commitment is $1,000,000,000.

 

“Total Outstanding Amount” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus, without duplication, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities of all Lenders at such time.

 

“Type” means the designation of a Loan as either a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

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“Withholding Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

 

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Section 1.02.                         Accounting Terms and Determinations.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower’s independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article 6 to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article 6 for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided further that the implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 shall not be deemed a change in GAAP for purposes of the preceding proviso.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

 

Section 1.03.                         Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related to such Letter of Credit, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

ARTICLE 2
  AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND LOANS

 

Section 2.01.                         Commitments.

 

(a)                        Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, each Lender hereby severally agrees to lend in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Termination Date its pro rata Share of the Total

 

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Commitment.  Each Lender’s Commitment and the Total Commitment shall expire in full on the Termination Date.

 

Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) may, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, be repaid and, up to but excluding the Termination Date, be reborrowed.  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Loans in full no later than the Termination Date.

 

Borrowings on any Funding Date with respect to a Loan under this Section 2.01(a) shall be in Dollars, in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the unutilized amount of the Total Commitment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Loan may be borrowed if the Total Outstanding Amount, after giving effect to the Loan so requested and all other Loans then requested which have not yet been funded, shall exceed the Total Commitment then in effect.

 

(b)                        Notice of Borrowing.  Subject to Section 2.01(a), whenever the Borrower desires to borrow under this Section 2.01, it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing (which may be telephonic, confirmed promptly in writing) no later than 10:30 A.M. (New York time) (x) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the proposed Funding Date and (y) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding Date.  The Notice of Borrowing shall specify (i) the proposed Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount of the proposed Loans, (iii) whether such Loans are to consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans or a combination thereof and the amounts thereof, and (iv) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period therefor.

 

Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to the Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above which the Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized to borrow on behalf of the Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith under this Section 2.01(b) and, upon funding of Loans by the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement pursuant to any telephonic notice, the Borrower shall have borrowed such Loans hereunder.

 

Except as provided in Sections 2.01(c) and 2.09(d), a Notice of Borrowing for a Eurodollar Rate Loan (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.

 

(c)                         Disbursement of Funds.  Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.01(b) (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) with respect to a Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.  Each Lender shall make its pro rata Share of the amount of such Loans available to the Administrative Agent in same day funds not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Funding Date.  Such Loans of a Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s pro rata Share of the aggregate amount of all such Loans requested by the Borrower pursuant to the applicable Notice of Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3.01 (in the case of the Initial Loans) and Section 3.02 (in the case of all Loans) the Administrative Agent shall make the

 

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proceeds of such Loans available to the Borrower by causing an amount of funds equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by the Administrative Agent to be credited to an account in New York City designated by the Borrower in same day funds.

 

Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender (which notice may be telephonic, confirmed promptly in writing) prior to any Funding Date (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans, not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Funding Date) in respect of any Loan that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such pro rata Share of such Loan on such Funding Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Funding Date and the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount on such Funding Date.  If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on prompt demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Funding Date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent at the customary rate set by the Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among Lenders for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate.  If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent.  Nothing in this Section 2.01(c) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

 

(d)                        Extension of Commitments.

 

(i)                                     The Commitments may be extended, if at the time no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in the manner and amount set forth in this Section 2.01(d), for a period of one year measured from the Termination Date then in effect.  If the Borrower wishes to request an extension of each Lender’s Commitment, it shall give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent not less than 45 days nor more than 90 days prior to each anniversary of the date hereof that occurs on or prior to the Termination Date then in effect, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders of such request.  Each Lender will use its best efforts to respond to such request, whether affirmatively or negatively, as it may elect in its sole discretion, within 30 days of such request to the Administrative Agent, but in any event no earlier than 30 days prior to the Termination Date then in effect.  If any Lender shall not have responded affirmatively within such 30-day period, such Lender shall be deemed to have rejected the Borrower’s proposal to extend its Commitment, and only the Commitments of those Lenders which have responded affirmatively shall be extended, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of an Extension Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “Extension Agreement”) duly completed and signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders which have responded affirmatively.  No extension of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.01(d) shall be legally binding on any party hereto unless and until such Extension Agreement is so executed and delivered by Lenders having at least 66 2/3% of

 

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the aggregate amount of the Commitments; provided that the Termination Date may only be so extended for two one-year periods.

 

(ii)                                  If any Lender rejects, or is deemed to have rejected, the Borrower’s proposal to extend its Commitment, (A) this Agreement shall terminate on the Termination Date then in effect with respect to such Lender, (B) the Borrower shall pay to such Lender on such Termination Date any amounts due and payable to such Lender on such date and (C) the Borrower may, if it so elects, designate a Person not theretofore a Lender and acceptable to the Administrative Agent to become a Lender, or agree with an existing Lender that such Lender’s Commitment shall be increased, provided that the aggregate amount of the Commitments following any designation or agreement may not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments on the date hereof.  Upon execution and delivery by the Borrower and such replacement Lender or other Person of an instrument of assumption in form and amount satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and execution and delivery of the Extension Agreement pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(i), such existing Lender shall have a Commitment as therein set forth or such other Person shall become a Lender with a Commitment as therein set forth and all the rights and obligations of a Lender with such a Commitment hereunder.  On the date of termination of any Lender’s Commitment as contemplated by this paragraph, the respective participations of the other Lenders in all outstanding Letters of Credit shall be redetermined on the basis of their respective Commitments after giving effect to such termination, and the participation therein of the Lender whose Commitment is terminated shall terminate; provided that the Borrower shall, if and to the extent necessary to permit such redetermination of participations in Letters of Credit within the limits of the Commitments which are not terminated, prepay on such date a portion of the outstanding Loans, and such redetermination and termination of participations in outstanding Letters of Credit shall be conditioned upon its having done so.

 

(iii)                               The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of each extension of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.01(d).

 

Section 2.02.  Notices of Conversion/Continuation.  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09 hereof, the Borrower shall have the option (b) to convert at any time all or any part of the outstanding Base Rate Loans in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, to Eurodollar Rate Loans and (c) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, to continue all or any portion of such Eurodollar Rate Loans in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, as Eurodollar Rate Loans.  The succeeding Interest Period(s) of such converted or continued Eurodollar Rate Loan shall commence on the date of conversion in the case of clause (i) above and on the last day of the Interest Period of the Eurodollar Rate Loans to be continued in the case of clause (ii) above.

 

The Borrower shall deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date.  A Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall specify (i) the proposed conversion/continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount of

 

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the Loan to be converted/continued, (iii) the nature of the proposed conversion/continuation and (iv) the requested Interest Period.

 

Except as provided in Section 2.09(d) hereof, a Notice of Conversion/Continuation for conversion to, or continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on or after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to convert or continue in accordance therewith.

 

(d)                        Unless the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent (x) a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02(a) hereof with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding or (y) written notice of its intent to prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans, furnished not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that such Eurodollar Rate Loans be continued for an additional Interest Period of one month.

 

Section 2.03.                         Registry.  (a) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a register (the “Register”) on which it will record the Commitment of each Lender, each Loan made by such Lender, each repayment of any Loan made by such Lender, the stated amount of each Letter of Credit and the principal amount of each Lender’s outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities.  Any such recordation by the Administrative Agent on the Register shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof, absent manifest error.  Each Lender shall record on its internal records (including computerized systems) the foregoing information as to its own Commitment, Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities.  Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations hereunder in respect of the Loans and the Letters of Credit.

 

(b)           The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Administrative Agent if so instructed by any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Note”).  The Note issued to each Lender pursuant to this Section 2.03(b) shall (i) be payable to such Lender and its registered assigns, (ii) be payable in the principal amount of the outstanding Loans evidenced thereby, (iii) provide that all Loans then outstanding shall be repaid on the date as provided herein, (iv) bear interest as provided in the appropriate clause of Section 2.05 hereof, (v) be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and (vi) have attached thereto a schedule (a “Loans and Principal Payments Schedule”) substantially in the form of the Schedule to Exhibit A hereto.  At the time of the making of each Loan or principal payment in respect thereof, each Lender may, and is hereby authorized to, make a notation on the Loans and Principal Payments Schedule of the date and the amount of such Loan or payment, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to make a notation with respect to the making of any Loan, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under the applicable Note with respect to such Loan and payments of principal by the Borrower shall not be affected by the failure to make a notation thereof on the appropriate Loans and Principal Payments Schedule.

 

Section 2.04.                         Pro Rata Borrowings.  The Loans comprising each Borrowing under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and each Lender’s Loan shall be equal to such Lender’s pro rata Share of such Borrowing.  It is understood that no Lender shall be 

 

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responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make a Loan hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder subject to the terms hereof, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitment to make Loans hereunder.

 

Section 2.05.                         Interest.  (a) Rate of Interest on Loans.

 

The Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount of each  Loan made to it from and including the date made to but not including the date repaid.

 

(i)                                     Each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof for the applicable Interest Period at an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Margin plus the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate.

 

(ii)                                  Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate Margin plus the applicable Base Rate.

 

The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder in accordance with this Section 2.05(a) and Section 2.09(a).  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

 

(b)                        Interest Periods.  In connection with each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Borrower shall elect an interest period (each an “Interest Period”) to be applicable to such Loan, which shall be either a one, two, three or six month period; provided that:

 

(i)                                     the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall commence on the date of such Loan;

 

(ii)                                  if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day;

 

(iii)                               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 such ending calendar month;

 

(iv)                              no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date; and

 

(v)                                 there shall be no more than 30 Interest Periods outstanding at any time.

 

(c)                         Interest Payments.  Interest shall be payable on each Loan in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan, upon any prepayment of that Loan (to the extent

 

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accrued on the amount being prepaid) and when due and payable (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise).

 

(d)                        Computation of Interest.  Interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues and interest on Base Rate Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366 days in a leap year) and the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues.  In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of the Loan or, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the first day of an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be included and the date of payment or the expiration of an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided that if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.

 

(e)                         Post-Maturity Interest.  Any principal payments on the Loans not paid when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest, fee or other amount not paid when due, in each case whether at stated maturity, by notice of prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the higher of (i) the rate of interest applicable to such Loans or (ii) the rate of interest otherwise payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Loans.

 

Section 2.06.                         Commissions and Fee.  (a) Facility Fees.

 

(i)                                     The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders a facility fee in Dollars at the Facility Fee Rate accrued from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Termination Date on the daily average aggregate amount of the Commitments (whether used or unused).

 

(ii)                                  Such facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed.  Such facility fees shall be paid quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 and upon the date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety (and, if later, the date the Loans shall be repaid in their entirety).  From the effective date of any termination or reduction of Commitments, such facility fees shall cease to accrue or be correspondingly reduced.  If the Commitments are terminated in their entirety or reduced, facility fees accrued on the total Commitments, or accrued on the aggregate amount of the reduction of the Commitments (in the case of such a reduction), shall be payable on the effective date of such termination or reduction.

 

(b)                        Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders ratably a letter of credit fee accruing daily on the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate for such day and (ii) to each Issuing Lender for its own account, a letter of credit fronting fee accruing daily on the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender at such rate as may be mutually agreed between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender from time to time.  Such letter of credit fees shall be paid quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 and upon the date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety (and, if later, the date the Letter of Credit

 

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Liabilities shall be reduced to zero); provided that the Borrower and an Issuing Lender may agree to alternate dates for payment of the letter of credit fronting fees for the account of such Issuing Lender.

 

(c)                         Administrative Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an annual fee (the “Administrative Fee”) in Dollars in an amount equal to the amount previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Such Administrative Fee shall be payable quarterly in advance commencing on the date of this Agreement and on each successive quarterly anniversary of such date, so long as any Loan or Commitment is outstanding on such date; provided that if the Borrower shall terminate the Commitments in their entirety pursuant to Section 2.09(a) prior to the Termination Date, a pro rata portion of the Administrative Fee relating to the period from the Termination Date to the end of the applicable quarter shall be refundable.

 

(d)                        Time of Payment.  The Borrower shall make payment of each Lender’s facility and letter of credit fees and of the Administrative Agent’s Administrative Fee hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due in Dollars and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent.  Upon receipt of any amount representing facility or letter of credit fees paid pursuant to this Section 2.06, the Administrative Agent shall pay such amount to the Lenders based upon their respective pro rata Shares.

 

Section 2.07.                         Reductions in Commitments; Repayments and Payments.

 

(a)                        Reductions of Total Commitment.

 

After the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, who will promptly notify the Lenders thereof, by telephone confirmed in writing, without premium or penalty, to permanently reduce or terminate the Total Commitment, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, in minimum aggregate amounts of $10,000,000 (unless the Total Commitment at such time is less than $10,000,000, in which case, in an amount equal to the Total Commitment at such time) and, if such reduction is greater than $10,000,000, in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of such amount, provided that (i) any such reduction of the Total Commitment shall apply to the Commitment of each Lender in accordance with its pro rata Share of the aggregate of such reduction, (ii) any such reduction in the Total Commitment shall be permanent and (iii) after giving effect to any such reduction, the Total Commitment shall equal or exceed the Total Outstanding Amount.

 

(b)                        Voluntary Prepayments.

 

Subject, in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to Section 2.09(e), the Borrower shall have the right to prepay any Loan in whole at any time or in part from time to time without premium or penalty in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the outstanding principal amount of such Loan.  The Borrower shall give notice (by telex or telecopier, or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) (which shall be irrevocable) to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of each proposed prepayment hereunder, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans, not later than

 

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10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding the day of the proposed repayment and (y) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, at least three Business Days prior to the day of the proposed prepayment, and in each case shall specify the proposed prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the proposed prepayment and which Loans are to be prepaid.

 

(c)                         Interest on Principal Amounts Prepaid.  All prepayments under this Section 2.07 shall be made together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and any other amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.09(e) of this Agreement.

 

(d)                        Method and Place of Payment. All payments to be made by the Borrower on account of principal and interest on each Loan shall be made without setoff or counterclaim to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender, not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the date when due and shall be made in Dollars and in same day funds.  Whenever any payment with respect to any Loan shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable at the applicable rate during such extension; provided, however, that with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, if the next succeeding Business Day falls in another calendar month, such payments shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.  The Administrative Agent shall remit to each Lender its pro rata Share of all such payments received in collected funds by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender in respect of which such payment is made.

 

(e)                                  Order of Payment.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (other than any fee or indemnification payments not specifically designated under the terms of this Agreement as being for the benefit of the Lenders) shall be applied by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender based on its pro rata Share, (i) first, to the payment of expenses referred to in Section 9.02 hereof, (ii) second, to the payment of the fees referred to in Section 2.06 hereof, (iii) third, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on such Lender’s Base Rate Loans until all such accrued interest has been paid, (iv) fourth, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans until all such accrued interest has been paid, (v) fifth, to the payment of the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Base Rate Loans, and (vi) sixth, to the payment of the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans.

 

Section 2.08.                         Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued by the Lenders may be used for acquisitions, repurchases of capital stock of the Borrower, the funding of dividends payable to shareholders of the Borrower and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower.

 

Section 2.09.                         Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the following provisions shall govern with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans as to the matters covered:

 

(a)                        Determination of Interest Rate.  As soon as practicable on an Interest Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent

 

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manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate which shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to each Lender.

 

(b)                        Substituted Rate of Borrowing. In the event that on any Interest Rate Determination Date any Lender (including the Administrative Agent) shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties but, with respect to the following clauses (i) and (ii)(B), shall be made only after consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that:

 

(i)                                     by reason of any changes arising after the date of this Agreement affecting the Eurodollar market or affecting the position of that Lender in such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate with respect to the Eurodollar Rate Loans as to which an interest rate determination is then being made; or

 

(ii)                                  by reason of (A) any change (including any changes proposed or published prior to the date hereof) after the date hereof in any applicable law or any governmental rule, regulation or order (or any interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation or order (including any thereof proposed or published, prior to the date hereof)) or (B) other circumstances affecting that Lender or the Eurodollar market or the position of that Lender in such market (such as, for example, but not limited to, official reserve requirements required by Regulation D), the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall not represent the effective pricing to that Lender for deposits in the applicable currency of comparable amounts for the relevant period;

 

then, and in any such event, that Lender shall be an Affected Lender and it shall promptly (and in any event as soon as possible after being notified of a Borrowing) give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender) of such determination.  Thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to the Affected Lender with respect to such Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon written demand therefor, but only if such demand is made within 30 days of the end of the Interest Period for such Interest Rate Determination Date, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as the Affected Lender in its sole discretion shall reasonably determine) as shall be required to cause the Affected Lender to receive interest with respect to such Affected Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans for the Interest Period following that Interest Rate Determination Date (such Interest Period being an “Affected Interest Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Margin in excess of the effective pricing to the Affected Lender for deposits in Dollars to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans.  A certificate as to additional amounts owed the Affected Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted in good faith to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by the Affected Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

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(c)                         Required Termination and Prepayment.  In the event that on any date any Lender shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties) that the making or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful by, or would be inconsistent with, compliance by that Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation or order (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date of this Agreement which materially and adversely affects the Eurodollar market, then, and in any such event, that Lender shall be an Affected Lender and it shall promptly give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each Lender) of that determination.  Subject to the prior withdrawal of a Notice of Borrowing or prepayment of the Eurodollar Rate Loans of the Affected Lender as contemplated by the following Section 2.09(d) hereof, the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Eurodollar Rate Loans during any such period shall be terminated at the earlier of the termination of the Interest Period then in effect or when required by law and the Borrower shall no later than the termination of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such determination pursuant to this Section 2.09(c) is made or earlier, when required by law, repay Eurodollar Rate Loans of the Affected Lender together with all interest accrued thereon.

 

(d)                        Options of the Borrower.  In lieu of paying an Affected Lender such additional moneys as are required by Section 2.09(b), 2.09(h) or 2.10 hereof or the prepayment of an Affected Lender required by Section 2.09(c), hereof but in no event in derogation of Section 2.09(e) hereof, the Borrower may exercise any one of the following options:

 

(i)                                     If the determination by an Affected Lender relates only to Eurodollar Rate Loans then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Borrower may by giving notice (by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly give similar notice to each Lender) no later than the date immediately prior to the date on which such Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be made, continued or converted withdraw as to the Affected Lender that Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the case may be; or

 

(ii)                                  Upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Borrower may terminate the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans as, and to convert Loans into, Eurodollar Rate Loans and in such event, the Borrower shall, prior to the time any payment pursuant to Section 2.09(c) hereof is required to be made or, if the provisions of Section 2.09(d) hereof are applicable, at the end of the then current  Interest Period, convert all of such Eurodollar Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans; or

 

(iii)                               The Borrower may give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Affected Lender and the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly give similar notice to each Lender) and require the Affected Lender to make the Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested as a Base Rate Loan or to continue to maintain its outstanding Base Rate Loan then the subject of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation as a Base Rate Loan or to convert its Eurodollar Rate Loan then outstanding that is so affected into a Base Rate Loan at the end of the then current Interest Period (or at such earlier time as prepayment

 

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is otherwise required to be made pursuant to Section 2.09(c) hereof), that notice to pertain only to the Loans of the Affected Lender and to have no effect on the obligations of the other Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans.

 

(e)                         Compensation.  The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by that Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any interest paid by that Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss (other than loss of margins) sustained by that Lender in connection with the re-employment of such funds), which that Lender may sustain with respect to its Eurodollar Rate Loans if for any reason (other than a default or error by that Lender) (i) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation or a telephonic request for borrowing, (ii) any repayment or conversion of any of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date which is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable to that Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) any repayment of any such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of repayment given by the Borrower, or (iv) as a consequence of any other failure by the Borrower to repay such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)                          Affected Lender’s Obligation to Mitigate.  Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause it to be an Affected Lender under Section 2.09(b) or 2.09(c) hereof, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies, use reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain the affected Loans of such Lender through another Applicable Lending Office if as a result thereof the additional moneys which would otherwise be required to be paid in respect of such Loans pursuant to Section 2.09(b) hereof would be materially reduced or the illegality or other adverse circumstances which would otherwise require prepayment of such Loans pursuant to Section 2.09(c) hereof would cease to exist and if, as determined by such Lender, in its sole discretion, the making, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other Applicable Lending Office would not otherwise materially adversely affect such Loans or such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by any Lender in utilizing another Applicable Lending Office pursuant to this Section 2.09(f).

 

(g)                         Booking of Loans.  Each Loan shall be booked by the Lender making such Loan at, to, or for the account of, its Applicable Lending Office for such Loan.

 

(h)                        Increased Costs.  Except as provided in Section 2.09(b) or with respect to Taxes or Domestic Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any Note, which shall be governed by Section 2.14, if, by reason of (x) after the date hereof, the introduction of or any change (including, without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation (whether or not proposed or published prior to the date hereof), or (y) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or quasi governmental authority exercising control over banks or financial institutions generally (whether or not having the force of law):

 

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(i)                                     any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) shall be subject to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its Eurodollar Rate Loans or Letters of Credit or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or its obligations hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(ii)                                  any reserve (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit (including letters of credit and participations therein) extended by, any Lender’s Applicable Lending Office shall be imposed or deemed applicable or any other condition affecting its Eurodollar Rate Loans or Letters of Credit or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or its obligations hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit shall be imposed on any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office or the interbank Eurodollar market;

 

and as a result thereof there shall be any increase in the cost to that Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining, continuing or converting to Eurodollar Rate Loans or of issuing or participating in any Letters of Credit (except to the extent such Lender is entitled to compensation therefor during the relevant Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.07(e)), or there shall be a reduction in the amount received or receivable by that Lender or its Applicable Lending Office or such Issuing Lender, then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon written notice from and demand by that Lender or Issuing Lender (which shall be promptly furnished upon the Lenders being made subject thereto) (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of that Lender or Issuing Lender, within five Business Days after the date specified in such notice and demand, additional amounts sufficient to indemnify that Lender or Issuing Lender against such increased cost.  A certificate as to the basis for and calculation of the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by that Lender or Issuing Lender, shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

(i)                            Certain Requirements.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of this Agreement, (x) the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to have been adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted.

 

(j)                           Assumption Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.09 in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made as though that Lender had actually funded its Eurodollar Rate Loan through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit, bearing interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan in an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit, from an offshore office of that Lender to a domestic office of that Lender in the United States of America; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculations of amounts payable under this Section 2.09.

 

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(k)                        Eurodollar Rate Loans After Default.  After the occurrence of and during the continuance of a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, upon the request of the Required Lenders, prohibit Loans from being requested as, converted into or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans.

 

Section 2.10.                         Capital Requirements.  If while any portion of the Total Commitment is in effect or any Loans are outstanding, any Lender determines that the adoption of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy or capital maintenance or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Lender, with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or capital maintenance (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital required to be maintained by such Lender or by any corporation controlling such Lender (including, without limitation, with respect to any Lender’s Commitment), then the Borrower shall from time to time, within 15 days of written notice and demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for the cost of such additional required capital, to the extent such Lender determines such increase to be attributable to the existence, issuance or maintenance of such Loans, Letters of Credit, or obligations for the account of the Borrower.  A certificate showing in reasonable detail the computations made in arriving at such cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

Section 2.11.                         Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 2.12.  Letters of Credit.  (a) Existing Letters of Credit.  On the Effective Date, each Issuing Lender that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Existing Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities to the extent of its Applicable Percentage.  On and after the Effective Date, each Existing Letter of Credit shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof.  An Existing Letter of Credit may contain a statement to the effect that such Existing Letter of Credit is issued for the account of a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, however, that notwithstanding such statement, the Borrower shall be the actual account party for all purposes of this Credit Agreement for such Existing Letter of Credit and such statement shall not affect the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations hereunder with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit.  The Existing Letters of Credit include certain Letters of Credit denominated in certain currencies other than Dollars.  Notwithstanding the limitation in Section 2.12(b) that Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be denominated solely in Dollars, such Existing Letters of Credit (and renewals and extensions thereof) may be maintained in the respective currencies in which they are currently denominated pursuant to procedures mutually satisfactory to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Dollar equivalent thereof shall be determined from time to time and such Dollar equivalent shall be utilized for purposes of determining the rights and obligations of the Lenders hereunder with respect to such Existing 

 

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Letters of Credit; provided that (i) in no event shall any Lender be required to make payment hereunder in any currency other than Dollars, (ii) in no event shall any change in the Dollar equivalent of any such Existing Letter of Credit cause the Total Outstanding Amount to exceed the Total Commitment and (iii) the foregoing shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any drawing under any such Existing Letter of Credit in the currency in which such drawing was made.

 

(b)                        Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender agrees to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars from time to time before the Termination Date upon the request of the Borrower; provided that, (i) immediately after each Letter of Credit is issued (A) the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the Total Commitment and (B) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not exceed $100,000,000 and (ii) no Letter of Credit is for the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any Governmental Authority other than any Governmental Authority of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision thereof; provided that in any case no Letter of Credit may be used in connection with a military transaction.  Upon the date of issuance by an Issuing Lender of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities to the extent of its Applicable Percentage.

 

(c)                         Method for Issuance; Terms; Extensions.

 

(i)                                     The Borrower shall give the Issuing Lender notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least three Business Days (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its discretion) prior to the requested issuance of a Letter of Credit (or, in the case of renewal or extension, prior to the Issuing Lender’s deadline for notice of nonextension) specifying the date such Letter of Credit is to be issued, and describing the terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions to be supported thereby (such notice, including any such notice given in connection with the extension of a Letter of Credit, a “Notice of Issuance”).  Upon receipt of a Notice of Issuance, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit.  If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

 

(ii)                                  The obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue each Letter of Credit shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.02 be subject to the conditions precedent that such Letter of Credit shall be in such form and contain such terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered such other customary instruments and agreements relating to such Letter of Credit as the Issuing Lender shall have reasonably requested; provided,

 

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however, that any Issuing Lender may decline to issue any Letter of Credit (other than any Existing Letter of Credit and renewals or extensions thereof) at such Issuing Lender’s sole discretion (including, without limitation, if such Issuing Lender’s internal policies do not permit the issuance of a letter of credit for the purposes for which such Letter of Credit is being requested).  The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for its own account issuance, drawing, amendment, settlement and extension charges, if any, in the amounts and at the times as agreed between the Borrower and the Issuing Lender.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lead Arranger shall act as an Issuing Lender on a pro rata basis based on its aggregate Commitment if no other Lender desires to act in such capacity with respect to a Notice of Issuance.

 

(iii)                               The extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an issuance of such Letter of Credit, and if any Letter of Credit contains a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Lender, the Issuing Lender shall timely give such notice of termination unless it has theretofore timely received a Notice of Issuance and the other conditions to issuance of a Letter of Credit have also theretofore been met with respect to such extension.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or before the close of business on the date that is one year after such Letter of Credit is issued (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided that (A) a Letter of Credit may contain a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended on an annual basis unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Lender and (B) in no event will a Letter of Credit expire (including pursuant to a renewal or extension thereof) on a date later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Termination Date.

 

(d)                        Payments; Reimbursement Obligations.

 

(i)                                     Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other Lender as to the amount to be paid as a result of such demand or drawing and the date such payment is to be made by the Issuing Lender (the “Payment Date”).  The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any amounts paid by the Issuing Lender upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, which reimbursement may be made through the borrowing of a Base Rate Loan as set forth in Section 2.12(d)(ii).  Such reimbursement shall be due on the Payment Date; provided that no such payment shall be due from the Borrower any earlier than the date of receipt by it of notice of its obligation to make such payment (or, if such notice is received by the Borrower after 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on any date, on the next succeeding Business Day); and provided further that if and to the extent any such reimbursement is not made by the Borrower in accordance with this clause (i) or clause (ii) below on the Payment Date, then (irrespective of when notice thereof is received by the Borrower), such reimbursement obligation shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and including the Payment Date to but not including the date such reimbursement obligation is paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day.

 

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(ii)                                  If the Commitments remain in effect on the Payment Date, all such amounts paid by the Issuing Lender and remaining unpaid by the Borrower after the date and time required by Section 2.12(d)(i) (a “Reimbursement Obligation”) shall, if and to the extent that the amount of such Reimbursement Obligation would be permitted as a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to Section 3.02, and unless the Borrower otherwise instructs the Administrative Agent by not less than one Business Day’s prior notice, convert automatically to Base Rate Loans on the date such Reimbursement Obligation arises.  The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Administrative Agent so to act on its behalf), give notice no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such date requesting each Lender to make, and each Lender hereby agrees to make, a Base Rate Loan, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Reimbursement Obligation with respect to which such notice relates.  Each Lender shall make such Loan available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.07 in immediately available funds, not later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time), on the date specified in such notice.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly pay the proceeds of such Loans to the Issuing Lender, which shall immediately apply such proceeds to repay the Reimbursement Obligation.

 

(iii)                               To the extent the Reimbursement Obligation is not refunded by a Lender pursuant to clause (ii) above, such Lender will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, immediately upon the Issuing Lender’s demand at any time during the period commencing after such Reimbursement Obligation arises until reimbursement therefor in full by the Borrower, an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Reimbursement Obligation, together with interest on such amount for each day from the date of the Issuing Lender’s demand for such payment (or, if such demand is made after 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on such date, from the next succeeding Business Day) to the date of payment by such Lender of such amount at a rate of interest per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for the first three Business Days after the date of such demand and thereafter at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for each additional day.  The Issuing Lender will pay to each Lender ratably all amounts received from the Borrower for application in payment of its Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit, but only to the extent such Lender has made payment to the Issuing Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit pursuant hereto; provided that in the event such payment received by the Issuing Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Issuing Lender.

 

(e)                         Obligations Absolute.  The obligations of the Borrower and each Lender under subsection (d) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation the following circumstances:

 

(i)                                     any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto;

 

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(ii)                                  any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto, provided by any party affected thereby;

 

(iii)                               the use which may be made of the Letter of Credit by, or any acts or omission of, a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting);

 

(iv)                              the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting), any Lender (including the Issuing Lender) or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction;

 

(v)                                 any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever;

 

(vi)                              payment under a Letter of Credit against presentation to the Issuing Lender of documents that do not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

 

(vii)                           any termination of the Commitments prior to, on or after the Payment Date for any Letter of Credit, whether at the scheduled termination thereof, by operation of Article 7 or otherwise; or

 

(viii)                        any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any Lender (including the Issuing Lender), the Administrative Agent or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this subsection (viii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to the Borrower’s or the Lender’s obligations hereunder;

 

provided, that this Section 2.12(e) shall not limit the rights of the Borrower or any Lender under Section 2.12(f)(ii).

 

(f)                          Indemnification; Expenses.

 

(i)                                     The Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds harmless each Lender and the Administrative Agent and the officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and affiliates of each of them from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur in connection with a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.12; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses, to the extent found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.

 

(ii)                                  Neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent nor any of their officers or directors or employees or agents shall be liable or responsible, by reason of or in connection with the execution and delivery or transfer of or payment or failure to pay

 

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under any Letter of Credit, including without limitation any of the circumstances enumerated in subsection (e) above; provided that, notwithstanding Section 2.12(e), the Borrower shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential, special, indirect or punitive) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by (x) the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (y) the Issuing Lender’s failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit; provided further that each Lender shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential, special, indirect or punitive) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit.  The parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

 

(iii)                               Nothing in this subsection (f) is intended to limit the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.  To the extent the Borrower does not indemnify an Issuing Lender as required by this subsection, the Lenders agree to do so ratably in accordance with their Commitments.

 

(g)                         Stop Issuance Notice.  If the Required Lenders reasonably determine at any time that the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 would not be satisfied in respect of a Borrowing at such time, then the Required Lenders may request that the Administrative Agent issue a “Stop Issuance Notice”, and the Administrative Agent shall issue such notice to each Issuing Lender.  Such Stop Issuance Notice shall be withdrawn upon a determination by the Required Lenders that the circumstances giving rise thereto no longer exist.  No Letter of Credit shall be issued while a Stop Issuance Notice is in effect. The Required Lenders may request issuance of a Stop Issuance Notice only if there is a reasonable basis therefor, and shall consider reasonably and in good faith a request from the Borrower for withdrawal of the same on the basis that the conditions in Section 3.02 are satisfied; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders may and shall conclusively rely upon any Stop Issuance Notice while it remains in effect.

 

(h)                        Other Documentation.  If the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to or entered into by the Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit are not consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control; provided that, to the extent the Issuing Lender so agrees in such other documentation, its liabilities and responsibilities in connection with a Letter of Credit may be governed thereby rather than by subsection (f)(ii), but such agreement by the Issuing Lender may not directly or indirectly alter the rights and obligations of any other Lender under this Agreement.

 

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(i)                            Applicability of ISP and UCP.  If so expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

 

(j)                           Resignation as Issuing Lender.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Issuing Lender may, upon 10 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, resign as Issuing Lender.  If an Issuing Lender resigns as Issuing Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and all Letter of Credit Liabilities with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Reimbursement Obligations pursuant to Section 2.12(d)).

 

Section 2.13.                         Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)                        Fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.06(a).

 

(b)                        If any Letter of Credit Liabilities exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

 

(i)                                     the Letter of Credit Liabilities of such Defaulting Lender shall be automatically reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of each non-Defaulting Lender’s Loans plus its Letter of Credit Liabilities does not exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment;

 

(ii)                                  if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within three Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender that has an outstanding Letter of Credit (x) first, either (A) procure the reduction or termination of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) or (B) cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender(s) only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) for so long as such Letter of Credit Liabilities are outstanding;

 

(iii)                               if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.06(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities during the period and to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities are cash collateralized;

 

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(iv)                              to the extent that the Letter of Credit Liabilities of the Defaulting Lender are reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the letter of credit fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06(b) shall to the same extent be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and

 

(v)                                 if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities is not reallocated, reduced, terminated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender(s) or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.06(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be payable to the Issuing Lender(s) until and to the extent that such Letter of Credit Liabilities are reallocated, reduced, terminated and/or cash collateralized;

 

provided that, subject to Section 9.18, 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.

 

(c)                         So long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lenders shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities after giving effect thereto will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or reduced, terminated and/or cash collateralized in accordance with Section 2.13(b), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.13(b)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

(d)                        In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Issuing Lenders reasonably determine that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Letter of Credit Liabilities of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine is necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, and upon such purchase such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and any cash collateral posted for its Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be released; provided that there shall be no retroactive effect on fees which were not paid pursuant to Section 2.13(a) or which were reallocated pursuant to Section 2.13(b)(iv) and (v).

 

(e)                         If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.12 or 8.04, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender under this Agreement for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

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Section 2.14.                         Taxes.

 

(a)                        Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, (i) in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on or measured by its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its income, and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof, and (iii) taxes resulting from FATCA (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as its “Taxes”, and all such excluded taxes being hereinafter referred to as its “Domestic Taxes”).  If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (the “Withholding Agent”) shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Withholding Agent shall make such deductions, (iii) such Withholding Agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law and (iv) if the Withholding Agent is the Borrower, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.07, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

 

(b)                        In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

 

(c)                         The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.14) paid or payable by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided, the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any party hereunder pursuant to this Section for penalties, interest or similar liabilities arising therefrom or with respect thereto to the extent such penalties, interest or similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct by such party.  In addition, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all Domestic Taxes and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case to the extent that such Domestic Taxes result from any payment or indemnification pursuant to this Section for (i) Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction other than the United States or (ii) Domestic Taxes of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be.  This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes demand therefor.

 

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(d)                        Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made hereunder or under any Note shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 2.14(e), (f), (g) and (h) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (and the Borrower has not elected to reimburse such cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(e)                         Without limiting the foregoing, at the times indicated herein, each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States shall provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN-E, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (accompanied by a form W-8ECI, W-8BEN-E, W-8BEN, W-9 and other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable) or W-8ECI (in each case accompanied by any statements which may be required under applicable Treasury regulations), as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement (i) without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes or (ii) subject to a reduced rate of United States federal withholding tax, unless, in each case of clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.14(e), an event (including, without limitation, any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders such forms inapplicable or which would prevent the Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and the Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of such taxes. Such forms shall be provided (x) on or prior to the date of the Lender’s execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof, and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and (y) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so delivered by the Lender.  If the form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, United States withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as defined in Section 2.14(a) and shall not be subject to indemnification pursuant to Section 2.14(c), unless the assignor of such Lender was entitled, at the time of such assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding taxes pursuant to Section 2.14(a).  In addition, to the extent that for reasons other than a change of treaty, law or regulation any Lender becomes subject to an increased rate of United States interest withholding tax while it is a party to this Agreement, United States withholding tax at such increased rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as defined in Section 2.14(a).

 

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(f)                          Any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of Internal Revenue Service form W-9 certifying, to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so, that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.

 

(g)                         If a payment made to a Lender hereunder or under any Note would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail 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 shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for the purposes of this Section 2.14(g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement, whether or not included in the definition of FATCA.

 

(h)                        Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(i)                            For any period with respect to which a Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form in accordance with Section 2.14(e) (unless such failure is excused by the terms of Section 2.14(e)), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.14(a) or 2.14(c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States; provided, however, that should a Lender, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Lender to recover such Taxes.

 

(j)                           Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes and Domestic Taxes (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and Domestic Taxes and without limiting the obligation, if any, of the Borrower to do so), in each case attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Note, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto.  This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date the Administrative Agent makes demand therefor.

 

(k)                        Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.14 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under this Agreement or any Note.

 

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(l)                            If the Administrative Agent or a Lender 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 the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses with respect to such refund of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

 

ARTICLE 3
  CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

Section 3.01.                         Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit.  The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)                        On or before the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lenders (or to the Administrative Agent with sufficient copies, originally executed where appropriate, for each Lender) each, unless otherwise noted, dated the Effective Date:

 

(i)                                     Certified copies of its Certificate of Incorporation, together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, each to be dated a recent date prior to the Effective Date;

 

(ii)                                  Copies of its Bylaws, certified as of the Effective Date by its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary;

 

(iii)                               Resolutions of its board of directors, directly or indirectly, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other documents, instruments and certificates required to be executed by the Borrower in connection herewith and, directly or indirectly, approving and authorizing the incurrence of the Loans and the issuances of the Letters of Credit, each certified as of the Effective Date by its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment;

 

(iv)                              Signature and incumbency certificates with respect to the Persons executing this Agreement;

 

(v)                                 Executed copies of this Agreement; and

 

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(vi)                              Such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

(b)                        The Borrower shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable to the Agents and the Lenders on or before the Effective Date and for which invoices have been received by the Borrower reasonably in advance of the Effective Date.

 

(c)                         The Administrative Agent shall have received an originally executed copy of the favorable written opinions of E. Robert Lupone, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Borrower and Jayne M. Donegan, Esq., Executive Counsel of the Borrower, each dated as of the Effective Date and substantially in the form of Exhibits B and C annexed hereto; the Borrower hereby expressly instructs such counsel to prepare such opinion and deliver it to the Lenders for their benefit and such opinion shall contain a statement to that effect.

 

(d)                        The Administrative Agent shall have received an originally executed copy of the favorable written opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel to the Agents, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto.

 

(e)                         All outstanding principal amounts (if any), accrued interest and accrued fees under the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2013, as amended from time to time (the “2013 Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the lenders listed therein and JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent, shall have been paid in full.

 

(f)                          To the extent such documentation and information has been requested by the Lenders, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

 

The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.01, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.  The Lenders party hereto, comprising the “Required Lenders” under the 2013 Credit Agreement, and the Borrower agree that, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all commitments under the 2013 Credit Agreement shall terminate in their entirety, automatically and without any requirement of notice to any party, all “Letters of Credit” issued thereunder and still outstanding (all of which are Existing Letters of Credit) shall be Letters of Credit hereunder and the obligations of the parties under the 2013 Credit Agreement shall terminate, except as provided in Section 9.08(b) of the 2013 Credit Agreement.  Promptly thereafter, the notes issued by the borrowers under the 2013 Credit Agreement shall be returned by the lenders thereunder to the Borrower, marked “Cancelled”.

 

Section 3.02.                         Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit.  (i) The obligation of each Lender to make any Loans pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing is subject to prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver by the Required Lenders and (ii) the obligation of an Issuing Lender to issue (or renew or extend the term of) any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Required Lenders, of the following further conditions precedent:

 

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(a)                        With respect to any such Loan or Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall have received, before the Funding Date thereof or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit, (i) an originally executed Notice of Borrowing signed by any of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower or (ii) a Notice of Issuance as required by Section 2.12(c) (the furnishing by the Borrower of each such Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Issuance shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty of the Borrower that each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.02(b) hereof will be satisfied on the related Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit);

 

(b)                        As of the Funding Date of such Loan or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit:

 

(i)                                     With respect to such Loan or Letter of Credit, the representations and warranties contained herein shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of that Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except that the representations and warranties need not be true and correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions on which such representations and warranties are based are required or permitted under this Agreement, except that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.04 shall not apply (provided that if any such representation or warranty is qualified by “materially”, “Material Adverse Effect” or a similar term, such representation and warranty (as so qualified) shall be true and correct in all respects);

 

(ii)                                  No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the Loans or the issuance (or renewal or extension) of the Letter of Credit on such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit and the use of the proceeds thereof which would constitute (a) an Event of Default or (b) a Potential Event of Default;

 

(iii)                               The Borrower shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed by it on or before such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit;

 

(iv)                              No order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain that Lender from making that Loan or issuing (or renewing or extending) that Letter of Credit; and

 

(v)                                 The making of the Loans or the issuance (or renewal or extension) of the Letter of Credit requested on such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit shall not violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Board or the Exchange Act.

 

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ARTICLE 4
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue the Letters of Credit, the Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender as of the Effective Date that the following statements are true, correct and complete:

 

Section 4.01.                         Organization, Powers and Good Standing.  (a) Organization and Powers.  The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.  The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority (i) to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, except where the lack of corporate power and authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b)                        Good Standing.  The Borrower is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.02.                         Authorization of Borrowing, Etc.  (a) Authorization of Borrowing. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Borrower.

 

(b)                        No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and any Notes and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) result in or require the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (vi) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than such approvals and consents which (x) have been or will be obtained on or before the Effective Date or (y) the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                         Governmental Consents.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance by the Borrower of any Notes will not require on the part of the Borrower any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority other than any such

 

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registration, consent, approval, notice or other action which (i) has been duly made, given or taken or (ii) the failure to make, obtain, give or take would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)                        Binding Obligation.  This Agreement is and any Notes to be issued when executed and delivered and each Loan when made will be a legally valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

Section 4.03.                         Financial Condition.  The Borrower has delivered to the Lenders (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016 and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the six months ended July 2, 2016 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”).  All such Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles except for the preparation of footnote disclosures for the unaudited statements.  All such Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for each of the periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to changes resulting from normal year end adjustments.

 

Section 4.04.                         No Material Adverse Change.  Since January 2, 2016, there has been no change in the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which has been, either in any case or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.05.                         Litigation.  Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2016 and in the Financial Statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof, there is no action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to laws, rules and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety) of which the Borrower has knowledge or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is probable of being successful and which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.06.                         Payment of Taxes.  Except to the extent permitted by Section 5.03, all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income and franchises which are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and were due and payable, have been paid.

 

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Section 4.07.                         Governmental Regulation.  (a) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b)                        Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 4.08.                         Securities Activities.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.

 

Section 4.09.                         ERISA Compliance.  (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Pension Plans and all Multiemployer Plans, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                        No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Pension Plan, as the case may be, which has resulted or would result in any liability to the PBGC (or any successor thereto) or to any other Person under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                         Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Part E of Title IV of ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)                        The sum of the amount of unfunded benefit liabilities under all Pension Plans (excluding each Pension Plan with an amount of unfunded benefit liabilities of zero or less) which are required by ERISA to be funded in the current fiscal year could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)                         Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any accumulated funding deficiency (whether or not waived) with respect to any Pension Plan except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)                          Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has or reasonably expects to become subject to a lien in favor of any Pension Plan under Section 302(f) of ERISA except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

As used in this Section 4.09, the term “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA, and the term “accumulated funding deficiency” has the meaning specified in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code.

 

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Section 4.10.                         Certain Fees.  No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable by the Borrower with respect to the offer, issuance and sale of any Note or the borrowing of any Loan or the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.11.                         Subsidiaries.  Each of the Borrower’s corporate Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted, except to the extent the failure to be in good standing or the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.12.                         Economic Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Matters.  The Borrower has implemented and will maintain in effect and use reasonable efforts to enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its directors and officers, its Subsidiaries and their respective, directors, executive officers and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its and their respective employees, agents and Affiliates, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is currently the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower will, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower indirectly, use or lend, contribute, provide or otherwise make available the proceeds of any Loan to any subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other Person, (a) to fund payments to any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or any Person controlled by a Governmental Authority, or any political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing, in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) to fund any activity or business in, of or with, any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of or with any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions to the extent that any such activity or business, or the funding of any such activity or business, would be prohibited for a Person required to comply with Sanctions.

 

Section 4.13.                         EEA Financial Institution.  The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.

 

ARTICLE 5
  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall be in effect or there is any Total Outstanding Amount, unless Required Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, it shall perform all covenants in this Article 5:

 

Section 5.01.                         Financial Statements and Other Reports.  The Borrower will maintain, and cause each of its subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and

 

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administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP in effect from time to time.  The Borrower will deliver to the Lenders (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided below in Section 5.01(b)):

 

(a)                        (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date in the Borrower’s fiscal year the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries in each case certified by the chief financial officer or controller of the Borrower that they fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their cash flows, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year end adjustments, based on their respective normal accounting procedures applied on a consistent basis (except as noted therein);

 

(ii)                                  as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, accompanied by a report thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit and shall state that such consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as noted in such report) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;

 

(b)                                 (i) together with each delivery of financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries pursuant to subdivisions (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above, (A) an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower stating that the signer has reviewed the terms of this Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under such signer’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and that the signer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of the Officers’ Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and (B) a Compliance Certificate demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance (as determined in accordance with GAAP during and at the end of such accounting periods) with the restrictions contained in Section 6.03 and, in addition, a written statement of the chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, any vice president or the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower describing in reasonable detail the differences between the financial information contained in such financial 

 

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statements and the information contained in the Compliance Certificate relating to the Borrower’s compliance with Section 6.03 hereof;

 

(ii)                                  promptly upon their becoming available but only to the extent requested by a Lender, copies of all publicly available financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower to its security holders or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its security holders other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary, of all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(iii)                               promptly upon the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief accounting officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the general counsel of the Borrower obtaining knowledge (A) of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, (B) that any Person has given any notice to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or taken any other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in Section 7.02, or (C) of a material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than any change which has been publicly disclosed), an Officer’s Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or event, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such claimed default, Event of Default, Potential Event of Default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and

 

(iv)                              with reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender.

 

Information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b)(ii) above shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower provides notice to the Lenders that such information has been posted on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on the signature pages hereof, at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm or at another website identified in such notice and accessible by the Lenders without charge; provided that (i) such notice may be included in a certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) and (ii) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the information referred to in Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b)(ii) to any Lender which requests such delivery.  The information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) may be delivered electronically to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 5.02.                         Conduct of Business and Corporate Existence.

 

(a)                        Except as permitted by Section 6.01, the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

 

(b)                        Except as permitted by Section 6.01, the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective rights and franchises of the business, except to the extent any such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.03.                         Payment of Taxes.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income or property when due which are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided that no such amount need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been made therefor.

 

Section 5.04.                         Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition all properties used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs and renewals thereto and replacements thereof, except to the extent the failure to so maintain, repair, renew or replace would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its material properties and business and the material properties and business of its Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations and to the extent reasonably prudent may self-insure.

 

Section 5.05.                         Inspection.  The Borrower shall permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including its and their financial and accounting records, and, to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested; provided that any confidential information so obtained by any Lender shall remain confidential except where disclosure is mandated by applicable laws or such information otherwise becomes public other than by a breach by such Lender of this Section 5.05; provided further that this Section shall not prohibit any Lender from disclosing to any Agent (or any Agent from disclosing to any Lender) any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default.

 

Section 5.06.                         Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to the disposal of hazardous wastes and asbestos in the environment and ERISA), noncompliance with which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE 6
  NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments shall be in effect or there is any Total Outstanding Amount, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, it will perform all covenants in this Article 6:

 

Section 6.01.                         Merger.  The Borrower may not consolidate with, merge with or into or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person unless:

 

(a)                        the Borrower shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Borrower) formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged or to which the properties and assets of the Borrower are sold, leased or transferred shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an agreement, executed and delivered to the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes;

 

(b)                        immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(c)                         the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders an Officer’s Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computations to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.03) and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or transfer and such agreement comply with this Section 6.01 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 6.02.                         Liens.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) (other than Margin Stock) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except:

 

(i)                                     Liens in existence on the date hereof and modifications, extensions, renewals, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such Liens are not extended to cover any other property, assets or revenues;

 

(ii)                                  Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(iii)                               Liens on accounts receivable sold with recourse;

 

(iv)                              Liens incurred in connection with the acquisition or capital improvement of property, plant or equipment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the principal amount of the indebtedness so secured shall not exceed in any case 100% of the cost to the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the property, plant or equipment acquired and provided, further, that each such Lien shall cover only the property, plant or

 

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equipment acquired or improved and the proceeds thereof, substitutions therefor and replacements thereof;

 

(v)                                 Liens existing upon any property of a company which is merged with or into or is consolidated into, or substantially all the assets or shares of capital stock of which are acquired by, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, at the time of such merger, consolidation or acquisition; provided that such mortgage, pledge or other lien does not extend to any other property or assets, other than improvements to the property subject to such Lien; and

 

(vi)                              Liens (other than Liens permitted by clauses (i)-(v) above) securing obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Indebtedness) not in excess of an amount equal to the Pooled Basket Amount less the amount of unsecured Indebtedness of Subsidiaries permitted only pursuant to Section 6.05(a)(iii).

 

Nothing in this Section 6.02 shall prohibit the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Margin Stock owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at its fair value, or the creation, incurrence, assumption or existence of any Lien on or with respect to any Margin Stock.

 

Section 6.03.                         Financial Covenant.  The Borrower will not at any time permit Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing to exceed an amount equal to 65% of Consolidated Capitalization.

 

Section 6.04.                         Use of Proceeds.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no portion of the proceeds of any borrowing or the Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be used by the Borrower in any manner which would cause the borrowing or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation T, or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Board or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such borrowing and such use of proceeds.

 

Section 6.05.                         Subsidiary Indebtedness.

 

(a)                        The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries, other than Finance Companies, to incur or be liable in respect of any Indebtedness, other than:

 

(i)                                     Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or another Subsidiary;

 

(ii)                                  Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by Section 6.02; and

 

(iii)                               Unsecured Indebtedness not in excess of an amount equal to the Pooled Basket Amount less the amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by Liens permitted only pursuant to Section 6.02(vi).

 

(b)                        The Borrower will not permit the Finance Company Leverage Ratio at any time to exceed 9 to 1.

 

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ARTICLE 7
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

If any of the following conditions or events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:

 

Section 7.01.        Failure to Make Payments When Due.  Failure to pay any installment of principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of prepayment or otherwise; or failure to pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount due under this Agreement when due and such default shall continue for 5 days; or

 

Section 7.02.        Default in Other Agreements.  (i) Failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal or interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 7.01) in an individual principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or items of Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 or more beyond the end of any period prior to which the obligee thereunder is prohibited from accelerating payment thereunder or any grace period after the maturity thereof, or (ii) breach or default of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a default arising under any restrictive provision relating to any sale, pledge or other disposition of Margin Stock contained in a lending agreement to which any Lender or Affiliate thereof is a party) with respect to any other term of (x) any evidence of any Indebtedness in an individual principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or items of Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or (y) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, if such failure, default or breach shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not at the time of acceleration hereunder be cured or waived; or

 

Section 7.03.        Breach of Certain Covenants.  Failure of the Borrower to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in (i) Section 5.02, 6.01, 6.03 or 6.04 of this Agreement or (ii) Section 6.05(b) of this Agreement, and in the case of clause (ii) only, such failure to perform or comply shall continue unremedied or waived for five Business Days; or

 

Section 7.04.        Breach of Warranty.  Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this Agreement or in any statement or certificate at any time given by such Person in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

 

Section 7.05.        Other Defaults under Agreement.  The Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement other than those referred to above in Section 7.01, 7.03 or 7.04 and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within 30 days after receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or

 

Section 7.06.        Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.  (a) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any

 

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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (b) an involuntary case is commenced against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is involuntarily appointed; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process is issued against any substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the continuance of any such events in subpart (b) for 60 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

 

Section 7.07.        Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.  The Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; the making by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the inability or failure of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or the admission by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in writing of its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) adopts any resolution or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the foregoing; or

 

Section 7.08.        Judgments and Attachments.  Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process involving individually or in the aggregate an amount in excess of $100,000,000 shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of its assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed, as the case may be, for a period of 30 days or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or

 

Section 7.09.        Dissolution.  Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of the Borrower or that Restricted Subsidiary and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of 30 days; or

 

Section 7.10.        ERISA Title IV Liabilities.  (a) The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall terminate or suffer the termination of (by action of the PBGC or any successor thereto) any Pension Plan, or shall suffer the appointment of or the institution of proceedings to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan, or shall withdraw (under Section 4063 of ERISA) from a Pension Plan, if as of the date thereof or any subsequent date the sum of the Borrower’s and each ERISA Affiliate’s liabilities to the PBGC or any other Person under Sections 4062, 4063 and 4064 of ERISA (calculated after giving effect to the tax consequences

 

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thereof) resulting from or otherwise associated with the above described events could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(b)        The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan and the aggregate amount of withdrawal liability (determined pursuant to Sections 4201 et seq. of ERISA) to which the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates become obligated to all Multiemployer Plans requires annual payments that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

Section 7.11.        Change of Control.  A Change of Control shall occur;

 

THEN (i) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the foregoing Sections 7.06 or 7.07, the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on all the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, and the Commitments and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loans hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, the Required Lenders may, by written notice to the Borrower, (A) terminate the Commitments and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loans hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall thereupon terminate and/or (B) declare the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on all the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit to be, and the same shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable.  Nevertheless, if at any time within 60 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on account of the principal or any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified in this Agreement) and all other fees and expenses then owed hereunder and all Events of Default and Potential Events of Default (other than non payment of principal of and accrued interest on the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, in each case due and payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant to Section 9.05, then the Required Lenders by written notice to the Borrower may (in their sole discretion) rescind and annul the acceleration and its consequences; but such action shall not affect any termination of the Commitments or any subsequent Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 7.12.        Cash Cover.  The Borrower agrees, in addition to the provisions in Article 7, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, it shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Lenders having more than 50% of the Letter of Credit Liabilities, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds (which funds shall be held as collateral pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders) equal to the aggregate amount available for drawing under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Section 7.06

 

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or 7.07 with respect to the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay such amount forthwith without any notice or demand or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.

 

ARTICLE 8
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Section 8.01.        Appointment.  Each of the Lenders hereby appoints and authorizes each Agent to act hereunder and under the other instruments and agreements referred to herein as its agent hereunder and thereunder.  Each Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained in this Article 8.  The provisions of this Article 8 are solely for the benefit of the Agents, and the Borrower shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of or any obligations under any of the provisions hereof other than Sections 8.05 and 8.06.  In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, each Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Borrower.

 

Section 8.02.        Powers; General Immunity.  (a) Duties Specified.  Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers hereunder and under the other instruments and agreements referred to herein as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Agents shall have only those duties and responsibilities which are expressly specified in this Agreement and each may perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.  The duties of the Agents shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; and no Agent shall have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary or trust relationship in respect of any Lender or its Affiliates, and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agents any obligations in respect of this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements referred to herein except as expressly set forth herein or therein.

 

(b)        No Responsibility for Certain Matters.  No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Loan or any Letter of Credit, or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statement or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports, certificates or any other documents in connection herewith or therewith furnished or made by such Agent to any Lender or by or on behalf of the Borrower to such Agent or any Lender, or be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, or of the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default.

 

(c)        Exculpatory Provisions.  Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible or liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted hereunder or under the Notes or in connection herewith or therewith unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If an Agent shall request instructions from any Lender with respect to any act or action (including the failure to take an action) in connection with this Agreement, such Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action

 

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unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders.  Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Borrower), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting under this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.  The Agents shall be entitled to refrain from exercising any power, discretion or authority vested in it under this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein unless and until it has obtained the instructions of the Required Lenders.

 

(d)        Agents Entitled to Act as Lender.  The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its respective individual capacity as a Lender hereunder.  With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit, each of JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agents in their respective individual capacity.  Each of JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and their respective Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower or any such Affiliate or Subsidiary for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.

 

Section 8.03.        Representations and Warranties; No Responsibility for Appraisal of Creditworthiness.  Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower in connection with the making of the Loans hereunder and has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower.  No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility either initially or on a continuing basis to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of any Lender or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loan or the issuance of the Letter of Credit or any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall further have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of the information provided to the Lenders.

 

Section 8.04.        Right to Indemnity.  Each Lender severally in accordance with its Applicable Percentage agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Issuing Lender and the officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and affiliates of each of them to the extent such Agent or Issuing Lender shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of

 

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any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or Issuing Lender in performing its duties hereunder or under the Notes or any Letter of Credit or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from an Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided further that nothing in this Section 8.04 shall affect any right that a Lender may have against an Issuing Lender under Section 2.12(f)(ii).  If any indemnity furnished to an Agent or Issuing Lender for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent or Issuing Lender, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent or Issuing Lender may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.

 

Section 8.05.        Resignation by or Removal of the Agents.  (a) Any Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.  Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below or as otherwise provided below.  In addition, in the event the Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent may be removed by the Borrower, with the consent of the Required Lenders.

 

(b)        Upon any such notice of resignation or upon any such removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent who shall be satisfactory to the Borrower and shall be an incorporated bank or trust company with a combined surplus and undivided capital of at least $500 million.

 

(c)        In the case of resignation of an Agent, if a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30 day period, the resigning Agent, with the consent of the Borrower, shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve in the same capacity as the resigning Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor Agent as provided above.

 

Section 8.06.        Successor Agents.  Any Agent may resign at any time as provided in Section 8.05 hereof.  Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five days’ notice to the Borrower and subject to Section 8.05 hereof, to appoint a successor Agent.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment by a successor Agent, that successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as an Agent under this Agreement.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as an Agent the provisions of this Article 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 9
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Section 9.01.        Benefit of Agreement.  (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto, provided that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its interest hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lenders, except as permitted by Section 6.01.

 

(b)        Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to it at, to or for the account of, any of its branch offices or the offices of an Affiliate of such Lender, provided that doing so shall not cause the Borrower to incur any additional costs hereunder at the time of such transfer.

 

(c)           Any Lender may assign its rights and delegate its obligations under this Agreement and further may sell participations in all or any part of any Loan or Loans made by it or its Commitment or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to it or any other interest herein to another bank or other entity; provided that (i) in the case of an assignment, such Lender shall (A) give to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior notice thereof (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Issuing Lender thereof), and, in the case of any assignment, the Borrower, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall, except as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 9.01(c), have consented thereto (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (B) comply with Section 9.01(e) hereof and thereupon, the assignee (the “Purchasing Lender”) shall have, to the extent of such assignment (unless otherwise provided thereby), the rights and benefits described in Section 9.01(e) hereof, and (ii) in the case of a participation, except as set forth below, (A) the participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith (the participant’s rights against such Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such Lender in favor of the participant relating thereto); provided that a participation agreement may provide that a Lender will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of any provision in this Agreement described in subclause (A), (C), or (E) of Section 9.05(a)(ii) without the consent of the participant and (B) all amounts payable by the Borrower under Sections 2.09(e) and 2.09(h) hereof shall be determined as if the Lender had not sold such participation.  Except with respect to interest rate, principal amount of any Loan, fees, scheduled dates for payment of principal or interest or fees, scheduled termination of commitments and commitment amounts, a Lender will not in any such participation agreement restrict its ability to make any modification, amendment or waiver to this Agreement without the consent of the participant.  Any Lender may furnish any information concerning the Borrower in possession of such Lender from time to time to Affiliates of such Lender and to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants), provided, however, that (i) except when such information is furnished to an Affiliate, the furnishing Lender shall give the Borrower prior notice of any furnishing of non-public information, (ii) the recipient shall agree to the terms of this Section 9.01 hereof and (iii) the furnishing of such information (and the nature, manner and extent thereof) by any Lender to its Affiliates and such assignees and participants shall be further governed by the relevant agreement, assignment or participation agreement relating to such arrangement, assignment or participation, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding anything to the

 

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contrary in the foregoing, (A) any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, assign any of its rights and interests in Loans hereunder to (x) a federal reserve bank, (y) another Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or (z) any Affiliate of such Lender; (B) no consent of the Borrower to an assignment shall be required if at the time an Event of Default exists; (C) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within fifteen Business Days after having received notice thereof, and (D) no assignment may be made to (x) the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or (y) to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural person).

 

(d)        Except pursuant to an assignment permitted by this Agreement but only to the extent set forth in such assignment, no Lender shall, as between the Borrower and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participations in, all or any part of the Loans or Commitment of or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to that Lender or other obligations owed to such Lender.

 

(e)           Subject to Section 9.01(c), any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Lenders or other financial institutions all, or a proportionate part of all, of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (i) the minimum amount of such assignment shall be equivalent to (A) if the Purchasing Lender is not a Lender hereunder, $10,000,000 or the aggregate amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, whichever is less and (B) if the Purchasing Lender is a Lender hereunder, $5,000,000 or the aggregate amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, whichever is less and (ii) after giving effect to such assignment, the Commitment of the assigning Lender is equivalent to not less than $10,000,000, unless such assigning Lender shall have assigned all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any assignment made pursuant to Section 9.01(c) hereof shall be made pursuant to a Transfer Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G annexed hereto, executed by the Purchasing Lender, the transferor Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Upon (i) such execution of such Transfer Supplement, (ii) delivery of an executed copy thereof to the Borrower, (iii) payment by such Purchasing Lender to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between such transferor Lender and such Purchasing Lender, and (iv) payment by such Purchasing Lender or transferor Lender (as they shall mutually agree) to the Administrative Agent of a non refundable fee of $3,500 to cover administrative and other expenses which may be incurred in connection with such assignment, such Purchasing Lender shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and shall have the rights (including without limitation the benefits of Sections 2.09 and 2.10) and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and thereto with the pro rata Share of the applicable Commitment set forth in such Transfer Supplement, and no further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be required.  Such Transfer Supplement shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of pro rata Shares arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Loans.  Upon the consummation of any transfer to a Purchasing Lender pursuant to this paragraph (e), the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if requested, a replacement Note is issued to such transferor Lender and a new Note or, as appropriate, a replacement Note, if requested, issued to such

 

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Purchasing Lender, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their pro rata Shares or, as appropriate, their outstanding Loans, as adjusted pursuant to such Transfer Supplement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates nor any Defaulting Lender may be a Purchasing Lender.

 

(f)         Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a nonfiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent clearly demonstrable error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

Section 9.02.        Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Borrower agrees to promptly pay (a) all the actual and reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of the Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement; (b) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel to the Agents, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of this Agreement, the Loans and any amendments and waivers hereto or thereto; and (c) all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements, and costs of settlement) incurred by the Lenders (including any Issuing Lender) in enforcing any obligations of or in collecting any payments due from the Borrower hereunder by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a “work-out” or of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise.

 

Section 9.03.        Indemnity.  In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, pay and hold each Agent and each Lender (including any Issuing Lender) and the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and affiliates of each of them (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against that Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit, the Lenders’ agreement to make the Loans or the use or intended use of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder (the “indemnified liabilities”); provided that, the Borrower shall have no obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder to the extent that such indemnified liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and

 

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non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee.  To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy or otherwise, the Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.

 

Section 9.04.        Setoff.  Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by it which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by such other Lender, the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and interest with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by the Lenders shall be shared by the Lenders pro rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of the Borrower other than its indebtedness under the Agreement.  The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a participation in a Loan or Letter of Credit Liability, whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

Section 9.05.        Amendments and Waivers.

 

(a)        Subject to Section 9.05(b) below, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note or Letter of Credit or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any amendment, modification, termination or waiver (A) of any provision that expressly requires the approval or concurrence of all Lenders, (B) of any provision that affects the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, (C) of any of the provisions contained in Section 7.01 hereof and this Section 9.05 or (D) of Section 2.07(e) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, shall be effective only if evidenced by a writing signed by or on behalf of all Lenders, and (ii) any amendment, modification, termination or waiver (A) of any provision that increases the principal amount of the Commitments or the Loans, changes a Lender’s pro rata Share, affects the definition of “Termination Date” or postpones (except as expressly provided in Section 2.12) the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, (B) that permits an extension of the Commitment of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(ii) without the approval of such Lender, (C) that decreases the amount or changes the due date of any amount payable in respect of the fees payable hereunder, (D) of any of the provisions contained in Sections 2.09(b) and 2.09(c) hereof or (E) that decreases the principal of or interest rates borne by the Loans or the amount to be

 

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reimbursed in respect of any Letter of Credit or any interest thereon, or postpones the payment of principal or interest due on the Loans or for reimbursement in respect of any Letter of Credit, shall be effective only if evidenced by a writing signed by or on behalf of each Lender affected thereby; provided that no consent of any Defaulting Lender shall be required pursuant to clause (i) above as to any modification that does not adversely affect such Defaulting Lender in a non-ratable manner.  No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of Article 8 hereof or any of the rights, duties, indemnities or obligations of any Agent, as agent shall be effective without the written concurrence of such Agent.  No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of Section 2.12 shall be effective without the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders.

 

(b)        If the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, typographical error or other ministerial defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, typographical error or other ministerial defect, and such amendment shall become effective without the consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days after the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.

 

(c)        The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of that Lender.  Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.  No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 9.05 shall be binding upon each present or future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower, on the Borrower.

 

Section 9.06.        Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitation of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

Section 9.07.        Notices.  Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, telexed or sent by United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person, upon receipt of telecopy or telex or four Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail, registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.  For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section 9.07) shall be: (a) in the case of the Borrower, at its address or facsimile number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (b) in the case of the Administrative Agent, at its address, facsimile

 

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number or telex number in New York City set forth on the signature pages hereof, (c) in the case of any Lender, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or (d) in the case of any party, at such other address, facsimile number or telex number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

 

Section 9.08.        Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements.  (a) All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the issuances of the Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

(b)        Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of the Borrower set forth in Sections 2.09(e), 2.09(h), 2.14, 9.02 and 9.03 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 8.02(c), 8.04, 9.04 and 9.05 shall survive the payment of the Loans, the reduction of the Letter of Credit Liabilities to zero and the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.09.        USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 9.10.        Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  No failure or delay on the part of any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or the Loans or Letters of Credit shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.  All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement or the Loans or the Letters of Credit are cumulative to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise available.

 

Section 9.11.        Severability.  In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or Loan shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations thereof, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 9.12.        Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights.  The obligation of each Lender hereunder is several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligation or commitment of any other Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity.  The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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Section 9.13.        Headings.  Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 

Section 9.14.        Applicable Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)        THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES).

 

(b)        ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST THE BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT THE BORROWER ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY, AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

 

(c)        No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages to the Borrower 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 Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent the liability of such person is found in a final ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

Section 9.15.        Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of the Lenders.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any assignee or transferee of the Loans and in the event of such transfer or assignment, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon the Lenders shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.  The Borrower’s rights hereunder may not be assigned without the written consent of all the Lenders except pursuant to a merger, consolidation or sale, lease or transfer of assets permitted by Section 6.01 hereof.  The Lenders’ rights of assignment are limited by and subject to Section 9.01 hereof.  The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice, replace any of the Lenders with one or more Lenders provided that (i) the Lender being replaced has concurrently therewith been paid in full all amounts due to such Lender hereunder, (ii) the full amount of the Commitments remains unchanged and (iii) the percentages of the total Commitments allocated to each other Lender (or any successors thereto)

 

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remains unchanged unless the prior written consent from such Lender has been obtained.  Any such Lender so replaced shall, upon written request of the Borrower, execute and deliver such instruments and agreements as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the same.

 

Section 9.16.        Counterparts; Effectiveness; Integration; Electronic Execution.

 

(a)        This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective on such date (the “Effective Date”) as (i) a counterpart hereof shall be executed by each of the parties hereto and copies hereof shall be delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 shall be satisfied.  This Agreement and the Notes (and, as applicable, the fee letters entered into in connection herewith) 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.

 

(b)        Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.

 

Section 9.17.        No Fiduciary Duty.  The Borrower agrees that in connection with all aspects of the Loans contemplated by this Agreement and any communications in connection therewith, (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Agents, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the other, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of any Agent, Lender or Affiliate, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.  The Borrower agrees that it will not claim that any Agent, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates has rendered advisory services of

 

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any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

Section 9.18.        Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)           the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)           the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)  a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)  a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)  the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
Borrower:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
TEXTRON INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Mary F. Lovejoy
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Mary F. Lovejoy
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
V.P. &   Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Notice Address:
    
	
 
    	
Textron Inc.
    
	
 
    	
40 Westminster Street
    
	
 
    	
Providence, RI 02903
    
	
 
    	
Attention: Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Telephone   No. (401) 457-6009
    
	
 
    	
Telecopy No. (401)   457-3533
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
with a copy to:
    
	
 
    	
Textron Inc.
    
	
 
    	
40 Westminster Street
    
	
 
    	
Providence, RI 02903
    
	
 
    	
Attention: General   Counsel
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Website for the   delivery of information pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(iv):
    
	
 
    	
http://www.textron.com
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Gene R. Riego de   Dios
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Gene R. Riego de Dios
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Notice Address:
    
	
 
    	
JPMorgan Chase Bank,   N.A.
    
	
 
    	
500 Stanton Christiana   Road
    
	
 
    	
Ops Building 2, 3rd Floor
    
	
 
    	
Newark, Delaware   19713-2107
    
	
 
    	
Attention:  Pranay Tyagi
    
	
 
    	
Telephone   No. (302) 634-8459
    
	
 
    	
Telecopy No. (302)   634-8799
    
	
 
    	
E-mail:   pranay.tyagi@jpmorgan.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
with copy to:
    
	
 
    	
JPMorgan Chase Bank,   N.A.
    
	
 
    	
383 Madison Avenue
    
	
 
    	
New York, New York   10179
    
	
 
    	
Attention:  Gene R. Riego de Dios
    
	
 
    	
Telephone   No. (212) 270-2348
    
	
 
    	
Telecopy No. (212)   270-5100
    
	
 
    	
E-mail:   gene.r.riegodedios@jpmorgan.com
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
CITIBANK N.A., as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Brian Reed
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Brian   Reed
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Managing   Director
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Issuing Lender and a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Lindsay Kim
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Lindsay   Kim
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as a   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Maria Iarriccio
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Maria   Iarriccio
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Director
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Ryan Durkin
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Ryan   Durkin
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
SUMITOMO   MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   David Kee
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David   Kee
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Managing   Director
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S.   BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Patrick McGraw
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Patrick   McGraw
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
WELLS   FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Adam Spreyer
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Adam   Spreyer
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
MORGAN   STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Michael King
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael   King
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized   Signatory
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
PNC   BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Michael Richards
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael   Richards
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
THE   BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Thomas   J. Tarasovich, Jr.
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK   OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Haifeng Xu
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Haifeng   Xu
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

	
 
    	
THE   NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Eric Siebert
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Eric   Siebert
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
SVP
    

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement — Textron 2016 Refinancing]

 

 

COMMITMENT SCHEDULE

 

	
Lender
    	
 
    	
Commitment
    	
 
    
	
JPMorgan Chase   Bank, N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
108,750,000
    	
 
    
	
Citibank, N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
108,750,000
    	
 
    
	
Bank of America,   N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
108,750,000
    	
 
    
	
The Bank of   Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
108,750,000
    	
 
    
	
Goldman Sachs   Bank USA
    	
 
    	
$
    	
80,000,000
    	
 
    
	
Sumitomo Mitsui   Banking Corporation
    	
 
    	
$
    	
80,000,000
    	
 
    
	
US Bank,   National Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
80,000,000
    	
 
    
	
Wells Fargo   Bank, N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
80,000,000
    	
 
    
	
Morgan Stanley   Bank, N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
55,000,000
    	
 
    
	
PNC Bank, National   Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
55,000,000
    	
 
    
	
The Bank of New   York Mellon
    	
 
    	
$
    	
55,000,000
    	
 
    
	
Bank of China,   New York Branch
    	
 
    	
$
    	
40,000,000
    	
 
    
	
The Northern   Trust Company
    	
 
    	
$
    	
40,000,000
    	
 
    
	
Total
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1,000,000,000
    	
 
    

 

 

PRICING SCHEDULE

 

Each of “Facility Fee Rate”, “Eurodollar Margin”, “Base Rate Margin” and “Letter of Credit Fee Rate” means, for any date, the rate set forth below in the row opposite such term and under the column corresponding to the “Pricing Level” at such date:

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Level I
    	
 
    	
Level II
    	
 
    	
Level III
    	
 
    	
Level IV
    	
 
    	
Level V
    	
 
    
	
Facility Fee   Rate
    	
 
    	
0.09
    	
%
    	
0.11
    	
%
    	
0.15
    	
%
    	
0.20
    	
%
    	
0.25
    	
%
    
	
Eurodollar   Margin
    	
 
    	
0.91
    	
%
    	
1.015
    	
%
    	
1.10
    	
%
    	
1.30
    	
%
    	
1.50
    	
%
    
	
Base Rate Margin
    	
 
    	
0.00
    	
%
    	
0.015
    	
%
    	
0.10
    	
%
    	
0.30
    	
%
    	
0.50
    	
%
    
	
Letter of Credit   Fee Rate
    	
 
    	
0.91
    	
%
    	
1.015
    	
%
    	
1.10
    	
%
    	
1.30
    	
%
    	
1.50
    	
%
    

 

For purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the concluding paragraph of this Schedule:

 

“Level I Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated A- or higher by S&P and A3 or higher by Moody’s.

 

“Level II Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB+ by S&P and Baa1 by Moody’s.

 

“Level III Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB by S&P and Baa2 by Moody’s.

 

“Level IV Pricing” applies at any date, if at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s.

 

“Level V Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, no other Pricing Level applies.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor thereto).

 

“Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV or Level V applies at any date.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc. (or any successor thereto).

 

The credit ratings to be utilized for purposes of this Schedule are those assigned to the senior unsecured long-term debt securities of the Borrower without third-party enhancement, and any rating assigned to any other debt security of the Borrower shall be disregarded.  The rating in effect at any date is that in effect at the close of business of such date.

 

If the Borrower is split-rated, then for purposes of determining the applicable Pricing Level, (a) if the ratings differential is one level, the higher of the ratings will apply and (b) if the ratings

 

 

differential is more than one level, a rating that is one notch lower than the higher rating will apply.  In the event that the Borrower does not have a rating by either S&P or Moody’s, then Level V shall apply.

 

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SCHEDULE 2.15
 EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

Issuing Lender:  Bank of America, N.A.

 

	
Applicant
    	
 
    	
Beneficiary
    	
 
    	
L/C No.
    	
 
    	
Currency
    	
 
    	
Amount
    	
 
    	
Effective
   Date
    	
 
    	
Expiration
   Date
    
	
Textron Inc.
    	
 
    	
Wells Fargo Bank
    	
 
    	
149045
    	
 
    	
USD
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1,825,890.41
    	
 
    	
10/4/2013
    	
 
    	
04/15/2017
    
	
Cessna Aircraft Company
    	
 
    	
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A.
    	
 
    	
3012779
    	
 
    	
USD
    	
 
    	
$
    	
8,973,589.04
    	
 
    	
10/4/2013
    	
 
    	
11/03/2016
    

 

 

EXHIBIT A to
 Credit Agreement

 

TEXTRON INC.

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

	
 
    	
New York, New York
    
	
 
    	
          ,   20    
    

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned TEXTRON INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to                and its registered assigns (the “Payee”) for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, on the maturity date provided for in the Credit Agreement, the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by the Payee to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below.

 

The Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from the date hereof until paid in full at the rates and at the times which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent.

 

This Note is one of the Borrower’s “Notes” and is issued pursuant to and entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement to which reference is hereby made for a more complete statement of the terms and conditions under which the Loans evidenced hereby were made and are to be repaid.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

All payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.  Each of the Payee and any subsequent holder of this Note agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that before disposing of this Note or any part thereof it will make a notation on Schedule I attached hereto of all principal payments previously made hereunder and of the date to which interest hereon has been paid; provided, however, that the failure to make a notation of any payment made on this Note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder with respect to payments of principal or interest on this Note.

 

Whenever any payment on this Note shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of

 

 

the payment of interest on this Note; provided, however, that in the event that the day on which payment relating to a Eurodollar Rate Loan is due is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, then the due date thereof shall be the next preceding Business Day.

 

This Note is subject to prepayment at the option of the Borrower as provided in Section 2.07(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the unpaid balance of the principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, may become, or may be declared to be (and shall automatically become and be declared to be, in the case of certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy matters), due and payable in the manner, upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

The terms of this Note are subject to amendment only in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower promises to pay all costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, all as provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, incurred in the collection and enforcement of this Note.  The Borrower hereby consents to renewals and extensions of time at or after the maturity hereof, without notice, and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand and notice of every kind and, to the full extent permitted by law, the right to plead any statute of limitations as a defense to any demand hereunder.

 

The Credit Agreement and this Note shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year and at the place first above written.

 

	
 
    	
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SCHEDULE I

 

LOANS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS SCHEDULE

 

	
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   Paid This
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EXHIBIT B to
 Credit Agreement

 

FORM OF

 

OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

FOR THE

 

BORROWER

 

[Letterhead of Textron Inc.]

 

September 30, 2016

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
 as Administrative Agent
 383 Madison Avenue
 New York, New York 10179

and

The Lenders Party to the 
 Credit Agreement Referenced Below

 

Re:     Textron Inc. — Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  This opinion is rendered to you pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity the “Agent”) and a Lender.  Each capitalized term used and not defined herein has the meaning assigned to that term in the Credit Agreement.

 

In rendering this opinion, I have examined a copy identified to my satisfaction as being a true copy, of the Credit Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules thereto.

 

I have assumed without independent investigation that:

 

(a)         The signatures on all documents examined by me are genuine, all individuals executing such documents had all requisite legal capacity and competency and were duly authorized, the documents submitted to me as

 

 

originals are authentic and the documents submitted to me as certified or reproduction copies conform to the originals;

 

(b)         The Company is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power to execute and deliver the Credit Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder, the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement by the Company and performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and except as specifically addressed in my opinions in paragraph 2 below, do not violate any law, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Company, and the Credit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company; and

 

(c)          There are no agreements or understandings between or among any of the parties to the Credit Agreement or third parties that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Credit Agreement or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder.

 

In rendering this opinion, I have made such inquiries and examined, among other things, originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records, agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.  As to certain factual matters, I have relied to the extent I deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon the representations and warranties of the Company in the Credit Agreement, a certificate of an officer of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto, or certificates obtained from public officials and others.

 

Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations herein contained, I am of the opinion that:

 

1.              The Credit Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

2.              The execution and delivery by the Company of the Credit Agreement, and performance of its obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, or require any filing with or approval of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the State of New York under, any law or regulation of the State of New York applicable to the Company that, in my experience, is generally applicable to transactions in the nature of those contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

 

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:

 

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A.            I render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.  This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the facts as they currently exist.  I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.  I express no opinion regarding the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any other federal or state securities laws or regulations.

 

B.            My opinions are subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers) and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

C.            I express no opinion regarding (a) the effectiveness of (i) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) under the Credit Agreement of, or any consent thereunder relating to, unknown future rights or the rights of any party thereto existing, or duties owing to it, as a matter of law; (ii) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Credit Agreement of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity; (iii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws or due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party; (iv) any provision in the Credit Agreement waiving the right to object to venue in any court; (v) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any Federal Court; (vi) any waiver of the right to jury trial; (vii) any provision purporting to establish evidentiary standards; (viii) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others; (ix) any right of setoff to the extent asserted by a participant in the rights of a Lender under the Credit Agreement; or (b) the availability of damages or other remedies not specified in the Credit Agreement in respect of breach of any covenants (other than covenants relating to the payment of principal, interest, indemnities and expenses).  In addition, I advise you that some of the provisions of the Credit Agreement may not be enforceable by a Lender acting individually (as opposed to the Lenders acting through the Agent).

 

This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof to the Lenders in connection with the Credit Agreement and may not be relied upon by any person other than the Lenders or by the Lenders in any other context.  The Lenders may not furnish this opinion or copies hereof to any other person except (i) to bank examiners and

 

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other regulatory authorities should they so request in connection with their normal examinations, (ii) to the independent auditors and attorneys of the Lenders, (iii) pursuant to order or legal process of any court or governmental agency, (iv) in connection with any legal action to which any Lender is a party arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, or (v) any potential permitted assignee of or participant in the interest of any Lender under the Credit Agreement for its information.  This opinion may not be quoted without my prior written consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, parties referred to in clause (v) of this paragraph who become Lenders after the date hereof may rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them (provided that such delivery shall not constitute a re-issue or reaffirmation of this opinion as of any date after the date hereof).

 

	
Very   truly yours,
    	
 
    

 

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Textron Inc.
 Officer’s Certificate

September 30, 2016

 

The undersigned, Mary F. Lovejoy, does hereby certify pursuant to this certificate (this “Certificate”) to E. Robert Lupone, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in her capacity as an officer of the Company, in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity the “Agent”) and a Lender, as follows:

 

1.              I am the duly elected and incumbent Vice President and Treasurer of the Company and am authorized to execute this Certificate on behalf of the Company.

 

2.              I recognize and acknowledge that this Certificate is being furnished to E. Robert Lupone in connection with the delivery of his legal opinion of even date herewith pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement (the “Opinion”).  I further understand that E. Robert Lupone is relying to a material degree on this Certificate in rendering that opinion.  On behalf of the Company, I hereby authorize such reliance.

 

3.              I have asked such questions regarding the meaning of any of the provisions of this Certificate as I have considered necessary.

 

4.              To the best of my knowledge, each and all of the representations and warranties as to factual matters relating to the Company contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such agreement and as of the date hereof.

 

5.              To the best of my knowledge, there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Agent, the Lenders, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries or third parties that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Credit Agreement referred to in the Opinion or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.  A copy of this Certificate executed and delivered by facsimile or email transmission shall be valid for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate as of the date first set forth above.

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name: Mary F. Lovejoy
    
	
 
    	
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EXHIBIT C to
 Credit Agreement

 

FORM OF

 

OPINION OF COUNSEL

 

FOR THE

 

BORROWER

 

[Letterhead of Textron Inc.]

 

September 30, 2016

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

383 Madison Avenue
 New York, New York 10179

and

The Lenders Party to the 
 Credit Agreement Referenced Below

 

	
Re:
    	
Credit Agreement   dated as of September 30, 2016 among Textron Inc., the Lenders from time   to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent,   Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank   of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent
    

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am the Executive Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”).  This opinion is rendered to you pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (“Agent”), Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent.  The undersigned has prepared this opinion and delivered it to the Lenders for their benefit at the request of the Borrower.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

 

In my capacity as Executive Counsel I have examined originals, or copies identified to my satisfaction, of such records, documents or other instruments as  in my judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable me to render the opinions expressed below.  I am familiar, either directly or by inquiry of other officers or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or others, and/or through examination of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, with the business, affairs and records of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries requisite to giving this opinion.  Where and as this opinion states conclusions based upon the absence of facts, I have received in the course of my employment no contrary information and would expect to receive such information if an officer of the Borrower had notice thereof.

 

I have been furnished with, and have obtained and relied without independent investigation upon, such certificates and assurances from public officials as I have deemed necessary or appropriate.  In my examinations, I have assumed (a) the genuineness of all signatures as to all parties other than the Borrower, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to them as copies or drafts and the authenticity of such originals of such latter documents, (b) as to all Persons other than the Borrower, the due completion, execution, acknowledgment as indicated thereon and delivery of documents recited herein and therein and the validity and enforceability against all parties thereto, and (c) that each Person other than the Borrower which is a party to the Credit Agreement has full power, authority and legal right, under its charter and other governing documents, corporate legislation and the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, to perform its respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.

 

I have investigated such questions of law for the purpose of rendering this opinion as I have deemed necessary.  I am opining herein only as to the United States federal laws and the corporate laws of the State of Delaware.

 

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:

 

1.                                      The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware.  The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

2.                                      The Borrower is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be in good standing has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.                                      The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of 

 

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Credit have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Borrower.

 

4.                                      The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance of the Notes issued thereunder today and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law applicable to the Borrower, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) violate the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-laws of the Borrower, each, as amended, (iii) to my knowledge (after inquiry), violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on the Borrower, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is filed as an exhibit to the most recent Form 10-K filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (v) result in or require the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any such Contractual Obligation or (vi) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any such Contractual Obligation.

 

5.                                      The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance by the Borrower of any Notes to be issued by the Borrower today will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other Governmental Authority or regulatory body other than any such registration, consent, approval, notice or other action which (i) has been or, with respect to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be duly made, given or taken or (ii) the failure to make, obtain, give or take would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.                                      Except as disclosed in the Financial Statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Credit Agreement or as otherwise disclosed to the Lenders prior to the date hereof, to my knowledge (after inquiry), there is no action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, court or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, pending or, to my knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is probable of being successful and which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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7.                                      The Borrower is not subject to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed as contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

 

8.                                      Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.

 

I am furnishing this opinion to you solely in connection with the entry by the Borrower into the Credit Agreement; the opinion is solely for your benefit and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose without my express permission.

 

	
 
    	
Very truly yours,
    

 

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EXHIBIT D to
 Credit Agreement

 

[Letterhead of
 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP]

 

September 30, 2016

 

To the Lenders and the Agents
 Referred to Below
 c/o JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
            as Administrative Agent
 383 Madison Avenue
 New York, New York 10179

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have participated in the preparation of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents (the “Syndication Agents”), and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent (the “Documentation Agent” and together with the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents, the “Agents”), and have acted as special counsel for the Agents for the purpose of rendering this opinion pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

 

We have reviewed executed copies of the Credit Agreement and the Note issued on the date hereof (the “Note”).

 

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Borrower and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.  In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Borrower that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Borrower as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

 

1.             The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Note are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.

 

2.             The Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower and the Note to be issued thereunder today constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

The foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions and qualifications:

 

(a)                     Our opinion in paragraph 2 above is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

 

(b)                     We express no opinion as to any provision in the Credit Agreement that purports to indemnify any Person for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(c)                      We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Agreement that purport to create rights of set-off in favor of participants or that provide for set-off to be made otherwise than in accordance with applicable laws.

 

(d)                     We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Agreement that purport to waive objections to venue, claims that a particular jurisdiction is an inconvenient forum or the like.

 

(e)                      We express no opinion as to whether a New York State or United States federal court would enforce the exclusivity of the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States federal court provided for in the Credit Agreement or the Note.

 

(f)                       We express no opinion as to whether a United States federal court would have subject-matter or personal jurisdiction over a controversy arising under the Credit Agreement or the Note.

 

(g)                      We express no opinion as to the United States federal or any state securities laws.

 

(h)                     We have assumed that (i) the Borrower is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Note do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any law, rule or regulation (other than United States federal and New York State statutory laws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, in each case that in our experience are normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the Credit Agreement) or any order, injunction, decree, agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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(i)                         We express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction (except the State of New York) in which any Lender is located which may limit the rate of interest that such Lender may charge or collect.

 

(j)                        As to various provisions in the Credit Agreement that grant the Agents or the Lenders certain rights to make determinations or take actions in their discretion, we assume that such discretion will be exercised in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

(k)                     We express no opinion with respect to Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement.

 

The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the federal laws of the United States of America and, with respect to paragraph 1 above only, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except that we express no opinion as to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Borrower, the Credit Agreement or the Note or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to the Credit Agreement or the Note or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.

 

This opinion is delivered to you in connection with the above matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or delivered to any other person without our prior written consent.

 

	
 
    	
Very truly yours,
    

 

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EXHIBIT E-1 to
 Credit Agreement

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

Pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 among Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Agent”), Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent (as amended to the date hereof being the “Credit Agreement”), this notice represents the undersigned Borrower’s request to borrow on           , 20  (1) from the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Pro Rata share $           as [Base Rate/Eurodollar Rate] Loans.  [The initial Interest Period for such Loans is requested to be a            period.](2)  The proceeds of such Loans are to be deposited in the Borrower’s account designated below.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

Dated(3):

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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(1)  To be a Business Day.

 

(2)  Include bracketed text for borrowings of Eurodollar Rate Loans.

 

(3)  To be delivered no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York time) (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the proposed Funding Date and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding Date.

 

 

EXHIBIT E-2 to
 Credit Agreement

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION

 

Pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent, this notice represents the undersigned Borrower’s request [A:  to convert $          in principal amount of presently outstanding Base Rate Loans with an Interest Payment Date of           , 20   to Eurodollar Rate Loans on           , 20  .  The Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loans commencing on such Interest Payment Date is requested to be a            period.] [B:  to continue as Eurodollar Rate Loans $           in principal amount of presently outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans with an Interest Payment Date of           , 20  .  The Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loans commencing on such Interest Payment Date is requested to be a            period.](1)

 

Dated:

 

	
 
    	
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(1)  Insert A or B with appropriate insertions.

 

 

EXHIBIT F to
 Credit Agreement

 

TEXTRON INC.

 

Compliance Certificate

 

With reference to the provisions of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among Textron Inc. (the  “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent, the undersigned, being the [Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)] of the Borrower, hereby certifies that:

 

(a)                                 the consolidated balance sheet at [insert date] and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the [quarter] [year] then ended which were included in the accompanying [Quarterly] [Annual] Report on Form 10-K/10-Q for the [year/quarter] ended [insert date], present fairly the consolidated financial position of Textron Inc. at [insert date] and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the [quarter] [year] then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles which have been applied on a consistent basis during the period except as noted in such report;

 

(b)                                 with respect to Section 6.03 of the Agreement, the Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing did not at any time exceed an amount equal to 65% of Consolidated Capitalization (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) as at [insert date] (see Schedule A attached hereto);

 

(c)                                  with respect to Section 6.05(b) of the Agreement, the Finance Company Leverage Ratio did not at any time exceed 9 to 1 as at [insert date] (see Schedule A attached hereto); and

 

(d)                                 the undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under the undersigned’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the above-referenced financial statements and the undersigned has no knowledge of the existence as at the date of this certificate of any condition or event which constitutes an Event

 

 

of Default or a Potential Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the Agreement).

 

F-2

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this     day of          ,     .

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
[Vice President and   Controller]
    

 

F-3

 

Schedule A

 

TEXTRON INC.
 Financial Covenant
 (in millions)

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
[Insert Date]
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.03   -
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Consolidated   Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing (defined in the Credit Agreement as the   sum of short-term and long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is shown   on a balance sheet of Textron Manufacturing (or would be if a balance sheet   were prepared on such date))
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Maximum   permitted:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Consolidated   Capitalization, i.e., the sum of (without duplication):
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(a) Consolidated   Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b) Plus Consolidated Net Worth (defined in the Credit   Agreement as the stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on   a consolidated basis (but excluding the effects of the Borrower’s accumulated   other comprehensive income/loss) calculated in conformity with GAAP)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(b) Plus preferred stock of the Borrower
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(c) Plus other securities of the Borrower convertible (whether   mandatorily or at the option of the holder) into capital stock of the   Borrower
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Equals:   Consolidated Capitalization
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
X 65% equals maximum permitted as of [Insert Date]
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[Insert Date]
    	
 
    
	
Section 6.05(b) -
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Finance Company   Leverage Ratio
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(i) Finance   Group debt (determined in a manner consistent with “Finance group debt” on   the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet included in the Financial   Statements)
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ii) Minus Finance Group securitized debt (determined in a   manner consistent with “Note 7. Debt and Credit Facilities” in the notes to   the Financial Statements”)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(A)  Equals:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iii) Total   Finance Group assets
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(iv) Minus Total Finance Group liabilities
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(B)  Equals:
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Ratio of   (A) to (B):
    	
 
    	
       :1.00
    	
 
    
	
Maximum Permitted
    	
 
    	
9.00:1.00
    	
 
    

 

F-4

 

EXHIBIT G to
 Credit Agreement

 

FORM OF TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT

 

TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT, dated as of           , 20  , among [NAME OF LENDER] (the “Transferor Lender”) and each Lender listed as a Purchasing Lender on the signature pages hereof (each, a “Purchasing Lender”), [and the Agent (as defined below) for the Lenders under the Credit Agreement described below] [and as agreed to by the Borrower (as defined below)](5).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, this Transfer Supplement is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(e) of the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016, among Textron, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Agent”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent (as such agreement may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined);

 

WHEREAS, each Purchasing Lender (if it is not already a Lender party to the Credit Agreement) wishes to become a Lender party to the Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor Lender is selling and assigning to each Purchasing Lender certain rights, obligations and commitments of the Transferor Lender under the Credit Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

(a)           Upon the execution and delivery of this Transfer Supplement by each Purchasing Lender, the Transferor Lender, [the Agent and the Borrower], each such Purchasing Lender shall be a Lender party to the Credit Agreement for all purposes thereof.

 

(b)           The Transferor Lender acknowledges receipt from each Purchasing Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor Lender and such Purchasing Lender, of the portion being purchased by such Purchasing Lender (such Purchasing Lender’s “Purchased Pro Rata

 

(5)  Consent of the Agent and the Borrower required to the extent set forth in Section 9.01(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

Share”) of the outstanding principal amount of, and accrued interest on, the Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities and all other amounts owing to the Transferor Lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent shown on Schedule I hereto.  The Transferor Lender hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to each Purchasing Lender, without recourse, representation or warranty, and each Purchasing Lender hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor Lender, such Purchasing Lender’s Purchased Pro Rata Share of the Commitment of the Transferor Lender and the presently outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities and other amounts owing to the Transferor Lender under the Credit Agreement as shown on Schedule I, together with all the corresponding rights and obligations of the Transferor Lender in, to and under all instruments and documents pertaining thereto.

 

(c)           The Transferor Lender has made arrangements with each Purchasing Lender with respect to the portion, if any, to be paid by the Transferor Lender to such Purchasing Lender of fees heretofore received by the Transferor Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

(d)           Each Purchasing Lender or the Transferor Lender (as they have mutually agreed) has paid to the Agent a non-refundable fee of $3,500 (per Purchasing Lender) to cover administrative and other expenses, as provided in Section 9.01(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

(e)           From and after the date hereof, principal, interest, fees, commissions and other amounts that would otherwise be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Lender pursuant to or in respect of the Credit Agreement or any Letter of Credit Liability transferred to each Purchasing Lender hereunder shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Lender and each of the Purchasing Lenders, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Transfer Supplement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the date hereof or accrue subsequent to the date hereof.

 

(f)            Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, the Borrower, the Transferor Lender and each Purchasing Lender shall make appropriate arrangements so that replacement Notes, if requested, are issued to the Transferor Lender, and new Notes or replacement Notes, if requested, are issued to each Purchasing Lender, in each case in principal amounts reflecting, in accordance with the Credit Agreement, outstanding Loans owing to them in which they participate and, as appropriate, their Commitment (as adjusted pursuant to this Transfer Supplement) as shown in Schedule I.

 

(g)           Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, the Agent will, at the expense of the Transferor Lender, provide to each Purchasing Lender (if it is not already a Lender party to the Credit Agreement) conformed copies of all documents delivered to the Agent on the Effective Date in satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

G-2

 

(h)           Each of the parties to this Transfer Supplement agrees that at any time and form time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Transfer Supplement.

 

(i)            Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment, amount of outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities and the Pro Rata Shares of the Transferor Lender and each Purchasing Lender as well as administrative information with respect to each Purchasing Lender.

 

(j)            THIS TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

G-3

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Transfer Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
[NAME OF LENDER], as   Transferor Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[for lenders   requiring two signature blocks]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[NAME OF PURCHASING   LENDER],
   as Purchasing Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[for lenders   requiring two signature blocks]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,   N.A.
 as Administrative Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
]
    

 

G-4

 

[Agreed to as of this   
 day of       , 20  

 

TEXTRON INC.

 

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
]
    	
 
    	
 
    
					

 

G-5

 

SCHEDULE I

 

to

 

Transfer Supplement dated as of       , 20

 

[Transferor Lender]

 

Amount of Commitment, Outstanding Loans, Letter of Credit Liabilities and Pro Rata share:

 

	
Prior to giving effect   to transfer:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Commitment
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Outstanding Loans
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Pro Rata Share
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
After giving   effect to transfer:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Commitment
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of Outstanding   Loans
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Pro Rata Share
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[Purchasing   Lender]
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Offices:
    	
 
    	
Notices
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attn:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telecopy:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Commitment,   Loans Transferred and Pro Rata Share:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Commitment
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of   Outstanding Loans
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Amount of Letter   of Credit Liabilities
    	
 
    	
$
    	
 
    
	
Purchased Pro   Rata Share
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    

 

 

EXHIBIT H to
 Credit Agreement

 

EXTENSION AGREEMENT

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
 under the Credit Agreement referred to below

383 Madison Avenue
 New York, New York 10179

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Effective as of [insert pre-effectiveness Termination Date], the undersigned hereby agrees to extend its Commitment and the Termination Date under the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplement or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Documentation Agent, for one year to [date to which the Termination Date is to be extended] pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

 

This Extension Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of law principles). This Extension Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
[NAME OF LENDER]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
[for Lenders   requiring two signature blocks]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

 

Agreed and Accepted:

 

 

TEXTRON INC.
 as Borrower

 

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 as Administrative Agent

 

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

H-2EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
  

STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

dated as of 
 October 3, 2016

 between 
 COMMUNITY HEALTH
SYSTEMS, INC. 
 and 
 AMERICAN
STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC 
 as Rights Agent 
  

 
  

 STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

Table of Contents 
  

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	ARTICLE I	  
	
	DEFINITIONS	  
	 1.1
	 	Definitions	  	 	2	  
	
	ARTICLE II	  
	
	THE RIGHTS	  
			
	 2.1
	 	Summary of Rights	  	 	14	  
	 2.2
	 	Legend	  	 	14	  
	 2.3
	 	Exercise of Rights; Separation of Rights	  	 	16	  
	 2.4
	 	Adjustments to Exercise Price; Number of Rights	  	 	20	  
	 2.5
	 	Date on Which Exercise is Effective	  	 	22	  
	 2.6
	 	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates	  	 	23	  
	 2.7
	 	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	  	 	24	  
	 2.8
	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates	  	 	26	  
	 2.9
	 	Persons Deemed Owners	  	 	27	  
	 2.10
	 	Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates	  	 	27	  
	 2.11
	 	Agreement of Rights Holders	  	 	28	  
	
	ARTICLE III	  
	
	ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RIGHTS IN	  
	THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS	  
			
	 3.1
	 	Flip-in	  	 	29	  
	 3.2
	 	Flip-over	  	 	35	  
	
	ARTICLE IV	  
	
	THE RIGHTS AGENT	  
			
	 4.1
	 	General	  	 	36	  
	 4.2
	 	Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent	  	 	38	  
	 4.3
	 	Duties of Rights Agent	  	 	39	  
	 4.4
	 	Change of Rights Agent	  	 	44	  

  
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	ARTICLE V	  
	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  
			
	 5.1
	 	Redemption	  	 	45	  
	 5.2
	 	Expiration	  	 	46	  
	 5.3
	 	Issuance of New Rights Certificates	  	 	46	  
	 5.4
	 	Supplements and Amendments	  	 	47	  
	 5.5
	 	Fractional Shares	  	 	48	  
	 5.6
	 	Rights of Action	  	 	49	  
	 5.7
	 	Holder of Rights Not Deemed a Stockholder	  	 	49	  
	 5.8
	 	Notice of Proposed Actions	  	 	50	  
	 5.9
	 	Notices	  	 	50	  
	 5.10
	 	Suspension of Exercisability or Exchangeability	  	 	51	  
	 5.11
	 	Successors	  	 	52	  
	 5.12
	 	Benefits of this Agreement	  	 	52	  
	 5.13
	 	Determination and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc.	  	 	52	  
	 5.14
	 	Descriptive Headings; Section References	  	 	53	  
	 5.15
	 	GOVERNING LAW; EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION	  	 	53	  
	 5.16
	 	Counterparts	  	 	55	  
	 5.17
	 	Severability	  	 	55	  
	 5.18
	 	Customer Identification Program	  	 	55	  
	 5.19
	 	Withholding	  	 	56	  

 EXHIBITS 
  

			
	Exhibit A	  	Form of Rights Certificate (together with Form of Election to Exercise)
	Exhibit B	  	Form of Certificate of Designation and Terms of Participating Preferred Stock

  
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 STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2016, between
Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”, which term shall
include any successor Rights Agent hereunder). 
 WITNESSETH: 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) has (a) authorized and declared a dividend of one
right (“Right”) in respect of each share of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined) held of record as of the Close of Business (as hereinafter defined) on October 13, 2016 (the “Record Time”) payable in respect of each such
share upon certification by the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the Rights have been approved for listing and registration (the “Payment Time”) and (b) as provided in
Section 2.4, authorized the issuance of one Right in respect of each share of Common Stock issued after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time (as hereinafter defined) and, to the extent provided in Section 5.3, each share of
Common Stock issued after the Separation Time; 
 WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Right entitles the holder
thereof, after the Separation Time, to purchase securities or assets of the Company (or, in certain cases, securities of certain other entities) pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and 

 WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Rights Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, transfer and exchange of Rights Certificates (as hereinafter defined), the exercise of Rights and other matters referred to herein. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the respective agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows: 

ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 

1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated: 

“Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock at any time after the first public announcement of this Agreement; provided, however, that the term “Acquiring Person” shall not include any Person (i) who is the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock at the time of the first public announcement of the adoption of this Agreement and who continuously thereafter is the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, until such time thereafter as
such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner (other than by means of a stock dividend, stock split or reclassification) of additional shares of Common Stock that, in the aggregate, amount to 0.1% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock,
(ii) who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock after the time of the first public announcement of this Agreement solely as a result of (A) an acquisition by the Company of shares of Common
Stock until 

  
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such time after the public announcement by the Company of such repurchases as such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner (other than by means of a stock dividend, stock split or reclassification)
of additional shares of Common Stock that, in the aggregate, amounts to 0.1% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock while such Person is or as a result of which such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock or (B) the occurrence of a Flip-in Date which has not resulted from the acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, (iii) who becomes the
Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock but who acquired Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock without any plan or intention to seek or affect control of the Company, if such Person promptly divests, or
promptly enters into an agreement with, and satisfactory to, the Board of Directors, in the Board of Directors’ sole discretion, to divest, and subsequently divests in accordance with the terms of such agreement (without exercising or retaining
any power, including voting power, with respect to such shares), sufficient shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into, exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock or otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by such Person) so
that such Person ceases to be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iv) who Beneficially Owns shares of Common Stock consisting solely of one or more of (A) shares of Common Stock Beneficially
Owned pursuant to the grant or exercise of an option granted to such Person (an “Option Holder”) by the Company in connection with an agreement to merge with, or acquire, the Company entered into prior to a Flip-in Date, (B) shares of
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exercisable for Common Stock or otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by such Person) Beneficially Owned by such Option Holder or its Affiliates or Associates at the time of grant of such
option and (C) shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into, exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock or otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by such Person) acquired by Affiliates or Associates of such Option Holder
after the time of such grant that, in the aggregate, amount to less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. In addition, the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company and any employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (or any entity or trustee holding shares of Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or for the purpose of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for employees of the Company
or of any Subsidiary of the Company) shall not be an Acquiring Person. 
 “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule is in effect on the date of this Agreement. 

“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 

A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner”, and to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, and to “Beneficially
Own”, (i) any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is or may be deemed to be the beneficial owner pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, as such Rules are in
effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) any securities as to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right to become the beneficial owner (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after
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occurrence of conditions) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group
members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than the Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise, (iii) any securities which are Beneficially
Owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with whom such Person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any
securities of the Company and (iv) solely for purposes of determining whether any Person is an Acquiring Person, any securities that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates are determined to Constructively Own;
provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner”, or to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, or to “Beneficially Own”, any security (A) solely because such security has been
tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered security is accepted for payment or exchange or (B) solely because such Person or any of such
Person’s Affiliates or Associates has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of such security pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made to more than ten holders of shares
of a class of stock of the Company registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, unless such power (or the arrangements relating thereto) is
then reportable under Item 6 of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any similar provision of a comparable or successor report). Notwithstanding the foregoing, 

  
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no officer or director of the Company shall be deemed to Beneficially Own any securities of any other Person by virtue of any actions that such officer or director takes in such capacity. For
purposes of this Agreement, in determining the percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Person is the Beneficial Owner, all shares as to which such Person is deemed the Beneficial Owner shall be deemed
outstanding. 
 “Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 
 “Close of Business” on any given date shall mean 5:00
p.m. New York City time on such date or, if such date is not a Business Day, 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the next succeeding Business Day. 

“Common Stock” shall mean the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. 

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

A Person shall be determined to “Constructively Own” shares of Common Stock in respect of which such Person has a Synthetic Long
Position, calculated in the manner set forth below, if the Board of Directors, by a majority vote, determines that such Person is seeking to use the existence of such Synthetic Long Position, in combination with other securities Beneficially Owned
by such Person, for the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Company. The number of shares of Common Stock in respect of a Synthetic Long Position that may be determined to be 

  
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“Constructively Owned” is the notional or other number of shares of Common Stock in respect of such Synthetic Long Position that is specified in a filing by such Person or any of such
Person’s Affiliates or Associates with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in the documentation evidencing such Synthetic Long Position as the basis upon which the value or settlement amount of such right or derivative, or the opportunity
of the holder of such right or derivative to profit or share in any profit, is to be calculated in whole or in part and, in any case, including if no such number of shares of Common Stock is specified in any filing or documentation, as determined by
the Board of Directors to be the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Synthetic Long Position relates. 
 “Election to
Exercise” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d). 
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended from time to time. 
 “Exchange Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c). 

“Exchange Time” shall mean the time at which the right to exercise the Rights shall terminate pursuant to Section 3.1(c). 

“Exercise Price” shall mean, as of any date, the price at which a holder may purchase the securities issuable upon exercise of one
whole Right. Until adjustment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, the Exercise Price shall equal $50.00. 
 “Expansion
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 “Expiration Time” shall mean the earliest of (i) the Exchange Time, (ii) the
Redemption Time, (iii) the Close of Business on April 1, 2017 and unless, for purposes of this clause (iii), extended by action of the Board of Directors (in which case the applicable time shall be the time to which it has been so
extended) and (iv) immediately prior to the effective time of a consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange that does not constitute a Flip-over Transaction or Event in which the Common Stock is converted into, or into the right to
receive, another security, cash or other consideration. 
 “Flip-in Date” shall mean any Stock Acquisition Date or such later date
and time as the Board of Directors may from time to time fix by resolution adopted prior to the Flip-in Date that would otherwise have occurred. 

“Flip-over Entity,” for purposes of Section 3.2, shall mean (i) in the case of a Flip-over Transaction or Event described
in clause (i) of the definition thereof, the Person issuing any securities into which shares of Common Stock are being converted or exchanged and, if no such securities are being issued, the other Person that is a party to such Flip-over
Transaction or Event and (ii) in the case of a Flip-over Transaction or Event referenced in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Person receiving the greatest portion of the (A) assets or, if (A) is not readily
determinable, (B) operating income or cash flow being transferred in such Flip-over Transaction or Event, provided that in all cases if such Person is a Subsidiary of another Person, the ultimate parent entity of such Person shall be the
Flip-over Entity. 
 “Flip-over Stock” shall mean the capital stock (or similar equity interest) with the greatest voting power in
respect of the election of directors (or other Persons similarly responsible for the direction of the business and affairs) of the Flip-over Entity. 

  
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 “Flip-over Transaction or Event” shall mean a transaction or series of transactions, on
or after a Flip-in Date, in which, directly or indirectly, (i) the Company shall consolidate or merge or participate in a statutory share exchange with any other Person if, immediately prior to the time of consummation of the consolidation,
merger or statutory share exchange or at the time the Company enters into any agreement with respect to any such consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange, the Acquiring Person is the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock or controls the Board of Directors and either (A) any term of or arrangement concerning the treatment of shares of capital stock in such consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange relating to the Acquiring Person is not
identical to the terms and arrangements relating to other holders of the Common Stock or (B) the Person with whom the transaction or series of transactions occurs is the Acquiring Person or (ii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer
(or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer) assets (A) aggregating more than 50% of the assets (measured by either book value or fair market value) or (B) generating more than 50% of the operating income or cash
flow, of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person (other than the Company or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries) or to two or more such Persons that are Affiliates or Associates or otherwise acting in concert, if,
at the time of the entry by the Company (or any such Subsidiary) into an agreement with respect to such sale or transfer of assets, the Acquiring Person controls the Board of Directors. For purposes of this definition, the term “Acquiring
Person” shall include any Acquiring Person and its Affiliates and Associates, counted together as a single Person. An Acquiring Person shall be deemed to control the Board of Directors when, on or following a Stock Acquisition Date, the persons
who were directors of the Company (or persons nominated and/or appointed as directors by vote of a majority of such persons) before the Stock Acquisition Date shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors. 

  
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 “Market Price” per share of any securities on any date shall mean the average of the
daily closing prices per share of such securities (determined as described below) on each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days through and including the Trading Day immediately preceding such date; provided, however, that if any event
described in Section 2.4, or any analogous event, shall have caused the closing prices used to determine the Market Price on any Trading Days during such period of 20 Trading Days not to be fully comparable with the closing price on such date,
each such closing price so used shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors in order to make it fully comparable with the closing price on such date. The closing price per share of any securities on any date shall be the last reported
sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place or is quoted on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for each share of such securities, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the NYSE or, if the securities are not listed on the NYSE, as reported on NASDAQ or, if the securities are not listed on NASDAQ, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to the principal national securities exchange on which the securities are listed or admitted to trading or, if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, as reported by
such other quotation system then in use or, if on any such date the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted by any such quotation system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
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furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the securities selected by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if on any such date the securities are not
listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market, the closing price per share of such securities on such date shall mean the fair value per share of such securities on such date as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors, after consultation with a nationally recognized investment banking firm, and set forth in a certificate delivered to the Rights Agent. 

“NYSE” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Stock Market. 

“Option Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Acquiring Person. 

“Payment Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, group (as such term is used in
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule is in effect on the date of this Agreement), corporation or other entity. 

“Preferred Stock” shall mean the series of Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company created by a
Certificate of Designation and Terms in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto appropriately completed. 
 “Record
Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 
 “Redemption Price” shall mean an amount equal to one tenth of one
cent, $0.001. 

  
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 “Redemption Time” shall mean the time at which the right to exercise the Rights shall
terminate pursuant to Section 5.1. 
 “Right” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals. 

“Rights Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 

“Rights Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c). 

“Rights Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a). 

“Separation Time” shall mean the next Business Day following the earlier of (i) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as
the Board of Directors may from time to time fix by resolution adopted prior to the Separation Time that otherwise would have occurred) after the date on which any Person commences a tender or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in
such Person becoming an Acquiring Person and (ii) the date of the first event causing a Flip-in Date to occur; provided, that if the foregoing results in the Separation Time being prior to the Record Time, the Separation Time shall be
the Record Time and provided further, that if any tender or exchange offer referenced in clause (i) of this paragraph is cancelled, terminated or otherwise withdrawn prior to the Separation Time without the purchase of any shares of
Common Stock pursuant thereto, such offer shall be deemed, for purposes of this paragraph, never to have been made. 
 “Stock
Acquisition Date” shall mean the earlier of (i) the first date on which there shall be a public announcement by the Company (by any means) that a Person has become an Acquiring Person, which announcement makes express reference to such
status as an Acquiring Person pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) the date on which any Acquiring Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of more than 40% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, excluding for this purpose any shares determined
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 “Subsidiary” of any specified Person shall mean any corporation or other entity of
which a majority of the voting power of the equity securities or a majority of the equity or membership interest is Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. 

“Synthetic Long Position” shall mean any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, swap agreement or other
security, contract right or derivative position, whether or not presently exercisable, that has an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or other mechanism at a price related to the value of Common Stock or a value determined in
whole or part with reference to, or derived in whole or in part from, the value of Common Stock and that increases in value as the value of Common Stock increases or that provides to the holder an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or
share in any profit derived from any increase in the value of Common Stock, in any case without regard to whether (i) such derivative conveys any voting rights in such securities to such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or
Associates, (ii) such derivative is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of such securities, or (iii) such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates may have entered into other transactions that
hedge the economic effect of such derivative. A Synthetic Long Position shall not include any interests, rights, options or other securities set forth in Rule 16a-1(c)(1)-(5) or (7) promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act. 

  
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 “Trading Day,” when used with respect to any securities, shall mean a day on which the
NYSE is open for the transaction of business or, if such securities are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which such securities are listed or admitted to trading is open for
the transaction of business or, if such securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. 

“Trading Regulation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c). 

“Trust” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c). 

“Trust Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c). 

“Vice President,” when used with respect to the Company, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title “vice president.” 
 ARTICLE II 

THE RIGHTS 
 2.1 Summary of
Rights. As soon as practicable after the Record Time, the Company will mail a letter summarizing the terms of the Rights to each holder of record of Common Stock as of the Record Time, at such holder’s address as shown by the records of the
Company. 
 2.2 Legend. Certificates for the Common Stock or, if a certificate has not been issued, the registration of the Common
Stock on the stock transfer books of the Company, issued on or after the Record Time but prior to the Separation Time, shall evidence one Right for each share of Common Stock represented thereby and the Company shall mail to every Person that
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Time, but prior to the Separation Time, either certificates for such Common Stock or a confirmation of the registration of such Common Stock on the stock transfer books of the Company, which
certificates or confirmation shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially in the following form: 

Until the Separation Time (as defined in the Rights Agreement referred to below), this also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain
Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2016 (as such may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), between Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in
the Rights Agreement, such Rights may be redeemed, may become exercisable for securities or assets of the Company or securities of another entity, may be exchanged for shares of Common Stock or other securities or assets of the Company, may expire,
may become null and void (including if they are “Beneficially Owned” by an “Acquiring Person” or an Affiliate or Associate thereof, as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement, or by any transferee of any of the foregoing)
or may be evidenced by separate certificates and may no longer be evidenced hereby. The Company will mail or arrange for the mailing of a copy of the Rights Agreement to the holder hereof without charge after the receipt of a written request
therefor. 
 Certificates representing shares of Common Stock that are issued and outstanding at the Payment Time (or confirmation of the registration of
the Common Stock on the stock transfer books with respect to uncertificated shares), together with the letter mailed pursuant to Section 2.1, shall evidence one Right for each share of Common Stock evidenced thereby notwithstanding the absence
of the foregoing legend. 
 The Company shall mail or arrange for the mailing of a copy of this Agreement to any Person that holds Common
Stock, as evidenced by the registration of the Common Stock in the name of such Person on the stock transfer books of the Company, without charge after the receipt of a written request therefor. 

  
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 2.3 Exercise of Rights; Separation of Rights. (a) Subject to Sections 3.1, 5.1 and
5.10 and subject to adjustment as herein set forth, each Right will entitle the holder thereof, at or after the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, to purchase, for the Exercise Price, one ten-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock.

 (b) Until the Separation Time, (i) no Right may be exercised and (ii) each Right will be evidenced by the certificate for the
associated share of Common Stock (or, if the Common Stock shall be uncertificated, by the registration of the associated Common Stock on the stock transfer books of the Company and any confirmation thereof provided for in Section 2.2),
together, in the case of shares acquired prior to the Payment Time, with the letter mailed to the record holder thereof pursuant to Section 2.1, and will be transferable only together with, and will be transferred by a transfer (whether with or
without such letter or confirmation) of, such associated share. 
 (c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at or after the Separation
Time and prior to the Expiration Time, (i) the Rights may be exercised pursuant to Section 2.3(d) below, (ii) the Rights will be transferred independent of shares of Common Stock and (iii) the Rights Agent will promptly, if
requested by the Company in writing and provided with all necessary information, mail to each holder of record of Common Stock (provided that the Board of Directors has not elected to exchange all of the then outstanding Rights pursuant to
Section 3.1(c)) as of the Separation Time (other than any Person whose Rights have become null and void pursuant to Section 3.1(b)), at such holder’s address as shown by the records of the Company (the Company hereby agreeing to
furnish copies of such records to the Rights Agent for this purpose) or the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock, (x) a certificate (a “Rights Certificate”) 

  
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in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto appropriately completed, representing the number of Rights held by such holder at the Separation Time and having such marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement and as do not affect the rights, liabilities, responsibilities or duties of
the Rights Agent, or as may be required to comply with any law, rule or regulation or with any rule or regulation of any national securities exchange or quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or traded (“Trading
Regulation”), or to conform to usage, and (y) a disclosure statement describing the Rights. Receipt of a Rights Certificate by any Person shall not preclude a later determination that such Rights are null and void pursuant to
Section 3.1(b). The Company may implement such procedures as it deems appropriate, in its sole discretion, to minimize the possibility that Rights are received by Persons with respect to whom Rights would be null and void under
Section 3.1(b). 
 (d) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Rights may be exercised on any Business Day at or after the
Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time by submitting to the Rights Agent the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights with an Election to Exercise (an “Election to Exercise”) substantially in the form attached to the Rights
Certificate duly executed and properly completed, accompanied by payment in cash, or by certified or official bank check or money order payable to the order of the Company, of a sum equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Rights
being exercised and a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates (or, if uncertificated, the
registration on the stock transfer books of the Company) for shares or depositary receipts (or both) in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights being exercised. 

  
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 (e) Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate, with a properly completed and duly executed Election to
Exercise accompanied by payment as set forth in Section 2.3(d), and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Rights Agent will thereupon promptly (i)(A) requisition from a transfer agent stock certificates evidencing such number of
shares or other securities to be purchased or, in the case of uncertificated shares or other securities, requisition from a transfer agent a notice setting forth such number of shares or other securities to be purchased for which registration will
be made on the stock transfer books of the Company (the Company hereby irrevocably authorizing its transfer agents to comply with all such requisitions), and (B) if the Company elects pursuant to Section 5.5 not to issue certificates (or
effect registrations on the stock transfer books of the Company) representing fractional shares, requisition from the depositary selected by the Company depositary receipts representing the fractional shares to be purchased (the Company hereby
irrevocably authorizes each such depositary agent to comply with such requisitions) or, when necessary to comply with this Agreement, requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with
Section 5.5 and (ii) after receipt of such certificates, depositary receipts, notices and/or, when necessary to comply with this Rights Agreement, cash, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such
Rights Certificate, registered (in the case of certificates, depositary receipts or notices) in such name or names as may be designated by such holder. 

  
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 (f) In case the holder of any Rights shall exercise less than all of the Rights evidenced by such
holder’s Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised will be issued by the Rights Agent to such holder or to such holder’s duly authorized assigns. 

(g) The Company covenants and agrees that it will (i) take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all shares delivered (or
evidenced by registration on the stock transfer books of the Company) upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates (or registration) for such shares (subject to payment of the Exercise Price), be duly and validly
authorized, executed, issued and delivered (or registered) and fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) take all such action as may be necessary to comply with any applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time
or the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any other applicable law, rule or regulation, in connection with the issuance of any shares upon exercise of Rights; and (iii) pay when due and payable any and all federal and
state taxes and charges that may be payable in respect of the original issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates or of any shares issued upon the exercise of Rights, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or
charge that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates (or the registration) for shares in a name other than that of the holder of the Rights
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 (h) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the
Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to the exercise or assignment of a Rights Certificate unless the registered holder of such Rights Certificate shall have (i) properly completed and duly signed the certificate
following the form of assignment or the form of election to exercise, as applicable, set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise or assignment, (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of
the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby, and the Affiliates and Associates of such Beneficial Owner or former Beneficial Owner, as the Company or the Rights Agent may reasonably request and
(iii) paid a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed as required under Section 2.3(d). 
 2.4 Adjustments
to Exercise Price; Number of Rights. (a) In the event the Company shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time (i) declare or pay a dividend on Common Stock payable in Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the
outstanding Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, (x) the Exercise Price in effect after such adjustment will be equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment divided by the number of shares of Common Stock including any fractional shares in lieu of which such holder received cash (the “Expansion Factor”) that a holder of one share of Common Stock immediately prior to such
dividend, subdivision or combination would hold thereafter as a result thereof and (y) each Right held prior to such adjustment will become that number of Rights equal to the Expansion Factor, and the adjusted number of Rights will be deemed to
be distributed among the shares of Common Stock with respect to which the original Rights were associated (if they remain outstanding) and the shares issued in respect of such dividend, subdivision or combination, so that each such share of Common
Stock will have exactly one Right associated with it. Each adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be made as of the payment or effective date for the applicable dividend, subdivision or combination. 

  
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 In the event that the Company shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation
Time issue any shares of Common Stock otherwise than in a transaction referenced in the preceding paragraph, each such share of Common Stock so issued shall automatically have one new Right associated with it, which Right shall be evidenced by the
certificate representing such share (or, if the Common Stock shall be uncertificated, such Right shall be evidenced by the registration of such Common Stock on the stock transfer books of the Company and the confirmation thereof provided for in
Section 2.2). Rights shall be issued by the Company in respect of shares of Common Stock that are issued or sold by the Company after the Separation Time only to the extent provided in Section 5.3. 

(b) In the event that the Company shall at any time after the Record Time and prior to the Separation Time issue or distribute any securities
or assets in respect of, in lieu of or in exchange for Common Stock (other than pursuant to any non-extraordinary periodic cash dividend or a dividend paid solely in Common Stock) whether by dividend, in a reclassification or recapitalization
(including any such transaction involving a merger, consolidation or statutory share exchange), or otherwise, the Company shall make such adjustments, if any, in the Exercise Price, number of Rights and/or securities or other property purchasable
upon exercise of Rights as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may deem to be appropriate under the circumstances, and the Company and the Rights Agent shall amend this Agreement as necessary to provide for such adjustments. 

  
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 (c) Each adjustment to the Exercise Price made pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be
calculated to the nearest cent. Whenever an adjustment to the Exercise Price is made pursuant to this Section 2.4, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts
accounting for such adjustment and (ii) promptly file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Stock a copy of such certificate. The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any
adjustment or statement therein contained and shall have no duty or liability with respect to, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of, any adjustment or any such event unless and until it shall have received such a certificate. 

(d) Rights Certificates shall represent the right to purchase the securities purchasable under the terms of this Agreement, including any
adjustment or change in the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, even though such certificates may continue to express the securities purchasable at the time of issuance of the initial Rights Certificates. 

2.5 Date on Which Exercise is Effective. Each Person in whose name any certificate for shares is issued (or registration on the stock
transfer books is effected) upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares represented thereby at the Close of Business on the Business Day upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing
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charges payable by the exercising holder hereunder) was made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the stock transfer books of the
Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate (or registration) shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the stock transfer books of the Company are open.

 2.6 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Rights Certificates. (a) The Rights Certificates shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or one of its Vice Presidents and by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Rights Certificates may be manual or facsimile. 

Rights Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall
bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the countersignature and delivery of such Rights Certificates. 

Promptly after the Separation Time, the Company will notify the Rights Agent in writing of such Separation Time (and if such notification is
given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following) and will deliver Rights Certificates executed by the Company to the Rights Agent for countersignature, and, subject to Sections 2.3(c) and
3.1(b), the Rights Agent shall manually or by facsimile countersign and deliver such Rights Certificates to the holders of the Rights pursuant to Section 2.3(c). Until the written notice provided for in this Section 2.6 is received by the
Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Separation Time has not occurred. No Rights Certificate shall be valid for any purpose unless manually or by facsimile countersigned by the Rights Agent. 

  
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 In case any authorized signatory of the Rights Agent who has countersigned any of the Rights
Certificates ceases to be an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent before issuance and delivery by the Company, such Rights Certificates, nevertheless, may be issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though the
individual who countersigned such Rights Certificates had not ceased to be an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent; and any Rights Certificates may be countersigned on behalf of the Rights Agent by any individual who, at the actual date of the
countersignature of such Rights Certificate, is properly authorized to countersign such Rights Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such individual was not so authorized. 

(b) Each Rights Certificate shall be dated the date of the countersignature thereof. 

2.7 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. (a) After the Separation Time, the Company will cause to be kept a
register (the “Rights Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable procedures as it may prescribe, the Company will provide for the registration and transfer of Rights. The Rights Agent is hereby appointed “Rights Registrar”
for the purpose of maintaining the Rights Register for the Company and registering Rights and transfers of Rights after the Separation Time as herein provided. In the event that the Rights Agent shall cease to be the Rights Registrar, the Rights
Agent will have the right to examine the Rights Register at all reasonable times after the Separation Time. 

  
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 After the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time, upon surrender for registration of
transfer or exchange of any Rights Certificate, and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.7(c) and (d), the Company will execute, and the Rights Agent will countersign and, if requested by the Company and provided with all necessary
information, deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Rights Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number of Rights as did the Rights
Certificate so surrendered. 
 (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.1(b), all Rights issued upon any registration of transfer
or exchange of Rights Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, and such Rights shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Rights surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

(c) Every Rights Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Rights Agent, as the case may be, duly executed by the holder thereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. As a condition to the issuance of any new Rights
Certificate under this Section 2.7, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other charge that may be imposed in relation thereto. 

(d) The Company shall not register the transfer or exchange of any Rights that have become null and void under Section 3.1(b), been
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 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Rights Certificates. (a) If any mutilated
Rights Certificate is surrendered to the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time, then, subject to Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 5.1, the Company shall execute and the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a new Rights
Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so surrendered. 
 (b) If there shall be delivered to the
Company and the Rights Agent prior to the Expiration Time (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Rights Certificate and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
and any of their agents harmless, then, subject to Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 5.1 and in the absence of written notice to the Company or the Rights Agent that such Rights Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its written request the Rights Agent shall countersign and, if requested by the Company and provided with all necessary information, deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate, a new
Rights Certificate evidencing the same number of Rights as did the Rights Certificate so destroyed, lost or stolen. 
 (c) As a condition to
the issuance of any new Rights Certificate under this Section 2.8, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Rights Agent) connected therewith. The Rights Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any Section of this Agreement which requires the payment by a Rights holder of applicable taxes and/or charges unless and
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 (d) Every new Rights Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 2.8 in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall evidence an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Rights Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and, subject to
Section 3.1(b) shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Rights duly issued hereunder. 

2.9 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common
Stock certificate or confirmation of registration, if uncertificated), the Company, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Company or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation
Time, such Common Stock certificate or confirmation, if uncertificated) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby for all purposes whatsoever, including the payment of the Redemption Price, and neither the
Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. As used in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “holder” of any Rights shall mean the registered holder of such Rights (or, prior to
the Separation Time, the associated shares of Common Stock). 
 2.10 Delivery and Cancellation of Certificates. All Rights
Certificates surrendered upon exercise or for registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Rights Agent, be delivered to the Rights Agent and, in any case, shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent.
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manner whatsoever, and all Rights Certificates so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Rights Agent. No Rights Certificates shall be countersigned in lieu of or in exchange for any Rights
Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section 2.10, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent shall destroy all cancelled Rights Certificates and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Company. 

2.11 Agreement of Rights Holders. Every holder of Rights by accepting the same consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent
and with every other holder of Rights that: 
 (a) prior to the Separation Time, each Right will be transferable only together with, and will
be transferred by a transfer of, the associated share of Common Stock; 
 (b) after the Separation Time, the Rights Certificates will be
transferable only on the Rights Register as provided herein; 
 (c) prior to due presentment of a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the
Separation Time, the associated Common Stock certificate or Common Stock registration, if uncertificated) for registration of transfer, the Company, the Rights Agent and any agent of the Company or the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in
whose name the Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Separation Time, the associated Common Stock certificate or Common Stock registration, if uncertificated) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby for all
purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; 

  
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 (d) Rights Beneficially Owned by certain Persons will, under the circumstances set forth in
Section 3.1(b), become null and void; 
 (e) this Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms; 
 (f) the Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power and authority delegated to it pursuant to Section 5.13; and 

(g) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder
of a Right or other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a
governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation. 

ARTICLE III 
 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
RIGHTS IN 
 THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS 

3.1 Flip-in. (a) In the event that prior to the Expiration Time a Flip-in Date shall occur, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 3.1, each Right shall constitute the right to purchase from the Company, upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof (but subject to Section 5.10), that number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Market
Price on the Stock Acquisition Date that gave rise to the Flip-in Date equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the 

  
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Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in order to protect the interests of the holders of Rights generally in the event that on or after such Stock Acquisition Date any of the
events described in Section 2.4(a) or (b), or any analogous event, shall have occurred with respect to the Common Stock). 
 (b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Rights that are Beneficially Owned on or after the Stock Acquisition Date by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof shall become null and void and any holder of such Rights (including transferees,
whether direct or indirect, of any such Persons) shall thereafter have no right to exercise or transfer such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. If any Rights Certificate is presented for assignment or exercise and the Person presenting
the same will not properly complete the certification set forth at the end of the form of assignment or notice of election to exercise or, if requested, will not provide such additional evidence, including, without limitation, the identity of the
Beneficial Owners and their Affiliates and Associates (or former Beneficial Owners and their Affiliates and Associates) as the Company or the Board of Directors shall reasonably request in order to determine if such Rights are null and void, then
the Company shall be entitled conclusively to deem the Rights to be Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof or a transferee of any of the foregoing and accordingly deem the Rights evidenced thereby to be null
and void and not transferable, exercisable or exchangeable. 

  
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 (c) The Board of Directors may, at its option, at any time after a Flip-in Date and prior to the
time that an Acquiring Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, excluding for this purpose any shares determined to be Constructively Owned elect to exchange all (but not less than all) of
the then outstanding Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1(b)) for shares of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right, appropriately
adjusted in order to protect the interests of holders of Rights generally in the event that after the Separation Time any of the events described in Section 2.4(a) or (b), or any analogous event, shall have occurred with respect to the Common
Stock (such exchange ratio, as adjusted from time to time, being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”). 
 Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors electing to exchange the Rights, without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right (other than Rights that have become null and void pursuant
to Section 3.1(b)), whether or not an Election to Exercise has been previously delivered, will thereafter represent only the right to receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio. The exchange of the Rights by the
Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors electing to exchange the Rights, the
Company shall give written notice thereof (specifying the steps to be taken to receive shares of Common Stock in exchange for Rights) to the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights (other than Rights that have become null and void pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)) outstanding immediately prior thereto by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 5.9. Before effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 3.1(c), the Board of Directors may direct the Company to enter into a
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Board of Directors shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust
created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all or some (as designated by the Board of Directors) of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all or some (as designated by the Board of Directors)
holders of Rights entitled to receive shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such shares (and any dividends paid or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust
and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. Prior to effecting an exchange and registering shares of Common Stock (or other such securities) in any Person’s name, including any nominee or transferee
of a Person, the Company may require (or cause the trustee of the Trust to require), as a condition thereof, that any holder of Rights provide evidence, including, without limitation, the identity of the Beneficial Owners thereof and their
Affiliates and Associates (or former Beneficial Owners thereof and their Affiliates and Associates) as the Company shall reasonably request in order to determine if such Rights are null and void. If any Person shall fail to comply with such request,
the Company shall be entitled conclusively to deem the Rights formerly held by such Person to be null and void pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and not transferable or exercisable or exchangeable in connection herewith. Any shares of Common Stock or
other securities issued at the direction of the Board of Directors in connection herewith shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock or of such other securities (as the case may be), and the Company shall be deemed
to have received as consideration for such issuance a benefit having a value that is at least equal to the aggregate par value of the shares so issued. Approval by the Board of Directors of the exchange shall constitute a determination by the Board
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 Each Person in whose name any certificate for shares is issued (or for whom any registration on
the stock transfer books of the Company is made) upon the exchange of Rights pursuant to this Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.1(d) shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares represented thereby on, and
such certificate (or registration on the stock transfer books of the Company) shall be dated (or registered as of), the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly exchanged or deemed exchanged by the Company and payment
of any applicable taxes and other governmental charges payable by the holder was made; provided, however, that if the date of such exchange and payment is a date upon which the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such
Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate (or registration on the stock transfer books of the Company) shall be dated (or registered as of), the next succeeding Business Day on which the stock
transfer books of the Company are open. 
 (d) Whenever the Company shall become obligated under Section 3.1(a) or (c) to issue
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of or in exchange for Rights, the Company, as determined by the Board of Directors, may substitute therefor shares of Preferred Stock, at a ratio of one ten-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock for each share
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 (e) In the event that there shall not be sufficient authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with Section 3.1(a) or if the Company so elects to make the exchange referenced in Section 3.1(c), to permit the issuance of all shares
pursuant to the exchange, the Company shall either (i) call a meeting of stockholders seeking approval to cause sufficient additional shares to be authorized (provided that if such approval is not obtained the Company will take the action
specified in clause (ii) of this sentence) or (ii) take such action as shall be necessary to ensure and provide, without exposing the directors to personal liability (as determined by the Board of Directors), as and when and to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law and any agreements or instruments in effect prior to the time an Acquiring Person controls the Board of Directors (and remaining in effect) to which the Company is a party, that each Right shall thereafter
constitute the right to receive, (x) in the case of any exercise in accordance with Section 3.1(a), at the Company’s option, either (A) in return for the Exercise Price, debt or equity securities or other assets (or a combination
thereof) having a fair value equal to twice the Exercise Price, or (B) without payment of consideration (except as may be required for the valid issuance of securities or otherwise required by applicable law), debt or equity securities or other
assets (or a combination thereof) having a fair value equal to the Exercise Price, or (y) in the case of an exchange of Rights in accordance with Section 3.1(c), debt or equity securities or other assets (or a combination thereof) having a
fair value equal to the product of the Market Price of a share of Common Stock on the Flip-in Date times the Exchange Ratio in effect on the Flip-in Date, where in any case set forth in (x) or (y) above the fair value of such debt or
equity securities or other assets shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, after consultation with a nationally recognized investment banking firm. 

  
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 3.2 Flip-over. (a) Prior to the Expiration Time, the Company shall not enter into any
agreement with respect to, consummate or permit to occur any Flip-over Transaction or Event unless and until it shall have entered into a supplemental agreement with the Flip-over Entity, for the benefit of the holders of the Rights (the terms of
which shall be reflected in an amendment to this Agreement entered into with the Rights Agent), providing that, upon consummation or occurrence of the Flip-over Transaction or Event (i) each Right shall thereafter constitute the right to
purchase from the Flip-over Entity, upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, that number of shares of Flip-over Stock of the Flip-over Entity having an aggregate Market Price on the date of consummation or occurrence of such
Flip-over Transaction or Event equal to twice the Exercise Price for an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price (such right to be appropriately adjusted in order to protect the interests of the holders of Rights generally in the event that after
such date of consummation or occurrence any of the events described in Section 2.4(a) or (b), or any analogous event, shall have occurred with respect to the Flip-over Stock) and (ii) the Flip-over Entity shall thereafter be liable for,
and shall assume, by virtue of such Flip-over Transaction or Event and such supplemental agreement, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. 

(b) Prior to the Expiration Time, unless the Rights will be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.1 pursuant to an agreement entered into by the
Company prior to a Flip-in Date, the Company shall not enter into any agreement with respect to, consummate or permit to occur any Flip-over Transaction or Event if (i) at the time thereof there are any rights, warrants or securities
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agreements or instruments that would eliminate or otherwise diminish in any material respect the benefits intended to be afforded by this Rights Agreement to the holders of Rights upon
consummation of such transaction, (ii) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after such Flip-over Transaction or Event, the stockholders of the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the Flip-over Entity shall have received a
distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates, or (iii) the form or nature of organization of the Flip-over Entity would preclude or limit the exercisability of the Rights. 

(c) The provisions of this Section 3.2 shall apply to successive Flip-over Transactions or Events. 

ARTICLE IV 
 THE RIGHTS AGENT 

4.1 General. (a) The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the express terms
and conditions hereof (and no implied terms or conditions), and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time,
on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses, counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the preparation, negotiation, delivery, amendment, administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, judgment, fine, penalty, claim, demand, settlement, cost or expense (including, without limitation, the reasonable
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incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), for action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance, administration, exercise and performance of its duties under this Agreement (including in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or
preparation of a defense in connection therewith arising out of or in connection with or by reason of the Rights Agent’s performance of the services and obligations hereunder). The costs and expenses incurred in enforcing this right of
indemnification shall be paid by the Company. The provisions of this Section 4.1 and Section 4.3 below shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the exercise or expiration of the Rights and the resignation, replacement or removal of
the Rights Agent. 
 (b) The Rights Agent shall be authorized and protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in connection with its acceptance and administration of this Agreement or the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder in reliance upon any certificate for securities (or registration on the stock
transfer books of the Company) purchasable upon exercise of Rights, Rights Certificate, certificate for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction,
consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth
herein. The Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event of which it was supposed to receive notice thereof hereunder, and the Rights Agent shall be fully 

  
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protected and shall incur no liability for failing to take any action in connection therewith, unless and until it has received such notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Rights Agent shall
incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting in accordance with any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by email or facsimile) believed by it to be genuine. 

4.2 Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent. (a) Any Person into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent is a party, or any Person succeeding to the shareholder services business of
the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, will be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such Person would
be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 4.4. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent succeeds to the agency created by this Agreement any of the Rights Certificates have been countersigned
but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates have not been
countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates will have the full
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 (b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent is changed and at such time any of the
Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall
not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and
in this Agreement. 
 4.3 Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform only the duties and obligations expressly
imposed by this Agreement (and no implied duties) upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound: 

(a) At the Company’s sole expense, the Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company or an
employee of the Rights Agent), and the advice or opinion of such counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in the absence of bad faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. 
 (b) Whenever in the performance of
its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent deems it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter (including without limitation, the identity of an Acquiring Person and the determination of the current per share market price of any security)
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(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by a person believed by the Rights
Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate will be
full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall incur no liability for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken in the absence of bad faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in
reliance upon such certificate. 
 (c) The Rights Agent will be liable to the Company and any other Person hereunder only for its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Rights Agent be liable for special, punitive, indirect,
consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage. Any and all liability of the Rights Agent under this
Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees paid by the Company to the Rights Agent pursuant to this Agreement. 
 (d) The Rights
Agent will not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the certificates, if any, for securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights or the Rights Certificates (except its
countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and will be deemed to have been made by the Company only. 

  
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 (e) The Rights Agent will not have any liability for or be under any responsibility in respect of
the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any certificate, if any, for securities purchasable
upon exercise of Rights or Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor will it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor will it be
responsible for any change in the exercisability or exchangeability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming null and void pursuant to Section 3.1(b)) or any change or adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including any adjustment required
under the provisions of Section 2.4, 3.1 or 3.2 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of
Rights after receipt of the certificate contemplated by Section 2.4 describing any such adjustment, upon which the Rights Agent may rely); nor will it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization
or reservation of any securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights or any Rights or as to whether any securities purchasable upon exercise of Rights will, when issued, be duly and validly authorized, executed, issued and delivered and fully paid
and non-assessable. 
 (f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed,
acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement. 

  
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 (g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept advice or written instructions
with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any individual believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such individual for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and such instructions shall be full authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall not be
liable for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in the absence of bad faith in accordance with instruction of any such individual or for any delay while acting or while waiting for those instructions. The Rights
Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying upon the most recent instructions received by any such individual. In the event the Rights Agent believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction,
direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Rights Agent hereunder, the Rights Agent may, in its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the
Company or any other Person for refraining from taking such action, if the Rights Agent shall have notified the Company promptly of such belief in writing, and unless the Rights Agent shall receive written instructions executed by a person
authorized under this Section 4.3(g), which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the satisfaction of the Rights Agent. 

  
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 (h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, Affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Rights
Agent may buy, sell or deal in Common Stock, Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as
fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent or any such stockholder, Affiliate, director, officer or employee from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any
other Person. 
 (i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder
either itself (through directors, officers and employees) or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any
loss to the Company or any other Person resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the selection and continued employment thereof (each as determined by a final judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction). 
 (j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of tis rights if it believes that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

 (k) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the
form of assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has not been completed, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company. 

  
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 4.4 Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties
under this Agreement upon 60 days’ notice (or such lesser notice as is acceptable to the Company) in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent of Common Stock known to the Rights Agent by registered or certified mail. The
Company may remove the Rights Agent upon 30 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights in accordance with
Section 5.9. If the Rights Agent should resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company will appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company fails to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after
such removal or the effectiveness of such resignation or after it has been notified in writing of such incapacity by the incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights (which holder shall, with such notice, submit such holder’s
Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then either the Rights Agent or the holder of any Rights may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by
the Company or by such a court, shall be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States, in good standing, which is authorized under such laws to exercise the powers of the Rights Agent
contemplated by this Agreement and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and which, when combined with its affiliates, has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least
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After appointment, the successor Rights Agent will be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or
deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not
later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company will file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Stock, and mail a notice thereof in writing to the holders of the Rights.
Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 4.4, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the
case may be. 
 ARTICLE V 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 5.1
Redemption. (a) The Board of Directors may, at its option, at any time prior to the Flip-in Date, elect to redeem all (but not less than all) the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price and the Company, at its option, may pay the
Redemption Price either in cash or shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company deemed by the Board of Directors, in the exercise of its sole discretion, to be at least equivalent in value to the Redemption Price. 

(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors
electing to redeem the Rights states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), without any

  
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further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the
Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing
such notice in accordance with Section 5.9. 
 5.2 Expiration. The Rights and this Agreement shall expire at the Expiration Time
and no Person shall have any rights pursuant to this Agreement or any Right after the Expiration Time, except, if the Rights have been exchanged or redeemed, as provided in Section 3.1 or 5.1, respectively. 

5.3 Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the
Company may, at its option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the number or kind or class of shares of stock purchasable upon exercise of
Rights made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection with the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company following the Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time pursuant to the terms of
securities convertible or redeemable into shares of Common Stock or to options, warrants or other rights (other than any securities issued or issuable in connection with the exercise or exchange of Rights), in each case issued or granted prior to,
and outstanding at, the Separation Time, the Company shall issue to the holders of such shares of Common Stock, Rights Certificates representing the appropriate number of Rights in connection with the issuance or sale of such shares of Common

  
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Stock; provided, however, in each case, (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued, if, and to the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance
would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or to the Person to whom such Rights Certificates would be issued, (ii) no such Rights Certificates shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate
adjustment shall have otherwise been made in lieu of the issuance thereof, and (iii) the Company shall have no obligation to distribute Rights Certificates to any Acquiring Person or Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or any
transferee of any of the foregoing. 
 5.4 Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Rights Agent may from time to time
supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights (i) prior to the Flip-in Date, in any respect and (ii) on or after the Flip-in Date, to make any changes that the Company may deem necessary or desirable
(x) that shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights generally (other than the Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof), (y) in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein or otherwise defective or (z) in order to satisfy any applicable law, rule or regulation, including any Trading Regulation on any applicable exchange so as to
allow trading of the Company’s securities thereon. The Rights Agent will duly execute and deliver any supplement or amendment hereto requested by the Company in writing, provided, that the Company has delivered to the Rights Agent a certificate
from an appropriate officer of the Company that states that the proposed supplement or amendment complies with the terms of this Agreement, provided, further, that any supplement or amendment (other than to Article IV or that

  
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affects the Rights Agent’s rights, duties, obligations or immunities under this Agreement) shall become effective immediately upon execution by the Company, whether or not also executed by
the Rights Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement or amendment that affects the Rights Agent’s own rights, duties, obligations
or immunities under this Agreement. 
 5.5 Fractional Shares. If the Company elects not to issue certificates representing (or
register on the stock transfer books of the Company) fractional shares upon exercise, redemption or exchange of Rights, the Company shall, in lieu thereof, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, either (a) evidence such fractional
shares by depositary receipts issued pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it, providing that each holder of a depositary receipt shall have all of the rights, privileges and preferences to which such
holder would be entitled as a beneficial owner of such fractional share, or (b) pay to the registered holder of such Rights the appropriate fraction of the Market Price per share in cash. Whenever a payment for fractional shares is to be made
by the Rights Agent, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Rights Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the facts related to such payments and the prices and/or formulas utilized in calculating such
payments, and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Rights Agent in the form of fully collected funds to make such payments. The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon such a certificate and shall have no duty with respect to,
and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any payment for, fractional shares under any Section of this Agreement relating to the payment of fractional shares unless and until the Rights Agent shall have received such a certificate and sufficient
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 5.6 Rights of Action. Subject to the terms of this Agreement (including
Sections 3.1(b), 5.10 and 5.13), rights of action in respect of this Agreement, other than rights of action vested solely in the Rights Agent, the Board of Directors or the Company, are vested in the respective holders of the Rights; and any
holder of any Rights, without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights, may, on such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit and the benefit of other holders of Rights, enforce, and may institute
and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise such holder’s Rights in the manner provided in such holder’s Rights Certificate and in this
Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and will be entitled
to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement. 

5.7 Holder of Rights Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as such, of any Rights shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be
deemed for any purpose the holder of shares or any other securities that may at any time be issuable on the exercise of such Rights, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any
Rights, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section 5.8), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until such Rights shall have been exercised or exchanged in accordance with
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 5.8 Notice of Proposed Actions. In case the Company shall propose at or after the
Separation Time and prior to the Expiration Time (i) to effect or permit a Flip-over Transaction or Event or (ii) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the
Rights Agent and to each holder of a Right, in accordance with Section 5.9, written notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the date on which such Flip-over Transaction or Event, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take
place, and such notice shall be so given at least 20 Business Days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action. 
 5.9
Notices. Notices or demands authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows: 
 Community Health Systems, Inc.

 4000 Meridian Boulevard 

Franklin, TN 37067 
 Attention:
Corporate Secretary 

  
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 Any notice or demand authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder
of any Rights to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as follows: 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 

6201 15th Avenue 

Brooklyn, New York 11219 

Attention: Corporate Trust Department 

With a copy to: 
 American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, LLC 
 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Legal Department 
 Notices or demands
authorized or required by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to or on the holder of any Rights shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered or sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder
at the address of such holder as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Separation Time, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Stock. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. 
 5.10 Suspension of Exercisability or Exchangeability. To the extent
that the Board of Directors determines in good faith that some action will or need be taken pursuant to, or in order to properly give effect to, Section 2.3, 3.1 or 4.4 or to comply with federal or state securities laws or applicable Trading
Regulations, the Company may suspend the exercisability or exchangeability of the Rights for a reasonable period sufficient to allow it to take such action or comply with such laws or Trading Regulations. In the event of any such suspension, the
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promptly as practicable a public announcement (with prompt written notice to the Rights Agent) stating that the exercisability or exchangeability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
Notice thereof pursuant to Section 5.9 shall not be required. Upon such suspension, any rights of action vested in a holder of Rights shall be similarly suspended. 

Failure to give a notice pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of any action taken hereunder. 

5.11 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder. 
 5.12 Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. 
 5.13 Determination and Actions by the Board of Directors,
etc. The Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the
Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) make all determinations and calculations
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the Rights to be null and void pursuant to Section 3.1, after taking into account the purpose of this Agreement and the Company’s interest in maintaining an orderly trading market in
the outstanding shares of Common Stock. All such actions, interpretations, calculations and determinations done or made by the Board of Directors (including by a committee of the Board of Directors to the extent permitted by applicable law), shall
be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other Persons. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Board of Directors of the Company acted in good faith and the Rights
Agent shall be fully protected and shall incur no liability in reliance thereon. 
 5.14 Descriptive Headings; Section References.
Descriptive headings appear herein for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of
this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. 
 5.15 GOVERNING LAW; EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT, EACH
RIGHT AND EACH RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO, MADE WITHIN, AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS OR RULES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS 

  
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OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE RIGHTS, DUTIES, LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE RIGHTS AGENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO, MADE WITHIN, AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE. 

(b) (i) THE COMPANY AND EACH HOLDER OF RIGHTS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, OR, IF SUCH COURT SHALL LACK SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. The Company and each
holder of Rights acknowledge that the forum designated by this paragraph (b) has a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to such Persons’ relationship with one another. 

(ii) The Company and each holder of Rights hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or
hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in paragraph (b)(i). The Company and each holder of Rights undertake not to commence any action subject to this
Agreement in any forum other than the forum described in this paragraph (b). The Company and each holder of Rights agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action, or
proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon such Persons. 

  
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 5.16 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including
by facsimile, PDF or other electronic means) and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

5.17 Severability. If any term or provision hereof or the application thereof to any circumstance shall, in any jurisdiction and to any
extent, be invalid or unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective as to such jurisdiction to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions hereof
or the application of such term or provision to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable; provided, that if any such excluded term or provision shall adversely affect the rights, immunities, duties or
obligations of the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to resign immediately. 
 5.18 Customer Identification Program.
The Company acknowledges that the Rights Agent is subject to the customer identification program (“Customer Identification Program”) requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations, and that the Rights Agent must
obtain, verify and record information that allows the Rights Agent to identify the Company. Accordingly, prior to accepting an appointment hereunder, the Rights Agent may request information from the Company that will help the Rights Agent to
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documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or any other information that the Rights Agent deems necessary. The Company agrees that the Rights Agent cannot accept an
appointment hereunder unless and until the Rights Agent verifies the Company’s identity in accordance with the Customer Identification Program requirements. 

5.19 Withholding. In the event that the Company, the Rights Agent or their agents determine that they are obligated to withhold or
deduct any tax or other charge under any applicable law on actual or deemed payments or distributions hereunder to a holder of the Rights, Common Stock or other cash, securities or other property, the Company, the Rights Agent or their agents shall
be entitled, but not obligated, to (i) deduct and withhold such amount by withholding a portion or all of the cash, securities or other property otherwise deliverable or by otherwise using any property (including, without limitation, Rights,
Preferred Stock, Common Stock or cash) that is owned by such holder, or (ii) in lieu of such withholding, require any holder to make a payment to the Company, the Rights Agent or their agents, in each case in such amounts as they deem necessary
to meet their withholding obligations, and in the case of (i) above, shall also be entitled, but not obligated, to sell all or a portion of such withheld securities or other property by public or private sale in such amounts and in such manner
as they deem necessary and practicable to pay such taxes and charges. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the
date first above written. 
  

					
	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ W. Larry Cash

		 	Name:	 	W. Larry Cash
		 	Title:	 	President — Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer
	
	 AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
 TRUST
COMPANY, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael A. Nespoli

		 	Name:	 	Michael A. Nespoli
		 	Title:	 	Executive Director

 [Signature Page to Rights Agreement] 

 EXHIBIT A 

[Form of Rights Certificate] 
  

			
	Certificate No. W-	  	                     Rights

 THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OR MANDATORY EXCHANGE, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, ON THE TERMS SET
FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY ACQUIRING PERSONS OR AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) OR TRANSFEREES OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE VOID. 

Rights Certificate 
 COMMUNITY
HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. 
 This certifies that
                    , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the registered
holder thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of [October 3, 2016] (as amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), between Community Health Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”, which term shall include any successor Rights Agent
under the Rights Agreement), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Separation Time (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to the close of business on April 1, 2017, one ten-thousandth of a fully paid share of
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Company (subject to adjustment as provided in the Rights Agreement) at the Exercise Price referred to below, upon presentation and surrender of this
Rights Certificate with the Form of Election to Exercise duly executed at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. The Exercise Price shall initially be $50.00 per Right and shall be subject to adjustment in certain events as
provided in the Rights Agreement. 

 In certain circumstances described in the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced hereby may
entitle the registered holder thereof to purchase securities of an entity other than the Company or securities of the Company other than Preferred Stock or assets of the Company, all as provided in the Rights Agreement. 

This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and
conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal office of the Company and are available without cost upon written request. 

This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates of like tenor evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to the aggregate number of Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered. If
this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the registered holder shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised. 

  
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 Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, each Right evidenced by this Certificate may
be (a) redeemed by the Company under certain circumstances, at its option, at a redemption price of $0.001 per Right or (b) exchanged by the Company under certain circumstances, at its option, for one share of Common Stock or one
ten-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock per Right (or, in certain cases, other securities or assets of the Company), subject in each case to adjustment in certain events as provided in the Rights Agreement. 

No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of any
securities which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except
as provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised or exchanged as provided in the Rights Agreement. 

This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent. 

WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate seal. 

Date:
                             

 

  
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	ATTEST:	 	            	  	COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
				
	  
	 		  	By	  	  

	        Secretary	 		  		  	
				
	Countersigned:	 		  		  	
				
	 AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
 TRUST
COMPANY, LLC
	 		  		  	
					
	By	 	  
	 		  		  	
		 	Authorized Signature	 		  		  	

  
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 [Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate] 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT 
 (To be
executed by the registered holder if such 
 holder desires to transfer this Rights Certificate.) 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED
                                         
        hereby 
 sells, assigns and transfers unto
                                         
                                         
                                         
                              

            (Please print name
             
  

 
 and address of transferee) 

this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                     Attorney, to transfer the
within Rights Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution. 
 Dated:
                            ,
             
  

					
	Signature Guaranteed:	  	                                    
            
		  	                 
	  	 Signature
 (Signature must correspond to name as
written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee Medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15. A notary is not sufficient. 

 

                          
                                         
                                         

 (To be completed if true) 
 The undersigned
hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and shares of Common Stock, that the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been, Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement). 
  

	
	  
 Signature

  

                          
                                         
                          

 NOTICE 

In the event the certification set forth above is not properly completed in connection with a purported assignment, the Company will deem the
Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by the enclosed Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) or a transferee of any of the foregoing and accordingly will deem the
Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate to be void and not transferable or exercisable. 

  
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 [To be attached to each Rights Certificate] 

FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE 

(To be executed if holder desires to 

exercise the Rights Certificate.) 
 TO: COMMUNITY
HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. 
 The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
                        whole Rights represented by the attached Rights Certificate to purchase the shares of Participating
Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of: 
  

					
	                            	  	  

Address:                        
        
  
	  	
		  	 Social Security or Other Taxpayer

Identification Number:                    
	  	

 If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the
balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to: 
  

					
	                            	  	  

Address:                        
        
  
	  	
		  	 Social Security or Other Taxpayer

Identification Number:                    
	  	

 Dated:
                    ,              

 

					
	Signature Guaranteed:	  	                                    
            
		  	                 
	  	 Signature
 (Signature must correspond to name as
written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee Medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15. A notary is not sufficient. 

                          
                                         
                                         
     
 (To be completed if true) 

The undersigned hereby represents, for the benefit of all holders of Rights and shares of Common Stock, that the Rights evidenced by the
attached Rights Certificate are not, and, to the knowledge of the undersigned, have never been, Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement). 

 

	
	  
 Signature

  

                          
                                         
                                         
     
 NOTICE 

In the event the certification set forth above is not properly completed in connection with a purported exercise, the Company will deem the
Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by the attached Rights Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) or a transferee of any of the foregoing and accordingly will deem the
Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate to be void and not transferable or exercisable. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION AND TERMS 

OF PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK 

OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. 

Pursuant to Section 151 of the General 

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware 

Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows: 

Pursuant to authority granted by Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, and in accordance
with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has adopted the following resolutions fixing the designation and certain terms, powers, preferences and other
rights of a new series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and certain qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon: 

RESOLVED, that there is hereby established a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, and the
designation and certain terms, powers, preferences and other rights of the shares of such series, and certain qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon, are hereby fixed as follows: 

The distinctive serial designation of this series shall be “Participating Preferred Stock” (hereinafter called
“this Series”). Each share of this Series shall be identical in all respects with the other shares of this Series except as to the dates from and after which dividends thereon shall be cumulative. 

The number of shares in this Series shall initially be
                    ,1 which number may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not
below the number then outstanding) by the Board of Directors. Shares of this Series purchased by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series. Shares of this
Series may be issued in fractional shares which are whole number multiples of one ten-thousandth of a share, which fractional shares shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional share, to all rights of a holder of a whole
share of this Series. 
  

	1 	 Insert number equal to the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on date prior to filing certificate of
designation divided by 10,000. 

 The holders of full or fractional shares of this Series shall be entitled to
receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, but only out of funds legally available therefor, dividends, (A) on each date that dividends or other distributions (other than dividends or distributions payable in Common Stock of the
Corporation) are payable on or in respect of Common Stock comprising part of the Reference Package (as defined below), in an amount per whole share of this Series equal to the aggregate amount of dividends or other distributions (other than
dividends or distributions payable in Common Stock of the Corporation) that would be payable on such date to a holder of the Reference Package and (B) on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, in an amount per whole
share of this Series equal to the excess (if any) of $        2 over the aggregate dividends paid per whole share of this Series during the three month
period ending on such last day. Each such dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of this Series on the date, not exceeding sixty days preceding such dividend or distribution payment date, fixed for the purpose by the Board of
Directors in advance of payment of each particular dividend or distribution. Dividends on each full and each fractional share of this Series shall be cumulative from the date such full or fractional share is originally issued; provided that any such
full or fractional share originally issued after a dividend record date and on or prior to the dividend payment date to which such record date relates shall not be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such dividend payment date or any amount
in respect of the period from such original issuance to such dividend payment date. 
 The term “Reference Package”
shall initially mean 10,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the close of business on
                ,             3 (A) declare or pay
a dividend on any Common Stock payable in Common Stock, (B) subdivide any Common Stock or (C) combine any Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then and in each such case the Reference Package after such event shall be the Common
Stock that a holder of the Reference Package immediately prior to such event would hold thereafter as a result thereof. 
  

 

	2 	Insert an amount equal to 1/4 of 1% of the Exercise Price divided by the number of shares of Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of one Right (i.e., a guaranteed 1% dividend). 

	3 	For a certificate of designation relating to shares to be issued pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Rights Agreement, insert the Separation Time. For a certificate of designation relating to shares to be issued
pursuant to Section 3.1(d) of the Rights Agreement, insert the Flip-in Date. 

  
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 Holders of shares of this Series shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether
payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends, as herein provided on this Series. 
 So long as
any shares of this Series are outstanding, no dividend (other than a dividend in Common Stock or in any other stock ranking junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or other
distribution declared or made upon the Common Stock or upon any other stock ranking junior to this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation, unless the full cumulative dividends (including the dividend to be paid upon payment of such dividend or
other distribution) on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been, or shall contemporaneously be, paid. When dividends are not paid in full upon this Series and any other stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with this Series, all
dividends declared upon shares of this Series and any other stock ranking on a parity as to dividends shall be declared pro rata so that in all cases the amount of dividends declared per share on this Series and such other stock shall bear to each
other the same ratio that accumulated dividends per share on the shares of the Series and such other stock bear to each other. Neither the Common Stock nor any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with this Series as to
dividends or upon liquidation shall be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by
conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation), unless the full cumulative dividends (including the dividend to be paid upon payment of such dividend, distribution,
redemption, purchase or other acquisition) on all outstanding shares of this Series shall have been, or shall contemporaneously be, paid. 

In the event of any merger, consolidation, reclassification or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are
exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of this Series shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per whole share equal to the aggregate
amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, that a holder of the Reference Package would be entitled to receive as a result of such transaction. 

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary,
the holders of full and fractional shares of this Series shall be entitled, before any distribution or payment is made on any date to the holders of the Common 

  
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Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to this Series upon liquidation, to be paid in full an amount per whole share of this Series equal to the greater of (A) $0.01 or
(B) the aggregate amount distributed or to be distributed in connection with such liquidation, dissolution or winding up to a holder of the Reference Package (such greater amount being hereinafter referred to as the “Liquidation
Preference”), together with accrued dividends to such distribution or payment date, whether or not earned or declared. If such payment shall have been made in full to all holders of shares of this Series, the holders of shares of this Series as
such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation. 
 In the event the assets of the
Corporation available for distribution to the holders of shares of this Series upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which such
holders are entitled pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section (v), no such distribution shall be made on account of any shares of any other class or series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the shares of this Series upon such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up unless proportionate distributive amounts shall be paid on account of the shares of this Series, ratably in proportion to the full distributable amounts for which holders of all such parity shares are
respectively entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. 
 Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation, the holders of shares of this Series then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders all amounts to which such holders are entitled pursuant to the first
paragraph of this Section (v) before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior upon liquidation to this Series. 

For the purposes of this Section (v), the consolidation or merger of, or binding statutory share exchange by, the
Corporation with any other corporation shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. 

The shares of this Series shall not be redeemable. 

In addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, of the Corporation, and except as otherwise required by law, each share (or fraction thereof) of this Series shall, on any matter, vote as a class with any other capital stock comprising part of the Reference Package and shall have the
number of votes thereon that a holder of the Reference Package would have. 

  
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 If and whenever dividends payable on this Series and any other class or series of
stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity with this Series as to payment of dividends (any such class or series being herein referred to as “dividend parity stock”) shall be in arrears in an aggregate amount equal to at least six
quarterly dividends (whether or not consecutive), the number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be increased by two and the holders of shares of this Series, together with the holders of all other affected classes and series
of dividend parity stock similarly entitled to vote for the election of two additional directors, voting separately as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the two additional directors at any annual meeting of stockholders or any special
meeting of the holders of shares of this Series and such dividend parity stock called as hereinafter provided. Whenever all arrears in dividends on the shares of this Series and dividend parity stock then outstanding shall have been paid and
dividends thereon for the current quarterly dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set aside for payment, then the right of the holders of shares of this Series and such dividend parity stock to elect such additional two directors
shall cease (but subject always to the same provisions for the vesting of such voting rights in the case of any similar future arrearages in dividends), and the terms of office of all persons elected as directors by the holders of shares of this
Series and such dividend parity stock shall forthwith terminate and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly. At any time after such voting power shall have been so vested in the holders of shares of
this Series and such dividend parity stock, the Secretary of the Corporation may, and upon the written request of any holder of shares of this Series (addressed to the Secretary at the principal office of the Corporation) shall, call a special
meeting of the holders of shares of this Series and such dividend parity stock for the election of the two directors to be elected by them as herein provided, such call to be made by notice similar to that provided in the by-laws for a special
meeting of the stockholders or as required by law. If any such special meeting so required to be called shall not be called by the Secretary within 20 days after receipt of any such request, then any holder of shares of this Series may (at the
Corporation’s expense) call such meeting, upon notice as herein provided, and for that purpose shall have access to the stock books of the Corporation. The directors elected at any such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual
meeting of the stockholders if such office shall not have previously terminated as above provided. In case any vacancy shall occur among the directors elected by the holders of shares of this Series and such dividend parity stock, a successor shall
be elected by the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders upon the nomination of the then remaining director elected by the holders of shares of this Series and such dividend parity stock or the successor of
such remaining director. If the holders of shares of this Series become entitled under the foregoing 

  
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 provisions to elect or participate in the election of two directors as a result of dividend
arrearages, such entitlement shall not affect the right of such holders to vote as stated in paragraph (vii), including the right to vote in the election of the remaining directors. 

This Series shall rank as to the payment of dividends and distributions and amounts upon liquidation, dissolution and
winding-up junior to all other series or shares of Preferred Stock unless otherwise expressly provided in the terms of such series or shares of Preferred Stock. 

In the event that the Corporation or its agents determine that they are obligated to withhold or deduct any tax or other
governmental charge under any applicable law on actual or deemed payments or distributions to a holder of the shares of this Series, the Corporation or its agents shall be entitled to (i) deduct and withhold such amount by withholding a portion
or all of the cash, securities or other property otherwise deliverable or by otherwise using any property that is owned by such holder, or (ii) in lieu of such withholding, require any holder to make a payment to the Corporation or its agent,
in each case in such amounts as they deem necessary to meet their withholding obligations, and in the case of (i) above, shall also be entitled, but not obligated, to sell all or a portion of such withheld securities or other property by public
or private sale in such amounts and in such manner as they deem necessary and practicable to pay such taxes and charges. 
 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF,                      has caused this certificate to be signed by
                    , its                     ,
on the                      day of
                    , 20    . 
  

			
	Community Health Systems, Inc.
		
	By:	 	  

  
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