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VOTING AGREEMENT

 

This Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of January __, 2014 by and between EcoSmart Surface & Coatings Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ESCT”) and ________ ________________________, a stockholder of Findex.com, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“FIND”) (the “FIND Principal Stockholder”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, FIND, ESCT Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of FIND (“Merger-Sub”), and ESCT, inter alia, are entering into a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which ESCT is to be merged with and into Merger-Sub as part of a forward subsidiary merger, leaving Merger-Sub as a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIND and the surviving corporation following the contemplated merger (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, FIND Principal Stockholder is a Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of the Subject Shares (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce ESCT to enter into the Merger Agreement contemporaneously herewith, FIND Principal Stockholder has agreed to enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Merger Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           Certain Definitions.

 

“Beneficially Own” or “Beneficial Owner” with respect to any securities means having “beneficial ownership” as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Expiration Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or (ii) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to its terms.

“FIND Capital Stock” means FIND Common Stock and FIND Preferred Stock, together with any other capital stock of FIND issued and outstanding as of the date hereof.

 

“FIND Common Stock” means shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of FIND.

“FIND Options and Other Rights” means options, warrants and other rights to acquire, directly or indirectly, shares of FIND Capital Stock.

 

“FIND Preferred Stock” means shares of preferred stock, $0.001 value, of FIND.

 

 

 “Subject Shares” means (i) all shares of FIND Capital Stock Beneficially Owned by the FIND Principal Stockholder as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) all additional shares of FIND Capital Stock of which the FIND Principal Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Expiration Date.

 

  

  

  

 

2.           Voting.

 

(a) The FIND Principal Stockholder hereby agrees that, prior to the Expiration Date, at any meeting of the stockholders of FIND, however called, or in relation to any written action by consent of stockholders of FIND, unless otherwise directed in writing by ESCT, FIND Principal Stockholder  shall cause to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum and, subject only to FIND’s compliance with applicable securities laws, shall vote, cause to be voted, or provide its consent, as applicable, in each case in relation to any and all Subject Shares as of the record date of such meeting or written consent:

 

(i)           “for” and in favor of (a) the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement and the terms thereof, (b) each of the other actions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including without limitation the Merger itself, (c) any proposed increase in the number of authorized shares of FIND Common Stock for the Merger and/or other purposes, and (d) any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;

 

(ii)           “against” any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of FIND in the Merger Agreement; and

 

(iii)           “against” the following actions (except as may be otherwise set forth in or contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including without limitation the Merger): (A) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving FIND or any subsidiary of FIND; (B) any sale, lease, sublease, license, sublicense or transfer of a material portion of the rights or other assets of FIND or any subsidiary of FIND; (C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of FIND or any subsidiary of FIND; (D) any change in the individuals who serve as members of the board of directors of FIND; (E) any amendment to FIND’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws; (F) any material change in the capitalization of FIND or FIND’s corporate structure; and (G) any other action which is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement.

 

(b)           No provision contained in this Agreement shall prohibit the FIND Principal Stockholder from voting in its capacity as a director of FIND in any manner whatsoever.

 

(c)           Prior to the Expiration Date, the FIND Principal Stockholder shall not enter into any other agreement or understanding with any third party requiring it to vote in its capacity as a stockholder or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with clause “(i),” clause “(ii)” or clause “(iii)” of Subsection (a) of this Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

(d)           The FIND Principal Stockholder hereby waives and agrees not to exercise or seek to exercise any applicable “appraisal rights” under Nevada corporate law with respect to the Subject Shares in connection with the Merger and the Merger Agreement.

 

3.           Proof of Vote/Consent.  In the event that approval by FIND stockholders of the Merger and the Merger Agreement is not obtained after appropriate steps have been taken in accordance with the Merger Agreement to so obtain such approval, then, and in such event, the FIND Principal Stockholder shall promptly provide to FIND evidence in form reasonably satisfactory to FIND of the fulfillment of his obligations under this Agreement.

 

  

  

  

 

4.           Representations and Warranties of the FIND Principal Stockholder.   The FIND Principal Stockholder represents and warrants to FIND as follows:

 

(a)           As of the date of this Agreement and at all times through the Expiration Date:

(i)           The FIND Principal Stockholder is the Beneficial Owner (free and clear of any encumbrances or restrictions) of the outstanding shares of FIND Common Stock set forth under the heading “Shares of FIND Common Stock Beneficially Owned”, on the signature page hereof;

(ii)           The FIND Principal Stockholder is the Beneficial Owner (free and clear of any encumbrances or restrictions) of the outstanding shares of FIND Preferred Stock set forth under the heading “Shares of FIND Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned”, on the signature page hereof;

 

(iii)           The FIND Principal Stockholder is the Beneficial Owner (free and clear of any encumbrances or restrictions) of the outstanding FIND Options and Other Rights set forth under the heading “Number of shares of FIND Common Stock FIND Options and Other Rights Beneficially Owned are exercisable for” on the signature page hereof; and

 

(iv)           The FIND Principal Stockholder does not directly or indirectly Beneficially Own any shares of FIND Capital Stock or FIND Options or Other Rights or other securities of FIND, other than the shares of FIND Capital Stock and FIND Options and Other Rights as set forth on the signature page hereof.

 

(b)           The FIND Principal Stockholder has the legal capacity, power and authority to enter into and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the FIND Principal Stockholder, and upon its execution and delivery by FIND, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the FIND Principal Stockholder, enforceable against him in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors rights generally, and the availability of injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.

 

(c)           The execution, delivery and performance by the FIND Principal Stockholder of this Agreement will not (i) conflict with, require a consent, waiver or approval under, or result in a breach of or default under, any of the terms of any contract, commitment or other obligation (written or oral) to which the FIND Principal Stockholder is a party or by which any of his assets may be bound.

 

(d)           No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any state or federal public body or authority is necessary for the execution of this Agreement by the FIND Principal Stockholder and the consummation by the FIND Principal Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.

5.           Covenants of the FIND Principal Stockholder.   The FIND Principal Stockholder covenants and agrees for the benefit of FIND that, until the Expiration Date, it shall not:

 

(a)           sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, assign, tender or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment, tender or other disposition of, (i) any Subject Shares or any interest therein, or (ii) any FIND Options and Other Rights or any interest therein; provided, however, that the FIND Principal Stockholder may convert, exercise or exchange FIND Options and Other Rights into or for shares of FIND Common Stock in which event such shares of FIND Common Stock shall become and be deemed Subject Shares subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

  

  

  

 

(b)           acquire any shares of the stock of FIND except pursuant to existing FIND Options and Other Rights or unless such shares shall become subject to the terms of this Agreement;

 

(c)           grant any powers of attorney or proxies or consents in respect of any of the Subject Shares, deposit any of such Subject Shares into a voting trust, or enter into any voting agreement with respect to any of such Subject Shares; or

 

(d)           take any other action with respect to the Subject Shares that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the FIND Principal Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby and under the Merger Agreement.

 

6.           Adjustments; Additional Shares.   In the event (a) of any stock dividend, stock split, merger, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or the like of FIND Capital Stock on, of or affecting the Subject Shares, or (b) that the FIND Principal Stockholder shall become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of FIND Capital Stock or other securities entitling the holder thereof to vote or give consent with respect to the matters set forth in Section 2(b), then the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the shares of FIND Capital Stock or other instruments or documents held by the FIND Principal Stockholder immediately following the effectiveness of the events described in clause (a) or the FIND Principal Stockholder becoming the Beneficial Owner thereof as described in clause (b), as though, in either case, they were Subject Shares hereunder.

 

7.           Amendments and Waivers.   Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by law, (a) no waiver that may be given by a party shall be applicable except in the specific instance for which it was given and (b) no notice to or demand on one party shall be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand.

 

8.           Assignment.   This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the foregoing, all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective executors, heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

9.           Entire Agreement.   This Agreement and the documents, instruments and other agreements specifically referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto, set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any and all previous agreements and understandings between or among the parties regarding the subject matter hereof, whether written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement.

 

10.           Notices.  Any notice, request, demand, waiver, consent, approval or other communication which is required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given: (a) on the date established by the sender as having been delivered personally; (b) on the date delivered by FedEx, UPS, or USPS, as established by the sender as per courier receipt; (c) on the date sent by email as a file attachment in .pdf format; or (d) on the fifth (5th) day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.  Any such communications, to be valid, must be addressed as follows:

  

  

  

 

If to ESCT:

EcoSmart Surface & Coating Technologies, Inc.

1313 South Killian Drive

Lake Park, FL 33403

Att: Joseph Alvarez, Chief Executive Officer

Email:

If to the FIND Principal Stockholder:

__________________________

__________________________

__________________________

Att:  ______________________

Email: _____________________

or to such other address or to the attention of such party/ies as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party (or in the case of counsel, to such other readily ascertainable business address as such counsel may hereafter maintain). If more than one method for sending notice as set forth above is used, the earliest notice date established as set forth above shall control.

 

11.         Captions.    All captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

12.         Severability; Enforcement.   Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining provisions hereof, and any such invalidity or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

13.         Specific Performance.   The FIND Principal Stockholder acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Agreement are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and that, without these agreements, FIND would not enter into the Merger Agreement, and acknowledges that damages would be an inadequate remedy for any breach by the FIND Principal Stockholder of the provisions of this Agreement.  Accordingly, the FIND Principal Stockholder agrees that his obligations hereunder shall be specifically enforceable and he shall not take any action to impede the other from seeking to enforce such right of specific performance.

 

14.         Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and (b)  the State of Delaware Court of Chancery, for the purposes of any proceeding arising out of this Agreement.  Each party agrees to commence any such proceeding either in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or if such proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, then in the State of Delaware Court of CHancery, and, as may be necessary, the State of Delaware Court of Appeals.  Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any proceeding brought within the State of Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has 

 

  

  

  

 

submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 14 of this Agreement.  Each party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any proceeding arising out of this Agreement (i) the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or (ii) the State of Delaware Court of Chancery, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

15           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of laws rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of ESCT and the FIND Principal Stockholder have executed this Agreement, or caused this Agreement to be executed by the respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the date first written above.

	
  

	
ECOSMART SURFACES & COATINGS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: _____________________________________

Name: Joseph Alvarez

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

FIND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER: 

________________________________________

 [NAME]

Number of shares of FIND Common Stock Beneficially Owned:  _____________

 

Number of shares of FIND Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned:  _____________

Number of shares of FIND Common Stock for which FIND Options and Other Rights Beneficially Owned are exercisable:  _______________Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

	
 
    

MATSON, INC.

 

$100,000,000 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SENIOR NOTES DUE 2044

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

November 5, 2013

	
 
    

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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1.
    	
AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES
    	
 
    	
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2.
    	
SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES; CLOSING
    	
 
    	
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3.
    	
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING
    	
 
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3A.
    	
Certain Documents
    	
 
    	
2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3B.
    	
Representations and Warranties; No Default
    	
 
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3C.
    	
Purchase Permitted by Applicable Laws
    	
 
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3D.
    	
Material Adverse Change
    	
 
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3E.
    	
Fees and Expenses
    	
 
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
3F.
    	
Private Placement Number
    	
 
    	
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4.
    	
PREPAYMENTS
    	
 
    	
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4A.
    	
Required Prepayments of Notes
    	
 
    	
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4B.
    	
Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount
    	
 
    	
4
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
4C.
    	
Notice of Optional Prepayment
    	
 
    	
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4D.
    	
Application of Prepayments
    	
 
    	
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4E.
    	
Retirement of Notes
    	
 
    	
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5.
    	
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
    	
 
    	
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5A.
    	
Financial Statements
    	
 
    	
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5B.
    	
Inspection of Property
    	
 
    	
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5C.
    	
Information Required by Rule 144A
    	
 
    	
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5D.
    	
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
    	
 
    	
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5E.
    	
United States Citizen
    	
 
    	
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5F.
    	
Environmental and Safety Laws
    	
 
    	
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5G.
    	
Equal and Ratable Liens
    	
 
    	
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5H.
    	
Subsequent Guarantors; Release of Guarantors
    	
 
    	
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5I.
    	
Transaction References
    	
 
    	
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5J.
    	
Effect of Non-Compliance
    	
 
    	
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6.
    	
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
    	
 
    	
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6A.
    	
Financial Covenants
    	
 
    	
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6B.
    	
Dividend and Investment Limitation
    	
 
    	
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6C.
    	
Lien and Other Restrictions
    	
 
    	
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Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
    	
 
    	
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6E.
    	
Effect of Non-Compliance
    	
 
    	
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7.
    	
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
    	
 
    	
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7A.
    	
Acceleration
    	
 
    	
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7B.
    	
Rescission of Acceleration
    	
 
    	
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7C.
    	
Notice of Acceleration or Rescission
    	
 
    	
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7D.
    	
Other Remedies
    	
 
    	
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8.
    	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    	
 
    	
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8A.
    	
Organization
    	
 
    	
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8B.
    	
Financial Statements
    	
 
    	
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8C.
    	
Actions Pending
    	
 
    	
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8D.
    	
Outstanding Debt
    	
 
    	
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8E.
    	
Title to Properties
    	
 
    	
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8F.
    	
Taxes
    	
 
    	
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8G.
    	
Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters
    	
 
    	
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8H.
    	
Offering of the Notes
    	
 
    	
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8I.
    	
Use of Proceeds; Regulation U, Etc.
    	
 
    	
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8J.
    	
ERISA
    	
 
    	
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8K.
    	
Governmental Consent
    	
 
    	
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8L.
    	
Holding Company and Investment Company Status
    	
 
    	
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8M.
    	
Possession of Franchises, Licenses, Etc.
    	
 
    	
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8N.
    	
Environmental and Safety Matters
    	
 
    	
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8O.
    	
Employee Relations
    	
 
    	
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8P.
    	
Shipping-Related Legislation
    	
 
    	
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8Q.
    	
Disclosure
    	
 
    	
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8R.
    	
Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
    	
 
    	
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9.
    	
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS
    	
 
    	
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9A.
    	
Nature of Purchase
    	
 
    	
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9B.
    	
Source of Funds
    	
 
    	
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9C.
    	
Experience and Information
    	
 
    	
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Rule 144
    	
 
    	
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9E.
    	
Legends
    	
 
    	
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10.
    	
DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS
    	
 
    	
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10A.
    	
Yield-Maintenance Terms
    	
 
    	
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10B.
    	
Other Terms
    	
 
    	
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10C.
    	
Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations; Changes in   GAAP
    	
 
    	
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11.
    	
MISCELLANEOUS
    	
 
    	
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11A.
    	
Note Payments
    	
 
    	
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11B.
    	
Expenses
    	
 
    	
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11C.
    	
Consent to Amendments
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11D.
    	
Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes
    	
 
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11E.
    	
Persons Deemed Owners; Participations
    	
 
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11F.
    	
Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire   Agreement
    	
 
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11G.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
 
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11H.
    	
Independence of Covenants
    	
 
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11I.
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11J.
    	
Descriptive Headings
    	
 
    	
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11K.
    	
Satisfaction Requirement
    	
 
    	
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11L.
    	
Governing Law
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11M.
    	
Payments Due on Non-Business Days
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11N.
    	
Severability
    	
 
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
11O.
    	
Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
    	
 
    	
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11P.
    	
Counterparts
    	
 
    	
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11Q.
    	
Binding Agreement
    	
 
    	
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Schedules and Exhibits

 

Purchaser Schedules

	
Exhibit A
    	
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Form of   Note
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
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Form of   Funding Instruction Letter
    
	
Exhibit C-1
    	
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Form of   Multiparty Guaranty
    
	
Exhibit C-2
    	
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Form of   Indemnity and Contribution Agreement
    
	
Schedule 4A
    	
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Amortization   Schedule
    
	
Schedule 6C(1)
    	
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Existing   Liens
    
	
Schedule 8A
    	
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Material   Subsidiaries/Material Domestic Subsidiaries
    
	
Schedule 8G
    	
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Agreements   Restricting Incurrence of Debt
    

 

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MATSON, INC.
 1411 Sand Island Parkway

Honolulu, Hawaii 96819

 

As of November 5, 2013

 

The Purchasers named in the Purchaser Schedules hereto

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010-1603

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, Matson, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (“Matson”) (together with any successor thereto that becomes a party hereto pursuant to the terms hereof, the “Company”), agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:

 

1.                                      AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.

 

The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.35% Senior Notes due January 30, 2044 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to Section 17 and including any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13, the “Notes”).  The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit A.  Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule B.  References to a “Schedule” are references to a Schedule attached to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  References to a “Section” are references to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

2.                                      SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES; CLOSING.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for below, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule B at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof.  The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

 

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, at 10:00 a.m., New York time, at a closing (the “Closing”) on (a) a Business Day selected by the Company, upon not less than 3 Business Days’ notice to the Purchasers, between January 2, 2014 and January 30, 2014, or (b) on such other Business Day after such period on or prior to February 5, 2014 as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers.  At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $1,000,000 as such Purchaser may request)

 

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dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the date of the Closing (herein called the “Closing Date”) for credit to the account or accounts as shall be specified in a letter on the Company’s letterhead, in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, delivered from the Company to the Purchasers at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.  If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of any of the conditions specified in Section 4 not having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction or such failure by the Company to tender such Notes.

 

3.                                      CONDITIONS OF CLOSING.  Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:

 

3A.                             Certain Documents.  Each Purchaser shall have received the following, each dated the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified):

 

(i)  the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser;

 

(ii)  the Multiparty Guaranty, made by Matson Navigation and any other Subsidiaries of the Company which are guarantors under the Bank Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date in favor of the holders of the Notes and in the form of Exhibit C-1 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Multiparty Guaranty);

 

(iii)  the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement, by and among the Credit Parties and in the form of Exhibit C-2 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indemnity and Contribution Agreement”);

 

(iv)  a favorable opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, and Cades Schutte LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser (the Company hereby directs such counsel to deliver such opinion, agrees that the issuance and sale of the Notes will constitute a reconfirmation of such direction, and understands and agrees that each Purchaser receiving such an opinion will and is hereby authorized to rely on such opinion);

 

(v)  a favorable opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, special counsel to the Purchasers, satisfactory to such Purchaser as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as it may reasonably request;

 

(vi)  certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Credit Party authorizing the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party (including, in the case of the Company, the issuance, execution and

 

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delivery of the Notes), and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents;

 

(vii)  a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and one other officer of each Credit Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Person authorized to sign the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;

 

(viii)  certified copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws (or similar constitutive documents) of each Credit Party;

 

(ix)  a good standing certificate for each Credit Party from the secretary of state of its formation (and, in the case of Matson Navigation, the State of California), in each case dated as of a recent date and such other evidence of the status of each Credit Party as such Purchaser may reasonably request; and

 

(x)  additional documents or certificates with respect to legal matters or corporate or other proceedings related to the transactions contemplated hereby as may be reasonably requested by such Purchaser.

 

3B.                             Representations and Warranties; No Default.  The representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in paragraph 8 hereof and in each other Transaction Document shall be true on and as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date; there shall exist on the Closing Date no Event of Default or Default; and each Credit Party shall have delivered to each Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the Closing Date, to such effects.

 

3C.                             Purchase Permitted by Applicable Laws.  The purchase of and payment for the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser on the terms and conditions herein provided (including the use of the proceeds of such Notes by the Company) shall not violate any applicable law or governmental regulation (including, without limitation, Section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty, liability or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation, and such Purchaser shall have received such certificates or other evidence as it may request to establish compliance with this condition.  This paragraph 3C is a closing condition and shall not be construed as a tax indemnity.

 

3D.                             Material Adverse Change.  No material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2012 shall have occurred.

 

3E.                             Fees and Expenses.  Without limiting the provisions of paragraph 11B hereof, the Company shall have paid the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of special counsel to the Purchasers to the extent invoiced by no later than one (1) day prior to the Closing Date.

 

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3F.                              Private Placement Number.  A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

 

4.                                      PREPAYMENTS.  The Notes shall be subject to required prepayment as and to the extent provided in paragraph 4A.  The Notes shall also be subject to prepayment under the circumstances set forth in paragraph 4B.

 

4A.                             Required Prepayments of Notes.  Until the Notes shall be paid in full, the Company shall apply to the prepayment thereof, without premium, such principal amounts of the Notes, together with interest thereon to the prepayment dates, as is set forth on Schedule 4A attached hereto.  The remaining outstanding principal amount of the Notes, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due on January 30, 2044, the maturity date of the Notes.

 

4B.                             Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount.  The Notes shall be subject to prepayment, in whole at any time or from time to time in part (in integral multiples of $100,000 and in a minimum amount of $1,000,000), at the option of the Company, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each such Note.  Any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal in inverse order of their scheduled due dates.

 

4C.                             Notice of Optional Prepayment.  The Company shall give the holder of each Note to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B irrevocable written notice of such prepayment not less than five Business Days prior to the prepayment date, specifying such prepayment date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, the principal amount of the Notes held by such holder to be prepaid on that date and that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Yield-Maintenance Amount in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation.  Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Yield-Maintenance Amount as of the specified prepayment date.  Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, herein provided, shall become due and payable on such prepayment date.  The Company shall, on or before the day on which it gives written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B, give telephonic notice of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid and the prepayment date to each Significant Holder which shall have designated a recipient for such notices in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or by notice in writing to the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice of prepayment of the Notes in whole given by the Company may state that such prepayment notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or capital raising, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the holders on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.

 

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4D.                             Application of Prepayments.  In the case of each prepayment of less than the entire unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Notes pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B, the amount to be prepaid shall be applied pro rata to all outstanding Notes (including, in the case of prepayments pursuant to paragraph 4A for the purpose of this paragraph 4D only, all Notes prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Affiliates other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B) according to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof.

 

4E.                             Retirement of Notes.  The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any other Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraphs 4A or 4B, or upon acceleration of such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes held by any holder unless the Company or such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have offered to prepay or otherwise retire or purchase or otherwise acquire, as the case may be, the same proportion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each other holder of Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions.  Any Notes so prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose under this Agreement, except as provided in paragraph 4D.

 

5.                                      AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.  From the date of this Agreement until the Closing and thereafter, so long as any Note or amount due hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (other than any contingent indemnification obligation) is outstanding or unpaid, the Company covenants as follows:

 

5A.                             Financial Statements.  The Company covenants that it will deliver to each Purchaser and each holder of the Notes:

 

(i)  as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end of each quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each fiscal year (or if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC), consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period, and a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by an authorized financial officer of the Company, subject only to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;

 

(ii)  as soon as practicable and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (or if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC), consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year and a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding figures from the preceding annual audit, certified by independent public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such

 

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audit, provided that, so long as the Bank Credit Agreement shall have a similar provision, it shall not be a violation of this clause (ii) if the opinion accompanying the financial statements for the last fiscal year prior to the Maturity Date (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement) is subject to a “going concern” or like qualification solely as a result of the impending maturity of the Loans (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement);

 

(iii)  promptly upon transmission thereof, copies of all such financial, proxy and information statements, notices and other reports as are sent to the Company’s public stockholders and copies of all registration statements (without exhibits) and all reports which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission);

 

(iv)  promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other material report submitted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by independent accountants in connection with any material annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of the Company or such Subsidiary;

 

(v)  promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any certificate, statement or report furnished to any other lender to, or holder of the debt securities of, the Company pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan, credit or similar agreement or instrument and not otherwise required to be furnished to the holders of the Notes pursuant to any other clause of this paragraph 5A; and

 

(vi)  with reasonable promptness, such other financial data as any Purchaser or holder of Notes may reasonably request.

 

The documents required to be delivered by clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company shall provide each Purchaser or holder of Notes (by electronic mail at such holder’s electronic mail address as set forth on the Purchaser Schedules or at such other electronic mail address as any such Purchaser shall have specified to the Company in writing) with an electronic link to such documents.

 

Together with each delivery of financial statements required by clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser or holder of Notes an Officers’ Certificate (a) demonstrating (with computations in reasonable detail) compliance with the covenants in paragraphs 6A(1), 6A(2), 6A(3), 6C(4) and 6C(6) (including with respect to each such covenant, where applicable, a reconciliation from GAAP, as reflected in the financial statements then being furnished, to the calculation of such financial covenants, after giving effect to any change in accounting for Capitalized Lease Obligations which has occurred after June 4, 2012), (b) listing each Material Subsidiary (and identifying whether or not such Material Subsidiary is a Domestic Material Subsidiary) as of the end of the applicable period to which the accompanying financial statements pertain and (c) stating that there exists no Default or Event of Default, or if any Default or Event of Default exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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The Company also covenants that forthwith upon a Responsible Officer of the Company obtaining actual knowledge of an Event of Default or Default, it will deliver to each Purchaser or holder of Notes an Officers’ Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

5B.                             Inspection of Property.  The Company covenants that it will permit any Person designated by any Significant Holder in writing, at such Significant Holder’s expense, to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to examine their books and financial records and to make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with the principal officers and the Company’s independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as such Significant Holder may reasonably request; provided that a principal financial officer of the Company shall have reasonable prior notice of, and may elect to be present during, discussions with the Company’s independent public accountants.

 

5C.                             Information Required by Rule 144A.  The Company covenants that it will, upon the request of the Purchaser or holder of any Note, provide such Purchaser or holder, and any qualified institutional buyer designated by such Purchaser or holder, such financial and other information as such Purchaser or holder may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes, except at such times as the Company is subject to and in compliance with the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  For the purpose of this paragraph 5C, the term “qualified institutional buyer” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

5D.                             Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Company covenants that it shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to (i) maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition all material properties used or useful at that time in its business and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and (ii) maintain insurance with reputable and financially sound insurers in such amounts and against such liabilities and hazards as is customarily maintained by other companies operating similar businesses.

 

5E.                             United States Citizen.  The Company covenants that it will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that owns or operates any Vessel, at all times to preserve and maintain its status as a Section 2 Citizen.

 

5F.                              Environmental and Safety Laws.

 

(a)                                 The Company shall deliver promptly to each Purchaser or holder of any Notes notice of (i) any material enforcement, cleanup, removal or other material governmental or regulatory action instituted or, to the Company’s best knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to any Environmental and Safety Laws, (ii) all material Environmental Liabilities and Costs against or in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective material properties and (iii) the Company’s or any Material Subsidiary’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on any material real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any of its properties that the Company or such Material Subsidiary

 

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has reason to believe would cause such property or any material part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on its ownership, occupancy, transferability or use under any Environmental and Safety Laws.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall, and shall cause its Material Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain its properties and conduct its and their operations in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental and Safety Laws except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5G.                            Equal and Ratable Liens.  If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall create, assume or otherwise incur any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraph 6C(1) (including in such permitted Liens, without limitation, Liens securing Title XI Debt to the extent such Title XI Debt is permitted Priority Debt), then the Company will make, or will cause its Subsidiaries to make, effective provision whereby the obligations evidenced by the Notes and under the other Transaction Documents will be secured by such Liens equally and ratably with any and all other Debt thereby secured so long as any such other Debt shall be so secured pursuant to an agreement or agreements (including security agreements and similar collateral documents and an intercreditor agreement) reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders.

 

5H.                            Subsequent Guarantors; Release of Guarantors.  (a)  The Company covenants that, upon the earlier of (i) within 30 days after any Subsidiary becoming a Material Domestic Subsidiary (based on the most recent financial statements delivered to the holders of the Notes pursuant to paragraphs 5A(i) or (ii)) (or such longer period as determined by Required Holders in their sole discretion) if such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor at such time, and (ii) concurrently with such time as any Person becomes a guarantor or other obligor under the Bank Credit Agreement, the Company shall cause such Person to (i) become a party to each of the Multiparty Guaranty and the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement by executing and delivering to the holders of the Notes a joinder or counterpart to the Multiparty Guaranty and the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement, and (ii) deliver to the Purchasers or holders of the Notes such organization documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of counsel, all in form, content and scope similar to those delivered or to be delivered on the Closing Date or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders.

 

(b)  If (i) any Guarantor ceases to be a Material Domestic Subsidiary (based on the most recent financial statements delivered to the Purchasers or holders of the Notes pursuant to paragraphs 5A(i) or (ii)), or (ii) if any Person which has become a Guarantor by virtue of clause (ii) of paragraph 5H(a) (and which is not at the applicable time of determination a Material Domestic Subsidiary (based on the most recent financial statements delivered to the holders of the Notes pursuant to paragraphs 5A(i) or (ii)) ceases to be required to be a guarantor or other obligor of the credit facilities under the Bank Credit Agreement, and if, in the case of either of the immediately preceding clause (i) or (ii), after giving effect to the release of such Guarantor of its obligations under the Multiparty Guaranty, no Default or Event of Default would exist, then the Company may deliver to each Purchaser or holder of Notes a certificate of a Responsible Officer as to the foregoing requirements and, upon the later of (x) such delivery and (y) concurrently with such time as that Guarantor has been released from all of its obligations as a guarantor or other obligor of the credit facilities under the Bank Credit Agreement, that

 

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Guarantor shall be automatically released from all of its obligations under the Multiparty Guaranty and the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement, without further approval or action by any holder of Notes; provided that if any consideration is given to any party to the Bank Credit Agreement for such release of such Guarantor, then the holders of the Notes shall be paid an amount equal to their ratable share of such consideration concurrently therewith.

 

5I.                                 Transaction References.  The Company agrees that each of New York Life Investment Management, LLC, the Purchasers or holders of the Notes and their respective Affiliates may (a) refer to the identity of the Company and the Notes on its internet site or in marketing materials, press releases, published “tombstone” announcements or any other print or electronic medium and (b) display the Company’s corporate logo in conjunction with any such reference; provided, that any such reference, display or other disclosure pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) hereof shall have been approved in form by the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

5J.                               Effect of Non-Compliance.  Although it will not be a Default or an Event of Default if the Company fails to comply with any provision of this Section 5 on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing, if such a failure occurs, then any of the Purchasers may elect not to purchase the Notes on the date of Closing that is specified in Section 2.

 

6.                                      NEGATIVE COVENANTS.  From the date of this Agreement until the Closing and thereafter, so long as any Note or amount due hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (other than any contingent indemnification obligation) is outstanding or unpaid, the Company covenants as follows:

 

6A.                             Financial Covenants.  The Company will not permit:

 

6A(1).                                 Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.  The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company to be less than 3.50 to 1.00;

 

6A(2).                                 Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  The ratio (the “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”) of (a) all Debt of the Company and Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any time to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then or most recently ended to exceed 3.25 to 1.00; provided, however, that:  (i) in connection with any Acquisition that is not a Hostile Acquisition and that is in an Eligible Business Line for which the aggregate purchase consideration equals or exceeds $75,000,000, the maximum permitted Consolidated Leverage Ratio, at the election of the Company, with prior written notice from the Company to the holders of the Notes, shall increase to 3.90 to 1.00, on one occasion during the term of this Agreement, for the period beginning on the date of the consummation of such Acquisition and continuing until the fourth consecutive fiscal quarter end which occurs on or after the date of the consummation of such Acquisition, provided that the coupon (including the applicable default rate) for the Notes shall automatically, without further consent or other action of any Person, be deemed to be increased by 0.45% per annum during such period (and shall automatically, without further consent or other action of any Person, be deemed to return to the original coupon (including the applicable default rate) after the end of such period); and (ii) in connection with any purchase or construction of a new container ship for which the aggregate purchase consideration or construction cost equals or exceeds $125,000,000, the maximum permitted

 

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Consolidated Leverage Ratio, at the election of the Company, with prior written notice from the Company to the holders of the Notes delivered by the Company prior to the Specified Date (as defined below) and specifying therein such Specified Date, shall increase to 3.50 to 1.00, on one occasion during the term of this Agreement, for the period beginning on a date determined by the Company between the commencement of payment for such container ship and delivery of such container ship (the “Specified Date”) and continuing until the fourth consecutive fiscal quarter end which occurs on or after the Specified Date, provided that the coupon (including the applicable default rate) for the Notes shall automatically, without further consent or other action of any Person, be deemed to be increased by 0.20% per annum during such period (and shall automatically, without further consent or other action of any Person, be deemed to return to the original coupon (including the applicable default rate) after the end of such period);

 

6A(3).                                 Priority Debt.  The Company shall not permit:  (i) the principal amount of Priority Debt at any time to exceed 20% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter with respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to the requirements of paragraphs 5A(i) or (ii); provided, that such maximum permitted percentage amount of Priority Debt shall be reduced to 17.5% upon the earlier to occur of (a) such time, if any, as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires two new vessels for which the aggregate purchase consideration for each vessel exceeds $100,000,000 and (b) December 31, 2017; and (ii) the principal amount of Priority Debt that is not Title XI Priority Debt at any time to exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter with respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to the requirements of paragraphs 5A(i) or (ii).

 

6B.                             Dividend and Investment Limitation.  The Company covenants that it will not pay or declare any dividend on any class of stock or make any other distribution on account of any class of its stock, or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its stock (all of the foregoing being herein called “Restricted Payments”) if at the time any proposed Restricted Payment is to be made, or after giving effect to any proposed Restricted Payment, a Default or an Event of Default exists or would exist.

 

6C.                             Lien and Other Restrictions.  The Company covenants that it will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to:

 

6C(1).                                 Liens.  Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (whether or not provision is made for the equal and ratable securing of the obligations evidenced by the Notes and under the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5G), except:

 

(i)  Liens for taxes not yet delinquent or which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established to the extent required by GAAP,

 

(ii)  Liens (other than Liens pursuant to ERISA) incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (including, without limitation, Liens on vessels or equipment (a) for crew and stevedores

 

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wages, (b) for salvage and general average, (c) arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business in operating, maintaining or repairing vessels, and (d) for damages arising from maritime torts which are unclaimed, or which are claimed and are covered by insurance and any deductible applicable thereto), and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business,

 

(iii)  Liens on property or assets of a Subsidiary securing obligations of such Subsidiary to the Company or another Subsidiary,

 

(iv)  Liens encumbering the CCF to the extent incurred to secure the financing by the Company or Matson Navigation of “qualified vessels” as defined in Section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended,

 

(v)  Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6C(1), and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not changed and the principal amount of any indebtedness secured thereby is not increased,

 

(vi)  Liens in cash collateral securing contingent reimbursement obligations under standby letters of credit issued pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement (but excluding any such Liens required pursuant to Section 8.02(c) of the Bank Credit Agreement, as such section is in effect on the date hereof), provided that (a) no Event of Default or Event of Default (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement) exists, (b) the aggregate amount of all such cash collateral does not at any time exceed $15,000,000, and (c) such cash collateral does not secure such standby letters of credit for more than 60 consecutive days,

 

(vii)  other Liens securing Debt and other obligations not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (vi) above, inclusive; provided that the aggregate amount of all Priority Debt does not, at any time, exceed the level prohibited by paragraph 6A(3), provided  further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, create or permit to exist any Lien on any property securing Debt or letters of credit (to the extent any letters of credit otherwise would not constitute Debt pursuant to the definition of such term) outstanding or issued under the Bank Credit Agreement (other than Liens permitted pursuant to clause (vi) of this paragraph 6C(1)) unless and until the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with such Debt and letters of credit pursuant to an agreement or agreements (including security agreements and similar collateral documents and an intercreditor agreement) reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, provided  further  still that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding proviso, (1) any cash which otherwise would secure both the Notes and contingent reimbursement obligations under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement may, at the option of the Company, separately secure the Notes and the contingent reimbursement obligations under letters of credit issued pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement so long as the amount of cash which separately secures the Notes at all times equals the amount of cash securing the contingent reimbursement obligations under letters of credit issued under the Bank Credit Agreement and (2) the amount of any cash securing the Notes at any time pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (1) shall not be required to exceed the principal amount of the Notes outstanding at such time,

 

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(viii)  (a) other Liens securing obligations that do not constitute Debt, provided that the aggregate amount of such obligations does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time and (b) other Liens securing obligations that do not constitute Debt provided that the aggregate fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Company acting in good faith) of all assets subject to such Lien does not exceed $10,000,000, and

 

(ix)  any Lien securing obligations that do not constitute Debt existing on any property of any Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary, or existing prior to the time of acquisition upon any property acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary through purchase, merger or consolidation or otherwise, whether or not assumed by the Company or such Subsidiary; provided that any such Lien shall not encumber any other property of the Company or such Subsidiary (other than proceeds of such acquired property);

 

6C(2).                                 Sole Borrower Under Bank Credit Agreement.  Modify the Bank Credit Agreement in any manner that would result in any Person other than the Company being a borrower thereunder;

 

6C(3).                                 Merger.  Enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or other combination with any other Person; provided that

 

(i)  any Subsidiary may merge with the Company; provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation and immediately after such merger no Event of Default shall exist,

 

(ii)  any Subsidiary may merge with another Subsidiary; provided that if a Material Domestic Subsidiary merges with a Foreign Subsidiary, such Material Domestic Subsidiary shall be the surviving Person and immediately after such merger no Event of Default shall exist, and

 

(iii)  the Company or any Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or combine with any other Person in connection with an Acquisition permitted by paragraph 6C(6)(ii); provided that (a) immediately after such merger, consolidation or combination, no Event of Default shall exist and (b) if the Company is a party to such transaction, the Company will be the continuing or surviving corporation;

 

6C(4).                                 Sale of Capital Assets.  Sell, lease or transfer or otherwise dispose of any Capital Asset to any Person, except that during any rolling twelve-month period, the Company or any Subsidiary may sell or otherwise dispose of Capital Assets which constituted up to 10% of the total value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011, so long as (A) such Capital Assets sold contributed less than 25% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company (or, for periods prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off, Matson Navigation) in each of the three fiscal years immediately preceding any such sale and (B) such Capital Assets, when considered together with all other Capital Assets sold or otherwise disposed of subsequent to December 31, 2011, do not constitute in excess of 30% of the total value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011;

 

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6C(5).                                 Transactions with Affiliates and Stockholders.  Directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to, or otherwise deal with, in the ordinary course of business or otherwise (i) any Affiliate (excluding directors and officers in their capacity as such), (ii) any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, either individually or together with all other Persons to whom such Person is related by blood, adoption or marriage, stock of the Company or stock of any Person owning stock of the Company (of any class having ordinary voting power for the election of directors) aggregating 5% or more of such voting power or (iii) any Person related by blood, adoption or marriage to any Person described or coming within the provisions of clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 6C(5); provided that the following shall be permitted:  (a) such transactions on terms no less favorable to the Company or any Subsidiary than if no such relationship existed, (b) the sale or issuance by the Company of its capital stock, (c) transactions between the Company and any Subsidiary, and between or among Subsidiaries of the Company and (d) Restricted Payments made in compliance with paragraph 6B; or

 

6C(6).                                 Loans, Advances and Investments.  Make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own, purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any Person, or consummate any Acquisition, except that the Company or any Subsidiary may

 

(i)  make or permit to remain outstanding loans or advances to the Company or any Subsidiary,

 

(ii)  own, purchase or acquire stock, obligations or securities of a Subsidiary and, so long as the Company is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in paragraph 6A on a pro-forma basis immediately after giving effect to such transaction, consummate Acquisitions,

 

(iii)  acquire and own stock, obligations, securities or other investments (a) consisting of extensions of credit arising from the grant of trade credit, or received in settlement or partial settlement thereof of obligations (including any Debt or trade credit) owing to the Company or any Subsidiary or (b) received in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of trade creditors or account debtors,

 

(iv)  make investments in accordance with the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided that such resolutions authorize only investments rated investment grade by S&P, Moody’s, or any other nationally recognized credit rating agency or investments in the Company’s accounts receivable purchased or held by the CCF,

 

(v)  make any investment in any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or any capital contribution to, an Eligible Business Line (subject in the case of any Acquisition, to paragraph 6C(6)(ii)), and

 

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(vi)  make other investments, loans and advances which in the aggregate (at original cost) do not exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding;

 

notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) amounts in the CCF may be invested only as provided in clause (iv) above, and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph 6C(6) shall not apply to any Guarantee.

 

6D.                             Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.  The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliated Entity (a) to become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or (b) directly or indirectly to have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any Purchaser or holder to be in violation of any U.S. law or regulation concerning or relating to economic sanctions applicable to such Purchaser or holder, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to any U.S. Economic Sanctions, unless such Person has obtained all necessary general or specific licenses in respect of such investment, dealing or transaction or (c) to engage, nor shall any Affiliate of either engage, in any activity that could subject such Person or any Purchaser or holder to sanctions under CISADA or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

 

6E.                             Effect of Non-Compliance.  Although it will not be a Default or an Event of Default if the Company fails to comply with any provision of this Section 6 on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing, if such a failure occurs, then any of the Purchasers may elect not to purchase the Notes on the date of Closing that is specified in Section 2.

 

7.                                      EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

7A.                             Acceleration.  If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise):

 

(i)  the Company defaults in the payment of (i) any principal of, or Yield-Maintenance Amount in respect of, any Note, or (ii) any interest on any Note for more than five days after the same shall become due, in either case either by the terms thereof or otherwise as herein provided; or

 

(ii)  (a) an Event of Default (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing under the Bank Credit Agreement, or (b) the Company or any Material Subsidiary defaults in any payment of principal of, or premium or interest on, any Debt (other than the Notes) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or the Company or any Material Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement relating to any such Debt (or any other event under any such agreement occurs and is continuing) and the effect of such default, failure or other event is to cause, or permit the holder or holders of such Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such Debt to become due (or to be required to be repurchased by the Company or any Material Subsidiary) prior to

 

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any stated maturity; provided that the aggregate amount of all Debt as to which such a payment default shall occur or such a failure or other event causing or permitting acceleration (or resale to a Company or any Material Subsidiary) shall occur and be continuing exceeds $15,000,000; or

 

(iii)  any representation or warranty made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Transaction Document or by any Credit Party or any of its officers in any writing furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be false or misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

 

(iv)  the Company fails after Closing to perform or observe any agreement contained in paragraph 5H or paragraph 6 hereof; or

 

(v)  any Credit Party fails after Closing to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition (not specified in clauses (i) or (iv) of this paragraph 7A) contained in any Transaction Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure shall not be remedied within 30 days after any Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof; or

 

(vi)  any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or is generally not paying its debts as such debts become due; or

 

(vii)  any decree or order for relief in respect of any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary is entered under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief law, whether now or hereafter in effect (herein called the “Bankruptcy Law”), of the United States or another applicable jurisdiction; or

 

(viii)  any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary petitions or applies to any tribunal for, or consents to, the appointment of, or taking possession by, a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official of any such Credit Party or any such Material Subsidiary, or of any substantial part of the assets of any such Credit Party or any such Material Subsidiary, or commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Law of the United States or any proceedings (other than proceedings for the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of a Material Subsidiary) relating to any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Law of any other jurisdiction; or

 

(ix)  any petition or application of the type described in clause (viii) of this paragraph 7A is filed, or any such proceedings are commenced, against any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary and such Credit Party or such Material Subsidiary by any act indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing any such trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official, or approving the petition in any such proceedings, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 30 days; or

 

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(x)  any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution of such Credit Party and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 30 days; or

 

(xi)  (a) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (b) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of such proceedings, (c) the aggregate amount under all Plans of the fair market value of the assets (within the meaning of section 303 of ERISA) is less than 70% of the “Funding Target” (within the meaning of section 303 of ERISA), (d) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV or ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (e) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, or (f) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (a) through (f) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(xii)  any judgment(s) or decree(s) in the aggregate amount of $25,000,000 or more shall be entered against the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries that are not paid or fully covered (beyond any applicable deductibles) by insurance and such judgment(s) or decree(s) shall not have been vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

(xiii)  any Transaction Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the obligations evidenced by the Notes and under the other Transaction Documents, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; or any Credit Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Transaction Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Transaction Document; or

 

(xiv)  there occurs any Change of Control;

 

then (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (vii), (viii) or (ix) of this paragraph 7A with respect to the Company or Matson Navigation, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and the Yield-Maintenance Amount with respect thereto, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company and Matson Navigation, and (b) with respect to any event constituting an Event of Default, the

 

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Required Holder(s) may at its or their option, by notice in writing to the Company, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each such Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company.

 

7B.                             Rescission of Acceleration.  At any time after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the Required Holder(s) may, by notice in writing to the Company, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company shall have paid all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the rate specified in the Notes, (ii) the Company shall not have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to paragraph 11C, and (iv) no judgment or decree shall have been entered for the payment of any amounts due pursuant to the Notes or this Agreement.  No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom.

 

7C.                             Notice of Acceleration or Rescission.  Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, the Company shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note at the time outstanding.

 

7D.                             Other Remedies.  If any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.  No remedy conferred in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.

 

8.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser as follows, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing:

 

8A.                             Organization.  The Company and each Material Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization.  The Company and each Material Subsidiary has the full power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.  Each Credit Party has full power, authority and right to execute and deliver, and to perform and observe, the provisions of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated by such

 

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Transaction Documents.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which any Credit Party is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other action, and, when duly executed and delivered, will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Credit Party, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms.  Set forth on Schedule 8A is a list as of the date hereof of each Material Subsidiary, together with information identifying each Material Domestic Subsidiary as of the date hereof.

 

8B.                             Financial Statements.  The Company has furnished each Purchaser with the following financial statements, identified by a principal financial officer of the Company:  (i) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of:  December 31, 2012, and consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year; and (ii) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2013 and consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three-month period ended on such date, in each case prepared by the Company.  Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from audits and year-end adjustments), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles.  The balance sheets fairly present the condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows fairly present the results of the operations and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods indicated.  No material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has occurred since December 31, 2012.

 

8C.                             Actions Pending.  There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or any properties or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.

 

8D.                             Outstanding Debt.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any Debt outstanding that is prohibited by paragraph 6A(2) or paragraph 6A(3).  There exists no event of default under the provisions of any instrument evidencing any Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any agreement relating thereto.

 

8E.                             Title to Properties.  The Company has and each Subsidiary has good and indefeasible title to its respective real properties (other than properties which it leases) and good title to all of its other properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in paragraph 8B (other than properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business) except where the failure to have such good title would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, subject to no Liens of any kind except Liens permitted by paragraph 6C(1).  There is no material default, nor any event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default under any material lease to which either the Company or any Subsidiary is a lessee, lessor, sublessee or sublessor.

 

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8F.                              Taxes.  The Company has and each Material Subsidiary has filed all federal and state income tax and all other material tax and informational returns which are required to be filed by it.  The Company and each such Subsidiary has paid all taxes as shown on its returns and on all assessments received to the extent that such taxes are not yet delinquent, except such taxes as are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

 

8G.                            Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters.  Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document, nor the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes, nor fulfillment of nor compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to, their respective articles or incorporation or bylaws (or other comparable governing documents, as applicable), any award of any arbitrator or any agreement, instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any Subsidiary is subject.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing any of their respective Debt, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement which restricts or otherwise limits the incurring of Debt pursuant hereto, except as set forth on Schedule 8G hereto.

 

8H.                            Offering of the Notes.  Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than the Purchasers and not more than 3 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment.  Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or blue sky law of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

8I.                                 Use of Proceeds; Regulation U, Etc.  The proceeds of sale of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes or otherwise in accordance with law.  None of the proceeds of the Notes have been or will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (herein called “margin stock”)) or for the purpose of maintaining, reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any stock that is currently a margin stock or for any other purpose which might constitute this transaction a “purpose credit” within the meaning of such Regulation U.  Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document to violate Regulation U, Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect.  After applying the proceeds of the Notes, margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U) will not constitute more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Company alone or the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

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8J.                               ERISA.  No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan).  No liability to the PBGC has been or is expected by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which is or would be materially adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.  None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which is or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance and sale of the Notes were and will be exempt from, or did not and will not involve any transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of, section 406 of ERISA and did not and will not involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code.  The representation by the Company in the next preceding sentence is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of the representation in paragraph 9B of this Agreement made by each Purchaser.

 

8K.                            Governmental Consent.  None of the nature of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective businesses or properties, or any relationship between the Company or a Subsidiary and any other Person, or any circumstance in connection with the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes is such as to require as of the Closing Date on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by, notice to or filing with any court, administrative or governmental body (other than routine filings after the Closing Date with the SEC and/or state blue sky authorities) in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, (ii) the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes or (iii) fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Transaction Documents, in each case that has not been obtained.

 

8L.                             Holding Company and Investment Company Status.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or a “public utility” within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended.

 

8M.                          Possession of Franchises, Licenses, Etc.  The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material franchises, certificates, licenses, development and other permits and other authorizations from governmental political subdivisions or regulatory authorities and all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, easements, rights of way and other rights (collectively, “Material Rights”), free from burdensome restriction, that are necessary in the judgment of the Company in any material respect for the ownership, maintenance and operation of their business, properties and assets, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Material Rights in any material respect.  No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such Material Rights, or which materially and adversely affects the rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder.

 

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8N.                             Environmental and Safety Matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries and all of their respective properties and facilities have complied at all times and in all respects with all Environmental and Safety Laws except where failure to comply would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8O.                            Employee Relations.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is the subject of (i) any material strike, work slowdown or stoppage, union organizing drive or other similar activity or (ii) any material action, suit, investigation or other proceeding involving alleged employment discrimination, unfair termination, employee safety or similar matters or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is any such event imminent or likely to occur except those which, individually or in aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8P.                              Shipping-Related Legislation.  To the best knowledge of the Company, no legislation has been introduced or enacted to either repeal or substantially modify Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended to the Closing Date, commonly referred to as the Jones Act in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8Q.                            Disclosure.  Neither this Agreement, any other Transaction Document nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in connection herewith contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein, taken as a whole, not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, that with respect to projections and other pro forma financial information included in such information, the Company only represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon estimates and assumptions believed by the preparer thereof to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Purchasers that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as a fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.

 

8R.                             Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.

 

(i)                                     Neither the Company nor any Affiliated Entity is (a) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (an “OFAC Listed Person”) (b) an agent, department, or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, (x) any OFAC Listed Person or (y) any Person, entity, organization, foreign country or regime that is subject to any OFAC Sanctions Program, or (c) otherwise blocked, subject to sanctions under or engaged in any activity in violation of other United States economic sanctions, including but not limited to, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (“CISADA”) or any similar law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, any OFAC Sanctions Program, or any economic sanctions regulations

 

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administered and enforced by the United States or any enabling legislation or executive order relating to any of the foregoing (collectively, “U.S. Economic Sanctions”) (each OFAC Listed Person and each other Person, entity, organization and government of a country described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii), a “Blocked Person”).  Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity has been notified by a U.S. Agency that its name appears or may in the future appear on a state list of Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.

 

(ii)  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Affiliated Entity, directly or indirectly, (a) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, or (b) otherwise in violation of U.S. Economic Sanctions.

 

(iii)  Neither the Company nor any Affiliated Entity (a) has been found in violation of, charged with, or convicted of, money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the USA PATRIOT Act or any other United States law or regulation governing such activities (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (b) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry within the Company, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions violations, (c) has been assessed civil penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (d) has had any of its funds seized or forfeited in an action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws.  The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future U.S. Economic Sanctions.

 

(iv)(1)  Neither the Company nor any Affiliated Entity (a) has been charged with, or convicted of bribery or any other anti-corruption related activity under any law or regulation applicable to bribery or any other anti-corruption related activity in a U.S. or any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction, including but not limited to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“Anti-Corruption Laws”), (b) to the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, is under investigation by any U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, (c) has been assessed civil or criminal penalties under any Anti-Corruption Laws or (d) has been or is the target of sanctions imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.

 

(2)  To the Company’s actual knowledge after making due inquiry, neither the Company nor any Affiliated Entity has, within the last five years, directly or indirectly offered, promised, given, paid or authorized the offer, promise, giving or payment of anything of value to a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty for the purposes of: (i) influencing any act, decision or failure to act by such Government Official in his or her official capacity or such commercial counterparty, (ii) inducing a Governmental Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the Governmental Official’s lawful duty, or (iii) inducing a Governmental Official or a commercial counterparty to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to

 

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affect any act or decision of such government or entity; in each case in order to obtain, retain or direct business or to otherwise secure an improper advantage in violation of any U.S. law or regulation or which would cause any holder to be in violation of any U.S. law or regulation concerning or related to the matters described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this sub-paragraph (2) applicable to such holder; and

 

(3)  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage.  The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Affiliated Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable current and future Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

9.                                      REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS.

 

Each Purchaser represents as follows:

 

9A.                             Nature of Purchase.  Such Purchaser is acquiring the Notes purchased by it hereunder for the purpose of investment for its own account or for the account of funds that it manages for investment purposes and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s property shall at all times be and remain within its control.  Such Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting participation in, or otherwise distributing any of the Notes to be issued to it in any transaction which would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States of America or any state or other jurisdiction thereof, without prejudice, however, to Purchaser’s rights at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such securities under a registration under Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration available under the Securities Act and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of such Purchaser’s property being at all times within its control.  Such Purchaser acknowledges that the Notes will not, on the Closing Date, be registered under the Securities Act, on the grounds that the sale provided for in this Agreement and the issuance of securities hereunder is exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and that the Company’s reliance on such exemption is predicated on the representations set forth in this Article 9.

 

9B.                             Source of Funds.  At least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

 

(i)                                     the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as that term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in

 

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the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

 

(ii)                                  the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

 

(iii)                               the Source is either (a) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1, or (b) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iii), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

 

(iv)                              the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of “control” in Section VI(e) of the QPAM Exemption) maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Section VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (a) the identity of such QPAM and (b) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iv); or

 

(v)                                 the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest in the Company and (a) the identity of such INHAM and (b) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (v); or

 

(vi)                              the Source is a governmental plan; or

 

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(vii)                           the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (vii); or

 

(viii)                        the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

 

As used in this paragraph 9B, the terms “employee benefit plan”, “governmental plan”, and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.

 

9C.                             Experience and Information.  Such Purchaser:  (a) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act; (b) understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or under any state securities laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance upon federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving any public offering; (c) by and through its officers or investment advisor (each of whom has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating such Purchaser’s investment), has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating its investment, and such Purchaser has the ability to bear the economic risks of its investment; (d) by and through its officers or investment advisor, has reviewed this Agreement, including all exhibits and schedules hereto, and has received the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries referenced in Section 8B; and (e) by and through its officers or investment advisor, has had, during the course of the transactions contemplated hereby and prior to its receipt of the Notes to be purchased by it, the opportunity to ask questions of, and has received answers from, the Company and Matson Navigation concerning the transactions contemplated hereby and to obtain any additional information which the Company or Matson Navigation possesses or could acquire without unreasonable effort or expense; provided, however, that nothing in this representation nor any such investigation by such Purchaser or by its officers or investment advisor shall limit, diminish, or constitute a waiver of any representation or warranty made under this Agreement or any Transaction Document by the Company and or impair any rights which such Purchaser may have with respect thereto.

 

9D.                             Rule 144.  Such Purchaser understands that the Notes may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or the availability of an exemption therefrom and that in the absence of such registration or exemption, the Notes must be held indefinitely.  In particular, such Purchaser is aware that the Notes may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act unless all of the applicable conditions of such rule are met, and that the Company is making no representation that such conditions will be met in the future.  Such Purchaser represents that, in the absence of an effective registration statement covering the Notes, it will sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the Notes only in a manner consistent with its representations set forth in paragraph 9A.

 

9E.                             Legends.  Such Purchaser understands that the certificates evidencing the Notes will bear the following legends, in addition to any legend required by applicable state securities laws:

 

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“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”).  THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR SUCH A REGISTRATION STATEMENT.”

 

10.                               DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS.  For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms defined in paragraphs 10A and 10B (or within the text of any other paragraph) shall have the respective meanings specified therein and all accounting matters shall be subject to determination as provided in paragraph 10C.

 

10A.                      Yield-Maintenance Terms.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City or San Francisco, California are required or authorized to be closed.

 

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that (i) is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or (ii) is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires.

 

“Designated Spread” means 50 basis points.

 

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (converted to reflect the periodic basis on which interest on such Note is payable, if payable other than on a semiannual basis) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the Designated Spread over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” on the Bloomberg Financial Services Screen (or such other display as may replace Page PX1 on the Bloomberg Financial Services Screen), for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable, (ii) the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date.  Such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between yields reported for various maturities.  The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the same number of decimal places as appears in the coupon of the applicable Note.

 

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“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) each Remaining Scheduled Payment of such Called Principal (but not of interest thereon) by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) which will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

 

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date.

 

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal (i) is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or (ii) is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires.

 

“Yield-Maintenance Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called Principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of (including interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal.  The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero.

 

10B.                      Other Terms.

 

“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of either (a) all or substantially all of the property of, or a line of business or division of, another Person or (b) at least a majority of the voting capital stock or other equity interests of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person.

 

“Affiliate” means any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Company.  A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Affiliated Entity” means the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled Affiliates.

 

“Agreement” is defined in paragraph 11C.

 

“Anti-Corruption Laws” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

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“Authorized Officer” means any of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer.

 

“Bank Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 4 2012, by and among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., First Hawaiian Bank and the other lenders and financial institutions party thereto, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Bankruptcy Law” is defined in clause (vii) of paragraph 7A.

 

“Blocked Person” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“Business Day” is defined in paragraph 10A.

 

“Capital Assets” means all assets other than current assets, and shall not include any amounts in the Capital Construction Fund.

 

“Capital Construction Fund” means the fund established and maintained by Company in accordance with Section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

 

“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any rental obligation of such Person which, under GAAP in effect as of June 4, 2012, is or will be required to be capitalized on the books of such Person, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of interest expense) in accordance with such principles.

 

“CCF” means the capital construction fund created under Matson Navigation’s Capital Construction Fund Agreement with the United States of America through the Maritime Administrator.

 

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et. seq.), as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in Section 957(a) of the Code).

 

“Change of Control” means (i) the acquisition by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company representing more than 50% of voting control of the Company, or (ii) the failure of the Company to own 100% of the equity interest of Matson Navigation at any time.

 

“CISADA” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“Closing” is defined in paragraph 2.

 

“Closing Date” is defined in paragraph 2.

 

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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Company” is defined in the introductory paragraph.

 

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:  (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable for such period, (iii) depreciation expense for such period, (iv) amortization expense for such period, (v) one-time expenses related to the Reorganization and Spin-Off provided that the aggregate amount of expenses added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $12,000,000 during the term of this Agreement  and (vi) non-cash stock-based compensation; minus (b) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, equity in earnings from unconsolidated Affiliates per GAAP; plus (c) cash distributions received during such period from unconsolidated Affiliates.  For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive quarters, if during such period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have consummated (i) an Acquisition of a Person that constitutes a Material Subsidiary (including any such Acquisition structured as an asset purchase, merger or consolidation) or an Acquisition of a Material Line of Business, then Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of such period; provided, that if the aggregate purchase price for any Acquisition is greater than or equal to $25,000,000, Consolidated EBITDA shall only be calculated on a pro forma basis to the extent such pro forma calculations are based on audited financial statements or other financial statements reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Material Subsidiary or of at least 50% of the equity interests of a Material Subsidiary or of a Material Line of Business or operating division, then Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of such period.

 

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, on any date of determination thereof, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

 

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” is defined in paragraph 6A(2).

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding, to the extent included in such consolidated net income, (a) non-cash gains or losses during such period from the write-up or write-down of assets and (b) income or loss during such period from discontinued operations) as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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“Consolidated Net Worth” means, at any time of determination thereof, for the Company and Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) consolidated shareholders’ equity, and (ii) any consolidated mezzanine equity (or other temporary or non-permanent equity) resulting from the application of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 and related stock-based compensation awards issued to management which are puttable upon a change of control; provided, that any determination of Consolidated Net Worth shall exclude all non-cash adjustments to Consolidated Net Worth resulting from the application of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 960.

 

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, as of any date, total assets (excluding treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents, deferred charges and other intangible assets) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP.  Unless otherwise specified, “Consolidated Tangible Assets” at any time will be deemed to be such amount as determined based on the most recent financial statements delivered at such time pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 5A(i) or (ii).

 

“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, as of the time of any determination, Consolidated Net Worth minus the sum of treasury stock, unamortized debt discount and expense, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents, deferred charges and other intangible assets of the Company and Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Coupon Adjustment” is defined in paragraph 2A.

 

“Credit Parties” means the Company and the Guarantors.

 

“Debt” means, as to any Person at the time of determination thereof without duplication, (a) any indebtedness of such Person (i) for borrowed money, including commercial paper and revolving credit lines, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures or notes or otherwise representing extensions of credit, whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money (except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business) or (iii) for the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, regardless of when such liability or other obligation is due and payable, (b) Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (c) direct or contingent obligations under standby letters of credit (and substantially similar instruments such as bank guaranties), (d) Guarantees, assumptions and endorsements by such Person (other than endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business) of Debt of another Person of the types described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) hereof, and (e) Debt of another Person of

 

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the types described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) hereof that is secured by Liens on the property or other assets of such Person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Debt” shall not include (i) to the extent not exceeding $10,000,000 at any time outstanding, unsecured contingent reimbursement obligations under standby letters of credit (and substantially similar instruments such as bank guaranties) or (ii) a Guarantee of Matson Navigation’s trade accounts receivable purchased or held by the CCF.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.

 

“Eligible Business Line” means any business engaged in as of the date of this Agreement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any business reasonably related thereto (but in no event an airline).

 

“Environmental and Safety Laws” means all federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances, relating to the discharge, handling, disposition or treatment of Hazardous Materials and other substances or the protection of the environment or of employee health and safety, including, without limitation, CERCLA, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1901 et. Seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et. Seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et. Seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et. seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et. seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. Section 651 et. seq.) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (42 U.S.C. Section 11001 et. seq.), each as the same may be amended and supplemented.

 

“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” means as to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, remedial actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, contribution, cost recovery, costs and expenses (including all fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, expert and consulting fees, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, permit, order or agreement with any federal, state or local Governmental Authority or other Person, arising from environmental, health or safety conditions, or the release or threatened release of a contaminant, pollutant or Hazardous Material into the environment, resulting from the operations of such Person or its subsidiaries, or breach of any Environmental and Safety Law or for which such Person or its Subsidiaries is otherwise liable or responsible.

 

“ERISA” means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as the Company within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any trade or business which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code.

 

“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act, and “Default” means any of such events, whether or not any such requirement has been satisfied.

 

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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) each CFC and (b) each U.S. Foreign Holdco.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

“GAAP” has the meaning provided in paragraph 10C.

 

“Governmental Authority” means (a) the government of (i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or (ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

 

“Guarantee” means, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, directly or indirectly, and including any obligation:  (a) to make any loan, advance or capital contribution, or for the purchase of any property from, any Person, in each case for the purpose of enabling such Person to maintain working capital, net worth or any other balance sheet condition or to pay debts, dividends or expenses except for advances, deposits and initial payments made in the usual and ordinary course of business for the purchase or acquisition of property or services; (b) to purchase materials, supplies or other property or services if such obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or other property or services be made regardless of whether or not delivery of such materials, supplies or other property or services is ever made or tendered; (c) to rent or lease (as lessee) any real or personal property if such obligation is absolute and unconditional under conditions not customarily found in commercial leases then in general use; or (d) of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer if such obligation is not expressly non-recourse to such Person; but excluding (i) any completion guaranties issued in connection with a real estate development project to the extent contingent and not constituting a direct or indirect obligation to repay Debt, (ii) obligations under environmental indemnification agreements and (iii) a guaranty of Matson Navigation’s trade accounts receivable purchased or held by the CCF.

 

“Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) each Material Domestic Subsidiary identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages to the Multiparty Guaranty, (b) each Person that becomes a party to the Multiparty Guaranty as a Guarantor pursuant to paragraph 5H or otherwise and (c) the successors of any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor.  A Guarantor shall be released from the Multiparty Guaranty pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms hereof or the Multiparty Guaranty.

 

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“Hazardous Materials” means (a) any material or substance defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances” or any other formulations intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of their deleterious properties, (b) any oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substance, (c) any flammable substances or explosives, (d) any radioactive materials, (e) asbestos in any form, (f) electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million, (g) pesticides or (h) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental agency or authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of persons in the vicinity thereof.

 

“holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to paragraph 11D, provided, however, that if such Person is a nominee, then for the purposes of paragraphs 5, 7, 8H and 11I and any related definitions in this paragraph 10B, “holder” shall mean the beneficial owner of such Note whose name and address appears in such register.

 

“Hostile Acquisition” means any Acquisition that has not been approved by the board of directors or other governing body of the applicable entity.

 

“including” means, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “including without limitation”.

 

“Indemnity and Contribution Agreement” is defined in paragraph 3A.

 

“Institutional Investor” means any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, deposit arrangement, lien (including any lien securing any Capital Lease Obligation) or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

“margin stock” is defined in paragraph 8I.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means:  (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document; or (c) a material adverse effect on the material rights and remedies of the holders of the Notes, which material adverse effect was not caused by any holder of a Note.

 

“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (other than a U.S. Foreign Holdco) that accounts for, on the date of determination, 5% or more of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then or most recently ended.

 

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“Material Line of Business” means a line of business or an operating division that accounts for, as of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the Company, 5% or more of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the Company.

 

“Material Subsidiary” means (a) any Guarantor and (b) any Subsidiary that accounts for, as of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the Company, 5% or more of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period of the Company.

 

“Matson” is defined in the introductory paragraph.

 

“Matson Navigation” means Matson Navigation Company, Inc., a Hawaii corporation.

 

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

 

“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

 

“Multiparty Guaranty” is defined in paragraph 3A.

 

“Notes” is defined in paragraph 1D.

 

“OFAC” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“OFAC Listed Person” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer.

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor or replacement entity thereto under ERISA.

 

“Person” means and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, a limited liability company, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

“Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by either Company or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Priority Debt” means, at any time of determination thereof and without duplication, (a) Debt of the Company or Matson Navigation secured by any Lien (including, without limitation, all Title XI Debt and all Debt secured by marine assets, in each case whether full recourse or limited recourse) and (b) all Debt secured by a Lien (including, without limitation, all Title XI Debt and all Debt secured by a Lien on marine assets, in each case whether full recourse or limited recourse) and all unsecured Debt of Subsidiaries of the Company (other than

 

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unsecured Debt of Guarantors), provided, however, that Priority Debt shall not include (i) Debt owing from any Subsidiaries to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (ii) the Notes or (iii) any Debt or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary under the Bank Credit Agreement, including any obligations with respect to any letter of credit issued thereunder (other than those described in paragraph 6C(1)(vi)), and any Guarantee with respect to any Debt or other obligations under the Bank Credit Agreement, so long as the Company is in compliance with the second and third provisos of paragraph 6C(1)(vii).

 

“Prohibited Transaction” means any transaction described in section 406 of ERISA which is not exempt by reason of section 408 of ERISA or the transitional rules set forth in section 414(c) of ERISA and any transaction described in section 4975(c) of the Code which is not exempt by reason of section 4975(c) (2) or section 4975(d) of the Code, or the transitional rules of section 2003(c) of ERISA.

 

“Purchasers” means each of the purchasers that has executed and delivered this Agreement to the Company and such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with paragraph 11D), provided, however, that any Purchaser of a Note that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner (through a nominee) of such Note as the result of a transfer thereof pursuant paragraph 11D shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser” of such Note for the purposes of this Agreement upon such transfer.

 

“Reorganization” means the series of transactions pursuant to which Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, became the direct parent of Matson Navigation and A & B II, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (subsequently renamed Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.).

 

“Required Holder(s)” means at any time (a) prior to the Closing, the Purchasers at such time designated to purchase at least 51% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the Closing and (b) on and after the Closing, the holder or holders of at least 51% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding.

 

“Responsible Officer” means any of the Company’s chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement or matters referenced therein.

 

“Restricted Payments” is defined in paragraph 6B.

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

 

“Section 2 Citizen” means a Person that is a citizen of the United States of America as required for the coastwise trade under Section 50501 of Title 46 of the United States Code and the regulations in effect from time to time thereunder.

 

“Securities” or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

 

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“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.

 

“Significant Holder” means (i) each Purchaser, so long as such Purchaser shall hold any Note, or (ii) any other holder of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes from time to time outstanding.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor thereto

 

“Spin-Off” means the spin-off of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., a Hawaii corporation from the Company, which occurred on or about June 29, 2012.

 

“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any company, whether operating as a corporation, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, which is consolidated with such Person in accordance with GAAP.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

“SVO” means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office.

 

“Title XI Debt” means all Debt of the Company or Matson Navigation or any Subsidiary that is guaranteed by the United States of America pursuant to 46 USC Chapter 537.

 

“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Multiparty Guaranty, the Indemnity and Contribution Agreement and the other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate in connection with this Agreement.

 

“Transferee” means any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased under this Agreement.

 

“U.S. Economic Sanctions” is defined in paragraph 8R.

 

“U.S. Foreign Holdco” means any Domestic Subsidiary, substantially all of the assets of which consist of equity interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

“Vessel” means each vessel that is (or is required to be) documented under and pursuant to the laws of the United States with a coastwise endorsement owned or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

10C.                      Accounting Principles, Terms and Determinations; Changes in GAAP.  All references in this Agreement to “generally accepted accounting principles” and “GAAP” shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America at the time of application thereof, but excluding in each case the effects of Accounting

 

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Standards Codification 825-10-25 (previously referred to as SFAS 159) or any successor or similar provision to the extent it relates to “fair value” accounting for assets or liabilities.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all unaudited financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A or, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B.

 

If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Transaction Document, and either the Company or the Required Holders shall so request, the holders of the Notes and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Holders); provided that, (A) until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (B) until so amended, the Company shall provide to the holders of the Notes financial statements and other documents reasonably requested by any holder of a Note setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  Without limiting the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with the rules in effect on June 4, 2012 for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.

 

11.                               MISCELLANEOUS.

 

11A.                      Note Payments.  The Company agrees that, so long as any Purchaser shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of, interest on, and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit on the date due to the account or accounts of such Purchaser specified in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or such other account or accounts in the United States as such Purchaser may from time to time designate in writing, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment.  Each Purchaser agrees that, before disposing of any Note, it will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid.  The Company agrees to afford the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as the Purchasers have made in this paragraph 11A.

 

11B.                      Expenses.  The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to pay, and save each Purchaser and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment of, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising in connection with such transactions, including (i) all document production and duplication charges and the fees and expenses of any special counsel engaged by the Purchasers or any Transferee in connection with this Agreement on any other Transaction Document, the transactions

 

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contemplated hereby and thereby and any subsequent proposed modification of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, whether or not such proposed modification shall be effected or proposed consent granted, and (ii) the reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any Purchaser or any Transferee in enforcing any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by reason of any Purchaser’s or any Transferee’s having acquired any Note, including without limitation costs and expenses incurred in any bankruptcy case, provided  however, the Company will not be required to pay the expenses of any holder of a Note or any Transferee in connection with the transfer of any Note by any holder of a Note to any Transferee.  The obligations of the Company under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by any Purchaser or any Transferee and the payment of any Note.

 

11C.                      Consent to Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended, and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if the Company shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) of the Notes except that, (i) without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to this Agreement shall change the maturity of any Note, or change or affect the principal thereof, or change or affect the rate or time of payment of interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to the Notes, and (ii) without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to or waiver of the provisions of this Agreement shall change or affect the provisions of paragraph 7A or this paragraph 11C insofar as such provisions relate to proportions of the principal amount of the Notes, or the rights of any individual holder of Notes, required with respect to any declaration of Notes to be due and payable or with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration.  Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent.  No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.  As used herein and in the Notes, the term “this Agreement” and references thereto means this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.

 

11D.                      Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes.  The Notes are issuable as registered notes without coupons in denominations of at least $1,000,000, except as may be necessary to reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $1,000,000.  The Company shall keep at its principal office a register in which the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes.  Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of the Company, the Company shall, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such transferee or transferees.  At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of the Company.  Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the exchange is entitled to

 

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receive.  Each prepayment of principal payable on each prepayment date upon each new Note issued upon any such transfer or exchange shall be in the same proportion to the unpaid principal amount of such new Note as the prepayment of principal payable on such date on the Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange bore to the unpaid principal amount of such Note.  No reference need be made in any such new Note to any prepayment or prepayments of principal previously due and paid upon the Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange.  Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing.  Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange.  Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of such holder’s unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

11E.                      Persons Deemed Owners; Participations.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and Yield Maintenance Amount, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.  Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in all or any part of such Note on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

11F.                       Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.  All representations and warranties contained herein, in any other Transaction Document or made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any other Credit Party in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any Transferee.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

11G.                     Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and other agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any Transferee) whether so expressed or not.

 

11H.                     Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder and in the other Transaction Documents shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is prohibited by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be in compliance within the limitations of, another covenant shall not

 

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(i) avoid the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default if such action is taken or such condition exists or (ii) in any way prejudice an attempt by the holder of any Note to prohibit, through equitable action or otherwise, the taking of any action by the Company or any Subsidiary which would result in a Default or Event of Default.

 

11I.                          Notices.  All written communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to any Purchaser, addressed as specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or at such other address as any such Purchaser shall have specified to the Company in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to it at such address as it shall have specified in writing to the Company or, if any such holder shall not have so specified an address, then addressed to such holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to the Company and (iii) if to the Company, addressed to it at 555 12th Street, 8th Floor, Oakland, CA 94067, Attention:  Chief Financial Officer or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to each holder of a Note in writing, provided, however, that any such communication to the Company may also, at the option of the Person sending such communication, be delivered by any other means either to the Company at its address specified above or to any Authorized Officer of the Company.

 

11J.                        Descriptive Headings.  The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

11K.                     Satisfaction Requirement.  If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is, by the terms of this Agreement, required to be satisfactory to any Purchaser or the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by such Purchaser or the Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in the sole and exclusive judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person(s) making such determination.

 

11L.                      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice of law principles of the law of such state that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such state.

 

11M.                   Payments Due on Non-Business Days.  Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or interest, or Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

 

11N.                      Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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11O.                     Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(i)                                     The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Notes or the other Transaction Documents.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(ii)                                  The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in paragraph 11O(i) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in paragraph 11I or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to paragraph 11I.  The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (a) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (b) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.  Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

 

(iii)                               Nothing in this paragraph 11O shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

 

(iv)                              The parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, IF THE ABOVE WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS NOT ENFORCEABLE, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES OF ANY NATURE CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT AND THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (EACH, A “CLAIM”), INCLUDING ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS OF LAW OR FACT RELATING THERETO, SHALL, AT THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, BE DETERMINED BY JUDICIAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (“REFERENCE”).  IN SUCH EVENT, THE PARTIES SHALL SELECT A SINGLE NEUTRAL REFEREE, WHO SHALL BE A RETIRED STATE OR FEDERAL JUDGE.  IN THE EVENT THAT THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE UPON A REFEREE, THE REFEREE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COURT.  THE REFEREE SHALL REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION TO THE COURT.  NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY AT ANY TIME TO EXERCISE ANY AVAILABLE SELF-HELP REMEDIES, FORECLOSE AGAINST

 

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ANY COLLATERAL OR OBTAIN PROVISIONAL REMEDIES.  THE PARTIES SHALL BEAR THE FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE REFEREE EQUALLY UNLESS THE REFEREE ORDERS OTHERWISE.  THE REFEREE SHALL ALSO DETERMINE ALL ISSUES RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS PARAGRAPH.  THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CLAIMS WILL NOT BE ADJUDICATED BY A JURY.

 

11P.                       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which             shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

11Q.                     Binding Agreement.  When this Agreement is executed and delivered by the signatories hereto, it shall become a binding agreement (subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth herein) of the signatories hereto.

 

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MATSON, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
a Hawaii corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Joel M. Wine
    
	
 
    	
Its:
    	
Senior   Vice President and CFO
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Benedict J. Bowler
    
	
 
    	
Its:
    	
Treasurer
    

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

	
The foregoing Agreement is hereby   accepted as of the date first above written.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
NEW YORK   LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Loyd T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Loyd   T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Vice   President
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND   ANNUITY CORPORATION
    
	
By:
    	
New   York Life Investment Management LLC, its Investment Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Loyd T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Loyd   T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Managing   Director
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND   ANNUITY CORPORATION INSTITUTIONALLY
    
	
OWNED LIFE INSURANCE SEPARATE ACCOUNT   (BOLI 30C)
    
	
By:
    	
New York Life Investment Management LLC,   its Investment Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Loyd T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:   
    	
Loyd   T. Henderson
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:   
    	
Managing   Director

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