SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
June 21, 2002
XEROX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 1-4471 16-0468020
(State or other (Commission File (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of Number) Identification
incorporation) No.)
800 Long Ridge Road
P. O. Box 1600
Stamford, Connecticut 06904-1600
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(203) 968-3000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On June 21, 2002, Registrant (or "Xerox Corporation" or "we" or "our" or "us")
announced that it had entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the
"New Credit Facility") with a group of lenders, replacing the $7 Billion
Revolving Credit Agreement dated October 22, 1997 among Registrant, Xerox Credit
Corporation and certain Overseas Borrowers, as Borrowers, various Lenders and
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank,
N.A. and Bank One, as Agents (the "Old Revolver"). At that time, we permanently
repaid $2.8 billion of the Old Revolver. Accordingly there is currently $4.2
billion outstanding under the New Credit Facility, consisting of three tranches
of term loans totaling $2.7 billion and a $1.5 billion revolving facility that
includes a $200 million letter of credit sub-facility. The three term loan
tranches include a $1.5 billion amortizing "Tranche A" term loan maturing on
April 30, 2005, a $500 million "Tranche B" term loan maturing on April 30, 2005,
and a $700 million "Tranche C" term loan which matures on September 15, 2002.
Xerox Corporation is currently, and will remain, the borrower of all of the term
loans. The revolving loans are available, without sub-limit, to Xerox
Corporation, Xerox Canada Capital Limited ("XCCL"), Xerox Capital Europe plc
("XCE") and other foreign subsidiaries requested by us from time to time that
meet certain qualifications. We are required to repay $400 million of the
Tranche A loan and $5 million of the Tranche B loan in semi-annual installments
in 2003, and $600 million of the Tranche A loan and $5 million of the Tranche B
loan in semi-annual installments in 2004. The remaining portions of the term
loans contractually mature on April 30, 2005, but we could be required to repay
portions earlier upon the occurrence of certain events, as described below. In
addition, all loans under the New Credit Facility mature upon the occurrence of
a change of control.
Subject to certain limits described in the following paragraph, all obligations
under the New Credit Facility are secured by liens on substantially all domestic
assets of Xerox Corporation and by liens on the assets of substantially all of
our U.S. subsidiaries (excluding Xerox Credit Corporation) and are guaranteed by
substantially all of our U.S. subsidiaries. In addition, revolving loans
outstanding from time to time to XCE (currently $605 million) are also secured
by all of XCE's assets and are also guaranteed on an unsecured basis by certain
foreign subsidiaries that directly or indirectly own all of the outstanding
stock of XCE. Revolving loans outstanding from time to time to XCCL (currently
$300 million) are also secured by all of XCCL's assets and are also guaranteed
on an unsecured basis by our material Canadian subsidiaries, as defined
(although the guaranties of the Canadian subsidiaries will become secured by
their assets in the future if certain events occur).
Under the terms of certain of our outstanding public bond indentures, the
outstanding amount of obligations under the New Credit Facility that can be
secured by assets (the "Restricted Assets") of (i) Xerox Corporation and (ii)
our non-financing subsidiaries that have a consolidated net worth of at least
$100 million, without triggering a requirement to also secure these indentures,
is limited to the excess of (a) 20% of our consolidated net worth (as defined in
the public bond indentures) over (b) a portion of the outstanding amount of
certain other debt that is secured by the Restricted Assets. Accordingly, the
amount of the debt secured under the New Credit Facility by the Restricted
Assets (the "Restricted Asset Security Amount") will vary from time to time with
changes in our consolidated net worth. The Restricted Assets secure the Tranche
B loan (up to the Restricted Asset Security Amount); any Restricted Asset
Security Amount in excess of the outstanding Tranche B loan secures, on a
ratable basis, the other outstanding loans under the New Credit Facility. The
assets of XCE, XCCL and many of the subsidiaries guarantying the New Credit
Facility are not Restricted Assets because those entities are not restricted
subsidiaries as defined in our public bond indentures. Consequently, the amount
of debt under the New Credit Facility secured by their assets is not subject to
the foregoing limits.
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The New Credit Facility loans generally bear interest at LIBOR plus 4.50%,
except that the Tranche B loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread that varies
between 4.00% and 4.50% depending on the Restricted Asset Security Amount in
effect from time to time. Specified percentages of any net proceeds we receive
from capital market debt issuances, equity issuances or asset sales during the
term of the New Credit Facility must be used to reduce the amounts outstanding
under the New Credit Facility, and in all cases any such amounts will first be
applied to reduce the Tranche C loan. Once the Tranche C loan has been repaid,
or to the extent that such proceeds exceed the outstanding Tranche C loan, any
such prepayments arising from debt and equity proceeds will first permanently
reduce the Tranche A loans, and any amount remaining thereafter will be
proportionally allocated to repay the then-outstanding balances of the revolving
loans and the Tranche B loans and to reduce the revolving commitment
accordingly. Any such prepayments arising from asset sale proceeds will first be
proportionally allocated to permanently reduce any outstanding Tranche A loans
and Tranche B loans, and any amounts remaining thereafter will be used to repay
the revolving loans and to reduce the revolving commitment accordingly.
Notwithstanding the foregoing description, the revolving loan commitment cannot
be reduced below $1 billion.
The New Credit Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants including
limitations on issuance of debt and preferred stock, certain fundamental
changes, investments and acquisitions, mergers, certain transactions with
affiliates, creation of liens, asset transfers, hedging transactions, payment of
dividends, inter-company loans and certain restricted payments, and a
requirement to transfer excess foreign cash, as defined, and excess cash of
Xerox Credit Corporation to Xerox Corporation in certain circumstances. Despite
a general limitation on the creation of liens, the New Credit Facility provides
for the creation of liens from time to time in connection with the monetization
or other financing of discrete pools of receivables, leases and other financial
assets by Xerox Corporation and its subsidiaries. Thus, the New Credit Facility
does not affect our ability to continue to monetize our receivables under the
agreements with General Electric Capital Corporation and others. No cash
dividends can be paid on our Common Stock for the term of the New Credit
Facility. Cash dividends may be paid on preferred stock provided there is then
no event of default. In addition to other defaults customary for facilities of
this type, defaults on debt of, or bankruptcy of, Xerox Corporation or certain
subsidiaries would constitute a default under the New Credit Facility.
The New Credit Facility also contains financial covenants which the Old Revolver
did not contain, including:
* Minimum EBITDA (rolling four quarters, as defined)
* Maximum Leverage (total adjusted debt:EBITDA, as defined)
* Maximum Capital Expenditures (annual test)
* Minimum Consolidated Net Worth (quarterly test, as defined)
Any failure to be in compliance with any material provision of the New Credit
Facility could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operations.
Following the repayment of the $2.8 billion portion of the Old Revolver and $1.3
billion in debt that matured this quarter, our current cash position is
approximately $1.7 billion.
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We expect that the higher interest rates under the New Credit Facility will
increase our interest expense by approximately $80 million in 2002 and $140
million in 2003, net of interest income and including transaction fees.
Copies of the New Credit Facility and related agreements are filed as exhibits
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
(4)(h)(5) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 21, 2002 between
Registrant and Wells Fargo, as trustee, to the January 17, 2002 U.S. Dollar
Indenture.
(4)(h)(6) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 21, 2002 between
Registrant and Wells Fargo, as trustee, to the January 17, 2002 Euro Indenture.
(4)(l)(1) Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 20, 2002 among
Registrant and the Overseas Borrowers, as Borrowers, various Lenders and Bank
One, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A., as Agents (the "Amended
Credit Agreement").
(4)(l)(2) Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 among
Registrant, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Bank One, N.A., as Agent, relating to
the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(3) Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002
among Xerox Canada Capital Ltd., the Guarantors and Bank One, N.A., Canada
Branch, as Agent, relating to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(4) Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity Made June 21, 2002 between Bank One,
N.A., as Agent, and Xerox Overseas Holdings Limited and Xerox UK Holdings
Limited, as Guarantors, relating to Obligations of Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
and the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(5) Debenture dated June 21, 2002 between Xerox Capital (Europe) plc and
Bank One, N.A., as Agent, relating to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(6) Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement,
Financing Statement and Fixture Filing dated as of June 21, 2002 by Xerox
Corporation, as Mortgagor, to Bank One, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders, the
Mortgagee, relating to property in the County of Monroe, State of New York and
the Amended Credit Agreement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Registrant has duly authorized this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned duly authorized.
XEROX CORPORATION
/s/ MARTIN S. WAGNER
----------------------------
By: MARTIN S. WAGNER
Assistant Secretary
Date: June 21, 2002
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. Description
(4)(h)(5) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 21, 2002 between
Registrant and Wells Fargo, as trustee, to the January 17, 2002 U.S. Dollar
Indenture.
(4)(h)(6) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 21, 2002 between
Registrant and Wells Fargo, as trustee, to the January 17, 2002 Euro Indenture.
(4)(l)(1) Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002
among Registrant and the Overseas Borrowers, as Borrowers, various Lenders and
Bank One, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A., as Agents (the "Amended
Credit Agreement").
(4)(l)(2) Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2002 among
Registrant, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Bank One, N.A., as Agent, relating to
the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(3) Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of June 21,
2002 among Xerox Canada Capital Ltd., the Guarantors and Bank One, N.A., Canada
Branch, as Agent, relating to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(4) Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity Made June 21, 2002 between Bank
One, N.A., as Agent, and Xerox Overseas Holdings Limited and Xerox UK Holdings
Limited, as Guarantors, relating to Obligations of Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
and the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(5) Debenture dated June 21, 2002 between Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
and Bank One, N.A., as Agent, relating to the Amended Credit Agreement.
(4)(l)(6) Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement,
Financing Statement and Fixture Filing dated as of June 21, 2002 by Xerox
Corporation, as Mortgagor, to Bank One, N.A., as Agent for the Lenders, the
Mortgagee, relating to property in the County of Monroe, State of New York and
the Amended Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT (4)(h)(5)
XEROX CORPORATION,
as ISSUER,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as TRUSTEE
---------------------------
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 21, 2002
----------------------------
To
The Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2002,
among Xerox Corporation, as Issuer, and
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee,
Relating to the Company's 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2009
(Denominated in U.S. Dollars)
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the "Supplemental Indenture"), dated
as of June ___, 2002, among XEROX CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Company"), the Guarantors
listed on the signature pages hereto (the "Guarantors") and WELLS FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the
"Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2002 (the "Indenture"), providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 of its 9 3/4%
Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1013(c) of the Indenture, the Company
shall have the right to cause certain of its subsidiaries to execute a guarantee
in respect of the Company's obligations under the Notes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901(6) of the Indenture, the Company and
the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guarantors, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally
agree to fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations
under the Notes and the Indenture (each, a "Guarantee"), including the prompt
payment in full when due of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and,
without duplication, Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and all other
amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and
interest on any overdue principal and any overdue interest on the Notes and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
under the Notes, and to be bound by all applicable provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes.
3. Release of Guarantees. Any Guarantee shall be automatically and
unconditionally released upon the release (other than by reason of payment) of
such Guarantor's guarante of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of June [ ], 2002, among the Company, certain overseas borrowers party thereto,
the lenders party thereto, Bank One, NA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Documentation Agent and
Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Any Guarantee shall also be automatically
and unconditionally released upon: (i) the designation of such Guarantor as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the
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provisions of the Indenture or (ii) any transaction, including without
limitation, any sale, exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of
the Company, of the Company's Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the
property of, such Guarantor, which transaction is in compliance with the terms
of the Indenture, and which results in the Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary
of the Company and, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), such
Guarantor is released from all guarantees, if any, by it of other Capital
Markets Debt of the Company.
4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Part of Indenture. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in
full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of the Notes heretofore or
hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
6. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this
Supplemental Indenture.
7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. Successors. All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this
Supplemental Indenture shall bind their successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
9. Separability Clause. In case any provision of this Supplemental Indenture
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
10. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), such provision or requirement of the Trust
Indenture Act shall control.
If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Supplemental Indenture as so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and attested, as of the date first above written.
XEROX CORPORATION
VRN INC.
XEROX FINANCE, INC.
XEROX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
XEROX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
XEROX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Capital Management LLC, as
sole member
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
XEROX EXPORT, LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
By: _________________________
Name: Gregory B. Tayler
Titles: Vice President & Treasurer of Xerox
Corporation, President & Treasurer of VRN Inc.,
President of Xerox Finance, Inc., and Chairman &
President of Xerox Financial Services, Inc.
AMTX, INC.
XDI, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Allan E. Dugan
Titles: Chairman & President of AMTX, Inc. and
Chairman of XDI, Inc.
BRADLEY COMPANY
By: _________________________
Name: Roy B. Larson
Title: Vice President
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CARMEL VALLEY, INC.
INCONCERT, INC.
LIVEWORKS, INC.
UPPERCASE, INC.
TERABANK SYSTEMS, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Thomas C. Little
Titles: Chairman, President & Treasurer
of Carmel Valley, Inc., President &
Treasurer of InConcert, Inc., LiveWorks,
Inc. and Uppercase, Inc., and President
of Terabank Systems, Inc.
PIXELCRAFT, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Herve Gallaire
Title: Chairman, President & Treasurer
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS, INC.
INTELLINET, LTD.
RNTS, INC.
XEROX CONNECT, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name: Robert Hope
Title: Treasurer
JEREMIAD CO.
SECURITIES INFORMATION CENTER, INC.
XTENDED MEMORY SYSTEMS
By: ______________________________________
Name: Martin S. Wagner
Title: President
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XEROX INTERNATIONAL REALTY
CORPORATION
XEROX REALTY CORP. (CALIFORNIA)
LANSDOWNE RESIDENTIAL LLC
By: Xerox Realty Corporation,
as sole member
XRC REALTY CORP. WEST
XEROX REALTY CORPORATION
By: __________________________________________
Name: David R. McLellan
Titles: President of Xerox International
Realty Corporation, Xerox Realty Corp.
(California) and XRC Realty Corp. West,
and Chairman & President of Xerox Realty
Corporation
LOW-COMPLEXITY MANUFACTURING
GROUP, INC.
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER
INCORPORATED
PAGECAM, INC.
XEROX COLORGRAFX SYSTEMS, INC.
XEROX IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
By: __________________________________________
Name: James J. Costello
Titles: Vice President of Low-Complexity
Manufacturing Group, Inc. and Palo Alto
Research Center Incorporated, Vice
President & Treasurer of PageCam, Inc.,
and Chairman, President & Treasurer of
Xerox ColorgrafX Systems, Inc. and Xerox
Imaging Systems, Inc.
PACIFIC SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
By: __________________________________________
Name: J. Terrance Daly
Title: President & Treasurer
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TALEGEN HOLDINGS, INC.
TALEGEN PROPERTIES, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: George Rachmiel
Titles: Chairman, President &
Treasurer of Talegen Holdings, Inc.
and Chairman & President of Talegen
Properties, Inc.
VIA XEROX RELOCATION COMPANY, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: David Owens
Title: President
XE HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: John Duerden
Title: Chairman, President &
Treasurer
XEROX COLOR PRINTING, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: John Vester
Title: Vice President
XEROX CREDIT CORPORATION
By: _________________________
Name: John Rivera
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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XEROX INTERNATIONAL JOINT
MARKETING, INC.
By: __________________________
Name: James Firestone
Title: President
XEROX LATINAMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Enrique Cervetti
Title: President & Treasurer
XEROX REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: David Pierson
Title: President
IGHI, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Mark Sheivachman
Title: Treasurer
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT (4)(h)(6)
XEROX CORPORATION,
as ISSUER,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as TRUSTEE
---------------------------
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 21, 2002
----------------------------
To
The Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2002,
among Xerox Corporation, as Issuer, and
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee,
Relating to the Company's 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2009
(Denominated in Euro)
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the "Supplemental Indenture"), dated
as of June ___, 2002, among XEROX CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Company"), the Guarantors
listed on the signature pages hereto (the "Guarantors") and WELLS FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the
"Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the
Trustee an Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2002 (the "Indenture"), providing
for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 of its 9 3/4 %
Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1013(c) of the Indenture, the Company
shall have the right to cause certain of its subsidiaries to execute a guarantee
in respect of the Company's obligations under the Notes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901(6) of the Indenture, the Company and
the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guarantors, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally
agree to fully and unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's obligations
under the Notes and the Indenture (each, a "Guarantee"), including the prompt
payment in full when due of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and,
without duplication, Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes and all other
amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture and the Notes, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and
interest on any overdue principal and any overdue interest on the Notes and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or
under the Notes, and to be bound by all applicable provisions of the Indenture
and the Notes.
3. Release of Guarantees. Any Guarantee shall be automatically and
unconditionally released upon the release (other than by reason of payment) of
such Guarantor's guarantee of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of June [ ], 2002, among the Company, certain overseas borrowers party
thereto, the lenders party thereto, Bank One, NA, as Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JP Morgan Chase Bank, as Documentation
Agent and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. Any Guarantee shall also be
automatically and unconditionally released upon: (i) the designation of such
Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the provisions of the
Indenture or (ii) any transaction, including without limitation, any sale,
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exchange or transfer, to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company, of the
Company's Capital Stock in, or all or substantially all the property of, such
Guarantor, which transaction is in compliance with the terms of the Indenture,
and which results in the Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company
and, in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), such Guarantor is released
from all guarantees, if any, by it of other Capital Markets Debt of the Company.
4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Part of Indenture. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in
full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of the Notes heretofore or
hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
6. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of
this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove
this Supplemental Indenture.
7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. Successors. All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this
Supplemental Indenture shall bind their successors. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
9. Separability Clause. In case any provision of this Supplemental
Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
10. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), such provision or requirement of the Trust
Indenture Act shall control.
If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Supplemental Indenture as
so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and attested, as of the date first above written.
XEROX CORPORATION
VRN INC.
XEROX FINANCE, INC.
XEROX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
XEROX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
XEROX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Capital Management LLC,
as sole member
By: Xerox Corporation, as
sole member
XEROX EXPORT, LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
By: _________________________
Name: Gregory B. Tayler
Titles: Vice President & Treasurer of Xerox
Corporation, President & Treasurer of VRN
Inc., President of Xerox Finance, Inc., and
Chairman & President of Xerox Financial
Services, Inc.
AMTX, INC.
XDI, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Allan E. Dugan
Titles: Chairman & President of AMTX, Inc.
and Chairman of XDI, Inc.
BRADLEY COMPANY
By: _________________________
Name: Roy B. Larson
Title: Vice President
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CARMEL VALLEY, INC.
INCONCERT, INC.
LIVEWORKS, INC.
UPPERCASE, INC.
TERABANK SYSTEMS, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Thomas C. Little
Titles: Chairman, President &
Treasurer of Carmel Valley, Inc.,
President & Treasurer of InConcert,
Inc., LiveWorks, Inc. and
Uppercase, Inc., and President of
Terabank Systems, Inc.
PIXELCRAFT, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Herve Gallaire
Title: Chairman, President & Treasurer
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS, INC.
INTELLINET, LTD.
RNTS, INC.
XEROX CONNECT, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Robert Hope
Title: Treasurer
JEREMIAD CO.
SECURITIES INFORMATION CENTER, INC.
XTENDED MEMORY SYSTEMS
By: _________________________
Name: Martin S. Wagner
Title: President
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XEROX INTERNATIONAL REALTY CORPORATION
XEROX REALTY CORP. (CALIFORNIA)
LANSDOWNE RESIDENTIAL LLC
By: Xerox Realty Corporation,
as sole member
XRC REALTY CORP. WEST
XEROX REALTY CORPORATION
By: ___________________________________
Name: David R. McLellan
Titles: President of Xerox International
Realty Corporation, Xerox Realty Corp.
(California) and XRC Realty Corp. West, and
Chairman & President of Xerox Realty
Corporation
LOW-COMPLEXITY MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
PAGECAM, INC.
XEROX COLORGRAFX SYSTEMS, INC.
XEROX IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: James J. Costello
Titles: Vice President of Low-Complexity
Manufacturing Group, Inc. and Palo Alto
Research Center Incorporated, Vice President &
Treasurer of PageCam, Inc., and Chairman,
President & Treasurer of Xerox ColorgrafX
Systems, Inc. and Xerox Imaging Systems, Inc.
PACIFIC SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By: ___________________________________
Name: J. Terrance Daly
Title: President & Treasurer
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TALEGEN HOLDINGS, INC.
TALEGEN PROPERTIES, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: George Rachmiel
Titles: Chairman, President & Treasurer of
Talegen Holdings, Inc. and Chairman &
President of Talegen Properties, Inc.
VIA XEROX RELOCATION COMPANY, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: David Owens
Title: President
XE HOLDINGS, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: John Duerden
Title: Chairman, President & Treasurer
XEROX COLOR PRINTING, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name: John Vester
Title: Vice President
XEROX CREDIT CORPORATION
By: ___________________________________
Name: John Rivera
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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XEROX INTERNATIONAL JOINT
MARKETING, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: James Firestone
Title: President
XEROX LATINAMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Enrique Cervetti
Title: President & Treasurer
XEROX REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: David Pierson
Title: President
IGHI, INC.
By: _________________________
Name: Mark Sheivachman
Title: Treasurer
WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT (4)(l)(1)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 21, 2002
among
XEROX CORPORATION
and
THE OVERSEAS BORROWERS PARTY HERETO
as Borrowers
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK ONE, NA
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
as Documentation Agent
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Syndication Agent
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Arranged By
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and BANK ONE, NA,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.,
as Joint Bookrunners
ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
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Section 1.01. Defined Terms................................................................... 2
-
Section 1.01. Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP............................................... 56
--
Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings.......................................... 57
--
Section 1.03. Terms Generally................................................................. 57
--
Section 1.04. Restatement; Covenant Re-set.................................................... 58
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ARTICLE 2
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The Credits
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Section 2.01. Revolving Commitments; Conversion to Term Loans................................. 63
--
Section 2.02. Revolving and Term Loans........................................................ 64
--
Section 2.03. Requests to Borrow Revolving Loans.............................................. 64
--
Section 2.04. Letters of Credit............................................................... 65
--
Section 2.05. Funding of Revolving and Term Loans............................................. 70
--
Section 2.06. Interest Elections.............................................................. 71
--
Section 2.07. Termination or Reduction of Commitments......................................... 72
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Section 2.08. Payment at Maturity; Evidence of Debt........................................... 73
--
Section 2.09. Scheduled Amortization of Term Loans............................................ 74
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Section 2.10. Optional and Mandatory Prepayments.............................................. 75
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Section 2.11. Fees............................................................................ 79
--
Section 2.12. Interest........................................................................ 81
--
Section 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest...................................................... 82
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Section 2.14. Increased Costs................................................................. 83
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Section 2.15. Break Funding Payments.......................................................... 84
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Section 2.16. Taxes........................................................................... 85
--
Section 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs..................... 87
--
Section 2.18. Lender's Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders......................... 89
--
Section 2.19. Designation of Overseas Borrower; Termination of
Designations.......................................................................... 90
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Section 2.20. Overseas Borrower Costs......................................................... 90
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ARTICLE 3
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Representations and Warranties
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Section 3.01. Organization; Powers............................................................ 91
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Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability................................................... 91
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Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts............................................ 92
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Section 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change................................ 92
--
Section 3.05. Properties...................................................................... 93
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Section 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters............................................ 93
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Section 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements............................................. 94
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Section 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status........................................... 94
--
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Section 3.09. Taxes ......................................................... 94
--
Section 3.10. ERISA and Pension Plans ....................................... 94
--
Section 3.11. Disclosure .................................................... 95
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Section 3.12. Subsidiaries .................................................. 96
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Section 3.13. Labor Matters ................................................. 96
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Section 3.14. Representations and Warranties of Future Overseas
Borrowers .......................................................... 96
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ARTICLE 4
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Conditions
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Section 4.01. Effective Date ................................................ 97
--
Section 4.02. Each Extension of Credit ...................................... 99
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Section 4.03. First Borrowing by Certain Overseas Borrowers ................. 100
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ARTICLE 5
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Affirmative Covenants
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Section 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information .................... 100
---
Section 5.02. Notice of Material Events ..................................... 105
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Section 5.03. Information Regarding Collateral .............................. 105
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Section 5.04. Existence; Conduct of Business ................................ 106
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Section 5.05. Payment of Obligations ........................................ 106
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Section 5.06. Maintenance of Properties ..................................... 107
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Section 5.07. Insurance ..................................................... 107
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Section 5.08. Proper Records; Rights to Inspect and Appraise ................ 108
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Section 5.09. Compliance with Laws .......................................... 108
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Section 5.10. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit ......................... 108
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Section 5.11. Additional Subsidiaries ....................................... 108
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Section 5.12. Subsidiary Cash ............................................... 110
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Section 5.13. Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantees ........................ 112
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Section 5.14. Further Assurances ............................................ 113
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Section 5.15. Ownership of Overseas Borrowers ............................... 114
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ARTICLE 6
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Negative Covenants
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Section 6.01. Debt and Preferred Stock ...................................... 115
---
Section 6.02. Liens ......................................................... 117
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Section 6.03. Fundamental Changes ........................................... 120
---
Section 6.04. Investments and Acquisitions .................................. 120
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Section 6.05. Asset Transfers ............................................... 124
---
Section 6.06. Hedging Agreements; Synthetic Purchase Agreements ............. 125
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Section 6.07. Restricted Payments ........................................... 125
---
Section 6.08. Certain Payments of Debt ...................................... 126
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Section 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates .................................. 128
---
Section 6.10. Restrictive Agreements ........................................ 129
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Section 6.11. Amendment of Material Documents ............................ 130
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Section 6.12. Capital Expenditures ....................................... 131
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Section 6.13. Minimum Consolidated EBITDA ................................ 131
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Section 6.14. Leverage Ratio ............................................. 132
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Section 6.15. Consolidated Net Worth ..................................... 132
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Section 6.16. Overseas Borrower Status; XFI .............................. 133
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ARTICLE 7
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Events of Default
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Section 7.01. Events of Default .......................................... 133
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ARTICLE 8
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The Administrative Agent
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Section 8.01. Appointment and Authorization .............................. 137
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Section 8.02. Rights and Powers as a Lender .............................. 137
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Section 8.03. General Immunity ........................................... 138
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Section 8.04. Limited Duties and Responsibilities ........................ 138
---
Section 8.05. Authority to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and
Advice ............................................................. 139
---
Section 8.06. Sub-Agents and Related Parties ............................. 139
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Section 8.07. Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent ................ 139
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Section 8.08. Credit Decisions by Lenders ................................ 140
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ARTICLE 9
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Miscellaneous
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Section 9.01. Notices .................................................... 140
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Section 9.02. Waivers; Amendments ........................................ 141
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Section 9.03. Automatic Releases ......................................... 144
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Section 9.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver ......................... 146
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Section 9.05. Successors and Assigns ..................................... 148
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Section 9.06. Survival ................................................... 151
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Section 9.07. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness ................... 152
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Section 9.08. Severability ............................................... 152
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Section 9.09. Right of Setoff ............................................ 152
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Section 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process ............................................................ 152
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Section 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL ....................................... 153
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Section 9.12. Headings ................................................... 153
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Section 9.13. Confidentiality ............................................ 154
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Section 9.14. Interest Rate Limitation ................................... 154
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APPENDICES:
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Appendix I - Existing Outstanding Loans; Loans and Revolving Commitments Upon
Effective Date
Appendix II - Effective Date Eurodollar Borrowings
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.04 - Financial Covenant Adjustments
Schedule 3.12 - List of Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.13 - Initial Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 6.01 - Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 - Existing Liens
Schedule 6.09 - Existing Affiliate Transactions
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A - Form of Assignment
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP & Affiliates, special counsel for the Credit Parties,
delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Opinion of Martin S. Wagner, Associate General Counsel,
Corporate, Finance and Ventures, of Xerox, delivered pursuant to
Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-3 - Form of Opinion of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP,
Canadian counsel for the Credit Parties, delivered pursuant to
Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-4 - Form of Opinion of Lovells, United Kingdom counsel for the
Credit Parties, delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-5 - Form of Opinion of the Counsel of XCD, delivered pursuant to
Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-6 - Form of Opinion of the General Counsel of XCE, delivered
pursuant to Section 4.01(b)
Exhibit B-7 - Form of Opinion of counsel for each additional Overseas Borrower
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Domestic Security Agreement
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Exhibit C-2 - Form of Canadian Security Agreement
Exhibit C-3 - Form of UK Security Agreement
Exhibit C-4 - Form of UK Guarantee Agreement
Exhibit D - Form of Mortgage
Exhibit E - Form of Election to Participate
Exhibit F - Form of Election to Terminate
Exhibit G-1 - Form of Tranche A Term Note
Exhibit G-2 - Form of Tranche B Term Note
Exhibit G-3 - Form of Tranche C Term Note
Exhibit G-4 - Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit H - Form of Intercompany Subordination Terms
Exhibit I - Form of Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 21, 2002 among XEROX
CORPORATION, a New York corporation ("Xerox"), the Overseas Borrowers from time
to time party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto, BANK ONE, NA, as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
Documentation Agent and CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent.
WHEREAS, Xerox, XCC (as this and other capitalized terms are defined in
Section 1.01 below), the Overseas Borrowers party thereto and certain financial
institutions are parties to a Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 22,
1997 (the "Existing Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders have
$7,000,000,000 of loans outstanding as set forth in Appendix I hereto;
WHEREAS, Xerox proposes to refinance the Existing Credit Agreement and the
loans outstanding thereunder by (i) reducing the outstanding principal amount of
loans to $4,200,000,000, by making an initial repayment of $2,800,000,000 on the
Effective Date, (ii) converting $700,000,000 of such remaining principal amount
to Tranche C Term Loans, repayable no later than September 15, 2002, (iii)
converting $1,500,000,000 of such remaining principal amount to Tranche A Term
Loans and $500,000,000 of such remaining principal amount to Tranche B Term
Loans, each repayable as provided herein, and (iv) continuing $1,500,000,000,
the balance of such remaining principal amount, as Revolving Loans (with the
Revolving Commitments permanently reduced to $1,500,000,000 on the Effective
Date), and in connection therewith to extend the Termination Date (other than
for the Tranche C Term Loans) to April 30, 2005, amend the pricing terms,
provide certain guarantees and collateral and make certain other changes;
WHEREAS, although XCC is a party to and a borrower under the Existing
Credit Agreement, it is a condition to the Effective Date that XCC repay all of
its Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement and this amendment and
restatement provides that upon the Effective Date XCC will no longer be a party
to this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to provide for the foregoing on the terms
set forth herein by amending and restating the Existing Credit Agreement in its
entirety;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for
any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Adjustment.
"Adjustment Certificate" has the meaning specified in Section 1.04(b)(ii).
"Administrative Agent" means Bank One, NA, in its capacity as
administrative agent under the Loan Documents.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with such specified Person.
"Agents" means the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank as
Documentation Agent and Citibank, N.A. as Syndication Agent.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in
effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change
in the Prime Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate will be
effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime
Rate, the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Applicable Law" means (a) all provisions of statutes, rules, regulations,
judicial decisions and administrative rulings, (b) all orders of a Governmental
Authority applicable to the Person in question, and (c) all orders and decrees
of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions in which the Person in
question is a party or to which such Person is otherwise subject.
"Applicable Percentage" means, in connection with determining the amount of
any mandatory prepayment required to be made pursuant to Section 2.10(b), (a) at
any time when any principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans
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remains outstanding, 100%, (b) if neither clause (a), (c) nor (d) is applicable,
75%, (c) at any time that no principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans
remains subject to mandatory repayment pursuant to Section 2.09(a) and neither
clause (a) nor (d) is applicable, 25% and (d) at any time that no principal
amount of the Tranche A Term Loans remains subject to mandatory repayment
pursuant to Section 2.09(a), clause (a) is not applicable and the cumulative
amount of Net Proceeds of all Asset Transfers, Capital Markets Events and Equity
Issuances that have been taken into account for purposes of determining
mandatory prepayments (and Revolving Commitment reductions) pursuant to Section
2.10 equals or exceeds $2,500,000,000, 50%, provided that (A) in respect of any
particular instance of Asset Transfers, Capital Markets Events and Equity
Issuances, the Applicable Percentage from among clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) as
in effect immediately before receipt thereof shall be applied only to such
portion of the related Net Proceeds as results in such a prepayment (and
Revolving Commitment reductions) as would result in the next succeeding clause
being applicable to such Net Proceeds, and such next succeeding clause shall be
applicable to the remaining portion of such Net Proceeds and (B) in respect of
any Capital Markets Event of XCE, the Applicable Percentage shall be 90% at all
times.
"Applicable Premium Percentage" means, in respect of any prepayment of
Tranche B Term Loans subject to a premium pursuant to Section 2.10(c), (x) if
such prepayment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date,
2.00% and (y) if such prepayment occurs on or after the first anniversary of the
Effective Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, 1.00%.
"Applicable Rate" has the following meanings for any day.
(a) With respect to any Revolving Loan, Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche
C Term Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, 3.50%.
(b) With respect to any Revolving Loan, Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche
C Term Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan, 4.50%.
(c) With respect to any Tranche B Term Loan, a percentage per annum as
set forth below for Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans in the row
opposite such term and in the column corresponding to the Level that
applies on such day:
Level I Level II Level III
Base Rate 3.00% 3.25% 3.50%
Eurodollar 4.00% 4.25% 4.50%
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Level I applies at any date if the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio is equal to
or greater than 130%.
Level II applies at any date if the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio is equal to
or greater than 50% but less than 130%.
Level III applies at any date if the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio is less
than 50%.
(d) With respect to commitment fees, 0.75%.
"Arrangers" means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Bank One, NA, in their
capacities as Joint Lead Arrangers.
"Assessment Rate" means, for any day, the annual assessment rate in effect
on such day that is payable by a member of the Bank Insurance Fund classified as
"well-capitalized" and within supervisory subgroup "B" (or a comparable
successor risk classification) within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. Part 327 (or any
successor provision) to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for insurance
by such Corporation of time deposits made in dollars at the offices of such
member in the United States; provided that if, as a result of any change in any
law, rule or regulation, the Assessment Rate cannot be determined as aforesaid,
then the Assessment Rate shall be such annual rate as the Administrative Agent
shall determine to be representative of the cost of such insurance to the
Lenders.
"Asset Transfer" means any Transfer of any property, which shall include
any Qualified Receivables Transaction, any Sale and Leaseback Transaction and
any sale of any Equity Interest owned by a Xerox Company or the issuance of
additional Equity Interests by any Subsidiary other than to any Xerox Company,
in each case other than (a) a transaction or series of related transactions
(including transactions involving sales (but not other Transfers) of
Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business) in which the Xerox
Companies receive aggregate consideration of $10,000,000 or less, (b) Transfers
(other than sales) of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business
or to settle pending or threatened litigation, (c) Transfers of inventory or
used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment, in each case in the ordinary
course of business, (d) abandonments or failures to maintain registrations or
applications for Intellectual Property that any Xerox Company determines in good
faith, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, to be unlikely to
issue, not material to the business or not economically feasible to pursue or
maintain, (e) Transfers to a Xerox Company; provided that any such Transfer
involving a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall comply with Section
6.09, (f) Transfers of Permitted Investments and any Transfer that constitutes
an Investment permitted by Section
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6.04 or a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07, (g) the discounting or
compromising by any Xerox Company for less than the face value thereof of notes
or accounts receivable in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary
course of business and not in connection with a factoring or financing
transaction, (h) the Transfer of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary in order to
qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by
Applicable Law and (i) Liens permitted hereunder.
"Assignment" means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by Section 9.05), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Automatic Turnaround Program Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (other than
a Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary) that (a) is acquired or created in
connection with the Turnaround Program after the date hereof and is not a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, or (b) ceases to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary after the
date hereof in connection with the Turnaround Program, and in each case, the
Equity Interests in such Subsidiary that are owned by any Credit Party are not
prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
by any agreement entered into with or for the benefit of any other Person owning
or acquiring Equity Interests in such Subsidiary (it being understood that
legally valid contractual restrictions imposed on the owner of Equity Interests
in such Subsidiary in connection with the Turnaround Program that do not
prohibit any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in such Subsidiary from being so
pledged, but that otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or
other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to, such Equity
Interests, are permitted).
"Base CD Rate" means the sum of (a) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate
multiplied by the Statutory Reserve Adjustment plus (b) the Assessment Rate.
"Base Rate", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"Basket Lien Available Amount" means at any time an amount equal to (a) the
maximum amount of "indebtedness" (as defined in the Reference Indenture, when
used in this definition) that, in reliance solely upon the Reference Basket Lien
Provision, could be outstanding and secured by a Lien or other arrangement on
the properties and assets referred to therein without requiring such Lien or
other arrangement to equally and ratably secure indebtedness outstanding under
the Reference Indenture (such determination to be made
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assuming that at least one dollar of indebtedness remains outstanding under the
Reference Indenture, even if all such indebtedness actually has been repaid in
full), less (b) the sum of (i) the principal amount of all outstanding
indebtedness (other than the Loans, the LC Exposure, the XCFI Debentures and the
ESOP Notes) that is secured by any Lien or other arrangement that is permitted
solely in reliance on the Reference Basket Lien Provision (such determination to
be made assuming that at least one dollar of indebtedness remains outstanding
under the Reference Indenture, even if all such indebtedness actually has been
repaid in full) and (ii) the amount of additional Debt that could be incurred at
such time solely in reliance upon Section 6.02(i), provided that (A) subject
only to clauses (B), (C) and (D) of this definition, if (1) on any day an Event
of Default has occurred or (2) as of the last day of the first Fiscal Quarter
ending on or after the Restatement Date (x) Consolidated Net Worth is less than
$4,100,000,000 and (y) the Reference Indenture Consolidated Net Worth of Xerox
and its Subsidiaries is less than $2,500,000,000, then unless both the Required
Lenders and the Required B Lenders agree otherwise (as to any particular Event
of Default, in the case of clause (A)(1)), the Basket Lien Available Amount
shall be fixed at an amount never less than the amount in effect on such day
(the "Floor Amount") and shall no longer be subject to decrease below the Floor
Amount (but shall remain subject to increase and subsequent decrease down to the
Floor Amount as provided herein), provided further that if the Basket Lien
Available Amount has become fixed pursuant to clause (A)(2) of this definition
and the Basket Lien Available Amount determined as of the last day of the
immediately succeeding Fiscal Quarter (notwithstanding the fact that the Basket
Lien Available Amount has previously become fixed) is greater than the Floor
Amount, the greater Basket Lien Available Amount shall be the Floor Amount, (B)
if the Basket Lien Available Amount has been fixed pursuant to clause (A) of
this definition, the Floor Amount shall nonetheless be reduced by the principal
amount of any prepayment of Tranche B Term Loans made by Xerox pursuant to
Section 2.10(a)(iv), effective on the date of such prepayment, (C) if the Basket
Lien Available Amount has been fixed pursuant to clause (A) of this definition
and subsequently thereto any change in GAAP requires that any amount in respect
of Trust Preferred Securities that, prior to such fixing, had been included in
the calculation of the Reference Indenture Consolidated Net Worth of Xerox and
its Subsidiaries may no longer be so included, then unless an Event of Default
described in Section 7.01(a), 7.01(b), 7.01(h), 7.01(i) or 7.01(j) has occurred
and is continuing, the Floor Amount at the time in effect shall automatically be
reduced by an amount equal to 20% of the amount of the decrease in the Reference
Indenture Consolidated Net Worth of Xerox and its Subsidiaries resulting from
such change in GAAP, effective as of the first date that such change in GAAP
must be reflected in such calculation, and (D) if at any time there is no
Reference Indenture (or other indenture with a provision substantially identical
to the Reference Basket Lien Provision) under which any indebtedness
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is outstanding (other than the XCFI Debentures and the ESOP Notes), the Basket
Lien Available Amount shall thereafter be an unlimited amount.
"Basket Lien Coverage Ratio" applicable for any date is the ratio,
expressed as a percentage, of (i) the Basket Lien Principal Amount set forth in
the most recently delivered Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate to (ii) the
principal amount of Tranche B Term Loans outstanding on the date as of which
such determination of the Basket Lien Principal Amount was made, provided that
at any time prior to when Xerox has first provided a Basket Lien Principal
Amount Certificate (it being understood that, as contemplated by Section
5.01(g), the initial Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate will not, and may
not, be delivered until it can reflect the Restatement) or if Xerox shall fail
to provide any Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.01(g), then the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio shall be
deemed to be less than 50% until such time as such Basket Lien Principal Amount
Certificate is provided, whereupon the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio shall be as
therein presented.
"Basket Lien Principal Amount" means at any time the Basket Lien Available
Amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the LC
Exposure and the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the denominator
of which is the sum of the LC Exposure and the outstanding principal amount of
the Loans, the outstanding principal amount of the XCFI Debentures and the
outstanding principal amount of the ESOP Notes.
"Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate" has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(g).
"Board of Directors" means, with respect to any Person, the board of
directors of such Person, including any committee thereof, and any reference in
this Agreement to a "director" means, unless the context otherwise requires, a
member of the relevant Board of Directors.
"Borrowers" means Xerox and the Overseas Borrowers.
"Borrowing" means Loans of the same Class and Interest Type made, converted
or continued on the same day and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which
the same Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Request" means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.
"Business Acquisition" means (a) an Investment by any Xerox Group Company
in any other Person other than a Xerox Company (including an
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Investment by way of acquisition of securities of any such Person) pursuant to
which such Person shall become a Subsidiary or shall be merged into or
consolidated with any Xerox Group Company or (b) an acquisition by any Xerox
Group Company of the property and assets of any Person (other than any Xerox
Company) that constitute substantially all the assets of such Person or any
division or other business unit of such Person, in each case other than any such
transaction or series of related transactions in which the Xerox Group Companies
pay an aggregate consideration (not including any consideration that is
Qualified Capital Stock) of $15,000,000 or less.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City or Chicago, or, with respect to the
obligations of any Canadian or European Borrower, Toronto, Ontario or London,
respectively, are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits
in the London interbank market.
"Business Plan" means, initially, the financial plan dated January 16, 2002
previously provided to the Lenders by Xerox and, on and after the Covenant
Re-set Date, the Revised Business Plan.
"CA Guarantees" means the Domestic Guarantee, the Canadian Guarantee and
the UK Guarantee.
"Canadian Benefit Plans" means all material employee benefit plans of any
nature or kind whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained
or contributed to by any Credit Party having employees in Canada.
"Canadian Credit Parties" means XCD, each Canadian Guarantor and any
Foreign Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or
territory thereof that becomes an Overseas Borrower or Foreign Guarantor after
the Effective Date.
"Canadian Funding Failure" means any failure to contribute in accordance
with Applicable Law pertaining to any Canadian Pension Plan or Canadian Benefit
Plan.
"Canadian Guarantee" means "Guarantee" as defined in Section 1 of the
Canadian Security Agreement.
"Canadian Guarantors" means each Subsidiary that is a party to the Canadian
Security Agreement as of the date of delivery of such agreement pursuant to
Section 5.13(a), and each other Wholly-Owned Material Foreign
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Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or
territory thereof that is designated as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.11(b)
or 5.13(a).
"Canadian Pension Plans" means each plan which is considered to be a
pension plan for the purposes of any applicable pension benefits standards
statute and/or regulation in Canada established, maintained or contributed to by
any Credit Party for its employees or former employees.
"Canadian Secured Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 1 of
the Canadian Security Agreement.
"Canadian Security Agreement" means the Guarantee and Security Agreement
among each of the Canadian Credit Parties and Bank One, NA, Canada Branch, as
Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
"Canadian Security Documents" means the Canadian Security Agreement, the
Hypothec and each other Security Document executed and delivered by a Canadian
Credit Party.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, (a) the additions to land,
buildings and equipment of Xerox and its Subsidiaries that are (or would be) set
forth as "additions to land, buildings and equipment" (or under any successor
caption or line item) in a consolidated statement of cash flows of Xerox and its
Subsidiaries for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than such
additions made with insurance or condemnation proceeds in respect of a Casualty
Event) and (b) without duplication, any Capital Lease Obligations incurred by
Xerox and its Subsidiaries during such period.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying
the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which
obligations are required under GAAP to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person. The amount of such obligations
will be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Markets Debt" means any Debt (a) that is a security (other than
syndicated commercial loans) that is eligible for resale in the United States
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or outside the United States
pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act or a security (other than
syndicated commercial loans) that is sold or subject to resale pursuant to a
registration statement under the Securities Act or (b) that is incurred pursuant
to a syndicated line of credit or other similar commercial loan credit facility.
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"Capital Markets Event" means the issuance of Covered Capital Markets Debt
by Xerox, XCE or any Finance SPE.
"Capitalized Software Expense" means, for any period, any amounts spent for
software development by Xerox and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
such period that are capitalized.
"Carry Over Amount" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the amount (if
any), up to a maximum of $75,000,000, by which (x) the amount of Capital
Expenditures permitted for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (including any
Carry Over Amount from any prior Fiscal Year) exceeded (y) the amount of Capital
Expenditures actually made during such immediately preceding Fiscal Year.
"Cash Balance" means, at any time of determination with reference to any
Foreign Subsidiary or XCC, the sum of the amount of all money, currency and cash
equivalents held or carried in any deposit, custody or other account maintained
by such Foreign Subsidiary or XCC.
"Cash Collateral Account" means, (a) with respect to each Domestic Credit
Party, the Collateral Account as defined in the Domestic Security Agreement, (b)
with respect to each Canadian Credit Party, the Collateral Account as defined in
the Canadian Security Agreement and (c) with respect to XCE, the Collateral
Account as defined in the UK Security Agreement.
"Casualty Event" means any casualty or other insured damage to any
Collateral, or any taking of any Collateral under power of eminent domain or by
condemnation or similar proceeding, or any transfer of any Collateral in lieu of
a condemnation or similar taking thereof (other than any such event or related
series of events in which the Credit Parties receive aggregate proceeds of
$10,000,000 or less), in each case during the term of this Agreement.
"Change in Control" means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC
thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), other than any Xerox Company or any
Xerox Company's employee benefit plans, of Equity Interests representing more
than 35% of either the aggregate ordinary voting power or the aggregate equity
value represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in Xerox; (b)
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of
directors of Xerox by Persons who were neither (i) on the board of directors on
the Effective Date, (ii) nominated by the board of directors of Xerox nor (iii)
appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the occurrence of a "Change of
Control" as defined in any Indenture.
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"Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after
the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in
the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after
the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or LC Issuing Bank
(or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by
such Lender's or LC Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
"Class" (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such
Lenders are Revolving Lenders, Tranche A Lenders, Tranche B Lenders or Tranche C
Lenders and (b) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans,
Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or Tranche C Term Loans.
"Collateral" means any and all "Collateral", as defined in any Security
Document.
"Collateral Agent" means Bank One, NA, in its capacity as Collateral Agent
under the Security Documents.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, determined on a consolidated
basis without duplication, the sum of the amounts for such period of (a)
Consolidated Net Income, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, (c) income tax
expense, (d) total depreciation expense, (e) total amortization expense, and (f)
any losses or expenses from any unusual, extraordinary or otherwise
non-recurring items, including but not limited to (i) aggregate foreign exchange
losses included in "other expense", (ii) equity losses in affiliates, (iii)
losses from minority interest, (iv) net restructuring charges (determined in
accordance with GAAP), (v) losses attributable to asset sales or other transfers
of assets and (vi) write-downs of assets; less (x) Consolidated Interest and
Financing Income and (y) the sum of the amounts for such period of any income
tax benefits and any income or gains from any unusual, extraordinary or
otherwise non-recurring items (excluding interest income), including but not
limited to (A) aggregate foreign exchange gains included in "other income", (B)
equity income in affiliates, (C) income from minority interest, and (D) gains
attributable to asset sales or other transfers of assets. All of the foregoing
shall be determined on a consolidated basis for Xerox and its Subsidiaries in
conformity with GAAP, and in the case of items (b) - (f) and items (x) and (y),
to the extent such amounts were included in the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income.
"Consolidated Interest and Financing Income" means, for any period, for
Xerox and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, interest, fees, commissions
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and other income, arising from investments in cash and cash equivalents or
finance receivables, included in Consolidated Net Income for such period,
determined in conformity with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period and to the extent
deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, total interest expense
(including that portion attributable to capital leases in accordance with GAAP)
of Xerox and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated
basis in conformity with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income (or loss)
of Xerox and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a
single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, provided that there
shall be excluded (A) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the
date it becomes a Subsidiary of Xerox or is merged into or consolidated with
Xerox or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person's assets are acquired by Xerox
or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) (to the extent not included in clause (A)
above) any gains or losses arising from operations identified as discontinued in
the consolidated financial statements of Xerox and its Subsidiaries for such
period.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means at any date the sum of the amounts that
would, in accordance with GAAP, be included on the consolidated balance sheet of
Xerox and its Subsidiaries as of such date as (a) "common shareholders' equity",
(b) "preferred stock" and (c) if not treated as indebtedness for purposes of
GAAP, "company-obligated, mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of
subsidiary trust holding solely subordinated debentures of the Company" (or, in
each case, under any successor caption or line item), determined without giving
effect to any changes therein on or after January 1, 2002 as a result of
currency translation adjustment effects or the effects of compliance with FAS
133 and related GAAP pronouncements, provided that notwithstanding the treatment
thereof under GAAP, Consolidated Net Worth shall always (A) include (without
duplication) any amount shown on such balance sheet in respect of any Trust
Preferred Securities or other Preferred Stock outstanding on the date hereof and
(B) exclude (without duplication) any amount shown on such balance sheet in
respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock issued after the date hereof.
"Control" means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Convertible Subordinated Debentures" means the 3.625% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures of Xerox due 2018.
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"Covenant Re-set Date" means the date the re-setting of the financial
covenants in Sections 6.13, 6.14 and 6.15 on account of the Restatement becomes
effective.
"Covenant Re-set Schedule" has the meaning specified in Section
1.04(b)(ii)(B).
"Covered Capital Markets Debt" means any Capital Markets Debt that is only
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b).
"Credit Parties" means the Borrowers and the Guarantors.
"Debt" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of
such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such
Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to
property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect
of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current
accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Debt of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Debt secured thereby has been
assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Debt of others, (g) all Capital
Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters
of guaranty (other than letters of credit and letters of guaranty which support
obligations other than obligations for borrowed money to the extent not drawn
upon and, if drawn upon, to the extent not reimbursed within 5 business days
following payment on such letter of credit or letter or guaranty), and (i) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers'
acceptances. The Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent that such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's
ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the
extent that contractual provisions binding on the holder of such Debt provide
that such Person is not liable therefor.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement, the U.S.
dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency
shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on
the date such Debt was incurred, in the case of term Debt, or first committed,
in the case of revolving credit Debt, and in the case of Debt existing on the
Effective Date, the rate in effect on December 31, 2001. Notwithstanding any
other provision of Section 6.01, the maximum amount of Debt that the Company or
any Subsidiary may incur pursuant to Section 6.01 shall not be deemed to be
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exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
The principal amount of any Permitted Refinancing Debt, if incurred in a
different currency from the Debt being refinanced, shall be calculated based on
the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted
Refinancing Debt is denominated that is in effect on the date of such
refinancing.
"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
"Disclosed Matters" means SEC Filings made prior to the date hereof.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means that portion of any Equity Interest
which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder
thereof), or upon the happening of any event (other than an event that would
constitute an Asset Transfer or Change of Control), matures or is mandatorily
redeemable (other than such Equity Interest that, at the election of Xerox (not
subject to any condition), may be redeemed with Qualified Capital Stock),
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole
option of the holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an
Asset Transfer or Change of Control) on or prior to October 31, 2005.
"dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States.
"Domestic Collateral" means Collateral granted pursuant to a Domestic
Security Document.
"Domestic Credit Parties" means Xerox and the Domestic Guarantors.
"Domestic Guarantee" means "Guarantee" defined in Section 1 of the
Domestic Security Agreement.
"Domestic Guarantors" means each Subsidiary that is a party to the
Domestic Security Agreement as of the Effective Date and each other Wholly-Owned
Material Domestic Subsidiary that is designated as a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 5.11(b).
"Domestic Secured Obligations" means "Secured Obligations" and the
"Secured Guarantees" each as defined in Section 1 of the Domestic Security
Agreement.
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"Domestic Security Agreement" means the Guarantee and Security
Agreement among the Domestic Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
"Domestic Security Documents" means the Domestic Security Agreement,
the Mortgages and each other Security Document executed and delivered by a
Domestic Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
"Domestic Subsidiary Update Certificate" has the meaning specified in
Section 5.13(b).
"Effective Date" means the date on which each of the conditions
specified in Section 4.01 is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
"Effective Date Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" means the
requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from Xerox
and each Domestic Subsidiary identified on Schedule 3.12 as an initial
Domestic Guarantor a counterpart of the Domestic Security Agreement
duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party;
(b) (i) all outstanding Equity Interests directly owned by or
on behalf of any Domestic Credit Party (other than XCC) in each
Domestic Subsidiary on Schedule 3.12 and (ii) all other Pledged
Securities on Schedule 1 of the Domestic Security Agreement, in each
case identified as required to be pledged on the Effective Date shall
have been pledged pursuant to the Domestic Security Agreement, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates or other
instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock
powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed
in blank;
(c) all documents and instruments, including Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements, all other similar filings,
registrations and notices, and documents related to Intellectual
Property, in each case required by law or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the
Liens intended to be created by the Domestic Security Documents (other
than any Mortgage) and to perfect or record such Liens (including in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office) to the extent, and with the priority, required by the
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Domestic Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or
recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing,
registration or recording;
(d) each Domestic Credit Party shall have obtained all
consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with
the execution and delivery of all Security Documents described in
clause (a) and (b) of this definition to which it is a party, the
performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting of the Liens
granted by it thereunder; and
(e) each Domestic Credit Party shall have taken all other
action required under this Agreement or under the Domestic Security
Documents to be undertaken on or prior to the Effective Date to
perfect, register and/or record the Liens granted by it thereunder.
"Effective Date Paydown" means the repayment on the Effective Date of
$2,800,000,000 principal amount of Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit
Agreement, $1,020,000,000 of which will be paid by XCC, $1,380,000,000 of which
will be paid by Xerox, $200,000,000 of which will be paid by XCE and
$200,000,000 of which will be paid by XCD.
"Election to Participate" means an Election to Participate
substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
"Election to Terminate" means an Election to Terminate substantially in
the form of Exhibit F hereto.
"Eligible Assignee" means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender,
and any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in
providing commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course of its business that is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate
of a Lender or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or
manages a Lender, and having total assets in excess of $100,000,000; and (b)(i)
a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, having total assets in excess of $100,000,000, (ii) a savings and loan
association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof, that has a total net worth, determined in accordance with GAAP,
in excess of $100,000,000, (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of
any other country or a political subdivision thereof, having total assets in
excess of $100,000,000, provided that (A) such bank is acting through a branch
or agency located in the United States or (B) such bank is organized under the
laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development or a political subdivision of such country, (iv) any Person
(other
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than a natural Person) that is an "accredited investor" (as defined in
Regulation D under the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans
(revolving loans, in the case of any assignment of any Revolving Commitment) as
one of its businesses, including insurance companies, mutual funds and lease
financing companies, in each case having total assets in excess of $100,000,000
and (v) any other Person approved by Xerox, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, provided that no Credit Party, no Affiliate of a Credit Party nor any
Person one of whose principal lines of business competes with one of the
principal lines of business of the Xerox Companies shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee, it being understood that for purposes of this definition, the
financing business shall not be considered one of the principal lines of
business of the Xerox Companies, and a Person one of whose principal lines of
business is financing, even if such Person is in the business of financing
copiers and other products of the same or similar kind that the Xerox Companies
sell, shall not be deemed not to qualify as an Eligible Assignee because of such
business.
"Eligible Jurisdiction" means any country in the European Union (as it
exists on the date hereof) or Switzerland.
"Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, the preservation or reclamation of
natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Material or health and safety matters.
"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of any Credit Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based
on (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Material, (c)
exposure to any Hazardous Material, (d) the release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Material into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other
consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with
respect to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Interests" means (a) shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person or (b) any
warrants, options or other rights to acquire such shares or interests.
"Equity Issuance" means any issuance of any Equity Interests by Xerox,
other than any such issuance to directors, officers or employees pursuant to
employee benefit plans in the ordinary course of business.
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"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with Xerox or any Subsidiary, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code or,
solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section
4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan
(except an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA),
whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Internal
Revenue Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by Xerox
or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to
the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by Xerox or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f)
the incurrence by Xerox or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to
withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
receipt by Xerox or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from Xerox or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning
the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer
Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
"ESOP Guarantee Agreement" has the meaning specified in the Domestic
Security Agreement.
"ESOP Note Documents" means the ESOP Guarantee Agreement and the Note
Agreement dated as of October 1, 1993, among Xerox Corporation Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Trust, Xerox Corporation and Connecticut General Life Insurance
Company.
"ESOP Notes" means the 7.89% (7.82% since January 1, 1993) Guaranteed
Series B ESOP Notes due October 1, 2002 and the Guaranteed ESOP Restructuring
Notes due October 1, 2003, each issued by Xerox Corporation Employee Stock
Ownership Plan Trust, a Massachusetts trust.
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"ESOP Plan" means the Xerox Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 2000
Restatement dated March 17, 2000, as amended by Amendment Nos. 1-4, a
Xerox-sponsored employee benefit plan, subject to ERISA.
"ESOP Preferred Shares" means the Series B Convertible Preferred shares
issued pursuant to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Xerox dated
October 17, 1996, as amended by a Certificate of Amendment dated May 21, 1999;
each of which shares are convertible into six shares of Xerox common stock.
"Eurodollar", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
"Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
"Excess Foreign Cash" has the meaning specified in Section 5.12(a).
"Excepted Qualified Receivables Transactions" means, at any time when the
Tranche C Term Loans have been paid in full, (a) if all Tranche C Term Loans
have been paid in full solely by the application of the proceeds of one or more
Planned Qualified Receivables Transactions, all other Planned Qualified
Receivables Transactions and (b) if all Tranche C Term Loans have been paid in
full, in whole or in part, by application pursuant to Section 2.10(b), in whole
or in part, of the Net Proceeds of any Casualty Event, Asset Transfer (other
than a Planned Qualified Receivables Transaction), Equity Issuance or Capital
Markets Event ("Alternate Net Proceeds"), all Planned Qualified Receivables
Transactions consummated after such repayment in full of the Tranche C Loans,
but only to the extent the Net Proceeds thereof exceed such amount of Tranche C
Term Loans as have been paid out of such Alternate Net Proceeds.
"Excepted Transactions" means (a) any Excepted Qualified Receivables
Transactions and (b) any incurrence of Debt by a Foreign Subsidiary from a
Person other than a Xerox Company that is determined by Xerox or such Foreign
Subsidiary in good faith to be necessary or desirable for local working capital
and operational requirements of, or other uses in the ordinary course of
business (including the repayment of Debt permitted by this Agreement or for
other purposes permitted by this Agreement that are otherwise not inconsistent
in any material respect with the Business Plan) by, the Foreign Subsidiaries,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of Debt under this clause (b) shall
not exceed $425,000,000 at any time outstanding for all Foreign Subsidiaries.
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"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to any Lender Party or other recipient
of a payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder:
(a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) such Lender
Party's net income by the United States or by a Lender Party Jurisdiction;
(b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax or capital tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in
clause (a) above;
(c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax imposed on
any such payment by the United States to the extent that it is determined
on the basis of laws in effect and tax rates applicable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or
designates a new lending office (except to the extent of the rate of any
such tax for which such Lender Party was indemnified under the Existing
Credit Agreement);
(d) in the case of any such payment made to a Lender Party by reason
of an assignment, any withholding tax imposed by Canada or the United
Kingdom to the extent attributable to any excess as of the date of such
assignment of (i) such tax determined on the basis of laws in effect and
tax rates applicable to such Lender Party over (ii) such tax determined on
the basis of laws in effect and tax rates applicable to the assignor
(taking into account for purposes of this clause (ii) only taxes that were
not Excluded Taxes with respect to such assignor);
(e) in the case of any such payment made to a Lender Party that was a
party to the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Effective
Date, any withholding tax imposed by the United States, Canada or the
United Kingdom to the extent attributable to any excess of (i) such tax
determined on the basis of laws in effect and tax rates applicable to such
Lender Party as of the Effective Date over (ii) such tax determined on the
basis of the rate thereof for which such Lender Party was indemnified under
the Existing Credit Agreement; and
(f) any withholding tax to the extent attributable to a Lender's
failure to comply with Section 2.16(e) or 2.16(g), as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a withholding tax will not be an "Excluded Tax"
to the extent that (x) it is imposed on any such payment made to a Lender Party
that becomes a party to this Agreement by an assignment after the Effective
Date,
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and does not exceed the amount for which the assignor would have been
indemnified pursuant to Section 2.16(a), or (y) in the case of designation of a
new lending office, it does not exceed the amount for which such Lender Party
would have been indemnified if it had not designated a new lending office. In
the case of any payment made to the Administrative Agent for the account of any
other Lender Party, no Tax shall be characterized as an Excluded Tax with
respect to such other Lender Party by reason of applying the foregoing
definition with reference to the Administrative Agent.
"Existing Borrowings" means the Borrowings that were made under the
Existing Credit Agreement that remain outstanding after giving effect to the
Effective Date Paydown.
"Existing Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals in
this Agreement.
"Extended Debt" means any Capital Markets Debt of any Xerox Company
outstanding on the date hereof and maturing prior to October 31, 2005, but only
to the extent repayment or other satisfaction of the principal amount thereof is
effected by issuing to the holders thereof in exchange therefor Permitted
Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Preferred Stock.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published on such Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions
received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States.
"Finance SPE" means (a) any Receivables SPE and (b) any Subsidiary that (i)
is a special purpose financing vehicle, (ii) was created solely for the purpose
of facilitating the incurrence of Capital Markets Debt by any Xerox Company or
any Equity Issuance by any Xerox Company (including the issuance of any Trust
Preferred Securities), (iii) has no business other than the facilitation of such
incurrence or issuance and activities incidental thereto and (iv) is capitalized
with no more than an amount equal to the cash proceeds received by such Finance
SPE from such transaction, provided that such transaction does not
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constitute or create indebtedness that would be required to be taken into
account in determining the Basket Lien Available Amount.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, treasurer or any
assistant treasurer of Xerox.
"Fiscal Quarter" means a fiscal quarter of Xerox.
"Fiscal Year" means a fiscal year of Xerox.
"Flextronics Transaction" means the Transfer of certain assets related to
Xerox's manufacturing, assembly and distribution operations and all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of Xerox
Corporation (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. and Xerox Equipamentos e Servicos Ltda. pursuant
to the Master Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2001, by and between
Flextronics International Ltd. ("Flextronics") and Xerox and the related
Ancillary Agreements (as defined in such Master Purchase Agreement), and the
agreement between Flextronics and Xerox for Flextronics and its affiliates to
supply Xerox and its affiliates with manufactured products pursuant to the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Master Supply Agreement, dated as
of November 30, 2001, by and between Flextronics and Xerox, as amended as of
January 31, 2002, and the related Specific Supply Agreements (as defined in the
Master Supply Agreement).
"Foreign Collateral" means Collateral granted pursuant to a Foreign
Security Document.
"Foreign Credit Parties" means each Overseas Borrower and each Foreign
Guarantor.
"Foreign Guarantee Agreements" means the Canadian Security Agreement, the
UK Guarantee Agreement and any other guarantee agreement executed and delivered
by a Foreign Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.13.
"Foreign Guarantors" means each Canadian Guarantor, each UK Guarantor and
each other Foreign Subsidiary that is designated as a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 5.11(b) or 5.14(a).
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States.
"Foreign Net Cash Proceeds" has the meaning specified in Section 5.12(a).
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"Foreign Security Agreements" means the UK Security Agreement, the Canadian
Security Agreement, the Hypothec and any other Security Agreement executed and
delivered by a Foreign Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.13.
"Foreign Security Documents" means the Foreign Security Agreements, the
Foreign Guarantee Agreements and any other Security Document that is not a
Domestic Security Document.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary (which may be a corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity) organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time in the United States, applied on a basis consistent (except for
changes concurred in by Xerox's independent public accountants) with the most
recent audited consolidated financial statements of Xerox and its consolidated
Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
"Guarantee" by any Person (the "guarantor") means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other monetary obligation of any other Person
(the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or
other obligation or to purchase (or advance or supply funds for the purchase of)
any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or
other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation
or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of
guaranty issued to support such Debt or other obligation; provided that the term
"Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business.
The amount of any Guarantee shall be equal to the amount of the primary
obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported, if any, or, if less, the amount
to which such Guarantee is specifically limited, unless such primary obligation
and
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the amount for which such guaranteeing Person may be liable are not stated or
determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be such
guaranteeing Person's maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect
thereof as determined by such Person in good faith.
"Guarantors" means Xerox, each Domestic Guarantor and each Foreign
Guarantor.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
"Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement,
foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or
other interest rate, currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging
arrangement.
"High Yield Indenture" means that certain Indenture dated as of January
17, 2002 among Xerox and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
Trustee, with respect to the 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (denominated in U.S.
dollars).
"Hypothec" has the meaning specified in the Canadian Security
Agreement.
"Immaterial Subsidiary Certificate" means a certificate of a Financial
Officer certifying that one or more Foreign Subsidiaries or Domestic
Subsidiaries do not qualify as Material Foreign Subsidiaries (it being
understood that a particular Foreign Subsidiary may be a Material Foreign
Subsidiary for purposes of clause (a) of the definition of "Material Foreign
Subsidiary" while not qualifying as a Material Foreign Subsidiary for purposes
of clause (b) of such definition) or Material Domestic Subsidiaries, as the case
may be, determined at such time in accordance with the definitions of such
terms.
"Included Asset Transfer" means (a) any Asset Transfer by Xerox or any
Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than Equity Issuances made by Turnaround
Program Subsidiaries or Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiaries) and, to the
extent a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary pays
a dividend or makes a distribution to Xerox or any Wholly-Owned Domestic
Subsidiary, on account of such Subsidiary having received the proceeds of any
Asset Transfer, the receipt by Xerox or such Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of
such dividend or distribution, and (b) any Asset Transfer
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by any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary and, to the extent a Foreign Subsidiary
that is not a Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary pays a dividend or makes a
distribution to any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary in respect of any Asset
Transfer, the receipt of such dividend or distribution by such Wholly-Owned
Foreign Subsidiary, to the extent the proceeds of such Asset Transfer are
required to be transferred to Xerox pursuant to Section 5.12, or all or any
portion of such proceeds that are in fact transferred to Xerox or a Domestic
Subsidiary, except, in each case, the Excepted Qualified Receivables
Transactions and the Flextronics Transaction.
"Indemnified Taxes" means all Taxes except Excluded Taxes.
"Indenture" means any indenture, credit agreement or similar agreement
governing Capital Markets Debt of any Xerox Company.
"Initial Mortgaged Properties" means the parcels of real estate, and
the improvements located thereon, described in Schedule 5.13.
"Initial Paydown" means, together, the Effective Date Paydown and the
Tranche C Paydown.
"Intellectual Property" has the meaning specified in the Domestic
Security Agreement.
"Interest Election" means an election by a Borrower to change or
continue the Interest Type of a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan,
the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to
any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, if such Interest Period is longer
than three months, each day during such Interest Period that occurs at intervals
of three months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing (and
subject to Section 2.06(a) in the case of the Existing Borrowings), the period
beginning on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as the relevant Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; (b) any
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which
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there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month
of such Interest Period; and (c) any Interest Period that would end after the
Termination Date (or, in the case of the Tranche C Term Loans, after the Tranche
C Maturity Date) shall end on the Termination Date (or, in the case of the
Tranche C Term Loans, on the Tranche C Maturity Date). For purposes hereof, the
date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made
(or, in the case of the Existing Borrowings, the Effective Date) and thereafter
shall be deemed to be the effective date of the most recent conversion or
continuation of such Borrowing.
"Interest Type", when used with respect to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the
Alternate Base Rate.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
"Investment" means any investment in any Person, whether by means of
share purchase, capital contribution, loan, Guarantee, time deposit, merger or
otherwise. The amount of any Investment shall be the original principal or
capital amount thereof less all returns of principal or equity thereon (and
without adjustment by reason of the financial condition of such other Person)
and shall, if made by the transfer or exchange of property other than cash, be
deemed to have been made in an original principal or capital amount equal to the
fair market value of such property at the time of such transfer or exchange as
determined in good faith by the Person making such Investment. Investments shall
not include intercompany mergers permitted by Section 6.03(a) or extensions of
trade credit made by any Xerox Company to any Person that is not an Affiliate of
Xerox in the ordinary course of business consistent in all material respects
with past practice.
"IP Company" means any Person, whether now existing or hereafter
formed, in which any Xerox Company owns or acquires any Equity Interests, which
Person (a) has as its primary business one or more of the following: (i)
research and development, (ii) the generation or management of Intellectual
Property or (iii) the commercialization or maximization of the value of
Intellectual Property developed by or Transferred to such Person or one or more
Xerox Companies, and activities incidental thereto, and (b) has no other
significant business, provided that each of the following Persons and its
subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an IP Company: (i) PARC, (ii) XESystems,
Inc., (iii) Integic Corporation, (iv) ScanSoft, Inc., (v) Telesensory
Corporation, (vi) Placeware, Inc., (vii) Document Sciences Corporation, (viii)
dpiX, LLC, (ix)
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ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., (x) InXight Software, Inc. and (xi) Gyricon Media
Inc.
"LC Disbursement" means a payment made by an LC Issuing Bank in respect
of a drawing under a Letter of Credit.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by the
Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time will
be its Revolving Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
"LC Issuing Banks" means Bank One, NA, in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and each Lender that, at the request of Xerox and
with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, it being understood that in any particular instance the
Administrative Agent may take into account the absolute number of LC Issuing
Banks), agrees to become an LC Issuing Bank after the Effective Date, and their
respective successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.04(i). An LC
Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit
to be issued by its Affiliates, in which case the term "LC Issuing Banks" shall
include each such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it.
"LC Reimbursement Obligations" means, at any time, all obligations of
the Borrowers to reimburse the LC Issuing Banks for amounts paid by them in
respect of drawings under Letters of Credit, including any portion of such
obligations to which Lenders have become subrogated by making payments to the LC
Issuing Banks pursuant to Section 2.04(e).
"Lender Affiliate" means, (a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an
Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course
of its business and is administered or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in
bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank
loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
"Lender Parties" means the Lenders, the LC Issuing Banks and the
Administrative Agent.
"Lender Party Jurisdiction" means, with respect to any Lender Party:
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(a) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender Party
is organized or in which its principal office is located,
(b) in the case of any Lender, the jurisdiction in which its
applicable lending office is located, and
(c) in the case of any Lender, any jurisdiction in which it is
treated as resident for purposes of income or franchise taxes imposed
on (or measured by) net income (or is otherwise subject to such taxes)
by reason of its business activities and operations that are unrelated
to this Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement and the loans
hereunder and thereunder.
"Lender Share" means, with respect to any Lender, the aggregate
outstanding amount of such Lender's Tranche A Term Loan, Tranche B Term Loan,
Tranche C Term Loan and Revolving Commitments (or, if the Revolving Commitments
shall have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Lender's
Revolving Loans and LC Exposure).
"Lenders" means the Persons listed in Appendix I and any other Person
that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment, other than any
such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment.
"Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement.
"Leverage Ratio" means, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, the
ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such day minus (i) 85% of the amount of net
finance receivables that are, in accordance with GAAP, included on the
consolidated balance sheet of Xerox and its Subsidiaries as of such day and (ii)
the amount of cash and cash equivalents as reflected on the consolidated balance
sheet of Xerox and its Subsidiaries as of such day (it being understood that
such amounts would not include any cash or cash equivalents that are subject to
any Lien) in excess of $1,300,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period
of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ended on such day; provided that for
purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio, (x) if any Xerox Company has
consummated any Business Acquisition after the Effective Date during the
relevant period for determining Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA for the
relevant period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if
any such Business Acquisition (and any related incurrence, repayment or
assumption of Debt, with any new Debt being deemed to be amortized over the
relevant period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of
the relevant period for determining Consolidated EBITDA and (y) if any Xerox
Company has consummated any Asset Transfer (other than Transfers to a Xerox
Company or
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Transfers that are part of the Third Party Vendor Financing Program) after the
Effective Date pursuant to which assets that generated Consolidated EBITDA of
$50,000,000 or more during the period of four Fiscal Quarters most recently
ended before such Asset Transfer, Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto, as if any such
Transfer (and any related incurrence, repayment or assumption of Debt, with any
new Debt being deemed to be amortized over the relevant period in accordance
with its terms) had occurred on the first day of the relevant period for
determining Consolidated EBITDA, provided that pro forma calculations shall not
be required pursuant to clause (y) if Xerox determines in good faith that the
relevant information is not ascertainable without unreasonable effort or
expense.
"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period (and subject to the last sentence of this definition in the case
of the Existing Borrowings), the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones
Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any
successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days before the beginning of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. If such rate is not
available at such time for any reason, then the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such
Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar
deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are
offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days before the beginning of such Interest
Period. The LIBO Rate for the initial Interest Period applicable to each
Existing Borrowing (all of which are Eurodollar Borrowings) shall be the rate
set forth in Appendix II as applicable to such Existing Borrowing.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or
of such asset or any agreement to provide any of the foregoing, (b) the interest
of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or
title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the
case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party
with respect to such securities which, if exercised, would not constitute a
Transfer permitted by this Agreement, it being understood that a license or
assignment of Intellectual Property, a lease or sublease of assets to another
Person or the filing
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of a precautionary financing statement (or similar filing) in connection with an
operating lease or consignment does not constitute a "Lien".
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement and the Security Documents.
"Loans" means loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Xerox
Companies taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties to perform
their monetary obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the rights of and
benefits available to any Lender Party under any Loan Document; provided that
(i) downgrades after the Effective Date of two levels of Xerox's senior
unsecured debt ratings from S&P and Moody's shall not, in and of themselves,
constitute a Material Adverse Effect, although the consequence of such actions,
taken together with other changes, may constitute a Material Adverse Effect and
(ii) the occurrence of any Restatement Event shall not constitute a Material
Adverse Effect.
"Material Canadian Subsidiary" means a Material Foreign Subsidiary that is
organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
"Material Debt" means Debt (other than obligations in respect of the Loans
and Letters of Credit) of any one or more Xerox Companies in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $25,000,000.
"Material Document" means any Indenture or certificate of designations or
other document governing rights or obligations with respect to any Trust
Preferred Securities or any other Preferred Stock.
"Material Domestic Subsidiary" means, (a) at any time prior to the date
that Xerox delivers the Domestic Subsidiary Update Certificate, any Restricted
Domestic Subsidiary, and (b) at any time thereafter, any Domestic Subsidiary
that as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year had total assets
exceeding $25,000,000 or for such Fiscal Year had total revenues exceeding
$25,000,000, with any change in a Person's status as a Material Domestic
Subsidiary becoming effective as of the date of delivery of the financial
statements for such Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 1.04 or 5.01; provided that
any such Person will cease to be a Material Domestic Subsidiary only if its
total assets or total revenues do not meet or exceed the required threshold for
two consecutive Fiscal Years.
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"Material Foreign Subsidiary" means, on any date prior to the date that is
90 days after the Restatement Date, any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, and on
any date thereafter, (a) for all purposes except Sections 7.01(h) - (j), any
Foreign Subsidiary that as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year
had total assets exceeding $50,000,000 or for such Fiscal Year had total
revenues exceeding $50,000,000, with any change in a Person's status as a
Material Foreign Subsidiary becoming effective as of the date of delivery of the
financial statements for such Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 1.04 or 5.01,
provided that any such Person will cease to be a Material Foreign Subsidiary
only if its total assets or total revenues do not meet or exceed the required
threshold for two consecutive Fiscal Years and (b) for purposes of Sections
7.01(h) - (j), any Foreign Subsidiary that either (i) as of the end of the most
recently completed Fiscal Year had Consolidated Net Worth (determined applying
such definition mutatis mutandis to just such Foreign Subsidiary and its
subsidiaries) exceeding $25,000,000 or (ii) as of the end of the most recently
completed Fiscal Year had total assets exceeding $100,000,000 or for such Fiscal
Year had total revenues exceeding $100,000,000, provided that each Foreign
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Material Foreign Subsidiary at all times and
for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) of this definition unless and to the
extent that Xerox has delivered an Immaterial Subsidiary Certificate with
respect to such Foreign Subsidiary for purposes of such clause.
"Material Subsidiaries" means the Material Domestic Subsidiaries and the
Material Foreign Subsidiaries.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents
or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure
any of the Domestic Secured Obligations. Each Mortgage must be substantially in
the form of Exhibit D (appropriately modified in the case of a Deed of Trust) or
otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative
Agent.
"Mortgaged Property" means each parcel of real property and improvements
thereto owned by a Domestic Credit Party that is either (a) an Initial Mortgaged
Property or (b) subject to a Transaction Lien granted after the Effective Date
pursuant to Section 5.13(a) or 5.14(c).
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds
received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of
any
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non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received and (ii) in the case of a
Casualty Event, insurance proceeds or condemnation awards and similar payments,
in each case net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and other
out-of-pocket expenses paid or payable by the Xerox Companies to third parties
(other than Affiliates) in connection with such event (including, with respect
to a Casualty Event, incurred in connection with the adjustment or settlement of
any claims in respect thereof), (ii) in the case of any Transfer of an asset,
any costs incurred by the Xerox Companies within the year preceding the
consummation of such Transfer expressly in anticipation of such Transfer (but
not including ordinary course of business expenses such as maintenance and
routine repairs), (iii) in the case of Transfer of an asset (including pursuant
to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, a casualty or a condemnation or similar
proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made by the Xerox
Companies as a result of such event to repay Debt (other than Loans) secured by
such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such
event (not including any such repayment that can be avoided by repaying Loans or
acquiring replacement assets), (iv) all legal, title and recording tax expenses,
commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state,
foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP
(and, in the case of any Transfer of assets, issuance of Covered Capital Markets
Debt or Equity Issuance by any Foreign Subsidiary, the amount of any Tax paid or
accrued by any Xerox Company in connection with or as a result of the proceeds
of such event being transferred to Xerox to satisfy the mandatory prepayment
provisions of this Agreement), and the amount of any reserves established by the
Xerox Companies to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be
payable, in each case during the term of this Agreement, that are directly
attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a
Financial Officer of Xerox) and (v) any portion of such proceeds that are
required to be held in escrow or as collateral for any obligations of any Xerox
Company in respect thereof or thereunder (and, in the case of a Qualified
Receivables Transaction, the Receivables subject thereto or the servicing
obligations of any Xerox Company relating to such Receivables), provided that
(x) in the case of any issuance of Permitted Refinancing Debt or Permitted
Refinancing Preferred Stock, the Net Proceeds determined in connection therewith
shall instead be deemed to be the portion of the principal amount of the related
Refunded Debt or Extended Debt, as the case may be that was scheduled to be
repaid (whether at maturity or otherwise) before April 30, 2005 (less, without
duplication, any make-whole or other premiums and any items of a type described
in clauses (i), (iv) or (v) above in connection with the issuance of such
Permitted Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Preferred Stock or the
repayment or satisfaction of such Refunded Debt or Extended Debt), which Net
Proceeds shall further be deemed to have been received by Xerox on the date of
the applicable scheduled repayment of such Refunded Debt or Extended Debt, (y)
in the case of any issuance of Capital Markets Debt or Equity Issuance of
Preferred Stock in connection with which
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cash and cash equivalents are made subject to Qualified Capital Markets Liens,
the Net Proceeds determined in connection therewith shall initially be reduced
by the amount of such cash and cash equivalents, but on any date, if ever, that
any such cash and cash equivalents are released from such Qualified Capital
Markets Liens, they shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of a Capital Markets
Event or Equity Issuance, as applicable, received on the date of release and (z)
in the event that Xerox satisfies its obligation to repurchase the Convertible
Subordinated Debentures on April 21, 2003 with Equity Interests of Xerox instead
of purchasing such debentures for cash, an amount equal to the cash purchase
price that would have been required to be paid to the holders of such debentures
to satisfy such obligation (net of costs of a type described in clauses (b)(i)
or (b)(iv) above in connection therewith) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of
an Equity Issuance, which Net Proceeds shall further be deemed to have been
received by Xerox on the date of the applicable scheduled repayment of such
obligation.
"Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.08(f).
"Objection Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
"Operating Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement
dated as of November 1, 1980, between Xerox and XCC, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof.
"Ordinary Course Needs" means as of any date of determination with
reference to any Foreign Subsidiary, the cash working capital and other needs of
such Foreign Subsidiary and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
(net of other sources of funds available or expected to be available to it from
any source other than a Xerox Company), determined in good faith by a Financial
Officer consistent in all material respects with past practice (subject to
appropriate adjustment to the extent past practice has been modified to reflect
changes in the nature of the business and operations of the Foreign Subsidiaries
contemplated by the Business Plan), including reasonably anticipated needs for
repaying Debt and other obligations and making investments in its business not
inconsistent in any material respect with the Business Plan, provided that in
determining the Ordinary Course Needs of any Foreign Subsidiary, Xerox may take
into account its ordinary course of business cash management practices whereby
amounts that would otherwise constitute Cash Balances of one or more Foreign
Subsidiaries are managed by being concentrated in a single Foreign Subsidiary.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording, stamp,
documentary, excise, transfer, sales or property taxes, charges or levies
arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, any Loan Document and any similar taxes.
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"Overseas Borrowers" means (a) XCE, (b) XCD and (c) any other Qualified
Foreign Subsidiary as to which an Election to Participate shall have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.19; provided
that the status of any of the foregoing as an Overseas Borrower shall terminate
if and when an Election to Terminate is delivered to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 2.19.
"PARC" means Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated, a Delaware
corporation and, as of the Effective Date, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Xerox.
"Participants" has the meaning specified in Section 9.05(e).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit A to
the Domestic Security Agreement and in respect of any Foreign Credit Party, a
certificate in the form provided in the Foreign Security Agreement to which such
Foreign Credit Party is a party or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
"Permitted Investments" means investments in:
(a) marketable direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of
and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
or the government of any Eligible Jurisdiction (or by any agency thereof to
the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the
such government), in each case maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof;
(b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United
States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody's;
(c) commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, at least the
second highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody's;
(d) certificates of deposit, banker's acceptances and time deposits
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or
guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or
offered by, any bank organized under the laws of the
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United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia or any
Eligible Jurisdiction or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank which has at the
date of acquisition thereof a combined capital and surplus of at least
$100,000,000;
(e) repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 7 days for
securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial
institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above;
(f) Investments in money market funds that invest substantially all
their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) - (e)
above; and
(g) Investments in cash in euros or dollars or, to the extent
determined by Xerox or a Foreign Subsidiary in good faith to be necessary
for local working capital requirements and operations requirements of such
Foreign Subsidiary, other cash and cash equivalents denominated in the
currency of the jurisdiction of organization or place of business of such
Foreign Subsidiary which are, in the case of cash equivalents, otherwise
substantially similar to the items specified in clauses (a) - (f), above;
provided that in the case of Ridge Re, "Permitted Investments" shall also
include an investment that may legally be made by a Bermuda insurance company.
"Permitted Joint Ventures" means (a) Fuji Xerox Co., Limited and (b) any
joint venture, partnership or other arrangement in connection with the Third
Party Vendor Financing Program or any Qualified Receivables Transaction.
"Permitted Liens" means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet required to be
paid pursuant to Section 5.05(a);
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, landlord's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary
course of business or similar deposits or pledges in the ordinary course of
business, including those made to obtain the release of such Lien;
(c) pledges and deposits made and other Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security laws or regulations or
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to secure payments of workers' compensation or unemployment insurance;
(d) Liens (except for Liens on the Collateral) or deposits to secure
the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations,
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in
the ordinary course of business, or to secure surety and appeal bonds and
other obligations of a like nature;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an
Event of Default under Section 7.01(k);
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary
course of business that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not
materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Xerox or any Subsidiary;
(g) with respect to each Mortgaged Property, Permitted Encumbrances
(as defined in the applicable Mortgage); and
(h) security given in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice to any public utility or Governmental Authority in connection
with the operation of the business, other than security for borrowed money;
provided that the term "Permitted Liens" shall not include any Lien that secures
Debt.
"Permitted Refinancing Debt" means (a) any Capital Markets Debt issued by
Xerox, XCE or any Finance SPE, the proceeds of which a Financial Officer
certifies are intended to be, and actually are, applied within 180 days of the
date such Capital Markets Debt is issued to make scheduled repayments (including
at maturity), together with accrued interest, fees, premiums and other amounts
outstanding in respect thereof, of Capital Markets Debt of any Xerox Company
outstanding on the date hereof, which scheduled repayment is due prior to
October 31, 2005, (b) any Capital Markets Debt issued by Xerox, XCE or any
Finance SPE to effect the repayment or other satisfaction of any Extended Debt
or (c) any XCC Exchange Debt, all of which Capital Markets Debt (i) matures no
earlier than, and has no mandatory amortization (other than mandatory repayment
on terms no more onerous for Xerox than set forth herein upon the occurrence of
an event that would constitute an Asset Transfer or Change of Control) before
October 31, 2005, and (ii) contains financial and negative covenants and events
of
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default that, taken as a whole, are not materially more onerous for Xerox than
those set forth herein.
"Permitted Refinancing Preferred Stock" means any Preferred Stock issued by
Xerox or a Finance SPE that is not Disqualified Capital Stock and that contains
financial and negative covenants that, taken as a whole, are not materially more
onerous for Xerox than those set forth herein, the proceeds of which a Financial
Officer certifies are intended to be, and actually are, applied within 180 days
of the date such Preferred Stock is issued to make, or that is used to effect
the repayment or other satisfaction of, scheduled repayments (including at
maturity), together with accrued interest, fees, premiums and other amounts
outstanding in respect thereof, of Capital Markets Debt of any Xerox Company
outstanding on the date hereof, which scheduled repayment is due prior to
October 31, 2005.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (except a Multiemployer
Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Xerox or
any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section
4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) a "contributing sponsor" as defined in Section
4001(a)(13) of ERISA.
"Planned Qualified Receivables Transactions" means (a) Qualified
Receivables Transactions (other than Qualified Receivables Transactions
described in clause (b) of this definition) that, when consummated, result in
Xerox, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary, having received aggregate
Net Proceeds from all Qualified Receivables Transactions occurring after January
1, 2002 of $2,214,000,000, it being understood that Net Proceeds of such
Qualified Receivables Transactions in excess of such amount are to be taken into
account for purposes of determining mandatory prepayments (and Revolving
Commitment reductions) pursuant to Section 2.10, and (b) any Qualified
Receivables Transaction that is consummated as part of the Third Party Vendor
Financing Program or, if the effectiveness of the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program in any jurisdiction is delayed beyond the projected date used in
preparation of the Business Plan or is determined to be impracticable to
accomplish, any Qualified Receivables Transaction that is consummated in lieu of
or in anticipation of the Third Party Vendor Financing Program in such
jurisdiction. Whether a Qualified Receivables Transaction is part of, or in lieu
of or in anticipation of, the Third Party Vendor Financing Program shall be as
determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, having reference to the
Business
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Plan and the categories and estimated percentages of receivables that were
projected to be Transferred pursuant to the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program.
"Pledged Securities" has the meaning specified in the Domestic Security
Agreement.
"Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" means the requirement
that:
(a) Xerox and each other relevant Domestic Subsidiary shall (i)
deliver, with respect to each of the Mortgaged Properties other than the
Tulsa, Oklahoma Mortgaged Property, (A) a Mortgage, duly executed and
delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (B) a policy or
policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title
insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first
Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens
except Permitted Liens, Liens permitted by Section and other liens and
matters otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Agents, in amounts set forth
on Schedule 5.13 or as determined by appraisal pursuant to Section 5.13 (as
applicable), together with such endorsements as are specified on Schedule
5.13 and such coinsurance as is reasonably requested by the Agents, (C) a
survey (which may be an existing survey) in a form reasonably acceptable to
the Agents and (D) a favorable written opinion of local counsel for the
Credit Parties in each jurisdiction where a Mortgaged Property is located,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents; and (ii) make
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agents for the payment of
mortgage recording and other similar taxes and charges and title insurance
premiums in respect of the policies of title insurance described above and,
if Xerox has not consummated a Sale and Leaseback on the Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mortgaged Property by the date which is 270 days after the Effective Date,
Xerox shall satisfy the foregoing requirements with respect to such
property within 30 days of such date (unless a Sale and Leaseback is
consummated prior to such date); provided that the Agents may agree in
their discretion, with respect to any asset constituting Collateral pledged
pursuant to any Mortgage, that compliance with any or all of the
requirements set forth in this clause (a) with respect thereto is
impossible, impractical or unreasonably burdensome or expensive (or has
been substantially, but not fully, completed) and the Agents may, in their
respective good faith discretion, consent to a waiver of any or all of such
conditions with respect to such asset. In acting pursuant to this clause
(a), each Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 8 of this
Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Lenders hereby authorize the Agents, in
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their sole discretion and from time to time, to grant such waivers and
hereby confirm and agree, without limiting the generality of Article 8 of
this Agreement, that in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, no Agent shall be liable to any Lender on account of granting
any such waiver and any consequences thereof;
(b) Xerox shall cause (i) XCD and each Canadian Subsidiary identified
on Schedule 3.12 as an initial Canadian Guarantor to deliver duly executed
counterparts of the Canadian Security Agreement, and, if applicable, the
Hypothec, (ii) each UK Guarantor to deliver duly executed copies of the UK
Guarantee Agreement, (iii) XCE to deliver duly executed copies of the UK
Security Agreement, (iv) the delivery of favorable written opinions of (A)
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Canadian counsel for the Credit Parties, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, (B) Lovells,
United Kingdom counsel for the Credit Parties, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, (C) the General Counsel of XCI, XCL
and XCFI, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, (D)
the General Counsel of Xerox UK Holdings Limited, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, (E) the Counsel of XCD, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents and (F) local counsel in
each province and territory of Canada reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent with respect to the Canadian security interests
required to be effective at such date pursuant to the Canadian Security
Documents stating that (w) the Canadian Security Agreement or Hypothec, as
the case may be, creates a valid security interest or hypothec,
respectively, (x) all filings and registrations required to perfect the
security interests or hypothecs, as applicable, in such province or
territory are complete, (y) the choice of law provision in the Canadian
Security Agreement or Hypothec, as the case may be, is valid and
enforceable according to its terms and (z) a court in such province or
territory will enforce a foreign judgment in connection with a breach or
default under the Canadian Security Agreement or Hypothec, as the case may
be, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
and (v) the delivery of each other document or instrument reasonably
required by the Administrative Agent in order for such Canadian or UK
Credit Party to fulfill the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement; provided that the Agents may agree in their discretion, with
respect to any asset constituting Collateral pledged pursuant to any
Canadian Security Document or UK Security Document, that compliance with
any or all of the requirements set forth in this clause (b) with respect
thereto is impossible, impractical or unreasonably burdensome or expensive
(or has been substantially, but not fully, completed) and the Agents may,
in their respective good faith discretion, consent to a waiver of any or
all of such
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conditions with respect to such asset. In acting pursuant to this clause
(b), each Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 8 of this
Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Lenders hereby authorize the Agents, in their sole discretion and from time
to time, to grant such waivers and hereby confirm and agree, without
limiting the generality of Article of this Agreement, that in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct, no Agent shall be liable to any
Lender on account of granting any such waiver and any consequences thereof;
(c) (i) all outstanding Equity Interests directly owned by or on
behalf of any Domestic Credit Party (other than XCC), Canadian Credit Party
or XCE in each Foreign Subsidiary on Schedule 3.12 and (ii) all other
Pledged Securities on Schedule 1 of the Domestic Security Agreement, in
each case identified as required to be pledged as part of the Post-Closing
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, shall have been pledged pursuant to
the relevant Security Document (except that (i) no more than 65% of the
outstanding voting Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary that is a
corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes shall be pledged
to secure the obligations of Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary (either
directly or through any entity that is a disregarded entity for such
purposes), (ii) no Canadian Credit Party shall be required to pledge Equity
Interests in any Person other than Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by
it and organized under the laws of Canada (or any province or other
political subdivision thereof) and (iii) XCE shall not be required to
pledge Equity Interests in any Person other than Foreign Subsidiaries
directly owned by it and organized under the laws of the United Kingdom (or
any political subdivision thereof)), and the Administrative Agent shall
have received all certificates or other instruments representing such
Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of
transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(d) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a completed
Perfection Certificate delivered from each of XCI (on behalf of all
Canadian Guarantors) and XCD and signed by an appropriate officer of XCI or
XCD, as the case may be, together with all attachments contemplated
thereby, including the results of a search of the personal property
security registries in the applicable provinces and territories of Canada
(except, with respect to the province of Quebec, a search of the register
of movable and personal real rights in the province of Quebec) made with
respect to each Canadian Credit Party in the jurisdictions contemplated by
such Perfection Certificate and (ii) the results of a search of the
register of charges kept by the registrar of companies pursuant to the
Companies Act of 1985 in the United Kingdom made with respect to XCE, and
in each case, copies of the financing statements (or similar
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documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing
statements (or similar documents) that are effective to perfect a Lien are
permitted by Section or have been released or the obligations secured
thereby have been satisfied;
(e) each Credit Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals
required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery
of all Security Documents described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this
definition to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations
thereunder and the granting of the Liens granted by it thereunder; and
(f) each Credit Party shall have taken all other action required under
this Agreement or under the Security Documents to be undertaken to perfect,
register and/or record the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security
Documents described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition.
"Preferred Stock" of any Person shall mean capital stock or other ownership
interests of or in such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that
ranks prior, as to the payment of dividends and/or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of such Person, to shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of or in
any other class of such person, provided that the XCI Class B Shares shall not
constitute Preferred Stock.
"Prime Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the publicly announced prime
rate announced from time to time by Bank One, NA or its parent (which is not
necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer) changing when and as said
prime rate changes.
"Proposed Transfer" has the meaning specified in Section 5.12(b).
"Purchase Money Debt" means Debt incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital
Lease Obligations and any Debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of any
such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets before the acquisition
thereof, and extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of any such
Debt, in whole or in part, that do not increase the outstanding principal amount
thereof (other than to finance accrued interest, fees and other amounts
outstanding in respect thereof and fees and expenses incurred in connection with
such extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement) or result in an earlier
maturity date or decreased weighted average life thereof, provided that (a) such
Debt (other than any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement thereof) is
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incurred before or within 120 days after such acquisition or the completion of
such construction or improvement and (b) the Debt secured thereby does not
exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or
capital assets.
"Qualification Requirements" means (a) Xerox has delivered a notice to the
Administrative Agent (a copy of which the Administrative Agent shall promptly
deliver to each Lender) proposing a transaction that would result in (i) the
acquisition or creation of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than a Third Party
Vendor Financing Subsidiary) in connection with the Turnaround Program, (ii)
both (A) any Person other than a Xerox Company acquiring Equity Interests in any
Subsidiary (other than a Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary) and (B) such
Subsidiary failing to qualify as an Automatic Turnaround Program Subsidiary
immediately after giving effect thereto, (iii) any Equity Interests of a
Subsidiary being prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral Agent as part
of the Collateral by any agreement entered into in connection with the
Turnaround Program with or for the benefit of any other Person owning or
acquiring Equity Interests in such a Subsidiary or (iv) any Intellectual
Property interest retained by a Credit Party as set forth in clause (e)(iv) of
the definition of "Turnaround Program" being prohibited from being pledged to
the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral by any agreement entered into in
connection with the Turnaround Program and (b) the Super-Majority Lenders have
not notified the Administrative Agent within 45 days of Xerox's delivery of such
notice to the Administrative Agent that they disapprove of such transaction (the
Administrative Agent agreeing to promptly notify Xerox if it has received such
notice of disapproval from the Super-Majority Lenders); any notice delivered by
Xerox pursuant to clause (a) shall set forth in reasonable detail a description
of such transaction and Xerox agrees to provide such additional information
concerning such transaction as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent,
shall reasonably request, it being understood that failure to comply with such
requirements in any instance shall not affect satisfaction of the Qualification
Requirements in such instance if the Super-Majority Lenders do not disapprove
pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.
"Qualified Capital Markets Lien" means any Lien on (a) deposit or other
accounts (and the cash or cash equivalents or investments from time to time
credited thereto) created in connection with a Capital Markets Event or Equity
Issuance of Preferred Stock for the direct or indirect benefit of the holders of
the related securities, or (b) any assets of, or Equity Interests in, each and
any Finance SPE used to facilitate such transaction, provided that (a) such Lien
does not result in secured indebtedness that would be required to be taken into
account in determining the Basket Lien Available Amount and (b) the amount of
cash and cash equivalents or other investments subject to such Lien or held in a
deposit or other account subject to such Lien pursuant to clause (a) may not
exceed an
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amount equal to the cash proceeds received by the Xerox Companies from such
Capital Markets Event or Equity Issuance.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Equity Interest that is not
Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Qualified Foreign Subsidiary" means XCI or any of its subsidiaries or any
other Subsidiary of Xerox, each of which satisfies the following criteria: (a)
the principal place of business and jurisdiction of organization or
incorporation of such Subsidiary is located outside the United States, (b) all
or, in the case of XCI or any of its subsidiaries, at least 97%, of the shares
of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiary (except
directors' qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
Xerox and (c) except in the case of XCI or any of its subsidiaries, such
Subsidiary is not a "Specified Subsidiary" under the Reference Indenture (or if
the High Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference Indenture, a corresponding
category under a new Reference Indenture) or a "Restricted Subsidiary" under the
ESOP Guarantee Agreements.
"Qualified Receivables Transaction" means any transaction or arrangement or
series of transactions or arrangements entered into by Xerox or any of its
Subsidiaries in order to monetize or otherwise finance, or as a result of which
it may receive earlier than otherwise due amounts that will become receivable or
be earned in the future in respect of, a discrete pool (which may be fixed or
revolving) of Receivables, leases or other financial assets (including, without
limitation, financing contracts), including, without limitation, any transaction
or arrangement that is not a sale or transfer but pursuant to and by virtue of
which a Person succeeds to, and becomes entitled to, the rights under or in
respect of such Receivables, leases or other financial assets (in each case
whether now existing or arising in the future) and which may include Qualified
Receivables Transaction Liens, provided that such transaction or arrangement
does not constitute or create indebtedness that would be required to be taken
into account in determining the Basket Lien Available Amount.
"Qualified Receivables Transaction Lien" means any Lien in connection with
a Qualified Receivables Transaction on (a) Receivables, (b) deposit or other
accounts (and the funds or investments from time to time credited thereto)
established in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction to secure
obligations of any Xerox Company arising in connection with or otherwise related
to such transaction, provided that the amount of cash and cash equivalents or
other investments subject to such Lien do not exceed an amount equal to the cash
proceeds received by the Xerox Companies from such Qualified Receivables
Transaction, (c) any promissory note issued by any Xerox Company evidencing the
repayment of amounts directly or indirectly distributed to such Xerox
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Company from any such accounts and (d) any assets of or Equity Interests in each
and any Receivables SPE used to facilitate such transaction.
"Qualified Turnaround Program Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (other than
a Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary) (a) that is acquired or created, or
ceases to be directly or indirectly wholly-owned by Xerox, after the date hereof
in connection with the Turnaround Program and that does not qualify as an
Automatic Turnaround Program Subsidiary but (b) with respect to which Xerox has
satisfied the Qualification Requirements.
"Receivables" means Accounts (as such term is defined in the UCC (or the
Personal Property Security Act in effect in each of the provinces or territories
in Canada (other than Quebec), to the extent applicable thereto), including the
proceeds of inventory to the extent it also constitutes an Account), "claims" as
such term is defined in the Civil Code of Quebec, Book Debts (as defined in the
UK Security Agreement) and any other accounts receivable, lease receivables,
finance receivables, service receivables and supply receivables and any property
or assets (including, without limitation, equipment, inventory, software and
servicing contracts) related thereto.
"Receivables SPE" means a Subsidiary that is a special purpose entity that
(a) borrows against Receivables or purchases, leases or otherwise acquires
Receivables or Transfers Receivables to one or more third party purchasers or
another Receivables SPE as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (b)
engages in other activities that are necessary or desirable to effectuate the
activities described in the definitions of Qualified Receivables Transaction or
the Third Party Vendor Financing Program, or (c) is established solely for the
purpose of, and has no business other than, owning a Receivables SPE, servicing
Receivables owned by a Receivables SPE, owning or holding title to the property
or assets giving rise to such Receivables or any activities incidental thereto
(including those described in the definitions of Qualified Receivables
Transaction or the Third Party Vendor Financing Program).
"Reference Basket Lien Provision" means the first proviso (not in a
parenthetical) to Section 1012(a) of the Reference Indenture described in clause
(a) of the definition of "Reference Indenture" or, if the Reference Indenture in
effect is an indenture described in clause (b) of the definition of "Reference
Indenture", the comparable provision of such indenture.
"Reference Indenture" means (a) initially, the High Yield Indenture and (b)
if all of the Debt issued under the High Yield Indenture has been repaid in
full, from time to time thereafter such other Indenture governing outstanding
Debt of Xerox (which must have a provision governing the creation of liens
securing Debt of Xerox and its Subsidiaries that, to the reasonable satisfaction
of
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the Administrative Agent, is substantially identical to the comparable provision
in the High Yield Indenture) as shall have been designated by Xerox in a notice
to the Administrative Agent (with a copy of such indenture attached thereto), it
being understood that even if all of the Debt issued under the Indenture
described in clause (a) has been repaid in full, such Indenture shall remain as
the Reference Indenture until Xerox has so designated another indenture pursuant
to this clause (b).
"Reference Indenture Consolidated Net Worth" of any Person means its
"Consolidated Net Worth" as defined in the Reference Indenture.
"Refunded Debt" means any Capital Markets Debt of any Xerox Company
outstanding on the date hereof, but only to the extent that any scheduled
payment of the principal thereof (including at maturity) is made by direct
application of the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Debt or Permitted
Refinancing Preferred Stock, provided that any Capital Markets Debt of XCC that
is repaid or purchased using the proceeds of XCC Exchange Debt or which is
otherwise paid or satisfied by issuance of XCC Exchange Debt to the holders
thereof shall constitute Refunded Debt.
"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 9.05(c).
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and its Affiliates.
"Release Conditions" means (a) with respect to any Domestic Credit Party,
the "Release Conditions" as defined in the Domestic Security Agreement, (b) with
respect to each Canadian Credit Party, the "Release Conditions" as defined in
the Canadian Security Agreement, and the conditions specified in the Hypothec
for the release of all of the hypothec in such Canadian Credit Party's assets,
if any, in the province of Quebec in Canada, (c) with respect to each UK Credit
Party, the "Release Conditions" as defined in the relevant UK Security Document
and (d) with respect to any other Credit Party, the corresponding obligations
specified in the relevant Security Document.
"Required A Lenders" means, at any time, Tranche A Lenders having
outstanding Tranche A Loans representing at least a majority of the sum of all
outstanding Tranche A Loans.
"Required A/B Lenders"means, at any time, Lenders holding at least a
majority of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Tranche A Loans and the
Tranche B Loans.
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"Required B Lenders" means, at any time, Tranche B Lenders having
outstanding Tranche B Loans representing at least a majority of the sum of all
outstanding Tranche B Loans.
"Required C Lenders" means, at any time, Tranche C Lenders having
outstanding Tranche C Loans representing at least a majority of the sum of all
outstanding Tranche C Loans.
"Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures,
outstanding Term Loans and unused Revolving Commitments representing at least a
majority of the sum of all Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and
unused Revolving Commitments at such time.
"Required Revolving Lenders" means, at any time, Revolving Lenders holding
at least a majority of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments or, if
the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Exposures.
"Required Revolving/B Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders holding at least
a majority of the aggregate outstanding amount of the (a) Revolving Commitments
or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Exposure
and (b) Tranche B Loans.
"Responsible Officers" means the chief executive officer, any Financial
Officer and the general counsel of Xerox, and solely for the purpose of Section
3.11, shall also include each individual considered an "officer" of Xerox for
purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Restatement" means the restatement of any Xerox Company's financial
statements for any or all of Fiscal Years 1997 through 2000 (or any Fiscal
Quarter of any such Fiscal Year), as well as any adjustment of previously
announced results for Fiscal Year 2001, but only if made (a) to reflect
adjustments in the timing and allocation of lease revenue recognition,
adjustments due to the establishment and release of certain reserves prior to
2001 and other miscellaneous items, all as described in Xerox's Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on April 12, 2002, or (b) to reflect other adjustments or other new
methods of accounting required by the independent public accountants reporting
on the financial statements for such periods in connection with their audit
thereof.
"Restatement Date" means the date that Xerox delivers its audited financial
statements for Fiscal Year 2001 to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
1.04(a).
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"Restatement Event" means (a) the Restatement, (b) any lawsuit or other
action previously or hereafter brought against any Xerox Company, any of their
Affiliates or any present or former officer or director of a Xerox Company or
any of their Affiliates involving or arising out of the Restatement, and any
settlement thereof or other development with respect thereto, (c) the failure to
timely satisfy any requirement for the delivery of financial statements of any
Xerox Company for Fiscal Year 2001 or the first or second Fiscal Quarter of
Fiscal Year 2002 or to timely file Xerox's or XCC's Form 10-K for Fiscal Year
2001 or Form 10-Q for the first or second Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2002 or
(d) the occurrence of any default or event of default under any indenture,
instrument or other agreement or contract, or the exercise of any remedy in
respect thereof, that arises directly or indirectly as a result of any of the
matters described in any of the foregoing clauses (a) - (c) or this clause (d).
"Restricted Debt" means Debt of Xerox or any Subsidiary, the payment,
prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance of which is restricted under
Section 6.08.
"Restricted Domestic Subsidiary" means a Domestic Subsidiary that (a) as of
the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year for which audited financial
statements of Xerox and its Subsidiaries have been delivered pursuant to Section
3.04(a), 1.04(a) or 5.01(a) had Reference Indenture Consolidated Net Worth of
$100,000,000 or more and (b) is not a Subsidiary of the type described in the
proviso of the definition of "Specified Subsidiary" in the High Yield Indenture;
provided that XCC and Xerox Financial Services, Inc. shall each be Restricted
Domestic Subsidiaries.
"Restricted Foreign Subsidiary" means a Foreign Subsidiary that (a) as of
the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year for which audited financial
statements of Xerox and its Subsidiaries have been delivered pursuant to Section
3.04(a), 1.04(a) or 5.01(a) had Reference Indenture Consolidated Net Worth of
$100,000,000 or more and (b) is not a Subsidiary of the type described in the
proviso of the definition of "Specified Subsidiary" in the High Yield Indenture;
provided that Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox XF Holdings (Ireland) Limited and
Xerox Finance Limited shall each be Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries.
"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in any
Xerox Company, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity
Interest in any Xerox Company (including, for this purpose, any payment in
respect of any Equity Interest in any Xerox Company under a Synthetic Purchase
Agreement).
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"Revised Business Plan" has the meaning specified in Section
"Revolving Availability Period" means the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Maturity Date (or, if earlier, the
date on which all outstanding Revolving Commitments terminate).
"Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment,
if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in
Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
aggregate amount of such Lender's potential Revolving Exposure hereunder, as
such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.05. The initial amount of each Lender's
Revolving Commitment is set forth on Appendix I or in the Assignment pursuant to
which such Lender shall have assumed its initial Revolving Commitment, as
applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments is
$1,500,000,000.
"Revolving Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans
and its LC Exposure at such time.
"Revolving Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the
Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with a Revolving
Exposure.
"Revolving Loan" means a Loan arising pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv) or
made pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
"Revolving Maturity Date" means April 30, 2005 or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
"Revolving Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the
percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender's
Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired,
the Revolving Percentages will be determined based on Revolving Exposures.
"Ridge Re" means Ridge Reinsurance Limited, a Bermuda corporation, and a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Xerox Financial Services, Inc., itself a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Xerox.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's.
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"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by Xerox or any of its Subsidiaries of any property
that has been or is to be sold or transferred by Xerox or such Subsidiary to
such Person, other than (a) leases between Xerox and a Subsidiary or between
Subsidiaries of Xerox and (b) leases of property executed by the time of, or
within 270 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of
construction or improvement of such property, or the commencement of commercial
operation, of such property.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SEC Filings" means public filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on Form S-4, Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, and any filed
amendments to any of the foregoing.
"Secured Obligations" means the Domestic Secured Obligations, the Canadian
Secured Obligations and the UK Secured Obligations.
"Secured Parties" means (a) with respect to the Domestic Security
Documents, the "Secured Parties" defined in the Domestic Security Agreement, (b)
with respect to the Canadian Security Documents, the "Secured Parties" defined
in the Canadian Security Agreement, (c) with respect to the UK Security
Documents, the Revolving Lenders and (d) with respect to any other Security
Document, any Person or Persons holding secured obligations thereunder.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Documents" means the Domestic Security Documents, the Foreign
Security Documents and each other security agreement, guarantee agreement,
instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.13
to secure or guarantee any of the Secured Obligations.
"Statutory Reserve Adjustment" means a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the
number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Federal Reserve Board to which the Administrative Agent (or,
if the Administrative Agent is not a "member bank" of the Federal Reserve
System, Bank One, NA) is subject with respect to (a) for purposes of determining
the Base CD Rate, new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars of over
$100,000 with maturities approximately equal to three months and (b) for
purposes of determining the Adjusted LIBO Rate, eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve
Board). Such
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reserve percentages will include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans will be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve
Adjustment will be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any applicable reserve percentage.
"subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any date,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held by
the parent and/or one or more of its subsidiaries.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of Xerox.
"Super-Majority Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and unused Revolving Commitments representing
at least 66 2/3% of the sum of all Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans
and unused Revolving Commitments at such time.
"Support Agreement" means the Support Agreement dated as of November 1,
1980, between Xerox and XCC, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
prior to the date hereof.
"Synthetic Purchase Agreement" means any swap, derivative or combination of
similar agreements pursuant to which Xerox or a Subsidiary is or may become
obligated to make (a) any payment in connection with the purchase by any third
party, from a Person other than Xerox or a Subsidiary, of any Equity Interest or
Restricted Debt or (b) any payment (other than on account of a permitted
purchase by it of any Equity Interest or Restricted Debt) the amount of which is
determined by reference to the price or value at any time of any Equity Interest
or Restricted Debt; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only to current or former directors, officers or employees of Xerox or
its Subsidiaries (or their heirs or estates) will be deemed to be a Synthetic
Purchase Agreement.
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions or similar charges (whether imposed directly or through withholdings)
imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any interest, penalties and
additions to tax.
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"Term Loans" means Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans and Tranche C
Term Loans.
"Termination Date" means April 30, 2005 or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day.
"Third Party Vendor Financing Program" means the arrangement by Xerox or
any Subsidiary of third party vendor financing for customers of the Xerox
Companies, including (a) the sale of a financing business or a Qualified
Receivables Transaction as contemplated by the Business Plan and (b) Transfers
of all or any portion of the business of, and assets relating to the business
of, providing billing, collection and other services in respect of finance,
lease and other Receivables.
"Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiaries" means any Subsidiary acquired
or created in connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing Program.
"Three-Month Secondary CD Rate" means, for any day, the secondary market
rate for three-month certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such
day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by
the Federal Reserve Board through the public information telephone line of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices
of the Federal Reserve Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15(519) during the week following such day) or, if such rate is not so
reported for such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the
secondary market quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major
money center banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three negotiable
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Threshold Amount" means, (a) in the case of any Proposed Transfer of
Excess Foreign Cash, 5% of such Excess Foreign Cash, and (b) in the case of any
Proposed Transfer of Foreign Net Cash Proceeds in respect of an Included Asset
Transfer, 10% of such Foreign Net Cash Proceeds.
"Total Debt" means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of debt of Xerox and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date, in the
amount that would be reflected as debt on a balance sheet prepared as of such
date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (b) (without
duplication) the aggregate LC Exposure, adjusted in accordance with the second
paragraph of the definition of "Debt", provided that notwithstanding the
treatment thereof under GAAP, Total Debt shall always exclude (without
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duplication) any amount shown on such balance sheet in respect of any Trust
Preferred Securities or other Preferred Stock outstanding on the date hereof.
"Tranche A Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche A Term Loan.
"Tranche A Maturity Date" means April 30, 2005 or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
"Tranche A Term Loan" means a Loan arising pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(ii).
"Tranche B Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche B Term Loan.
"Tranche B Maturity Date" means April 30, 2005 or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
"Tranche B Term Loan" means a Loan arising pursuant to Section
2.01(a)(iii).
"Tranche C Lender" means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche C Term Loan.
"Tranche C Maturity Date" means September 15, 2002 or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
"Tranche C Paydown" means the mandatory repayment of the Tranche C Term
Loans on or prior to September 15, 2002.
"Tranche C Term Loan" means a Loan arising pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i).
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit
Party of the Loan Documents to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of
Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
"Transaction Liens" means the Liens on Collateral granted by the Credit
Parties under the Security Documents.
"Transfer" means any sale, disposition, assignment, lease, license,
conveyance or other transfer of any property.
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"Trust Preferred Securities" means the $650.0 million aggregate liquidation
amount of 8% Trust Preferred Securities of Xerox Capital Trust I, the $1,035.0
million aggregate liquidation amount of 7 1/2% Convertible Trust Preferred
Securities of Xerox Capital Trust II and the Deferred Preferred Shares, Series
A, of Xerox Capital LLC, and any other similar preferred securities issued by
any Xerox Company after the date hereof.
"Turnaround Program" means (a) the Third Party Vendor Financing Program,
including the creation and maintenance of joint ventures in furtherance thereof,
(b) the outsourcing of manufacturing activities, including Transfers and
closings of any related manufacturing sites, offices or other real property or
assets and the creation and maintenance of joint ventures in furtherance
thereof, (c) Transfers of assets related to the SOHO business, (d) deployment
of, and transition to, a "distributor" model in the "Developing Markets
Operations" or other markets outside North America pursuant to which a Xerox
Company's products or services, or any receivables relating to any thereof,
would be sold or disposed of to third-party vendors or any other Person,
including Transfers of offices, equipment and real estate relating to such
markets and the creation and maintenance of joint ventures in furtherance
thereof and (e) the following types of transactions in respect of research and
development and Intellectual Property of the Xerox Companies: (i) the creation
of IP Companies, whether alone or with third-parties; (ii) the Transfer of
assets of, or Equity Interests in, any IP Company, (iii) the Transfer to any IP
Company of any offices, real property, equipment or other tangible assets
relating to the business of the applicable IP Company and (iv) the Transfer to
any IP Company of Intellectual Property, provided that the terms of any such
Transfer pursuant to this clause (e)(iv) do not restrict in any material manner
the ability of the Xerox Companies to utilize any such Intellectual Property
that is material to the production or office businesses of the Xerox Companies
in such business and, where ownership of such Intellectual Property is
Transferred to an IP Company by any Xerox Company, all rights (if any) of the
Xerox Companies to so use such Intellectual Property are evidenced by a license
or other agreement that, in the case of any such right of a Credit Party, may be
included in the Collateral subject to the Security Documents (unless the
Qualification Requirements have been satisfied with respect thereto), provided
that in no event shall the foregoing include any Transfer of ownership of the
"Xerox" name.
"Turnaround Program Subsidiaries" means each Automatic Turnaround Program
Subsidiary and each Qualified Turnaround Program Subsidiary.
"UCC" has the meaning specified in the Domestic Security Agreement.
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"UK Credit Parties" means XCE, the UK Guarantors and any Foreign Subsidiary
that is organized under the laws of the United Kingdom that becomes an Overseas
Borrower or Foreign Guarantor after the Effective Date.
"UK Guarantor" means Xerox UK Holdings Limited and XOH and each other
Foreign Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United Kingdom that
is designated as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.11(b) or 5.13(a).
"UK Guarantee" means the guarantee obligations of the UK Guarantors created
pursuant to the UK Guarantee Agreement.
"UK Guarantee Agreement" means the Deed of Guarantee and Indemnity among
the UK Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C-4.
"UK Secured Obligations" means XCE's obligations to pay the "Secured Sums"
as defined in the UK Security Agreement.
"UK Security Agreement" means the Debenture among XCE and the Collateral
Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-3.
"UK Security Documents" means the UK Security Agreement, the UK Guarantee
Agreement and each other Security Document executed and delivered by a UK Credit
Party pursuant to this Agreement.
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Wholly-Owned" when used in reference to any Subsidiary (including a
Domestic Subsidiary, Foreign Subsidiary, Material Subsidiary, Material Domestic
Subsidiary or a Material Foreign Subsidiary) means a Subsidiary more than 80%
(or, in the case of PARC, 90%) of the voting Equity Interests of which are
owned, directly or indirectly, by Xerox.
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result
of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms
are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
"XCC" means Xerox Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"XCC Exchange Debt" means any Capital Markets Debt issued by Xerox, (a) the
proceeds of which a Financial Officer certifies are intended to be, and actually
are, transferred to XCC within 30 days of the date such Capital Markets Debt is
issued and applied by XCC within 5 Business Days of receipt to the repayment or
purchase of Capital Markets Debt of XCC outstanding on the
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date hereof or (b) which is issued to holders of Capital Markets Debt of XCC
outstanding on the date hereof in payment or other satisfaction thereof (in
either case without regard to the scheduled repayment date of such Capital
Markets Debt of XCC).
"XCD" means Xerox Canada Capital Ltd., a Canadian corporation.
"XCE" means Xerox Capital (Europe) plc, a company incorporated in England
and Wales.
"XCFI Debentures" means (a) the 10.70% Sinking Fund Debentures due 2006
issued pursuant to that certain Trust Indenture dated as of December 15, 1986,
as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth Supplemental Trust
Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada Inc., Xerox Canada
Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee and (b) the 12.15% Sinking
Fund Debentures due 2007 issued pursuant to that certain Trust Indenture dated
as of October 27, 1987, as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth
Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada
Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee.
"XCFI Indentures" has the meaning specified in the Domestic Security
Agreement.
"XCI" means Xerox Canada Inc., a company organized under the laws of the
Province of Ontario, Canada.
"XCI Class B Shares" means the Non-Voting Class B Exchangeable Shares of
XCI.
"XCL" means Xerox Canada Ltd., a Canadian corporation.
"Xerox Austria" means Xerox (Austria) Holdings GmbH, a company organized
under the laws of Austria.
"Xerox Companies" means Xerox and the Subsidiaries.
"Xerox Group Companies" means each Xerox Company except (a) any Subsidiary
existing on the date hereof that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (b) any
Turnaround Program Subsidiary or (c) any Subsidiary that (i) is not a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (ii) is formed or acquired pursuant to Section
6.04(a)(xvi).
"XFI" means Xerox Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"XOH" means Xerox Overseas Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in
England and Wales.
Section 1.01. Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if Xerox notifies the Administrative Agent that Xerox requests an
amendment of any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies Xerox that the Required Lenders request an
amendment of any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be applied on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until
such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith.
Section 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving
Loan") or by Interest Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Loan") or by Class and Interest
Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified
and referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Borrowing") or by Interest Type
(e.g., a "Eurodollar Borrowing") or by Class and Interest Type (e.g., a
"Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing").
Section 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein (including
those incorporated by reference to another document) apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun includes the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall". Unless the context
requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and
assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to
any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the word
"property" shall be construed to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Whenever in this Agreement an amount
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or other circumstance is to be as determined in the good faith judgment of any
Xerox Company (including as determined by a Financial Officer), or any
comparable criterion, such reference shall be construed to require that (a) such
determination be reasonable in fact or based on reasonable assumptions under the
circumstances and (b) the Xerox Company in question shall be required to provide
such internally generated information, including reasonably detailed financial
data and calculations, as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent to demonstrate that there is a reasonable basis for such determination. In
addition, whenever any provision of this Agreement requires a certificate of a
Financial Officer or any other Person, such provision shall be deemed to be
satisfied by the delivery of a certificate of Xerox executed, on behalf of
Xerox, by a Financial Officer or such other Person.
Section 1.04. Restatement; Covenant Re-set. (a) As promptly as possible and
in any event no later than December 31, 2002, Xerox will deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender its audited consolidated balance sheet as
of the end of Fiscal Year 2001 and the related statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, accompanied by an
unqualified report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (or other independent public
accountants of recognized national standing) as to such financial statements
presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of Xerox and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, it being understood that such
financial statements will reflect the Restatement. The provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 5.01 shall be available for delivery of such financial
statements to the Lenders, but Xerox shall furnish a hard copy of such
statements to the Administrative Agent as soon as available (with as many
additional copies as the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested).
(b) Promptly and in any event no later than 60 days after the Restatement
Date, Xerox will deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a revised version of
the Business Plan, prepared as described in Section 1.04(b)(ii)(A) below (the
"Revised Business Plan"), and (ii) the certificate described in Section
1.04(b)(ii)(B) below (the "Adjustment Certificate"), in accordance with the
following:
(A) The Revised Business Plan shall be prepared by Xerox in good
faith and shall restate the projected financial data set forth in the
initial Business Plan solely to give effect to the Restatement, the
effect of the Restatement (and any new method of accounting of the
character described in clause (b) of the definition of "Restatement")
on Fiscal Year 2001 and future periods and the effect of Xerox's
change as of January 2002 to the new method of lease revenue
recognition adopted in connection with the
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Restatement (and any new method of accounting of the character
described in clause (b) of the definition of "Restatement"). Except
for the Restatement and as otherwise provided in this Section
1.04(b)(ii)(A), no other restatement or other adjustment of any such
financial data shall be made for this purpose on account of any other
new or additional information that has become known or available to
Xerox since the preparation of the initial Business Plan that is or
might otherwise be a basis for adjusting any projection or other
statement in the initial Business Plan, or any assumption upon which
it was based, notwithstanding that the Revised Business Plan otherwise
may, as of its date, contain material misstatements or omit to state
material facts, it being understood and agreed that the application of
Section 3.11 and Section 7.01(c) to the Revised Business Plan is
qualified to this extent. The Revised Business Plan shall be
accompanied by a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or
Treasurer of Xerox stating that it has been prepared in accordance
with the foregoing requirements. The Revised Business Plan will also
be accompanied by a supplement to the initial Business Plan (which,
upon delivery, will be considered part of the initial Business Plan),
prepared by Xerox in good faith and signed by the Chief Financial
Officer or Treasurer of Xerox, in which the projected Consolidated Net
Income for Fiscal Years 2003, 2004 and 2005 (which is set forth in the
initial Business Plan on only an annual basis) will be broken down on
a quarterly basis (but only through the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal
Year 2005).
(B) The Adjustment Certificate shall be prepared by Xerox in
good faith and signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of
Xerox, and shall have attached thereto a Schedule (the "Covenant
Re-set Schedule") setting forth the content of Sections 6.13 - 6.15
but with the amounts and ratios included therein in accordance with
the following:
(1) Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. The minimum Consolidated
EBITDA required by Section 6.13 for each period of four
consecutive Fiscal Quarters specified therein shall be adjusted
to equal the total of (A) the amount set forth opposite the last
day of such period in Section 6.13 (before giving effect to the
last sentence thereof), plus (or minus) (B) the increase
(decrease) of (1) the Consolidated EBITDA for such period
contemplated by the Revised Business Plan compared to (2) the
Consolidated EBITDA for such period contemplated by the initial
Business Plan.
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(2) Leverage Ratio. The maximum Leverage Ratio permitted by
Section 6.14 as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter specified
therein shall be adjusted to equal the ratio, rounded upwards to
the nearest 1/10th, of:
(a) the excess of (x) the amount of "Covenant Total
Debt" set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter in Schedule
1.04 over (y) the sum of (i) 85% of the amount of net
finance receivables as of such day contemplated by the
Revised Business Plan and (ii) the excess, if any, of the
amount of consolidated cash and cash equivalents of Xerox as
of such day contemplated by the Revised Business Plan (other
than those subject to Liens) over $1.3 billion, to
(b) the sum of (x) the minimum Consolidated EBITDA
covenant level determined pursuant to Section
1.04(b)(ii)(B)(1) for the period of four consecutive Fiscal
Quarters ending on such day and (y) the amount of
"Capitalized Software" set forth opposite the last Fiscal
Quarter of such period in Schedule 1.04.
(3) Consolidated Net Worth. The minimum Consolidated Net
Worth required by Section 6.15 as of the last day of each Fiscal
Quarter shall be adjusted to equal:
(a) in the case of the Fiscal Quarter ending September
30, 2002, (x) the excess of (i) Consolidated Net Worth as of
December 31, 2001 determined by reference to the audited
Fiscal Year financial statements delivered pursuant to this
Section 1.04(a) over (ii) $1.3 billion, plus (or minus) (y)
the increase (decrease) of (i) Consolidated Net Income
contemplated by the Revised Business Plan for the first
three Fiscal Quarters of Fiscal Year 2002 compared to (ii)
Consolidated Net Income contemplated by the initial Business
Plan for such three Fiscal Quarters, and
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(b) in the case of each subsequent Fiscal Quarter
through and including the first Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal
Year 2005, the sum of the amount determined under Section
1.04(b)(ii)(B)(3) for the immediately preceding Fiscal
Quarter plus the increase (or minus the decrease, as the
case may be) of (x) Consolidated Net Income contemplated by
the Revised Business Plan for such subsequent Fiscal Quarter
compared to (y) Consolidated Net Income contemplated by the
initial Business Plan for such subsequent Fiscal Quarter.
The Adjustment Certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for,
and the computations of, all of the adjustments set forth therein.
(c) During the 30-day period following delivery of the Revised Business
Plan and the Adjustment Certificate, as and when reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, Xerox will make available one or more Financial Officers,
its independent public accountants (with a Financial Officer present) and its
financial adviser to review with the Administrative Agent (and any advisers
identified by it) the adjustments from the initial Business Plan reflected in
the Revised Business Plan (it being understood that (x) the Revised Business
Plan shall not be subject to approval of any Agent or any Lender, (y) any such
review of the Revised Business Plan by the Administrative Agent (and any
advisers) shall be solely for informational purposes and determining Xerox's
compliance with Section 1.04(b) and (z) the Revised Business Plan and the
outcome of such review thereof by the Administrative Agent (and any advisers)
shall only constitute grounds for the delivery of an Objection Notice with
respect to any failure by Xerox to comply with Section 1.04(b)) and the basis
for, and the computations of, the adjustments set forth in the Adjustment
Certificate, and to provide such additional information and responses to other
questions as the Administrative Agent (or such advisers) may reasonably request
with respect to the Restatement and the application of Section 1.04(b). On or
before the last day of such 30-day period, the Administrative Agent may deliver
a notice (the "Objection Notice") to Xerox stating that it disagrees with one or
more of the adjustments set forth in the Adjustment Certificate, which notice
shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such disagreement. In the
event the Administrative Agent delivers an Objection Notice in accordance with
this Section 1.04(c), Xerox and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good
faith to resolve promptly the matters described in the Objection Notice, and any
references herein to the Adjustment Certificate, including the Covenant Re-set
Schedule, shall mean the Adjustment Certificate and Covenant Re-set Schedule if
and as modified by the agreement of Xerox and the Administrative Agent as a
result of such negotiations. The Covenant Re-set Date shall be (i) the last day
of such 30-
60
day period (or such earlier date as the Administrative Agent notifies Xerox that
it does not have any disagreements with the adjustments set forth in the
Adjustment Certificate), unless the Administrative Agent delivers an Objection
Notice on or prior thereto, or (ii) if the Administrative Agent delivers an
Objection Notice, the date an Adjustment Certificate (including a Covenant
Re-set Schedule) is agreed to by the Administrative Agent and Xerox following
their negotiations (it being understood that such negotiations may result in no
actual changes to the previously delivered Adjustment Certificate).
(d) Effective automatically on the Covenant Re-set Date, without the
requirement of any notice to or action by the Lenders, the covenants in Sections
6.13 - 6.15 shall be replaced in their entirety by the Covenant Re-set Schedule,
a copy of which shall be distributed to each Lender by the Administrative Agent
promptly after the Covenant Re-set Date and which shall be deemed to be
incorporated into this Agreement as if attached hereto. At all times prior to
the Covenant Re-set Date, compliance with Sections 6.13 - 6.15 shall be
determined without giving effect to the Restatement, the effect of the
Restatement (and any new method of accounting of the character described in
clause (b) of the definition of "Restatement") on Fiscal Year 2001 and future
periods and the effect of Xerox's change as of January 2002 to the new method of
lease revenue recognition adopted in connection with the Restatement (and any
new method of accounting of the character described in clause (b) of the
definition of "Restatement").
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the occurrence
or existence of any Restatement Event shall not constitute or cause a Default
hereunder or prevent any Borrower from requesting and receiving any Loan, and
the provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed modified
to the extent necessary to avoid the foregoing, provided that (A) the foregoing
provisions shall not permit any Xerox Company to take or fail to take any action
explicitly required not to be taken or to be taken by Sections 5.01 or 5.02 or
Article 6 other than as set forth therein with reference to Restatement Events,
nor shall the foregoing excuse any Event of Default under Section 7.01(k) on
account of any judgment arising out of a Restatement Event or, except as
specifically provided therein, any Event of Default under Section
7.01(f)-7.01(j) arising out of or directly or indirectly caused by a Restatement
Event and (B) the foregoing shall have no effect on the calculation of
Consolidated Net Worth. Furthermore, to the extent that the delivery by any
Xerox Company of any financial report or certificate required to be delivered by
it hereunder or in any other Loan Document, or the maintenance by any Xerox
Company of its books and records, reflects the Restatement, the effect of the
Restatement (and any new method of accounting of the character described in
clause (b) of the definition of "Restatement") on Fiscal Year 2001 and future
periods and the effect of Xerox's
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change as of January 2002 to the new method of lease revenue recognition adopted
in connection with the Restatement (and any new method of accounting of the
character described in clause (b) of the definition of "Restatement"), any
requirement herein or in any other Loan Document that any such report,
certificate or books and records be delivered, prepared or maintained in
accordance with past practice or in a consistent manner shall, on and after the
Restatement Date, be modified to allow such matters to be reflected.
ARTICLE 2
The Credits
Section 2.01. Revolving Commitments; Conversion to Term Loans. (a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on the Effective Date:
(i) $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the loans outstanding
under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be converted to Tranche C Term
Loans;
(ii) $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the loans
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be converted to
Tranche A Term Loans;
(iii) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the loans outstanding
under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be converted to Tranche B Term
Loans; and
(iv) $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the loans
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain outstanding as
Revolving Loans, and the Revolving Commitments shall be ratably reduced to
an aggregate amount of $1,500,000,000.
Each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement shall convert into Tranche C
Term Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans and Revolving Loans a
portion of its loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement that bears
the same proportion to the total amount of its loans outstanding under the
Existing Agreement as the initial aggregate principal amount of such Tranche or
of the Revolving Loans set forth above bears to $7,000,000,000. Each Lender's
Revolving Commitment on and after the Effective Date will be an amount that
bears the same proportion to the total amount of its loans outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement as $1,500,000,000 bears to $7,000,000,000. The Tranche
C Term Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, Revolving Loans and
Revolving Commitments of each Lender that will be outstanding and exist on the
Effective Date are set forth in Appendix I.
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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, on and after the
Effective Date each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the
Borrowers from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not, after giving effect to any
simultaneous repayment of the Revolving Loans (or reimbursement of any LC
Disbursement or cancellation of any Letter of Credit) and the provisions of
Section 2.05(b), at any time result in such Lender's Revolving Exposure
exceeding its Revolving Commitment. Within such limits and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow
Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of any Term Loans may not be
reborrowed.
(c) The Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders are several, i.e.,
the failure of any Revolving Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be
made by it shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligations
hereunder, and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to
make Loans as and when required hereunder.
Section 2.02. Revolving and Term Loans. (a) The Loans comprising each
Existing Borrowing shall be Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche
C Term Loans or Revolving Loans, all as set forth in Appendix II. Each Revolving
Loan made after the Effective Date shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Loans of the same Interest Type made by the Revolving Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments as the
relevant Borrower may request (subject to Section 2.13) in accordance herewith.
Subject to Section 2.18, each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan
by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make
such Loan. Any exercise of such option shall not affect the relevant Borrower's
obligation to repay such Loan as provided herein.
(b) At the beginning of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing,
the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall be an integral multiple of
$5,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000. When each Base Rate Borrowing is made,
the aggregate amount of such Borrowing shall be an integral multiple of
$5,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000; provided that a Base Rate Revolving
Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused
balance of the Revolving Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Class and
Interest Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not
at any time be more than a total of 20 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Borrower will be
entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Eurodollar
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after
the Revolving Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date, Tranche B Maturity Date or
Tranche C Maturity Date, as applicable.
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Section 2.03. Requests to Borrow Revolving Loans. To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the relevant Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
Noon, New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed
Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30
a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that
any such notice of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement
of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.04(e) may be given not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each
such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by
Xerox and the relevant Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing
Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
the definition of "Interest Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds
(if any) are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.05.
If no election as to the Interest Type of a Borrowing is specified, the
requested Borrowing will be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period with
respect to a requested Eurodollar Borrowing is specified, the relevant Borrower
will be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
Promptly after it receives a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section
2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender as to the
details of such Borrowing Request and the amount of such Lender's Loan to be
made pursuant thereto.
Section 2.04. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, any Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of
Credit for its own benefit or the benefit of any Xerox Company, in a form
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reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the relevant LC Issuing
Bank, from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period. If the terms
and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement
submitted by a Borrower to, or entered into by a Borrower with, any LC Issuing
Bank relating to any Letter of Credit are not consistent with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the relevant Borrower
shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the relevant LC Issuing Bank) to
the relevant LC Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance
of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice
requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of
Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the requested date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the
date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with
Section 2.04(c)), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of
the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to
prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the
relevant LC Issuing Bank, the relevant Borrower also shall submit a letter of
credit application on such LC Issuing Bank's standard form in connection with
any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended,
renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
of each Letter of Credit the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to represent and
warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension, (i) the LC Exposure will not exceed $200,000,000 and (ii) the total
Revolving Exposures will not exceed the total Revolving Commitments.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or before the
close of business on the earlier of (i) the date that is one year after such
Letter of Credit is issued (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five
Business Days before the Revolving Maturity Date.
(d) Participations. Effective upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without
any further action on the part of any LC Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders,
the LC Issuing Banks grant to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender
acquires from the relevant LC Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of
Credit equal to such Lender's Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount
available to be drawn thereunder. Pursuant to such participations, each
Revolving
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Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the
relevant LC Issuing Bank, such Lender's Revolving Percentage of (i) each LC
Disbursement made by such LC Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the relevant
Borrower on the date due as provided in Section 2.04(e) and (ii) any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the relevant Borrower for any
reason. Each Lender's obligation to acquire participations and make payments
pursuant to this subsection is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and each such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If any LC Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement under a
Letter of Credit, the relevant Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by
paying an amount equal to such LC Disbursement to the Administrative Agent not
later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day after Xerox receives notice
of such LC Disbursement; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is at least
$5,000,000 or the entire unused balance of the Revolving Commitments, the
relevant Borrower may, without regard to the conditions to borrowing set forth
herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be made with
the proceeds of a Base Rate Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to
the extent so requested, the relevant Borrower's obligation to make such payment
shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Base Rate Revolving Borrowing.
If the relevant Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative
Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the
payment then due from such Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender's
Revolving Percentage thereof. Promptly after it receives such notice, each
Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Percentage
of the payment then due from the relevant Borrower, in the same manner as is
provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section
2.05(c) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such payment obligations of the
Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
relevant LC Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving
Lenders. If a Revolving Lender makes a payment pursuant to this subsection to
reimburse an LC Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than by funding Base
Rate Revolving Loans as contemplated above), (i) such payment will not
constitute a Loan and will not relieve the relevant Borrower of its obligation
to reimburse such LC Disbursement and (ii) such Revolving Lender will be
subrogated to its pro rata share of such LC Issuing Bank's claim against such
Borrower for such reimbursement. Promptly after the Administrative Agent
receives any payment from a Borrower pursuant to this subsection, the
Administrative Agent will distribute such payment to the relevant LC Issuing
Bank or, if Revolving Lenders
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have made payments pursuant to this subsection to reimburse an LC Issuing Bank,
then to such Lenders and such LC Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.
(f) Obligations Absolute. Each Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in Section 2.04(e) shall be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document
presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect, (iii) payment by any LC Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of
such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, such Borrower's obligations hereunder. None
of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the LC Issuing Banks and their
respective Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason
of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any
payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
relevant LC Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not excuse the LC
Issuing Banks from liability to the relevant Borrower to the extent of any
direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which
are waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) suffered
by the Borrowers that are caused by such LC Issuing Bank's failure to exercise
care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. In the absence of gross
negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of an LC Issuing Bank (as finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such LC Issuing Bank shall be
deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
terms of a Letter of Credit, the relevant LC Issuing Bank may, in its sole
discretion, either (A) accept and make payment upon such documents without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or (B) refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit.
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(g) Disbursement Procedures. The relevant LC Issuing Bank shall,
promptly after its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to
represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The relevant LC Issuing
Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and Xerox by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such LC Issuing
Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement pursuant thereto; provided that
any failure to give or delay in giving such notice will not relieve the relevant
Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the relevant LC Issuing Bank and the
Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. Unless the relevant Borrower reimburses an LC
Disbursement in full on the day it is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear
interest, for each day from and including the day on which such LC Disbursement
is made to but excluding the day on which such Borrower reimburses such LC
Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Revolving
Loans; provided that, if such Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement
when due pursuant to Section 2.04(e), then Sections 2.12(c) and 2.12(d) shall
apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this subsection shall be for the account of
the LC Issuing Banks, except that a pro rata share of interest accrued on and
after the day that any Revolving Lender reimburses an LC Issuing Bank for a
portion of such LC Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.04(e) shall be for the
account of such Lender.
(i) Replacement of LC Issuing Banks. Any LC Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among Xerox, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced LC Issuing Bank and the successor LC Issuing Bank. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement. At the time any such
replacement becomes effective, Xerox shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the
account of the replaced LC Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.11(c). On and
after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor LC Issuing
Bank will have all the rights and obligations of an LC Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii)
references herein to the term "LC Issuing Bank" will be deemed to refer to such
successor or to any previous LC Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all
previous LC Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After an LC Issuing
Bank is replaced, it will remain a party hereto and will continue to have all
the rights and obligations of an LC Issuing Bank under this Agreement with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by it before such replacement, but will not
be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If an Event of Default has occurred and the
Loans then outstanding have been or are concurrently being declared to be due
and payable pursuant to Section 7.01, then on the Business Day that Xerox
receives notice from the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or the
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Required Revolving Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to
this subsection, the relevant Borrower shall deposit in its Cash Collateral
Account an amount in cash equal to 105% of the LC Exposure attributable to such
Borrower as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided
that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral will become effective
immediately, and such deposit will become immediately due and payable, without
demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article 7. Any
amount so deposited (including any earnings thereon) will be applied to pay the
Secured Obligations as provided in the relevant Security Document.
Section 2.05. Funding of Revolving and Term Loans. (a) Each Lender making a
Revolving Loan hereunder shall (subject to Section 2.05(b)) wire the principal
amount thereof in immediately available funds, by 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the proposed date of such Loan, to the account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent shall make such funds available to the relevant
Borrower by promptly transferring the amounts so received, in like funds, to an
account of such Borrower maintained in the United States and designated in the
applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Revolving Loans made to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(e)
will be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant LC Issuing Bank.
(b) If any Lender makes a new Loan to any Borrower on a day on which
another Borrower (the "repaying Borrower") is to repay all or any part of an
outstanding Loan from such Lender, such Lender shall apply the proceeds of its
new Loan to make such repayment and only an amount equal to the difference (if
any) between the amount being borrowed and the amount being repaid shall be made
available by such Lender to the Administrative Agent as provided in Section
2.05(a), or remitted by the repaying Borrower to the Administrative Agent as
provided in Section 2.17, as the case may be.
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent receives notice from a Lender before
the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make its share of
such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in
accordance with Section 2.05(a) and may, in reliance on such assumption, make a
corresponding amount available to a Borrower. In such event, if a Lender has not
in fact made its share of such Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent,
such Lender and the relevant Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the day such amount is made available
to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment
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to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of
the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or
(ii) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.
If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, such amount shall
constitute such Lender's Loan included in such Borrowing.
Section 2.06. Interest Elections. (a) Each Existing Borrowing initially
shall be a Eurodollar Borrowing with an initial Interest Period as set forth in
Appendix II. Each Revolving Borrowing made after the Effective Date initially
shall be of the Interest Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and,
in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter (including in the case of any
Existing Borrowing), a Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a
different Interest Type or, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, to continue
such Borrowing for one or more additional Interest Periods, all as provided in
this Section 2.06. A Borrower may elect different options with respect to
different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion
shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a
separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.06, the relevant
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof by telephone by the time
that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower
were requesting that a Borrowing of the Interest Type resulting from such
election be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic
Interest Election shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by Xerox and the
relevant Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02 and Section 2.06(e):
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
(in which case the information to be specified pursuant to Section
2.06(c)(iii) and 2.06(c)(iv) below shall be specified for each resulting
Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election, which shall be a Business Day;
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(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing
or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
"Interest Period".
If an Interest Election requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an
Interest Period, the relevant Borrower will be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly after it receives an Interest Election, the Administrative
Agent shall advise each Lender of the relevant Class as to the details thereof
and such Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election
with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing before the end of an Interest Period
applicable thereto, such Borrowing (unless repaid) will be converted to a Base
Rate Borrowing at the end of such Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies Xerox,
then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing
may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) each
Eurodollar Borrowing (unless repaid) will be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing
at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto on the date of such notice.
Section 2.07. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) The Revolving
Commitments shall be reduced from time to time or terminated in accordance with
the terms of Section 2.10(b), and, unless previously terminated, the Revolving
Commitments will terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.
(b) Xerox may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the
Revolving Commitments; provided that (A) the amount of each reduction of the
Revolving Commitments shall be the amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
thereof and (B) Xerox shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments
if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayment of Revolving
Loans pursuant to Section 2.10, the total Revolving Exposures would exceed the
total Revolving Commitments.
(c) Xerox shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to
terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under Section 2.07(b), or any
required reduction of the Revolving Commitments under Section 2.10(b), at least
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two Business Days before the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly after it
receives any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of
the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by Xerox pursuant to this Section
will be irrevocable; provided that any such notice terminating the Revolving
Commitments may state that it is conditioned on the effectiveness of other
credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by Xerox (by notice
to the Administrative Agent on or before the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving
Commitments will be permanent and will be made ratably among the Revolving
Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments.
Section 2.08. Payment at Maturity; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent on the Revolving
Maturity Date, for the account of each Revolving Lender, the then unpaid
principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans attributable to such Borrower.
(b) Xerox unconditionally promises to pay the Administrative Agent (i) on
the Tranche A Maturity Date, for the account of each Tranche A Lender, the then
unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Tranche A Term Loans, (ii) on the
Tranche B Maturity Date, for the account of each Tranche B Lender, the then
unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Tranche B Term Loans and (iii) on the
Tranche C Maturity Date, for the account of each Tranche C Lender, the then
unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Tranche C Term Loans.
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder (including the Existing
Borrowings), the Class and Interest Type thereof and each Interest Period (if
any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof.
(e) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.08(c)
and 2.08(d) shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that any failure by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not
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affect the Borrowers' obligation to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
(f) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced
by a promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare,
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of
such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1, G-2, G-3 or G-4 hereto,
as appropriate (each such promissory note is a "Note"). Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.05) be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).
Section 2.09. Scheduled Amortization of Term Loans. (a) Subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.09(c), Xerox shall repay Tranche A Term Loans
on each date set forth below in the aggregate principal amount set forth
opposite such date:
Date Amount
---- ------
March 31, 2003 $200,000,000
September 30, 2003 $200,000,000
March 31, 2004 $300,000,000
September 30, 2004 $300,000,000
(b) Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.09(c), Xerox shall repay
Tranche B Term Loans on each date set forth below in the aggregate principal
amount set forth opposite such date:
Date Amount
---- ------
March 31, 2003 $2,500,000
September 30, 2003 $2,500,000
March 31, 2004 $2,500,000
September 30, 2004 $2,500,000
(c) Except as provided in Sections 2.10(a)(iv) and 2.10(b)(v), any
prepayment of Term Loans of any Class will be applied first to reduce the
scheduled repayments of the Term Loans of such Class to be made pursuant to this
Section in direct order of maturity and second to the amount to be paid at final
maturity. Each repayment pursuant to this Section 2.09 shall be made
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together with accrued interest on the amount repaid and any amounts owing under
Section 2.15 in respect of such repayment.
Section 2.10. Optional and Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Optional
Prepayments. (i) Each Borrower will have the right at any time and from time to
time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the provisions of
this Section.
(ii) No Borrower will be permitted to prepay any Revolving
Loans until such time as the Tranche C Loans are paid in full, unless,
after giving effect to any new Borrowing of Revolving Loans being made
by another Borrower on the same day or the following Business Day, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans will be
unchanged.
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 2.10(a)(iv), any optional
prepayment of Term Loans shall be applied as follows: first, to the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans until the
Tranche C Term Loans are paid in full, second, to the outstanding
principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans until the Tranche A Term
Loans are paid in full (which payment shall be applied in direct order
of maturity as set forth in Section 2.09(c)) and third, to the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans (which payment
shall be applied in direct order of maturity as set forth in Section
2.09(c)). Any such prepayment shall be made together with any premium
payable pursuant to Section 2.10(c), accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment and all amounts then owing under Section 2.15 in
respect of such prepayment.
(iv) If the Basket Lien Available Amount has become fixed as
contemplated by clause (A) of the definition of "Basket Lien Available
Amount" and Xerox at any time thereafter determines in good faith that
the Basket Lien Available Amount is an amount that requires it to
equally and ratably secure the Debt outstanding under the Reference
Indenture (or any other indenture with a provision substantially
identical to the Reference Basket Lien Provision), or determines in
good faith that it is significantly likely that within 90 days it would
be required to do so, then upon five Business Days' notice to the
Administrative Agent (which notice shall be accompanied by a
certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth in reasonable detail
the computations underlying such determination (and any projections
underlying any such significant likelihood)), Xerox may prepay an
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans equal to the
amount (rounded upwards to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000) by which
the Basket Lien Available Amount must be reduced
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so that Xerox is not required to equally and ratably secure any such
other Debt. Such prepayment shall be made together with any premium
payable pursuant to Section 2.10(c), accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment and all amounts then owing under Section 2.15 in
respect of such prepayment, and such prepayment shall be applied,
first, to reduce the principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans
payable at maturity and, second, to reduce all then remaining unpaid
installments of principal of the Tranche B Term Loans payable pursuant
to Section 2.09 in inverse order of maturity.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. (i) Asset Transfers. Within three Business
Days after Xerox or any Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary receives any Net
Proceeds of any Included Asset Transfer, Xerox shall prepay an aggregate amount
equal to the Applicable Percentage of such Net Proceeds as follows: first, an
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans until the Tranche C
Term Loans have been paid in full, second, an outstanding principal amount of
the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans, allocated ratably based
on outstanding principal amount, until such Loans have been paid in full (which
payment shall be applied in direct order of maturity as set forth in Section
2.09(c)) and third, an outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans (and
in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this clause third the Revolving
Commitments shall be permanently reduced (but not to an amount less than
$1,000,000,000) by an amount equal to the amount of such prepayment plus, if the
amount of Net Proceeds available after application pursuant to clauses first and
second exceeds the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, the
amount of such excess). Such prepayment shall be made together with accrued
interest thereon to the date of prepayment and all amounts then owing under
Section 2.15 in respect of such prepayment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Net Proceeds of any Included Asset Transfer are less than $75,000,000, Xerox
shall not be required to make any prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.10(b)(i)
until the aggregate Net Proceeds of Included Asset Transfers not so applied
equal or exceed $75,000,000.
(ii) Debt and Equity Issuances. Within (A) three Business Days
after Xerox or any Finance SPE that is a Domestic Subsidiary receives
any Net Proceeds of any Covered Capital Markets Debt or Equity Issuance
and (B) five Business Days after XCE or any Finance SPE that is a
Foreign Subsidiary receives any Net Proceeds of any Covered Capital
Markets Debt or Equity Issuance, Xerox shall prepay an aggregate amount
equal to the Applicable Percentage of such Net Proceeds as follows:
first, an outstanding principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans
until the Tranche C Term Loans have been paid in full, second, an
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans until the
Tranche A Term Loans have been paid in full (which payment shall be
applied in direct
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order of maturity as set forth in Section 2.09(c)) and third, an
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans and the
Revolving Loans, allocated ratably based on outstanding principal
amount (which payment of Tranche B Term Loans shall be applied in
direct order of maturity as set forth in Section 2.09(c)), and in
connection with any prepayment pursuant to this clause third the
Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced (but not to an
amount less than $1,000,000,000) by an amount equal to the amount of
such prepayment of the Revolving Loans plus, if the amount of Net
Proceeds available after application pursuant to clauses first and
second exceeds the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Term
Loans and the Revolving Loans, the amount of such excess). Such
prepayment shall be made together with accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment and all amounts then owing under Section 2.15 in
respect of such prepayment.
(iii) Casualty Events. Within thirty Business Days after any
Credit Party receives any Net Proceeds of any Casualty Event, Xerox
shall prepay an aggregate amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of
such Net Proceeds as follows: first, an outstanding principal amount of
the Tranche C Term Loans until the Tranche C Term Loans are paid in
full, second, an outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term
Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans, allocated ratably based on
outstanding principal amount, until such Loans have been paid in full
(which payment shall be applied in direct order of maturity as set
forth in Section 2.09(c)) and third, an outstanding principal amount of
the Revolving Loans (and in connection with any prepayment pursuant to
this clause third the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently
reduced (but not to an amount less than $1,000,000,000) by an amount
equal to the amount of such prepayment plus, if the amount of Net
Proceeds available after application pursuant to clauses first and
second exceeds the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans,
the amount of such excess); provided that, if Xerox shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the
effect that (A) such Credit Party intends to apply the Net Proceeds
from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate),
within 360 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to repair, restore
or replace the property with respect to which such Net Proceeds were
received, (B) if such property is to be replaced, the property acquired
to replace it will be included in the Collateral at least to the extent
that the property to be replaced was included therein and (C) no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment will be
required pursuant to this subsection in respect of such Net Proceeds
(or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if
applicable) except that, if any such Net Proceeds have not been so
applied by the end of such 360-day period, a prepayment will be
required at that time in an amount
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equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied
(unless a binding commitment with a third party to repair or replace
the applicable asset is in effect). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Net Proceeds of any Casualty Event are less than $75,000,000, Xerox
shall not be required to make any prepayment pursuant to this Section
2.10(b)(iii) until the aggregate Net Proceeds of Casualty Events not so
applied equal or exceed $75,000,000. Such prepayment shall be made
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and
all amounts then owing under Section 2.15 in respect of such
prepayment.
(iv) Change in Control. Within 15 days after any Change in
Control, Xerox shall prepay all outstanding Term Loans and Revolving
Loans in full and deposit in the Cash Collateral Account an amount in
cash equal to 105% of the LC Exposure as of such date. Upon the
occurrence of any Change in Control, the Revolving Commitments shall
automatically terminate. Such prepayment shall be made together with
accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and all amounts then
owing under Section 2.15 in respect of such prepayment.
(v) If as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter the Basket
Lien Available Amount has become fixed as contemplated by clause (A)(2)
of the definition of "Basket Lien Available Amount", and as of the last
day of the immediately succeeding Fiscal Quarter, the Basket Lien
Principal Amount determined as of such date (notwithstanding the fact
that the Basket Lien Available Amount has previously become fixed) is
less than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B
Term Loans (such difference is the "shortfall"), Xerox shall prepay,
within three Business Days after the delivery of the compliance
certificate required pursuant to Section 5.01(c) with respect to such
succeeding Fiscal Quarter, or, if such Fiscal Quarter is the fourth
Quarter of a Fiscal Year, such Fiscal Year, an aggregate amount of
Tranche B Term Loans equal to the shortfall. Such prepayment shall be
made together with any premium payable pursuant to Section 2.10(c),
accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment and all amounts then
owing under Section 2.15 in respect of such prepayment, and such
prepayment shall be applied, first, to reduce the principal amount of
the Tranche B Term Loans payable at maturity and, second, to reduce all
then remaining unpaid installments of principal of the Tranche B Term
Loans payable pursuant to Section 2.09 in inverse order of maturity.
(c) Prepayment Premium. In the case of the prepayment of any Tranche B
Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(a) or 2.10(b)(v) prior to the second
anniversary of the Effective Date, Xerox shall also pay a premium for the
account of each Tranche B Lender in an amount equal to the Applicable Premium
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Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans being
prepaid.
(d) Partial Prepayments. Each partial prepayment of a Borrowing shall
be in an amount that would be permitted under Section 2.02(b) for a Borrowing of
the same Interest Type, except as needed to apply fully the required amount of a
mandatory prepayment. Each partial prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied
ratably to the Loans included in such Borrowing.
(e) Notice of Prepayments. Xerox shall notify the Administrative Agent
by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment of any Borrowing
hereunder (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, two Business Days before the date of prepayment and (ii) in
the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion
thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably
detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that, if a
notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice
of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07(c),
then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.07(c). Promptly after it receives any such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof.
Section 2.11. Fees. (a) Xerox shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the
Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment
of such Lender during the Revolving Availability Period. Accrued commitment fees
will be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year and the day when the Revolving Commitments terminate,
commencing on the first such day to occur after the date hereof. All commitment
fees will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and will be payable for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Lender's Revolving
Commitment will be deemed to be used to the extent of its outstanding Revolving
Loans.
(b) On the Effective Date, Xerox shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a restructuring fee in an amount equal to 1.25%
of the amount of such Lender's Loans outstanding after giving effect to the
Initial Paydown (determined on a pro forma basis assuming that the Tranche C
Paydown was made on the Effective Date).
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(c) Xerox shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in
Letters of Credit, which shall accrue for each day, at the Applicable Rate that
applies to Eurodollar Revolving Loans, on the amount of such Lender's LC
Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC
Disbursements) on such day, during the period from the Effective Date to the
later of the date on which such Lender's Revolving Commitment terminates and the
date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each LC
Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which, subject to any different agreement as to the
basis of calculation between Xerox and such LC Issuing Bank, shall accrue at the
rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and such
LC Issuing Bank on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to
Letters of Credit issued by such LC Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from the
Effective Date to the later of the date on which the Revolving Commitments
terminate and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as
such LC Issuing Bank's standard fees with respect to issuing, amending, renewing
or extending any Letter of Credit or processing drawings thereunder.
Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through the last day of March,
June, September and December of each year will be payable on the third Business
Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after
the Effective Date; provided that all such fees accrued to the date on which the
Revolving Commitments terminate will be payable on such date, and any such fees
accruing after such date will be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to
the LC Issuing Banks pursuant to this subsection will be payable within 15 days
after demand. All such participation fees and fronting fees will be computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and will be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(d) Xerox shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account
(including in its capacity as Collateral Agent), fees payable in the amounts and
at the times separately agreed upon by Xerox and the Administrative Agent.
(e) Xerox shall pay to the Arrangers, for their own accounts, fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by Xerox and the
Arrangers.
(f) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant LC
Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case
of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees
paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
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Section 2.12. Interest. (a) The Base Rate Loans of each Class shall
bear interest for each day at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate
for such Class.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing of each Class shall
bear interest for each Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing at the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such
Class (it being understood that although the Existing Borrowings will, for their
initial Interest Periods, continue to have the same Adjusted LIBO Rates,
determined under the Existing Credit Agreement, as are applicable to currently
effective interest periods, all as specified on Appendix II, interest accrued
for such Interest Periods on and after the Effective Date will be calculated
using the Applicable Rate).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under Section
7.01(h), 7.01(i) or 7.01(j) has occurred and is continuing or if any other Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the
direction of the Required Lenders, has given notice to Xerox specifying the
application of this Section 2.12(c), then during the continuance of such Event
of Default, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and all fees and other
amounts payable by any Borrower hereunder shall bear interest, after as well as
before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of principal of
any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the
preceding subsections of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount,
2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Revolving Loans.
(d) Interest accrued on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon
termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (A) interest accrued
pursuant to Section 2.12(c) shall be payable on demand, (B) upon any repayment
of any Loan (except a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving Loan before the end of
the Revolving Availability Period), interest accrued on the principal amount
repaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment and (C) upon any
conversion of a Eurodollar Loan before the end of the current Interest Period
therefor, interest accrued on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date
of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder will be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate
at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate will be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in
each case will be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day). Each applicable Alternate Base Rate or
Adjusted LIBO
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Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and its determination
thereof will be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada),
the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees
provided in this Agreement and each Note (and stated herein or therein as
applicable to be computed on the basis of a 365 day year or any other period of
time less than a calendar year) are equivalent are the rates so determined
multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and
divided by 365 or such other period of time.
Section 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest. If before the beginning of
any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
will be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period; or
(ii) Lenders whose Loans to be included in such Borrowing
aggregate at least 51% thereof advise the Administrative Agent that the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such
Loans for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to Xerox and the Lenders
by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies Xerox and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election that
requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing
as, a Eurodollar Borrowing will be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request
requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing will be made as a Base Rate
Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect
only one Class of Borrowings, then the other Classes of Borrowings shall be
permitted to be Eurodollar Borrowings.
Section 2.14. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for
the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such
reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any LC
Issuing Bank; or
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(ii) impose on any Lender or any LC Issuing Bank or the London
interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or
Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost (other than
an increase in Taxes, which increase is dealt with exclusively in Section 2.16)
to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining
its obligation to make Eurodollar Loans) or to increase the cost to such Lender
or LC Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of
Credit or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender or LC
Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then Xerox
shall pay to such Lender or LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate it for such additional cost incurred or
reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or LC Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender's or LC Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital of
such Lender's or LC Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held
by, such Lender or the Letters of Credit issued by such LC Issuing Bank, to a
level below that which such Lender or LC Issuing Bank or such Lender's or LC
Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration such Lender's or LC Issuing Bank's policies and the
policies of such Lender's or LC Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time Xerox shall pay to such Lender or LC
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate it or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an LC Issuing Bank setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for, and the calculation of, the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate it or its holding company, as the case may be, as
specified in Section 2.14(a) or 2.14(b) shall be delivered to Xerox and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. Xerox shall pay such Lender or LC Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
15 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay by any Lender or LC Issuing Bank to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section 2.14 will not constitute a waiver of its
right to demand such compensation; provided that Xerox will not be required to
compensate a Lender or LC Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.14 for any
increased cost or reduction incurred more than 270 days before it notifies Xerox
of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased cost or reduction and of its
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intention to claim compensation therefor. However, if the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, then the 270-day period
referred to above will be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
(e) This Section 2.14 shall not apply to any Change in Law that imposes
or increases the amount of any Tax.
Section 2.15. Break Funding Payments. If (a) any principal of any
Eurodollar Loan is repaid on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default but excluding
any principal amount that is simultaneously reborrowed by another Borrower as
contemplated by Section 2.05(b)), (b) any Eurodollar Loan is converted on a day
other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) any
Borrower fails to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan or Term
Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless
of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(e) and is revoked in
accordance therewith), or (d) any Eurodollar Loan is assigned on a day other
than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a
request by any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then such Borrower shall
compensate each Lender for its loss, cost and expense attributable to such
event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost and expense to any
Lender shall be deemed to be equal to an amount determined by such Lender to be
the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the
principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO
Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date
of such event to the end of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in
the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that
would have begun on the date of such failure), over (ii) the amount of interest
that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate
which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the beginning of such period, for
dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the
eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for, and the calculation of, any amount or amounts that such
Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be delivered
to Xerox and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The relevant Borrower
shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15
days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.16. Taxes. (a) All payments by the Borrowers under the Loan
Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that, if any Borrower shall be
required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then
(A) the sum payable will be increased as necessary so that, after all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this
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Section) are made, each relevant Lender Party receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (B) such Borrower
shall make such deductions and (C) such Borrower shall pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable
Law.
(b) In addition, each Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the extent
required to be withheld or paid by such Borrower to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.
(c) Each Borrower shall indemnify each Lender Party, within 15
Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid or incurred by such Lender Party with
respect to any payment by or obligation of such Borrower under the Loan
Documents (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) and any expenses
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. Each Lender Party shall make a good faith effort to
verify that such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are correctly and legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. An officer's
certificate as to the amount of any such payment delivered to Xerox by a Lender
Party on its own behalf, or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of a Lender
Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Within 15 Business Days after any Borrower pays any Indemnified
Taxes, Other Taxes or any withholding tax that is an Excluded Tax to a
Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment. Each Borrower shall promptly furnish to each
Lender Party any other information, documents and receipts that the Lender Party
may from time to time reasonably request to establish to its satisfaction that
full and timely payment of all Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes has been made.
The applicable Borrower will be deemed to have satisfied the requirement of this
Section 2.16(d) if it has furnished such information, documents and/or receipts
to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Lender Party that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax imposed by Canada or the United Kingdom with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the relevant Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) within 15 Business Days following
receipt of the written notice referred to below, such properly completed and
executed documentation as is reasonably requested by such Borrower or the
Administrative Agent in order to permit such payments to be made with the
benefit of such
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exemption or reduction (and shall make application to the relevant Governmental
Authority for exemption or reduced rates if it is the party required by law to
do so), provided that such Lender Party has received written notice from such
Borrower or the Administrative Agent identifying the requirements for such
exemption or reduction, supplying all applicable documentation and specifying
the time period within which documentation is to be provided under this
paragraph 2.16(e) (or such application is to be made). Without limiting the
Lender Parties' obligations under the preceding sentence, each Lender Party
agrees that it will, without material cost or other material disadvantage (as
determined in such Lender Party's good faith judgment), cooperate with such
Borrower to minimize the applicable withholding tax burdens in Canada and the
United Kingdom. If any Lender Party becomes subject to any Tax because it fails
to comply with this subsection 2.16(e), each Borrower shall take such steps as
such Lender Party shall reasonably request to assist such Lender Party to
recover such Tax. The Administrative Agent agrees that it will provide
administrative and ministerial cooperation to each Borrower with respect to (i)
procedures for reducing or eliminating the withholding taxes imposed by Canada
or the United Kingdom on payments to the Lender Parties and (ii) the reporting,
withholding and remitting of Taxes to the appropriate Governmental Authority and
shall administer such reporting, withholding and remitting in a manner
consistent with its practice under the Existing Credit Agreement, provided that
such cooperation shall not impose upon the Administrative Agent greater burdens
than those that have arisen in the administration of the Existing Credit
Agreement unless such greater burdens are attributable to changes in Applicable
Law or procedures with respect to any such taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the Borrowers shall retain primary responsibility for ascertaining the
requirements of Applicable Law and providing to the Lender Parties the written
notice described in the first sentence of this paragraph, and (ii) no failure by
the Administrative Agent to meet any obligations under this paragraph shall
operate to excuse any Borrower from its obligations to the Lender Parties under
this Section 2.16.
(f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party receives a cash
refund of any Indemnified Tax or Other Tax deducted, withheld or paid by any
Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.16 from the Governmental Authority that
imposed such tax, which in the good faith judgement of the Administrative Agent
or such Lender Party is allocable to such deduction, withholding or payment and
is not (or is no longer) subject to return, reassessment or other repayment to
such Governmental Authority, the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party shall
promptly pay to such Borrower an amount equal to such cash refund, net of all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender Party in obtaining such cash refund.
(g) Each Foreign Lender shall provide Xerox (or its designated paying
agent) within the time periods required by Applicable Law with Internal Revenue
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Service form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, (or any successor form)
certifying to the effect that (i) such Foreign Lender is entitled to benefits
under an income tax treaty that exempts such Foreign Lender from United States
withholding tax or reduces the rate of such tax on payments of interest (or is
otherwise exempt) or (ii) such interest is effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If and to the extent that
such withholding tax is an Excluded Tax, Xerox will determine the amount of any
applicable United States withholding tax (or the exemption therefrom) on the
basis of such certification (or prior certification under the Existing Credit
Agreement), except to the extent that Xerox has actual knowledge of the
incorrectness of such certification and provides written notice thereof to the
relevant Foreign Lender at least 10 Business Days prior to the relevant Interest
Payment Date. The parties agree otherwise to cooperate with respect to United
States withholding tax matters in a manner consistent with the principles of
Section 2.16(e) above, mutatis mutandis.
Section 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs. (a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
under the Loan Documents (whether of principal, interest or fees, or
reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15
or 2.16 or otherwise) before the time expressly required under the relevant Loan
Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, before
2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available
funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amount received after such time on
any day may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have
been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating
interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at
its offices at 1 Bank One Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60670, except payments to be
made directly to an LC Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.04 shall be made directly
to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents
shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute any such payment received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly after receipt thereof. If any payment
under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the
date for payment will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, if
such payment accrues interest, interest thereon will be payable for the period
of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in
dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to
the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC
Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to
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such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then
due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans or any of its participations in LC Disbursements
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued
interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the
Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other
Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall
be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations
in LC Disbursements; provided that (A) if any such participations are purchased
and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent
of such recovery, without interest, and (B) the provisions of this Section
2.17(c) shall not apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in
accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any
of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or
participant, other than to any Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this Section 2.17(c) shall apply). Each of the
Borrowers consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively
do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of
set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
(d) Unless, before the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of one or more Lender Parties hereunder,
the Administrative Agent receives from Xerox notice that the relevant Borrower
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in
reliance on such assumption, distribute to each relevant Lender Party the amount
due to it. In such event, if the relevant Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, each Lender Party severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender Party with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the day such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the day it repays the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
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Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
(e) If any Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it
pursuant to Section 2.04(d), 2.04(e), 2.05(c), 2.17(d) or 9.04(c), the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.18. Lender's Obligation to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if any Borrower
is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the
future, (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense
and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The relevant
Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if any
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16,
or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then Xerox
may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.05), all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (A) Xerox shall have received the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is
being assigned, the LC Issuing Banks) in accordance with Section 9.05(b)(A) and
(B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the
outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements,
accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it
hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the relevant Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts). A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment if, prior
thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances
entitling Xerox to require such assignment cease to apply.
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Section 2.19. Designation of Overseas Borrower; Termination of
Designations. (a) Xerox may from time to time designate any Qualified Foreign
Subsidiary as an additional Overseas Borrower for purposes of this Agreement by
delivering to the Administrative Agent an Election to Participate duly executed
on behalf of such Subsidiary and Xerox in such number of copies as the
Administrative Agent may request. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Lenders of its receipt of any such Election to Participate.
(b) Xerox may at any time terminate the status of any Subsidiary as an
Overseas Borrower for purposes of this Agreement by delivering to the
Administrative Agent an Election to Terminate duly executed on behalf of such
Subsidiary and Xerox in such number of copies as the Administrative Agent may
request. The delivery of such an Election to Terminate shall not affect any
obligation of such Subsidiary theretofore incurred under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or any rights of the Lenders and the Agents against such
Subsidiary or against Xerox in its capacity as guarantor of the obligations of
such Subsidiary. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of
its receipt of any such Election to Terminate.
Section 2.20. Overseas Borrower Costs. (a) If the cost to any Lender of
making or maintaining any Loan to an Overseas Borrower is increased (or the
amount of any sum received or receivable by any Lender or its applicable lending
office is reduced) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, by reason
of the fact that such Overseas Borrower is incorporated in, or conducts business
in, a jurisdiction outside the United States, such Borrower shall indemnify such
Lender for such increased cost or reduction within 15 days after demand by such
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent). The foregoing indemnity shall
not apply to any Excluded Taxes or Taxes addressed in Section 2.16. A
certificate of such Lender claiming compensation under this Section 2.20 and
setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(b) Each Lender will promptly notify the relevant Overseas Borrower and
the Administrative Agent of any event or circumstance of which it has knowledge
that will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.20 and
will designate a different applicable lending office, if, in the judgment of
such Lender, such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of,
such compensation and will not be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
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ARTICLE 3
Representations and Warranties
Each Borrower represents and warrants (as to itself and, to the extent
required by the context, its Subsidiaries only) to the Lender Parties that:
Section 3.01. Organization; Powers. Each Credit Party is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry
on its business as now conducted and, except where failures to do so, in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every
jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be
entered into by each Credit Party are within its corporate (or equivalent)
powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or equivalent)
and, if required, stockholder (or equivalent) action. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes, and each other
Loan Document to which any Credit Party is to be a party, when executed and
delivered by such Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Borrower or other Credit Party, as the case may be, in each
case enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions
(a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) filings,
registrations and recordings necessary to perfect the Transaction Liens, (b)
will not violate any Applicable Law or the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of any Credit Party, (c) will not violate any order of
any Governmental Authority, except in any such case where such violation could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (d) will not
violate or result in a default under any indenture or other agreement governing
Debt or other material agreement or other instrument binding upon any Xerox
Company or any of its properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require
any Xerox Company to make any payment thereof (it being understood that any
decrease in the consolidated net worth of Xerox following any fixing of the
Basket Lien Available Amount could result in a default under various Debt
agreements), and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
on any property of any Xerox Company, other than the
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Transaction Liens (which include the equal and ratable Liens securing the ESOP
Notes and the XCFI Debentures).
Section 3.04. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. (a)
Xerox has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) its consolidated balance sheet
as of December 31, 2000 and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, reported on
by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) its consolidated balance
sheet as of September 30, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Quarter then ended
and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, all certified by a Financial
Officer, it being understood that such financial statements do not give effect
to the Restatement. Except for changes resulting from any Restatement Event,
such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Xerox and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates
and their results of operations and cash flows for such periods in accordance
with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes
in the case of the statements referred to in this Section 3.04(a)(ii).
(b) After giving effect to the Transactions, none of the Xerox
Companies has, as of the Effective Date, any material contingent liabilities,
unusual long-term commitments or unrealized losses which are required to be
disclosed pursuant to GAAP, except as disclosed in the financial statements
referred to above or the notes thereto or in the Business Plan, except for those
that may arise from any Restatement Event and except for the Disclosed Matters
and those contingent liabilities, unusual long-term commitments and unrealized
losses that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except for the Disclosed Matters and any Restatement Event, since
December 31, 2000, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Xerox Companies,
taken as a whole.
Section 3.05. Properties. (a) Except for the Disclosed Matters, each
Xerox Company has good title to, or valid license or leasehold interests in, all
real and personal property material to its business (including all its Mortgaged
Properties), except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02 and defects in title
that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters, each Xerox Company owns, or is
licensed to use, all Intellectual Property material to its business, and to the
knowledge of a Responsible Officer the use thereof by the Xerox Companies does
not infringe upon the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person, except
for
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any such failures of the foregoing to be true that, in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Other than the Initial Mortgaged Properties, neither Xerox nor any
Domestic Subsidiary owns as of the Effective Date any real property the fair
market value of which is, in the good faith judgment of Xerox, $25,000,000 or
more.
Section 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) Except for any
Restatement Event and the Disclosed Matters, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of any Borrower,
threatened against or affecting any Xerox Company (i) as to which there is a
reasonable possibility of adverse determinations that, in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that
involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except for other matters that,
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, no Xerox Company (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental
Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval
required under any Environmental Law, (ii) is subject to any Environmental
Liability, or (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any
Environmental Liability, and no Responsible Officer of a Xerox Company knows of
any basis for any Environmental Liability that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the
status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except for the
Disclosed Matters or as a result of any Restatement Event, each Xerox Company is
in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental
Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and
other instruments binding on it or its property, except where failures to do so,
in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status. No Xerox Company
is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under,
the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) a "holding company" or "subsidiary
company" of a holding company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
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Section 3.09. Taxes. Each Xerox Company has timely filed or caused to
be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and has
paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a)
any Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which Xerox or the relevant Xerox Company has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that failures to do so, in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
Section 3.10. ERISA and Pension Plans. (a) Except in respect of the
Disclosed Matters, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events for which liability
is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, (i) with respect to each Plan, the
present value of the accumulated benefit obligations thereunder did not, as of
the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed
the fair market value of the assets thereof by an amount that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) with respect to all
underfunded Plans in the aggregate, the present value of all the accumulated
benefit obligations thereunder did not, as of such date, exceed the fair market
value of all the assets thereof by an amount that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) the Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the
Income Tax Act (Canada) and all other Applicable Laws which require registration
and no event has occurred which is reasonably likely to cause the loss of such
registered status; (ii) all material obligations of each Credit Party (including
fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be
performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans and the funding
agreements therefor have been performed in a timely fashion; (iii) there have
been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Canadian
Pension Plans or the Canadian Benefit Plans; (iv) there are no outstanding
disputes concerning the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or the Canadian
Benefit Plans; and (v) each of the Canadian Pension Plans is fully funded on a
solvency basis (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent
with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities and
which are consistent with generally accepted actuarial principles).
Section 3.11. Disclosure. Each of the Borrowers has disclosed to the
Lenders, in the Disclosed Matters or otherwise in writing, all facts and other
circumstances specific to the Xerox Companies known, as of the Effective Date,
to any Responsible Officer, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as a
result
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of any Restatement Event, and except for the Disclosed Matters and as otherwise
disclosed to the Lenders in writing, neither the Business Plan nor any of the
other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished
by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other
information so furnished, when taken together as a whole and with the Disclosed
Matters) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect
in light of the circumstances in existence when made; provided that, with
respect to projected financial information, Xerox represents only that such
information was prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be
reasonable at the time (and, as of any time prior to the Restatement Date, in
the absence of any Restatement Event), it being recognized by the Lenders that
such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may
differ from the projected results (including as a result of any Restatement
Event) and that such differences may be material.
Section 3.12. Subsidiaries. Schedule 3.12 (a) sets forth the name and
jurisdiction of organization of each Xerox Company, (b) sets forth the ownership
interest of Xerox and any other Subsidiary in each Subsidiary, (c) identifies
each Subsidiary that is (i) a Material Domestic Subsidiary, (ii) a Material
Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) an initial Domestic Guarantor, (iv) an initial
Canadian Guarantor, (v) a UK Guarantor, (vi) an Overseas Borrower, (vii) a
Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged on the
Effective Date or (viii) a Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which are required
to be pledged as part of the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement,
(d) identifies each Xerox Group Company and (e) sets forth the U.S. Federal
employer identification number of Xerox and each Domestic Guarantor, in each
case as of May 31, 2002, and at any time on or after Xerox has delivered the
Domestic Subsidiary Update Certificate, as of the date of such certificate,
determined at such time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 3.13. Labor Matters. As of the Effective Date, except as set
forth in the Disclosed Matters, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns
against any Xerox Company pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible
Officer of the Borrowers, threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, the hours worked by and payments made to employees of
the Xerox Companies have not violated the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other
applicable Federal, state, provincial, local or foreign law dealing with such
matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
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Effect, all payments due from any Xerox Company, or for which any claim may be
made against any Xerox Company, on account of wages and employee health and
welfare insurance and other such benefits, have been paid or accrued as a
liability on the books of such Xerox Company. Except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions
will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the
part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement by which any Xerox
Company is bound.
Section 3.14. Representations and Warranties of Future Overseas
Borrowers. Each Overseas Borrower (other than XCE and XCD) shall be deemed by
the execution and delivery of its Election to Participate to have represented
and warranted as of the date thereof that:
(a) It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
(b) The execution and delivery by it of its Election to Participate
and any other Loan Document, and the performance by it of this Agreement and any
other Loan Document are within its corporate (or equivalent) powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or equivalent) action, and do not
contravene (i) its charter or by-laws or (ii) any law or any contractual
restriction governing Debt or other material restriction binding on or affecting
it or any of its assets.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body is required for
the due execution and delivery by it of its Election to Participate and any
other Loan Document, and the performance by it of this Agreement and any other
Loan Document, other than those which have been duly obtained or made and are in
full force and effect and filings, registrations and recordings necessary to
perfect the Transaction Liens.
(d) This Agreement is, and each other Loan Document when delivered
hereunder will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of it enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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ARTICLE 3
Conditions
Section 4.01. Effective Date. This Agreement shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have
received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this
Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy
transmission of a signed signature page) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable
written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, special counsel for the Credit
Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, (ii) Fasken
Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Canadian counsel for the Credit Parties,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3, (iii) Lovells, United Kingdom
counsel for the Credit Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-4, (iv) Martin S. Wagner, Associate General Counsel, Corporate,
Finance and Ventures, of Xerox, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-2, (v) the Counsel of XCD, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-5,
and (vi) the General Counsel of XCE, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-6, and, in the case of each opinion required by this Section
4.01(b), covering such other matters relating to the Credit Parties,
the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall
reasonably request. Each Borrower requests such counsel to deliver such
opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such
documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel
may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good
standing of each Domestic Credit Party, XCD and XCE, the authorization
of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to such Credit
Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its
counsel.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible
Officer of Xerox, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth
in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b).
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(e) The Credit Parties shall have paid all fees and other
amounts due and payable to the Lender Parties on or before the
Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Agents) required to be reimbursed or
paid by any Credit Party under the Loan Documents.
(f) The Effective Date Collateral and Guarantee Requirement
shall have been satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have
received a completed Perfection Certificate delivered by Xerox on
behalf of the Domestic Credit Parties dated the Effective Date and
signed by an appropriate officer of Xerox, together with all
attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of
the UCC filings made with respect to the Credit Parties in the
jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of
the financing statements disclosed by such search and evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens
indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) that are
effective to perfect a Lien are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been
released or the obligations secured thereby have been satisfied.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
that all insurance required by Section 5.07 is in effect.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received the
Effective Date Paydown.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received promissory
notes evidencing the Loans, to the extent requested by any Lender.
(j) Xerox shall have paid all interest on Advances (as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement
and all commitment fees pursuant to Section 2.07(a) of the Existing
Credit Agreement, each as accrued and unpaid through but excluding the
Effective Date.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the
Reference Indenture, the ESOP Note Documents, the XCFI Indentures, the
Support Agreement and the Operating Agreement, each as in effect as of
the Effective Date, certified by an appropriate officer.
Promptly after the Effective Date occurs, the Administrative Agent shall notify
Xerox and the Lenders thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
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Section 4.02. Each Extension of Credit. The obligation of each Lender
to make any Loan and the obligation of any LC Issuing Bank to issue, amend,
renew or extend any Letter of Credit, are each subject to receipt of the
relevant Borrower's request therefor in accordance herewith and to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of each Credit Party
set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of
such Loan or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
such Letter of Credit, as applicable (except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true
on and as of such earlier date), provided that with respect to any
Loans being repaid and made in an equal amount pursuant to Section
2.05(b), the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01
(with respect to power and authority only), 3.04(b)-(c), 3.05(a)-(b),
3.06, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12 and 3.13 shall be excluded.
(b) Immediately after giving effect to such Loan or the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Loan and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by each
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in this Section 4.02.
Section 4.03. First Borrowing by Certain Overseas Borrowers. The
obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of the first Borrowing
by each Overseas Borrower (other than XCE and XCD) is subject to the
satisfaction of the following further conditions:
(a) receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of
counsel for such Overseas Borrower reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-7 hereto
and covering such additional matters relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request; and
(b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents
which it may reasonably request relating to the existence of such
Overseas Borrower, its corporate authority for and the validity of its
Election to Participate, this Agreement and any other Loan Document,
and any other matters relevant thereto, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Documentation Agent.
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The opinion referred to in clause 4.03(a) above shall be dated no more
than five Business Days before the date of the first Borrowing by such Overseas
Borrower hereunder.
ARTICLE 4
Affirmative Covenants
Until all the Revolving Commitments have expired or terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been
paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or been cancelled or been
cash collateralized pursuant to Section 2.04(j) and all LC Disbursements
have been reimbursed, Xerox covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. Xerox will
furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2002, its
audited consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year
and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all reported on without
qualification by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public
accountants of recognized national standing as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of Xerox and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three
Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year commencing with the third Fiscal
Quarter of 2002, its consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such
Fiscal Quarter and the related statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter and for the then elapsed
portion of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the
case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous Fiscal Year,
all certified by a Financial Officer as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of Xerox and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments
and the absence of footnotes, provided that if the Restatement Date has
not occurred by the date that Xerox is required by this Section 5.01(b)
to furnish consolidated
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financial statements for the third Fiscal Quarter of 2002, it is
understood and agreed that the consolidated financial statements for
the third Fiscal Quarter of 2002 pursuant to this Section 5.01(b) shall
be prepared on a basis consistent with the consolidated financial
statements referred to Section 3.04(a)(ii), without giving effect to
the Restatement, the effect of the Restatement on Fiscal Year 2001 and
the effect of Xerox's change as of January 2002 to the new method of
lease revenue recognition adopted in connection with the Restatement
(and any new method of accounting of the character described in clause
(b) of the definition of "Restatement"), and the Financial Officer's
certification need not state that such consolidated financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be
otherwise qualified to reflect this proviso;
(c) concurrently with each delivery of financial statements
under Section 5.01(a) and 5.01(b), a certificate of a Financial Officer
(i) certifying whether or not any Responsible Officer has knowledge as
to whether a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if a Default
has occurred and is continuing, specifying the details thereof and any
action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting
forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Sections 6.12 through 6.15, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP
affecting Xerox's consolidated financial statements or in the
application thereof has occurred since the later of (A) the date of the
most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)
and (B) the date of the Borrower's audited financial statements
referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred,
specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements
accompanying such certificate (provided that such certificate need not
address the Restatement, the effect of the Restatement (and any new
method of accounting of the character described in clause (b) of the
definition of "Restatement") on Fiscal Year 2001 and the effect of
Xerox's change as of January 2002 to the new method of lease revenue
adopted in connection with the Restatement (and any new method of
accounting of the character described in clause (b) of the definition
of "Restatement")) and (iv) in the case of Section 5.01(a), the
comparable figures for such Fiscal Year included in the Business Plan
and in the case of Section 5.01(b), to the extent the Business Plan
contains figures for such Fiscal Quarter, the comparable figures for
such Fiscal Quarter included in the Business Plan (in each case in a
level of detail consistent with the Business Plan) and an explanation
in reasonable detail of any significant variances from such Business
Plan figures;
(d) concurrently with each delivery of financial statements
under Section 5.01(a), a certificate of the accounting firm that
reported on such financial statements stating whether during the course
of their examination
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of such financial statements they obtained knowledge of any Default
(which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting
rules or guidelines);
(e) as soon as available and in any event by February 15 of
each Fiscal Year, a copy of Xerox's annual business and financial plan
for the Xerox Companies for such Fiscal Year on a quarterly basis and
for any subsequent Fiscal Year up to and including 2005 on an annual
basis, in form and level of detail consistent in all material respects
with the Business Plan or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the
Agents (taking into account the sensitive nature of such information)
and in any event including (i) projected balance sheets, income
statements and cash flows, (ii) a description of the material
assumptions used in preparing such plan and (iii) a comparison to the
comparable information included in the Business Plan and an explanation
of any significant variances, and promptly when available, any
significant revisions to such plan;
(f) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three
Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year and 105 days after the end of the
last Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the second
Fiscal Quarter of 2002 with respect to Section 5.01(f)(ii) and
commencing with the third Fiscal Quarter of 2002 with respect to all
other clauses of this Section 5.01(f)), a certificate of a Financial
Officer:
(i) describing in reasonable detail the amount of any
Foreign Net Cash Proceeds received by any Foreign Subsidiary
during such Fiscal Quarter;
(ii) setting forth the aggregate Cash Balances of all
Foreign Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as of the last day of
such Fiscal Quarter and the aggregate amount of all Debt of
Foreign Subsidiaries outstanding on the last day of such
Fiscal Quarter that was incurred in reliance on Section
6.01(a)(iii);
(iii) stating that in the good faith judgment of such
Financial Officer either no Excess Foreign Cash or Foreign Net
Cash Proceeds were required to be transferred to Xerox during
such Fiscal Quarter or the amount of Excess Foreign Cash and
Foreign Net Cash Proceeds that were required to be and were
transferred to Xerox during such Fiscal Quarter, and in either
case setting forth in reasonable detail the relevant
calculations of any Excess Foreign Cash;
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(iv) setting forth in reasonable detail the aggregate
amount of all loans or advances made to the Foreign
Subsidiaries during such Fiscal Quarter pursuant to Section
6.04(a)(v) and the relevant calculations demonstrating that
such loans and advances were made in compliance with such
clause; and
(v) setting forth any information required to be
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.03(a), 5.11 and 5.14(c);
(g) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three
Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, beginning with the first Fiscal
Quarter ending on or after the Restatement Date, and 105 days after the
end of the last Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year, and at any other
time within 30 days after a request from the Administrative Agent
(provided that, unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent may not make such a request more than two times in
any Fiscal Year), a certificate of a Financial Officer (each, a "Basket
Lien Principal Amount Certificate"), in substantially the form of
Exhibit I hereto, setting forth (i) the calculation of the Basket Lien
Principal Amount and the Basket Lien Coverage Ratio and (ii) a list of
all "Specified Subsidiaries" under the Reference Indenture (or if the
High Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference Indenture, a
corresponding category under a new Reference Indenture), in each case
as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter or as of the date specified
in such request, as the case may be, provided that (A) it is understood
that such calculation made at the request of the Administrative Agent
may only be an estimate and (B) in the absence of gross negligence or
wilful misconduct, if the calculation of the Basket Lien Principal
Amount in any Basket Lien Principal Amount Certificate with respect to
Liens existing on the Effective Date shall prove to have been
incorrect, such incorrect calculation shall not constitute an Event of
Default pursuant to Section 7.01(c) unless the error is more than
$25,000,000;
(h) within 105 days of the end of each Fiscal Year, a
certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth the names of each
Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which Xerox has previously delivered
an Immaterial Subsidiary Certificate and each Domestic Subsidiary that
was identified as not being a Material Domestic Subsidiary in either
the Domestic Subsidiary Update Certificate or an Immaterial Subsidiary
Certificate and certifying whether each such Subsidiary still does not
qualify as a Material Foreign Subsidiary or Material Domestic
Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(i) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies
of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed
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by any Xerox Company with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or distributed by
Xerox to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and
(j) promptly following any request therefor, such other
information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial
condition of any Xerox Company, or compliance with the terms of any
Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.
Xerox shall be deemed to have delivered the financial statements and
other information referred to in Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(b) and 5.01(i) above,
when (i) such SEC filings, financials or other information have been posted on
the Internet website of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(http://www.sec.gov) or on Xerox's own internet website as previously identified
to the Administrative Agent and Lenders and (ii) Xerox has notified the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders by electronic mail of such posting. If the
Administrative Agent or a Lender requests such SEC filings, financial statements
or other information to be delivered to it in hard copies, Xerox shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, such statements
accordingly; provided, that no such request shall affect that such SEC filings,
financial statements or other information have been deemed to have been
delivered in accordance with the terms of the immediately preceding sentence.
Section 5.02 Notice of Material Events. Xerox will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly
after a Responsible Officer becomes aware thereof:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority
against or affecting any Xerox Company or any Subsidiary thereof that
(i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) involves any of the Loan Documents or the
Transactions;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event or any Canadian Funding
Failure that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events or Canadian
Funding Failures that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in liabilities of the Xerox Companies in an aggregate amount
exceeding $25,000,000;
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(d) the occurrence of any Capital Markets Event, Equity
Issuance, Asset Transfer, Casualty Event or Change of Control; and
(e) any other development that results in, or could reasonably
be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section 5.02 shall be accompanied by a
statement of a Responsible Officer describing in reasonable detail the event or
development requiring such notice and any action taken or currently proposed to
be taken with respect thereto.
Section 5.03. Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Xerox will furnish
to the Administrative Agent promptly (but in any event within 20 Business Days
of the occurrence of such event) written notice of any change in (i) any Credit
Party's corporate, partnership, company or other legal name or location
(determined as provided in Section 9-307 of the UCC), or, in the case of any
Canadian Credit Party, its place of business or chief executive office if it has
more than one place of business (determined as provided in the personal property
security act applicable to such Canadian Credit Party or its property) or, if
applicable, its domicile (as defined in the Quebec Civil Code), (ii) any Credit
Party's identity or organizational structure or (iii) any U.S. Credit Party's
Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organization identification number,
and promptly will make or cause to be made all filings that are required under
the UCC (or its equivalent) and will ensure that all other actions have been
taken that are required so that such change will not at any time adversely
affect the validity, perfection or priority of any Transaction Lien on any of
the Collateral.
(b) Each year, at the time annual financial statements with respect to
the preceding Fiscal Year are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a), Xerox will
deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer (i)
setting forth the information required pursuant to Sections A and B of the
Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such
information since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the
Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate or notice delivered
pursuant to this Section 5.03 and (ii) certifying that all UCC (or its
equivalent) financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or
other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings,
rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral
which have been required to be filed pursuant to the relevant Security Agreement
have been filed of record in each appropriate office in each jurisdiction
identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and
perfect the Transaction Liens for a period of at least 18 months after the date
of such certificate based on current facts and law (except as noted therein,
including with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such
period).
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Section 5.04. Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Xerox Company will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full
force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits and
privileges material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing
shall not prohibit (A) any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution
permitted under Section 6.03, (B) any changes in the nature of the business of
any Xerox Company permitted by Section 6.03(b) or (C) failures to do any of the
foregoing (except in respect of the existence of any Credit Party) that, in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.05. Payment of Obligations. Each Xerox Company will pay its
Debt and other obligations, including Tax liabilities, before the same shall
become delinquent or in default, except where either (a) (i) the validity or
amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii)
Xerox or the relevant Xerox Company has set aside on its books adequate reserves
with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) such contest effectively
suspends collection of the contested obligation and the enforcement of any Lien
securing such obligation or (b) the failure to make payment could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or such payment has become
due as a result of a Restatement Event.
Section 5.06. Maintenance of Properties. Each Xerox Company will
maintain (or will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the party legally
responsible for maintaining) all property material to the conduct of its
business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
except where all failures to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.07. Insurance. (a) The Xerox Companies will maintain (either
with financially sound and reputable insurance companies selected by the Xerox
Companies that customarily write insurance for the risks covered thereby in the
amounts contemplated thereby or through a self-insurance program) insurance as
is usually carried by companies of established repute engaged in the same or
similar business, owning similar properties, and located in the same general
areas as the Xerox Companies or as may be required by law and will furnish to
the Administrative Agent upon request information in reasonable detail as to the
insurance so carried.
(b) Any property insurance covering any Collateral shall be endorsed or
otherwise amended to include a lenders' loss payable clause in favor of the
Administrative Agent and providing for losses thereunder to be payable to the
Administrative Agent or its designee as sole loss payee, following receipt by
the insurer from the Administrative Agent of a notice; provided that such notice
will
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only be furnished by the Administrative Agent if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (and shall be rescinded by the Administrative Agent
promptly following the cessation of such Event of Default). Commercial general
liability policies shall be endorsed to name the Administrative Agent, for
itself and on behalf of each Lender, as an additional insured. Each such policy
referred to in this Section 5.07(b) also shall provide that it shall not be
canceled, modified or not renewed (i) by reason of nonpayment of premium except
upon at least 10 days' prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the
Administrative Agent (giving the Administrative Agent the right to cure defaults
in the payment of premiums) or (ii) for any other reason except upon at least 30
days' prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent.
The Borrowers hereby agree that the Administrative Agent may (but is not
required to) cure defaults in the payment of premiums as described in clause (i)
above at any time.
Section 5.08. Proper Records; Rights to Inspect and Appraise. The Xerox
Companies will keep proper books of record and account subject to year-end
adjustments in which complete and correct entries in accordance with GAAP shall
be made of all transactions relating to their business and activities. Each
Xerox Company will permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and
inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records,
and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and
independent accountants (in the presence of its officers), all at such
reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as reasonably
requested.
Section 5.09. Compliance with Laws. Each Xerox Company will comply with
all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable
to it or its property, except where failures to do so, in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of
the Revolving Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes of the
Xerox Companies in compliance with this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of
any Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a
violation of any of the Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, including
Regulations T, U and X. Letters of Credit will be requested and used only to
support standby obligations, and no such Letter of Credit shall be permitted if,
after giving effect to the issuance thereof, the aggregate face amount of all
letters of credit issued and outstanding either as (a) Letters of Credit or (b)
letters of credit not issued pursuant to this Agreement with reimbursement
obligations that are secured by cash collateral pursuant to Section 6.02(k), in
each case for purposes other than supporting obligations of Ridge Re, would
exceed $195,000,000.
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Section 5.11. Additional Subsidiaries. (a) (i) If any additional
Subsidiary is formed or acquired after the Effective Date, Xerox will promptly
(but in any event within 20 Business Days of the occurrence of such event) after
such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent thereof
and (ii) if (A) such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary that is directly owned
by a Domestic Credit Party or a Foreign Credit Party or (B) a Domestic
Subsidiary with respect to which Xerox has delivered an Immaterial Subsidiary
Certificate or a Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which Xerox has delivered an
Immaterial Subsidiary Certificate for purposes of clause (a) of the definition
of "Material Foreign Subsidiary" becomes a Material Subsidiary that is directly
owned by a Domestic Credit Party or a Foreign Credit Party, Xerox will promptly
cause the outstanding Equity Interests of such Subsidiary to be pledged to the
extent required by the relevant Security Document (except that (x) no more than
65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests in any Material Foreign
Subsidiary that is a corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes
shall be pledged to secure the obligations of Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary
(either directly or through any entity that is a disregarded entity for such
purposes) and (y) no Foreign Credit Party shall be required to pledge Equity
Interests in any Person other than Material Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned
by it and organized under the laws of the same country as such Credit Party (or
any state, province or other political subdivision thereof)) and deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent all certificates or other
instruments representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or
other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided
that the Agents may agree in their discretion, with respect to any pledge of the
Equity Interests in any Material Foreign Subsidiary described in this clause
(ii), that the pledge of such Equity Interests is impossible, impractical or
unreasonably burdensome or expensive (or has been substantially, but not fully,
completed) and the Agents may, in their respective good faith discretion,
consent to a waiver of the pledge of any such Equity Interests. In acting
pursuant to the foregoing proviso, each Agent shall be entitled to the benefits
of Article 8 of this Agreement, and without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Lenders hereby authorize the Agents, in their sole discretion and
from time to time, to grant such waivers and hereby confirm and agree, without
limiting the generality of Article 8 of this Agreement, that in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct, no Agent shall be liable to any Lender
on account of granting any such waiver and any consequences thereof.
(b) If (i)(A) any additional Subsidiary referred to in Section 5.11(a)
(other than a Subsidiary formed or acquired pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(xvi)) is
or subsequently becomes a Wholly-Owned Material Domestic Subsidiary, a
Wholly-Owned Material Canadian Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary that is
required to be a Foreign Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.14(a) or (B) a
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor on the Effective Date becomes a Wholly-Owned
Material Domestic Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Material Canadian
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Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary that is required to be a Foreign Guarantor
pursuant to Section 5.14(a) (other than, in each case, a Subsidiary that is not
a Xerox Group Company) and (ii) such Subsidiary is not prohibited by Applicable
Law or legally valid contractual restrictions in effect on the date hereof or
otherwise permitted by Section 6.10 (or, in the case of a Finance SPE, legally
valid and customary contractual restrictions or other legally valid contractual
restrictions entered into in connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program) from guaranteeing one or more Borrowers' obligations hereunder and,
from time to time and pursuant to the relevant Security Document, securing such
guarantee, Xerox shall promptly cause such Subsidiary to deliver a duly executed
supplement to the relevant Security Documents, in the form specified therein, to
the Administrative Agent, whereupon such Subsidiary will become a "Domestic
Guarantor" or "Foreign Guarantor" and, from time to time, "Lien Grantor" for
purposes of the Loan Documents. In addition, Xerox may, at its option, designate
as a Guarantor any other Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Material
Subsidiary. If any Subsidiary is so designated, Xerox shall promptly cause such
Subsidiary to deliver a duly executed supplement to the relevant Security
Documents, in the form specified therein, to the Administrative Agent, whereupon
such Subsidiary will become a "Guarantor" and, from time to time, a "Lien
Grantor" for purposes of the Loan Documents.
Section 5.12. Subsidiary Cash. (a) If (i) on the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter, the Cash Balances of the Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiaries that are
Xerox Group Companies taken as a whole exceed their aggregate Ordinary Course
Needs (such excess, "Excess Foreign Cash") or (ii) any Wholly-Owned Foreign
Subsidiary receives Net Proceeds of an Included Asset Transfer, or XCE or any
Foreign Subsidiary that is a Finance SPE receives Net Proceeds of an issuance of
Covered Capital Markets Debt or an Equity Issuance permitted pursuant to Section
6.01(b)(ii), which in each case is not an Excepted Transaction ("Foreign Net
Cash Proceeds"), then Xerox shall as promptly as practicable cause an amount
equal to such Excess Foreign Cash (net of any Taxes described below) or the
Applicable Percentage of Foreign Net Cash Proceeds effectively to be transferred
directly or indirectly to Xerox (and, in the case of any Foreign Net Cash
Proceeds, applied as provided in Section 2.10), provided that, except with
respect to any Planned Qualified Receivables Transaction of a type described in
clause (a) of the definition thereof consummated prior to the payment in full of
the Tranche C Term Loans or the issuance of any Covered Capital Markets Debt by
XCE or any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Finance SPE, (A) such transfer or
application shall not be required to the extent that (1) it cannot be made in a
tax efficient manner (as determined under Section 5.12(b)) or (2) such transfer
or application would violate any applicable contracts in effect as of the date
of this Agreement or otherwise permitted by Section 6.10 or would violate
Applicable Law or if Applicable Law would require minority shareholder approval,
a valuation or a discretionary order or would, in the good faith determination
of
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Xerox or a majority of the Board of Directors of such Foreign Subsidiary,
involve a reasonable likelihood of there being a breach of fiduciary duties by
the directors of such Foreign Subsidiary and (B) it is understood and agreed
that (1) Xerox may subsequently re-transfer any such Excess Foreign Cash to any
Foreign Subsidiary, as provided in Section 6.04 and (2) in connection with
managing transfers of Excess Foreign Cash pursuant to this Section 5.12 and
making loans, investments and other advances to Foreign Subsidiaries permitted
by Section 6.04, Xerox may cause Excess Foreign Cash to be transferred among
Foreign Subsidiaries, rather than transferred to it, in lieu of loans,
investments or other advances it would otherwise be permitted to make and would
make pursuant to Section 6.04. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) in the case of
any Foreign Net Cash Proceeds that would otherwise be required to be transferred
to Xerox pursuant to this Section 5.12(a), Xerox need not make such transfer if
it nonetheless makes the related mandatory prepayment that would otherwise be
required by Section 2.10(b)(i) or 2.10(b)(ii) using funds not otherwise required
to be made the basis of any mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10 and
(b) if the Foreign Net Cash Proceeds of an Included Asset Transfer are less than
$75,000,000, Xerox shall not be required to cause the Applicable Percentage of
such Foreign Net Cash Proceeds effectively to be transferred directly or
indirectly to Xerox and applied as provided in Section 2.10(b)(i) until the
aggregate Foreign Net Cash Proceeds of Included Asset Transfers not so applied
equal or exceed $75,000,000.
(b) For purposes of Section 5.12(a), the parties agree that a transfer or
application of funds (the "Proposed Transfer") cannot be made in a tax efficient
manner if and only if in the good faith judgement of Xerox
(i) the aggregate amount of projected Taxes to be incurred by Xerox
and all of its Subsidiaries if the Proposed Transfer is made exceeds the
aggregate amount of such projected Taxes if the Proposed Transfer is not
made by more than the Threshold Amount; and
(ii) there is no reasonably practicable alternative transaction or
transactions that would result in the receipt by Xerox of such Excess
Foreign Cash or Foreign Net Cash Proceeds at a cost less than or equal to
the Threshold Amount.
For purposes of clause (i) above, Taxes shall be projected on the basis of:
(A) reasonable, good faith estimates of income, expenses and cash
flows, and (B) the overall net Tax cost to Xerox and its Subsidiaries,
taking into account (without duplication) (1) all applicable Taxes for the
fiscal year of the Proposed Transfer, (2) all credits and deductions in
respect of taxes paid or accrued that are available for such fiscal year,
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and (3) all carryovers of prior net operating losses or other tax
attributes to such fiscal year but without taking into account any
carryover of tax attributes from such fiscal year to any future fiscal
year. For purposes of clause (ii) above Xerox shall give consideration in
good faith to whether the Proposed Transfer can be effected indirectly
through other wholly-owned subsidiaries.
(c) If on the last day of any Fiscal Quarter XCC's Cash Balance exceeds
the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Debt and other obligations of
XCC required to be repaid at any time within the next succeeding Fiscal Quarter,
plus the amount of accrued interest premium, and other amounts that will be
payable on the principal amount to be repaid, and (ii) such other amounts as XCC
determines in good faith as are required to meet its ordinary course expenses
during the succeeding Fiscal Quarter, then Xerox shall no later than the second
Business Day of the next succeeding month cause an amount equal to such excess
to be directly or indirectly transferred to it (which transfer may take, without
limitation, the form of a demand loan or other advance from XCC to Xerox). On
and after the date hereof, Xerox will not, nor will it permit any other
Subsidiary to, make any loan, advance or other payment of money to XCC, repay
any loan, advance or other obligation owing to XCC (other than any repayment all
of the proceeds of which are applied on the Closing Date to repay loans of XCC
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 4.01(c)) or
sell or otherwise transfer any asset to XCC, except that Xerox Companies may (A)
make loans, advances or other payments of money to XCC, or repay any loan,
advance or other obligation owing to XCC, in an amount necessary, when added to
XCC's Cash Balance (plus any other funds expected to be timely available to it),
to enable XCC (1) to repay, together with accrued interest, any principal amount
of Debt required to be repaid within 5 Business Days of such payment of money to
XCC or (2) to repay or repurchase any Capital Markets Debt of XCC in connection
with an issuance by Xerox of XCC Exchange Debt and (B) make any payment to XCC
required by the Support Agreement or the Operating Agreement.
Section 5.13. Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantees. (a) Within 75 days
following the Effective Date, Xerox will cause an appraisal to be completed for
the facilities located in Henrietta, New York and Rochester, New York by an
appraiser and pursuant to instructions reasonably acceptable to the Agents.
Within 90 days following the Effective Date, each relevant Credit Party shall
cause the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied.
(b) Within 90 days following the Restatement Date, Xerox will (i) deliver
to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer (the "Domestic
Subsidiary Update Certificate") setting forth the names of each Material
Domestic Subsidiary, determined pursuant to clause (b) of the definition
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of such term, such certificate to have attached thereto a replacement Schedule
3.12 reflecting the information contained in such certificate (which shall
replace in its entirety Schedule 3.12 as originally attached hereto and a copy
of which shall be distributed to each Lender by the Administrative Agent
promptly after receipt thereof), (ii) cause all outstanding Equity Interests in
each Material Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by or on behalf of any Domestic
Credit Party or any Foreign Credit Party, to the extent that such Equity
Interests have not been pledged pursuant to Section 5.13(a) and to the extent
required by the relevant Security Document, to be pledged pursuant to the
relevant Security Document (except that (x) no more than 65% of the outstanding
voting Equity Interests in any Material Foreign Subsidiary that is a corporation
for United States Federal income tax purposes shall be pledged to secure the
obligations of Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary (either directly or through any
entity that is a disregarded entity for such purposes) and (y) no Foreign Credit
Party shall be required to pledge Equity Interests in any Person other than
Material Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by it and organized under the laws
of the same country as such Credit Party (or any state, province or other
political subdivision thereof)) and deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent all certificates or other instruments representing such
Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer
with respect thereto endorsed in blank and (iii) cause each Wholly-Owned
Material Canadian Subsidiary to deliver a duly executed supplement to the
Canadian Security Documents (to the extent that such Subsidiary is not already a
party to any Canadian Security Document), in the form specified therein, to the
Administrative Agent, whereupon such Subsidiary will become a "Canadian
Guarantor" and, from time to time, a "Lien Grantor" for purposes of the Loan
Documents to the extent that such Subsidiary is not prohibited by Applicable Law
or legally valid contractual restrictions in effect on the date hereof or
otherwise permitted by Section 6.10 (or, in the case of a Finance SPE, legally
valid and customary contractual restrictions or other legally valid contractual
restrictions entered into in connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program) from guaranteeing XCD's obligations hereunder and, from time to time
and pursuant to the relevant Canadian Security Document, securing such
guarantee, provided that the Agents may agree in their discretion, with respect
to any pledge of the Equity Interests in any Material Foreign Subsidiary
described in Section 5.13(b)(ii) or required as part of satisfying this Section
5.13(b)(iii), that the pledge of such Equity Interests is impossible,
impractical or unreasonably burdensome or expensive (or has been substantially,
but not fully, completed) and the Agents may, in their respective good faith
discretion, consent to a waiver of the pledge of any such Equity Interests. In
acting pursuant to the foregoing proviso, each Agent shall be entitled to the
benefits of Article 8 of this Agreement, and without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Lenders hereby authorize the Agents, in their sole discretion
and from time to time, to grant such waivers and hereby confirm and agree,
without limiting the generality of Article 8 of this Agreement, that in the
absence of gross
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negligence or willful misconduct, no Agent shall be liable to any Lender on
account of granting any such waiver and any consequences thereof.
Section 5.14. Further Assurances. (a) Xerox will, and will cause its
Subsidiaries to, deliver such Security Documents to the Administrative Agent as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any additional
Overseas Borrower designated as such pursuant to Section 2.19 after the date
hereof promptly, but in no event later than 30 days after such designation, in
order to provide comparable guarantee and security arrangements for the
obligations of such Overseas Borrower as are provided (or required to be
provided) for XCE and XCD.
(b) Each Credit Party will execute and deliver any and all further
documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such
further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements,
fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), that may be
required under any Applicable Law, or that the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Transaction Liens to
constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens (subject to Liens permitted
by Section 6.02) on the Collateral, all at the relevant Borrower or Borrowers'
expense. Xerox will provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon
reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
as to the perfection and priority of the Transaction Liens created or intended
to be created by the Security Documents.
(c) If any Domestic Credit Party acquires any real property having, at the
time of acquisition thereof, a fair market value of at least $25,000,000, Xerox
will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof promptly (but in
any event within 20 Business Days of the occurrence of such event) and if
requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, will cause such
real property (unless (i) a Financial Officer certifies that such real property
is intended to be the subject of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or the
incurrence of Purchase Money Debt within 270 days, and such transaction is, in
fact, consummated within 270 days or (ii) the granting of a Transaction Lien on
such real property would violate Applicable Law or any contract existing on the
date hereof or otherwise permitted by Section 6.10) to be subjected to a
Transaction Lien securing the Secured Obligations and will take, or cause the
relevant Guarantor to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such
Transaction Lien, including actions described in Section 5.14(b), all at such
Credit Party's expense.
Section 5.15. Ownership of Overseas Borrowers. Xerox will, at all times,
own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each Overseas
Borrower, except, in the event that XCI or any of its subsidiaries is designated
an
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Overseas Borrower, it shall be sufficient for Xerox to own 97% or more of the
Equity Interests of XCI or such subsidiary.
ARTICLE 6
Negative Covenants
Until all the Revolving Commitments have expired or terminated and the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been
paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or been cancelled or been
cash- collateralized pursuant to Section 2.04(j) and all LC Disbursements have
been reimbursed, Xerox covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
Section 6.01. Debt and Preferred Stock. (a) Other than as permitted by
Section 6.01(b), no Xerox Group Company will create, incur, assume or permit to
exist any Debt or Preferred Stock, except:
(i) Debt created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Debt and Preferred Stock existing on the date hereof and, in the
case of any such Debt or Preferred Stock issued to or held by a Person
other than a Xerox Company as of May 31, 2002, listed in Schedule 6.01 and
other Debt existing on the date hereof the individual outstanding principal
amount of which does not exceed $10,000,000 and extensions, renewals,
refinancings and replacements, in whole or in part, of any such Debt or
Preferred Stock (whether or not with the same creditors or obligors (except
that (x) a Subsidiary which is a Xerox Group Company cannot be substituted
as an obligor for Xerox, and (y) a Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary
cannot be substituted for an obligor that is a Foreign Subsidiary)) that do
not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than to
finance accrued interest, fees and other amounts outstanding in respect
thereof and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension,
renewal, refinancing or replacement) or result in an earlier maturity date
or decreased weighted average life thereof, provided that any such
extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement shall only be permitted
under this Section 6.01(a)(ii) if (A) the Debt or Preferred Stock being
extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced, as well as the related new Debt
or Preferred Stock, is held by a Xerox Company, (B) the new Debt or
Preferred Stock is of a type and in an amount that could be incurred, as of
the date of such extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement, without
relying on this Section 6.01(a)(ii) or Section 6.01(b) or (C) (x) such
extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement (1) is not Capital Markets
Debt and (2) does not exceed $10,000,000 in the case of
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any individual facility and (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt
incurred in reliance upon this clause (C) outstanding at any time does not
exceed $75,000,000;
(iii) Debt of Foreign Subsidiaries described in clause (b) of the
definition of "Excepted Transaction";
(iv) Debt or Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary issued to or held by
Xerox or any Domestic Guarantor or, if such Subsidiary is not a Credit
Party, any Credit Party; provided that any such Debt is permitted to be
advanced pursuant to Section 6.04(a);
(v) Purchase Money Debt in an aggregate principal amount under this
Section 6.01(a)(v) not exceeding $75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(vi) Debt consisting of obligations referred to in Section 6.02(d)
and secured by Liens permitted under such Section 6.02(d);
(vii) Guarantees of Debt of Xerox under any Indenture required to be
entered into pursuant to the terms thereof, Guarantees permitted by Section
6.04, any Guarantee of Debt of any Subsidiary which Debt is permitted
hereunder and Guarantees of Debt of the ESOP Plan pursuant to the Xerox
Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust Note Agreement dated as of
October 1, 1993 as in effect on the date hereof;
(viii) Debt of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided that such Debt was not created in contemplation of
such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
(ix) Debt or Preferred Stock incurred in a Qualified Receivables
Transaction or a transaction pursuant to the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program, provided that such Debt shall not constitute or create
indebtedness that would be required to be taken into account in determining
the Basket Lien Available Amount;
(x) Debt of a Credit Party owed to any Subsidiary, provided that
such Debt (other than Debt of Xerox owed to XCC or Debt of any Credit Party
owed to a Finance SPE) is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on the
terms set forth on Exhibit H hereto;
(xi) Obligations incurred by any Xerox Company to repay any amounts
directly or indirectly transferred to such Xerox Company pursuant to
Section III(e)(iv) of the Framework Agreement dated
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September 11, 2001 between Xerox and General Electric Capital Corporation
or any other arrangement pursuant to which any Xerox Company may receive
and become obligated to repay amounts in a collateral, "holdback" or
similar account established in connection with the Third Party Vendor
Financing Program or any Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(xii) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
$50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(xiii) Debt of a Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party owed to a
Subsidiary which is not Credit Party;
(xiv) Debt of a Foreign Subsidiary owed to a Foreign Subsidiary;
(xv) Capital Lease Obligations arising in connection with Sale and
Leaseback Transactions involving property owned by a Xerox Company as of
the Effective Date; provided that the aggregate initial amount of such
transactions entered into pursuant to this Section 6.01(a)(xv) shall not
exceed $75,000,000; and
(xvi) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except
in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business, provided, that such Debt is extinguished
within five Business Days of incurrence.
(b) In addition to Debt and Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred
pursuant to Section 6.01(a), Xerox or XCE or any Finance SPE (but not any other
Subsidiary) may
(i) incur Capital Markets Debt that does not mature or have any
principal amortization prior to October 31, 2005; and
(ii) issue Preferred Stock that is Qualified Capital Stock.
Section 6.02. Liens. No Xerox Group Company (other than Foreign
Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties and are not "Specified Subsidiaries" as
defined in the Reference Indenture) will create or permit to exist any Lien on
any property now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income
or revenues (including accounts receivable but excluding Transfers permitted by
this Agreement) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens created under the Security Documents;
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(b) Permitted Liens;
(c) (i) any Lien on any property of Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary
existing on the date hereof and, in the case of any such Lien in existence on
May 31, 2002, listed in Schedule 6.02, (ii) any other Lien on any property of
Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary existing on the date hereof that either (A)
does not secure Debt, (B) secures Debt existing on the date hereof the
individual outstanding principal amount of which does not exceed $25,000,000, or
(C) secures Debt owed to a Xerox Company, and (iii) any Lien on any property of
any Foreign Subsidiary existing on the date hereof; provided that (A) such Lien
shall not apply to any other property of any Xerox Company and (B) such Lien
shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that are permitted by Section
6.01(a)(ii);
(d) any Lien existing on any property before the acquisition thereof by
any Xerox Company or existing on any property of any Person that becomes a
Subsidiary after the date hereof before the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided that (A) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, (B) such Lien will not apply to any other property of any Xerox
Company and (C) such Lien will secure only those obligations which it secures on
the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as
the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not
increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than to finance accrued
interest, fees and other amounts outstanding in respect thereof and fees and
expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing or
replacement) or result in an earlier maturity date or decreased weighted average
life thereof;
(e) Liens securing Purchase Money Debt permitted by Section 6.01(a)(v) or
6.01(a)(xv), provided that (A) such Liens under Section 6.01(a)(v) are incurred
before or within 120 days after the acquisition or the completion of
construction or improvement related to such Purchase Money Debt, and (B) such
Liens will not apply to any other property of any Xerox Company;
(f) Qualified Receivables Transaction Liens and Liens granted pursuant to
the Third Party Vendor Financing Program, provided that such Liens do not secure
indebtedness that would be required to be taken into account in determining the
Basket Lien Available Amount;
(g) Qualified Capital Markets Liens;
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(h) the rights of XCC relating to the certain reserve account established
pursuant to the Operating Agreement;
(i) (i) Liens permitted by the first proviso (not in a parenthetical) of
Section 1012(a) of the Reference Indenture existing on the date hereof and (ii)
other Liens permitted by the first proviso (not in a parenthetical) of Section
1012(a) of the Reference Indenture, provided that the aggregate principal amount
of Debt secured by Liens permitted in this Section 6.02(i)(ii) (including Debt
secured by Liens incurred in reliance on this Section 6.02(i)(ii) as permitted
by the last sentence of Section 6.02) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(j) Liens on deposits or other accounts (and the cash and cash equivalents
or investments from time to time credited thereto) securing obligations under
any Hedging Agreement; and
(k) Liens on deposits or other accounts (and the cash and cash equivalents
or investments from time to time credited thereto) securing reimbursement and
other obligations with respect to letters of credit other than Letters of Credit
issued under this Agreement in an aggregate face amount outstanding at any time
pursuant to this Section 6.02(k) not exceeding $250,000,000, provided that no
such Liens shall be permitted to the extent that, after giving effect to the
grant thereof, the aggregate face amount of all letters of credit issued and
outstanding either as (a) Letters of Credit or (b) letters of credit not issued
pursuant to this Agreement with reimbursement obligations that are secured by
cash collateral pursuant to this Section 6.02(k), in each case for purposes
other than supporting obligations of Ridge Re, would exceed $195,000,000.
In addition, no Xerox Company that is not a Xerox Group Company (for
purposes of this paragraph, "non-Xerox Group Companies") will create or permit
to exist any Lien on any property now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or
assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable but
excluding Transfers permitted by this Agreement) or rights in respect of any
thereof, that secures indebtedness that would be required to be taken into
account in determining the Basket Lien Available Amount; provided that this
sentence shall not prohibit (A) Liens created under the Security Documents, (B)
any Lien on property of any non-Xerox Group Company existing on the date hereof,
provided that such Lien shall not apply to any other property of any Xerox
Company and such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on
the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that would be
permitted by Section 6.01(a)(ii), if such Section applied to non-Xerox Group
Companies, applying such Section to non-Xerox Group Companies, mutatis mutandis,
or (C) Liens that would be permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(i)(ii) if
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such Section applied to non-Xerox Group Companies, applying such Section to
non-Xerox Group Companies, mutatis mutandis, it being understood that any Debt
secured by Liens on any property of any non-Xerox Group Company incurred in
reliance on this clause (C) shall be included in the calculation of the
aggregate principal amount of Debt that is allowed to be secured by Liens
pursuant to Section 6.02(i)(ii).
Section 6.03. Fundamental Changes. (a) No Xerox Group Company will merge
into or consolidate with any other Person, or liquidate or dissolve, or permit
any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, except that, if at the
time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Person (including a Subsidiary)
may merge into Xerox in a transaction in which Xerox is the surviving
corporation, (ii) any Person (including a Subsidiary) may merge into or
consolidate with any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity
is a Subsidiary and (if any party to such merger is a Guarantor) is or becomes a
Guarantor, (iii) any Subsidiary (except a Credit Party) may liquidate or
dissolve and any Credit Party may liquidate or dissolve into another Credit
Party; provided that a Domestic Credit Party may only be liquidated or dissolved
into another Domestic Credit Party; provided that in each case, if any such
merger involves a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately
before such merger, such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by
Section 6.04.
(b) No Xerox Group Company (other than an IP Company) will engage in any
business as its principal lines of business other than the principal lines of
business engaged in by the Xerox Companies, taken as a whole, on the date hereof
and similar or related businesses.
Section 6.04. Investments and Acquisitions. (a) No Xerox Group Company will
make or acquire any Investment in any Person other than:
(i) Permitted Investments;
(ii) Investments existing on the date hereof, any extension or
renewal thereof that does not increase the principal amount thereof (other
than to reflect any accrued interest, dividends or other amounts with
respect thereto and any expenses incurred in connection with such extension
or renewal) and conversions of any such debt Investments into equity
Investments and contributions or other transfers of such Investments to any
Xerox Company (other than for cash);
(iii) (A) Investments made by any Credit Party in any Domestic Credit
Party (including any Person that becomes a Domestic Credit Party
concurrently with the making of such Investment) and (B) Investments
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made by any Credit Party in, and the contribution or other transfer of an
Investment by any Credit Party to, any Foreign Credit Party or any
Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, provided that the aggregate
outstanding amount of Investments made, contributed or transferred pursuant
to this Section 6.04(a)(iii)(B) (including any Investments originally made
pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(iii)(A) and subsequently transferred or
contributed to a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party pursuant to this
Section 6.04(a)(iii)(B)) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time;
(iv) Investments made by Xerox or any Domestic Subsidiary in any
Foreign Subsidiary in order to enable the Foreign Subsidiaries' aggregate
Cash Balance to be sufficient to meet their Ordinary Course Needs and
extensions and renewals of any such Investments that do not increase the
principal amount thereof (other than to reflect any accrued interest,
dividends and other amounts with respect thereto and any expenses incurred
in connection with such extension or renewal) and the transfer or other
contribution of any such Investment to any Xerox Company (other than for
cash); provided that in the case of any Investment in a Foreign Subsidiary
for the purpose of enabling such Foreign Subsidiary to repay Debt, such
loan or advance shall not be made more than 5 Business Days prior to the
relevant Debt repayment;
(v) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with,
customers, suppliers or other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course
of business;
(vi) Investments directly or indirectly in Third Party Vendor
Financing Subsidiaries or any Permitted Joint Ventures;
(vii) Investments permitted by Section 6.04(b);
(viii) Investments directly or indirectly in Turnaround Program
Subsidiaries, provided, that any such Investments pursuant to this clause
(viii) that do not consist of Transfers of assets existing and owned by a
Xerox Company on the Effective Date shall not, in the aggregate, exceed
$125,000,000 in any calendar year;
(ix) Investments in XCE and Finance SPEs in connection with
issuances of Capital Markets Debt or Equity Interests by such Persons or
the consummation by such Persons of a Qualified Receivables Transaction,
provided that the aggregate amount invested by any Xerox Company in such
Persons in connection with any such transaction
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pursuant to this clause (ix) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash
proceeds received by such Xerox Company from such transaction;
(x) loans and advances to employees and officers of Xerox and the
Subsidiaries to purchase Equity Interests of Xerox for bona fide business
purposes; provided that the aggregate amount of such loans and advances
outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.04(a)(x) does not exceed $1,000,000
at any time;
(xi) Investments made by any Xerox Company as a result of
consideration received in connection with any Asset Transfer permitted by
Section 6.05;
(xii) Investments in connection with pledges, deposits, payments or
performance bonds made or given in the ordinary course of business in
connection with or to secure statutory, regulatory or similar obligations,
including obligations under insurance, health, disability, safety or
environmental obligations;
(xiii) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses
for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of
business;
(xiv) Investments relating to purchase or acquisition of products
from vendors, manufacturers or suppliers in the ordinary course of
business;
(xv) any purchase of ESOP Notes by any Xerox Company;
(xvi) additional Investments in an amount taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this Section 6.04(a)(xvi) (other than
those made with Qualified Capital Stock) and all amounts paid (other than
with Qualified Capital Stock or with the portion of proceeds of an Equity
Issuance or issuance of Capital Markets Debt that is not required to be
applied to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(ii))
pursuant to Sections 6.04(b) and 6.07(l), not to exceed $150,000,000 in any
calendar year and $300,000,000 in the aggregate;
(xvii) Investments by (A) Foreign Subsidiaries in other Foreign
Subsidiaries and (B) non-Credit Parties in other non-Credit Parties that
are Subsidiaries;
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(xviii) Guarantees of obligations of XCE and Finance SPEs in
connection with Qualified Receivables Transactions and Guarantees in
connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing Program to the extent such
Guarantees do not constitute or create indebtedness that would be required
to be taken into account in determining the Basket Lien Available Amount;
(xix) the funding of any obligation in connection with transactions
permitted by Sections 6.09(h) and 6.09(i);
(xx) Investments received as part of a redemption or payment of or
for, as a dividend on, or distribution in respect of, other Investments
permitted by this Section 6.04 and contributions or other transfers of such
Investments to any Xerox Company (other than for cash);
(xxi) the issuance of letters of credit, including Letters of Credit
under this Agreement, as support for the obligations of Ridge Re;
(xxii) Investments in Qualified Capital Stock in connection with
transactions permitted by Section 6.09(h) or 6.09(i) or the replacement of
XCI Class B Shares with Qualified Capital Stock of Xerox;
(xxiii) Investments by a Domestic Credit Party in a Foreign Subsidiary
to the extent the amount of such Investment is directly or indirectly
returned or repaid to such Domestic Credit Party in each case within 5
Business Days of the initial Investment; and
(xxiv) Investments in connection with the acquisition of Equity
Interests in Xerox Modicorp Ltd. in an aggregate amount not to exceed,
pursuant to this clause (xxiv), $20,000,000.
(b) No Xerox Group Company will make any Business Acquisition unless (i)
Xerox shall be in compliance with the covenants in Sections 6.01 - 6.05, 6.07,
6.08, 6.10 and 6.12 - 6.15 as of the most recent date for compliance prior to
the date of such acquisition, in all cases after giving effect on a pro forma
basis to such acquisition, (ii) if the aggregate consideration (other than
consideration to be paid in Qualified Capital Stock) to be paid in connection
with such Business Acquisition is more than $25,000,000, Xerox shall have
delivered to each of the Lenders, at least 10 days prior to the consummation of
such Business Acquisition, a report of a Financial Officer of Xerox showing
calculations in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, demonstrating
compliance with Section 6.04(b)(i) above and, if the aggregate consideration
(other than consideration payable in Qualified Capital Stock) to be paid in
connection with such Business Acquisition is more than $75,000,000,
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demonstrating that, after giving effect to such Business Acquisition and any
financing therefor, Xerox shall be in compliance at the end of each Fiscal
Quarter until the Termination Date with the covenants set forth in Section
6.04(b)(i) and (iii) the aggregate consideration (other than consideration
payable in Qualified Capital Stock) paid in connection with Business
Acquisitions by all Xerox Group Companies (including such Business Acquisition),
together with all Investments made (other than those made with Qualified Capital
Stock) pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(xvi) which are not also Business Acquisitions
and all amounts paid (other than with Qualified Capital Stock or with the
portion of proceeds of an Equity Issuance or issuance of Capital Markets Debt
that is not required to be applied to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.10(b)(ii)) pursuant to Section 6.07(l) do not exceed $150,000,000 in
any Fiscal Year and do not exceed $300,000,000 in the aggregate.
Section 6.05. Asset Transfers. No Xerox Group Company will consummate any
Asset Transfer, except:
(a) Qualified Receivables Transactions;
(b) the Flextronics Transaction;
(c) the Transfer or issuance of Equity Interests in, or the Transfer
of other assets to, IP Companies, Turnaround Program Subsidiaries and Third
Party Vendor Financing Subsidiaries, and other issuances of Equity
Interests and Transfers of Assets as parts of transactions described in the
definition of "Turnaround Program";
(d) the Transfer of Equity Interests in Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that
are not Turnaround Program Subsidiaries resulting in such Subsidiary
ceasing to be a Subsidiary, provided that the remaining Equity Interests in
such entity held by any Xerox Company shall be pledged to the Collateral
Agent as part of the Collateral; and
(e) other Transfers that are not permitted by any other clause of this
Section 6.05 (except Transfers of Equity Interests in Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05).
provided that (A) all Asset Transfers permitted by this Section shall be made
for fair value as determined by the applicable Xerox Company in good faith, (B)
all Asset Transfers permitted by Section 6.05(a) and 6.05(e) shall be for at
least 75% cash consideration (it being understood that, in the case of a
license, lease or similar transfer of any asset, the consideration therefor may
be payable in installments customary for transactions of that type) and (C) no
substantial part of the production or office businesses shall be Transferred
except for Transfers of
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Intellectual Property described in clause (e)(iv) of the definition of
"Turnaround Program". For purposes of determining whether a Xerox Company
received 75% cash consideration, (x) cash consideration shall be determined
without regard to any portion of the consideration that is an earn-out or
similar arrangement, (y) replacement assets in a like-kind property exchange
shall be considered cash and (z) assumed debt shall be considered cash.
Section 6.06. Hedging Agreements; Synthetic Purchase Agreements. (a) No
Xerox Group Company will enter into any Hedging Agreement after the Effective
Date except Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
(and not for speculative purposes) to hedge or manage risks to which a Xerox
Company is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its
liabilities.
(b) Xerox will not enter into or be party to, or make any payment under,
any Synthetic Purchase Agreement or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, be
party to, or make any payment under any Synthetic Purchase Agreement.
Section 6.07. Restricted Payments. No Xerox Company will declare or make,
or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or
incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (a) Xerox
may declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock payable solely in
Qualified Capital Stock, (b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, any Xerox Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its
Preferred Stock, (c) any Xerox Company (other than Xerox) may declare and pay
dividends or make other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests,
provided that such dividends or other distributions are payable to Xerox or
another Subsidiary, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, any Subsidiary that is not directly or indirectly wholly-owned by
Xerox may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions payable to the
other equity holders of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis, (d) Xerox may
directly or indirectly redeem or repay any of its or any Subsidiary's Equity
Interests in exchange for Qualified Capital Stock, (e) any Xerox Company may
redeem any of its Preferred Stock which is outstanding on the date hereof (other
than the Trust Preferred Securities, unless such redemption is made with (i)
Qualified Capital Stock or subordinated debentures as contemplated by the terms
of such Trust Preferred Securities or (ii) the portion of proceeds of an Equity
Issuance or issuance of Capital Markets Debt that is not required to be applied
to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(ii)) at any final
scheduled or other mandatory redemption date thereof as in effect on the date
hereof, (f) any Subsidiary may redeem or purchase any of its Equity Interests
held by a Xerox Company, provided that if such redeeming or purchasing
Subsidiary is a Credit Party, it may only make such redemption or purchase from
another Xerox Company if such other Xerox Company is a Credit Party or the
proceeds
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of such redemption or purchase are directly or indirectly effectively
transferred to a Credit Party immediately following such redemption or purchase,
(g) any Turnaround Program Subsidiary, Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary
or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof that is not a Xerox Group Company
may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions with respect to, and
may make redemptions or repurchases of, its Equity Interests, (h) any Xerox
Company may make payments to holders of such company's Equity Interests in lieu
of the issuance of fractional shares, (i) Xerox may repurchase the Convertible
Subordinated Debentures upon exercise of the right of the holders thereof to
require Xerox to purchase such securities on April 21, 2003, (j) any Xerox
Company may repurchase or otherwise acquire shares of Qualified Capital Stock of
Xerox from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of any
Xerox Company (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees,
directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements
(including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by
the Board of Directors of Xerox under which such individuals purchase or sell,
or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Qualified Capital
Stock, provided that the aggregate amount paid pursuant to this Section 6.07(j)
and Section 6.08(o) does not exceed $25,000,000, (k) Xerox may redeem the ESOP
Preferred Shares as and when required by the terms of the ESOP Plan, provided
that the aggregate amount paid pursuant to this Section 6.07(k) does not exceed
$30,000,000, (l) the Xerox Companies may redeem or repurchase (i) the XCI Class
B Shares on any date and (ii) the Deferred Preferred Shares, Series A, of Xerox
Capital LLC on any mandatory redemption date thereof in accordance with the
terms thereof as in effect on the date hereof, provided that the aggregate
amount paid pursuant to this Section 6.07(l) (other than amounts paid with the
proceeds of an Equity Issuance that are not subject to a mandatory prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(ii)), together with all Investments made pursuant to
Section 6.04(a)(xvi) and amounts paid pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (in each case
other than with Qualified Capital Stock or with the portion of proceeds of an
Equity Issuance or issuance of Capital Markets Debt that is not required to be
applied to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(ii)) do not
exceed $150,000,000 during any Fiscal Year and do not exceed $300,000,000 in the
aggregate, (m) any Xerox Company may make Restricted Payments that constitute
Investments permitted by Section 6.04 and (n) XCI may distribute to the holders
of the XCI Class B Shares rights to acquire additional XCI Class B Shares so
long as (i) such rights are issued as a part of a plan to effectuate a direct or
indirect conversion of the outstanding XCI Class B Shares and all such rights
into Qualified Capital Stock and (ii) such conversion occurs promptly after such
distribution. It is understood and agreed that any payments with respect to
Trust Preferred Securities will continue to be governed by this Section 6.07
rather than Section 6.08 even if there is a change in GAAP requiring that
amounts in respect of Trust Preferred Securities be reported as Debt rather than
Preferred Stock.
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Section 6.08. Certain Payments of Debt. No Xerox Group Company will make or
agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of
or interest on any Debt, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or termination of any Debt
(including, without limitation, any payment in respect of Restricted Debt under
a Synthetic Purchase Agreement), except:
(a) payment of Debt and other obligations created under the Loan Documents;
(b) payment of Debt to any Xerox Company, provided such Debt is permitted
under Section 6.01.
(c) payment of regularly scheduled principal or interest payments or other
amounts as and when due in respect of any Debt;
(d) purchases, repurchases or other acquisitions of Debt purchased in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or
final maturity, in each case due within three months of the date of such
purchase, repurchase or other acquisition;
(e) payment of secured Debt that becomes due as a result of the voluntary
sale or transfer of, or a casualty with respect to, the property securing such
Debt;
(f) mandatory prepayments or redemptions of Debt (not including any such
prepayment or redemption that can be avoided by repaying Loans or acquiring
replacement assets);
(g) payment of revolving Debt and other lines of credit permitted to be
incurred or outstanding under Section 6.01;
(h) purchases of Debt with Qualified Capital Stock;
(i) exchanges of Extended Debt for, or payments of Refunded Debt with the
proceeds of, Permitted Refinancing Debt;
(j) deposits that are Liens permitted by Section 6.02;
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(k) payment of Debt incurred after the date hereof in order to cure a
default under Section 6.01 or 6.02 hereof;
(l) the repayment or repurchase by any Xerox Company of the ESOP Notes;
(m) payment or repurchase of any Debt, or agreeing to shorten the maturity
of any Debt (whether explicitly or by giving the holder thereof the right to
require any Xerox Group Company to repurchase such Debt), in respect of which an
event of default or notice of default has occurred and is continuing or is, in
the absence of obtaining a waiver or amendment, likely to occur in the good
faith judgment of Xerox, in any case as a result of a Restatement Event, in a
principal amount not exceeding $75,000,000 in the case of any individual
facility or series and not exceeding, together with all amounts paid pursuant to
Section 6.08(n), a principal amount of $200,000,000 in the aggregate, provided
that any such repayment, repurchase or agreement is permitted pursuant to this
Section 6.08(m) only if a repayment or repurchase is made, or an agreement is
entered into, during 2002 or is in respect of any Debt as to which Xerox has
notified the Administrative Agent during 2002, making specific reference to this
Section 6.08(m), that the holders thereof (or their representatives) have made
demands on Xerox on account of such an event of default or likely or threatened
event of default;
(n) the repayment or repurchase of the XCFI Debentures in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $55,000,000, provided that (i) such repayment or repurchase
is made pursuant to a planned transaction or series of transactions that
includes the repurchase or redemption of the XCI Class B Shares and (ii) if any
Debt is repaid or repurchased, or is made subject to an agreement shortening its
maturity, pursuant to Section 6.08(m), the foregoing amount of $55,000,000 shall
be reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount of such Debt; and
(o) other repayments of Debt which, when taken together with the payments
permitted under Section 6.07(j), do not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate;
each of the foregoing together with interest, fees, premiums and other amounts
outstanding in respect thereof.
Section 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates. No Xerox Group Company will
Transfer any property to, or purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire any
property from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its
Affiliates, except (a) transactions in the ordinary course of business that are
at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable in any material respect
to such Xerox Company than could reasonably have been obtained in the good faith
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judgment of the applicable Xerox Company on an arm's-length basis from unrelated
third parties, (b) transactions in the ordinary course of business between Xerox
Companies on prices and terms determined in accordance in all material respects
with Xerox's policies in respect of such intercompany transactions and relevant
tax or regulatory requirements as customarily applied by Xerox, (c) transactions
between or among Xerox and the Domestic Guarantors, transactions between or
among Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, in each case not involving any
other Affiliate, and transactions between or among Subsidiaries that are Foreign
Subsidiaries, (d) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07, (e) any
Investment permitted by Section 6.04, (f) any merger or other transaction
permitted by Section 6.03(a), (g) Qualified Receivables Transactions with a
Receivables SPE and the provision of billing, collection and other services in
connection therewith or transactions entered into in connection with the Third
Party Vendor Financing Program, (h) any employment agreement, collective
bargaining agreement, employee benefit plan, employee rights plan, related trust
agreement or any similar arrangement, payment of compensation and fees to, and
indemnity provided on behalf of, any present or former employees, officers,
directors or consultants, maintenance of benefit programs or arrangements for
any present or former employees, officers or directors, including vacation
plans, health and life insurance plans, deferred compensation plans, and
retirement or savings plan and similar plans, and loans and advances to any
present or former employees, officers, directors, consultants and shareholders,
in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business or approved by the
Board of Directors of the respective Xerox Company, as the case may be, (i) any
agreement, instrument or arrangement as in effect on the Effective Date, but, in
the case of any such material agreement, instrument or arrangement with
directors, officers and shareholders of Xerox, only to the extent set forth in
Schedule 6.09, in each case together with any amendment thereto, any transaction
contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto), or any
replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement
agreement is not more disadvantageous to any Xerox Company in any material
respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Effective Date as
determined in the good faith judgment of Xerox and (j) the issuance or sale of
any Qualified Capital Stock.
Section 6.10. Restrictive Agreements. No Xerox Group Company will, directly
or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement
that (a) prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition on (i) the ability of any
Xerox Group Company (other than restrictions on Finance SPEs or Third Party
Vendor Financing Subsidiaries) to create or permit to exist any Lien on any of
its property or (ii) the ability of any Xerox Group Company (other than
restrictions on Finance SPEs or Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiaries) to
pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital
stock or to make or repay loans or advances to any other Xerox Group Company or
to Guarantee Debt of any other Xerox Group Company or (b) in the case of any
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agreement evidencing or governing Debt, includes financial or negative covenants
or events of default that, taken as a whole, are more onerous for Xerox than set
forth herein, provided that (A) the foregoing shall not apply to prohibitions,
restrictions and conditions imposed by Applicable Law (including at the
direction of any insurance department) or by any Loan Document or imposed in
connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing Program, (B) the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof (but
shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such
restriction or condition), (C) the foregoing shall not apply to any financial or
negative covenants or events of default that, taken as a whole, are no more
onerous for Xerox than set forth herein, (D) the foregoing shall not apply to
customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the
sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale, provided that such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is to be
sold, or to any Xerox Company party to such agreement (with respect to such
Subsidiary or asset) and such sale is permitted hereunder, (E) Section
6.10(a)(i) shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any
agreement relating to (x) secured Debt permitted by this Agreement if such
prohibitions, restrictions or conditions apply only to the property securing
such Debt, (y) Qualified Receivables Transactions or (z) Qualified Turnaround
Program Subsidiaries, with respect to restrictions of the type described in
clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of "Qualification Requirements" to the
extent, in the case of this clause (z), the Qualification Requirements have been
satisfied with respect to such restrictions, (F) Section 6.10(a)(i) shall not
apply to customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts
restricting the assignment, transfer, pledge or other encumbrance thereof, (G)
the foregoing shall not apply to prohibitions, restrictions or conditions
imposed by any agreement relating to Capital Markets Debt, to the extent such
prohibitions, restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive than those set
forth herein, (H) the foregoing shall not apply to prohibitions, restrictions or
conditions contained in any agreements relating to the refinancing of any Debt,
to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive than those
set forth herein and (I) the foregoing shall not apply to prohibitions,
restrictions or conditions imposed in any agreement relating to Debt of any
Xerox Company that is not a Credit Party to the extent applicable only to such
Xerox Companies and their subsidiaries, provided it is understood that
references to restrictions or conditions no more onerous or restrictive than
those set forth herein are qualified to the extent that such restrictions or
conditions may not prevent, in a manner more restrictive than the High Yield
Indenture, the Lenders from being secured as provided herein and in the other
Loan Documents.
Section 6.11. Amendment of Material Documents. No Xerox Group Company will
amend, modify or waive any of its rights under any Material Document, if the
effect of such amendment, modification or waiver would be to (a) cause all or
any portion of the principal amount of any Debt under such
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Material Document to be payable, or to cause any redemption of any Equity
Interest under such Material Document, earlier than scheduled at the date
hereof, except to the extent such prepayment or redemption would be permitted by
Section 6.07 or 6.08 without giving effect to such amendment, modification or
waiver, (b) increase the interest rate payable on such Debt or increase the rate
of dividends payable on such Equity Interest (other than in connection with the
extension of the maturity of such Debt or the redemption date of such Equity
Interest to a date no earlier than October 31, 2005) or (c) make the covenants,
redemption provisions, mandatory prepayment provisions or events of default
contained in such Material Document materially more burdensome to the Xerox
Companies, taken as a whole, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Xerox Group Company may agree to any such amendment, modification or waiver of
any Material Document in respect of which a notice of default or an event of
default has occurred and is continuing or is, in the absence of obtaining
another waiver or amendment, likely to occur in the good faith judgment of
Xerox, in any case as a result of a Restatement Event, so long as, after giving
effect thereto, such Material Document does not contain financial and negative
covenants and events of default that, taken as a whole, are not materially more
onerous for the Xerox Group Companies than those in this Agreement.
Section 6.12. Capital Expenditures. Xerox will not permit the aggregate
amount of Capital Expenditures made in any Fiscal Year, commencing with the
Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2002, to exceed the sum of:
(a) $330,000,000; plus
(b) for each Fiscal Year ending after December 31, 2002, the Carry Over
Amount for such Fiscal Year plus any unused Carry Over Amount for the preceding
Fiscal Year.
Section 6.13. Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. Xerox will not permit
Consolidated EBITDA less Capitalized Software Expense for any period of four
consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on any date set forth below, to be less than
the amount set forth below opposite such date:
Period Consolidated EBITDA
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September 30, 2002 $ 825,000,000
December 31, 2002 $ 863,000,000
March 31, 2003 $ 920,000,000
June 30, 2003 $ 998,000,000
September 30, 2003 $1,086,000,000
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Period Consolidated EBITDA
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December 31, 2003 $1,142,000,000
March 31, 2004 $1,167,000,000
June 30, 2004 $1,222,000,000
September 30, 2004 $1,275,000,000
December 31, 2004 $1,386,000,000
On and after the Covenant Re-set Date, however, the foregoing provisions shall
be superseded in their entirety by the applicable provisions of the Covenant
Re-set Schedule.
Section 6.14. Leverage Ratio. Xerox will not permit the Leverage Ratio as
of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter to exceed the ratio set forth opposite
such day below:
Period Leverage Ratio
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September 30, 2002 5.3x
December 31, 2002 5.4x
March 31, 2003 5.7x
June 30, 2003 5.2x
September 30, 2003 5.2x
December 31, 2003 4.3x
March 31, 2004 4.4x
June 30, 2004 4.2x
September 30, 2004 4.2x
December 31, 2004 3.5x
On and after the Covenant Re-set Date, however, the foregoing provisions shall
be superseded in their entirety by the applicable provisions of the Covenant
Re-set Schedule.
Section 6.15. Consolidated Net Worth. Xerox will not permit Consolidated
Net Worth as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal
Quarter ending September 30, 2002) to be less than
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$4,140,000,000. On and after the Covenant Re-set Date, however, the foregoing
provisions shall be superseded in their entirety by the applicable provisions of
the Covenant Re-set Schedule.
Section 6.16. Overseas Borrower Status; XFI. (a) Except in the case of XCI
or any of its subsidiaries (if XCI or such subsidiary is designated as an
Overseas Borrower), Xerox will not change, alter or otherwise modify, and will
not allow any Subsidiary to change, alter or otherwise modify, the nature of the
business of any Overseas Borrower to the extent that such change, alteration or
modification will make such Overseas Borrower a "Specified Subsidiary" under the
Reference Indenture (or if the High Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference
Indenture, a corresponding category under a new Reference Indenture) or a
"Restricted Subsidiary" under the ESOP Guarantee Agreements.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of the Post-Closing Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement or of Section 5.11(a)(ii) or Section 5.13(b)(ii), XFI (or
any successor to XFI as the owner of all the capital stock of Xerox Austria, it
being agreed that unless otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, XFI may be
liquidated or dissolved) shall not be required to pledge any shares of Xerox
Austria. But so long as Xerox Austria is a Material Foreign Subsidiary and 65%
of its outstanding voting Equity Interests have not been pledged as contemplated
by the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (or pursuant to other
pledge arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agents (who, in so acting,
shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 8 of this Agreement)), then
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, XFI (or any successor to
XFI as the owner of all the capital stock of Xerox Austria) will not engage in
any business or conduct any activity other than that of a holding company owning
stock or Debt of other Xerox Companies and activities incidental thereto (which
shall not, however, prevent XFI or any such successor from liquidating or
dissolving Xerox Austria), and without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
XFI (or such successor) shall not incur or have outstanding any Debt unless (i)
such Debt is owed to a Credit Party or (ii) such Debt is owed to a Subsidiary
and is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on the terms set forth on Exhibit
H hereto.
ARTICLE 7
Events of Default
Section 7.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events ("Events of
Default") shall occur:
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(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any LC
Reimbursement Obligation when the same shall become due, whether at the due date
thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay when due any interest on any Loan or any
fee or other amount (except an amount referred to in Section 7.01(a)) payable
under any Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of three Business Days;
(c) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or
on behalf of any Xerox Company in any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to any Loan Document or
any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform (i) the covenants set
forth in Section 6.01 or 6.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for
more than five Business Days after the date a Responsible Officer has knowledge
of such failure or (ii) any other covenant or agreement contained in Article 6
or in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the existence of such Borrower) or
5.10;
(e) any Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or
agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in Section
7.01(a), 7.01(b) or 7.01(d) above), and such failure shall continue unremedied
for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to
Xerox (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) any Xerox Company shall fail to make a payment or payments (whether of
principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of Material Debt when
the same shall become due or shall fail to make a payment or payments under one
or more Hedging Agreements aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 when the same
shall become due, in any case, whether at the due date thereof or at a date
fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise, and such failure shall continue
beyond any grace period applicable thereto, provided that this Section 7.01(f)
shall not apply to Debt in a principal amount, or Hedging Agreements pursuant to
which a Xerox Company is obligated to pay an amount, not exceeding $75,000,000
in the case of any individual facility or series and not exceeding $200,000,000
in the aggregate, that becomes due as a result of a Restatement Event, it being
understood that the principal amount of the XCFI Debentures repaid pursuant to
Section 6.08(n) and the principal amount of any Debt repaid or repurchased, or
subject to an agreement shortening its maturity, pursuant to Section 6.08(m)
shall be offset to reduce the amount of Debt as to which this proviso would
otherwise be applicable;
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(g) any non-payment default under any agreement governing any Material Debt
occurs that results in Material Debt becoming due before its scheduled maturity
or that enables or permits (without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
any such notice having been given or any such grace period having expired) the
holder or holders of Material Debt or any trustee or agent on its or their
behalf to cause Material Debt to become due, or to require the prepayment,
repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, before its scheduled maturity;
provided that this Section 7.01(g) shall not apply to secured Debt that becomes
due as a result of a voluntary sale or transfer of the property securing such
Debt or as a result of a Restatement Event;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in
respect of Xerox or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial
part of its assets, under any Federal, state, provincial or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the
appointment of a receiver, manager, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for Xerox or any Material Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or
petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving
or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) Xerox or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state, provincial or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the
institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or petition described in Section 7.01(h) above, (iii) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, manager, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Xerox or any Material
Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such
proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi)
take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) Xerox or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount
exceeding $25,000,000 shall be rendered against one or more Xerox Companies and
shall remain undischarged for a period of 45 consecutive days during which
execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken
by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any asset of any Xerox Company to
enforce any such judgment;
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(l) an ERISA Event or Canadian Funding Failure shall have occurred (other
than in respect of a Disclosed Matter) that, in the opinion of the Required
Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events and Canadian Funding
Failures that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of Xerox and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $25,000,000 in
any year;
(m) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall
cease to be a valid and perfected Lien on any material Collateral, or any Lien
purported to be created under any Security Document shall be asserted by any
Credit Party not to be a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the
priority required by the applicable Security Document, except (i) as a result of
a Transfer of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the
Loan Documents or other release provided for in the Loan Documents, (ii) as a
result of the Administrative Agent's failure to maintain possession of any stock
certificates, promissory notes or other documents delivered to it under the
relevant Security Document or (iii) correctable errors of any copyright office
or the Patent and Trademark Office or any Credit Party with respect to
Intellectual Property filings, to the extent the relevant Credit Party promptly
causes such error to be corrected; or
(n) any Guarantor's CA Guarantee shall at any time fail to constitute a
valid and binding agreement of such Guarantor or any party shall so assert in
writing (other than as a result of transactions permitted by the Loan
Documents);
then, and in every such event (except an event with respect to any Borrower
described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) above), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Lenders (or, with respect only to clause (i) below, at
the request of the Required Revolving Lenders) shall, by notice to Xerox, take
either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)
terminate the Revolving Commitments, and thereupon the Revolving Commitments
shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be
due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so
declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and
payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and
payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable
immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are waived by the Borrower; and in the case of any event with
respect to any Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) above, the
Revolving Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the
Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and
other obligations of the Borrowers accrued
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hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are waived by the
Borrowers.
ARTICLE 8
The Administrative Agent
Section 8.01. Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender Party irrevocably
appoints the Administrative Agent as its contractual representative and
authorizes the Administrative Agent (a) to sign and deliver the Security
Documents and (b) to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents,
together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In
its capacity as the Lenders' contractual representative, the Administrative
Agent (i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders,
(ii) is a "representative" of the Lenders within the meaning of the term
"secured party" as defined in the UCC and (iii) is acting as an independent
contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set
forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby
agrees to assert no claim against the Administrative Agent on any agency theory
or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which
claims each Lender hereby waives. For greater certainty, and without limiting
the powers of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any of Loan Documents,
each Lender hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent shall, for
purposes of holding any Liens granted by any Canadian Credit Party on the
Collateral pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure payment of
all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of the Canadian Credit Parties to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent including, but not limited to, any
bonds, notes or other titles of indebtedness, be the holder of an irrevocable
power of attorney or fonde de pouvoir (within the meaning of the Civil Code of
Quebec) for all present and future Lenders who will agree to an assignment of
participation at the time of such assignment, and in particular for all present
and future holders of such bonds, notes, or other titles of indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act Respecting Powers of
Legal Persons (Quebec) (formerly the Special Corporate Powers Act (Quebec)), the
Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of such bonds, notes or other
titles of indebtedness. The Borrowers hereby acknowledges that each Note issued
by it under this Agreement constitutes a title of indebtedness, as such term is
used in Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec.
Section 8.02. Rights and Powers as a Lender. A bank serving as the
Administrative Agent shall, in its capacity as a Lender, have the same rights
and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent. Such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
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lend money to and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other
business transaction with any Xerox Company or Affiliate thereof as if it were
not the Administrative Agent.
Section 8.03. General Immunity. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of
its directors, officers, sub-agents or employees shall be liable to Xerox or any
other Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection
herewith or therewith, except to the extent such action or inaction is
determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have arisen from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Person.
Section 8.04. Limited Duties and Responsibilities. The Administrative
Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth
in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is
required in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 9.02), provided that the Administrative Agent is indemnified
to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost
and expense that it may incur by reason of taking, or continuing to take any
such action, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be
liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to any Xerox
Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number
or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 9.02). The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof specifying that
it is a "notice of default" is given to the Administrative Agent by Xerox or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any
duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection
therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document
including, without limitation, any agreement by a Xerox Company to furnish
information directly to each Lender, (iv) the validity,
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enforceability, sufficiency, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document
or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the value, sufficiency,
creation, perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral security, (vi)
the financial condition of any Xerox Company or (vii) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
Section 8.05. Authority to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and Advice.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on, and shall not incur any
liability for relying on, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely
on any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made
by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any
Xerox Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with
the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 8.06. Sub-Agents and Related Parties. The Administrative Agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
one or more sub-agents appointed by it. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding Sections of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall
apply to activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Section 8.07. Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent. Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in
this Section 8.07, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying
the Lenders, the LC Issuing Banks and Xerox. Upon any such resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Xerox, to appoint a
successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders
and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the LC Issuing Banks,
appoint a successor Administrative Agent. Upon acceptance of its appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the
Borrowers to a
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successor Administrative Agent shall be the same (without duplication) as those
payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and such
successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the
provisions of this Article and Section 9.04 shall continue in effect for the
benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
Administrative Agent.
Section 7.8. Credit Decisions by Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate,
continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based
on this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder.
ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
Section 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or electronic mail,
all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to Xerox at 800 Long Ridge Road,
Stamford, CT 06904, Attention of Treasury Department (Telecopy No.
203-968-4373), with a copy to General Counsel (Telecopy No.
203-968-3446);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent (including in its
capacity as a Lender or LC Issuing Bank), to Bank One, NA, 1 Bank One
Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60670, Attention of Thomas T. Bower (Telecopy
No. 312-732-1775); and
(iii) if to any other Lender (including in its capacity as an
LC Issuing Bank), to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth
in its Administrative Questionnaire.
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The electronic mail address for the Administrative Agent is
thomas_t_bower@bankone.com and for each other Lender is as set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire. Any party hereto may change its address or
telecopy number (and, for permitted purposes, its electronic mail address) for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent
and Xerox. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to have been
given on the date of receipt.
(b) Each Overseas Borrower hereby designates Xerox as its
representative and agent on its behalf for the purposes of giving and receiving
all notices (other than Borrowing Requests and requests for the issuance of
Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.04) and any other documentation required
to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement and any other Loan Document by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender. Xerox hereby accepts such appointment.
The Agents and the Lenders may regard any notice (other than Borrowing Requests
and requests for the issuance of Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.04) or
other communication pursuant to any Loan Document from Xerox as a notice or
communication from all Borrowers, and may give any notice or communication
required or permitted to be given to any Overseas Borrower or Overseas Borrowers
hereunder to Xerox on behalf of such Overseas Borrower or Overseas Borrowers.
Each Overseas Borrower agrees that each notice, election, representation and
warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by Xerox shall
be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Overseas Borrower and shall
be binding upon and enforceable against such Overseas Borrower to the same
extent as if the same had been made directly by such Overseas Borrower.
Section 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by any
Lender Party in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of
the Lender Parties under the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive
of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Credit Party
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
Section 9.02(b) - 9.02(k), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the making of a Loan nor the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be
construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Lender Party had
notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
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(b) No Loan Document or provision thereof may be waived, amended or
modified except by an agreement in writing and signed by the Required Lenders
(and, if the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the LC Issuing
Banks are affected thereby, by the Administrative Agent or the LC Issuing Banks,
as the case may be) and the Borrowers (except, in each case, as expressly
provided in the Loan Documents). Additionally, no waiver, amendment, or
modification set forth in Section 9.02(c) - 9.02(k) below will be effective
without, in addition, the signatures of the Persons required therein.
(c) Actions Requiring a Unanimous Lender Vote. Without the written
consent of each Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan
Document will be effective to do any of the following:
(i) change the percentage of the Lender Shares or the
percentage of any of the Revolving Commitments or of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Loans, or the number of Lenders, which
shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action
under any Loan Document;
(ii) reduce the amount of or postpone the date of the Initial
Paydown or the restructuring fee payable pursuant to Section 2.11(b);
(iii) amend this Section 9.02;
(iv) change the definition of "Lender Share" or "Required
Lenders"; or
(v) change Section 2.17(b) or Section 2.17(c) in a manner that
would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby.
(d) Actions Requiring a Unanimous Tranche A Lender Vote. Without the
written consent of each Tranche A Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification
of any Loan Document will be effective to reduce the principal amount of any
Tranche A Loan or reduce the interest rate thereon, postpone the Tranche A
Maturity Date, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any
Tranche A Loan under Section 2.09, or any date for the payment of any interest
or fee payable with respect to the Tranche A Loans hereunder, or reduce the
amount of, waive or excuse any such payment or change the definition of
"Required A Lenders" or "Required A/B Lenders".
(e) Actions Requiring a Unanimous Tranche B Lender Vote. Without the
written consent of each Tranche B Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification
of any Loan Document will be effective to reduce the principal amount of any
Tranche B Loan or reduce the interest rate thereon, postpone the
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the Tranche B Maturity Date, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal
amount of any Tranche B Loan under Section 2.09, or any date for the payment of
any interest or fee payable with respect to the Tranche B Loans hereunder
(including the prepayment premium pursuant to Section 2.10(d)), or reduce the
amount of, waive or excuse any such payment or change the definition of
"Required B Lenders", "Required A/B Lenders" or "Required Revolving /B Lenders".
(f) Actions Requiring a Unanimous Tranche C Lender Vote. Without the
written consent of each Tranche C Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification
of any Loan Document will be effective to reduce the principal amount of any
Tranche C Loan or reduce the interest rate thereon, postpone the Tranche C
Maturity Date, or any scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any
Tranche C Loan under Section 2.09, or any date for the payment of any interest
or fee payable with respect to the Tranche C Loans hereunder, or reduce the
amount of, waive or excuse any such payment or change the definition of
"Required C Lenders".
(g) Actions Requiring a Unanimous Revolving Lender Vote. Without the
written consent of each Revolving Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification
of any Loan Document will be effective to increase the Revolving Commitments,
reduce the principal amount of any Revolving Loan or reduce the interest rate
thereon, postpone the Revolving Maturity Date, or any scheduled date of payment
of the principal amount of any Revolving Loan under Section 2.09, or any date
for the payment of any interest or fee payable with respect to the Revolving
Loans hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Revolving Commitment or change
the definition of "Required Revolving Lenders" or "Required Revolving /B
Lenders".
(h) Actions Requiring Required Revolving Lender Vote. If at any time a
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or the conditions in Section
4.02(a) could not be satisfied, neither any waiver of such Default or such
conditions in Section 4.02(a), nor any amendment or other modification of any
Loan Document that has the effect of eliminating such Default or enabling such
conditions to be satisfied, shall be effective for purposes of Section 4.02
without the written consent to such waiver, amendment or other modification of
the Required Revolving Lenders, provided that the foregoing limit on
effectiveness shall not apply in the case of the making of any Loan or the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit if, after
giving effect thereto and any concurrent transaction, the aggregate Revolving
Exposures of the Revolving Lenders are not increased.
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(i) Amendments to Mandatory Prepayment Provisions. (i) Without the
written consent of (A) until such time as the Tranche C Loans are paid in full,
the Required Tranche C Lenders, (B) thereafter, until such time as the Tranche A
Loans are paid in full, the Required Tranche A Lenders and (C) thereafter, the
Required Revolving/B Lenders, no amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan
Document will be effective to reduce the principal amount of or postpone the
date of any mandatory prepayment from the proceeds of Asset Transfers or
Casualty Events pursuant to Section 2.10(b)(i) or 2.10(b)(iii).
(ii) Without the written consent of (A) until such time as the
Tranche C Loans are paid in full, the Required Tranche C Lenders, (B)
thereafter, until such time as the Tranche A Loans and the Tranche B
Loans are paid in full, the Required A/B Lenders and (C) thereafter,
the Required Revolving Lenders, no amendment, waiver or modification of
any Loan Document will be effective to reduce the principal amount of
or postpone the date of any mandatory prepayment from the proceeds of
Capital Markets Debt or Equity Issuances pursuant to Section
2.10(b)(ii)).
(j) Amendments Releasing Guarantees or Collateral.
(i) Without the written consent of each Tranche B Lender, and,
if the amount of the aggregate outstanding Tranche B Loans is less than
25% of the Basket Lien Principal Amount, each Tranche A Lender and
Revolving Lender, no amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan
Document will be effective to release all or any substantial portion of
the Domestic Collateral (except as expressly provided in Section 9.03
or in the relevant Security Document).
(ii) Without the written consent of each Revolving Lender, no
amendment, waiver or modification of any Loan Document will be
effective to release all or any substantial portion of the Foreign
Collateral, or to release Xerox's Guarantee of the obligations of the
Overseas Borrowers (except as expressly provided in Section 9.03 or in
the relevant Security Document).
(k) Actions Requiring Super-Majority Lender Vote. Without the written
consent of the Super-Majority Lenders, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan
Document may be amended to permit any Debt (including any Debt attributable to
an increase in the Revolving Commitments or the addition of any tranche of Loans
hereunder) to be secured by any Collateral pursuant to a Lien of equal priority
to, or higher priority than, the Lien of the Secured Parties thereon, except for
Permitted Liens.
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Section 9.03. Automatic Releases. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the Transfer of any
Collateral by any Credit Party, the Lender Parties hereby agree that the
security interest granted in such Collateral shall immediately and automatically
terminate and all rights to such Collateral shall automatically revert to such
Credit Party without any further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender,
any Issuing Bank or any other Person.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, in the event (i) all of the Equity Interests in any Guarantor
shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in
a sale permitted by this Agreement or a Guarantor shall liquidate or dissolve in
a transaction permitted by this Agreement, (ii) any Guarantor becomes a
Turnaround Program Subsidiary or ceases to be a Subsidiary in accordance with
Section 6.05(d), (iii) with respect to any Foreign Guarantor or Overseas
Borrower, all of the Release Conditions with respect to such Foreign Guarantor
or Overseas Borrower have been satisfied or (iv) with respect to Xerox or any
Domestic Guarantor, all of the Release Conditions are satisfied, then, in each
case, the obligations of such Guarantor or Borrower (as the case may be)
hereunder and pursuant to any Loan Document shall automatically be discharged
and released, and all rights to or security interests in the Collateral of such
Guarantor or Borrower (as the case may be) in favor of the Secured Parties shall
revert to the applicable Guarantor or Borrower or be released, as the case may
be, in each case without any further action by any Secured Party or any other
Person. If at any time any payment of a Secured Obligation is rescinded or must
be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency or receivership of Xerox,
any Overseas Borrower or otherwise, any Guarantee or Guarantees in respect of
such Secured Obligation that have been discharged and released pursuant to
Section 9.03(b)(iii) or 9.03(b)(iv) shall be reinstated with respect thereto as
though such payment had been due but not made at such time.
(c) Upon any termination or release of obligations or Collateral
pursuant to this Section 9.03, the Collateral Agent will, at the expense of the
relevant Credit Party, execute and deliver to such Credit Party such documents
as such Credit Party shall reasonably request to evidence the termination or
release of such obligations or Collateral, as the case may be.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, if any Guarantor is not or otherwise ceases to be a Material
Domestic Subsidiary or a Material Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with the
definitions thereof and Xerox has notified the Administrative Agent in writing
that it requests that such Guarantor be released from its obligations under the
Loan Documents, then the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and pursuant to
any Loan Document shall automatically be discharged and released, and all rights
to or
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security interests in the Collateral of such Guarantor in favor of the Secured
Parties shall revert to the applicable Guarantor or be released, as the case may
be, without any further action by any Secured Party or any other Person.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, if any Immaterial Subsidiary Certificate indicates that any
Foreign Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which have been pledged to the
Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral is not a Material Foreign Subsidiary
for purposes of clause (a) of such definition as of the date of delivery of such
certificate and Xerox has notified the Administrative Agent in writing that it
requests that the Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary be released, then
the pledge of the Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary shall
automatically be discharged and released, and all rights to such Equity
Interests in favor of the Secured Parties shall revert to the applicable
Guarantor without any further action by any Secured Party or any other Person,
and the Collateral Agent shall return any certificates evidencing such Equity
Interests to the applicable Guarantor.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, if any Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which have been pledged
to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral becomes a Qualified Turnaround
Program Subsidiary with respect to which the Qualification Requirements have
been satisfied with respect to a prohibition on the pledge of the Equity
Interests of such Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
thereto, then the pledge of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary shall
automatically be discharged and released, and all rights to such Equity
Interests in favor of the Secured Parties shall revert to the applicable
Guarantor without any further action by any Secured Party or any other Person,
and the Collateral Agent shall return any certificates evidencing such Equity
Interests to the applicable Guarantor.
Section 9.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) Each of the
Borrowers, with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries, shall pay (i) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its
Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of external
counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the
Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions
thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the LC
Issuing Banks in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) at any
time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Lender Party, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel (including internal counsel) for any Lender Party,
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in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection
with the Loan Documents (including its rights under this Section 9.04), the
Letters of Credit or the Loans, including all such out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the
Letters of Credit or the Loans.
(b) Each of the Borrowers, with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries,
shall indemnify each of the Lender Parties and their respective Related Parties
(each such Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of their respective
obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds
therefrom or any Letter of Credit or the use thereof (including any refusal by
any LC Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if
the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Mortgaged Property or any other
property owned or operated by any Xerox Company, or any Environmental Liability
related in any way to any Xerox Company, or (iv) any actual or prospective
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether
any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not be
available to any Indemnitee to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from such
Indemnitee's gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
(c) To the extent that any Borrower fails to pay any amount required to
be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or any LC Issuing Bank under Section
9.04(a) or 9.04(b), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent or the relevant LC Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender's pro
rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense
or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent or such LC Issuing Bank in its capacity as such. For
purposes hereof, a Lender's "pro rata share" shall be determined based on its
share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures, outstanding Term Loans and
unused Revolving Commitments at the time.
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(d) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, no Borrower shall
assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory
of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby,
the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds
thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section 9.04 shall be payable within 15
Business Days after written demand therefor.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9.04 shall
require a payment by a Foreign Credit Party if such payment would violate
Applicable Law or if Applicable Law would require minority shareholder approval,
a valuation or a discretionary order; provided that Xerox, as a Guarantor under
this Agreement, shall be liable for any such payment referred to in this
Subsection 9.04(f).
Section 9.05. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of any LC Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that
no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and
void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to
confer upon any Person (except the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any LC Issuing Bank
that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly provided herein,
the Related Parties of the Lender Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of any Revolving Commitment it has at the time and any Loans at the time
owing to it); provided that:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender
Affiliate that does not involve a new Revolving Lender, the
Administrative Agent (and, in the case of an assignment of all or a
portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lender's obligations in
respect of its LC Exposure, each LC Issuing Bank) must give its prior
written consent to such assignment (which consents shall not be
unreasonably withheld, it being understood that, in the case of any
assignment involving a new
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Revolving Lender, the assignee may be required to demonstrate to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent its legal and
financial ability to timely perform its obligations in respect of its
unused Revolving Commitment);
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of
a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, except that this clause (B) shall not
prohibit the assignment of all or a portion of all the assigning
Lender's rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Loans or the
Revolving Commitments on a non-pro rata basis;
(C) unless each of Xerox and the Administrative Agent
otherwise consents, the amount of the Revolving Commitment or Loans of
the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of
the date on which the relevant Assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or, if only
Tranche B Term Loans are being assigned, shall not be less than
$1,000,000; provided that this clause (C) shall not apply to an
assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate or an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Revolving Commitment
or Loans or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender's rights and obligations in respect of one Class of
Loans or the Revolving Commitments;
(D) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent an Assignment, together with a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such fee shall be
due in respect of a simultaneous assignment to up to five Lender
Affiliates; and
(E) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 9.05(d), from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment the assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment, be released from its obligations under
this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all of the assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.04). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.05(b)
shall be treated for
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purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.05(e).
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Chicago, Illinois a copy
of each Assignment delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the
names and addresses of the Lenders, their respective Revolving Commitments and
the principal amounts of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be prima facie evidence of the information recorded therein,
and the parties hereto may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by any party hereto at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.05(b) and any written
consent to such assignment required by Section 9.05(b), the Administrative Agent
shall accept such Assignment and record the information contained therein in the
Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 9.05(d).
Promptly after recording any Assignment, the Administrative Agent shall send
Xerox a notice of such Assignment, including the pertinent information therein
and, if the assignee is not already a Lender, accompanied by a copy of the
assignee's completed Administrative Questionnaire.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower or any other
Lender Party, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
("Participants") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitments
and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender's obligations under
this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (C) the Borrowers and the other Lender Parties shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment or modification that both
affects such
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Participant and requires the unanimous vote of all Lenders or the unanimous vote
of the Lenders in the Class of Loans or the Revolving Commitments in which the
Participant has acquired an interest. Subject to Section 9.05(f), each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to
the same extent and subject to the same limitations as if it were a Lender and
had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 9.05(b). To the
extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 9.09 as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with Xerox's prior
written consent. Without limiting the preceding sentence, a Participant that
would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall only be entitled to any of
the benefits of Section 2.16 if Xerox is notified of the participation sold to
such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower,
to comply with Sections 2.16(e) and 2.16(g) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of
such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank or, in the case of a Lender which is a fund, any pledge or
assignment of all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, to its
trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee, and this Section 9.05
shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest;
provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release
a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or
assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 9.06. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Credit Parties in the Loan Documents and in certificates
or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to the Loan
Documents shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties
hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and
the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any
investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that any Lender Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any principal
of or accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable hereunder
is outstanding or any Letter of Credit is outstanding or any Revolving
Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15,
2.16, 9.04 and 9.13
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and Article 8 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of
the consummation of the Transactions, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Revolving Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 9.07. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other
Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable
to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuing Banks and the Arrangers constitute
the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement (a) will become effective
as provided in Section 4.01 and (b) thereafter will be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 9.08. Severability. If any provision of any Loan Document is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction then, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (a) such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent (but only to the extent) of such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability, (b) the other provisions of the Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be
liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the parties thereto
as nearly as may be possible and (c) the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of any such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
Section 9.09. Right of Setoff. If an acceleration or payment Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its
Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and
other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the
credit or the account of any Borrower (or, in the case of any Overseas Borrower,
Xerox, as Guarantor) against any obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter
existing hereunder and held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such
Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although such obligations may be
unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.09 are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender
may have.
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Section 9.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
by the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each of the Borrowers irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States
District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any relevant appellate
court, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and, except to the extent expressly provided therein, any other Loan Document,
or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each party hereto
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court
or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto
agrees that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in any Loan Document shall affect any right that any Lender Party may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document
against any Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each of the Borrowers irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it
may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred
to in Section 9.10(b). Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance
of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the
manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in any Loan Document will
affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.
Section 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
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ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES
HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 9.12. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.13. Confidentiality. Each Lender Party agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information
may be disclosed only in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions
contemplated hereby, and further, only (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors,
officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made
will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed
to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any
regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any
subpoena or similar legal process (provided that such Lender Party shall give
notice to Xerox as promptly as practicable of receipt of any such subpoena or
other legal process, unless provision of such notice would result in a violation
of such subpoena or other legal process), (d) to any other party to this
Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or any
suit, action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of
any right thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section 9.13, to (i) any actual or
prospective assignee of or Participant in any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors)
to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its
obligations, (g) with the consent of Xerox in its sole discretion or (h) to the
extent such Information either (i) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Lender Party
on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Xerox. For the purposes of
this Section, "Information" means all information received from any Xerox
Company relating to its business, other than any such information that is
available to any Lender Party on a nonconfidential basis before disclosure by
Xerox. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as
provided in this Section 9.13 shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.
Section 9.14. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan,
together
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with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such
Loan under Applicable Law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum
lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") that may be contracted for, charged or
otherwise received by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with Applicable
Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together
with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum
Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been
payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section 9.14 shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such Lender shall have received
such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate to the date of payment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
XEROX CORPORATION
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, NA, as a Lender, as LC
Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender and as
Syndication Agent
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as a Lender and as
Documentation Agent
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[OTHER LENDERS]
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
XCC ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
The undersigned acknowledges this Agreement solely for the purpose of
confirming its agreement that the Existing Credit Agreement is amended and
restated by this Agreement and, subject to the repayment in full of all of its
loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, the undersigned will not
be a party to this Agreement for any other purpose and, except in its capacity
as a Domestic Guarantor under the Domestic Security Agreement, will not have any
obligations under or in respect of this Agreement.
XEROX CREDIT CORPORATION
By:_____________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule 1.04
Period Covenant Total Debt Capitalized Software
- ------ ------------------- --------------------
September 30, 2002 $ 12,959,000,000 $ 91,000,000
December 31, 2002 $ 12,101,000,000 $ 65,000,000
March 31, 2003 $ 12,613,000,000 $ 62,000,000
June 30, 2003 $ 11,866,000,000 $ 60,000,000
September 30, 2003 $ 11,662,000,000 $ 58,000,000
December 31, 2003 $ 10,212,000,000 $ 56,000,000
March 31, 2004 $ 10,623,000,000 $ 56,000,000
June 30, 2004 $ 10,166,000,000 $ 56,000,000
September 30, 2004 $ 9,944,000,000 $ 56,000,000
December 31, 2004 $ 8,957,000,000 $ 56,000,000
EXHIBIT (4)(l)(2)
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 21, 2002
among
XEROX CORPORATION
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK ONE, NA
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Definitions ........................................................... 2
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Section 2. Guarantees by Guarantors .............................................. 13
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Section 3. Representations and Warranties ........................................ 17
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Section 4. The Security Interests ................................................ 20
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Section 5. Further Assurances; Covenants ......................................... 23
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Section 6. Recordable Intellectual Property ...................................... 24
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Section 7. Pledged Securities .................................................... 26
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Section 8. Collateral Account .................................................... 29
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Section 9. Transfer of Record Ownership .......................................... 30
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Section 10. Right to Vote Securities .............................................. 31
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Section 11. General Authority ..................................................... 32
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Section 12. Remedies upon Actionable Event of Default or Acceleration ............. 33
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Section 13. Limitation on Duty of Collateral Agent in Respect of Collateral ....... 35
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Section 14. Application of Proceeds ............................................... 35
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Section 15. Concerning the Collateral Agent ....................................... 39
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Section 16. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents ................................... 40
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Section 17. Expenses .............................................................. 41
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Section 18. Taxes ................................................................. 41
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Section 19. Termination of Security Interests; Release of Collateral .............. 42
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Section 20. Additional Guarantors and Lien Grantors ............................... 43
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Section 21. Notices ............................................................... 43
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Section 22. Waivers, Non-Exclusive Remedies ....................................... 43
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Section 23. Successors and Assigns ................................................ 44
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Section 24. Changes in Writing .................................................... 44
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Section 25. New York Law .......................................................... 44
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Section 26. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .................................................. 44
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Section 27. Severability .......................................................... 44
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1 Pledged Securities
Schedule 2 Terms of Subordination
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Perfection Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Issuer Control Agreement
Exhibit C Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement
Exhibit D Copyright Security Agreement
Exhibit E Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit F Trademark Security Agreement
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of June __, 2002 (the "Agreement") among XEROX
CORPORATION ("Xerox"), the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS party hereto and BANK ONE, NA
as Collateral Agent (with its successors, the "Collateral Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Xerox, certain Overseas Borrowers, certain financial
institutions (each, a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders"), Bank One, NA,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as Documentation Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, are
parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002
(as the same has been and may be amended from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, Xerox has agreed to secure (i) its CA Secured Obligations
(such term and other capitalized terms are defined in Section 1 below), (ii) the
ESOP Secured Obligations and (iii) the XCFI Secured Obligations by granting
security interests on its assets which constitute Collateral to the Collateral
Agent as provided in the Domestic Security Documents; and
WHEREAS, Xerox is willing to guarantee the Overseas CA Secured
Obligations and to secure its guarantee thereof by granting security interests
on its assets which constitute Collateral to the Collateral Agent as provided in
the Domestic Security Documents;
WHEREAS, Xerox is willing to cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to, and
each Subsidiary Guarantor is willing to, guarantee the foregoing obligations of
Xerox and the Overseas Borrowers and, in the case of each Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor, to secure its guarantee thereof by granting security interests on its
assets which constitute Collateral to the Collateral Agent as provided in the
Domestic Security Documents; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement
that the parties hereto enter into this Agreement to provide the guarantees and
security interests provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
(a) Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and not otherwise defined in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section
have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.
(b) Terms Defined in UCC. As used herein, each of the following terms has
the meaning specified in the UCC:
Term UCC
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Account 9-102
Authenticate 9-102
Certificated Security 8-102
Chattel Paper 9-102
Document 9-102
Entitlement Holder 8-102
Equipment 9-102
Financial Asset 8-102 & 103
General Intangibles 9-102
Instrument 9-102
Inventory 9-102
Record 9-102
Securities Intermediary 8-102
Security 8-102 & 103
Security Entitlement 8-102
Supporting Obligations 9-102
Uncertificated Security 8-102
(c) Additional Definitions. The following additional terms, as used
herein, have the following meanings:
"Actionable Event of Default"means an Event of Default specified in clause
(a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
"CA Percentage" means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Shared
Collateral that includes both ESOP Restricted Collateral and XCFI Restricted
Collateral, the portion, expressed as a percentage, that the amount of
outstanding CA Secured Obligations represents of the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Secured Obligations at such time, (b) with respect to any ESOP
Restricted Collateral that is not XCFI Restricted Collateral, the portion,
expressed as a percentage, that the amount of outstanding CA Secured Obligations
represents of the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding ESOP Secured
Obligations and CA Secured Obligations at such time and (c) with respect to any
XCFI Restricted Collateral that is not ESOP Restricted Collateral, the portion,
expressed as a percentage, that the amount of outstanding CA Secured
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Obligations represents of the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding
XCFI Secured Obligations and CA Secured Obligations at such time.
"CA Permitted Liens" means the Security Interests and Liens on the
Collateral permitted to be created, to be assumed or to exist pursuant to
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
"CA Secured Obligations" means (a) all principal of and premium and
interest (including, without limitation, any interest ("Post-Petition Interest")
which accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action
relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of any Borrower (or
would accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws),
whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on any
Loan outstanding from time to time or any LC Reimbursement Obligations under, or
any promissory note issued pursuant to, the Credit Agreement and (b) all other
amounts payable by any Borrower under the Credit Agreement or under any other
Loan Document (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time) (including any Post-Petition Interest with
respect to such amounts).
"Collateral" means all property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
on which a Lien is granted or purports to be granted to the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Domestic Security Documents. When used with respect to a
specific Lien Grantor, the term "Collateral" means all its property on which
such a Lien is granted or purports to be granted.
"Collateral Account" has the meaning specified in Section 8.
"Contingent CA Secured Obligation" means, at any time, any CA Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is contingent in nature at such time,
including any CA Secured Obligation that is:
(i) an obligation to reimburse a Lender for drawings not yet made
under a Letter of Credit issued by it;
(ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is
contingent in nature at such time; or
(iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the
foregoing types of obligations.
"Control", when used with respect to any Security or Security Entitlement,
has the meaning specified in UCC Section 8-106.
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"Copyright License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, prepare
derivative works, display or publish any records or other materials on which a
Copyright is in existence or may come into existence, including any agreement
identified in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement.
"Copyright Security Agreement" means a Copyright Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Copyrights" means all the following: (i) all copyrights under the laws of
the United States or any other country (whether or not the underlying works of
authorship have been published), all registrations and recordings thereof, all
copyrightable works of authorship (whether or not published), and all
applications for copyrights under the laws of the United States or any other
country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States,
any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
including those described in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement,
(ii) all renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to
sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and (iv) all
income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with
respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Covered Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 18(a).
"Equity Interest" means (i) in the case of a corporation, any shares of its
capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, an LLC Interest
therein, (iii) in the case of a partnership, any Partnership Interest therein,
(iv) in the case of any other business entity, any participation or other
interest in the equity or profits thereof or (v) any warrant, option or other
right to acquire any Equity Interest described in this definition.
"ESOP Guarantee Agreement" means the Guaranty and Agreement made by Xerox
dated as of October 1, 1993 (as amended from time to time) relating to the
Guaranteed ESOP Restructuring Notes due October 1, 2003 issued by Xerox
Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust.
"ESOP Percentage" means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Shared
Collateral that includes both ESOP Restricted Collateral and XCFI Restricted
Collateral, the portion, expressed as a percentage, that the amount of
outstanding ESOP Secured Obligations represents of the aggregate amount of all
outstanding
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Secured Obligations at such time and (b) with respect to any ESOP Restricted
Collateral that is not XCFI Restricted Collateral, the portion, expressed as a
percentage, that the amount of outstanding ESOP Secured Obligations represents
of the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding ESOP Secured Obligations
and CA Secured Obligations at such time.
"ESOP Restricted Collateral" means the Collateral of Xerox or any ESOP
Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor (and any Proceeds of such Collateral
shall also constitute "ESOP Restricted Collateral").
"ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a "Restricted Subsidiary" under the ESOP Guarantee Agreement.
"ESOP Secured Obligations" means the obligations of Xerox under the ESOP
Guarantee Agreement and shall include all outstanding amounts of the loans
guaranteed under the ESOP Guarantee Agreement and accrued and unpaid interest
and other amounts owing with respect hereto.
"Guarantee" means, with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor, its
Subsidiary Guarantee, and with respect to Xerox, the Xerox Guarantee.
"Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement" means a Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, signed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent for the purpose of adding a Domestic
Subsidiary as a party hereto pursuant to Section 20 and/or adding additional
property to the Collateral.
"Guarantors" means Xerox and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
"Intellectual Property" means (i) Patents, (ii) Patent Licenses, (iii)
Trademarks, (iv) Trademark Licenses, (v) Copyrights, (vi) Copyright Licenses,
(vii) confidential information, (viii) proprietary technology, (ix) trade
secrets, (x) domain names and (xi) mask works, and all rights in or under any of
the foregoing.
"Intellectual Property Filing" means (i) the filing of the applicable
Patent Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, together with an appropriately completed
recordation form, and (ii) the filing of the applicable Copyright Security
Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, together with an
appropriately completed recordation form, in each case sufficient to record the
Security Interests granted to the Collateral Agent in Recordable Intellectual
Property.
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"Intellectual Property Security Agreement" means a Copyright Security
Agreement, a Patent Security Agreement or a Trademark Security Agreement.
"Issuer Control Agreement" means an Issuer Control Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit B (with any changes that the Collateral Agent shall have
approved).
"Lien Grantors" means Xerox and the Secured Subsidiary Guarantors.
"Liquid Investments" has the meaning specified in Section 8(d).
"LLC Interest" means a membership interest or similar interest in a limited
liability company.
"Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligation" means at any time any CA Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is not a Contingent CA Secured Obligation
at such time.
"Overseas CA Secured Obligations" means the CA Secured Obligations of any
Overseas Borrower.
"Original Lien Grantor" means any Lien Grantor that grants a Lien on any of
its assets hereunder on the Effective Date.
"Partnership Interest" means a partnership interest, whether general or
limited.
"Patent License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting
to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to any other
Person, any right with respect to any Patent or any invention now or hereafter
in existence, whether patentable or not, whether a patent or application for
patent is in existence on such invention or not, and whether a patent or
application for patent on such invention may come into existence or not,
including any agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Patent Security
Agreement.
"Patents" means (i) all letters patent and design letters patent of the
United States or any other country and all applications for letters patent or
design letters patent of the United States or any other country, including
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar
office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, including those described in Schedule 1 to
any Patent Security Agreement, (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations in
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part, revisions and extensions of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for,
and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable
with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Patent Security Agreement" means a Patent Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Perfection Certificate" a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
A hereto, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments
contemplated thereby to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent, and duly
executed by an executive officer of Xerox.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means (i) any legally valid prohibitions on
granting a security interest to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
in the Equity Interests of any Qualified Turnaround Program Subsidiary pursuant
to any agreement entered into in connection with the Turnaround Program with or
for the benefit of any other Person owning or acquiring Equity Interests in such
a Subsidiary, to the extent the Qualification Requirements have been met with
respect to such prohibitions, (ii) (A) any legally valid contractual
restrictions in connection with the Turnaround Program that do not prohibit the
granting of a security interest in any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in a
Turnaround Program Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
or (B) any legally valid contractual restrictions that do not prohibit the
granting of a security interest in any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in any
other Subsidiary that is not a Xerox Group Company, but, in each case, that
otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights
(including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to,
such Equity Interests as a consequence of restrictions imposed on the owner of
such Equity Interests (including put and call arrangements, rights of first
refusal, right of first offer, tag-along rights and other similar rights to
which such Equity Interest may be subject), (iii) any legally valid and
customary contractual restrictions on granting a security interest to the
Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral in the Equity Interests of any
Finance SPE or any Permitted Joint Venture created in connection with any
Qualified Receivables Transaction or that otherwise restrict the Transfer by the
Collateral Agent of, or other rights (including voting rights) and remedies of
the Collateral Agent with respect to, such Collateral, (iv) any legally valid
contractual restrictions on granting a security interest to the Collateral Agent
as part of the Collateral in the Equity Interests of any Third Party Vendor
Financing Subsidiary or any Permitted Joint Venture created in connection with
the Third Party Vendor Financing Program or that otherwise restrict the Transfer
by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights (including voting
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rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to, such Collateral,
(v) any legally valid contractual restrictions existing on the date hereof on
granting a security interest to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
in any Equity Interest or General Intangible owned by any Original Lien Grantor,
or any legally valid contractual restrictions existing on the date hereof that
otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights
(including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to,
such Equity Interest or General Intangible, (vi) any legally valid contractual
restrictions permitted by Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement on the grant of a
security interest to the Collateral Agent in any of the Collateral, or on the
Transfer by the Collateral Agent of any Collateral (including put and call
arrangements, rights of first refusal, right of first offer, tag-along rights
and other similar rights to which any Equity Interest may be subject) or (vii)
the terms of any legally valid provision of Applicable Law which (A) prohibits
the creation of a security interest in any property or asset, (B) requires the
consent of any third party to the creation of a security interest in any
property or asset, (C) gives rise to any right of termination (including,
without limitation, the abandonment, invalidation, or rendering unenforceable
any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property) or default remedy by
reason of the creation of a security interest in any property or asset or (D)
does not prohibit the creation of a security interest in any property or asset
but otherwise restricts the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of any such
property or asset or any other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent.
"Personal Property Collateral" means all property included in the
Collateral except Real Property Collateral.
"Pledged", when used in conjunction with any type of asset, means at
any time an asset of such type that is included (or that creates rights that are
included) in the Collateral at such time. For example, "Pledged Security" means
a Security that is included in the Collateral at such time.
"Proceeds" means all proceeds of, and all other profits, products,
rents or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease,
exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or other realization
upon, any Collateral, including without limitation all claims of the relevant
Lien Grantor against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or
for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of
insurance in respect of, any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition
payments with respect to any Collateral, in each case whether now existing or
hereafter arising.
"Real Property Collateral" means all real property included in the
Collateral.
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"Recordable Intellectual Property" means Intellectual Property the
transfer of which is required to be recorded in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office in order to be effective
against subsequent third party transferees; provided, however, that the
following items shall not be considered "Recordable Intellectual Property"
hereunder: (i) Patents which are less than one year from their final expiration
date, (ii) Intellectual Property licenses, (iii) unregistered Copyrights and
(iv) Copyright applications.
"Release Conditions" means the following conditions for releasing all
the Guarantees and terminating all the Security Interests:
(i) all Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement
shall have expired or been terminated;
(ii) all Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligations shall have
been paid in full; and
(iii) no Contingent CA Secured Obligation shall remain
outstanding;
provided that the condition in clause (iii) shall not apply to outstanding
Letters of Credit if (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(y) Xerox or the applicable Borrower have granted to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (or, if the obligations of the Revolving
Lenders to reimburse the applicable LC Issuing Banks have been terminated, to
such LC Issuing Banks), a security interest in Liquid Investments (or causes a
bank acceptable to the Required Revolving Lenders or such LC Issuing Banks, as
the case may be, to issue a letter of credit naming the Collateral Agent or such
LC Issuing Banks as beneficiary) in an amount at least equal to 105% of the LC
Exposure (plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) as of the date of such
termination, on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Revolving Lenders or such LC Issuing Banks, as the
case may be.
"Restricted Collateral" means the Collateral of Xerox or any Restricted
Secured Subsidiary Guarantor (and any Proceeds of such Collateral shall also
constitute "Restricted Collateral").
"Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a "Specified Subsidiary" under the Reference Indenture (or if
the High Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference Indenture, a corresponding
category under a new Reference Indenture).
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"Secured Agreement", when used with respect to any Secured Obligation,
refers collectively to each instrument, agreement or other document that sets
forth obligations of Xerox, obligations of the Overseas Borrowers, obligations
of a Guarantor and/or rights of the holder with respect to such Secured
Obligation.
"Secured Guarantee" means, with respect to each Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guarantee, and with respect to Xerox, the Xerox
Guarantee.
"Secured Obligations" means the CA Secured Obligations, the ESOP
Secured Obligations and the XCFI Secured Obligations.
"Secured Parties" means (i) with respect to the CA Secured Obligations,
the Agents, the Lenders and the LC Issuing Banks, (ii) with respect to the ESOP
Secured Obligations, the holders of the ESOP Notes and (iii) with respect to the
XCFI Secured Obligations, the Trustee under each of the XCFI Indentures (and any
successor Trustee thereunder) for the benefit of the holders of the XCFI
Debentures.
"Secured Party Jurisdiction" means, with respect to any Secured Party:
(i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Secured
Party is organized or in which its principal office is located,
(ii) the jurisdiction in which its applicable lending office
is located, and
(iii) any jurisdiction in which it is treated as resident for
purposes of income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) net
income (or is otherwise subject to such taxes) by reason of its
business activities and operations that are unrelated to the Credit
Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement and the loans thereunder.
"Secured Subsidiary Guarantee" means, with respect to each Secured
Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guarantee.
"Secured Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Subsidiary Guarantor other than
XCC.
"Security Interests" means the security interests in the Collateral
granted under the Domestic Security Documents securing the Secured Obligations.
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"Shared Collateral" means any Collateral that includes either ESOP
Restricted Collateral or XCFI Restricted Collateral, or both.
"State and Local Government Receivables" means Accounts (including
without limitation, proceeds of Inventory to the extent it also constitutes an
Account, and Chattel Paper, Documents and Instruments and proceeds thereof) that
are owed from state and local governments and their subdivisions within the
United States or its possessions or territories.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" means, with respect to each Subsidiary
Guarantor, its guarantee of the Secured Obligations under Section 2 hereof or
Section 1 of a Security Agreement Supplement.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means each Domestic Subsidiary listed on the
signature pages hereof under the caption "Guarantors" and each Domestic
Subsidiary that shall, at any time after the date hereof, become a "Guarantor"
pursuant to Section 20.
"Third Party Vendor Financing Assets" means Equipment, Inventory and
related assets that is transferred to any Person under the Third Party Vendor
Financing Program.
"Trademark License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right to use any Trademark, including any agreement
identified in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement.
"Trademarks" means: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service
marks, logos, brand names, trade dress, prints and labels on which any of the
foregoing have appeared or appear, package and other designs, and all other
source or business identifiers, and all general intangibles of like nature, and
the rights in any of the foregoing which arise under applicable law, (ii) the
goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or associated therewith, (iii) all
registrations and applications in connection therewith, including registrations
and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, including those described in
Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement, (iv) all renewals of any of the
foregoing, (v) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing and (vi) all income, royalties, damages
and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements
thereof.
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"Trademark Security Agreement" means a Trademark Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Transferred Intellectual Property" means any Intellectual Property
(including without limitation, proceeds thereof) that was Transferred as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
"Transferred Receivables" means Receivables that were Transferred in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or the Third Party Vendor
Financing Program.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time
in the State of New York; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of
law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the
priority of any Security Interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, "UCC" means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes
of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or
non-perfection or priority.
"Unrestricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor that is not a Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor.
"XCC Indentures" means any Indenture or other agreement governing
Capital Markets Debt of XCC.
"XCC Senior Obligations" means XCC's obligations under its Capital
Markets Debt outstanding as of the Effective Date.
"XCC Subordinated Obligations" means XCC's obligations under its
Subsidiary Guarantee.
"XCFI Indentures" means (a) that certain Trust Indenture dated as of
December 15, 1986, as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth
Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada
Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee and (b)
that certain Trust Indenture dated as of October 27, 1987, as supplemented and
amended by the First through Fourth Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox
Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National
Trust Company, as Trustee, in each case as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
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"XCFI Percentage" means, at any time, (a) with respect to any Shared
Collateral that includes both ESOP Restricted Collateral and XCFI Restricted
Collateral, the portion, expressed as a percentage, that the amount of
outstanding XCFI Secured Obligations represents of the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Secured Obligations at such time and (b) with respect to any XCFI
Restricted Collateral that is not ESOP Restricted Collateral, the portion,
expressed as a percentage, that the amount of outstanding XCFI Secured
Obligations represents of the sum of the aggregate amount of all outstanding
XCFI Secured Obligations and CA Secured Obligations at such time.
"XCFI Restricted Collateral" means the Restricted Collateral.
"XCFI Secured Obligations" means the obligations of Xerox under the
XCFI Indentures and shall include all amounts outstanding under the XCFI
Debentures and accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing with respect
thereto.
"Xerox Secured Obligations" means (i) the Secured Obligations of Xerox
and (ii) the Xerox Guarantee.
"Xerox Guarantee" means Xerox's guarantee of the Overseas CA Secured
Obligations under Section 2 hereof.
Section 2. Guarantees by Guarantors.
(a) Guarantees. (i) Xerox unconditionally guarantees the full and
punctual payment of each Overseas CA Secured Obligation when due (whether at
stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If an Overseas Borrower fails
to pay any Overseas CA Secured Obligation punctually when due, Xerox agrees that
it will forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the
manner specified in the relevant Loan Document.
(ii) Each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full and
punctual payment of each Secured Obligation when due (whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If Xerox or any Overseas Borrower
fails to pay any Secured Obligation punctually when due, each Subsidiary
Guarantor agrees that it will forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at
the place and in the manner specified in the relevant Secured Agreement;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the ESOP Secured
Obligations are only guaranteed by each ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor and no holder of any ESOP Secured Obligation shall have any claim
against, or Lien on any asset of, XCC or any Secured Subsidiary Guarantor that
is not an ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue of this
Agreement and (B) the XCFI Secured Obligations are only guaranteed by each
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Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor and no holder of any XCFI Secured
Obligation shall have any claim against, or Lien on any asset of, XCC or any
Secured Subsidiary Guarantor that is not a Restricted Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor by virtue of this Agreement; provided, further, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the liability and obligation of (x)
each ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 2(a) with
respect to the ESOP Secured Obligations (but not any other Secured Obligations)
and (y) each Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 2(a)
with respect to the XCFI Secured Obligations (but not any other Secured
Obligations) shall not be enforced by any action or proceeding wherein damages
or any money judgment shall be sought against such ESOP Restricted Secured
Subsidiary Guarantor or such Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, as the
case may be, except a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent upon the ESOP
Restricted Collateral of such ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor or
the XCFI Restricted Collateral of such Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, and any judgment in any such foreclosure action shall be
enforceable by the Collateral Agent against such ESOP Restricted Collateral or
XCFI Restricted Collateral, as the case may be, only to the extent of the ESOP
Percentage of such ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor's interest in
such ESOP Restricted Collateral, or only to the extent of the XCFI Percentage of
such Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor's interest in such XCFI Restricted
Collateral, as the case may be, and the guarantee extended hereby for the
benefit of any holder of ESOP Secured Obligations or XCFI Secured Obligations is
provided to such holder under the express condition that the Collateral Agent
has no right to sue for, seek or demand any deficiency judgment against any ESOP
Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the ESOP Secured
Obligations (but not any other Secured Obligations), or against any Restricted
Secured Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the XCFI Secured Obligations (but
not any other Secured Obligations), as the case may be, in any such foreclosure
action under or by reason of, or in connection with, this Agreement or otherwise
with respect to such guarantee. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Section 2(a) shall be limited as provided in Section 2(i) below and,
in the case of XCC only, subordinated as provided in Section 2(j) below.
(b) Guarantees Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under
its Guarantee shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise
affected by:
(i) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or
release in respect of any obligation of Xerox, any Overseas Borrower,
any other Guarantor or any other Person under any Secured Agreement, by
operation of law or otherwise;
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(ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to any
Secured Agreement;
(iii) any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of
any direct or indirect security for any obligation of Xerox, any
Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person under any
Secured Agreement;
(iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any
other Person or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding
affecting Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any
other Person or any of their assets or any resulting release or
discharge of any obligation of Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person under any Secured Agreement;
(v) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that
such Guarantor may have at any time against Xerox, any Overseas
Borrower, any other Guarantor, any Secured Party or any other Person,
whether in connection with the Loan Documents or any unrelated
transactions, provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion
of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(vi) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
against Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person for any reason of any Secured Agreement, or any provision of
applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment of any
Secured Obligation by Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor
or any other Person; or
(vii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by
Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other party to
any Secured Agreement, any Secured Party or any other Person, or any
other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of
this clause (vii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or
defense to any obligation of any Guarantor hereunder.
(c) Release of Guarantees. The Guarantees will be released in
accordance with Section 9.02 and 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, as the case may
be. In case of any release pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, the
Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in relying on a certificate of Xerox
stating that the release of the Guarantee is in accordance with and permitted by
the terms of Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement. If at any time any payment of
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a Secured Obligation is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon
the insolvency or receivership of Xerox, any Overseas Borrower or otherwise, the
relevant Guarantee or Guarantees shall be reinstated with respect thereto as
though such payment had been due but not made at such time.
(d) Waiver by Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance
hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as
well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person
against Xerox, any Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person.
(e) Subrogation. A Guarantor that makes a payment with respect to a
Secured Obligation hereunder shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee
against Xerox or the relevant Overseas Borrower with respect to such payment;
provided that no Guarantor shall enforce any payment by way of subrogation
against Xerox or the relevant Overseas Borrower, or by reason of contribution
against any other guarantor of such Secured Obligation, until all the Release
Conditions have been satisfied.
(f) Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of
any Secured Obligation by Xerox or any Overseas Borrower is stayed by reason of
the insolvency or receivership of Xerox or the relevant Overseas Borrower or
otherwise, all Secured Obligations otherwise subject to acceleration under the
terms of any Secured Agreement shall nonetheless be payable by the relevant
Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Collateral Agent.
(g) Right of Set-Off. If any Secured Obligation is not paid promptly
when due, each of the Secured Parties and their respective Affiliates is
authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Secured Party or
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Xerox or any Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor against the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee,
irrespective of whether or not such Secured Party shall have made any demand
thereunder and although such deposits and other obligations may be unmatured.
The rights of each Secured Party under this subsection are in addition to all
other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Secured
Party may have.
(h) Continuing Guarantee. Each Guarantee is a continuing guarantee,
shall be binding on the relevant Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and
shall be enforceable by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties. If all or
part of any Secured Party's interest in any Secured Obligation is assigned or
otherwise transferred, the transferor's rights under each Guarantee, to the
extent applicable
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to the obligation so transferred, shall automatically be transferred with such
obligation.
(i) Limitation on Obligations of Subsidiary Guarantor. The obligations
of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be limited to
an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such
Subsidiary Guarantee subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of applicable law.
(j) XCC Guarantee Subordinated. The obligations of XCC under its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be subordinated to the XCC Senior Obligations on the
terms set forth in Schedule 2.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. Each Original Lien Grantor
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction identified as its
jurisdiction of organization in the Perfection Certificate.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Lien
Grantor and the performance by it of its obligations under this
Agreement (i) are within its corporate or other powers, (ii) have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, (iii)
require no consent or approval of, registration or filing with, any
Governmental Authority except (A) such as have been obtained or made
and are in full force and effect and (B) filings, recordings and
registrations necessary to perfect the Security Interests, (iv) do not
violate any Applicable Law or its organizational documents, (v) do not
violate any order of any Governmental Authority except in any such case
where such violation could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (vi) do not violate or result in a default
under any indenture or material agreement or other instrument binding
upon it (it being understood that any decrease in the consolidated net
worth of Xerox following any fixing of the Basket Lien Available Amount
could result in a default under various Debt agreements) and (vii) do
not result in any Lien on any of its properties other than the Security
Interests.
(c) This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement
of such Lien Grantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as limited by (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered
in a proceeding at equity or at law.
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(d) Schedule 1 sets forth (i) the name and jurisdiction of
organization of, and the ownership interest (including percentage owned
and number of shares or units) of such Lien Grantor in the Securities
that are Equity Interests and issued by, each of such Lien Grantor's
direct Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, which are required to be
included in the Collateral and (A) pledged pursuant to the Effective
Date Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or (B) in the case of
Securities that are Equity Interests and issued by any Restricted
Foreign Subsidiary, pledged pursuant to the Post-Closing Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement and (ii) all other Securities that are Equity
Interests and directly owned by such Lien Grantor as of the date hereof
that are required to be included in the Collateral and pledged pursuant
to this Agreement. As of the date hereof, such Lien Grantor holds all
such Securities directly (i.e., not through a subsidiary, a Securities
Intermediary or any other Person).
(e) All Pledged Securities owned by such Lien Grantor are
owned by it free and clear of any Lien other than (i) the Security
Interests, (ii the Permitted Encumbrances and (iii) any tax liens and
judgment liens that are CA Permitted Liens. None of such Pledged
Securities is subject to any option to purchase or similar right of any
Person other than the Permitted Encumbrances. Other than the Permitted
Encumbrances, such Lien Grantor is not and will not become a party to
or otherwise bound by any agreement (except the Loan Documents) which
restricts in any material manner the rights of any present or future
holder of any Pledged Securities with respect thereto.
(f) Except for the Disclosed Matters, such Lien Grantor has
good title to, or valid license or leasehold interests in, all of its
Collateral which is material to its business, free and clear of any
Liens other than (i) the CA Permitted Liens, (ii) the Permitted
Encumbrances and (iii) other defects that could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Other than financing statements, mortgages or other
similar or equivalent documents or instruments with respect to the
Security Interests and other CA Permitted Liens, or that are in respect
of consignments, sale of Accounts, operating leases or are otherwise
precautionary, no financing statement, mortgage, security agreement or
similar or equivalent document or instrument covering all or any part
of the Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction in which
such filing or recording is effective to perfect or record a Lien on
such Collateral except (i) Liens that have been released and (ii) Liens
the obligations secured by which have been satisfied, in each case as
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evidenced pursuant to the requirements of Section 4.01(f) of the Credit
Agreement. After the Effective Date, no Collateral owned by such Lien
Grantor will be in the possession or under the Control of any other
Person having a claim thereto or security interest therein, other than
CA Permitted Liens.
(h) The Security Interests in the United States on all
Personal Property Collateral which is subject to the UCC or which
constitutes Intellectual Property owned by such Lien Grantor (i) have
been validly created, (ii) will attach to each item of such Collateral
on the Effective Date (or, if such Lien Grantor first obtains rights
thereto on a later date, on such later date) and (iii) when so
attached, will constitute Collateral for the Secured Obligations or
Secured Guarantee of such Lien Grantor.
(i) When the relevant Mortgages have been duly executed and
delivered, the Security Interests on all Real Property Collateral owned
by such Lien Grantor as of the Effective Date will have been validly
created and will constitute Collateral for the Secured Obligations or
Secured Guarantee of such Lien Grantor.
(j) Xerox has heretofore delivered the Perfection Certificate
to the Collateral Agent. The information specified therein with the
respect to such Lien Grantor is correct and complete in all material
respects as of the Effective Date.
(k) When a UCC financing statement describing the Collateral
and naming such Lien Grantor as debtor in the form attached to the
Perfection Certificate has been filed in the office of the Secretary of
State in such Lien Grantor's jurisdiction of organization specified in
the Perfection Certificate, the Security Interests will constitute
perfected security interests in the Personal Property Collateral owned
by such Lien Grantor to the extent that a security interest therein may
be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, prior to all Liens and
rights of others therein except CA Permitted Liens. Except for (i) the
filing of such UCC financing statement (and the filing of UCC
continuation statements in respect thereof), (ii) the due recordation
of the Mortgages and (iii) the recording of the Copyright Security
Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security
Agreement in the United States Copyright Office and the United States
Patent and Trademark Office appropriately identifying the Recordable
Intellectual Property covered thereby, and except with respect to (x)
goods represented by a certificate of title and (y) receivables subject
to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act, no registration, recordation
or filing with any Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the execution or delivery of the
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Domestic Security Documents or is necessary for the validity or
enforceability thereof or for the perfection or due recordation of the
Security Interests in the United States (with respect to Personal
Property Collateral, to the extent such Collateral is subject to the
UCC or constitutes Intellectual Property) or for the enforcement of the
Security Interests in the United States in such Collateral; provided,
however, that the registration of Copyrights in the United States
Copyright Office may be required to obtain a security interest therein
that is effective against subsequent transfers under federal copyright
law and, provided, further, that, to the extent that recordation of the
Security Interest in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
the United States Copyright Office is necessary to perfect the Security
Interest or render it effective against subsequent third parties, such
recordations will not have been made with respect to the items that are
not Recordable Intellectual Property.
(l) The Collateral Agent has Control of the Financial Assets
and Security Entitlements (if any) held in the Collateral Account.
(m) As of the date hereof, the Inventory and Equipment are
insured in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement.
Section 4. The Security Interests. (a) Xerox, in order to secure the
Xerox Secured Obligations, and each Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, in order to
secure its Secured Subsidiary Guarantee, grants to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in and to all of
its respective right, title and interest in the following property of Xerox, or
such Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where located, but
subject to the exclusions in Section 4(b):
(i) Accounts;
(ii) Chattel Paper;
(iii) Documents;
(iv) Equipment;
(v) General Intangibles;
(vi) Instruments;
(vii) Inventory;
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(viii) Securities directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor and
issued by any subsidiary or Affiliate of such Original Lien Grantor or any
other issuer over which such Original Lien Grantor exercises Control;
(ix) The Collateral Account, all Financial Assets credited to the
Collateral Account from time to time and all Security Entitlements in
respect thereof, all cash deposited therein from time to time, and the
Liquid Investments made pursuant to Section 8(d);
(x) All books and records (including, without limitation, customer
lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and other computer
materials and records) of such Original Lien Grantor pertaining to any of
the Collateral; and
(xi) All Proceeds of the Collateral described in Clauses 4(a)(i)
through 4(a)(x) hereof.
(b) The Collateral shall not include:
(i) rights of such Original Lien Grantor in respect of any property
or asset which is prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral Agent as
part of the Collateral by any Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Transferred Receivables and (A) security interests or liens and
property subject thereto purporting to secure payment of such Transferred
Receivables, (B) leases, guaranties, insurance and other arrangements
supporting payment of such Transferred Receivables, (C) rights to payment
and collections in respect of such Transferred Receivables, (D) books,
records and similar information relating to such Transferred Receivables or
the obligors thereon, (E) with respect to any such Transferred Receivables,
the transferee's interest in goods (including, without limitation,
Equipment or Inventory) the sale of which gave rise to such Transferred
Receivables and (F) if such Transferred Receivables arise from a lease
financing or installment sale transaction, the Equipment or Inventory that
is the subject of the underlying transaction and is transferred to a
Receivables SPE;
(iii) Transferred Intellectual Property;
(iv) State and Local Government Receivables of such Original Lien
Grantor;
(v) any Security owned by such Original Lien Grantor that is a
voting Equity Interest issued by a Foreign Subsidiary that is a corporation
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for United States Federal income tax purposes, if and to the extent that
the Collateral pledged by Xerox to secure Xerox Secured Obligations or by
any other Lien Grantor to secure any guarantee of the Secured Obligations
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Domestic Security Document would
include in the aggregate more than 65% of the shares of any class of voting
securities of such Foreign Subsidiary (either directly or through any
entity that is a disregarded entity for such purposes); and
(vi) Third Party Vendor Financing Assets of such Original Lien
Grantor.
(c) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the
Collateral from time to time, the Security Interest granted therein includes,
subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a continuing security interest in (i) any
Supporting Obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any
Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any
such Supporting Obligation.
(d) The Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not
subject the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way
affect or modify, any obligation or liability of any Lien Grantor with respect
to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any
other Loan Document, Liens on Restricted Collateral granted pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Domestic Security Documents will only secure, at any
time, an amount of the Secured Obligations not to exceed the Basket Lien
Available Amount at such time.
(f) It is the intention of the parties that the Liens granted pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Domestic Security Documents shall comply with (i)
Section 6.4 of the ESOP Guarantee Agreement and (ii) Section 20.8 of each of the
XCFI Indentures.
Section 5. Further Assurances; Covenants. Each Lien Grantor covenants as
follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor will not (i) change its corporate, partnership,
company or other legal name or location (determined as provided in UCC Section
9-307), (ii) change its identity or corporate structure, (iii) change its
Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or (iv) become bound, as provided in UCC
Section 9-203(d) or otherwise, by a security agreement entered into by another
Person, except, if applicable, in accordance with Section 5.03(a) of the Credit
Agreement.
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(b) Such Lien Grantor will, from time to time, at its expense, execute,
deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document,
agreement or other paper and take any other reasonable action (including,
without limitation, any filings of financing or continuation statements under
the UCC) that from time to time is required under the UCC or with respect to
Recordable Intellectual Property to enable the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties to obtain the full benefits of the Domestic Security Documents
or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce any of its rights,
powers and remedies under the Domestic Security Documents with respect to any of
the Collateral. The Lien Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file
a Record or Records (as defined in the UCC), including, without limitation,
financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, in all
jurisdictions and with all filing offices as the Collateral Agent may determine,
in its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the security
interest granted to the Collateral Agent herein without such Lien Grantor's
signature appearing thereon. Such financing statements may describe the
Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication
or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as
the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary,
advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent herein, including, without
limitation, describing such property as "all assets" or "all personal property."
Such Lien Grantor agrees that a carbon, photographic, photostatic or other
reproduction of this Agreement is sufficient as a financing statement. Such Lien
Grantor constitutes the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and
file any filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts
of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being
coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until all the Security Interests
granted by such Lien Grantor terminate pursuant to Section 19. Such Lien Grantor
shall pay the costs of, or reasonable costs incidental to, any recording or
filing of any financing or continuation statements or other documents recorded
or filed pursuant thereto concerning the Collateral.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
if any Collateral is in the possession or control of a warehouseman, bailee or
agent, such Lien Grantor will upon request of the Required Lenders (i) notify
such warehouseman, bailee or agent of the relevant Security Interests, (ii)
instruct such warehouseman, bailee or agent to hold all such Collateral for the
Collateral Agent's account subject to the Collateral Agent's instructions and to
permit such Collateral to be removed by such Lien Grantor in the ordinary course
of business until the Collateral Agent notifies such warehouseman, bailee or
agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iii) use
reasonable commercial efforts (without incurring material obligations or
foregoing material rights) to cause such warehouseman, bailee or agent to
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acknowledging that it holds possession of such Collateral for the Collateral
Agent's benefit and (iv) make such Authenticated Record available to the
Collateral Agent.
(d) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, such Lien Grantor shall stamp or otherwise mark all books and
records relating to the Collateral in such manner, if any, as the Required
Lenders may reasonably require in order to reflect the Security Interests.
(e) Such Lien Grantor will, promptly upon request, provide to the
Collateral Agent all information and evidence in such Lien Grantor's possession,
or under such Lien Grantor's control, or that can be generated internally or, if
an Actionable Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, can otherwise be
obtained by such Lien Grantor, without unreasonable effort or expense, which the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request concerning the Collateral to enable the
Collateral Agent to enforce the provisions of the Domestic Security Documents.
(f) Such Lien Grantor will not Transfer, grant interests in, or grant any
option with respect to, any of its Collateral; provided that such Lien Grantor
may do any of the foregoing unless doing so would violate a covenant in the
Credit Agreement. Concurrently with any such Transfer (except a Transfer to
another Lien Grantor, a lease or a license) permitted by the foregoing proviso,
the Security Interests on such assets Transferred (but not in any Proceeds
arising from such Transfer) will cease immediately pursuant to Section 9.03 of
the Credit Agreement.
Section 6. Recordable Intellectual Property. Each Lien Grantor covenants as
follows:
(a) On the Effective Date (in the case of an Original Lien Grantor) or the
date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in
the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will sign and deliver to
the Collateral Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to
all Recordable Intellectual Property then owned by it. Within 60 days after each
March 31 and September 30 after December 31, 2002, it will sign and deliver to
the Collateral Agent any Intellectual Property Security Agreement necessary to
grant Security Interests on all Recordable Intellectual Property owned by it on
such March 31 or September 30 that is not covered by any previous Intellectual
Property Security Agreement so signed and delivered by it. In each case, it will
promptly make all Intellectual Property Filings necessary to record the Security
Interests on such Recordable Intellectual Property; provided, however, that any
good faith omission to include any Recordable Intellectual Property in any such
Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall not constitute an Event of
Default if, within 15 days after the discovery by such Lien Grantor of such good
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omission, such Lien Grantor signs and delivers to the Collateral Agent
Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to such omitted
Recordable Intellectual Property and promptly makes all Intellectual Property
Fillings necessary to record the Security Interests on such omitted Recordable
Intellectual Property.
(b) Such Lien Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it
knows that any application or registration relating to any material Recordable
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by it may become abandoned or dedicated
to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the
institution of, or any adverse determination or development in, any proceeding
in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or any court) regarding such Lien Grantor's ownership of such material
Recordable Intellectual Property, its right to register or patent the same, or
its right to keep and maintain the same, except where the occurrence of any of
the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. If any of such Lien Grantor's rights to any material Recordable
Intellectual Property are infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third
party, such Lien Grantor will, unless such Lien Grantor shall reasonably
determine that such action would be of negligible value, economic or otherwise,
or the failure to take such action could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, (i) promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation
or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, (ii) take such other actions as such Lien Grantor
shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
material Recordable Intellectual Property and (iii) notify the Collateral Agent
thereof to the extent required by the Credit Agreement.
Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall exist and the Collateral Agent
shall have notified such Lien Grantor that the Lien Grantor's right to do so is
terminated, suspended or otherwise limited, the grant of Liens on Recordable
Intellectual Property pursuant hereto and the Intellectual Property Security
Agreements shall not preclude any Lien Grantor from entering into any Copyright
License, Patent License or Trademark License or, subject to Section 5, from
managing or maintaining its Recordable Intellectual Property in a manner that is
in the ordinary course of such Lien Grantor's business and consistent with such
Lien Grantor's historical practices as permitted by the Credit Agreement.
Section 7. Pledged Securities. Each Lien Grantor represents, warrants and
covenants as follows:
(a) Certificated Securities. (i) With respect to each Original Lien
Grantor, such Original Lien Grantor will deliver, (A) on the Effective Date, to
the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates representing
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Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests and (I) issued by any
Domestic Subsidiary or (II) representing any other Pledged Securities, in each
case, then directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor and identified on
Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to be pledged as part of the Effective
Date Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (B) in accordance with Section
5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement, within 90 days after the Effective Date, to the
Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates representing Pledged
Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests and (I) issued by any
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary or (II) representing any other Pledged Securities,
in each case, then directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor and identified
on Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to be pledged as part of the
Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (C) in accordance with
Section 5.13(b) of the Credit Agreement, within 90 days after the Restatement
Date, to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates
representing Pledged Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests and
issued by any Material Foreign Subsidiary then directly owned by such Original
Lien Grantor (to the extent that such Securities have not been pledged and
delivered pursuant to clause (i)(B)of this Section 7(a)).
(ii) With respect to any other Lien Grantor, such Lien Grantor will
deliver, on the date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement
Supplement or, in the case of Pledged Certificated Securities that are Equity
Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary, as promptly as practicable, to the
Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates representing Pledged
Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests then directly owned by such
Lien Grantor and required to be included in the Collateral.
(iii) After the pledge and delivery of Pledged Certificated Securities
described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7(a), whenever such Original
Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be, acquires any other
certificate representing a Pledged Certificated Security that are Equity
Interests and required to be included in the Collateral, such Original Lien
Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be, will promptly deliver such
certificate to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder.
The provisions of this subsection are subject to the limitation in Section
7(g) in the case of Securities that are voting Equity Interests in a Foreign
Subsidiary and to the limitation in Section 7(h) in the case of Equity Interests
that are subject to Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) Uncertificated Securities. (i) With respect to each Original Lien
Grantor, such Original Lien Grantor will, (A) on the Effective Date, in respect
of each Pledged Uncertificated Security that is an Equity Interest and (I)
issued by any Domestic Subsidiary or (II) representing any other Pledged
Securities, in each case, then directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor and
identified on
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Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to be pledged as part of the Effective
Date Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, (B) in accordance with Section
5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement, within 90 days after the Effective Date, in
respect of each Pledged Uncertificated Security that is an Equity Interest and
(I) issued by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary or (II) representing any other
Pledged Securities, in each case, then directly owned by such Original Lien
Grantor and identified on Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to be pledged
as part of the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (C) in
accordance with Section 5.13(b) of the Credit Agreement, within 90 days after
the Restatement Date, in respect of each Pledged Uncertificated Security that is
an Equity Interest issued by any Material Foreign Subsidiary then directly owned
by such Original Lien Grantor (to the extent that such Security has not been
pledged pursuant to clause (i)(B) of this Section 7(b)), cause the issuer of any
such Pledged Uncertificated Security to either (x) register the Collateral Agent
as the registered owner of such security on the books and records of the issuer
or (y) enter into an Issuer Control Agreement with respect to such Security, in
each case as the Collateral Agent and such Original Lien Grantor may reasonably
agree; provided that any Equity Interest issued by Xerox (Austria) Holdings GmbH
shall not be required to be pledged.
(ii) With respect to any other Lien Grantor, such Lien Grantor will, on
the date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement
or, in the case of Pledged Uncertificated Securities that are Equity Interests
in any Foreign Subsidiary, as promptly as practicable, in respect of each
Pledged Uncertificated Security that is an Equity Interest then directly owned
by such Lien Grantor and required to be included in the Collateral, cause the
issuer of any such Pledged Uncertificated Security to either (x) register the
Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such security on the books and
records of the issuer or (y) enter into an Issuer Control Agreement with respect
to such Security, in each case as the Collateral Agent and such Lien Grantor may
reasonably agree.
(iii) After the pledge of Pledged Uncertificated Securities described in
clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7(b), whenever such Original Lien Grantor or
such Lien Grantor, as the case may be, acquires any other Pledged Uncertificated
Security that is an Equity Interest and required to be included in the
Collateral, such Original Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be,
will promptly cause the issuer of any such Pledged Uncertificated Security to
either (x) register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such
security on the books and records of the issuer or (y) enter into an Issuer
Control Agreement with respect to such Security, in each case as the Collateral
Agent and such Original Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be,
may reasonably agree.
The provisions of this subsection are subject to (X) the limitation in
Section 7(g) in the case of Securities that are voting Equity Interests in a
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Subsidiary, (Y) Section 9(c) and (Z) the limitation in Section 7(h) in the case
of Equity Interests that are subject to Permitted Encumbrances.
(c) Perfection as to Certificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor
delivers the certificate representing any Pledged Certificated Security that is
an Equity Interest and owned by it to the Collateral Agent and complies with
Section 7(e) in connection with such delivery, (i) the Security Interest on such
Pledged Certificated Security will be perfected under the UCC, subject to no
prior Liens or rights of others, (ii) the Collateral Agent will have Control of
such Pledged Certificated Security and (iii) the Collateral Agent will be a
protected purchaser (within the meaning of UCC Section 8-303) thereof if the
Collateral Agent does not have notice of any adverse claim to the applicable
security.
(d) Perfection as to Uncertificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor, the
Collateral Agent and the issuer of any Pledged Uncertificated Security that is
an Equity Interest and owned by such Lien Grantor enter into an Issuer Control
Agreement with respect thereto, or when the Collateral Agent is registered as
the registered owner of such Pledged Uncertificated Security, (i) the Security
Interest on such Pledged Uncertificated Security will be perfected under the
UCC, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others, (ii) the Collateral Agent
will have Control of such Pledged Uncertificated Security and (iii) the
Collateral Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of UCC
Section 8-303) thereof if the Collateral Agent does not have notice of any
adverse claim to the applicable security.
(e) Delivery of Pledged Certificates. Any certificate representing a
Pledged Certificated Security that is an Equity Interest, when delivered to the
Collateral Agent, will be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank
signed by a Responsible Officer, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(f) Communications. If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the Lien
Grantors that it elects to exercise the remedies provided in Section 12, such
Lien Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices
and other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities that
are Equity Interests and registered in the name of such Lien Grantor or its
nominee.
(g) Foreign Subsidiaries. Such Lien Grantor will not be obligated to comply
with the provisions of this Section at any time with respect to any Security
that is a voting Equity Interest in a Foreign Subsidiary if and to the extent
(but only to the extent) that such Security is excluded from the Collateral at
such time pursuant to Section 4(b)(v).
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(h) Equity Interests Subject to Permitted Encumbrances. Such Lien Grantor
will not be obligated to comply with the provisions of this Section at any time
with respect to any Equity Interest issued by any Person if and to the extent
(but only to the extent) that such Equity Interest is excluded from the
Collateral at such time pursuant to Section 4(b)(i).
(i) Such Lien Grantor shall hold directly, and not through any subsidiary,
Securities Intermediary or other Person, all Pledged Securities owned by it.
Section 8. Collateral Account. (a) There is hereby established with the
Collateral Agent, with respect to each Lien Grantor, a cash collateral account
(its "Collateral Account") in the name and under the exclusive control of the
Collateral Agent into which there shall be deposited from time to time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default and upon
notice from the Collateral Agent that it elects to exercise the remedies
provided in this Section 8 the cash proceeds of the Collateral required to be
delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to subsection 8(b) hereof or any
other provision of any Domestic Security Document. Any income received by the
Collateral Agent with respect to the balance from time to time standing to the
credit of each Collateral Account, including any interest or capital gains on
Liquid Investments, shall remain, or be deposited, in the Collateral Account.
All cash amounts on deposit in each Collateral Account from time to time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, together with
any Liquid Investments from time to time made pursuant to subsection 8(d)
hereof, shall at all times be within the exclusive possession, dominion and
control of the Collateral Agent, shall constitute part of the Collateral
hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Secured Obligations until
applied thereto as hereinafter provided.
(b) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and if so requested by the Required Lenders, each Lien Grantor shall instruct
all account debtors and other Persons obligated in respect of all Accounts then
included in the Collateral to make all payments in respect of the Accounts
either (i) directly to the Collateral Agent (by instructing that such payments
be remitted to a post office box which shall be in the name of such Lien Grantor
(with a notation that proceeds held therein are held in trust for and subject to
the Liens of the Secured Parties) and under the control of the Collateral Agent)
or (ii) under other arrangements, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, pursuant to which such Lien Grantor shall have irrevocably
instructed such other bank (and such other bank shall have agreed) to remit all
proceeds of such payments directly to the Collateral Agent for deposit into the
Collateral Account or as the Collateral Agent may otherwise instruct such bank.
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payments made to the Collateral Agent shall be deposited in such Lien Grantor's
Collateral Account. In addition to the foregoing, such Lien Grantor agrees that
if the proceeds of any Collateral hereunder (including the payments made in
respect of Accounts) are received by it at a time when the foregoing provisions
of this Section 8(b) are in effect, such Lien Grantor shall as promptly as
possible deposit such proceeds into its Collateral Account. Until so deposited
into the Collateral Account, all such proceeds shall, during the continuation of
such Event of Default, be held in trust by such Lien Grantor for the Secured
Parties and shall not be commingled with any other funds or property of such
Lien Grantor.
(c) Upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, if so instructed by the Required
Lenders, apply or cause to be applied (subject to collection) any or all of the
balance from time to time standing to the credit of each Collateral Account in
the manner specified in Section 14.
(d) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, amounts on deposit in each Collateral Account, to the extent not
applied in the manner specified in Section 14 pursuant to paragraph (c) above,
shall be invested and re-invested from time to time in such Liquid Investments
as the relevant Lien Grantor shall determine, which Liquid Investments shall be
held in the name and be under the control of the Collateral Agent, provided that
the Collateral Agent shall, if instructed by the Required Lenders, liquidate any
such Liquid Investments and apply or cause to be applied the proceeds thereof to
the payment of the Secured Obligations in the manner specified in Section 14;
and provided further that the Collateral Agent shall, if so instructed by
relevant Lenders in the manner specified in Section 9.02 of the Credit
Agreement, liquidate any such Liquid Investments and release the proceeds
thereof to the relevant Lien Grantor. For this purpose, "Liquid Investments"
means Permitted Investments; provided that each Liquid Investment shall mature
within 30 days after it is acquired by the Collateral Agent.
Section 9. Transfer of Record Ownership. (a) If an Actionable Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may (and to
the extent that action by it is required, the relevant Lien Grantor, if directed
to do so by the Collateral Agent, will as promptly as practicable) cause each of
the Pledged Securities (or any portion thereof specified in such direction) to
be transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee.
(b) Perfection upon Transfer of Record Ownership. If and when any Pledged
Security (whether certificated or uncertificated) owned by such Lien Grantor is
transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee
pursuant to Section 7(b) or 9(a), (i) the Security Interest on such Pledged
Security will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others, (ii)
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Collateral Agent will have Control of such Pledged Security and (iii) the
Collateral Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of UCC
Section 8-303) thereof if the Collateral Agent does not have notice of any
adverse claim to the applicable security.
(c) Provisions Inapplicable after Transfer of Record Ownership. If the
provisions of Section 9(a) are implemented, Section 7(b) shall not thereafter
apply to any Pledged Security that is registered in the name of the Collateral
Agent or its nominee.
(d) Communications after Transfer of Record Ownership. The Collateral Agent
will promptly give to the relevant Lien Grantor copies of any notices and other
communications received by the Collateral Agent with respect to Pledged
Securities registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee.
Section 10. Right to Vote Securities. (a) Unless an Actionable Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall
have notified such Lien Grantor that it elects to exercise the remedies provided
in this Section 10, each Lien Grantor will have the right, from time to time, to
vote and to give consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to any Pledged
Security owned by it, and the Collateral Agent will, upon receiving a written
request from such Lien Grantor, deliver to such Lien Grantor or as specified in
such request such proxies, powers of attorney, consents, ratifications and
waivers in respect of any such Pledged Security that is registered in the name
of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, in each case as shall be reasonably
requested by such Lien Grantor. Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such
Lien Grantor that it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this Section
10, the Collateral Agent will have no right to take any action which the owner
of a Pledged Partnership Interest or Pledged LLC Interest is entitled to take
with respect thereto, except the right to receive payments and other
distributions to the extent provided herein.
(b) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that it elects to
exercise the remedies provided in this Section 10, the Collateral Agent will
have the right to the extent permitted by Applicable Law (and, in the case of
Collateral consisting of any Security that is subject to any Permitted
Encumbrances, by the relevant agreement or governing document to the extent of
any Permitted Encumbrances contained in such agreement or governing document) to
vote, to give consents, ratifications and waivers and to take any other action
with respect to the Pledged Securities (if any) with the same force and effect
as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute and sole owner thereof, and
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each Lien Grantor will take all such action as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request from time to time to give effect to such right.
Section 11. General Authority. Each Lien Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints the Collateral Agent its true and lawful attorney, with full power of
substitution, in the name of such Lien Grantor, the Collateral Agent, the
Secured Parties or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Secured Parties,
but at the Borrowers' expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default or
upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the
Collateral:
(a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any
and all monies due or to become due thereon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with
the same or the proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if the
Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Lien Grantor's right, title
and interest therein, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make
any allowance and other adjustments with reference thereto;
provided that, except in the case of Personal Property Collateral that is
perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily
sold on a recognized market, the Collateral Agent will give the relevant Lien
Grantor at least ten days' prior written notice of the time and place of any
public sale thereof or the time after which any private sale or other intended
disposition thereof will be made. Any such notice shall (i) contain the
information specified in UCC Section 9-613, (ii) be Authenticated and (iii) be
sent to the parties required to be notified pursuant to UCC Section 9-611(c);
provided that, if the Collateral Agent fails to comply with this sentence in any
respect, its liability for such failure shall be limited to the liability (if
any) imposed on it as a matter of law under the UCC.
Section 12. Remedies upon Actionable Event of Default or Acceleration. (a)
Upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the Collateral Agent may exercise (or cause its sub-agents to
exercise) any and all remedies available to it (or to such sub-agents) under the
Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon
acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
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the Collateral Agent may exercise (or cause its sub-agents to exercise) on
behalf of the Secured Parties all rights of a secured party after default under
the UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are
exercised) with respect to any Personal Property Collateral and, in addition,
the Collateral Agent may, without being required to give any notice, except as
herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions of law, (i)
withdraw all cash and Liquid Investments in the Collateral Accounts and apply
such cash and Liquid Investments and other cash, if any, then held by it as
Collateral as specified in Section 14 and (ii) if there shall be no such cash or
Liquid Investments or if such cash and Liquid Investments shall be insufficient
to pay all the Secured Obligations in full, take possession of, sell, lease,
license or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof at public or
private sale, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or
prices as the Collateral Agent may deem satisfactory. Any Secured Party may be
the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral so sold at any public sale (or, if
the Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a
type which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, at
any private sale). The relevant Lien Grantor will execute and deliver such
documents and take such other action as the Collateral Agent deems reasonably
necessary or proper in order that any such sale may be made in compliance with
law. Upon any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to deliver,
assign and transfer to the purchaser thereof the Collateral so sold. Each
purchaser at any such sale shall hold the Collateral so sold to it absolutely
and free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any equity or
right of redemption of the relevant Lien Grantor which may be waived, and such
Lien Grantor, to the extent permitted by law, hereby specifically waives all
rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have under any law
now existing or hereafter adopted. The notice (if any) of such sale required by
Section 11 shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 11. Any such
public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours
and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix in the notice of
such sale. At any such sale the Collateral may be sold in one lot as an entirety
or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may determine. The Collateral
Agent shall not be obligated to make any such sale pursuant to any such notice.
The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or
private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement
at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time
or place to which the same may be so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all
or any part of the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral
so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the selling price is paid
by the purchaser thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability
in the case of the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for the
Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may
again be sold upon like notice. The Collateral Agent, instead of exercising the
power of sale herein conferred upon it, may proceed by a suit or suits at law or
in equity to foreclose
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the Security Interests and sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, under a
judgment or decree of a court or courts of competent jurisdiction.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing any and all rights and remedies under
the Security Documents upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Actionable Event of Default or upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with
the terms of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent may
(i) require any Lien Grantor to, and such Lien Grantor agrees that it will, at
its expense and upon the request of the Collateral Agent, forthwith take
reasonable steps to assemble all or any part of the Collateral as directed by
the Collateral Agent and make it available at a place designated by the
Collateral Agent which is, in its opinion, reasonably convenient to the
Collateral Agent and such Lien Grantor, whether at the premises of such Lien
Grantor or otherwise, (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, enter,
with or without process of law and without breach of the peace, any premise
where any of the Collateral is or may be located, and without charge or
liability to it seize and remove such Collateral from such premises, (iii) have
access to and use such Lien Grantor's books and records relating to the
Collateral upon reasonable prior notice and at reasonable times and (iv) prior
to the disposition of the Collateral, store or transfer it without charge in or
by means of any storage or transportation facility owned or leased by such Lien
Grantor, process, repair or recondition it or otherwise prepare it for
disposition in any manner and to the extent the Collateral Agent reasonably
deems appropriate and, in connection with such preparation and disposition, use
without charge any trademark, trade name, copyright, patent or technical process
used by such Lien Grantor in connection therewith and included in the
Collateral, subject, with respect to products being sold under Trademarks, to
standards of quality with respect to such products that are reasonably
comparable to those prevailing at the time of such Actionable Event of Default.
(c) The remedies specified in this Section 12 do not affect, and are in
addition to, remedies otherwise specified for or available to the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
including, but not limited to, remedies available upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default or Actionable Event of Default, as the
case may be.
(d) The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth herein, the exercise of rights and remedies by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 12 (or otherwise) with respect to any
Collateral may be subject to the effect of any Permitted Encumbrances.
Section 13. Limitation on Duty of Collateral Agent in Respect of
Collateral. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the
Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or
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control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income
thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other
rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if
the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it
accords its own property, and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or
damage to any of the Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by
reason of the act or omission of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency,
consignee or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good
faith.
Section 14. Application of Proceeds. (a)(i) Upon (A) acceleration of the
Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and (B) the exercise
of remedies by the Collateral Agent under Section 12 hereof, the proceeds of any
sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral, shall be
applied by the Collateral Agent as follows:
first, to pay the expenses of such sale or other realization,
including reasonable compensation to agents contemplated by Section 16
and counsel for the Collateral Agent, and all expenses, liabilities and
advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in connection with the
Domestic Security Documents, and then ratably to pay any other
unreimbursed expenses for which the Collateral Agent is to be reimbursed
pursuant to Section 17 hereof;
second, (w) in the case of proceeds of any sale of, or realization
upon, Shared Collateral that includes both ESOP Restricted Collateral and
XCFI Restricted Collateral remaining after the application of amounts
pursuant to clause first above, in ratable amounts as follows:
(I) the ESOP Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the payment thereof pursuant to Section ) the ESOP Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section until payment in full of all ESOP
Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for);
(II) the XCFI Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the XCFI
Secured Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iii) until payment
in full of all XCFI Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so
provided for); and
(III) the CA Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the CA Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iv) until payment in full of
all CA Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for);
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(x) in the case of proceeds of any sale of, or realization upon, ESOP
Restricted Collateral that is not XCFI Restricted Collateral remaining after the
application of amounts pursuant to clause first above, in ratable amounts as
follows:
(I) the ESOP Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the ESOP Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(ii) until payment in full of
all ESOP Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for);
and
(II) the CA Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the repayment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the CA Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iv) until payment in full of
all CA Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for);
(y) in the case of proceeds of any sale of, or realization upon, XCFI
Restricted Collateral that is not ESOP Restricted Collateral remaining after the
application of amounts pursuant to clause first above, in ratable amounts as
follows:
(I) the XCFI Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14 (b)) the XCFI Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iii) until payment in full
of all XCFI Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided
for); and
(II) the CA Percentage thereof shall be applied to pay (or provide
for the repayment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the CA Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iv) until payment in full of
all CA Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for); and
(z) in the case of proceeds of any sale of, or realization upon, any
Collateral that is not Shared Collateral remaining after the application of
amounts pursuant to clause first above, 100% thereof shall be applied to pay (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)) the CA Secured
Obligations in accordance with Section 14(a)(iv) until payment in full of all CA
Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so provided for); and
finally, to pay to the relevant Lien Grantor, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then remaining from the
proceeds of the Collateral owned by it.
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(ii) All amounts required to be applied to pay (or provide for the
payment of) the ESOP Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 14(a)(i)
shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in the following order of
priorities:
first, to pay the unpaid principal of the ESOP Secured Obligations
ratably (or provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)),
until payment in full of the principal of all ESOP Secured Obligations
shall have been made (or so provided for);
second, to pay ratably all interest on the ESOP Secured
Obligations; and
third, to pay all other ESOP Secured Obligations ratably (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)), until payment
in full of all such other ESOP Secured Obligations shall have been made
(or so provided for).
(iii) All amounts required to be applied to pay (or provide for the
payment of) the XCFI Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 14(a)(i)
shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Trustee under each of the
XCFI Indentures (and any successor Trustee thereunder) for application by
such Trustee in accordance with the provisions of each of the XCFI
Indentures (or provide for such payment pursuant to Section 14(b)), until
payment in full of all XCFI Secured Obligations shall have been made (or
so provided for).
(iv) All amounts required to be applied to pay (or provide for the
payment of) the CA Secured Obligations pursuant to Section 14(a)(i) shall
be applied by the Collateral Agent in the following order of priorities:
first, to ratably pay any unreimbursed expenses for which any
Secured Party is to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 9.04 of the Credit
Agreement, and any unpaid fees owing to the Agents under the Credit
Agreement;
second, to pay the unpaid principal of Tranche B Term Loans (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)), until payment
in full of the principal of all Tranche B Term Loans shall have been made
(or so provided for);
third, to pay interest on Tranche B Term Loans, until payment in
full of all such interest shall have been made;
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fourth, to pay ratably the unpaid principal of Revolving Loans,
Tranche A Term Loans and, if still outstanding, Tranche C Term Loans
(or provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section ), until
payment in full of the principal of such Loans shall have been made (or
so provided for);
fifth, to pay ratably all interest and fees payable under the
Credit Agreement to Revolving Lenders, Tranche A Lenders and, if still
outstanding, Tranche C Lenders, until payment in full of all such
interest and fees shall have been made; and
sixth, to pay all other CA Secured Obligations ratably (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section ), until payment in
full of all such other CA Secured Obligations shall have been made (or
so provided for).
(v) The Collateral Agent may make distributions under clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above in cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis, in
any combination thereof.
(b) If at any time any portion of any monies collected or received by
the Collateral Agent would, but for the provisions of this Section 14(b), be
payable in respect of a Contingent CA Secured Obligation or any other Secured
Obligation that is not then due and payable (by reason of acceleration or
otherwise), the Collateral Agent shall not apply any monies to pay such Secured
Obligation but instead shall request the holder thereof, at least 10 days before
each proposed distribution hereunder, to notify the Collateral Agent as to the
maximum amount of such Secured Obligation if then ascertainable (e.g. in the
case of a Letter of Credit, the maximum amount available for subsequent drawings
thereunder, regardless of whether the conditions to drawing thereunder are then
satisfied). If the holder of such Secured Obligation does not notify the
Collateral Agent of the maximum ascertainable amount thereof at least two
Business Days before such distribution, such holder will not be entitled to
share in such distribution. If such holder does so notify the Collateral Agent
as to the maximum ascertainable amount thereof, the Collateral Agent will
allocate to such holder a portion of the monies to be distributed in such
distribution, calculated as if such Secured Obligation were outstanding and then
due and payable in such maximum ascertainable amount. However, the Collateral
Agent will not apply such portion of such monies to pay such Secured Obligation,
but instead will hold such monies or invest such monies in Liquid Investments.
All such monies and Liquid Investments and all proceeds thereof will constitute
Collateral hereunder, but will be subject to distribution in accordance with
this Section 14(b) rather than Section 14(a). The Collateral Agent will hold all
such monies and Liquid Investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust until
all or part of such Secured Obligation becomes due and payable (or, in the case
of a Contingent CA Secured Obligation,
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becomes a Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligation), whereupon the Collateral Agent
at the request of the relevant Secured Party will apply the amount so held in
trust to pay such Secured Obligation; provided that, if the other Secured
Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same clause of Section 14(a) were
not paid in full, the Collateral Agent will apply the amount so held in trust to
pay the same percentage of such Secured Obligation as the percentage of such
other Secured Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same clause of
Section 14(a). If (i) the holder of such Secured Obligation shall advise the
Collateral Agent that no portion thereof (A) has not become due and payable or
(B) remains in the category of a Contingent CA Secured Obligation, as the case
may be, and (ii) the Collateral Agent still holds any amount held in trust
pursuant to this Section 14(b) in respect of such Secured Obligation (after
paying all amounts payable pursuant to the preceding sentence with respect to
any portions thereof that have become due and payable or become Non-Contingent
CA Secured Obligations, as the case may be), such remaining amount will be
applied by the Collateral Agent in the order of priorities set forth in the
relevant clause of Section 14(a).
(c) In making the payments and allocations required by this Section,
the Collateral Agent may rely upon information supplied to it pursuant to
Section 15(c). All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Section shall be final (except in the event of manifest error) and the
Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any
Secured Party of any amount distributed to it.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any
other Domestic Security Document, the aggregate amount of proceeds of all sales
of, and other realizations upon, Restricted Collateral applied pursuant to this
Section 14 shall not at any time exceed the Basket Lien Available Amount at such
time.
Section 15. Concerning the Collateral Agent. The provisions of Article
VIII of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent
in respect of this Agreement (as if the Collateral Agent were the Administrative
Agent referred to therein) and shall be binding upon the parties to the Credit
Agreement. In furtherance and not in derogation of the rights, privileges and
immunities of the Collateral Agent therein specified:
(a) The Collateral Agent is authorized to take all such action as
is provided to be taken by it as Collateral Agent hereunder and all
other action reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not
expressly provided for herein (including, without limitation, the
timing and methods of realization upon the Collateral) the Collateral
Agent shall act or refrain from acting in accordance with written
instructions from the Required
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Lenders or, in the absence of such instructions, in accordance with its
discretion.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the
existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the
validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Security
Interests in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of
law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part under the
Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to
ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the
terms of any Security Document by any Lien Grantor.
(c) For all purposes of the Domestic Security Documents,
including determining the amounts of the Secured Obligations and
whether a Secured Obligation is a Contingent CA Secured Obligation or
not, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to rely on information from
(i) its own records for information as to the Lender and Agents, their
Secured Obligations and actions taken by them, (ii) any Secured Party
for information as to its Secured Obligations and actions taken by it,
to the extent that the Collateral Agent has not obtained such
information from the foregoing sources, and (iii) Xerox, to the extent
that the Collateral Agent has not obtained information from the
foregoing sources.
Section 16. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents. At any time or times,
upon prior written notice to Xerox and in order to (a) comply with any legal
requirement in any jurisdiction, (b) preserve or protect the Collateral, (c)
exercise remedies specified in this Agreement or (d) otherwise carry out duties
or exercise rights specified in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may appoint
another bank or trust company or one or more other Persons, either to act as
co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the Collateral Agent, or to act as separate
agent or agents on behalf of the Secured Parties with such power and authority
as may be necessary for the effective operation of the provisions hereof and may
be specified in the instrument of appointment (which may, in the discretion of
the Collateral Agent, include provisions for the protection of such co-agent or
separate agent similar to the provisions of Section 15).
Section 17. Expenses. Xerox agrees that it will forthwith upon demand
pay to the Collateral Agent:
(i) the amount of any Taxes which the Collateral Agent may have
been required to pay by reason of the Security Interests or to free any
of the Collateral from any other Lien thereon; and
(ii) the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and, upon
the
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occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of any
other experts, which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with
(w) the administration or enforcement of the Security Documents,
including such expenses as are incurred to preserve the value of the
Collateral and the validity, perfection, rank and value of any Security
Interest, (x) the collection, sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral, (y) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the
rights conferred upon it under the Security Documents or (z) any Event
of Default.
Any such amount not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans from time to time plus 2% and shall be an
additional Secured Obligation hereunder.
Section 18. Taxes. Each Guarantor agrees that: (a) All payments of
Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable on, under or in respect of
this Agreement or any other Domestic Security Document by such Guarantor,
including, without limitation, amounts payable by such Guarantor under clause
(b) of this Section 18, shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
for all present and future Taxes (other than income or franchise taxes imposed
on (or measured by) the net income of a Secured Party by a Secured Party
Jurisdiction of that Secured Party) including any such Taxes imposed with
respect to this Agreement or any other Domestic Security Document, the
execution, registration, enforcement, notarization or other formalization of any
thereof, and any payments of principal, interest, charges, fees, commissions or
other amounts made on, under or in respect thereof (hereinafter called "Covered
Taxes"), provided that, if any Guarantor shall be required to deduct any Covered
Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable will be increased as
necessary so that, after all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) are made, each
relevant Secured Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Guarantor shall make such
deductions and (iii) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. The parties
agree to cooperate and provide information with respect to United States and
foreign withholding tax matters relating to payments under this Agreement in a
manner consistent with the principles of Section 2.16(e) of the Credit
Agreement, mutatis mutandis. The parties also agree that the provisions of
Section 2.16(f) of the Credit Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to Covered
Taxes that are deducted, withheld or paid by a Guarantor pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b) Each Guarantor shall indemnify each Secured Party, within 15
Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Covered
Taxes paid or incurred by such Secured Party with respect to any payment by or
obligation of such Guarantor under or with respect to this Agreement or any
other
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Domestic Security Document (including Covered Taxes imposed or asserted on
or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Covered Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
Each Secured Party shall make a good faith effort to verify that such Covered
Taxes are correctly and legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. An officer's certificate as to the amount of any such payment
delivered to Xerox by a Secured Party on its own behalf, or by the Collateral
Agent on behalf of a Secured Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) Within 15 Business Days after any Guarantor pays any Covered Taxes
to a Governmental Authority, such Guarantor shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment. Each Guarantor shall promptly furnish to each
Secured Party any other information, documents and receipts that the Secured
Party may from time to time reasonably request to establish to its satisfaction
that full and timely payment of all Covered Taxes has been made. The applicable
Guarantor will be deemed to have satisfied the requirement of this Section 18(c)
if it has furnished such information, documents and/or receipts to the
Collateral Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the payment increases
and indemnities pursuant to those paragraphs will not apply to the payment of
any Secured Obligation to the extent that (in the absence of this paragraph (d))
the Secured Party would thereby receive a net cash payment in respect of that
Secured Obligation greater than if that Secured Obligation had been paid by the
relevant Borrower.
Section 19. Termination of Security Interests; Release of Collateral.
(a) Each Security Interest granted hereunder shall terminate, and all
rights to the relevant Collateral shall revert to the relevant Lien Grantor, if,
as and to the extent permitted by Section 9.02 and 9.03 of the Credit Agreement,
as the case may be.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, if at any
time prior to the termination of the Security Interests pursuant to this Section
19, the ESOP Secured Obligations are paid in full, all rights hereunder of the
holders of ESOP Secured Obligations shall simultaneously terminate, and none of
the Secured Subsidiary Guarantors shall thereafter be an ESOP Restricted Secured
Subsidiary Guarantor.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, if at any
time prior to the termination of the Security Interests pursuant to this Section
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the XCFI Secured Obligations are paid in full, all rights hereunder of the
holders of XCFI Secured Obligations shall simultaneously terminate.
(d) Upon any termination of a Security Interest or release of
Collateral, the Collateral Agent will, at the expense of the relevant Lien
Grantor, execute and deliver to such Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien
Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of such Security
Interest or the release and reassignment of such Collateral, as the case may be.
Section 20. Additional Guarantors and Lien Grantors. Any Domestic
Subsidiary may become a party hereto by signing and delivering to the Collateral
Agent a Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement, whereupon such Subsidiary
shall become a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and a "Lien Grantor" as defined herein.
Section 21. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile
transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party at its address
or telex or facsimile number set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such
other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the
purpose by notice to the Collateral Agent and Xerox. All notices and other
communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement will be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
Section 22. Waivers, Non-Exclusive Remedies. No failure on the part of
the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising and no course of dealing with respect to, any right or remedy under
any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any right under
any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies in the Loan Documents are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by
law.
Section 23. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is for the benefit
of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and, in the
case of the Lenders, permitted assigns pursuant to Section 9.04 of the Credit
Agreement and in the event of an assignment of all or any of the Secured
Obligations, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the obligation so
assigned, shall be automatically transferred with such obligation. This
Agreement shall be binding on Xerox, each Subsidiary Guarantor and its
successors and assigns.
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Section 24. Changes in Writing. Neither this Agreement nor any provision
hereof may be waived, amended, modified or terminated except pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the parties hereto, with the
consent of such Lenders as are required to consent thereto under Section 9.02 of
the Credit Agreement.
Section 25. New York Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, except as otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that remedies
provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than New York are governed by the
laws of such jurisdiction.
Section 26. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO AND ANY OTHER SECURED
PARTY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF OR BY SEEKING TO ENFORCE THIS
AGREEMENT WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY), AND
EACH OF SUCH PARTIES (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF
ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 27. Severability. If any provision of any Security Document is
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, (i) the other provisions of the Security Documents shall
remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally
construed in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in order to
carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible; and
(ii) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
XEROX CORPORATION
By:_________________________________
Name: Gregory B. Tayler
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Subsidiary Guarantors:
VRN INC.
XEROX FINANCE, INC.
XEROX FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
XEROX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
XEROX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
By: Xerox Capital Management LLC, as
sole member
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole
member
XEROX EXPORT, LLC
By: Xerox Corporation, as sole member
By:_______________________________________
Name: Gregory B. Tayler
Titles: President & Treasurer of VRN Inc.,
President of Xerox Finance,Inc.,
Chairman & President of Xerox
Financial Services, Inc., and Vice
President & Treasurer of Xerox
Corporation
AMTX, INC.
XDI, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: Allan E. Dugan
Titles: Chairman & President of AMTX, Inc.
and Chairman of XDI, Inc.
BRADLEY COMPANY
By:_______________________________________
Name: Roy B. Larson
Title: Vice President
CARMEL VALLEY, INC.
CHRYSTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
INCONCERT, INC.
LIVEWORKS, INC.
SCC BURTON CORPORATION
TERABANK SYSTEMS, INC.
UPPERCASE, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: Thomas C. Little
Titles: Chairman, President & Treasurer of
Carmel Valley, Inc., President &
Treasurer of Chrystal Software,
Inc., InConcert, Inc., LiveWorks,
Inc., SCC Burton Corporation and
Uppercase, Inc., and President of
Terabank Systems, Inc.
PIXELCRAFT, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: Herve Gallaire
Title: Chairman, President & Treasurer
INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS, INC.
INTELLINET, LTD.
RNTS, INC.
XEROX CONNECT, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: Robert Hope
Title: Treasurer
JEREMIAD CO.
SECURITIES INFORMATION CENTER, INC.
XTENDED MEMORY SYSTEMS
By:_______________________________________
Name: Martin S. Wagner
Title: President
XEROX INTERNATIONAL REALTY CORPORATION
XEROX REALTY CORP. (CALIFORNIA)
LANSDOWNE RESIDENTIAL LLC
By: Xerox Realty Corporation, as
sole member
XRC REALTY CORP. WEST
XEROX REALTY CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Name: David R. McLellan
Titles: President of Xerox International
Realty Corporation, Xerox Realty
Corp. (California) and XRC Realty
Corp. West, and Chairman &
President of Xerox Realty
Corporation
LOW-COMPLEXITY
MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
PAGECAM, INC.
XEROX COLORGRAFX SYSTEMS, INC.
XEROX IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
XESYSTEMS, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: James J. Costello
Titles: Vice President of Low-Complexity
Manufacturing Group, Inc. and Palo
Alto Research Center Incorporated,
Vice President & Treasurer of
PageCam, Inc., Chairman, President
& Treasurer of Xerox ColorgrafX
Systems, Inc. and Xerox Imaging
Systems, Inc., and Chairman of
XESystems, Inc.
PACIFIC SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Name: J. Terrance Daly
Title: President & Treasurer
TALEGEN HOLDINGS, INC.
TALEGEN PROPERTIES, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: George Rachmiel
Titles: Chairman, President & Treasurer of
Talegen Holdings, Inc. and
Chairman & President of Talegen
Properties, Inc.
VIA XEROX RELOCATION COMPANY,
INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: David Owens
Title: President
XE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: John Duerden
Title: Chairman, President & Treasurer
XEROX COLOR PRINTING, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: John Vester
Title: Vice President
XEROX CREDIT CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Name: John Rivera
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
XEROX INTERNATIONAL JOINT
MARKETING, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: James Firestone
Title: President
XEROX LATINAMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name: Enrique Cervetti
Title: President & Treasurer
XEROX REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name: David Pierson
Title: President
IGHI, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name: Mark Sheivachman
Title: Treasurer
SCHEDULE 1
PLEDGED SECURITIES
(as of the Effective Date)
Jurisdiction Number of
of Owner of Percentage Shares or
Issuer Organization Security Owned Units
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S-1-1
SCHEDULE 2
TERMS OF SUBORDINATION
SECTION 1. Agreement to Subordinate. The XCC Subordinated Obligations are
subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in
this Schedule 2, to the prior payment in full of all XCC Senior Obligations. The
subordination provisions are for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders
of XCC Senior Obligations or their designated representatives.
SECTION 2. Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any payment or
distribution of the assets of XCC to creditors upon a total or partial
liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of XCC or in a bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to XCC
or its property:
(1) holders of XCC Senior Obligations are entitled to receive payment
in full in cash of all XCC Senior Obligations, including all interest
accrued or accruing on XCC Senior Obligations after the commencement of any
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or similar case or proceeding at
the contract rate (including, without limitation, any contract rate
applicable upon default) specified in the XCC Indentures, whether or not
the claim for the interest is allowed as a claim in the case or proceeding
with respect to the XCC Senior Obligation (only such payment constituting
"payment in full") before any holder of XCC Subordinated Obligations (the
"XCC Secured Parties") will be entitled to receive any payment of XCC
Subordinated Obligations; and
(2) until the XCC Senior Obligations are paid in full, any
distribution from the assets of XCC to which XCC Secured Parties would be
entitled but for these subordination provisions shall instead be made to
holders of XCC Senior Obligations as their interests may appear.
SECTION 3. Payment Default at Final Maturity. XCC shall not pay any XCC
Subordinated Obligations until such time as all the XCC Senior Obligations have
been paid in full when due.
SECTION 4. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a payment or other
distribution is made to the XCC Secured Parties that because of these
subordination provisions should not have been made to them, the XCC Secured
Parties that receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of XCC
Senior Obligations and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.
SECTION 5. Subrogation. A distribution made under these subordination
provisions to holders of XCC Senior Obligations which otherwise
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would have been made to the XCC Secured Parties is not, as between XCC and the
XCC Secured Parties, a payment by XCC on XCC Senior Obligations. After all XCC
Senior Obligations are paid in full and until the XCC Subordinated Obligations
are paid in full, the XCC Secured Parties will be subrogated to the rights of
holders of XCC Senior Obligations to receive payments in respect of XCC Senior
Obligations, which, to the extent received by the XCC Secured Parties, do not
constitute, as between XCC and the XCC Secured Parties, payments by XCC on the
XCC Subordinated Obligations.
SECTION 6. Relative Rights; Subordination Not to Prevent Events of Default
or Limit Right to Accelerate. These subordination provisions define the relative
rights of the XCC Secured Parties and holders of XCC Senior Obligations and do
not impair, as between XCC and the XCC Secured Parties, the obligation of XCC,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the XCC
Subordinated Obligations in accordance with their terms. The failure to make a
payment pursuant to the XCC Subordinated Obligations by reason of these
subordination provisions does not prevent the occurrence of a Default, nor do
these subordination provisions have any effect on the right of the XCC Secured
Parties or the Collateral Agent to accelerate the maturity of the XCC
Subordinated Obligations upon an Event of Default or prevent the Collateral
Agent or any XCC Secured Party from exercising its available remedies upon a
Default, subject to the rights of holders of XCC Senior Obligations to receive
distributions otherwise payable to the XCC Secured Parties.
SECTION 7. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. No right of any
holder of XCC Senior Obligations to enforce the subordination of the XCC
Subordinated Obligations will be impaired by any act or failure to act by XCC or
by its failure to comply with this Schedule 2.
SECTION 8. Rights of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may continue to
make payments on the XCC Subordinated Obligations and will not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such
payments unless, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of such
payment, the Collateral Agent receives notice satisfactory to it from XCC or a
holder of XCC Senior Obligations that payments may not be made under this
Schedule 2.
SECTION 9. Collateral Agent Not Fiduciary for Holders of XCC Senior
Obligations. The Collateral Agent will not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty
to the holders of XCC Senior Obligations and will not be liable to any such
holders if it mistakenly pays over or distribute to the XCC Secured Parties, or
to XCC or any other Person, any money or assets to which holders of XCC Senior
Obligations are entitled by virtue of this Schedule 2.
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SECTION 10. Reliance by Holder of XCC Senior Obligations on Subordination
Provisions; No Waiver. (a) Each XCC Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that
these subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a
consideration to each holder of XCC Senior Obligations, to acquire or to hold
such XCC Senior Obligations, and each holder of XCC Senior Obligations will be
deemed conclusively to have relied on these subordination provisions in
acquiring and holding such XCC Senior Obligations.
(b) The holders of XCC Senior Obligations may, at any time and from
time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Collateral Agent or the
XCC Secured Parties, without incurring any liability or responsibility to the
XCC Secured Parties, and without impairing the rights of holders of XCC Senior
Obligations under these subordination provisions, do any of the following:
(1) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of
payment of, or renew or alter, XCC Senior Obligations or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which XCC Senior Obligations is
outstanding or secured;
(2) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing XCC Senior Obligations;
(3) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment of XCC
Senior Obligations; or
(4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against XCC and any
other Person.
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EXHIBIT A
to Security Agreement
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
The undersigned is a duly authorized officer of XEROX CORPORATION
("Xerox"). With reference to the Guarantee and Security Agreement (the "Security
Agreement") dated as of _________, 2002 among XEROX CORPORATION, the Subsidiary
Guarantors party thereto and BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent (terms defined
therein being used herein as therein defined), the undersigned certifies to the
Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:
A. Information Required for Filings and Searches for Prior Filings.
1. Jurisdiction of Organization. The jurisdiction of organization
of each Lien Grantor is set forth in Schedule 3.12 to the Credit Agreement.
2. Name. The exact legal name of each Lien Grantor as it appears
in its organizational documents is set forth in Schedule 3.12 to the Credit
Agreement.
3. Prior Names. (a) Set forth below is each other corporate or
other legal name that each of Xerox, Xerox Financial Services, Inc. ("XFSI"),
Intelligent Electronics, Inc. ("IEI") and Xerox Connect, Inc. ("XCI") has had
within the past 5 years, together with the date of the relevant change:
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, none of Xerox, XFSI,
IEI or XCI has changed its corporate structure in any way within the past five
years.
4. Filing Office. In order to perfect, as of the Effective Date,
the Security Interests granted by each Lien Grantor, to the extent that such
Security Interests may be perfected by filing a financing statement pursuant to
the UCC, a duly signed financing statement on Form UCC-1, with the collateral
described as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, should be on file with respect to
each such Lien Grantor in the Office of the Secretary of State in the
jurisdiction of organization of such Lien Grantor as set forth in Schedule 3.12
to the Credit Agreement.
B. Additional Information Required for Searches for Prior Filings
Under Old Article 9.
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Current Locations. The chief executive office of each of Xerox,
XFSI, IEI and XCI is located at the following address:
Name of Lien Grantor Mailing Address County State
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Xerox, XFSI, IEI and XCI [do] [do not] have a place of business in another
county of the State where their respective chief executive offices are located.
C. Search Reports.
A true copy of a file search report from the central UCC filing office
in each jurisdiction where Xerox, XFSI, IEI or XCI has any material assets with
respect to Xerox, XFSI, IEI or XCI, as applicable (searches in local filing
offices, if any, are not required), has been provided to the Collateral Agent.
This file search report covers Xerox and Material Domestic Subsidiaries which,
in aggregate and without giving effect to the Restatement, represent (1) more
than 90% of the total revenues of Xerox and Domestic Subsidiaries for Fiscal
Year ended December 31, 2001 and (2) more than 90% of the total assets of Xerox
and Domestic Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001.
D. UCC Filings.
Schedule 3.12 to the Credit Agreement sets forth filing information
with respect to the filings referred to in Part A-4 above (including name,
jurisdiction of organization and federal employer identification number of each
Lien Grantor) and Schedule 3 hereto sets forth the address of the chief
executive office of each Lien Grantor. All filing fees and taxes payable in
connection with such filings will be paid by Xerox.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of
__________, 2002
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to Perfection Certificate
CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE
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Schedule 2
to Perfection Certificate
DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL
All personal property, provided that, upon the sale, disposition,
assignment, lease, license, conveyance or other transfer by the Debtor of
personal property (including the sale, disposition, assignment, lease, license,
conveyance or other transfer of accounts and other assets in connection with the
monetization or other financing of such accounts and other assets) from time to
time, such personal property shall be automatically released from the collateral
pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 among
the Debtor, the Secured Party and the other borrowers, lenders and agents party
thereto.
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Schedule 3
to Perfection Certificate
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF LIEN GRANTORS
Name of Lien Grantor Chief Executive Office
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EXHIBIT B
to Security Agreement
ISSUER CONTROL AGREEMENT
ISSUER CONTROL AGREEMENT dated as of ______, _____ among [NAME OF LIEN
GRANTOR] (with its successors, the "Lien Grantor"), BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral
Agent (with its successors, the "Secured Party"), and _________ (the "Issuer").
All references herein to the "UCC" refer to the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in [Issuer's jurisdiction of incorporation].
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Lien Grantor is the registered holder of [specify Pledged
Uncertificated Securities issued by the Issuer] issued by the Issuer (the
"Securities");
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
[date of Security Agreement] (as such agreement may be amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, the "Security Agreement"), the Lien Grantor has
granted to the Secured Party a continuing security interest (the "Security
Interest") in all right, title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under
the Securities, whether now existing or hereafter arising; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement in order
to perfect the Security Interest on the Securities;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Nature of Securities. The Issuer confirms that (i) the
Securities are "uncertificated securities" (as defined in Section 8-102 of the
UCC) and (ii) the Lien Grantor is registered on the books of the Issuer as the
registered holder of the Securities.
Section 2. Instructions. The Issuer agrees to comply with any
"instruction" (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) originated by the Secured
Party and relating to the Securities without further consent by the Lien Grantor
or any other person. The Lien Grantor consents to the foregoing agreement by the
Issuer.
Section 3. Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off. The Issuer waives any
security interest, lien or right of setoff that it may now have or hereafter
acquire
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in or with respect to the Securities. The Issuer's obligations in respect of the
Securities will not be subject to deduction, set-off or any other right in favor
of any person other than the Secured Party.
Section 4. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
[Issuer's jurisdiction of incorporation].
Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements. There is no agreement (except
this Agreement) between the Issuer and the Lien Grantor with respect to the
Securities [except for [identify any existing other agreements] (the "Existing
Other Agreements")]. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any
portion hereof) and any other agreement [(including any Existing Other
Agreement)] between the Issuer and the Lien Grantor with respect to the
Securities, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail.
Section 6. Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or
waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is
in writing and is signed by all the parties hereto.
Section 7. Notice of Adverse Claims. Except for the claims and interests of
the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor in the Securities, the Issuer does not
know of any claim to, or interest in, the Securities. If any person asserts any
lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment,
attachment, execution or similar process) against the Securities, the Issuer
will promptly notify the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor thereof.
Section 8. Maintenance of Securities. In addition to, and not in lieu of,
the obligation of the Issuer to honor instructions as agreed in Section 2
hereof, the Issuer agrees as follows:
(i) Lien Grantor Instructions; Notice of Exclusive Control. So long as
the Issuer has not received a Notice of Exclusive Control (as defined
below), the Issuer may comply with instructions of the Lien Grantor or any
duly authorized agent of the Lien Grantor in respect of the Securities.
After the Issuer receives a written notice from the Secured Party that it
is exercising exclusive control over the Securities (a "Notice of Exclusive
Control"), the Issuer will cease complying with instructions of the Lien
Grantor or any of its agents.
(ii) Non-Cash Dividends and Distributions. After the Issuer receives a
Notice of Exclusive Control, the Issuer shall deliver to the Secured Party
all dividends, interest and other distributions paid or made upon or with
respect to the Securities.
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(iii) Voting Rights. Until the Issuer receives a Notice of Exclusive
Control, the Lien Grantor shall be entitled to direct the Issuer with
respect to voting the Securities.
Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Issuer. The
Issuer makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:
(i) This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Issuer
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(ii) The Issuer has not entered into, and until the termination of
this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person
relating to the Securities pursuant to which it has agreed, or will agree,
to comply with instructions (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) of
such person. The Issuer has not entered into any other agreement with the
Lien Grantor or the Secured Party purporting to limit or condition the
obligation of the Issuer to comply with instructions as agreed in Section 2
hereof.
Section 10. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section 11. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (which term includes facsimile or other
electronic transmission) and shall be effective (i) when delivered to such party
at its address specified below, (ii) when sent to such party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission, addressed to it at its facsimile number or
electronic address specified below, and such party sends back an electronic
confirmation of receipt or (iii) ten days after being sent to such party by
certified or registered United States mail, addressed to it at its address
specified below, with first class or airmail postage prepaid:
Lien Grantor:
Secured Party:
Issuer:
Any party may change its address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address for
purposes of this Section by giving notice of such change to the other parties in
the manner specified above.
Section 12. Termination. The rights and powers granted herein to the
Secured Party (i) have been granted in order to perfect the Security Interest,
(ii)
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are powers coupled with an interest and (iii) will not be affected by any
bankruptcy of the Lien Grantor or any lapse of time. The obligations of the
Issuer hereunder shall continue in effect until the Secured Party has notified
the Issuer in writing that the Security Interest in the Securities has been
terminated pursuant to the Security Agreement, and the Secured Party agrees to
provide such notice of termination upon the request of the Lien Grantor on or
after such termination of the Security Interest.
Section 13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any
party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more
counterparts.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
to Issuer Control Agreement
[Letterhead of Secured Party]
[Date]
[Name and Address of Issuer]
Attention: ________________________
Re: Notice of Exclusive Control
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As referenced in the Issuer Control Agreement dated as of ______, ____
among [Name of Lien Grantor], us and you (a copy of which is attached), we
notify you that we will hereafter exercise exclusive control over [specify
Pledged Uncertificated Securities] registered in the name of [Name of Lien
Grantor] (the "Securities"). You are instructed not to accept any directions or
instructions with respect to the Securities from any person other than the
undersigned unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile
transmission to [Name of Lien Grantor].
Very truly yours,
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:___________________________________
Title:
cc: [Name of Lien Grantor]
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EXHIBIT C
to Security Agreement
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT dated as of _______, ____,
between [NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Lien Grantor") and BANK ONE, NA, as
Collateral Agent.
WHEREAS, XEROX CORPORATION ("XEROX"), the Subsidiary Guarantors party
thereto and BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent, are parties to a Guarantee and
Security Agreement dated as of ___________, 2002 (as heretofore amended and/or
supplemented, the "Security Agreement") under which (1) Xerox (a) secures
certain Secured Obligations, (b) guarantees Overseas CA Secured Obligations and
(c) secures its guarantee thereof, (2) the Subsidiary Guarantors guarantee
certain of the foregoing obligations and (3) the Secured Subsidiary Guarantors
secure their respective guarantees thereof;
WHEREAS, [name of Lien Grantor] desires to become [is] a party to the
Security Agreement as a Secured Subsidiary Guarantor and Lien Grantor
thereunder; and
WHEREAS, terms defined in the Security Agreement (or whose definitions are
incorporated by reference in Sections 1(a) and 1(b) of the Security Agreement)
and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings
provided for therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Secured Guarantee. The Lien Grantor unconditionally guarantees the full
and punctual payment of each Secured Obligation when due (whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If Xerox or any Overseas Borrower
fails to pay any Secured Obligation punctually when due, the Lien Grantor agrees
that it will forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in
the manner specified in the relevant Secured Agreement; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if the Lien Grantor is not an ESOP Restricted
Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, then the ESOP Secured Obligations are not
guaranteed by the Lien Grantor and no holder of any ESOP Secured Obligation
shall have any claim against, or Lien on any asset of, the Lien Grantor by
virtue of this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement and (B) if the Lien
Grantor is not a Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, then the XCFI Secured
Obligations are not guaranteed by the Lien Grantor and no holder
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of any XCFI Secured Obligation shall have any claim against, or Lien on any
asset of, the Lien Grantor by virtue of this Guarantee and Security Agreement
Supplement; provided, further, that if the Lien Grantor is an ESOP Restricted
Secured Subsidiary Guarantor or a Restricted Secured Subsidiary Guarantor, then
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the liability and
obligation of the Lien Grantor under this Section 1 with respect to the ESOP
Secured Obligations (but not any other Secured Obligations) or with respect to
the XCFI Secured Obligations (but not any other Secured Obligations), as the
case may be, shall not be enforced by any action or proceeding wherein damages
or any money judgment shall be sought against the Lien Grantor, except a
foreclosure by the Collateral Agent upon the ESOP Restricted Collateral or the
XCFI Restricted Collateral, as the case may be, of the Lien Grantor, and any
judgment in any such foreclosure action shall be enforceable by the Collateral
Agent against such ESOP Restricted Collateral or such XCFI Restricted
Collateral, as the case may be, only to the extent of the ESOP Percentage of the
Lien Grantor's interest in such ESOP Restricted Collateral or only to the extent
of the XCFI Percentage of the Lien Grantor's interest in such XCFI Restricted
Collateral, as the case may be, and the guarantee extended hereby for the
benefit of any holder of ESOP Secured Obligations or XCFI Secured Obligations is
provided to such holder under the express condition that the Collateral Agent
has no right to sue for, seek or demand any deficiency judgement against the
Lien Grantor with respect to the ESOP Secured Obligations or the XCFI Secured
Obligations, as the case may be (but not any other Secured Obligations), in any
such foreclosure action under or by reason of, or in connection with, this
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement, the Security Agreement or otherwise
with respect to such guarantee. The Lien Grantor acknowledges that, by signing
this Security Agreement Supplement and delivering it to the Collateral Agent,
the Lien Grantor becomes a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and "Lien Grantor" for all
purposes of the Security Agreement and that its obligations under the foregoing
Secured Guarantee are subject to all the provisions of the Security Agreement
(including those set forth in Section 2 thereof) applicable to the obligations
of a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder. The obligations of the Lien Grantor under
this Section 1 (and under Section 2(a) of the Security Agreement) shall be
limited as provided in Section 2(i) of the Security Agreement.
2. Grant of Security Interests. (a) In order to secure its Secured
Guarantee, the Lien Grantor grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in and to all of its right,
title and interest in the following property of the Lien Grantor, whether now
owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where
located, but subject to the exclusions in Section 2(b) (the "New Collateral"):
(i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Documents, (iv) Equipment, (v) General
Intangibles, (vi) Instruments, (vii) Inventory, (viii) Securities directly owned
by the Lien Grantor and issued by any subsidiary or Affiliate of the Lien
Grantor or any other issuer over which the Lien Grantor exercises Control, (ix)
the Collateral Account, all
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Financial Assets credited to the Collateral Account from time to time and all
Security Entitlements in respect thereof, all cash deposited therein from time
to time, and the Liquid Investments made pursuant to Section 8(d) of the
Security Agreement, (x) all books and records (including, without limitation,
customer lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and other computer
materials and records) of the Lien Grantor pertaining to any of the New
Collateral and (xi) all Proceeds of the New Collateral described in Clauses
2(a)(i) through 2(a)(x) hereof.
(b) The New Collateral shall not include:
(i) rights of the Lien Grantor in respect of any property
or asset which is prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral
Agent as part of the Collateral by any Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Transferred Receivables and (A) security interests or
liens and property subject thereto purporting to secure payment
of such Transferred Receivables, (B) leases, guaranties,
insurance and other arrangements supporting payment of such
Transferred Receivables, (C) rights to payment and collections in
respect of such Transferred Receivables, (D) books, records and
similar information relating to such Transferred Receivables or
the obligors thereon, (E) with respect to any such Transferred
Receivables, the transferee's interest in goods (including,
without limitation, Equipment or Inventory) the sale of which
gave rise to such Transferred Receivables and (F) if such
Transferred Receivables arise from a lease financing or
installment sale transaction, the Equipment or Inventory that is
the subject of the underlying transaction and is transferred to a
Receivables SPE;
(iii) Transferred Intellectual Property;
(iv) State and Local Government Receivables of the Lien
Grantor;
(v) any Security owned by the Lien Grantor that is a
voting Equity Interest issued by a Foreign Subsidiary that is a
corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes, if and
to the extent that the Collateral (including New Collateral)
pledged by Xerox to secure Xerox Secured Obligations or by any
other Lien Grantor to secure any guarantee of the Secured
Obligations of Xerox pursuant to the Security Agreement or any
other Domestic Security Document would include in the aggregate
more than 65% of the shares of any class of voting securities of
such Foreign
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Subsidiary (either directly or through any entity that is a
disregarded entity for such purposes); and
(vi) Third Party Vendor Financing Assets of the Lien Grantor.
(c) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the
New Collateral from time to time, the Security Interest granted therein
includes, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a continuing security interest in
(i) any Supporting Obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii)
any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures
any such Supporting Obligation.
(d) The foregoing Security Interests are granted as security only and
shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or
transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Lien
Grantor with respect to any of the New Collateral or any transaction in
connection therewith.
3. Delivery of Collateral. Concurrently with delivering this Guarantee
and Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent, the Lien Grantor is
complying with the provisions of either Section 7 or Section 9(a) (whichever is
applicable) of the Security Agreement with respect to Pledged Securities, in
each case if and to the extent included in the New Collateral at such time.
4. Party to Security Agreement. Upon delivering this Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent, the Lien Grantor will
become a party to the Security Agreement and will thereafter have all the rights
and obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Lien Grantor thereunder and be
bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if the Lien Grantor were one of
the original parties thereto.
5. Representations and Warranties. (a) Each of the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Security Agreement
is true as applied to the Lien Grantor and the New Collateral. For purposes of
the foregoing sentence, references in said Sections (and elsewhere in the
Security Agreement) to a "Lien Grantor" or "Original Lien Grantor" shall be
deemed to refer to the Lien Grantor, references to Schedules to the Security
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding Schedules to this
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement, references to "Collateral" shall be
deemed to refer to the New Collateral, and references to the "Effective Date"
shall be deemed to refer to the date on which the Lien Grantor signs and
delivers this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement.
(b) Schedule 1 hereto sets forth (i) the name and jurisdiction of
organization of, and the ownership interest (including percentage owned and
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number of shares or units) of the Lien Grantor in the Securities of, each of the
Lien Grantor's direct Subsidiaries as of the date hereof which are required to
be included in the New Collateral and pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement
and this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement and (ii) all other
Securities directly owned by the Lien Grantor that are required to be included
in the New Collateral and pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement and this
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement. The Lien Grantor holds all such
Securities directly (i.e., not through a subsidiary, a Securities Intermediary
or any other Person).
6. Governing Law. This Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New
York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law and except to
the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than New
York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to Guarantee and Security
Agreement Supplement
PLEDGED SECURITIES
Jurisdiction
of Percentage Number of
Issuer Organization Owned Shares or Units
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EXHIBIT D
to Security Agreement
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Copyrights, Copyright Registrations and Copyright Licenses)
WHEREAS, Xerox and each of its subsidiaries party hereto (each, a "Lien
Grantor") owns, or in the case of licenses is a party to, the Copyright
Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, XEROX CORPORATION ("Xerox"), the Overseas Borrowers party thereto,
the Lenders party thereto, BANK ONE, NA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Documentation Agent and
CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as
of _________, 2002 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
_________, 2002 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Security
Agreement") among Xerox, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and BANK ONE,
NA, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Grantee"), and
(ii) certain other Domestic Security Documents (including this Copyright
Security Agreement), each Lien Grantor has secured certain of its obligations
(the "Secured Obligations") by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such
Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of that Lien
Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Lien Grantor in and to
the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security
Agreement), to secure its Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in
and to all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
following (all of the following items or types of property being herein
collectively referred to as the "Copyright Collateral"), except to the extent
(and only to the extent) prohibited by a Permitted Encumbrance (as defined in
the Security Agreement), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
arising:
(i) each Copyright (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Copyright registration
therefor referred to in Schedule 1 hereto;
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(ii) each Copyright License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party; and
(iii) all proceeds of, revenues from, and accounts and general
intangibles arising out of, the foregoing, including, without limitation,
all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright
(including, without limitation, any Copyright owned by the Lien Grantor and
identified in Schedule 1).
Each Lien Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Grantee its true and
lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of the Lien
Grantor, the Grantee, the Secured Parties or otherwise, for the use and benefit
of the Secured Parties, but at the Borrowers' (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default (as
defined in the Security Agreement) or upon acceleration of the Loans (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the Copyright
Collateral:
(a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any
and all monies due or to become due thereon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the same or
the proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Grantee were the
absolute owner of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest therein, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make
any allowance and other adjustments with reference thereto.
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the Security
Interests (as defined in the Security Agreement) granted by each Lien Grantor to
the Grantee pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Lien Grantor acknowledges
and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the
security interest in the Copyright Collateral granted hereby are more fully set
forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are
incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Lien Grantor has caused this Copyright Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
___ day of __________, ____.
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[NAME OF LIEN GRANTORS]
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:
___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to Copyright
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTORS]
U.S. COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS
Registration No. Registration Date Title
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EXHIBIT E
to Security Agreement
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Patents, Patent Applications and Patent Licenses)
WHEREAS, XEROX CORPORATION ("Xerox") (the "Lien Grantor") owns, or in the
case of licenses is a party to, the Patent Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Xerox, the Overseas Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party
thereto, BANK ONE, NA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and LC Issuing
Bank, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Documentation Agent and CITIBANK, N.A., as
Syndication Agent, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of _________, 2002
(as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
_________, 2002 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Security
Agreement") among Xerox, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and BANK ONE,
NA, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Grantee"), and
(ii) certain other Domestic Security Documents (including this Patent Security
Agreement), the Lien Grantor has secured certain of its obligations (the
"Secured Obligations") by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such
Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of the Lien
Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Lien Grantor in and to
the Patent Collateral (as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security
Agreement), to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in
and to all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
following (all of the following items or types of property being herein
collectively referred to as the "Patent Collateral"), except to the extent (and
only to the extent) prohibited by a Permitted Encumbrance (as defined in the
Security Agreement), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
arising:
(i) each Patent (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Patent referred to in
Schedule 1 hereto;
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(ii) each Patent License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party; and
(iii) all proceeds of and revenues from the foregoing, including,
without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of
any Patent owned by the Lien Grantor (including, without limitation, any
Patent identified in Schedule 1 hereto).
The Lien Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Grantee its true and
lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of the Lien
Grantor, the Grantee, the Secured Parties or otherwise, for the use and benefit
of the Secured Parties, but at the Borrowers' (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default (as
defined in the Security Agreement) or upon acceleration of the Loans (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the Patent
Collateral:
(a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for
any and all monies due or to become due thereon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action
or proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the same
or the proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Grantee were
the absolute owner of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest therein,
and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make
any allowance and other adjustments with reference thereto.
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the Security
Interests (as defined in the Security Agreement) granted by the Lien Grantor to
the Grantee pursuant to the Security Agreement. The Lien Grantor acknowledges
and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the
security interest in the Patent Collateral granted hereby are more fully set
forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are
incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lien Grantor has caused this Patent Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
____ day of ____________, ____.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
____________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to Patent
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
U.S. PATENTS AND DESIGN PATENTS
Patent No. Date Issued Title
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U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS
Docket No. Application No. Date Filed
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EXHIBIT F
to Security Agreement
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Trademarks, Trademark Registrations, Trademark
Applications and Trademark Licenses)
WHEREAS, Xerox and each of its subsidiaries party hereto (each, a "Lien
Grantor") owns, or in the case of licenses is a party to, the Trademark
Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, XEROX CORPORATION ("Xerox"), the Overseas Borrowers party thereto,
the Lenders party thereto, BANK ONE, NA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Documentation Agent and
CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as
of _________, 2002 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
_________, 2002 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Security
Agreement") among Xerox, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and BANK ONE,
NA, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the "Grantee"), and
(ii) certain other Domestic Security Documents (including this Trademark
Security Agreement), each Lien Grantor has secured certain of its obligations
(the "Secured Obligations") by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such
Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of that Lien
Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Lien Grantor in and to
the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security
Agreement), to secure its Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in
and to all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
following (all of the following items or types of property being herein
collectively referred to as the "Trademark Collateral"), except to the extent
(and only to the extent) prohibited by a Permitted Encumbrance (as defined in
the Security Agreement), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
arising:
(i) each Trademark (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Trademark
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registration and application referred to in Schedule 1 hereto, and all of
the goodwill of the business symbolized by or associated with each
Trademark;
(ii) each Trademark License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party, and all of the goodwill of the business
symbolized by or associated with each Trademark licensed pursuant thereto;
and
(iii) all proceeds of and revenues from the foregoing, including,
without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future unfair
competition with, or violation of intellectual property rights in
connection with or injury to, or infringement or dilution of, any Trademark
owned by the Lien Grantor (including, without limitation, any Trademark
identified in Schedule 1 hereto), or for injury to the goodwill associated
with any of the foregoing.
Each Lien Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Grantee its true and
lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of the Lien
Grantor, the Grantee, the Secured Parties or otherwise, for the use and benefit
of the Secured Parties, but at the Borrowers' (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default (as
defined in the Security Agreement) or upon acceleration of the Loans (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the Trademark
Collateral:
(a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any
and all monies due or to become due thereon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the same or
the proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Grantee were the
absolute owner of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest therein, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make
any allowance and other adjustments with reference thereto.
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the Security
Interests (as defined in the Security Agreement) granted by each Lien Grantor to
the Grantee pursuant to the Security Agreement. Each Lien Grantor acknowledges
and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect
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to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral granted hereby are more
fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are
incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Lien Grantor has caused this Trademark Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
____ day of __________, ____.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTORS]
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK ONE, NA, as Collateral Agent
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
to Trademark
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTORS]
U.S. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
TRADEMARK REG. NO. REG. DATE
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U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. DATE FILED
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EXHIBIT (4)(l)(3)
CANADIAN GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 21, 2002
among
XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD.
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS ........................................................ 1
SECTION 2. GUARANTEES BY GUARANTORS ........................................... 10
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS ....................... 13
SECTION 4. THE SECURITY INTERESTS ............................................. 15
SECTION 5. FURTHER ASSURANCES; COVENANTS ...................................... 18
SECTION 6. RECORDABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ................................... 19
SECTION 7. PLEDGED SECURITIES ................................................. 20
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL ACCOUNT ................................................. 22
SECTION 9. TRANSFER OF RECORD OWNERSHIP ....................................... 24
SECTION 10. RIGHT TO VOTE SECURITIES AND RECEIVE DIVIDENDS ..................... 24
SECTION 11. GENERAL AUTHORITY .................................................. 25
SECTION 12. REMEDIES UPON ACTIONABLE EVENT OF DEFAULT OR ACCELERATION .......... 25
SECTION 13. LIMITATION ON DUTY OF COLLATERAL AGENT IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL .... 28
SECTION 14. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS ............................................ 28
SECTION 15. CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AGENT .................................... 30
SECTION 16. APPOINTMENT OF CO-COLLATERAL AGENTS ................................ 30
SECTION 17. TAXES .............................................................. 31
SECTION 18. EXPENSES ........................................................... 32
SECTION 19. TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS; RELEASE OF COLLATERAL ........... 32
SECTION 20. ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS AND LIEN GRANTORS ............................ 32
SECTION 21. CHANGE OF STATUS ................................................... 33
SECTION 22. NOTICES ............................................................ 33
SECTION 23. WAIVERS, NON-EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES .................................... 33
SECTION 24. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS ............................................. 34
SECTION 25. CHANGES IN WRITING ................................................. 34
SECTION 26. ONTARIO LAW ........................................................ 34
SECTION 27. JUDGMENT CURRENCY .................................................. 34
SECTION 28. INTEREST ACT ....................................................... 35
SECTION 29. SASKATCHEWAN ....................................................... 35
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SECTION 30. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .......................................... 35
SECTION 31. SEVERABILITY .................................................. 35
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CANADIAN GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated ., 2002 among XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD. (the "Canadian
Borrower"), the GUARANTORS party hereto and BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as
Canadian Collateral Agent (with its successors, the "Collateral Agent").
WHEREAS, Xerox Corporation ("Xerox"), the Canadian Borrower and certain
other Overseas Borrowers, certain financial institutions (each, a "Lender" and
collectively, the "Lenders"), Bank One, NA, as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent and LC Issuing Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Documentation
Agent, and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, are parties to an Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June ., 2002 (as the same has been and may
be amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Canadian Borrower has agreed to grant a continuing
security interest in and to the Collateral (as hereafter defined) to secure its
obligations under the Credit Agreement and any Notes that may be issued pursuant
thereto by granting security interests on its assets to the Collateral Agent as
provided in the Canadian Security Documents (such term and each other
capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein having the meaning
assigned to it in Section 1); and
WHEREAS, Xerox is willing to cause each Canadian Guarantor, and each
Canadian Guarantor, in its own interest recognizing the opportunity, directly or
indirectly available to it from time to time, to obtain the use of amounts
advanced to the Canadian Borrower under the Credit Agreement by way of further
advance from the Canadian Borrower to it and otherwise as a member of the group
of companies comprising the Canadian Borrower and the Canadian Subsidiaries
directly or indirectly to benefit therefrom, is willing to, guarantee the
foregoing obligations of the Canadian Borrower and, in the case of each Secured
Guarantor, to secure its guarantee thereof by granting security interests on its
assets which constitute Collateral to the Collateral Agent as provided in the
Canadian Security Documents; and
WHEREAS, it is required under the Credit Agreement that the parties
hereto enter into this Agreement to provide the guarantees and security
interests provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
(a) Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and not otherwise defined in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section
have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.
(b) Terms Defined in the PPSA. Terms defined in the PPSA and used
herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning as ascribed
to such term in the PPSA, including "Accessions", "Chattel Paper", "Document of
Title", "Goods", "Intangible", "Instruments", "Money", "Security", "financing
statement" and "financing change statement".
However, the term "Goods" when used herein shall not include "consumer goods" as
that term is defined in the PPSA.
(c) Additional Definitions. The following additional terms, as used
herein, have the following meanings:
"Accounts" means all "accounts," as such term is defined in the PPSA,
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Lien Grantor and, in any event, shall
include all accounts due or accruing due and all agreements, books, accounts
receivable, other receivables, book debts, claims and demands of every nature
and kind and other forms of monetary obligations (other than forms of monetary
obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper, Securities or Instruments) now owned or
hereafter received or acquired by or belonging or owing to any Lien Grantor,
whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Lien Grantor and
all invoices, letters, documents and papers recording, evidencing or relating
thereto.
"Actionable Event of Default" means an Event of Default specified in
clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
"Business Day" means a day on which chartered banks are open for
over-the-counter business in the jurisdiction of incorporation or principal
place of business of the applicable Lien Grantor and excludes Saturdays, Sundays
and statutory holidays therein.
"CA Permitted Liens" means the Security Interests and Liens on the
Collateral permitted to be created, to be assumed or to exist pursuant to
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
"Canadian CA Secured Obligations" means (a) all principal of and
premium and interest (including, without limitation, any interest
("Post-Petition Interest") which accrues after the commencement of any case,
proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Canadian Borrower (or would accrue but for the operation
of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), whether or not allowed or
allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on any Loan of the Canadian
Borrower outstanding from time to time or any LC Reimbursement Obligations of
the Canadian Borrower under, or any promissory note issued by the Canadian
Borrower pursuant to, the Credit Agreement, and (b) all other amounts payable by
the Canadian Borrower under the Credit Agreement or under any other Loan
Document to which it is a party (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (including any
Post-Petition Interest with respect to such amounts).
"Canadian Contingent CA Secured Obligations" means, at any time, any
Canadian CA Secured Obligation (or portion thereof) that is contingent in nature
at such time, including any Canadian CA Secured Obligation that is:
(i) an obligation to reimburse a Lender for drawings not yet
made under a Letter of Credit issued by it;
(ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is
contingent in nature at such time; or
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(iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of
the foregoing types of obligations.
"Canadian Effective Date" means the date of this Agreement.
"Canadian Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligations" means at any time any
Canadian CA Secured Obligation (or portion thereof) that is not a Canadian
Contingent CA Secured Obligations at such time.
"Canadian Secured Guarantor Obligations" means, in respect of a Secured
Guarantor, all of its obligations under its guarantee of the Canadian CA Secured
Obligations set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement.
"Canadian Secured Obligations" means, in respect of the Canadian
Borrower, the Canadian CA Secured Obligations and in respect of the Secured
Guarantors, the Canadian Secured Guarantor Obligations.
"Canadian Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Xerox (which may be a
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other legal entity)
organized under the laws of Canada or one of the provinces or territories of
Canada.
"Collateral" means all personal property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, on which a Lien is granted or purports to be granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement. When used with respect to a
specific Lien Grantor, the term "Collateral" means all its property on which
such a Lien is granted or purports to be granted.
"Collateral Account" has the meaning specified in Section 8.
"Collateral Agent" means Bank One, NA, Canada Branch, in its capacity
as collateral agent under the Canadian Security Documents.
"Copyright License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, prepare
derivative works, display or publish any records or other materials on which a
Copyright is in existence or may come into existence.
"Copyrights" means all copyrights and Intangibles of like nature under
the laws of Canada or any other country (whether or not the underlying works of
authorship have been published) that any Lien Grantor now or hereafter owns or
uses, including:
(i) all registrations and recordings thereof, all
copyrightable works of authorship (whether or not
published), and all applications for copyrights under
the laws of Canada or any other country, including
all registrations, recordings and applications in the
Canadian Intellectual Property Office or in any
similar office or agency in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof,
(ii) all restorations, extensions or renewals of any of
the foregoing,
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(iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing, and
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Covered Taxes" has the meaning specified in Section 17(a).
"Design License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right with respect to any Design now or hereafter in
existence, whether or not registered or recorded and whether or not an
application shall, or is intended to be filed in respect thereof.
"Designs" means all industrial designs, design patents and other
designs under the laws of Canada or any other country that any Lien Grantor now
or hereafter owns or uses, including:
(i) all registrations and recordings thereof and all
applications in connection therewith including all
registrations, recordings and applications that have
been or shall be made or filed in the Canadian
Intellectual Property Office or any similar office in
any country or any political subdivision thereof,
(ii) all records, reissues, extensions or renewals of any
of the foregoing,
(iii) all claims for and rights to sue for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing, and
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Equipment" means "equipment", as such term is defined in the PPSA,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Lien Grantor, wherever located
and, in any event, includes all such Lien Grantor's machinery and equipment,
processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer
equipment with software and peripheral equipment, and all engineering,
processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials
handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment,
trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock,
trade fixtures and fixtures together with all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the
foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties
and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and
condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto.
"Equity Interest" means (i) in the case of a corporation, any shares of
its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a partnership, any Partnership Interest
therein, (iii) in the case of any other business entity, any participation or
other interest in the equity or profits thereof or (iv) any warrant, option or
other right to acquire, in any form whatsoever, any Equity Interest described in
this definition.
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"ESOP Guarantee Agreement" means the Guaranty and Agreement made by
Xerox dated as of October 1, 1993 (as amended from time to time) relating to the
Guaranteed ESOP Restructuring Notes due October 1, 2003 issued by Xerox
Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust.
"ESOP Restricted Guarantor" means a Guarantor that is a "Restricted
Subsidiary" under the ESOP Guarantee Agreement.
"Federal and Provincial Government Receivables" means Accounts
(including without limitation, proceeds of Inventory to the extent it also
constitutes an Account, and Chattel Paper, Documents and Instruments and
proceeds thereof) that are owed from federal and provincial governments and
their subdivisions within Canada.
"Guarantee" means, with respect to each Guarantor, its guarantee of the
Canadian CA Secured Obligations under Section 2 hereof or Section 1 of a
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement.
"Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement" means a Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, signed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent for the purpose of adding a Canadian
Subsidiary as a party hereto pursuant to Section 20 and/or adding additional
property to the Collateral.
"Guarantors" means each entity listed on the signature pages hereof
under the caption "Guarantors" and each entity that shall, at any time after the
date hereof, become a "Guarantor" pursuant to Section 20.
"High Yield Indenture" means that certain Indenture dated as of January
17, 2002 among Xerox and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota National Association as
Trustee, with respect to the 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (denominated in U.S.
dollars).
"Hypothec" means a deed of hypothec and issue of bonds substantially in
the form of Exhibit C with such changes therein as the Agents and the Canadian
Borrower shall reasonably agree.
"Intellectual Property" means (i) Patents, (ii) Patent Licenses, (iii)
Trademarks, (iv) Trademark Licenses, (v) Designs, (vi) Design Licenses, (vii)
Copyrights, (viii) Copyright Licenses, (ix) confidential information, (x)
proprietary technology, (xi) trade secrets, (xii) domain names and (xiii)
integrated circuit topographies, and all rights in or under any of the
foregoing.
"Inventory" means any "inventory", as such term is defined in the PPSA,
now or hereafter owned or acquired by any Lien Grantor, wherever located, and in
any event including inventory, merchandise, Goods and other personal property
which are held by or on behalf of any Lien Grantor for sale or lease or are to
be furnished under a contract of service, or which constitute raw materials,
work in process or materials used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such
Lien Grantor's business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion,
delivery or shipping of the same, including other supplies.
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"Lien Grantors" means the Canadian Borrower and the Secured Guarantors.
"Liquid Investments" has the meaning specified in Section 8(d).
"Original Lien Grantor" means any Lien Grantor that grants a Lien on
any of its assets hereunder on the Canadian Effective Date.
"Partnership Interest" means a partnership interest, whether general or
limited.
"Patent License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right with respect to any Patent or any invention now or
hereafter in existence, whether patentable or not, whether a patent or
application for patent is in existence on such invention or not, and whether a
patent or application for patent on such invention may come into existence or
not.
"Patents" means:
(i) all letters patent of invention issued by Canada or
any other country and all applications for letters
patent and all registrations and recordings thereof
pending before the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office or in any similar office or agency in any
other country or any political subdivision,
(ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, revisions and extensions of
any of the foregoing,
(iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing, and
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Perfection Certificate" a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments
contemplated thereby to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent, and duly
executed by an executive officer of a Lien Grantor on or before the Relevant
Date applicable to such Lien Grantor.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means (i) any legally valid prohibitions on
granting a security interest to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
in the Equity Interests of any Qualified Turnaround Program Subsidiary pursuant
to any agreement entered into in connection with the Turnaround Program with or
for the benefit of any other Person owning or acquiring Equity Interests in such
a Subsidiary, to the extent the Qualification Requirements have been met with
respect to such prohibitions, (ii) (A) any legally valid contractual
restrictions in connection with the Turnaround Program that do not prohibit the
granting of a security interest in any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in a
Turnaround Program Subsidiary to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral
or (B) any legally valid contractual restrictions that do not prohibit the
granting of a security interest in any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in any
other Subsidiary that is not a Xerox Company, but, in each case, that otherwise
restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent
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of, or other rights (including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral
Agent with respect to, such Equity Interests as a consequence of restrictions
imposed on the owner of such Equity Interests (including put and call
arrangements, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, tag-along rights
and other similar rights to which such Equity Interest may be subject), (iii)
any legally valid and customary contractual restrictions on granting a security
interest to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral in the Equity
Interests of any Finance SPE or any Permitted Joint Venture created in
connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction or that otherwise restrict
the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights (including voting
rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to, such Collateral,
(iv) any legally valid contractual restrictions granting a security interest to
the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral in the Equity Interests of any
Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary or any Permitted Joint Venture created
in connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing Program or that otherwise
restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights (including
voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to, such
Collateral, (v) any legally valid contractual restrictions existing on the date
hereof on granting a security interest to the Collateral Agent as part of the
Collateral in any Equity Interest or Intangible, owned by any Lien Grantor or
any legally valid contractual restrictions existing on the date hereof that
otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights
(including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to,
such Equity Interest or Intangible, (vi) any legally valid contractual
restrictions permitted by Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement on the grant of a
security interest to the Collateral Agent in any of the Collateral, or on the
transfer by the Collateral Agent of any Collateral (including put and call
arrangements, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, tag-along rights
and other similar rights to which any Pledged Equity Interest may be subject) or
(vii) the terms of any provision of Applicable Law which (A) prohibits the
creation of a security interest in any property or asset, (B) requires the
consent of any third party to the creation of a security interest in any
property or asset, (C) gives rise to any right of termination (including,
without limitation, the abandonment, invalidation, or rendering unenforceable
any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property) or default remedy by
reason of the creation of a security interest in any property or asset or (D)
does not prohibit the creation of a security interest in any property or asset
but otherwise restricts the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of any such
property or asset or any other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent.
"Pledged", when used in conjunction with any type of asset, means at
any time an asset of such type that is included (or that creates rights that are
included) in the Collateral at such time. For example, "Pledged Security" means
Security that is included in the Collateral at such time.
"PPSA" means the Personal Property Security Act as in effect from time
to time in the Province of Ontario; provided that, if validity, perfection or
the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any Lien on any
Collateral and the rights and remedies of secured parties are governed by the
PPSA or other similar legislation as in effect in a jurisdiction other than
Ontario, "PPSA" means the Personal Property Security Act or other similar
legislation as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such validity, perfection, effect
of perfection or non-perfection or priority and to such rights and remedies.
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"Proceeds" means all "proceeds", as such term is defined in the PPSA
and, in any event, shall include all proceeds of, and all other profits,
products, rents or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection,
sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or other
realization upon, any Collateral, including without limitation all claims of the
relevant Lien Grantor against third parties for loss of, damage to, or
destruction of, or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect
to, policies of insurance in respect of, any Collateral and any expropriation or
requisition payments with respect to any Collateral, in each case whether now
existing or hereafter arising.
"Program Receivables" means Receivables that are the subject of a
Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Third Party Vendor Financing Program.
"Recordable Intellectual Property" means Intellectual Property, the
transfer of which may be recorded with the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office.
"Release Conditions" means the following conditions for releasing all
the Guarantees and terminating all the Security Interests:
(i) either (A) all Revolving Commitments under the Credit
Agreement with respect to the Canadian Borrower shall have expired or
been terminated or (B) an Election to Terminate with respect to the
Canadian Borrower has been delivered pursuant to Section 2.19(b) of the
Credit Agreement;
(ii) all Canadian Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligations shall
have been paid in full; and
(iii) no Canadian Contingent CA Secured Obligation shall
remain outstanding;
provided that the condition in clause (iii) shall not apply to outstanding
Letters of Credit if (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(y) the Canadian Borrower has granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Revolving Lenders (or if the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to
reimburse the applicable Issuing Banks have been terminated, to such Issuing
Banks), a security interest in Liquid Investments (or causes a bank acceptable
to the Required Revolving Lenders or such Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to
issue a letter of credit naming the Collateral Agent or such Issuing Banks as
beneficiary) in an amount at least equal to 105% of the Canadian Borrower's LC
Exposure (plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) as of the date of such
termination, on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Revolving Lenders or such Issuing Banks, as the
case may be.
"Relevant Date" means, in the case of an Original Lien Grantor, the
Canadian Effective Date, or, in the case of a Guarantor which is not an Original
Lien Grantor, the date on which such Guarantor becomes a Secured Guarantor
pursuant to Section 4(g)or 4(h), as the case may be, of this Agreement.
"Restricted Guarantor" means a Guarantor that is a "Specified
Subsidiary" under the Reference Indenture or if the High Yield Indenture ceases
to be the Reference Indenture, a corresponding category under the new Reference
Indenture.
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"RPMRR" has the meaning specified in Section 3(j).
"Secured Guarantee" means, with respect to each Secured Guarantor, its
Guarantee.
"Secured Guarantor" means (a) before the XCFI Release Date, a Guarantor
other than (i) a Restricted Guarantor, (ii) an ESOP Restricted Guarantor and
(iii) XCFI and (b) on or after the XCFI Release Date, a Guarantor other than (i)
a Restricted Guarantor and (ii) an ESOP Restricted Guarantor.
"Secured Parties" means the Agents, the Lenders and the LC Issuing
Banks.
"Secured Party Jurisdiction" means, with respect to any Secured Party:
(i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Secured
Party is organised or in which its principal office is located;
(ii) the jurisdiction in which its applicable lending office
is located; and
(iii) any jurisdiction in which it is treated as resident for
purposes of income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) net
income (or is otherwise subject to such taxes) by reason of its
business activities and operations that are unrelated to the Credit
Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement and the loans thereunder.
"Security Interests" means the security interests in the Collateral
granted under the Canadian Security Documents securing the Canadian Secured
Obligations.
"Third Party Vendor Financing Assets" means Equipment, Inventory and
related assets that are the subject of a Third Party Vendor Financing Program.
"Trademark License" means any agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right to use any Trademark.
"Trademarks" means all of the following, whether registered or
unregistered and whether now owned, used or hereafter acquired or used by any
Lien Grantor:
(i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade
styles, service marks, logos, brand names, other source
or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any
of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and
intangibles of like nature, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, including registrations, recordings and
applications in the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office or in any similar office in any country or any
political subdivision thereof,
(ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing,
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(iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing,
(iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof, and
(v) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of
the foregoing.
"Transferred Intellectual Property" means any Intellectual Property
(including without limitation, proceeds thereof) that was Transferred as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
"Unrestricted Guarantor" means a Guarantor that is not a Restricted
Guarantor.
"XCFI" means Xerox Canada Finance Inc., an Ontario corporation.
"XCFI Indentures" means (a) that certain Trust Indenture dated as of
December 15, 1986, as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth
Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada
Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee and (b)
that certain Trust Indenture dated as of October 27, 1987, as supplemented and
amended by the First through Fourth Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox
Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National
Trust Company, as Trustee, in each case as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
"XCFI Release Date" means the first day after all obligations under the
XCFI Indentures and all principal, interest and fees outstanding thereunder and
under each of the debentures issued thereunder have been paid off.
SECTION 2. Guarantees by Guarantors.
(a) Guarantees.
(i) Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full
and punctual payment of the Canadian CA Secured Obligations when due
(whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If the
Canadian Borrower fails to pay any Canadian CA Secured Obligation
punctually when due, each Guarantor agrees that it will forthwith on
demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner
specified in the relevant Loan Document. The obligations of each
Guarantor under this Section 2(a) shall be limited as provided in
Section 2(j).
(b) Guarantees Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor
under its Guarantee shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise
affected by:
(i) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise,
waiver or release in respect of any obligation of Xerox, the Canadian
Borrower, any other Overseas
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Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person under any Loan
Document, by operation of law or otherwise;
(ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to any
Loan Document;
(iii) any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of
any direct or indirect security for any obligation of Xerox, the
Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or
any other Person under any Loan Document;
(iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower,
any other Guarantor or any other Person or any of their respective
subsidiaries, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
similar proceeding affecting Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other
Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any of
their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of
Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person under any Loan Document;
(v) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that
such Guarantor may have at any time against Xerox, the Canadian
Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor, any Secured
Party or any other Person, whether in connection with the Loan
Documents or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein
shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or
counterclaim;
(vi) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or
against Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any
other Guarantor or any other Person for any reason of any Loan
Document, or any provision of Applicable Law purporting to prohibit the
payment of any Canadian Secured Obligation by Xerox, the Canadian
Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person; or
(vii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by
Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other
Guarantor, any other party to any Loan Document, any Secured Party or
any other Person, or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but
for the provisions of this Section 2(b)(vii), constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of or defense to any obligation of any Guarantor
hereunder.
(c) Release of Guarantees.
The Guarantees will be released in accordance with Section 9.02 and
9.03 of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be. In case of any release
pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be
fully protected in relying on a certificate of Xerox stating that the release of
the Guarantee is in accordance with and permitted by the terms of Section 9.03
of the Credit Agreement. If at any time any payment of a Canadian Secured
Obligation is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the
insolvency or receivership of Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas
Borrower or otherwise, the relevant Guarantee or Guarantees shall be reinstated
with respect thereto as though such payment had been due but not made at such
time.
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(d) Waiver by Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance
hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as
well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person
against Xerox, the Canadian Borrower, any other Overseas Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person.
(e) Subrogation. A Guarantor that makes a payment with respect to a
Canadian Secured Obligation hereunder, shall be subrogated to the rights of the
payee against the Canadian Borrower with respect to such payment; provided that
no Guarantor shall enforce any payment by way of subrogation, or by reason of
contribution against any other guarantor of such Canadian Secured Obligation
(including without limitation any other Guarantor), until all the Release
Conditions have been satisfied.
(f) Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of
any Canadian Secured Obligation by the Canadian Borrower is stayed by reason of
the insolvency or receivership of the Canadian Borrower or otherwise, all
Canadian CA Secured Obligations otherwise subject to acceleration under the
terms of any Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by the relevant
Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Collateral Agent.
(g) Right of Set-Off. If any Canadian Secured Obligation is not paid
promptly when due, each of the Secured Parties and their respective Affiliates
is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at
any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Secured Party or
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against the
obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee, irrespective of whether or
not such Secured Party shall have made any demand thereunder and although such
deposits and other obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Secured
Party under this Section 2(g) are in addition to all other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) that such Secured Party may have.
(h) Payments. Each payment to be made by any Guarantor in respect of
any of the Canadian CA Secured Obligations shall be payable in the currency or
currencies in which such Canadian CA Secured Obligations are denominated at the
office of the Collateral Agent and to the extent permitted by law, shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any
present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by any governmental authority excluding net
income taxes or branch profit taxes or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net
income taxes imposed on the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties as a
result of a present or former connection between the Collateral Agent or any of
the Secured Parties and the jurisdiction of the governmental authority imposing
such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein
(other than any connection arising solely from the Collateral Agent or such
Secured Party having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, as provided herein).
(i) Continuing Guarantee. Each Guarantee is a continuing guarantee,
shall be binding on the relevant Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and
shall be enforceable by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties. If all or
part of any Secured Party's interest in any Canadian Secured Obligation is
assigned or otherwise transferred, the transferor's rights under
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each Guarantee, to the extent applicable to the obligation so transferred,
shall automatically be transferred with such obligation.
(j) Limitation on Obligations of Guarantor. Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, (i) the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee
shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would
not render such Guarantee invalid or unenforceable under Applicable Laws and
(ii) the amount of the liability of each Guarantor for the Canadian CA Secured
Obligations (A) pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement or Section
2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, to the extent Section 2.14(b) relates to Loans
or Letters of Credit, shall be limited to amounts so owing with respect to the
increased costs or reduced rates of return arising from Loans to, or Letters of
Credit issued for the account of, the Canadian Borrower and (B) except as set
out in (A) above, pursuant to Section 2.14(b), shall be limited, at any
particular time, to the amount which is proportionate to the ratio of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans to, and the aggregate of the LC
Exposure and LC Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit
issued for the account of, the Canadian Borrower to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans to, and the aggregate of the LC Exposure and LC
Reimbursement Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the
account of, all Borrowers at such time.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties and Covenants.
Each Lien Grantor and Guarantor represents and warrants, at the times set
forth below, and covenants where indicated below, as follows:
(a) It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction identified as its jurisdiction of organization in the
Perfection Certificate.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it and the
performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement are (i) within its
corporate or other powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other action, (iii) require no consent or approval of, registration
or filing with, any Governmental Authority except (A) such as have been obtained
or made and are in full force and effect and (B) filings, recordings and
registrations necessary to perfect the Security Interests, (iv) do not violate
any Applicable Law or its organizational documents, (v) do not violate any order
of any Governmental Authority except in any such case where such violation could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (vi) do not
violate or result in a default under any indenture or material agreement or
other instrument binding upon it and (vii) do not result in any Lien on any of
its properties other than the Security Interests.
(c) This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding at equity or at law.
(d) Schedule 1 of this Agreement sets forth the name and jurisdiction of
organization of, and the ownership interest (including percentage owned and
number of shares or units) of such Original Lien Grantor in the Securities
issued by each of such Lien Grantor's direct
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Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, which are required to be included in the
Collateral and pledged pursuant to Section 5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement and
the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
(e) All Pledged Securities owned by such Lien Grantor are owned by it
free and clear of any Lien other than (i) the Security Interests (ii) the
Permitted Encumbrances and (iii) any tax liens and judgment liens, that are CA
Permitted Liens. None of such Pledged Securities is subject to any option to
purchase or similar right of any Person other than Permitted Encumbrances, such
Lien Grantor is not and covenants that it will not, become a party to or
otherwise bound by any agreement (except the Loan Documents to which it is a
party) which restricts in any material manner the rights of any present or
future holder of any Pledged Securities with respect thereto.
(f) Except for the Disclosed Matters, such Lien Grantor has good title
to, or valid license or leasehold interests in, all of its Collateral which is
material to its business (other than after-acquired Collateral in which such
Lien Grantor will own or have rights in such Collateral at the time so acquired)
free and clear of any Liens other than the (i) the CA Permitted Liens, (ii) the
Permitted Encumbrances and (iii) other defects that could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Other than financing statements, financing change statements or other
similar or equivalent documents or instruments with respect to the Security
Interests and other CA Permitted Liens, or that are in respect of consignments,
sale of Accounts, operating leases or are otherwise precautionary, no financing
statement, financing change statement, security agreement or similar or
equivalent document or instrument covering all or any part of the Collateral is
on file or of record in any jurisdiction in which such filing or recording is
effective to perfect or record a Lien on such Collateral except (i) Liens that
have been released and (ii) Liens the obligations secured by which have been
satisfied, in each case as evidenced pursuant to the requirements of Section
4.01(f) of the Credit Agreement. After the Relevant Date applicable to a Lien
Grantor, no Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor will be in the possession or
under the control of any other Person having a claim thereto or security
interest therein, other than the CA Permitted Liens.
(h) The Security Interests on all Collateral to which the PPSA applies in
which such Lien Grantor has rights (i) have been, or will on the Relevant Date
applicable to such Lien Grantor be, validly created, (ii) will attach to each
item of such Collateral on the Relevant Date applicable to such Lien Grantor
(or, if such Lien Grantor first obtains rights thereto on a later date, on such
later date) and (iii) when so attached, will constitute Collateral for the
Canadian Secured Obligations of such Lien Grantor.
(i) The Canadian Borrower has heretofore delivered the Perfection
Certificate to the Collateral Agent. The information specified therein with
respect to such Lien Grantor is correct and complete in all material respects as
of the Relevant Date applicable to such Lien Grantor. Each other Lien Grantor
shall provide the Collateral Agent with a Perfection Certificate in respect of
such Lien Grantor on or before the Relevant Date applicable to it.
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(j) When a PPSA financing statement or financing change statement
describing the Collateral and naming such Lien Grantor as debtor has been filed
in the applicable offices located in the jurisdictions where such Lien Grantor's
assets are located as specified in the Perfection Certificate and the security
interests in Collateral located in or subject to, the laws of the Province of
Quebec have been published in the Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights
("RPMRR"), the Security Interests will constitute perfected security interests
in the Collateral in which such Lien Grantor has rights in favour of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent that a
security interest therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the PPSA or the
Civil Code of Quebec, as the case may be, prior to all Liens and rights of
others therein except Permitted Liens. Except for the filing of such PPSA
financing statements and financing change statements and the publication of the
security interests in Collateral located in the Province of Quebec in the RPMRR,
no registration, publication or filing with any Canadian, provincial or
territorial governmental body, agency or official is required in connection with
the execution or delivery of the Canadian Security Documents or is necessary for
the validity or enforceability thereof or for the perfection or due recordation
of the Security Interests in Canada or for the enforcement of the Security
Interests.
(k) As of the date hereof, the Inventory and Equipment are insured in
accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4. The Security Interests.
(a) The Canadian Borrower, in order to secure the Canadian CA Secured
Obligations and each Guarantor, if and when it becomes a Secured Guarantor, in
order to secure its Canadian Secured Guarantor Obligations, grants to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security
interest in and to all of such Guarantor's respective right, title and interest
in and to its now owned or hereafter acquired personal property, including all
Proceeds, renewals, accretions and substitutions thereof, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where located, but
subject to the exclusions in Section 4(b), and including, without limitation,
the following:
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all deeds, documents, writings, papers, books of account and
other books relating to or being records of debts, Chattel Paper or
Documents of Title or by which such are or may hereafter be secured,
evidenced, acknowledged or made payable;
(iv) all Documents of Title (whether negotiable or not);
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all Goods (including all parts, accessories, attachments,
special tools, additions and accessions thereto);
(vii) all Instruments;
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(viii) all Inventory;
(ix) all Intangibles;
(x) all Securities directly owned by such Lien Grantor and issued
by a Material Canadian Subsidiary;
(xi) the Collateral Account, all financial assets credited to the
Collateral Account from time to time, all cash deposited therein from time
to time and the Liquid Investments made pursuant to Section 8(d);
(xii) all books and records (including, without limitation, customer
lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and other computer
materials and records) of such Original Lien Grantor pertaining to any of
the Collateral; and
(xiii) all Proceeds of the Collateral described in Clauses 4(a)(i)
through 4(a)(xii) hereof.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Collateral shall not include:
(i) rights of such Lien Grantor in respect of any property or
asset which is prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral Agent as
part of the Collateral by any Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Program Receivables and (A) security interests or liens and
property subject thereto purporting to secure payment of such Program
Receivables, (B) leases, guaranties, insurance and other arrangements
supporting payment of such Program Receivables, (C) rights to payment and
collections in respect of such Program Receivables, (D) books, records and
similar information relating to such Program Receivables or the obligors
thereon, (E) with respect to any such Program Receivables, the transferee's
interest in goods (including, without limitation, Equipment or Inventory)
the sale of which gave rise to such Program Receivables and (F) if such
Program Receivables arise from a lease financing or installment sale
transaction, the Equipment or Inventory that is the subject of the
underlying transaction and is transferred to a Receivables SPE;
(iii) Transferred Intellectual Property;
(iv) Federal and Provincial Government Receivables of such Lien
Grantor;
(v) Third Party Vendor Financing Assets of such Lien Grantor;
(vi) the last day of the term of any lease or any extension or
renewal thereof, oral or written, or agreement therefor, now held or
hereafter acquired by any Lien Grantor but upon the enforcement of the
security interest hereunder, the applicable Lien Grantor shall stand
possessed of such last day in trust to assign the same to any Person
acquiring such term; and
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(vii) Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Material Canadian
Subsidiary or which are not directly owned by such Lien Grantor.
(c) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the
Collateral from time to time, the Security Interest granted therein includes,
subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a continuing security interest in (i) any
supporting obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any
Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any
such supporting obligation.
(d) The Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not
subject the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way
affect or modify, any obligation or liability of any Lien Grantor with respect
to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.
(e) If the Collateral is realized upon and the security interest in the
Collateral is not sufficient to satisfy all Canadian Secured Obligations, each
Lien Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, subject to the provisions of the
PPSA, such Lien Grantor shall continue to be liable for any Canadian Secured
Obligations remaining outstanding and Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
pursue full payment thereof.
(f) Each Lien Grantor, on and from the Relevant Date applicable to such
Lien Grantor, and the Collateral Agent hereby acknowledge that value has been
given, such Lien Grantor has rights in the Collateral or, with respect to any
after acquired Collateral, will have rights in such Collateral when so acquired
and this Agreement constitutes a security agreement as that term is defined in
the PPSA.
(g) Each Guarantor (other than XCFI) shall be a Secured Guarantor, and
such Guarantor's grant of a Security Interest in its Collateral hereunder shall
become effective, on the date hereof, unless such Guarantor (other than XCFI) is
either (i) a Restricted Guarantor or (ii) an ESOP Restricted Guarantor on the
date hereof and in each case such Guarantor's grant of a Security Interest in
its Collateral hereunder shall not become effective until, and such Guarantor
shall not become a Secured Guarantor hereunder until, the first day after the
end of the first Fiscal Year during which such Guarantor ceases to be either a
Restricted Guarantor or an ESOP Restricted Guarantor.
(h) XCFI's grant of a security interest in its Collateral hereunder shall
not become effective until, and XCFI shall not become a Secured Guarantor
hereunder until, the first day after the end of the first Fiscal Quarter after
or containing the XCFI Release Date during which XCFI is not a Restricted
Guarantor or an ESOP Restricted Guarantor.
(i) Liens on the Collateral of any Secured Guarantor granted pursuant to
this Agreement shall lapse, and such Guarantor shall cease to be a Secured
Guarantor, starting on the day such Guarantor becomes a Restricted Guarantor;
provided, however, that such Guarantor's grant of a security interest in its
Collateral hereunder shall revive, and such Guarantor shall become a Secured
Guarantor again, on the first day after the end of the next first Fiscal Quarter
during which such Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Guarantor.
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SECTION 5. Further Assurances; Covenants.
Each Lien Grantor covenants as follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent promptly
(but in any event within 20 Business Days of the occurrence of such event)
written notice of any change in (i) its corporate, partnership, company or other
legal name, (ii) its place of business or chief executive office if there is
more than one principal place of business (determined as provided in the PPSA
applicable to such Lien Grantor) or, if applicable, its domicile (as defined in
the Civil Code of Quebec) or (iii) its identity or corporate structure.
(b) Such Lien Grantor will, from time to time, at its expense, execute,
deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document,
agreement or other paper and take any other reasonable action, (including,
without limitation, any filings of financing or financing change statements
under the PPSA) that from time to time is required under the PPSA or the Civil
Code of Quebec to enable the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to
obtain the full benefits of the Canadian Security Documents or to enable the
Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies
under the Canadian Security Documents with respect to any of the Collateral. To
the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such Lien Grantor hereby appoints the
Collateral Agent as such Lien Grantor's attorney-in-fact to execute and file all
filings in Canada, including financing statements and financing change
statements with respect to the Collateral, required or requested for the
purposes of creating, perfecting and preserving the Security Interests, all acts
of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, is coupled
with an interest, includes the power of substitution and shall be irrevocable
until all the Security Interests granted by such Lien Grantor terminate pursuant
to Section 19. Such Lien Grantor shall pay the costs of, or reasonable costs
incidental to, any filing of any financing or financing change statements, the
publication of notice under the RPMRR or other documents registered, recorded or
filed pursuant thereto concerning the Collateral.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, if any Collateral is in the possession or control of a warehouseman,
bailee or agent, such Lien Grantor will upon request of the Required Revolving
Lenders (i) notify such warehouseman, bailee or agent of the relevant Security
Interests, (ii) instruct such warehouseman, bailee or agent to hold all such
Collateral for the Collateral Agent's account subject to the Collateral Agent's
instructions and to permit such Collateral to be removed by such Lien Grantor in
the ordinary course of business until the Collateral Agent notifies such
warehouseman, bailee or agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (iii) use reasonable commercial efforts (without incurring material
obligations or foregoing material rights) to cause such warehouseman, bailee or
agent to enter into an agreement for the benefit of Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties acknowledging that it holds possession of such Collateral for
the Collateral Agent's benefit and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent.
(d) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, such Lien Grantor shall stamp or otherwise mark all books and
records relating to the Collateral in such manner, if any, as the Required
Revolving Lenders may reasonably require in order to reflect the Security
Interests.
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(e) Such Lien Grantor will, promptly upon request, provide to the
Collateral Agent all information and evidence in such Lien Grantor's possession,
or under such Lien Grantor's control, or that can be generated internally or, if
an Actionable Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, can otherwise be
obtained by such Lien Grantor, without unreasonable effort or expense, which the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request concerning the Collateral to enable the
Collateral Agent to enforce the provisions of the Canadian Security Documents.
(f) Such Lien Grantor will not Transfer, grant interests in, or grant
any option with respect to, any of its Collateral; provided that such Lien
Grantor may do any of the foregoing unless doing so would violate a covenant in
the Credit Agreement. Concurrently with any such Transfer (except a Transfer to
another Lien Grantor, a lease or a license) permitted by the foregoing proviso,
the Security Interests on such assets Transferred (but not in any Proceeds
arising from such Transfer) will cease immediately pursuant to Section 9.03 of
the Credit Agreement.
(g) Each Lien Grantor that owns or has rights in movable property
situated in, or subject to the laws of, the Province of Quebec shall execute and
deliver to the Collateral Agent a Hypothec in respect of movable property and
bond certificates and pledge agreement, if necessary (all substantially in the
form which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request) and all other ancillary
and supplementary documents or documentation required for publication with
respect to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 6. Recordable Intellectual Property.
Each Lien Grantor covenants as follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it
knows that any application or registration relating to any material Recordable
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by it may become abandoned or dedicated
to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the
institution of, or any adverse determination or development in, any proceeding
in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office) regarding such Lien Grantor's
ownership of such material Recordable Intellectual Property, its right to
register or patent the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same, except
where the occurrence of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect. If any of such Lien Grantor's rights to any
material Recordable Intellectual Property are infringed, misappropriated or
diluted, by a third party, such Lien Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent
within 30 days after it learns thereof and will, unless such Lien Grantor shall
reasonably determine that such action would be of negligible value, economic or
otherwise, or the failure to take such action could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) promptly sue for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, (ii) take such other actions as such
Lien Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such material Recordable Intellectual Property and (iii) notify the
Collateral Agent thereof to the extent required by the Credit Agreement.
(b) Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall exist and the
Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that the Lien Grantor's
right to do so is terminated, suspended or
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otherwise limited, the grant of Liens on Recordable Intellectual Property
pursuant hereto shall not preclude any Lien Grantor from entering into any
Copyright License, Design License, Patent License or Trademark License or,
subject to Section 5, from managing or maintaining its Recordable Intellectual
Property in a manner that is in the ordinary course of such Lien Grantor's
business and consistent with such Lien Grantor's historical practices, as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7. Pledged Securities.
Each Lien Grantor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
(a) Certificated Securities.
(i) With respect to each Original Lien Grantor, such
Original Lien Grantor will deliver (A), on the Canadian Effective Date
to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates
representing Pledged certificated Securities ("Pledged Certificated
Securities") that are Equity Interests and issued by any Material
Canadian Subsidiary then directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor
and identified on Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to be
pledged under Section 5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement and the
Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (B) in accordance
with Section 5.13(b) of the Credit Agreement within 90 days after the
Restatement Date, to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all
certificates representing Pledged Certificated Securities that are
Equity Interests issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary then
directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor (to the extent such
Securities have not been pledged and delivered pursuant to clause
(i)(A) of this Section 7(a)).
(ii) With respect to any other Lien Grantor, such Lien
Grantor will deliver, on the date on which it signs and delivers its
first Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement (or on its Relevant
Date in the case of a Guarantor which is not an Original Lien Grantor)
to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates
representing Pledged Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests
issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary then directly owned by such
Lien Grantor and required to be included in the Collateral.
(iii) After the pledge and delivery of Pledged Certificated
Securities described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7(a),
whenever such Original Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case
may be, acquires direct ownership of any other certificate representing
a Pledged Certificated Security that is an Equity Interest and required
to be included in the Collateral, such Original Lien Grantor or such
Lien Grantor, as the case may be, will promptly deliver such
certificate to the Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder.
The provisions of this subsection are subject to the
limitation in Section 7(g) in the case of Equity Interests that are
subject to Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) Uncertificated Securities.
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(i) With respect to each Original Lien Grantor, such
Original Lien Grantor will, (A) on the Canadian Effective Date in
respect of each Pledged uncertificated Security ("Pledged
Uncertificated Security") that is an Equity Interest and issued by any
Material Canadian Subsidiary then directly owned by such Original Lien
Grantor and identified on Schedule 1 of this Agreement as required to
be pledged under Section 5.13(a) of the Credit Agreement and the
Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and (B) in accordance
with Section 5.13(b) of the Credit Agreement within 90 days after the
Restatement Date, in respect of each Pledged Uncertificated Security
that is an Equity Interest issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary
then directly owned by such Original Lien Grantor (to the extent that
such Security has not been pledged pursuant to clause (i)(B) of this
Section 7(b)), (x) such Lien Grantor shall give written instructions to
the relevant depository institution or other applicable Person,
together with a written copy thereof to the Collateral Agent,
sufficient for the depository institution or other applicable Person to
record in its book entry system that the Collateral Agent is the
pledgee of each Pledged Uncertificated Security or (y) register the
Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such Security on the books
and records of the issuer, in each case as the Collateral Agent and
such Original Lien Grantor may reasonably agree.
(ii) With respect to any other Lien Grantor, such Lien
Grantor will, on the date on which it signs and delivers its first
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement (or on its Relevant Date in
the case of a Guarantor which is not an Original Lien Grantor) in
respect of each Pledged Uncertificated Security that is an Equity
Interest issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary then directly owned
by such Lien Grantor and required to be included in the Collateral (x)
give written instructions to the relevant depository institution or
other applicable Person, together with a written copy thereof to the
Collateral Agent, sufficient for the depository institution or other
applicable Person to record in its book entry system that the
Collateral Agent is the pledgee of each Pledged Uncertificated Security
or (y) register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such
Security on the books and records of the issuer, in each case as the
Collateral Agent and such Lien Grantor may reasonably agree.
(iii) After the pledge of Pledged Uncertificated Securities
described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7(b), whenever such
Original Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be,
acquires any other Pledged Uncertificated Security that is an Equity
Interest and required to be included in the Collateral such Original
Lien Grantor or such Lien Grantor, as the case may be, will promptly
(x) give written instructions to the relevant depository institution or
other applicable Person, together with a written copy thereof to the
Collateral Agent, sufficient for the depository institution or other
applicable Person to record in its book entry system that the
Collateral Agent is the pledgee of each Pledged Uncertificated Security
or (y) register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such
Security on the books and records of the issuer, in each case as the
Collateral Agent and such Original Lien Grantor or Lien Grantor, as the
case may be, may reasonably agree.
The provisions of this subsection are subject to (X) Section
9(c), and (Y) the limitation in Section 7(g) in the case of Equity
Interests that are subject to Permitted Encumbrances.
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(c) Perfection as to Certificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor
delivers the certificate representing any Pledged Certificated Security that is
an Equity Interest issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary, the Collateral
Agent takes possession of the Pledged Certificated Securities or a person on its
behalf other than such Lien Grantor or its agent, and, provided that the
Collateral Agent has no notice of any adverse claim affecting the Pledged
Certificated Securities, the Security Interest in the Pledged Certificated
Securities has priority over any other security interest in the Pledged
Certificated Securities.
(d) Perfection as to Uncertificated Securities. When the Collateral
Agent takes possession or constructive possession or when the Collateral Agent
is registered as the registered owner of any Pledged Uncertificated Security
that is an Equity Interest issued by any Material Canadian Subsidiary owned by
such Lien Grantor the Security Interest on such Pledged Uncertificated Security
will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others or a person on
its behalf other than such Lien Grantor or its agent, if the Collateral Agent
has no notice of any adverse claim affecting the Pledged Uncertificated
Securities.
(e) Delivery of Pledged Certificates. Any certificate representing a
Pledged Certificated Security that is an Equity Interest issued by any Material
Canadian Subsidiary, when delivered to the Collateral Agent, will be in suitable
form for transfer by delivery, or accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank, signed by an authorized officer, all in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(f) Communications. If an Actionable Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to
the Lien Grantors that it elects to exercise the remedies provided in Section
12, such Lien Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any
notices and other communications received by it with respect to Pledged
Certificated Securities that are Equity Interests issued by any Material
Canadian Subsidiary registered in the name of such Lien Grantor or its nominee.
(g) Equity Interests subject to Permitted Encumbrances. Such Lien
Grantor will not be obligated to comply with the provisions of this Section at
any time with respect to any Equity Interest issued by any Person if and to the
extent (but only to the extent) that such Equity Interest is excluded from the
Collateral at such time pursuant to Sections 4(b)(i) or 4(b)(vii).
(h) Direct Holding of Pledged Securities. Such Lien Grantor shall hold
directly, and not through any subsidiary, securities intermediary or other
Person, all Pledged Securities owned by it.
SECTION 8. Collateral Account.
(a) There is hereby established with the Collateral Agent, with respect
to each Lien Grantor, a cash collateral account (its "Collateral Account") in
the name and under the exclusive control of the Collateral Agent into which
there shall be deposited from time to time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Actionable Event of Default and upon notice from the
Collateral Agent that it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this
Section 8 the cash proceeds of the Collateral required to be delivered to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to subsection 8(b) hereof or any other provision of
any Canadian Security Document. Any income
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received by the Collateral Agent with respect to the balance from time to
time standing to the credit of each Collateral Account, including any interest
or capital gains on Liquid Investments, shall remain, or be deposited, in the
Collateral Account. All cash amounts on deposit in each Collateral Account from
time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, together with any Liquid Investments from time to time made pursuant to
subsection 8(d) hereof, shall at all times be within the exclusive possession,
dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, shall constitute part of the
Collateral hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Canadian Secured
Obligations until applied thereto as hereinafter provided.
(b) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and if so requested by the Required Lenders each Lien Grantor shall
instruct all account debtors and other Persons obligated in respect of all
Accounts then included in the Collateral to make all payments in respect of the
Accounts either (i) directly to the Collateral Agent (by instructing that such
payments be remitted to a post office box which shall be in the name of such
Lien Grantor (with a notation that proceeds held therein are held in trust for
and subject to the Liens of the Secured Parties) and under the control of the
Collateral Agent) or (ii) under other arrangements, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which such Lien Grantor shall
have irrevocably instructed such other bank (and such other bank shall have
agreed) to remit all proceeds of such payments directly to the Collateral Agent
for deposit into the Collateral Account or as the Collateral Agent may otherwise
instruct such bank. All such payments made to the Collateral Agent shall be
deposited in such Lien Grantor's Collateral Account. In addition to the
foregoing, such Lien Grantor agrees that if the proceeds of any Collateral
hereunder (including the payments made in respect of Accounts) are received by
it at a time when the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(b) are in effect,
such Lien Grantor shall as promptly as possible deposit such proceeds into its
Collateral Account. Until so deposited into the Collateral Account, all such
proceeds shall, during the continuation of such Event of Default, be held in
trust by such Lien Grantor for the Secured Parties and shall not be commingled
with any other funds or property of such Lien Grantor.
(c) Upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, if so instructed by the Required
Lenders, apply or cause to be applied (subject to collection) any or all of the
balance from time to time standing to the credit of each Collateral Account in
the manner specified in Section 14.
(d) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, amounts on deposit in each Collateral Account, to the extent not
applied in the manner specified in Section 14 pursuant to paragraph (c) above,
shall if permitted by the terms of any agreement between the relevant Lien
Grantor and the depository institution where such Collateral Account is held, be
invested and re-invested from time to time in such Liquid Investments as the
relevant Lien Grantor shall determine, which Liquid Investments shall be held in
the name and be under the control of the Collateral Agent, provided that the
Collateral Agent shall, if instructed by the Required Lenders, liquidate any
such Liquid Investments and apply or cause to be applied the proceeds thereof to
the payment of the Canadian Secured Obligations in the manner specified in
Section 14; and provided further that the Collateral Agent shall, if so
instructed by the relevant Lenders in the manner specified in Section 9.02 of
the Credit Agreement, liquidate any such Liquid Investments and release the
proceeds thereof to the relevant Lien Grantor. For this
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purpose, "Liquid Investments" means Permitted Investments; provided that
each Liquid Investment shall mature within 30 days after it is acquired by the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 9. Transfer of Record Ownership.
(a) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Collateral Agent may (and to the extent that action by it is
required, the relevant Lien Grantor, if directed to do so by the Collateral
Agent, will as promptly as practicable) cause each of the Pledged Securities (or
any portion thereof specified in such direction) to be transferred of record
into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee.
(b) Perfection upon Transfer of Record Ownership. If and when any Pledged
Security (whether certificated or uncertificated) owned by such Lien Grantor is
transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee
pursuant to Section 7(b) or 9(a), the Security Interest on such Pledged Security
will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others.
(c) Provisions Inapplicable after Transfer of Record Ownership. If the
provisions of Section 9(a) are implemented, Section 7(b) shall not thereafter
apply to any Pledged Security that is registered in the name of the Collateral
Agent or its nominee.
(d) Communications after Transfer of Record Ownership. The Collateral
Agent will promptly give to the relevant Lien Grantor copies of any notices and
other communications received by the Collateral Agent with respect to Pledged
Securities registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee.
SECTION 10. Right to Vote Securities and Receive Dividends.
(a) Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that
it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this Section 10, each Lien
Grantor will have the right, from time to time, to vote and to give consents,
ratifications and waivers with respect to any Pledged Security owned by it, and
the Collateral Agent will, upon receiving a written request from such Lien
Grantor, deliver to such Lien Grantor or as specified in such request such
proxies, powers of attorney, consents, ratifications and waivers in respect of
any such Pledged Security that is registered in the name of the Collateral Agent
or its nominee, in each case as shall be reasonably requested by such Lien
Grantor. Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that
it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this Section 10, the Collateral
Agent will have no right to take any action which the owner of a Pledged
Partnership Interest is entitled to take with respect thereto, except the right
to receive payments and other distributions to the extent provided herein.
(b) If an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that
it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this Section 10, the Collateral
Agent will have the right to the extent permitted by Applicable Law (and, in the
case of Collateral consisting of any Security that is subject to any Permitted
Encumbrances, by the relevant agreement or governing document to the extent of
any Permitted Encumbrances contained in such agreement or governing document) to
vote, to give
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consents, ratifications and waivers and to take any other action with
respect to the Pledged Securities (if any) with the same force and effect as if
the Collateral Agent were the absolute and sole owner thereof, and each Lien
Grantor will take all such action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request
from time to time to give effect to such right.
(c) Unless an Actionable Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Lien Grantor that
it elects to exercise the remedies provided in this Section 10, dividends or
other distributions paid on Pledged Equity Interests owned directly by such Lien
Grantor shall be paid to such Lien Grantor.
SECTION 11. General Authority.
Each Lien Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent its true
and lawful attorney, and such power is coupled with an interest with full power
of substitution, in the name of such Lien Grantor, the Collateral Agent, the
Secured Parties or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Secured Parties,
but at the Borrowers' expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default or
upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the
Collateral:
(a) to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and
all monies due or to become due thereon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the
same or the proceeds thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Collateral
Agent were the absolute owner of the Lien Grantor's right, title and interest
therein, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make any
allowance and other adjustments with reference thereto;
provided that, except in the case of Collateral that is perishable or threatens
to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized
market, the Collateral Agent will give the relevant Lien Grantor at least ten
days' prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale thereof or
the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition thereof will
be made. Any such notice comply with the provisions of the PPSA and all other
mandatory requirements of Applicable Law; provided that, if the Collateral Agent
fails to comply with this sentence in any respect, its liability for such
failure shall be limited to the liability (if any) imposed on it as a matter of
law under the PPSA.
SECTION 12. Remedies upon Actionable Event of Default or Acceleration.
(a) Upon acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent may exercise (or cause its sub-agents to
exercise) any and all remedies available to it (or to such sub-agents) under the
Canadian Security Documents.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon acceleration of the Loans
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent may
exercise (or cause its sub-agents to exercise) on behalf of the Secured Parties
all rights of a secured party after default under the PPSA (whether or not in
effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) with respect to any
Collateral and, in addition, the Collateral Agent may, without being required to
give any notice, except as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory
provisions of law, (i) withdraw all cash and Liquid Investments in the
Collateral Accounts and apply such cash and Liquid Investments and other cash,
if any, then held by it as Collateral as specified in Section 14 and (ii) if
there shall be no such cash or Liquid Investments or if such cash and Liquid
Investments shall be insufficient to pay all the Canadian Secured Obligations in
full, take possession of, sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the
Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, for cash, upon credit
or for future delivery, and at such price or prices as the Collateral Agent may
deem satisfactory. Any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the
Collateral so sold at any public sale (or, if the Collateral is of a type
customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a type which is the subject of
widely distributed standard price quotations, at any private sale). The relevant
Lien Grantor will execute and deliver such documents and take such other action
as the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary or proper in order that any
such sale may be made in compliance with law. Upon any such sale the Collateral
Agent shall have the right to deliver, assign and transfer to the purchaser
thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the
Collateral so sold to it absolutely and free from any claim or right of
whatsoever kind, including any equity or right of redemption of the relevant
Lien Grantor which may be waived, and such Lien Grantor, to the extent permitted
by law, hereby specifically waives all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal
which it has or may have under any law now existing or hereafter adopted. The
notice (if any) of such sale required by Section 11 shall comply with the
requirements set forth in Section 11. Any such public sale shall be held at such
time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the
Collateral Agent may fix in the notice of such sale. At any such sale the
Collateral may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the
Collateral Agent may determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to
make any such sale pursuant to any such notice. The Collateral Agent may,
without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the
same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place
fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the
same may be so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the
Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be
retained by the Collateral Agent until the selling price is paid by the
purchaser thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in the
case of the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for the Collateral so
sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may again be sold
upon like notice. The Collateral Agent, instead of exercising the power of sale
herein conferred upon it, may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to
foreclose the Security Interests and sell the Collateral, or any portion
thereof, under a judgment or decree of a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing any and all rights and remedies under
the Canadian Security Documents upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Actionable Event of Default or upon acceleration of the Loans in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be, the
Collateral Agent may (i) require any Lien Grantor to, and such Lien Grantor
agrees that it will, at its expense and upon the request of the Collateral
Agent, forthwith take reasonable steps to assemble all or any part of the
Collateral as directed by the Collateral
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Agent and make it available at a place designated by the Collateral Agent which
is, in its opinion, reasonably convenient to the Collateral Agent and such Lien
Grantor, whether at the premises of such Lien Grantor or otherwise, (ii) to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, enter, with or without process of law and
without breach of the peace, any premise where any of the Collateral is or may
be located, and without charge or liability to it seize and remove such
Collateral from such premises, (iii) have access to and use such Lien Grantor's
books and records relating to the Collateral upon reasonable notice and at
reasonable times and (iv) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store or
transfer it without charge in or by means of any storage or transportation
facility owned or leased by such Lien Grantor, process, repair or recondition it
or otherwise prepare it for disposition in any manner and to the extent the
Collateral Agent reasonably deems appropriate and, in connection with such
preparation and disposition, use without charge any Intellectual Property or
technical process used by such Lien Grantor in connection therewith and included
in the Collateral, subject, with respect to products being sold under
Trademarks, to standards of quality with respect to such Products that are
reasonably comparable to those prevailing at the time of such Actionable Event
of Default. The Collateral Agent may also render any or all of the Collateral
unusable at such Lien Grantor's premises and may dispose of such Collateral on
such premises without liability for rent or costs.
(c) If an Actionable Event of Default exists, the Collateral Agent may
appoint or reappoint by instrument in writing, any person or persons, whether an
officer or officers or an employee or employees of the Collateral Agent or not,
to be a receiver or receivers (hereinafter called a "Receiver", which term when
used herein shall include a receiver and manager) of the Collateral (including
any interest, income or profits therefrom) and may remove any Receiver so
appointed and appoint another in his/her or its stead. Any such Receiver shall,
so far as concerns responsibility for his/her or its acts, be deemed the agent
of the Lien Grantors and not the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, and
neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall be in any way
responsible for any misconduct, negligence or non-feasance on the part of any
such Receiver, his/her or its servants, agents or employees. Subject to the
provisions of the instrument appointing him/her or it, any such Receiver shall
(i) have such powers as have been granted to the Collateral Agent under
subsection (a) and (b) above, and (ii) shall be entitled to exercise such powers
at any time that such powers would otherwise be exercisable by the Collateral
Agent under subsection (a) and (b) above, as applicable, which powers shall
include the power to preserve Collateral or its value, and to carry on or concur
in carrying on all or any part of the business of such Lien Grantor. To
facilitate the foregoing powers, any such Receiver may, to the exclusion of all
others, including such Lien Grantor, enter upon, use and occupy all premises
owned or occupied by such Lien Grantor wherein Collateral may be situate,
maintain Collateral upon such premises, and borrow money on a secured or
unsecured basis and use Collateral directly in carrying on such Lien Grantor's
business or as security for loans or advances to enable the Receiver to carry on
such Lien Grantor's business or otherwise, as such Receiver shall, in its
discretion, determine. Except as may be otherwise directed by the Collateral
Agent, all money received from time to time by such Receiver in carrying out
his/her or its appointment shall be received in trust for and paid over to the
Collateral Agent. Every such Receiver may, in the discretion of the Collateral
Agent, be vested with all or any of the rights and powers of the Collateral
Agent.
(d) The remedies specified in this Section 12 do not affect, and are in
addition to, remedies otherwise specified for or available to the Collateral
Agent or the Secured Parties under
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this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, but not limited to,
remedies available upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, or Actionable Event of Default, as the case may be.
(e) The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth herein, the exercise of rights and remedies by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 12 (or otherwise) with respect to any
Collateral may be subject to the effect of any Permitted Encumbrances.
SECTION 13. Limitation on Duty of Collateral Agent in Respect of
Collateral.
Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the
Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or
control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income
thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other
rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if
the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it
accords its own property, and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or
damage to any of the Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by
reason of the act or omission of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency,
consignee or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good
faith.
SECTION 14. Application of Proceeds.
(a) Upon (A) acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement and (B) the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent under
Section 12 hereof, the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all
or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied by the Collateral Agent as
follows:
first, to pay the expenses of such sale or other realization,
including reasonable compensation to agents contemplated by Section 16
and counsel for the Collateral Agent, and all expenses, liabilities
and advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in connection
with the Canadian Security Documents, and then ratably (based on the
proportion of the Loans to the Canadian Borrower to all Loans) to pay
any other unreimbursed expenses for which the Collateral Agent is to
be reimbursed pursuant to Section 18 hereof;
second, to pay the unpaid principal of Revolving Loans to the
Canadian Borrower (or provide for the payment thereof pursuant to
Section 14(b)), until payment in full of the principal of such Loans
shall have been made (or so provided for);
third, to pay all interest on the Loans to the Canadian Borrower
and fees (to the extent payable by the Canadian Borrower or by Xerox
on behalf of the Canadian Borrower) payable under the Credit Agreement
to Revolving Lenders until payment in full of all such interest and
fees shall have been made;
fourth, to pay all other Canadian Secured Obligations ratably (or
provide for the payment thereof pursuant to Section 14(b)), until
payment in full of all
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such other Canadian Secured Obligations shall have been made (or so
provided for); and
finally, to pay to the relevant Lien Grantor, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then remaining from the
proceeds of the Collateral owned by it.
The Collateral Agent may make distributions hereunder in cash or in
kind or, on a ratable basis, in any combination thereof.
(b) If at any time any portion of any monies collected or received by the
Collateral Agent would, but for the provisions of this Section 14(b), be payable
in respect of a Canadian Contingent CA Secured Obligation or any other Canadian
Secured Obligation that is not then due and payable (by reason of acceleration
or otherwise), the Collateral Agent shall not apply any monies to pay such
Canadian Secured Obligation but instead shall request the holder thereof, at
least 10 days before each proposed distribution hereunder, to notify the
Collateral Agent as to the maximum amount of such Canadian Secured Obligation if
then ascertainable (e.g., in the case of a Letter of Credit, the maximum amount
available for subsequent drawings thereunder, regardless of whether the
conditions to drawing thereunder are then satisfied). If the holder of such
Canadian Secured Obligation does not notify the Collateral Agent of the maximum
ascertainable amount thereof at least two Business Days before such
distribution, such holder will not be entitled to share in such distribution. If
such holder does so notify the Collateral Agent as to the maximum ascertainable
amount thereof, the Collateral Agent will allocate to such holder a portion of
the monies to be distributed in such distribution, calculated as if such
Canadian Secured Obligation were outstanding and then due and payable in such
maximum ascertainable amount. However, the Collateral Agent will not apply such
portion of such monies to pay such Canadian Secured Obligation, but instead will
hold such monies or invest such monies in Liquid Investments. All such monies
and Liquid Investments and all proceeds thereof will constitute Collateral
hereunder, but will be subject to distribution in accordance with this Section
14(b) rather than Section 14(a). The Collateral Agent will hold all such monies
and Liquid Investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust until all or part
of such Canadian Secured Obligation becomes due and payable (or, in the case of
a Canadian Contingent CA Secured Obligation, becomes a Canadian Non-Contingent
CA Secured Obligation), whereupon the Collateral Agent at the request of the
relevant Secured Party will apply the amount so held in trust to pay such
Canadian Secured Obligation; provided that, if the other Canadian Secured
Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same clause of Section 14(a) were
not paid in full, the Collateral Agent will apply the amount so held in trust to
pay the same percentage of such Canadian Secured Obligation as the percentage of
such other Canadian Secured Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to the same
clause of Section 14(a). If (i) the holder of such Canadian Secured Obligation
shall advise the Collateral Agent that no portion thereof (A) has not become due
and payable or (B) remains in the category of a Canadian Contingent CA Secured
Obligation, as the case may be, and (ii) the Collateral Agent still holds any
amount held in trust pursuant to this Section 14(b) in respect of such Canadian
Secured Obligation (after paying all amounts payable pursuant to the preceding
sentence with respect to any portions thereof that have become due and payable
or become Canadian Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligations, as the case may be),
such remaining amount will be applied by the Collateral Agent in the order of
priorities set forth in Section 14(a).
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(c) In making the payments and allocations required by this Section, the
Collateral Agent may rely upon information supplied to it pursuant to Section
15(c). All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section
shall be final (except in the event of manifest error) and the Collateral Agent
shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any Secured Party of any
amount distributed to it.
SECTION 15. Concerning the Collateral Agent.
The provisions of Article VIII of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of the Collateral Agent in respect of this Agreement (as if the
Collateral Agent were the Administrative Agent referred to therein) and shall be
binding upon the parties to this Agreement. In furtherance and not in derogation
of the rights, privileges and immunities of the Collateral Agent therein
specified:
(a) The Collateral Agent is authorized to take all such action as is
provided to be taken by it as Collateral Agent hereunder and all other action
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for
herein (including, without limitation, the timing and methods of realization
upon the Collateral) the Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting in
accordance with written instructions from the Required Lenders or, in the
absence of such instructions, in accordance with its discretion.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence,
genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Security Interests in any of the Collateral,
whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to
act on its part under the Canadian Security Documents. The Collateral Agent
shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance
of any of the terms of any Canadian Security Document by any Lien Grantor.
(c) For all purposes of the Canadian Security Documents, including
determining the amounts of the Canadian Secured Obligations and whether a
Canadian Secured Obligation is a Canadian Contingent CA Secured Obligation or
not, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to rely on information from (i) its
own records for information as to the Lender and Agents, their Canadian Secured
Obligations and actions taken by them, (ii) any Secured Party for information as
to its Canadian Secured Obligations and actions taken by it, to the extent that
the Collateral Agent has not obtained such information from the foregoing
sources, and (iii) Xerox, to the extent that the Collateral Agent has not
obtained information from the foregoing sources.
SECTION 16. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents.
At any time or times, upon prior written notice to Xerox and in order (a)
to comply with any legal requirement in any jurisdiction, (b) preserve or
protect the Collateral, (c) exercise remedies specified in this Agreement or (d)
otherwise carry out duties or exercise rights specified in this Agreement, the
Collateral Agent may appoint another bank or trust company or one or more other
Persons, either to act as co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the Collateral
Agent, or to act as separate agent or agents on behalf of the Secured Parties
with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effective operation of
the provisions hereof and may be specified in the instrument of appointment
(which may, in the discretion of the Collateral Agent, include
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provisions for the protection of such co-agent or separate agent similar to the
provisions of Section 15).
SECTION 17. Taxes
Each Guarantor agrees that:
(a) All payments of Canadian Secured Obligations and all amounts payable
on, under or in respect of this Agreement by such Guarantor, including, without
limitation, amounts payable by such Guarantor under clause (b) of this Section
17, shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for all present and
future Taxes (other than income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by)
the net income of a Secured Party by a Secured Party Jurisdiction of that
Secured Party) including any such Taxes imposed with respect to this Agreement,
the execution, registration, enforcement, notarization or other formalization of
any thereof, and any payments of principal, interest, charges, fees, commissions
or other amounts made on, under or in respect thereof (hereinafter called
"Covered Taxes"), provided that, if any Guarantor shall be required to deduct
any Covered Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable will be increased
as necessary so that, after all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) are made, each
relevant Secured Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Guarantor shall make such
deductions and (iii) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law. The parties
agree to cooperate and provide information with respect to Canadian and foreign
withholding tax matters relating to payments under this Agreement in a manner
consistent with the principles of Section 2.16(e) of the Credit Agreement,
mutatis mutandis. The parties also agree that the provisions of Section 2.16(f)
of the Credit Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to Covered Taxes that are
deducted, withheld or paid by a Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Each Guarantor shall indemnify each Secured Party, within 15 Business
Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Covered Taxes
paid or incurred by such Secured Party with respect to any payment by or
obligation of such Guarantor under or with respect to this Agreement or any
other Canadian Security Document (including Covered Taxes imposed or asserted on
or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 17) and any expenses
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Covered Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. Each Secured Party shall make a good faith effort to verify that such
Covered Taxes are correctly and legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. An officer's certificate as to the amount of any such
payment delivered to Xerox by a Secured Party on its own behalf, or by the
Collateral Agent on behalf of a Secured Party, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(c) Within 15 Business Days after any Guarantor pays any Covered Taxes to a
Governmental Authority, such Guarantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment. Each Guarantor shall promptly furnish to each Secured
Party any other information, documents and receipts that the Secured Party may
from time to time reasonably request to establish to its satisfaction that full
and timely payment of all Covered Taxes has been made. The applicable
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Guarantor will be deemed to have satisfied the requirement of this Section 17(c)
if it has furnished such information, documents and/or receipts to the
Collateral Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the payment increases
and indemnities pursuant to those paragraphs will not apply to the payment of
any Canadian Secured Obligation to the extent that (in the absence of this
paragraph (d)) the Secured Party would thereby receive a net cash payment in
respect of that Canadian Secured Obligation greater than if that Canadian
Secured Obligation had been paid by the Borrower.
SECTION 18. Expenses.
The Canadian Borrower agrees that it will forthwith upon demand pay to the
Collateral Agent:
(i) the amount of any Taxes which the Collateral Agent may have been
required to pay by reason of the Security Interests or to free any of the
Collateral from any other Lien thereon; and
(ii) the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and, upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, and of any
other experts, which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (w)
the administration or enforcement of the Canadian Security Documents,
including such expenses as are incurred to preserve the value of the
Collateral and the validity, perfection, rank and value of any Security
Interest, (x) the collection, sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral, (y) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights
conferred upon it under the Canadian Security Documents or (z) any Event of
Default.
Any such amount not paid on demand shall, unless prohibited by Applicable
Law, bear interest at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans from time to time
plus 2% and shall be an additional Canadian Secured Obligation hereunder.
SECTION 19. Termination of Security Interests; Release of Collateral.
(a) Each Security Interest granted hereunder shall terminate, and all
rights to the relevant Collateral shall revert to the relevant Lien Grantor, if,
as and to the extent permitted by Section 9.02 and 9.03 of the Credit Agreement,
as the case may be.
(b) Upon any termination of a Security Interest or release of Collateral,
the Collateral Agent will, at the expense of the relevant Lien Grantor, execute
and deliver to such Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien Grantor shall
reasonably request to evidence the termination of such Security Interest or the
release of such Collateral, as the case may be.
SECTION 20. Additional Guarantors and Lien Grantors.
Any Canadian Subsidiary may become a party hereto by signing and delivering
to the Collateral Agent a Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement, whereupon
such Subsidiary shall become (a) a "Guarantor" or (b) a "Guarantor" and a "Lien
Grantor" as defined herein.
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SECTION 21. Change of Status.
(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, if any
Unrestricted Guarantor (other than XCFI before the XCFI Release Date) shall
become a "Specified Subsidiary" under the Reference Indenture (or if the High
Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference Indenture, a corresponding category
under the new Reference Indenture) after the Canadian Effective Date, such
Guarantor shall be treated as a Restricted Guarantor for the purpose of this
Agreement, and Liens on the Collateral of such Guarantor shall lapse.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, if any
Restricted Guarantor (other than XCFI before the XCFI Release Date) shall cease
to be a "Specified Subsidiary" under the Reference Indenture (or if the High
Yield Indenture ceases to be the Reference Indenture, a corresponding category
under the new Reference Indenture) at the end of any Fiscal Year, such Guarantor
shall be treated as an Unrestricted Guarantor for the purpose of this Agreement,
and, unless such Guarantor is still an ESOP Restricted Guarantor, its grant of a
Security Interest in its Collateral pursuant hereto shall become effective,
starting the first day after the end of such Fiscal Year.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, a Guarantor
shall cease to be an ESOP Restricted Guarantor immediately after it or Xerox's
obligations under the ESOP Guarantee Agreement have been terminated.
(d) Upon becoming a Secured Guarantor under this Section 21, each such
Secured Guarantor shall at its own expense, promptly execute and deliver all
further documents and take all further action necessary or appropriate to give
effect to the provisions and intent of this Agreement and to complete the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation,
deliver to Collateral Agent all documents and instruments required to be
delivered under Section 7 in respect of Pledged Securities.
SECTION 22. Notices.
All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall
be in writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission or similar
writing) and shall be given to such party at its address or telex or facsimile
number set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or
facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice
to the Collateral Agent and the Canadian Borrower. All notices and other
communication given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement will be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 23. Waivers, Non-Exclusive Remedies.
No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to
exercise, and no delay in exercising and no course of dealing with respect to,
any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party of any right under any Loan Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and
remedies in the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other
rights or remedies provided by law.
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SECTION 24. Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement is for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties and their successors and, in the case of the Lenders, permitted assigns
pursuant to Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement and in the event of an
assignment of all or any of the Canadian Secured Obligations, the rights
hereunder, to the extent applicable to the obligation so assigned, shall be
automatically transferred with such obligation. This Agreement shall be binding
on the Canadian Borrower, each Guarantor and its successors and assigns.
SECTION 25. Changes in Writing.
Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended,
modified or terminated except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the parties hereto, with the consent of such Lenders as are
required to consent thereto under Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 26. Ontario Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein,
except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the
extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ontario
are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
SECTION 27. Judgment Currency
If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to
convert a sum due from a Guarantor or the Canadian Borrower in the currency
expressed to be payable in any Loan Document (the "specified currency") into
another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Collateral Agent could purchase
the specified currency with such other currency at the Collateral Agent's
Toronto office on the domestic Business Day preceding that on which final
judgment is given. The obligations of the Guarantor or the Canadian Borrower in
respect of any sum due to the Collateral Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only
to the extent that on the domestic Business Day following receipt by the
Collateral Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency the
Collateral Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the
specified currency with such other currency; if the amount of the specified
currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Collateral
Agent, in the specified currency, the Guarantor or the Canadian Borrower agrees,
to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation
and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Collateral Agent,
against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased
exceeds the sum originally due to the Collateral Agent, in the specified
currency, then the Collateral Agent agrees to remit such excess to the Guarantor
or the Canadian Borrower.
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SECTION 28. Interest Act
For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the
annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees provided
in the Credit Agreement and in this Agreement (and stated herein as applicable
to be computed on the basis of a 365 day year or any other period of time less
than a calendar year) are equivalent are the rates so determined multiplied by
the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 365 or
such other period of time.
SECTION 29. Saskatchewan
It is hereby agreed that The Limitation of Civil Rights Act of the Province
of Saskatchewan, or any provision thereof, shall have no application to this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument renewing or extending or collateral to
this Agreement.
SECTION 30. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH PARTY HERETO AND ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE
BENEFITS HEREOF OR BY SEEKING TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
ANY CANADIAN SECURITY DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY AND FOR
ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY),
AND OF EACH OF SUCH PARTIES (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
COUNSEL OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS
AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 31. Severability.
If any provision of any Canadian Security Document is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
(i) the other provisions of the Canadian Security Documents shall remain in full
force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor
of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in order to carry out the
intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible; and (ii) the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
ADDRESS:
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XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as
Collateral Agent
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Guarantors:
[NAMES OF GUARANTORS]
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
to Guarantee and
Security Agreement
PLEDGED SECURITIES
(as of the Canadian Effective Date)
Jurisdiction Owner of Percentage Number of
Issuer of Organization Security Owned Shares or Units
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Schedule 1-1
EXHIBIT A
to Guarantee and Security Agreement
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
The undersigned is a duly authorized officer of [Insert Name of Lien
Grantor] ("Lien Grantor"). With reference to the Guarantee and Security
Agreement dated as of _________, 2002 among XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD., the
Guarantors party thereto and BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent
(terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), the undersigned
certifies to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:
A. Information Required for Filings and Searches for Prior Filings.
1. Jurisdiction of Organization. The jurisdiction of organization of
the Lien Grantor is set forth in Schedule 3.12 to the Credit Agreement.
2. Name. The exact legal name of the Lien Grantor as it appears in
its organizational documents is set forth in Schedule 3.12 to the Credit
Agreement.
3. Prior Names. (a) Set forth below is each other corporate or other
legal name that the Lien Grantor has had within the past five years, together
with the date of the relevant change:
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, the Lien Grantor has
not changed its corporate structure/1/ in any way within the past five years.
4. Filing Office. In order to perfect, as of its Relevant Date, the
Security Interests granted by the Lien Grantor, a duly completed financing
statement in the prescribed form or publication of a notice in the RPMRR, with
the collateral described as set forth on Schedule 2 hereto, should be on file in
the case of Xerox Canada Capital Ltd., in the personal property security
registry ("PPSR") or RPMRR office in each of the following provinces.
B. Additional Information Required for Searches for Prior Filings.
1. Current Locations. (a) The principal place of business or, if
more than one, the chief executive office and, if applicable, the registered
head office or domicile (as defined in the Civil Code of Quebec), as the case
may be, of the Lien Grantor is located at the following address:
Name of Lien Grantor Mailing Address Province
- -------------------- --------------- --------
__________
/1/ Changes in corporate structure would include mergers, amalgamations and
consolidations, as well as any change in the Lien Grantor's form of
organization. If any such change has occurred, include in Schedule __ the
information required by Part A of this certificate as to each constituent party
to a merger or consolidation and any other predecessor organization.
Exhibit A-1
(b) The following are all current locations in Canada not identified
above where the Lien Grantor maintains any Inventory or Equipment:
Name of Lien Grantor Mailing Address Province
- -------------------- --------------- --------
2. Prior Locations. Set forth below is the information required by
paragraphs (c) and (d) of Part B-1 above with respect to each other location or
bailee where or with whom any Inventory or Equipment of the Lien Grantor has
been lodged at any time during the past four months:
C. Search Reports.
A true copy of a file search report from the PPSR and RPMRR filing
office in each jurisdiction identified in Part A-4 and Part B above with respect
to each name set forth in Part A-2 and Part A-3 above has been provided to the
Collateral Agent. This file search report covers the Lien Grantor.
D. Canadian Filings
Schedule 3 hereto sets forth the Lien Grantor's place of business or
chief executive office if there is more than one principal place of business
(determined as provided in the PPSA applicable to such Lien Grantor) or, if
applicable, its domicile (as defined in the Civil Code of Quebec).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of
__________, 2002
_________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A-2
Schedule 1
to Perfection Certificate
CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE
Schedule 2
to Exhibit A
Schedule 2
to Perfection Certificate
DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL
[Complete if required for registration]
Schedule 2
to Exhibit A
Schedule 3
to Perfection Certificate
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE/DOMICILE
OF LIEN GRANTOR
Name of Lien Grantor Principal Place of Business/Chief Executive Office/Domicile
- -------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
Schedule 3
to Exhibit A
EXHIBIT B
to Guarantee and Security Agreement
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT dated as of _______, ____,
between [NAME OF GUARANTOR OR GUARANTOR AND LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Guarantor" [and
"Lien Grantor"]) and BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent.
WHEREAS, XEROX CANADA CAPITAL LTD. ("XEROX"), the Guarantors party
thereto and BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent, are parties to a
Canadian Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of ___________, 2002 (as
heretofore amended and/or supplemented, the "Guarantee and Security Agreement")
under which (1) Xerox secures certain of its obligations, (2) the Guarantors
guarantee certain obligations and (3) the Secured Guarantors secure their
respective guarantees thereof;
WHEREAS, [name of Guarantor or Guarantor and Lien Grantor] desires to
become [is] a party to the Guarantee and Security Agreement as a Guarantor [and
Lien Grantor] thereunder; and
WHEREAS, terms defined in the Guarantee and Security Agreement (or
whose definitions are incorporated by reference in Sections 1(a) and 1(b) of the
Guarantee and Security Agreement) and not otherwise defined herein have, as used
herein, the respective meanings provided for therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
[1. Guarantee. The Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full and
punctual payment of each Canadian CA Secured Obligation when due (whether at
stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). The Guarantor acknowledges
that, by signing this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement and delivering
it to the Collateral Agent, the Guarantor becomes a ["Guarantor" and/or "Lien
Grantor"] for all purposes of the Guarantee and Security Agreement and that its
obligations under the foregoing Guarantee are subject to all the provisions of
the Guarantee and Security Agreement (including those set forth in Section 2
thereof) applicable to the obligations of a Guarantor thereunder.]
2. Grant of Security Interests.
(a) In order to secure its [Canadian Secured Guarantor Obligations],
the Lien Grantor grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a continuing security interest in all the following property of the Lien
Grantor, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and
regardless of where located, but subject to the exclusions in Section 2(b) (the
"New Collateral"): (i) all Accounts, (ii) all Chattel Paper, (iii) all deeds,
documents, writings, papers, books of account and other books relating to or
being records of
Exhibit B-1
debts, Chattel Paper or Documents of Title or by which such are or may
hereafter be secured, evidenced, acknowledged or made payable, (iv) all
Documents of Title (whether negotiable or not), (v) all Equipment, (vi) all
Goods (including all parts, accessories, attachments, special tools, additions
and accessions thereto), (vii) all Instruments, (viii) all Inventory, (ix) all
Intangibles, (x) all Securities directly owned by the Lien Grantor and issued by
a Material Canadian Subsidiary, (xi) the Collateral Account, all financial
assets credited to the Collateral Account from time to time, all cash deposited
therein from time to time and the Liquid Investments made pursuant to Section
8(d) of the Guarantee and Security Agreement, (xii) all books and records
(including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, computer programs,
printouts and other computer materials and records) of such Lien Grantor
pertaining to any of the New Collateral and (xiii) all Proceeds of the New
Collateral described in Clauses 2(a)(i) through 2(a)(xii) hereof.
(b) The New Collateral shall not include:
(i) rights of the Lien Grantor in respect of any property or
asset which is prohibited from being pledged to the Collateral Agent as
part of the New Collateral by any Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) Program Receivables and (A) security interests or liens
and property subject thereto purporting to secure payment of such
Program Receivables, (B) leases, guaranties, insurance and other
arrangements supporting payment of such Program Receivables, (C) rights
to payment and collections in respect of such Program Receivables, (D)
books, records and similar information relating to such Program
Receivables or the obligors thereon, (E) with respect to any such
Program Receivables, the transferee's interest in goods (including,
without limitation, Equipment or Inventory) the sale of which gave rise
to such Program Receivables and (F) if such Program Receivables arise
from a lease financing or installment sale transaction, the Equipment
or Inventory that is the subject of the underlying transaction and is
transferred to a Receivables SPE;
(iii) Transferred Intellectual Property;
(iv) Federal and Provincial Government Receivables of the
Lien Grantor;
(v) Third Party Vendor Financing Assets of the Lien Grantor;
and
(vi) the last day of the term of any lease or any extension
or renewal thereof, oral or written, or agreement therefor, now held or
hereafter acquired by any Lien Grantor but upon the enforcement of the
security interest hereunder, the applicable Lien Grantor shall stand
possessed of such last day in trust to assign the same to any person
acquiring such term.
(vii) Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Material
Canadian Subsidiary or which are not directly owned by such Lien
Grantor.
Exhibit B-2
(c) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in
the New Collateral from time to time, the Security Interest granted therein
includes, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a continuing security interest in
(i) any supporting obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii)
any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures
any such supporting obligation.
(d) The foregoing Security Interests are granted as security only and
shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or
transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Lien
Grantor with respect to any of the New Collateral or any transaction in
connection therewith.
(e) The Guarantor shall be a Secured Guarantor, and the Guarantor's
grant of a Security Interest in its New Collateral hereunder shall become
effective, on the date first above written, unless such Guarantor is either (i)
a Restricted Guarantor or (ii) an ESOP Restricted Guarantor on such date, in
which case the Guarantor's grant of a Security Interest in its New Collateral
hereunder shall not become effective until, and such Guarantor shall not become
a Secured Guarantor hereunder until, the first day after the end of the first
Fiscal Year after the date first above written during which such Guarantor
ceases to be either a Restricted Guarantor or an ESOP Restricted Guarantor.
(f) [Liens on the New Collateral of the Lien Grantor granted pursuant
to this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement shall lapse and such Lien
Grantor shall cease to be a Secured Guarantor starting on the day which the Lien
Grantor becomes a Restricted Guarantor, and such Liens on such New Collateral
shall revive starting the first day after the end of the next Fiscal Year after
the Canadian Effective Date during which the Lien Grantor ceases to be a Secured
Guarantor.]/1/
3. Delivery of Collateral. [Concurrently with delivering this Guarantee
and Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent] [As soon as the
Guarantor becomes a Secured Guarantor], the Guarantor [is] [will be] complying
with the provisions of either Section 7 or Section 9(a) (whichever is
applicable) of the Guarantee and Security Agreement with respect to Pledged
Securities, in each case if and to the extent included in the New Collateral at
such time.
4. Party to Guarantee and Security Agreement. Upon delivering this
Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent, the
Guarantor [and Lien Grantor] will become a party to the Guarantee and Security
Agreement and will thereafter have all the rights and obligations of a
"Guarantor" [and "Lien Grantor"] thereunder and be bound by all the provisions
thereof as fully as if the Guarantor [and Lien Grantor] were one of the original
parties thereto.
5. Representations and Warranties./2/ (a) Each of the representations
and warranties set forth in Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Security
Agreement is true as applicable as applied to
_______________________
/1/ Include this paragraph if the Guarantor is a Lien Grantor.
/2/ Modify as needed if the Lien Grantor is not a corporation.
Exhibit B-3
the Guarantor and [Lien Grantor] and the New Collateral. For purposes of the
foregoing sentence, references in said Sections (and elsewhere in the Security
Agreement) to a "Lien Grantor" shall be deemed to refer to the Lien Grantor,
references to a "Guarantor" shall be deemed to refer to the Guarantor,
references to Schedules to the Security Agreement shall be deemed to refer to
the corresponding Schedules to this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement,
references to "Collateral" shall be deemed to refer to the New Collateral, and
references to the "Canadian Effective Date" shall be deemed to refer to the date
on which the Guarantor [and Lien Grantor] signs and delivers this Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement.
(b) Schedule 1 hereto sets forth (i) the name and jurisdiction of
organization of, and the ownership interest (including percentage owned and
number of shares or units) of the Lien Grantor in the Securities issued by each
of the Lien Grantor's direct Subsidiaries as of the date hereof which are
required to be included in the New Collateral pledged pursuant to Section 5.13
of the Credit Agreement and the Post-Closing Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement and this Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement. The Lien
Grantor holds all such Securities directly (i.e., not through a subsidiary, a
securities intermediary or any other Person).
6. Governing Law. This Guarantee and Security Agreement Supplement shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Province of
Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Guarantee and
Security Agreement Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR and/or GUARANTOR]
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK ONE, NA, Canada Branch, as
` Collateral Agent
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit B-4
Schedule 1
to Guarantee and Security Agreement
Supplement
PLEDGED SECURITIES
Jurisdiction
of Percentage Number of
Issuer Organization Owned Shares or Units
------ ------------ ----- ---------------
Schedule 1-1
to Exhibit B
EXHIBIT C
to Guarantee and
Security Agreement
FORM OF DEED OF HYPOTHEC
Exhibit C-1
EXHIBIT (4)(l)(4)
THIS DEED OF GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY is made on June 21, 2002
BETWEEN
1. BANK ONE, NA of One Bank One Plaza-IL 1-0631, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL
60670 USA as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) (the "Administrative Agent", which expression
includes the Administrative Agent's successors in title and assigns)
AND
2. XEROX OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED of Bridge House, Oxford Road, Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 1HS England (registered in England no. 3275267); and
XEROX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED of Bridge House, Oxford Road, Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 1HS England (registered in England no. 3545477) (each a
"Guarantor" but together referred to as the "Guarantors").
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:
1. Interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this Deed:
"Administration" means administration under Part II of the Insolvency
Act 1986.
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on
which banks are open for business in London.
"Cash Collateralised Letter of Credit" means, at any time, any
outstanding Letter of Credit if (x) no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and (y) Xerox or the Principal shall have (i)
granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving
Lenders (or, if the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to reimburse
the applicable LC Issuing Banks have been terminated, to such LC
Issuing Banks), a security interest in Liquid Investments or (ii)
caused a bank acceptable to the Required Revolving Lenders or such LC
Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to issue a letter of credit naming
the Collateral Agent or such LC Issuing Banks as beneficiary) in
either case in an amount at least equal to 105% of the LC Exposure
with respect to such Letter of Credit (plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon) as of the date of release pursuant to Clause 7.1, on
terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Revolving Lenders or such LC Issuing
Banks, as the case may be.
"Contingent Guaranteed Moneys" means, at any time, any Guaranteed
Moneys that are contingent in nature at such time, including (without
limitation) any obligation under any Loan Document which is:
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(i) an obligation to reimburse a Lender for drawings not yet made
under a Letter of Credit;
(ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is
contingent in nature at such time; or
(iii) any obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the
oregoing types of obligation.
"Credit Agreement" means the amended and restated credit agreement
dated [ ], 2002 and made between Xerox Corporation, a New York
corporation, Xerox Capital (Europe) PLC and certain other Overseas
Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, Bank One, NA, as Administrative
Agent, LC Issuing Bank and Collateral Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
Documentation Agent and Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent.
References to the "Credit Agreement" include that agreement as it has
been and may be novated and amended from time to time.
"Dissolution" of a person includes the bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganisation,
administration, administrative or other receivership, or dissolution
of that person, and any equivalent or analogous proceeding by whatever
name known and in whatever jurisdiction.
"Domestic Guarantee and Security Agreement" means the guarantee and
security agreement dated [ ] 2002 among Xerox Corporation, the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Bank One, NA as Collateral
Agent.
"Guaranteed Moneys" means amounts expressed to be due owing and
payable (including, without limitation, any obligation under any
guarantee or any obligation to provide collateral) by the Principal
under any of the Loan Documents (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time) or under any promissory note
issued by the Principal pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) to the
extent that such amounts are unpaid or, as the case may be, such
obligation is unfulfilled. These include amounts and obligations
currently due, those due in the future and those which may become due.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the
aggregate amount of all payments made by an LC Issuing Bank in respect
of a drawing under a Letter of Credit that have not yet been
reimbursed by the Principal at such time. The LC Exposure of any
Revolving Lender at any time will be its Revolving Percentage of the
total LC Exposure at such time.
"Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit issued for the account
of the Principal pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
"Liquid Investments" has the meaning given to it in the Domestic
Guarantee and Security Agreement.
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"Non-Contingent Guaranteed Moneys" means, at any time, any Guaranteed
Moneys that are not Contingent Guaranteed Moneys.
"Opinions" means [the Lovells opinion and the in-house opinion]
"Principal" means XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC of Bridge House, Oxford
Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HS England (registered in England No.
3070508).
"Proceedings" means any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or
in connection with this Deed.
"Release Conditions" has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.1.
"Required Revolving Lenders" means, at any time, Revolving Lenders
holding at least a majority of the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Commitments with respect to the Principal or, if such Revolving
Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Exposures with respect
to the Principal.
"Revolving Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment with
respect to the Principal or, if such Revolving Commitments have been
terminated or expired, a Lender with a Revolving Exposure with respect
to the Principal.
"Revolving Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender,
the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments with respect to the
Principal represented by such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment
with respect to the Principal. If the Revolving Commitments with
respect to the Principal have terminated or expired, the Revolving
Percentages will be determined based on Revolving Exposures with
respect to the Principal.
"Secured Party Jurisdiction" has the meaning given to it in the
Domestic Guarantee and Security Agreement.
1.2 Definitions in the Credit Agreement
Expressions defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings
when used in this Deed. This does not, however, apply where the same
expression is also defined in this Deed.
1.3 References and Construction
In this Deed, unless otherwise specified:
(A) references to clauses are to clauses of this Deed;
(B) headings to clauses are for convenience only and are to be ignored
in construing this Deed;
(C) references to a "person" are to be construed so as to include any
individual, firm, company, government, state or agency of a state,
local or municipal authority, or any
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joint venture, association or partnership (whether or not having
separate legal personality);
(D) references to a "company" are to be construed so as to include
any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and
however incorporated or established;
(E) references to any statute or statutory provision are to be
construed as a reference to the same as it may have been, or may
from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted, and shall
include a reference to all bye-laws, instruments, orders and
regulations for the time being made thereunder or deriving
validity therefrom; and
(F) references to times of the day are to London time.
2. Guarantee
The Guarantors unconditionally and irrevocably jointly and severally
guarantee to the Administrative Agent the due and punctual payment of
the Guaranteed Moneys and agree that, if at any time or from time to
time any of the Guaranteed Moneys are not paid in full on the due date
therefor (whether at their stated date of payment, by acceleration, on
demand or otherwise), they will immediately upon demand therefor
unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent the moneys which have
not been paid as aforesaid.
3. Indemnity
As an original and independent obligation under this Deed, the
Guarantors jointly and severally shall:
(A) indemnify the Administrative Agent and keep the Administrative
Agent indemnified against any cost, loss, expense or liability of
whatever kind resulting from the failure by the Principal to make
due and punctual payment of any of the Guaranteed Moneys or
resulting from any of the obligations under the Credit Agreement
being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective
against the Principal (including, but without limitation, all
legal and other costs, charges and out of pocket expenses
reasonably incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection
with preserving or enforcing, or attempting to preserve or
enforce, its rights under this Deed); and
(B) pay on demand the amount of such cost, loss, expense or liability
whether or not the Administrative Agent has attempted to enforce
any rights against the Principal or any other person or
otherwise.
4. Limitation on guarantee and indemnity
The guarantee contained in Clause 2, the indemnity contained in Clause
3 and each other right of recovery against the Guarantors under this
Deed:
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(A) do not extend to any payment to be made by the Principal under
the terms of the Credit Agreement in respect of any cost, loss,
expense or liability but which the Principal fails to make,
unless such failure results from any of the obligations under the
Credit Agreement being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable
or ineffective against the Principal; and
(B) do not entitle the Administrative Agent to recover the same
amount more than once under separate provisions of this Deed.
5. Joint and several obligations
(A) The Guarantors' obligations expressed to be owed under this Deed
shall take effect as joint and several obligations and any demand
for payment made by the Administrative Agent to any one or more
of the Guarantors shall be deemed to be a demand made to each of
the Guarantors. This Guarantee shall not be revoked or impaired
as to any of the Guarantors by the Dissolution of any other.
(B) The Administrative Agent may release or discharge any Guarantor
from its obligations under this Guarantee or accept any
composition from or make any other arrangements with any
Guarantor without releasing or discharging any other or otherwise
prejudicing or affecting the Administrative Agent's rights and
remedies against any other.
6. Continuing Obligations
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Deed shall be continuing
obligations and shall not be satisfied, discharged or affected by any
intermediate payment or settlement of account.
7. Releases of Security
7.1 Subject to Clause 7.2, each Guarantor shall be released from the
guarantee given by it under this Deed in accordance with Section 9.02
or 9.03, as the case may be, of the Credit Agreement. "Release
Conditions" means, in relation to each Guarantor, each of the
following being true:
(A) all Non-Contingent Guaranteed Moneys have been paid or discharged
in full;
(B) (i) the Revolving Commitments with respect to the Principal have
been terminated or otherwise reduced to zero; or
(ii) an Election to Terminate has been delivered in respect of
the Principal pursuant to Section 2.19 of the Credit
Agreement; and
(C) no Contingent Guaranteed Moneys, other than with respect to any
Cash Collateralised Letter of Credit, remain outstanding.
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7.2 Release Void if Payment Avoided
Any release of a Guarantor shall be subject to the condition that if
any payment of Guaranteed Moneys shall be avoided, reduced or
invalidated by virtue of any applicable law or for any other reason
whatsoever, then such release shall be void and of no effect, and the
Administrative Agent may recover immediately the value or amount, or
(as the case may be) the reduction in value or amount, thereof from
that Guarantor as if such release had not occurred.
8. Other Guarantees and Security
The obligations of each Guarantor under this Deed:
(A) are in addition to and not in substitution for any other
guarantee and/or indemnity or any security which the
Administrative Agent may at any time hold for the payment of the
Guaranteed Moneys; and
(B) may be enforced by the Administrative Agent in its discretion
without first having recourse to any such other guarantee and/or
indemnity or any such security, without taking any steps or
proceedings against the Principal or any other person, and
without resorting to any other means of payment.
9. Payments in Gross
All dividends, compositions and moneys received by the Administrative
Agent from the Principal or from any other person which are capable of
being applied by the Administrative Agent in reduction of the
Guaranteed Moneys shall be regarded for all purposes as payments in
gross and accordingly shall not prejudice the right of the
Administrative Agent to recover from the Guarantors to the full extent
of this Deed the ultimate balance which, after the receipt of such
dividends, compositions and moneys, may remain owing to the
Administrative Agent.
10. Suspense Account
For the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to sue the
Principal or any other surety or prove in the Dissolution of the
Principal or any other surety for the whole of the Guaranteed Moneys,
or to preserve intact the liability of any other party, the
Administrative Agent may, for as long as the Guaranteed Moneys have
not been discharged and satisfied in full, at its sole discretion,
place and retain on a suspense account, for as long as it considers
fit, any moneys received, recovered or realised under or in connection
with this Deed or under any other guarantee and/or indemnity or any
security without any obligation on the part of the Administrative
Agent to apply the same in or towards the discharge of the Guaranteed
Moneys except when such moneys would be sufficient to discharge the
Guaranteed Moneys in full in which case they shall be applied to such
discharge and without any right on the part of the Guarantors to sue
the Principal or any other surety or to prove in the Dissolution of
the Principal or any other surety in competition with or so as to
diminish any dividend or other
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advantage that would or might come to the Administrative Agent, or to
treat the liability of the Principal or any other surety as
diminished.
11. Certificate to Be Conclusive Evidence
A copy of a certificate signed by an officer of the Administrative
Agent as to the amount of any indebtedness comprised in the Guaranteed
Moneys:
(A) calculated in accordance with Section 2.08(e) of the Credit
Agreement shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie
evidence; and
(B) decided pursuant to any judgment against the Principal shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence for the
purposes of any Proceedings,
against the Guarantors that such amount is in fact due and payable by
the Principal to the Administrative Agent.
12. Principal Debtor
As an original and independent obligation under this Deed and without
prejudice to any other provision in this Deed, the Guarantors jointly
and severally agree that any of the Guaranteed Moneys which may not be
recoverable from the Guarantors on the footing of a guarantee whether
by reason of any legal limitation or incapacity on or of the Principal
or by reason of any other fact or circumstance whatsoever (and whether
any such fact or circumstance shall have been known to the
Administrative Agent or not) shall nevertheless be recoverable from
the Guarantors as though the same had been incurred by the Guarantors
as sole or principal debtor and shall be paid by the Guarantors on
demand.
13. No Discharge of Guarantors
Subject to the terms of Clause 7, no Guarantor shall be released or
discharged from any of its obligations under this Deed, nor shall any
of such obligations be in any way prejudiced or affected, by:
(A) any invalidity, unenforceability, illegality or voidability of
any obligation expressed to be assumed or owed by the Principal
under or in connection with the Credit Agreement; or
(B) any variation or amendment of, or waiver or release granted under
or in connection with, the Credit Agreement or other document; or
(C) time being given, or any other indulgence or concession being
granted, by the Administrative Agent to the Principal or any
other person; or
(D) the taking, holding, failure to take or hold, varying,
realisation, non-enforcement, non-perfection or release by the
Administrative Agent or any other person of any other guarantee
and/or indemnity or any security for any of the Guaranteed
Moneys; or
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(E) the Dissolution of the Principal or any other person; or
(F) any change in the constitution of the Principal; or
(G) any amalgamation, merger or reconstruction that may be effected
by the Administrative Agent with any other person or any sale or
transfer of the whole or any part of the undertaking and assets
of the Administrative Agent to any other person; or
(H) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which any of
the Guarantors may have at any time against the Principal, the
Administrative Agent or any other person, or which the Principal
may have at any time against the Administrative Agent, whether in
connection with the Credit Agreement or otherwise; or
(I) the granting by the Administrative Agent to the Principal of any
other financial accommodation or the withdrawal or restriction by
the Administrative Agent of any financial accommodation, or the
absence of any notice to any of the Guarantors of any such
granting, withdrawal or restriction; or
(J) any arrangement or compromise entered into by the Administrative
Agent with the Principal or any other person; or
(K) any other thing done or omitted or neglected to be done by the
Administrative Agent or any other person or any other dealing,
fact, matter or thing (including, but without limitation, any
circumstances whatsoever affecting or preventing recovery of
amounts under the Credit Agreement) which, but for this
provision, might operate to exonerate or discharge any of the
Guarantors from, or otherwise prejudice or affect, any of the
Guarantors' obligations under this Deed.
14. Guarantors Not to Take Security
14.1 No Security Presently Held
Each of the Guarantors represents and warrants that it has not taken
or received any security from the Principal or any other surety for or
in respect of that Guarantor's obligations under this Deed.
14.2 Guarantors Shall Not Take Security
No Guarantor shall take or receive any security from the Principal or
any other surety for or in respect of that Guarantor's obligations
under this Deed.
14.3 Security Held on Trust
If at any time any of the Guarantors has the benefit of any security
in breach of this clause 14, it shall hold such security on trust for
the Administrative Agent, and shall, upon request by the
Administrative Agent, transfer or assign such security to the
Administrative Agent as security for that Guarantor's obligations
under this Deed.
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This clause 14.3 is intended to give rise to rights in contract and
equitable rights only and is not intended to constitute, create or
give rise to a security interest of any kind over any asset of
Guarantor. If and to the extent that any right conferred under this
clause 14.3 would, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, constitute,
create or give rise to any security interest, such right shall be of
no effect.
15. No Right of Subrogation
Until the Guaranteed Moneys have been discharged and satisfied in full
no Guarantor shall, without the Administrative Agent's prior written
consent (acting on the instructions of each of the Revolving Lenders):
(A) be subrogated to any rights of the Administrative Agent arising
under the Credit Agreement, or in respect of any proof in the
Dissolution of the Principal, or otherwise howsoever; or
(B) in respect of any moneys payable or paid under this Deed, seek to
enforce repayment from the Principal or any other surety, whether
by subrogation, indemnity, contribution or otherwise, or to
exercise any other right, claim or remedy of any kind which may
accrue to it in respect of the amount so paid or payable; or
(C) claim payment of any other moneys for the time being due to it by
the Principal or any other surety on any account whatsoever, or
exercise any other right, claim or remedy which it has in respect
thereof; or
(D) be entitled to any right of a surety (including any right of
contribution from any other surety) discharging, in whole or in
part, its liability in respect of the principal debt; or
(E) be entitled to have or exercise any right as a surety (including
any right of contribution from any other surety) in competition
with the Administrative Agent; or
(F) claim any set-off or assert any counterclaim against the
Principal or any other surety in relation to any liability of
such Guarantor to the Principal or any other surety.
16. No Competing Proofs
Until the Guaranteed Moneys have been discharged and satisfied in
full, no Guarantor shall, in the event of the Dissolution of the
Principal or any other surety, claim or prove in competition with the
Administrative Agent, or accept any direct or indirect payment or
distribution, in respect of any moneys owing to such Guarantor by the
Principal or any such other surety on any account whatsoever provided
that such Guarantor may, with the prior written consent (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Administrative
Agent, claim or prove for the purposes of preserving a claim it may
have, and shall, if so directed by the Administrative Agent, prove for
the whole or any part of the moneys due to such Guarantor from the
Principal or any other surety on terms that the benefit of such proof
and of all moneys to be received by such Guarantor in respect thereof
shall be held on trust for the Administrative Agent and applied in
discharging such Guarantor's obligations
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under this Deed. If any balance of such moneys shall remain after such
Guarantor's obligations have been discharged in full, such balance
shall forthwith be released from such trust and shall belong
absolutely and beneficially to that Guarantor.
17. Representations and Warranties
17.1 Initial Representations
Each Guarantor confirms that each of the following is true:
(A) Legal Status
It is a company duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws
of England.
(B) Corporate powers, Authorisations and Contraventions
The execution and delivery of this Deed by it and the performance by
it of its obligations under this Deed (i) are within its corporate or
other powers, (ii) have been duly authorised by all necessary
corporate or other action, (iii) require no consent or approval of,
registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority except such as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (iv) do
not violate any Applicable Law or its Memorandum or Articles of
Association, (v) do not violate any order of any Governmental
Authority except in any such case where such violation could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (vi) do
not violate or result in a default under any indenture, trust deed in
relation to debt securities or material agreement or other instrument
binding upon it and (vii) do not result in, or oblige it to create,
any Security over its assets.
(C) Binding obligations
This Deed has been duly signed and delivered by it. Its obligations
described in this Deed are its legal, valid and binding obligations in
accordance with their terms except as may be limited by:
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application
affecting creditors' rights;
(ii) application of equitable principles;
(iii) the non-availability of the equitable remedies of specific
performance or any other relief; or
(iv) any qualification contained in [the Opinions].
(D) Ranking of obligations
Its obligations under this Deed rank (subject to the next sentence) at
least equally with all its other present and future unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations. Certain categories of its
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other obligations will, however, be preferred in a liquidation by
virtue of mandatory provisions of statute.
(E) Correctness of information
All information supplied and to be supplied on its behalf to the
Administrative Agent in connection with this Deed is true, accurate and
complete in all material respects.
(F) Stamp duty
No stamp, registration or similar tax is payable, and no filing or
registration is required, in connection with the execution, performance
or enforcement of this Deed in the United Kingdom.
(G) Insolvency
No steps have been taken, and no proceedings started or (to the best of
the Guarantor's knowledge and belief) threatened, for the winding-up,
or for the appointment of a receiver, administrator, liquidator or
other officer, of the Guarantor or any of its assets. No analogous
event has occurred in any jurisdiction.
17.2 Repetition
The representations in clause 17.1 will be deemed repeated by each of
the Guarantors on the date of each Borrowing by the Principal and the
date of each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit issued to the Principal. This repetition will be with reference
to the facts on that day.
18. Currency
18.1 Payments to be Made in Same Currency
All payments to be made under this Deed shall be made in the currency
or currencies in which the Guaranteed Moneys were expressed to be
payable by the Principal, and strictly in accordance with the terms of
the Credit Agreement.
18.2 Currency Indemnity
If, under any applicable law, whether pursuant to a judgment against
any of the Guarantors or the Dissolution of any of the Guarantors or
for any other reason, any payment under or in connection with this Deed
is made or falls to be satisfied in a currency (the "Other Currency")
other than the currency in which the relevant payment is expressed to
be payable (the "Required Currency"), then, to the extent that the
payment actually received by the Administrative Agent (when converted
into the Required Currency at the rate of exchange on the date of
payment or, if it is not practicable for the Administrative Agent to
make the conversion on that date, at the rate of exchange as soon
afterwards as it is practicable for the Administrative Agent to do so
or, in the case of a Dissolution, at the rate of exchange on the
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latest date permitted by applicable law for the determination of
liabilities in such Dissolution) falls short of the amount expressed to
be due or payable under or in connection with this Deed, the Guarantors
jointly and severally shall, as an original and independent obligation
under this Deed, indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent harmless
against the amount of such shortfall. For the purpose of this clause
18, "rate of exchange" means the rate at which the Administrative Agent
is able on the relevant date to purchase the Required Currency with the
Other Currency and shall take into account any commission, premium and
other costs of exchange and Taxes payable in connection with such
purchase.
19. No Set-off or Withholding by Guarantors
19.1 No Set-off
All payments to be made by any Guarantor under this Deed shall be made
in full without any set-off, restriction or condition and without any
deduction for or on account of any counterclaim.
19.2 No Withholding, Gross-Up and Tax Indemnity
In this Clause 19.2 "Covered Taxes" means all present and future Taxes
(other than income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) the
net income of a Revolving Lender by a Lender Party Jurisdiction of that
Revolving Lender) including any such Taxes imposed with respect to this
Deed, the execution, registration, enforcement, notarization or other
formalization of any thereof, and any payments of principal, interest,
charges, fees, commissions or other amounts made on, under or in
respect thereof. Each Guarantor agrees that:-
(a) All payments of Guaranteed Moneys and all other amounts payable on,
under or in respect of this Deed by such Guarantor, including, without
limitation, amounts payable by such Guarantor under paragraph (b) of
this Clause 19.2, shall be made free and clear of and without deduction
or withholding for or on account of Covered Taxes save as may be
required by law, provided that, if any Guarantor shall be required by
law to deduct or withhold any Covered Taxes from such payments, then
(i) the sum payable will be increased as necessary so that, after all
required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or
withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section)
are made, each relevant Revolving Lender receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings
been made, (ii) such Guarantor shall make such deductions or
withholdings and (iii) such Guarantor shall pay the full amount
deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law. The parties agree to co-operate and
provide information with respect to United Kingdom, United States and
foreign withholding tax matters relating to payments under this Deed in
a manner consistent with the principles of Section 2.16(e) of the
Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis. The parties also agree that the
provisions of Section 2.16(f) of the Credit Agreement apply, mutatis
mutandis, to Covered Taxes that are deducted, withheld or paid by a
Guarantor pursuant to this Deed.
(b) Each Guarantor shall indemnify each Revolving Lender, within 15
Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
Covered Taxes paid or incurred by such
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Revolving Lender with respect to any payment by or obligation of such
Guarantor under or with respect to this Deed (including Covered Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Clause 19.2) and any expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Covered Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Each
Revolving Lender shall make a good faith effort to verify that such
Covered Taxes are correctly and legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. An officer's certificate as to the
amount of any such payment delivered to Xerox by a Revolving Lender on
its own behalf, or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of a Revolving
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) Within 15 Business Days after any Guarantor pays any Covered Taxes
to a Governmental Authority in accordance with this Clause 19.2, such
Guarantor shall certify to the Administrative Agent's reasonable
satisfaction that it has so paid such Covered Taxes. If an original or
a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment is available, the Guarantor shall deliver the
same to the Administrative Agent as soon as is practicable. Each
Guarantor shall promptly furnish to each Revolving Lender any other
information, documents and receipts that the Revolving Lender may from
time to time reasonably request to establish to its satisfaction that
full and timely payment of all Covered Taxes has been made. The
applicable Guarantor will be deemed to have satisfied the requirements
of this Clause 19.2(c) if it has furnished such information, documents
and/or receipts to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the payment increases
and indemnities pursuant to those paragraphs will not apply to the
payment of any Guaranteed Moneys to the extent that (in the absence of
this paragraph (d)) the Revolving Lender would thereby receive a net
cash payment in respect of the Guaranteed Moneys greater than if the
Guaranteed Moneys had been paid by the Borrower.
20. Set-off by Revolving Lenders
20.1 Revolving Lenders May Set-off
Each of the Revolving Lenders and their respective Affiliates may,
without notice to the Guarantors and without prejudice to any of the
other rights of such Revolving Lender or its Affiliate, set off any
matured obligation owed by any Guarantor under this Deed to such
Revolving Lender or its Affiliate against any obligation (whether or
not matured) owed by such Revolving Lender or its Affiliate to such
Guarantor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or
currency of such obligations.
20.2 Different Currencies
If the obligations referred to in clause 20.1 are in different
currencies, then, for the purpose of any such set-off, such Revolving
Lender or its Affiliate may convert any such obligations at the rate of
exchange determined by such Revolving Lender or its Affiliate, acting
reasonably to be prevailing at the date of set-off.
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20.3 No Security Interest
This clause 20 is intended to give rise to rights in contract only and
is not intended to constitute, create or give rise to a security
interest of any kind over any asset of Guarantor. If and to the extent
that any right conferred under this clause 20 would, notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, constitute, create or give rise to any security
interest, such right shall be of no effect.
21. Communications
21.1 Communications to Be in Writing
Any communication given or made under or in connection with the matters
contemplated by this Deed shall be in writing (other than writing on
the screen of a visual display unit or other similar device which shall
not be treated as writing for the purposes of this clause 21.1).
21.2 Deemed Delivery
Any such communication shall be addressed as provided in clause 21.3
and, if so addressed, shall be deemed to have been duly given on the
date of receipt.
21.3 Parties' Details
The relevant details of each party for the purposes of this Deed,
subject to clause 21.4, are:
Party Attention Address Telex No. Fax No.
----- --------- ------- --------- -------
BANK ONE, NA [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
XEROX OVERSEAS
HOLDINGS LIMITED
XEROX UK HOLDINGS
LIMITED
21.4 Change of Details
Any party may notify the other parties at any time of a change to its
details for the purposes of clause 21.3 provided that such notification
shall only be effective on:
(A) the date specified in the notification as the date on which
the change is to take place; or
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(B) if no date is specified or the date specified is less than
five Business Days after the date on which notice is given,
the date falling five Business Days after notice of any such
change has been given.
22. Remedies and Waivers
22.1 Delay
No delay or omission on the part of the Administrative Agent in
exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this
Deed shall impair such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver
thereof or of any other right, power or remedy.
22.2 Single or Partial Exercise
The single or partial exercise by the Administrative Agent of any
right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Deed shall not
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy.
22.3 Remedies to Be Cumulative
The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Deed are cumulative
with, and not exclusive of, any rights, powers and remedies provided by
law.
23. Invalidity
If at any time any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any
jurisdiction, neither:
(A) the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction
of any other provision of this Deed; nor
(B) the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any
other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this
Deed,
shall be affected or impaired.
24. Assignment
The Administrative Agent may at any time, without the consent of the
Guarantors, assign or transfer the whole or, as the case may be, any
part of the Administrative Agent's rights under this Deed to any person
to whom the whole or any part of the Administrative Agent's rights
under the Credit Agreement may be assigned or transferred.
25. Deed the Property of the Administrative Agent
The paper on which this Deed is written shall remain at all times the
property of the Administrative Agent.
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26. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
The parties to this agreement do not intend that any term of this
agreement should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this
agreement.
27. Governing Law
This Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English
law.
28. Jurisdiction
28.1 The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Deed. Any Proceedings may
therefore be brought in the English courts. This jurisdiction agreement
is irrevocable and is for the exclusive benefit of the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent therefore is to retain the right to
bring Proceedings in any court which has jurisdiction by virtue of
rules which would be applicable apart from this jurisdiction agreement.
Nothing contained in this clause 28 shall limit the right of the
Administrative Agent to take Proceedings against any Guarantor in any
other court or in the courts of more than one jurisdiction at the same
time.
28.2 Each Guarantor irrevocably waives (and irrevocably agrees not to raise)
any objection, on the ground of forum non conveniens or on any other
ground, to the taking of Proceedings in any court referred to in this
clause 28. Each party also irrevocably agrees that a judgement against
it in Proceedings brought in any jurisdiction referred to in this
clause 28 shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced
in any other jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Guarantors have executed this document as a deed the day
and year first before written.
GUARANTORS
Executed as a deed by XEROX OVERSEAS
HOLDINGS LIMITED acting by [a director and its
secretary/two directors] _________________________
Director
_________________________
[Secretary/Director]
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Executed as a deed by XEROX UK HOLDINGS
LIMITED acting by [a director and its
secretary/two directors] _________________________
Director
_________________________
[Secretary/Director]
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Executed as a deed by
BANK ONE, NA
acting by _________________________
under its authority Authorised Signatory(ies)
Exhibit C-4
DATED 2002
-----------------------------
BANK ONE, NA
as Administrative Agent
and
XEROX OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED
XEROX UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
______________________________
DEED OF GUARANTEE
AND INDEMNITY
relating to obligations
of
XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC
under the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated
[ ] 2002
______________________________
Slaughter and May
One Bunhill Row
London EC1Y 8YY
RS/GMS
CONTENTS
Page
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1. Interpretation 1
2. Guarantee 4
3. Indemnity 4
4. Limitation on guarantee and indemnity 4
5. Joint and several obligations 5
6. Continuing Obligations 5
7. Releases and Retention of Security 5
8. Other Guarantees and Security 6
9. Payments in Gross 6
10. Suspense Account 6
11. Certificate to Be Conclusive Evidence 7
12. Principal Debtor 7
13. No Discharge of Guarantors 7
14. Guarantors Not to Take Security 8
15. No Right of Subrogation 9
16. No Competing Proofs 9
17. Representations and Warranties 10
18. Currency 11
19. No Set-off or Withholding by Guarantors 12
20. Set-off by Revolving Lenders 13
21. Communications 14
22. Remedies and Waivers 15
23. Invalidity 15
24. Assignment 15
25. Deed the Property of the Administrative Agent 15
26. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 16
27. Governing Law 16
28. Jurisdiction 16
EXHIBIT (4)(l)(5)
DEBENTURE
DATE: June 21, 2002
PARTIES
1. XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC, a company incorporated in England (number
3070508) of Bridge House, Oxford Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HS,
England, as chargor ("XCE").
2. BANK ONE, NA of One Bank One Plaza - IL 1-0631, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL
60670 as collateral agent and trustee for the Revolving Lenders (together
with its successors in title and assigns, the "Collateral Agent").
BACKGROUND
This Debenture is made as a deed to secure amounts expressed to be owed by XCE
and outstanding under any of the Loan Documents.
The parties agree by way of deed as follows:
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PART I: INTERPRETATION
1. Interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this Debenture:
"Actionable Event of Default" means an Event of Default specified in clause
(a), b), (h), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
"Assigned Agreements" means the Loan Agreements specified in Schedule 2 and
any Further Loan Agreements including in each case:
(a) any form of security, bond, guarantee, indemnity or other support of
any kind issued to or expressed to be for the benefit of XCE under or
in respect of any such document;
(b) any and all rights to make claims or otherwise require payment of any
amount under, or performance of, any provision of any such document;
(c) the benefit of the right to sue on all representations, warranties,
undertakings or other assurances given to XCE under or in respect of
any such document; and
(d) all causes and rights of action arising under or in respect of any
such document against any counterparty to that document.
"Book Debts" means all debts (including, among other things, book debts)
due or owing to XCE other than pursuant to any Assigned Agreement. The
expression includes the proceeds of all Book Debts and the benefit of all
Security, guarantees, indemnities, letters of credit and insurance held by
XCE in relation to Book Debts.
"Cash Collateralised Letter of Credit" means, at any time, any outstanding
Letter of Credit if (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and (y) Xerox or XCE shall have (i) granted to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (or, if the obligations of the
Revolving Lenders to reimburse the applicable LC Issuing Banks have been
terminated, to such LC Issuing Banks), a security interest in Liquid
Investments or (ii) caused a bank acceptable to the Required Revolving
Lenders or such LC Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to issue a letter of
credit naming the Collateral Agent or such LC Issuing Banks as beneficiary)
in either case in an amount at least equal to 105% of the LC Exposure with
respect to such Letter of Credit (plus any accrued and unpaid interest
thereon) as of the date of release pursuant to Clause 6.1, on terms and
conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
Required Revolving Lenders or such LC Issuing Banks, as the case may be.
"Charge" means any type of Security created by, or pursuant to, this
Debenture.
"Charged Derived Assets" means Derived Assets which are Collateral.
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"Charged Investments" means Investments which are Collateral.
"Collateral" means the assets subject, or expressed or required to be
subject, to the Charges, or any part of those assets.
"Collateral Account" means the cash collateral account established with the
Collateral Agent and notified to XCE.
"Contingent Secured Sums" means, at any time, any Secured Sums that are
contingent in nature at such time, including (without limitation) any
obligation under any Loan Document which is:
(i) an obligation to reimburse a Lender for drawings not yet made under a
Letter of Credit;
(ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in
nature at such time; or
(iii) any obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing
types of obligation
"Credit Agreement" means the amended and restated credit agreement dated
[ ], 2002 and made between Xerox Corporation, a New York corporation,
XCE and certain other Overseas Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto, Bank
One, NA, as Administrative Agent, LC Issuing Bank and Collateral Agent,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Documentation Agent and Citibank, N.A., as
Syndication Agent. References to the "Credit Agreement" include that
agreement as it has been and may be novated and amended from time to time.
"Debt Securities" means debt securities including bonds, notes,
certificates of deposit, loan stock and debenture stock;
"Delegate" means a delegate or sub-delegate appointed pursuant to Clause
14.5.
"Derived Assets" means all Investments, rights or other property of a
capital nature which accrue or are offered, issued or paid in respect of
any Investments or any Derived Assets. This may occur, among other ways, by
way of bonus, rights, redemption, conversion, exchange, substitution,
consolidation, sub-division, preference, warrant, option or purchase.
"Domestic Guarantee and Security Agreement" means the guarantee and
security agreement dated [ ], 2002 among Xerox Corporation, the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Bank One, NA as Collateral Agent.
"Dissolution" of a person includes the bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation,
amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganisation, administration under Part II
of the Insolvency Act 1986, administrative or other receivership, or
dissolution of that person,
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and any equivalent or analogous proceeding by whatever name known and in
whatever jurisdiction.
"Equity Securities" means all Equity Interests in each Material Foreign
Subsidiary directly owned by XCE and incorporated in any part of the United
Kingdom.
"Excluded Assets" means:
(i) rights of XCE in respect of any asset which is prohibited from being
charged to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral by any
Permitted Encumbrance;
(ii) Transferred Receivables and (A) any Security and property subject to
such Security thereto purporting to secure payment of such
Transferred Receivables, (B) leases, guarantees, insurance and other
arrangements supporting payment of such Transferred Receivables, (C)
rights to payment and collections in respect of such Transferred
Receivables, (D) books, records and similar information relating to
such Transferred Receivables or to the obligors under such
Transferred Receivables, (E) with respect to any such Transferred
Receivables, the transferee's interest in assets the sale of which
gave rise to such Transferred Receivables and (F) if such
Transferred Receivables arise from a lease financing or instalment
sale transaction, the assets that are the subject of the underlying
transaction and are transferred to a Receivables SPE;
(iii) Transferred Intellectual Property Rights;
(iv) government and local government Receivables of XCE;
(v) Third Party Vendor Financing Assets of XCE;
(vi) cash; and
(vii) Permitted Investments.
"Fixtures" means fixtures, fittings (including trade fixtures and fittings)
and fixed plant, machinery and equipment.
"Further Loan Agreement" means any Loan Agreement entered into after the
date of this Debenture.
"General Intangible" has the meaning given to it in Section 1(b) of the
Domestic Guarantee and Security Agreement.
"Insolvency Act" means the Insolvency Act 1986.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, designs, copyrights, rights
in trade marks and service marks, rights in confidential information,
rights in know how and any interests (including by way of licence) in any
of them. It also includes any associated or similar rights (whether
registered or not) and all applications for any of these rights.
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"Intra-Group Loan Agreement" means any Loan Agreement under which each
borrower or beneficiary is a Xerox Company.
"Investments" means each of the following:
(A) Equity Securities;
(B) Debt Securities issued to XCE by (i) any subsidiary of XCE, (ii) any
Affiliate of XCE or (iii) any other issuer over which XCE exercises
Control;
(C) rights to acquire Investments, including warrants and options;
(D) rights to participate in a return from Investments held through a unit
trust scheme or other scheme involving the sharing of investment
returns among participants; and
(E) any Derived Assets,
including, in each case, rights to Investments which are held by a nominee,
depositary, custodian or clearing system. These rights may simply be rights
to the delivery of Investments which are held on a fungible basis.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the
aggregate amount of all payments made by an LC Issuing Bank in respect of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by XCE
at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time will be
its Revolving Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
"Letter of Credit" means any Letter of Credit issued for the account of XCE
pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
"Liquid Investments" has the meaning given to it in the Domestic Guarantee
and Security Agreement.
"Loan Agreement" means any agreement pursuant to which XCE agrees to lend
moneys to any person and any letter of credit or letter of credit facility
agreement provided by XCE to any person.
"LPA" means the Law of Property Act 1925.
"Negotiable Instruments" means all bills of exchange, promissory notes and
other negotiable instruments of any description beneficially owned by XCE
(but excluding any Investments).
"Non-Contingent Secured Sums" means, at any time, any Secured Sums that are
not Contingent Secured Sums.
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"Permitted Encumbrances" means (i) any legally valid prohibitions on the
Charge to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral of the Equity
Interests of any Qualified Turnaround Program Subsidiary pursuant to any
agreement entered into in connection with the Turnaround Program with or
for the benefit of any other Person owning or acquiring Equity Interests in
such a Subsidiary, to the extent the Qualification Requirements have been
met with respect to such prohibitions, (ii) (A) any legally valid
contractual restrictions in connection with the Turnaround Program that do
not prohibit any Xerox Company's Equity Interests in a Turnaround Program
Subsidiary from being charged to the Collateral Agent as part of the
Collateral or (B) any legally valid contractual restrictions that do not
prohibit the granting of a security interest in any Xerox Company's Equity
Interests in any other Subsidiary that is not a Xerox Group Company, but,
in each case, that otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent
of, or other rights (including voting rights) and remedies of the
Collateral Agent with respect to, such Equity Interests as a consequence of
restrictions imposed on the owner of such Equity Interests (including put
and call arrangements, rights of first refusal, right of first offer,
tag-along rights and other similar rights to which such Equity Interest may
be subject), (iii) any legally valid and customary contractual restrictions
on the Charge to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral of the
Equity Interests of any Finance SPE or any Permitted Joint Venture created
in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction or that otherwise
restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of, or other rights
(including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect
to, such Collateral, (iv) any legally valid contractual restrictions on the
charge to the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral of the Equity
Interests of any Third Party Vendor Financing Subsidiary or any Permitted
Joint Venture created in connection with the Third Party Vendor Financing
Program or that otherwise restrict the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of,
or other rights (including voting rights) and remedies of the Collateral
Agent with respect to, such Collateral, (v) any legally valid contractual
restrictions existing on the date hereof on the Charge to the Collateral
Agent as part of the Collateral of any Equity Interest or General
Intangible owned by XCE, or any legally valid contractual restrictions
existing on the date hereof that otherwise restrict the Transfer by the
Collateral Agent of, or other rights (including voting rights) and remedies
of the Collateral Agent with respect to, such Equity Interest or General
Intangible, (vi) any legally valid contractual restrictions permitted by
Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement on the Charge to the Collateral Agent
of any of the Collateral, or on the Transfer by the Collateral Agent of any
Collateral (including put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal,
rights of first offer, tag-along rights and other similar rights to which
any Equity Interest which is Collateral may be subject) or (vii) the terms
of any legally valid provision of Applicable Law which (A) prohibits the
creation of any Security over any property or asset, (B) requires the
consent of any third party to the creation of any Security over any
property or asset, (C) gives rise to any right of termination (including,
without limitation, the abandonment, invalidation or rendering
unenforceable any right, title of interest in any Intellectual Property
Right) or default remedy by reason of the creation of Security over any
property or asset or (D) does not prohibit the creation of Security over
any property or asset but otherwise restricts the Transfer by the
Collateral Agent of any such property or asset or any other rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent.
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"Policies" means all contracts or policies of insurance which XCE may from
time to time take out in respect of any Collateral to the extent that such
contracts or policies are not Excluded Assets.
"Proceedings" has the meaning given to it in Clause 28.1
"Receiver" means a receiver appointed under Clause 13. It also includes any
other receiver or receiver and manager appointed by the Collateral Agent,
or by a court at the request of the Collateral Agent, in respect of the
Collateral.
"Release Conditions" has the meaning given to it in Clause 6.1
"Required Revolving Lenders" means, at any time, Revolving Lenders holding
at least a majority of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments
with respect to XCE or, if such Revolving Commitments have been terminated,
the Revolving Exposures with respect to XCE.
"Revolving Lender" means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment with respect
to XCE or, if such Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a
Lender with a Revolving Exposure with respect to XCE.
"Revolving Percentage" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the
percentage of the total Revolving Commitments with respect to XCE
represented by such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment with respect to
XCE. If the Revolving Commitments with respect to XCE have terminated or
expired, the Revolving Percentages will be determined based on Revolving
Exposures with respect to XCE.
"Secured Sums" means amounts expressed to be due owing and payable
(including, without limitation, any obligation under any guarantee or any
obligation to provide collateral) by XCE under any of the Loan Documents
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time) or under any promissory note issued by XCE pursuant to the Credit
Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time). These include amounts and obligations currently due, those
due in the future and those which may become due.
"Security" means any mortgage, fixed or floating charge, encumbrance, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment by way of security, or title retention
arrangement (other than in respect of goods purchased in the ordinary
course of trading), and any agreement or arrangement having substantially
the same economic or financial effect as any of the foregoing (including
any "hold back" or "flawed asset" arrangement) and any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to securities.
"Transferred Intellectual Property Rights" means any Intellectual Property
Rights (including, without limitation, proceeds thereof) Transferred as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
"Transferred Receivables" means any Receivables Transferred in connection
with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or the Third Party Vendor
Financing Program.
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1.2 Definitions in the Credit Agreement
Expressions defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings when
used in this Debenture. This does not, however, apply where the same
expression is defined differently in this Debenture.
1.3 References and Construction
(A) In this Debenture, unless otherwise specified:
(i) references to assets are to present and future assets and
include business, undertaking, property, rights, uncalled
capital and revenues and any interest in any of them;
(ii) references to rights include easements, quasi-easements and
appurtenances;
(iii) references to Clauses and Schedules are to Clauses of and
Schedules to this Debenture;
(iv) headings to Clauses are for convenience only and are to be
ignored in construing this Debenture;
(v) references to a "person" are to be construed so as to include
any individual, firm, company, government, state or agency of a
state, local or municipal authority, or any joint venture,
association or partnership (whether or not having separate
legal personality);
(vi) references to a "company" are to be construed so as to include
any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and
however incorporated or established;
(vii) references to any statute or statutory provision are to be
construed as references to the same as it may have been, or may
from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted, and
include references to all bye-laws, instruments, orders and
regulations for the time being made thereunder or deriving
validity therefrom; and
(viii) references to times of the day are to London time.
(B) Except to the extent that the context otherwise requires, any
reference in this Debenture to "this Debenture" or any other deed,
agreement or instrument is a reference to this Debenture or, as the
case may be, the relevant deed, agreement or instrument as amended,
supplemented, replaced or novated from time to time and includes a
reference to any document which amends, supplements, replaces, novates
or is entered into, made or given pursuant to or in accordance with
any of the terms of this Debenture or, as the case may be, the
relevant deed, agreement or instrument.
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1.4 Reimbursements
If a party wishes to claim reimbursement of any amount to which it is
entitled it will deliver a demand to the reimbursing party. This will set
out the losses, expenses or other amounts in respect of which it is
entitled to be reimbursed. The reimbursing party agrees to pay the amounts
to which such party is entitled no later than two Business Days after the
delivery of the certificate to the reimbursing party.
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PART II: AGREEMENT TO PAY SECURED SUMS AND CREATION OF SECURITY
2. Agreement to pay Secured Sums
XCE agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent (in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement) all Secured Sums in
accordance with the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
3. Security
3.1 Creation of security
(A) Fixed Charge
XCE with full title guarantee (except to the extent that any Permitted
Encumbrance conflicts with such full title guarantee) and as
continuing security for the payment and discharge of all Secured Sums
charges in favour of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of itself
and the Revolving Lenders) by way of first fixed charge:
(i) all plant, machinery and equipment owned by XCE and XCE's
interest in any plant, machinery or equipment in its
possession;
(ii) all Investments beneficially owned by XCE, and all dividends,
interest and other distributions paid or payable in respect of
those Investments;
(iii) moneys (including interest) now or hereafter standing to the
credit of the Collateral Account, and the debts represented by
such moneys;
(iv) all the goodwill of XCE;
(v) all the uncalled capital of XCE;
(vi) all the Intellectual Property Rights of XCE;
(vii) all Book Debts;
(viii) all Negotiable Instruments;
(ix) all its rights under or in connection with all licences held in
connection with the business of XCE or the use of any Charged
Asset. This does not, however, include any licence which
requires the consent of the licensor for the creation of this
Charge where that consent has not been obtained; and
(x) if not effectively assigned by Clause 3.2 all its rights and
benefits under or in connection with each of the Assigned
Agreements;
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(xi) if not effectively assigned by Clause 3.2, all its rights and
benefits under or in connection with each of the Policies,
including, in each case both those assets currently held by XCE and
those held in the future but excluding, in each case, any Excluded
Assets.
(B) Floating charge
XCE with full title guarantee (except to the extent that any Permitted
Encumbrance conflicts with such full title guarantee) and as
continuing security for the payment and discharge of all Secured Sums
charges in favour of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of itself
and the Revolving Lenders) by way of first floating charge ranking
behind all the fixed charges created by or pursuant to this Debenture
but ranking, to the extent permitted by law, in priority to any other
Security created after the date of this Debenture, except:
(i) Security permitted by Clause 3.5(A); and
(ii) Security ranking in priority in accordance with Clause 13.2(E)
all its assets, including assets expressed to be charged by Clause
3.1(A) but excluding any Excluded Assets.
3.2 Security Assignment
(A) As further continuing security for the payment of the Secured Sums,
XCE assigns (to the fullest extent capable of assignment and subject
to Clause 3.2(B)) with full title guarantee in favour of the
Collateral Agent (for the benefit of itself and the Revolving Lenders)
all its rights, title and interest in:
(i) the Assigned Agreements; and
(ii) the Policies, including (without limitation):
(a) all payments (including bonuses) that may become due under
the Policies; and
(b) all amounts due to XCE in connection with the Policies
pursuant to section 76 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982,
except, in each case, to the extent that such rights, title and
interest in the Assigned Agreements or the Policies (as the case may
be) are Excluded Assets,
(B) (i) Until (y) the occurrence of an Actionable Event of Default which
is continuing or acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement and (z) receipt of notice from the
Collateral
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Agent, XCE shall be entitled to continue to deal with the
counterparties to the Assigned Agreements and the Policies.
(ii) On payment or discharge in full of the Secured Sums the
Collateral Agent will at the request and cost of XCE re-assign
the Assigned Agreements and the Policies to XCE (or as it shall
direct).
3.3 Conversion of floating charge into fixed charge
(A) Conversion: The floating charge created by Clause 3.1(B) will convert
into a fixed charge in the circumstances described in this Clause 3.3.
This conversion may relate to all of the assets expressed to be
charged pursuant to Clause 3.1(B) or only some of them.
(B) Notice: The Collateral Agent may give notice of conversion to XCE.
This notice must describe the assets which are affected by the
conversion. This description can be general or specific. A notice may
only be given under this paragraph in either of the following cases:
(i) An Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(ii) The Collateral Agent considers that the assets which are affected
by the conversion are in danger of being seized or sold under any
legal process or to be otherwise in jeopardy.
In this case conversion will occur in accordance with the terms of the
notice. It will take effect on the date of delivery of the notice or,
if later, the date specified in the notice.
(C) Automatic conversion: Conversion will occur automatically if:
(i) any Security (other than Security permitted by Clause 3.5(A) or
Clause 13.2(E) exists over XCE's interest in the assets covered
by the floating charge; or
(ii) any person levies or attempts to levy any distress, attachment,
execution or other legal process against any of the assets
covered by the floating charge.
The conversion will affect those assets affected by the matter
described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii). It will take effect the
instant before sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) applies.
(D) Re-conversion: Any fixed charge created over any asset pursuant to
Clause 3.3(C)(ii) will be re-converted to a floating charge if the
distress, attachment, execution or other legal process which gave rise
to the conversion under Clause 3.3(C)(ii) has been discharged,
discontinued, removed or vacated or
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has, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, otherwise
ceased to affect such asset.
3.4 Nature of Security
(A) Continuing Security: The Charges are continuing security. No payment
or other settlement will discharge the Charges until the Secured
Sums have been discharged in full.
(B) Other Security: The Charges are in addition to, and independent of,
any other Security or guarantee.
(C) Charges not to be affected: The Charges will only be discharged upon
their release in accordance with this Debenture. They will not be
discharged by any other action, omission or fact. They will not,
therefore, be affected by any of the following:
(i) Any variation or amendment of, or waiver or release granted
under or in connection with, any other Security or any
guarantee or indemnity or other document.
(ii) Time being given, or any other indulgence or concession being
granted, by the Collateral Agent or the Lenders.
(iii) The taking, holding, failure to take or hold, varying,
realisation, non-enforcement, non-perfection or release by
the Collateral Agent or any other person of any other
Security, or any guarantee or indemnity or other document.
(iv) Any amalgamation, merger or reconstruction that may be
effected by the Collateral Agent with any other person or any
sale or transfer of the whole or any part of the assets of
the Collateral Agent to any other person.
(v) The existence of any claim, set-off or other right which XCE
may have at any time against the Collateral Agent or any
other person.
(vi) The making or absence of any demand for payment of any
Secured Sums on XCE or any other person, whether by the
Collateral Agent or any other person.
(vii) Any arrangement or compromise entered into by the Collateral
Agent with XCE or any other person.
(viii) Any other thing done or omitted or neglected to be done by
the Collateral Agent or any other person or any other
dealing, fact, matter or thing which, but for this provision,
might operate to prejudice or affect the liability of XCE for
the Secured Sums.
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(ix) The winding-up or re-organisation of XCE or any other person.
(x) Any change in the constitution, condition, nature or status
of XCE.
(xi) Any other matter which might discharge the Charges other than
a release from the Charges in accordance with the terms of
this Debenture.
3.5 Restrictions on other Security and disposals
XCE agrees that except with the prior written consent of the Collateral
Agent:
(A) Security: It will not create or permit to subsist any Security on,
over or with respect to any of its assets except (i) for Permitted
Encumbrances, (ii) over Excluded Assets and (iii) as permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(B) Disposal: It will not dispose of any of its assets other than as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4. Perfection of the Charges
4.1 Plant and machinery
(A) Leasehold premises: This paragraph applies where any plant,
machinery or equipment which is covered by a fixed Charge is located
on leasehold premises. In this case XCE agrees to obtain written
confirmation from the lessor of those premises that the lessor
waives absolutely all rights it may have over any of that plant,
machinery or equipment.
(B) Notice of charge: XCE agrees that it will, if requested by the
Collateral Agent, place and maintain a notice on each item of plant,
machinery and equipment covered by a fixed Charge. This notice must
be in a conspicuous place and contain the following wording:
"NOTICE OF CHARGE
This [ ] and additions and ancillary
equipment are subject to a first fixed charge
in favour of BANK ONE, NA."
XCE agrees that it will not allow this notice to be concealed,
altered or removed.
4.2 Notices of Charge in respect of Assigned Agreements and the Policies
XCE agrees as follows:
(A) It will give notice to each counterparty to each Assigned Agreement
that it has assigned its rights under that Assigned Agreement to the
Collateral Agent
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pursuant to this Debenture. Such notice will be given in or
substantially in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2, duly
completed. Such notice will:
(i) in relation to each Assigned Agreement which is an
Intra-Group Loan Agreement, be given as promptly as
reasonably practicable and delivered together with a copy of
this Debenture; and
(ii) in relation to each Assigned Agreement which is not an
Intra-Group Loan Agreement, be given upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default which is continuing and receipt of notice
from the Collateral Agent and delivered together with a
summary of the material terms of this Debenture in a form
agreed between the Collateral Agent and XCE.
(B) It will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each person to
whom it gives a notice referred to in paragraph (A) promptly
acknowledges receipt of that notice in or substantially in the form
set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2.
(C) It will promptly give notice to each counterparty to each Policy
that it has assigned its rights under that Policy to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Debenture. Such notice will be given in or
substantially in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3, duly
completed.
(D) It will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that each person to
whom it gives a notice referred to in paragraph (C) promptly
delivers to the Collateral Agent a letter of acknowledgement and
undertaking in or substantially in the form set out in Part 2 of
Schedule 3.
4.3 Deposit of Charged Investments
(A) XCE agrees to deposit with the Collateral Agent each of the
following:
(i) All certificates, documents of title and other documentary
evidence of ownership in relation to the Charged Investments
charged by it.
(ii) Transfers of the Charged Investments duly executed by it or
its nominee with the name of the transferee left blank or, if
the Collateral Agent so requires, with the name of the
Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent's nominee) included
as transferee. Each transfer must be duly stamped.
(iii) All other documents the Collateral Agent may require to
enable the Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent's
nominee) or any purchaser to be registered as the owner of,
or otherwise to obtain legal title to, the Charged
Investments.
(B) The deposit required by paragraph (A) will be made promptly at the
request of the Collateral Agent following an Event of Default which
is continuing.
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4.4 Derived Assets
XCE agrees that it shall, upon the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default or acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, deliver or pay, or procure the delivery or payment, to
the Collateral Agent of the following:
(A) all Charged Derived Assets or the certificates, documents of title
and other documentary evidence of ownership in relation to them,
(B) transfers of any Investments comprised in the Charged Derived Assets
duly executed by it with the name of the transferee left blank or,
if the Collateral Agent so requires, with the name of the Collateral
Agent (or the Collateral Agent's nominee) included as transferee.
Each transfer must be duly stamped; and
(C) all other documents the Collateral Agent may require to enable the
Collateral Agent (or the Collateral Agent's nominee) or any
purchaser to be registered as the owner of, or otherwise to obtain
legal title to, the Investments comprised in those Charged Derived
Assets.
This delivery or payment will be made promptly after the Collateral
Agent's request.
5. Further Advances
The Charges are intended to secure further advances. The Collateral Agent
(acting in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement) agrees to make further advances in respect of Revolving Loans
in accordance with the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent (acting in
its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement) will,
however, only have an obligation under this Clause to the extent it
receives funds from the Lender or Lenders making such Revolving Loan or
Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement.
6. Release of the Collateral
6.1 Release Pursuant to the Credit Agreement
Subject to Clause 6.2, the Collateral shall be released from the Charges,
and XCE shall be released from its obligations under this Debenture, in
accordance with Section 9.02 or 9.03, as the case may be, of the Credit
Agreement. "Release Conditions" means each of the following being true:
(A) all Non-Contingent Secured Sums have been paid or discharged in
full;
(B) (i) the Revolving Commitments with respect to XCE have been
terminated or otherwise reduced to zero; or
(ii) an Election to Terminate has been delivered in respect of XCE
pursuant to Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement; and
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(C) no Contingent Secured Sums, other than with respect to any Cash
Collateralised Letter of Credit, remain outstanding.
6.2 Release Void if Payment Avoided
Any release of XCE shall be subject to the condition that if any payment
of Secured Sums shall be avoided, reduced or invalidated by virtue of any
applicable law or for any other reason whatsoever, then such release
shall be void and of no effect, and the Charges shall be reinstated with
respect to such Secured Sums as though payment had been due but not made
at that time.
6.3 Expenses
XCE agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent as a
result of it performing its obligations under this Clause. Any such
amount not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate applicable to
Base Rate Loans from time to time plus 2%.
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PART III: REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
7. Representations
7.1 Initial representations
XCE confirms that each of the following is true:
(A) Legal Status: it is a company duly incorporated and validly existing
under the laws of England.
(B) Corporate Powers, Authorisations and Contraventions: The execution
and delivery of this Deed by it and the performance by it of its
obligations under this Deed (i) are within its corporate or other
powers, (ii) have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate or
other action, (iii) require no consent or approval of, registration
or filing with, any Governmental Authority except (a) such as have
been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (b)
registrations such as are necessary with respect to the Charges,
(iv) do not violate any Applicable Law or its Memorandum or Articles
of Association, (v) do not violate any order of any Governmental
Authority except in any such case where such violation could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (vi)
do not violate or result in a default under any indenture or
material agreement or other instrument binding upon it and (vii) do
not result in, or oblige it to create, any Security over its assets
(other than Charges).
(C) Binding Obligations: Its obligations under this Deed and (subject to
all necessary registrations thereof being made) the Charges are and
will be until fully discharged valid, legal, binding and enforceable
in accordance with their terms and, in the case of the Charges, have
and will have the effect and the priority and ranking which they are
expressed to have except, in each case, as limited by (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity.
(D) Beneficial Owner:
(i) It is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral.
(ii) No Security exists over any of the Collateral except for
Permitted Encumbrances and as permitted by Section 6.02 of
the Credit Agreement.
(E) Disposals of Collateral: It has not disposed of any of the
Collateral other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(F) Insurance: The Policies (if any) are valid and in full force and
effect.
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(G) Loan Agreements: No Loan Agreement exists which is not an Assigned
Agreement.
7.2 Repetition
The representations in Clause 7.1 will be deemed to be repeated on the
date of each Borrowing by XCE and the date of each issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit issued to XCE. This repetition
will be by reference to the facts on that day.
8. Covenants applicable to all Collateral
8.1 General covenants
XCE agrees as follows:
(A) Payments: It will, to the extent required by Section 5.05 of the
Credit Agreement, punctually pay all rent, rates, taxes,
assessments, impositions and outgoings payable in respect of the
Collateral. It will also produce to the Collateral Agent on demand
the related receipts.
(B) Priority debts: It will, to the extent required by Section 5.05 of
the Credit Agreement, punctually pay all debts and liabilities which
by law would have priority over any of the Secured Sums.
(C) Prejudicial acts: It will not, unless permitted by the Credit
Agreement, do, or allow, anything which could prejudice the Charges
or the position of the Collateral Agent under this Debenture.
9. Covenants applicable to other property
9.1 Book Debts
(A) Collection of Book Debts: XCE agrees as follows:
(i) It will, upon the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default which is continuing, get in and realise:
(a) all Book Debts;
(b) all Negotiable Instruments;
(c) all Charged Investments; and
(d) all income arising from its Intellectual Property
Rights,
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in the ordinary course of its business. The proceeds of
getting in and realisation of such Collateral will be held
(until payment in accordance with sub-paragraph (ii)) upon
trust for the Collateral Agent.
(ii) It will, upon the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default which is continuing and receipt of notice from the
Collateral Agent to the effect that the Collateral Agent
elects to exercise its rights under Clause 9.1, pay the
proceeds of the getting in and realisation of the assets
referred to in sub-paragraph (i) into the Collateral Account.
(B) Other restrictions
XCE agrees that upon the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default which is continuing and receipt of notice from the
Collateral Agent to the effect that the Collateral Agent elects to
exercise its rights under Clause 9.1:
(i) It will deliver to the Collateral Agent on demand any
document relating to the Book Debts specified by the
Collateral Agent.
(ii) It will execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent on demand
a statutory assignment of the Book Debts specified by the
Collateral Agent. This assignment must be in the form
reasonably required by the Collateral Agent. XCE will also
give notice of the assignment to the debtors concerned and
take all other steps reasonably required to perfect or
protect that assignment.
9.2 Assigned Agreements:
XCE agrees that upon receipt of notice from the Collateral Agent during
the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default it will:
(A) Perform all its obligations under each of the Assigned Agreements in
a diligent and timely manner;
(B) Not, except with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent
(acting with the prior written consent of each of the Revolving
Lenders): (i) transfer, assign or otherwise dispose (except pursuant
to Clause Error! Reference source not found.) of its rights, title
or interest in any of the Assigned Agreements; (ii) make or agree to
make any material amendments or modifications to any of the Assigned
Agreements; (iii) waive any of its material rights under any of the
Assigned Agreements; or (iv) exercise any right to terminate any of
the Assigned Agreements; and
(C) Use its reasonable endeavours to maintain and enforce its rights and
exercise its discretions under each of the Assigned Agreements.
9.3 Charged Investments
(A) Covenants: XCE agrees as follows:
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(i) It will reimburse the Collateral Agent for all calls and
other moneys which the Collateral Agent (or its nominee) is
required to pay in respect of any of the Charged Investments.
(ii) It will, upon reasonable request, deliver to the Collateral
Agent a copy of every document received by it or its nominee
in connection with any of the Charged Investments.
(iii) It will not, after the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default which is continuing or upon acceleration of the Loans
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, do or
omit to do anything in relation to any Charged Investment
which would adversely affect, or diminish the value of, that
Charged Investment.
(B) Voting rights, dividends, etc.: Unless an Actionable Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and XCE shall have
received notice from the Collateral Agent, all voting and other
rights relating to the Charged Investments may be exercised by XCE,
or in accordance with its direction, for any purpose not
inconsistent with the terms of this Debenture.
10. Further assurance
The Collateral Agent may issue a notice to XCE specifying action to be
taken by XCE. This action must be for one or more of the following
purposes:
(A) To perfect, preserve or protect the Charges or the priority of the
Charges.
(B) To facilitate the realisation of the Collateral or the exercise of
any rights of the Collateral Agent or any Receiver.
(C) To create Security over any of the assets of XCE which are expressed
to be subject to the Charges. Any such Security shall be on terms no
more onerous than the terms of the Charges to which such asset is
expressed to be subject pursuant to the terms of this Debenture.
The action required may include the execution and delivery of transfers,
mortgages or charges of the Collateral or other documents or the giving
of notices or directions. XCE agrees to comply promptly with the
Collateral Agent's reasonable request.
11. Duration of covenants
The obligations of XCE under Clauses 8 and 9 will cease to have effect
upon satisfaction of the Release Conditions.
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PART IV: ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER RIGHTS
12. Enforcement
12.1 Notice of payment
The Collateral Agent may, upon the occurrence of an Actionable Event of
Default which is continuing or acceleration of the Loans in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement, give a notice directing each
counterparty to the Assigned Agreements to make payments under the
Assigned Agreements to the Collateral Agent. Each notice must be copied
to XCE at the same time as it is sent to the counterparty concerned.
Payments under any Assigned Agreement made to the Collateral Agent will
be paid into the Collateral Account.
12.2 Charges becoming enforceable
The Charges will be enforceable at any time upon acceleration of the
Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. At this time
the powers conferred by section 101 of the LPA, as varied and extended by
this Debenture, will be exercisable.
12.3 Section 101 LPA
The powers conferred by section 101 of the LPA, as varied and extended by
this Debenture, arise on the date of this Debenture.
12.4 Sections 93 and 103 LPA
Sections 93 and 103 of the LPA do not apply to this Debenture.
12.5 Enforcement
This sub-clause applies when the Charges are enforceable pursuant to
Clause 12.2. In this case each of the following applies:
(A) Application of Book Debts, Assigned Agreements and the Collateral
Account: The Collateral Agent may apply:
(i) the Book Debts;
(ii) payments under the Assigned Agreements made to the Collateral
Agent; and
(iii) moneys standing to the credit of the Collateral Account,
in payment of the Secured Sums.
(B) Charged Investments
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(i) The Collateral Agent may receive and retain any dividends,
interest and other distributions paid in respect of the
Charged Investments. These may be applied in payment of the
Secured Sums.
(ii) If any dividends, interest and other distributions paid in
respect of the Charged Investments are received by XCE, XCE
agrees to pay the amount received to the Collateral Agent.
Until that payment is made XCE agrees that the amount
received will be segregated from the other property of XCE
and held in trust for the Collateral Agent.
(iii) XCE agrees to procure that all voting and other rights
relating to the Charged Investments are exercised in
accordance with the instructions of the Collateral Agent or
the Receiver. XCE also agrees to deliver to the Collateral
Agent forms of proxy or other appropriate forms of
authorisation to enable the Collateral Agent or the Receiver
to exercise those voting and other rights.
13. Receivers
13.1 Appointment
(A) Appointment: The Collateral Agent may appoint a receiver in any of
the following circumstances:
(i) The Charges are enforceable pursuant to Clause 12.2. (whether
or not the Collateral Agent has taken possession of the
Collateral).
(ii) XCE requests the appointment.
(B) Method of appointment: In these circumstances, the Collateral Agent
may appoint a Receiver by deed or by a document signed by any
officer or manager of the Collateral Agent or any other person
authorised by the Collateral Agent. A Receiver may be removed in the
same way (even if no person is appointed as a replacement in his
place). If the Receiver is an administrative receiver this removal
will only take effect following any necessary order of the court.
(C) More than one person: The Collateral Agent may appoint more than one
person as Receiver. In this case the Collateral Agent may give those
persons power to act either jointly or severally.
(D) Scope of appointment: A Receiver may be appointed in respect of all
the Collateral or any part of them specified in the appointment. In
the case of an appointment in relation to part of the Collateral,
the rights conferred on a Receiver by Clause 14.2. will have effect
as though every reference in that clause to the "Collateral" were a
reference to the part of the Collateral so specified.
13.2 Rights
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Each Receiver appointed under this Debenture will (unless the appointment
specifies otherwise) have the rights set out in this sub-clause. These
rights may be exercised either in the Receiver's own name or in the name
of XCE or otherwise. They may be exercised in any manner, and upon the
terms and conditions, determined by the Receiver.
(A) Possession: To enter upon, take possession of, and collect and get
in the Collateral.
(B) Carry on business: To manage and carry on any business of XCE. This
includes the right to enter into, perform, repudiate, rescind or
vary any contract or arrangement to which XCE is a party.
(C) Deal with Collateral:
(i) To sell, transfer, assign, redeem, exchange, hire out and
lend the Collateral.
(ii) To grant leases, tenancies, licences, rights of user and
renewals and accept surrenders of and re-enter upon leases,
tenancies, licences and rights of user of the Collateral.
(iii) To dispose of or realise the Collateral in any other way.
For the purpose of this paragraph any fixtures may be sold
separately from the land containing it. Any transaction under this
paragraph may be carried out by public offer or auction, tender or
private contract (with or without advertisement and in any lots).
The transaction may be conducted with any person (including the
Collateral Agent) and for rents, premiums or other compensation or
consideration of any kind (whether payable or deliverable in a lump
sum or by instalments). For the purposes of this paragraph the
Receiver may complete any transfers of the Charged Investments.
(D) Hive down:
(i) To promote or procure the formation of a new company, whether
or not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Collateral Agent.
(ii) To subscribe for or acquire (for cash or otherwise) any
Investment in or of that new company.
(iii) To:
(a) sell, transfer, assign, redeem, hire out and lend the
Collateral;
(b) grant leases, tenancies, licences and rights of user of
the Collateral,
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to that new company or any other person. The Receiver
may also accept as consideration any Investments in or
of that new company or person and allow the payment of
that consideration to remain deferred or outstanding.
(iv) To sell, transfer, assign, exchange and otherwise
dispose of or realise any of those Investments or
deferred consideration or any rights relating to them.
This paragraph is not to be construed as limiting the scope
of paragraph (C).
(E) Borrow money: To borrow or raise money on terms and
conditions determined by the Receiver. This borrowing or
raising money may be unsecured or on the security of the
Collateral (either in priority to the Charges or otherwise).
It may be undertaken for the purpose of any of the
following:
(i) exercising any of the rights conferred on the Receiver
by or pursuant to this Debenture; or
(ii) defraying any costs, charges, losses, liabilities or
expenses (including the Receiver's remuneration)
incurred by, or due to, the Receiver.
(F) Calls: To make or require the directors of XCE to make calls
in respect of any uncalled capital of XCE and to enforce
payment of any call so made by action (in the name of XCE or
the Receiver) or otherwise.
(G) Covenants and guarantees: To enter into bonds, covenants,
commitments, guarantees, indemnities and like matters and to
make all payments needed to effect, maintain or satisfy the
same, in each case for the purpose of any of the following:
(i) exercising any of the rights conferred on the Receiver
by or pursuant to this Debenture; or
(ii) defraying any costs, charges, losses, liabilities or
expenses (including the Receiver's remuneration)
incurred by, or due to, the Receiver.
(H) Dealings with tenants: To reach agreements and make
arrangements with, and to make allowances to, any lessees,
tenants or other persons from whom any rents or profits may
be receivable. These may include agreements and arrangements
relating to the grant of any licences, or the review of rent
in accordance with the terms of, and the variation of, any
leases, tenancies, licences or rights of user affecting the
Collateral.
(I) Rights of ownership:
(i) To manage and use the Collateral.
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(ii) To exercise all the rights and do all the things (or
permit XCE or its nominee to exercise and do) as the
Receiver would be capable of exercising or doing if he
were the absolute beneficial owner of the Collateral.
This includes, among other things:
(a) exercising or directing the exercise of all
voting and other rights relating to the Charged
Investments;
(b) exercising any rights of enforcing any Security
by foreclosure, sale or otherwise and any rights
relating to Investments; and
(c) arranging for or providing all services which the
Receiver may deem proper for the efficient
management or use of the Collateral or the
exercise of those rights.
(J) Repairs, improvements, etc.:
(i) To make and effect decorations, repairs, structural
and other alterations, improvements and additions in
or to the Collateral. This may include the development
or redevelopment of any Land.
(ii) To purchase or otherwise acquire any materials,
articles or things.
(iii) To do anything else in connection with the Collateral
as the Receiver may think desirable for the purpose of
making them productive or more productive, increasing
their letting or market value, or protecting the
Charges.
(K) Claims: To settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise
and arrange any claims, accounts, disputes, questions and
demands with or by any person who is or claims to be a
creditor of XCE or relating in any way to the Collateral.
(L) Legal actions: To bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and
abandon actions, suits and proceedings in relation to the
Collateral or any of the businesses of XCE.
(M) Redemption of Security: To redeem any Security (whether or
not having priority to the Charges) over the Collateral and
to settle the accounts of encumbrancers. Any accounts so
settled will be conclusive and binding on XCE.
(N) Employees, etc.:
(i) To appoint, hire and employ officers, employees,
contractors, Collateral Agents and advisors of all
kinds.
(ii) To discharge any of these persons and any of those
persons appointed, hired or employed by XCE.
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(O) Insolvency Act: To exercise all the powers set out in
Schedule 1 to the Insolvency Act as in force at the date of
this Debenture. This paragraph applies whether or not that
Act is in force at the date of exercise and whether or not
the Receiver is an administrative receiver.
(P) Other rights:
(i) To do all other acts and things which the Receiver
considers necessary or expedient:
(a) for the realisation of the Collateral; or
(b) incidental to the exercise of any right conferred
on the Receiver under or in connection with this
Debenture, the LPA or the Insolvency Act,
(ii) To concur in the doing of anything which the Receiver
has the right to do and to do any of those things
jointly with any other person.
13.3 Agent of XCE
Each Receiver will be the agent of XCE for all purposes. XCE will
be solely responsible for the Receiver's contracts, engagements,
acts, omissions, defaults and losses and for all liabilities
incurred by the Receiver other than such as result from the
Receiver's gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
13.4 Remuneration
The Collateral Agent may determine the remuneration of any
Receiver. This remuneration is not to be limited to the maximum
rate specified in section 109(6) of the LPA. The Collateral Agent
may direct payment of this remuneration out of moneys accruing to
the Receiver as Receiver but XCE alone will be liable for the
payment of that remuneration and for all other costs, charges and
expenses of the Receiver. This sub-clause is subject to section
36 of the Insolvency Act.
14. Rights of the Collateral Agent
14.1 Same rights as a Receiver
All rights conferred by this Debenture upon a Receiver may, when
the Charges are enforceable, be exercised by the Collateral
Agent. This applies whether or not the Collateral Agent has taken
possession or appointed a Receiver.
14.2 Prior Security
This sub-clause applies if there is any other Security (other
than Permitted Encumbrances and as permitted by Section 6.02 of
the Credit Agreement) over the
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Collateral ranking ahead of the Charges. In this case the
Collateral Agent may do any of the following:
(A) Redeem that other Security.
(B) Procure the transfer of that other Security to the
Collateral Agent.
(C) Discharge the debts secured by that other Security. In this
case the discharge of those debts will be conclusive and
binding on XCE.
XCE agrees that it will reimburse the Collateral Agent for:
(i) all amounts paid or committed by the Collateral Agent
in exercise of its rights under this sub-clause; and
(ii) all losses, liabilities and expenses incurred in
connection with the exercise of these rights.
14.3 Subordinate Security
This sub-clause applies when either of the following has
occurred:
(A) The Collateral Agent receives actual or constructive notice
of any other Security over the Collateral ranking behind the
Charges or created after the Charges.
(B) The Dissolution of XCE.
When this sub-clause applies the Collateral Agent may open a new
account in the name of XCE (whether or not it permits any
existing account to continue). If the Collateral Agent does not
open a new account, it will be treated as if it had done so at
the time (the "cut-off time") it received notice or, as the case
may be, the Dissolution commenced. After that time all payments
made by XCE to the Collateral Agent, or received by the
Collateral Agent for the account of XCE, will be credited, or
treated as having been credited, to the extent permitted by law,
to the new account. Those payments will not operate to reduce the
amount secured by this Debenture at the cut-off time.
14.4 Suspense Account
The Collateral Agent may, for as long as any of the Secured Sums
for which any other person may be liable as principal debtor or
as co-surety with XCE have not been paid or discharged in full,
at its sole discretion, place and retain on a suspense account,
for as long as it considers fit, any moneys received, recovered
or realised under or in connection with this Debenture to the
extent of such Secured Sums without any obligation on the part of
the Collateral Agent to apply the same in or towards the
discharge of such Secured Sums except when such moneys would be
sufficient to
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discharge the Secured Sums in full in which case they shall be
applied to such discharge.
14.5 Delegation
The Collateral Agent may delegate any of the rights which it may
exercise under this Debenture. The delegation will be on terms
determined by the Collateral Agent to any person chosen by the
Collateral Agent. It may allow the delegate to sub-delegate his
powers.
15. Application of moneys
Amounts received by the Collateral Agent under this Debenture are
to be applied in the following order:
(A) Towards payment of all losses, liabilities and expenses:
(i) incurred by any Receiver; or
(ii) incidental to the appointment of any Receiver,
including the remuneration of that Receiver.
(B) Towards the payment of the Secured Sums in an order
determined by the Collateral Agent.
(C) After all the Secured Sums have been paid or discharged in
full, any surplus will be paid to XCE or other person
entitled to it.
This Clause does not affect any right of the Collateral Agent
under this Debenture.
16. Liability of the Collateral Agent and other persons
16.1 Possession of the Collateral
If the Collateral Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate takes
possession of the Collateral, it may relinquish that possession
at any time.
16.2 Limitation of the Collateral Agent's liability
(A) The Collateral Agent will not be liable to account to XCE or
any other person for anything except the Collateral Agent's
actual receipts.
(B) The Collateral Agent will not be liable to XCE or any other
person for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from
or connected with:
(i) any realisation of the Collateral; or
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(ii) any act, default, omission or misconduct of the
Collateral Agent, its officers, employees or
Collateral Agents in relation to the Collateral.
This paragraph does not, however, apply to the extent that a
loss, liability or expense is determined in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction
to have been caused by the Collateral Agent's gross
negligence or wilful misconduct or that of its officers or
employees.
(C) This sub-clause applies where the loss, liability or
expense:
(i) arises because of the taking of possession of
Collateral; or
(ii) arises in the Collateral Agent's capacity as mortgagee
in possession.
It also applies in all other cases where the Collateral
Agent would otherwise be liable.
16.3 Limitation of the liability of other persons
No Receiver or Delegate or any officer, employee or agent of the
Collateral Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate will be liable to
XCE or any other person in relation to this Debenture except for
their own negligence or wilful misconduct.
16.4 Indemnity
Each of the Collateral Agent and every Receiver, Delegate,
attorney, manager, agent or other person appointed by the
Collateral Agent is entitled to be reimbursed out of the
Collateral in respect of all losses, liabilities (except to the
extent that such loss or liability is determined in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to
have been caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of
that person or that of its officers or employees) and reasonable
out of pocket expenses incurred by any of them:
(A) in the execution or purported execution of any of its
rights; or
(B) relating to the Collateral.
Each amount to be reimbursed under this sub-clause may be
deducted from any moneys received in respect of the Collateral.
17. Protection of third parties
No person dealing with the Collateral Agent, any Receiver or any
Delegate is to be concerned to enquire about any of the
following:
(A) Whether any right under or in connection with this
Debenture, the LPA or the Insolvency Act is exercisable.
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(B) Whether any consent, regulation, restriction or direction relating to
those rights has been obtained or complied with.
(C) As to the propriety or regularity of acts purporting or intended to be
in exercise of those rights or as to the application of any money
borrowed or raised or other proceeds of enforcement.
All the protections to purchasers contained in sections 104 and 107 of the
LPA, section 42(3) of the Insolvency Act or in any other legislation
applies to any person purchasing from, or dealing with, the Collateral
Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate.
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PART V: MISCELLANEOUS
18. Power of Attorney
18.1 Appointment
(A) XCE appoints as its attorney each of the Collateral Agent, each
Receiver and each Delegate. Each attorney may act without the others
and may do any of the following on behalf of XCE:
(i) Anything which XCE is obliged to do under this Debenture to
create Security over any of the assets of XCE which are expressed
to be subject to the Charges, or to perfect, preserve or protect
the Security over the Collateral, or to preserve or protect the
rights of the Collateral Agent therein, but has not done within
14 days of receipt of notice from the Collateral Agent.
(ii) Anything necessary to facilitate the exercise by the Collateral
Agent, any Receiver or any Delegate of its rights in relation to
the Collateral or under or in connection with this Debenture, the
LPA or the Insolvency Act, provided that anything done pursuant
to this paragraph (ii) shall be done at such time or times as are
permitted by, and in accordance with the terms of, this
Debenture, the LPA or the Insolvency Act, as the case may be.
The attorney may act in the name of XCE or in any other manner
determined by the attorney.
(B) The power of attorney in paragraph (A) is irrevocable and granted by
way of security.
(C) Each attorney has full powers of substitution and delegation.
18.2 Ratification
XCE agrees to ratify and confirm everything each attorney does, or purports
to do, in the exercise, or purported exercise, of the power of attorney in
Clause 18.1.
19. Notices
(A) A notice under this Debenture shall be made in writing by letter or
facsimile transmission.
(B) Notices under this Debenture shall (unless that other party has by
five days' written notice specified another address) be sent to a
party addressed as follows:
(i) if to XCE to:
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[ ]
Attention: [ ]
Facsimile: [ ]
(ii) if to the Collateral Agent to:
[ ]
Attention: [ ]
Facsimile: [ ]
(C) Any notice given under this Debenture shall be deemed to have been
duly given on the date of receipt.
20. Invalidity
This clause applies if any part of this Debenture is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable under the law of any jurisdiction. In this case
neither of the following will be affected or impaired:
(A) The legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any
other part of this Debenture.
(B) The legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other
jurisdiction of that or any other part of this Debenture.
21. Assignment
The Collateral Agent may, without the consent of XCE, assign or transfer
any of its rights under this Debenture to any person to whom its rights
under the Credit Agreement are assigned or transferred.
22. Miscellaneous
22.1 Exercise of rights
If the Collateral Agent does not exercise a right or power when it is able
to do so this will not prevent it exercising that right or power. When it
does exercise a right or power it may do so again in the same or a
different manner. The Collateral Agent's rights and remedies under this
Debenture are in addition to any other rights and remedies it may have.
Those other rights and remedies are not affected by this Debenture.
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23. Currency Indemnity
If, under any applicable law, whether pursuant to a judgment against XCE or
the Dissolution of XCE or for any other reason, any payment under or in
connection with this Debenture is made or falls to be satisfied in a
currency (the "Other Currency") other than the currency in which the
relevant payment is expressed to be payable (the "Required Currency"),
then, to the extent that the payment actually received by the Collateral
Agent (when converted into the Required Currency at the rate of exchange on
the date of payment or, if it is not practicable for the Collateral Agent
to make the conversion on that date, at the rate of exchange as soon
afterwards as it is practicable for the Collateral Agent to do so or, in
the case of a Dissolution, at the rate of exchange on the latest date
permitted by applicable law for the determination of liabilities in such
Dissolution) falls short of the amount expressed to be due or payable under
or in connection with this Debenture, XCE shall, as an original and
independent obligation under this Debenture, indemnify and hold the
Collateral Agent harmless against the amount of such shortfall. For the
purpose of this Clause 23, "rate of exchange" means the rate at which the
Collateral Agent is able on the relevant date to purchase the Required
Currency with the Other Currency and shall take into account any
commission, premium and other costs of exchange and Taxes payable in
connection with such purchase.
24. Certificate to Be Conclusive Evidence
A copy of a certificate signed by an officer of the Collateral Agent as to
the amount of any indebtedness comprised in the Secured Sums:
(A) calculated in accordance with Section 2.08(e) of the Credit Agreement
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence; and
(B) decided pursuant to any judgment against XCE shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive evidence for the purposes of any
Proceedings,
against XCE that such amount is in fact due and payable by XCE to the
Collateral Agent.
25. Stamp Duty
XCE shall pay promptly, and in any event before any penalty becomes
payable, all stamp, documentary and similar Taxes, if any, payable in
connection with the entry into, performance, enforcement or admissibility
in evidence of this deed or any other document referred to in this deed,
and shall indemnify the Collateral Agent against any liability with respect
to, or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay, any such Tax.
25.1 Counterparts
There may be several signed copies of this Debenture. There is intended to
be a single Debenture and each signed copy is a counterpart of that
Debenture.
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26. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
The parties to this Debenture do not intend that any term of this Debenture
should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Debenture.
27. Governing Law
This Debenture is to be governed by and construed in accordance with
English law.
28. Jurisdiction
28.1 The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Debenture ("Proceedings"). Any
proceedings may therefore be brought in the English courts. This
jurisdiction agreement is irrevocable and is for the exclusive benefit of
the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent therefore is to retain the right
to bring Proceedings in any court which has jurisdiction by virtue of rules
which would be applicable apart from this jurisdiction agreement. Nothing
contained in this Clause 28. shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent
to take Proceedings against XCE in any other court or in the courts of more
than one jurisdiction at the same time.
28.2 XCE irrevocably waives (and irrevocably agrees not to raise) any objection,
on the ground of forum non conveniens or on any other ground, to the taking
of Proceedings in any court referred to in this Clause 28 Each party also
irrevocably agrees that a judgement against it in Proceedings brought in
any jurisdiction referred to in this Clause 28 shall be conclusive and
binding upon it and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction.
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SCHEDULE 1
ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS
[Details of loan agreements to be inserted]
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SCHEDULE 2
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS
Part 1
FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT
To: [Name of counterparty to Assigned Agreement]
From: Xerox Capital (Europe) plc (the "Company")
and
Bank One, NA (the "Collateral Agent")
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT
We refer to the [describe agreement(s)] made between ourselves and you on [date]
pursuant to which [briefly describe agreement] (the "Relevant Agreement")
We, the Company, hereby give you notice that pursuant to a debenture dated
[ ], 2002, and made between ourselves and the Collateral Agent as agent and
trustee for itself and certain lenders the "Secured Parties" (such debenture, as
it may from time to time be amended, assigned, novated or supplemented, being
below called the "Debenture"), we have assigned by way of security and charged
and agreed to assign by way of security and charge, to the Collateral Agent, as
agent and trustee for itself and the Secured Parties, all our rights, title,
interest and benefit, present and future, under, to and in the Relevant
Agreement.
Words and expressions defined in the Debenture shall have the same meaning when
used in this letter.
A copy of [the Debenture/1/] [a summary of the material terms of the
Debenture/2/] [is enclosed for your attention] [has previously been provided to
you] and we request that you take note of its provisions.
Please note the following:
(a) The Company shall at all times remain solely liable to you for the
performance of all of the obligations assumed by it under or in respect
of the Relevant Agreement. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the
Secured Parties will be under any liability or obligation of any kind in
the event of any breach or failure by us to perform any obligation under
the Relevant Agreement.
(b) The Collateral Agent has agreed that, notwithstanding the Debenture, the
Company remains entitled to exercise all of the rights, powers,
discretions and remedies which
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/1/ Delete this text if the Assigned Agreement is not an Intra-Group Loan
Agreement.
/2/ Delete this text if the Assigned Agreement is an Intra-Group Loan
Agreement.
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would (but for the Debenture) be vested in the Company under and in
respect of the Relevant Agreement unless and except to the extent that
the Collateral Agent gives you written notice of the occurrence of an
Actionable Event of Default which is continuing or the acceleration of
the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement (an "Event
Notice"). Upon and after the giving of any such Event Notice, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise and give directions
regarding the exercise of all or any of those rights, powers, discretions
and remedies (to the exclusion of the Company and to the exclusion of any
directions given at any time by or on behalf of the Company) to the
extent specified in such notice.
(c) The Company irrevocably and unconditionally instructs you to pay the full
amount of any sum which you are (or would, but for the Debenture, be) at
any time obliged to pay to it under or in respect of the Relevant
Agreement at all times after the Collateral Agent has given you an Event
Notice, to such bank account as the Collateral Agent may from time to
time specify to you.
(d) The Company has irrevocably and unconditionally appointed the Collateral
Agent to be its attorney to do (among other things) all things which the
Company itself could do in relation to the Relevant Agreement.
(e) The Company confirms to you that:
(i) in the event of any conflict between communications received from
the Company and from the Collateral Agent, you shall treat the
communication from the Collateral Agent as prevailing over the
communication from the Company;
(ii) you are and will at all times be permitted to assume and rely upon
the correctness of anything communicated to you by the Collateral
Agent including without limitation statements as to the occurrence
of an Actionable Event of Default or acceleration of the Loans in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement; and
(iii) none of the instructions, authorisations and confirmations in this
notice can be revoked or varied in any way except with the
Collateral Agent's specific prior written consent.
Please acknowledge receipt of this notice, and confirm your agreement to it, by
executing and returning to the Collateral Agent an original copy of the Form of
Acknowledgement attached to this notice of assignment.
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This notice is governed by English law.
Yours faithfully,
...................................
For and on behalf of
Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
...................................
For and on behalf of
Bank One, NA
as agent and trustee for itself and the Revolving Lenders
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Part 2
FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
[LETTERHEAD OF CONTRACT COUNTERPARTY]
To: Bank One, NA
One Bank One Plaza - IL 1-0631
17th Floor
Chicago,
IL 60670
(as agent and trustee for the Secured Parties referred to below)
Attn: [ ]
Fax: [ ]
Dear Sirs,
We acknowledge receipt of the notice dated [ ], (a copy of which is
attached to this letter) and the copy of the Debenture enclosed with that
notice. Words and expressions defined in the Debenture have the same meanings in
this letters.
[In consideration of the Secured Parties agreeing to provide finance and
financial support pursuant to the Credit Agreement,] we confirm to you in the
terms set out in this letter:
1. We consent to the assignment of the Relevant Agreement and have noted,
and will act in accordance with, the terms of that notice.
2. We have not previously received notice of any other assignment of the
Relevant Agreement and we are not aware of any interest of any third
party in any of the Company's rights, benefits, interests or claims under
or in respect of the Relevant Agreement.
3. We irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay the full amount of any
sum which we are (or would, but, for the Debenture, be) at any time
obliged to pay under or in respect of the Relevant Agreement at all times
after the Collateral Agent has given us an Event Notice, to such bank
account as the Collateral Agent may from time to time specify.
4. We acknowledge that the Company shall at all times remain [solely] liable
to us for the performance of all of the obligations assumed by it under
the Relevant Agreement, and that neither the Collateral Agent nor any
other Secured Party is or will be under any liability or obligation
whatever in the event of any breach or failure by the Company to perform
its obligations under the Relevant Agreement.
This letter is for the benefit of the Collateral Agent as agent and trustee for
the Secured Parties and is governed by English Law.
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Yours faithfully,
Signed for and on behalf of
[counterparty to Relevant Agreement]
By
...................................
(print name)
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SCHEDULE 3
PART A: FORM OF NOTICE TO INSURERS
To: [Name and address of insurers]
[Date]
Dear Sirs,
Notice of Assignment
Policy Number [ ] (the "Policy")
We are writing to give you notice that Xerox Capital (Europe) plc ("XCE")
has by a debenture dated [ ], 2002 and made between XCE and Bank One, NA
(the "Collateral Agent"), acting as Collateral Agent and trustee for certain
lenders (the "Secured Parties") assigned its interest under the Policy to the
Collateral Agent as first chargee and assignee.
We authorise and request you to issue a letter of undertaking, in the
form attached, to the Collateral Agent and to act on the instructions of the
Collateral Agent in the manner provided in that letter without any further
reference to an authorisation from us and to arrange for the Collateral Agent's
interest to be noted on the Policy.
You may, without notice to us, disclose to the Collateral Agent any
information concerning the Policy. We instruct you to make any disclosure
concerning the Policy requested by the Collateral Agent. These instructions are
irrevocable.
We continue to be responsible for the performance of all our obligations
under the Policy. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties
has assumed any liability under the Policy and they are not responsible for any
default under the terms of the Policy.
Please sign the attached form of acknowledgement and undertaking and send
it to the Collateral Agent at the address marked on that form.
Yours faithfully,
Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
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PART B: FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND UNDERTAKING FROM INSURERS
To: Bank One, NA
One Bank One Plaza - IL-1-0631
17th Floor
Chicago
IL 60670
Attention:
[Date]
Dear Sirs,
Xerox Capital (Europe) plc
Policy Number [ ] (the "Policy")
We acknowledge receipt of the notice of assignment dated [ ] informing
us of your interest in the Policy.
1. We confirm that we have not received any other notice of any assignment of
the Policy or the creation of any other security interest over it.
2. We have, as requested in the notice of charge noted your interest on the
Policy. This note of your interest will remain on the Policy, and any
renewals of the Policy, for so long as it, or those renewals, remain in
force.
3. We undertake to give you:
(a) seven days prior notice of any cancellation of this policy; and
(b) prompt notice of each of the following:
(i) any notice of cancellation;
(ii) any non-payment of premium;
(iii) any restriction or reduction of the cover under the policy
which diminishes the protection given by the policy to a
material extent; and
(iv) any matter of which the [Insurer] has knowledge which could
invalidate the policy or make the policy unenforceable in whole
or part."
4. We confirm that we regard Xerox Capital (Europe) plc as solely liable for
the performance of all its obligations under the Policy and acknowledge
that neither you nor any of the Lenders (as defined in the notice of
charge) have any liability under the Policy.
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We have issued this acknowledgement in the knowledge that it is required by
you in connection with the security granted to you.
Yours faithfully,
[Name of insurer]
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EXECUTION AS A DEED
XCE
Executed as a deed by _____________________________
XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC Director
acting by [a director and its
secretary/two directors] _____________________________
[Secretary/Director]
COLLATERAL AGENT
Executed as a deed by
BANK ONE, NA
acting by _____________________________
under its authority Authorised Signatory(ies)
Exhibit C-3
DATE: , 2002
XEROX CAPITAL (EUROPE) PLC
and
BANK ONE, NA
as Collateral Agent
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DEBENTURE CREATING
FIXED AND FLOATING CHARGES
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Slaughter and May
One Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8YY
RS/GMS
CONTENTS
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PART I: INTERPRETATION ................................................... 2
1. Interpretation ....................................................... 2
PART II: AGREEMENT TO PAY SECURED SUMS AND CREATION OF SECURITY .......... 10
2. Agreement to pay Secured Sums ........................................ 10
3. Security ............................................................. 10
4. Perfection of the Charges ............................................ 14
5. Further Advances ..................................................... 16
6. Release of the Collateral ............................................ 16
PART III: REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS .................................. 18
7. Representations ...................................................... 18
8. Covenants applicable to all Collateral ............................... 19
9. Covenants applicable to other property ............................... 19
10. Further assurance .................................................... 21
11. Duration of covenants ................................................ 21
PART IV: ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER RIGHTS .................................... 22
12. Enforcement .......................................................... 22
13. Receivers ............................................................ 23
14. Rights of the Collateral Agent ....................................... 27
15. Application of moneys ................................................ 29
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16. Liability of the Collateral Agent and other persons .................. 29
17. Protection of third parties .......................................... 30
18. Power of Attorney .................................................... 32
19. Notices .............................................................. 32
20. Invalidity ........................................................... 33
21. Assignment ........................................................... 33
22. Miscellaneous ........................................................ 33
23. Currency Indemnity ................................................... 34
24. Certificate to Be Conclusive Evidence ................................ 34
25. Stamp Duty ........................................................... 34
26. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 ......................... 35
27. Governing Law ........................................................ 35
28. Jurisdiction ......................................................... 35
SCHEDULE 1 ............................................................... 36
ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS ...................................................... 36
[Details of loan agreements to be inserted] .............................. 36
SCHEDULE 2 NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS Part 1 FORM OF
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT ..................................................... 37
Part 2 FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................... 40
SCHEDULE 3 PART A: FORM OF NOTICE TO INSURERS ............................ 42
PART B: FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND UNDERTAKING FROM INSURERS ............ 43
EXHIBIT (4)(l)(6)
This instrument was prepared by the
attorney described below and, when recorded,
the recorded counterparts should be returned to:
Susan D. Kennedy, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
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MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES
AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT, FINANCING STATEMENT
AND FIXTURE FILING
dated as of June 21, 2002
by
XEROX CORPORATION
the Mortgagor,
to
BANK ONE, NA
as Collateral Agent for the Lenders,
the Mortgagee
Property:
County of Monroe
State of New York
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THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS AND SECURES
OBLIGATIONS CONTAINING PROVISIONS FOR CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS ................................................................... 1
GRANTING CLAUSES ........................................................... 1
I. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 2
II. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 2
III. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 3
IV. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 3
V. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 4
VI. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 4
VII. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 4
VIII. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 5
IX. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 5
X. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 5
XI. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 5
XII. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 6
XIII. GRANTING CLAUSE .............................................. 6
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Interpretations
Section 1.01. Definitions .................................................. 7
Section 1.02. Interpretation ............................................... 15
Section 1.03. Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities ........................... 16
ARTICLE 2
Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants
Section 2.01. Title, Authority and Effectiveness ........................... 16
Section 2.02. Secured Obligations .......................................... 18
Section 2.03. Impositions .................................................. 18
Section 2.04. Insurance Requirements ....................................... 18
Section 2.05. Care of the Property ......................................... 18
Section 2.06. Liens ........................................................ 19
Section 2.07. Transfer ..................................................... 19
Section 2.08. Certain Amounts .............................................. 19
ARTICLE 3
Insurance, Casualty and Condemnation
Section 3.01. Insurance .................................................... 20
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Section 3.02. Casualty .................................................... 20
Section 3.03. Insurance Proceeds .......................................... 20
Section 3.04. Condemnation ................................................ 20
Section 3.05. Condemnation Awards ......................................... 20
ARTICLE 4
Certain Secured Obligations
Section 4.01. Maximum Amount of Indebtedness .............................. 21
Section 4.02. Treatment of Borrowing and Repayments ....................... 21
Section 4.03. Reduction of Secured Loan Amount ............................ 21
Section 4.04. Application of Payments and Repayments ...................... 22
Section 4.05. Limitation on Prepayment; Effect of Excessive Prepayment .... 22
Section 4.06. No Limitation on Certain Rights ............................. 22
Section 4.07. Right to Perform Obligations ................................ 22
Section 4.08. Changes in the Laws Regarding Taxation ...................... 23
Section 4.09. Indemnification ............................................. 23
ARTICLE 5
Defaults, Remedies and Rights
Section 5.01. Events of Default ........................................... 24
Section 5.02. Remedies .................................................... 24
Section 5.03. Waivers by the Mortgagor .................................... 28
Section 5.04. Jurisdiction and Process .................................... 29
Section 5.05. Sales ....................................................... 29
Section 5.06. Proceeds .................................................... 32
Section 5.07. Assignment of Leases ........................................ 32
Section 5.08. Dealing with the Mortgaged Property ......................... 34
Section 5.09. Information and Right of Entry .............................. 34
ARTICLE 6
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing
Section 6.01. Security Agreement .......................................... 35
Section 6.02. Fixture Filing .............................................. 35
ARTICLE 7
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01. Concerning the Mortgagee .................................... 36
Section 7.02. Release of Mortgaged Property ............................... 37
Section 7.03. Notices ..................................................... 38
Section 7.04. Amendments in Writing ....................................... 38
Section 7.05. Severability ................................................ 38
Section 7.06. Binding Effect .............................................. 38
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Section 7.07. GOVERNING LAW ............................................... 39
Section 7.08. Waiver of Jury Trial ........................................ 39
Section 7.09. Local Law Provisions ........................................ 39
Section 7.10. Multisite Real Estate Transaction ........................... 39
Exhibit A - Description of the Land
Exhibit B - Permitted Encumbrances
THIS MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND
FIXTURE FILING (this "Mortgage") is dated as of ______ __, 2002 by XEROX
CORPORATION, a New York corporation, having an address at 800 Long Ridge Road,
Stamford, Connecticut 06904 ("Xerox" or the "Mortgagor"), to BANK ONE, NA, a
national banking association, as Collateral Agent for itself and the other
Secured Parties (hereinafter defined) (the "Mortgagee"), having an address at 1
Bank One Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670.
W I T N E S S E T H:
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Xerox, Xerox Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("XCC"),
the Overseas Borrowers party thereto and certain financial institutions are
parties to a Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 22, 1997 (the
"Existing Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders had $7,000,000,000
of loans outstanding; and
WHEREAS, Xerox, the Overseas Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto, Bank One, NA, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent
and LC Issuing Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Documentation Agent, and Citibank,
N.A., as Syndication Agent, are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of June __, 2002 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") pursuant to which the Existing Credit Agreement and the loans
outstanding thereunder have been refinanced; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Xerox, the Subsidiary Guarantors
party thereto and Bank One, NA, as Collateral Agent, have entered into the
Security Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the maximum amount of principal indebtedness that may be secured
by this Mortgage at execution hereof or which under any contingency may become
secured hereby at any time hereafter is $[ ] (the "Secured Loan Amount"); and
WHEREAS, the scheduled maturity date of the latest to mature of the Secured
Obligations is April 30, 2005 or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
preceding Business Day.
GRANTING CLAUSES
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, for the purpose of securing the due and punctual payment,
performance and observance of the Secured Obligations and intending to be bound
hereby, the Mortgagor does hereby GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, CONVEY, MORTGAGE,
ASSIGN, TRANSFER and WARRANT to the Mortgagee and its successors as collateral
agent, with power of sale and right of entry as hereinafter provided, and, to
the extent covered by the UCC, does hereby GRANT and WARRANT to the Mortgagee a
continuing first security interest in and to all of the property and rights
described in the following Granting Clauses (all of which property and rights
are collectively called the "Mortgaged Property"), to wit:
I. GRANTING CLAUSE
Land. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to, under
or derived from: the lots, pieces, tracts or parcels of land located in Monroe
County, New York, more particularly described in Exhibit A (the "Land").
II. GRANTING CLAUSE
Improvements. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in,
to, under or derived from: all buildings, structures, facilities and other
improvements of every kind and description now or hereafter located on or
attached to the Land, including all parking areas, roads, driveways, walks,
fences, walls, berms, recreation facilities, drainage facilities, lighting
facilities and other site improvements; all water, sanitary and storm sewer,
drainage, electricity, steam, gas, telephone, telecommunications and other
utility equipment and facilities; all plumbing, lighting, heating, ventilating,
air-conditioning, refrigerating, incinerating, compacting, fire protection and
sprinkler, surveillance and security, vacuum cleaning, public address and
communications equipment and systems; all screens, awnings, floor coverings,
partitions, elevators, escalators, motors, electrical, computer and other
wiring, machinery, pipes, fittings and racking and shelving; and all other items
of fixtures, equipment and personal property of every kind and description, in
each case now or hereafter located on the Land or affixed (actually or
constructively) to the buildings and other improvements located on the Land
which by the nature of their location thereon or affixation thereto are real
property under Applicable Law; and including all materials intended for the
construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, alteration, addition or
improvement of or to such buildings, equipment, fixtures, structures and
improvements, all of which materials shall be deemed to be part of the Mortgaged
Property immediately upon delivery thereof on the Land and to be part of the
improvements immediately upon their incorporation therein (the foregoing being
collectively called the "Improvements").
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III. GRANTING CLAUSE
Equipment. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to,
under or derived from: all equipment, fixtures, chattels and articles of
personal property owned by the Mortgagor or in which the Mortgagor has or shall
acquire an interest, wherever situated, and now or hereafter located on, or in,
or affixed (actually or constructively) to, the Land or the Improvements,
whether or not affixed thereto and which are not real property under Applicable
Law, including all partitions, shades, blinds, curtains, draperies, carpets,
rugs, furniture and furnishings; all heating, lighting, plumbing, ventilating,
air conditioning, refrigerating, gas, steam, electrical, incinerating and
compacting plants, systems, fixtures and equipment; all elevators, stoves,
ranges, other kitchen and laundry appliances, vacuum and other cleaning systems,
call systems, switchboards, sprinkler systems and other fire prevention, alarm
and extinguishing apparatus and materials; and all motors, machinery, pipes,
conduits, dynamos, engines, compressors, generators, boilers, stokers, furnaces,
pumps, trunks, ducts, appliances, equipment, utensils, tools, implements,
fittings and fixtures, and including any of the foregoing that is temporarily
removed from the Land or Improvements to be repaired and later reinstalled
thereon or therein (the foregoing being collectively called the "Equipment"; and
the Land with the Improvements thereon and the Equipment therein being
collectively called the "Property"). If any of the Equipment under this Granting
Clause is covered by an equipment lease, title retention or security agreement,
(i) the grant under this Granting Clause (but not the definition of "Equipment"
for the other purposes hereof) excludes any Equipment which cannot be
transferred or encumbered by the Mortgagor without causing a termination of such
agreement or default thereunder, otherwise (ii) the grant under this Granting
Clause includes Mortgagor's right, title and interest in, to and under such
agreement, together with the benefits of all deposits and payments now or
hereafter made thereunder by or on behalf of the Mortgagor and subject to all of
the terms and conditions of such agreement and the Liens and security interests
thereunder, except as otherwise provided under the Security Agreement and the
Credit Agreement.
IV. GRANTING CLAUSE
Appurtenant Rights. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor
in, to, under or derived from: all tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
now or hereafter relating to the Property; the streets, roads, sidewalks and
alleys abutting the Property; all strips and gores within or adjoining the Land;
all land in the bed of any body of water adjacent to the Land; all land
adjoining the Land created by artificial means or by accretion; all air space
and rights to use air space above the Land; all development or similar rights
now or hereafter appurtenant to the Land; all rights of ingress and egress now
or hereafter appertaining to the Property; all easements, servitudes, privileges
and rights of way now or hereafter appertaining to the
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Property; and all royalties and other rights now or hereafter appertaining to
the use and enjoyment of the Property, including alley, party walls, support,
drainage, crop, timber, agricultural, horticultural, oil, gas and other mineral,
water stock, riparian and other water rights now or hereafter appertaining to
the use and enjoyment of the Property.
V. GRANTING CLAUSE
Agreements. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to,
under or derived from: all Insurance Policies (including all unearned premiums
and dividends thereunder); all guarantees and warranties relating to the
Property; all supply and service contracts for water, sanitary and storm sewer,
drainage, electricity, steam, gas, telephone and other utilities now or
hereafter relating to the Property; and all other contracts and agreements
affecting or relating to the use, enjoyment or occupancy of the Property except
to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a
material violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third
party unless and until all required consents shall have been obtained (all of
the foregoing being collectively called the "Agreements").
VI. GRANTING CLAUSE
Leases. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor (under which
Mortgagor is landlord, sublandlord or licensor) in, to, under or derived from:
all Leases now or hereafter in effect, whether or not of record, for the use or
occupancy of all or any part of the Property except to the extent that the grant
of a security interest therein would constitute a material violation of a valid
and enforceable lease with a third party unless and until all required consents
shall have been obtained.
VII. GRANTING CLAUSE
Rents, Issues and Profits. All estate, right, title and interest of the
Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from: all rents, royalties, issues, profits,
receipts, revenue, income and other benefits now or hereafter accruing with
respect to the Property, including all rents and other sums now or hereafter
payable pursuant to the Leases; all other sums now or hereafter payable with
respect to the use, occupancy, management, operation or control of the Property;
and all other claims, rights and remedies now or hereafter belonging or accruing
with respect to the Property, including fixed, additional and percentage rents,
occupancy charges, security deposits, parking, maintenance, common area, tax,
insurance, utility and service charges and contributions (whether collected
under
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the Leases or otherwise), proceeds of sale of electricity, gas, heating,
air-conditioning and other utilities and services (whether collected under the
Leases or otherwise), and deficiency rents and liquidated damages following
default or cancellation (the foregoing rents and other sums described in this
Granting Clause being collectively called the "Rents"), all of which the
Mortgagor hereby irrevocably directs be paid to the Mortgagee, subject to the
license granted to the Mortgagor pursuant to Section 5.07(b), to be held,
applied and disbursed as provided in this Mortgage.
VIII. GRANTING CLAUSE
Permits. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to,
under or derived from all licenses, authorizations, certificates, variances,
consents, approvals and other permits now or hereafter appertaining to the
Property (the foregoing being collectively called the "Permits"), excluding from
the grant under this Granting Clause (but not the definition of the term
"Permits" for the other purposes hereof) any Permits which cannot be transferred
or encumbered by the Mortgagor without causing a default thereunder or a
termination thereof.
IX. GRANTING CLAUSE
Books and Records. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor
in, to, under or derived from all books and records, including tenant files,
credit files, customer files, computer print outs, files, programs and other
computer and electronic materials and records, now or hereafter relating to the
Property.
X. GRANTING CLAUSE
Intangible Property. All estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor
in, to, under or derived from the Property and other intangible property not
described in the foregoing Granting Clauses now or hereafter relating to the use
and operation of the Property as a going concern.
XI. GRANTING CLAUSE
Deposits, Proceeds and Awards. All estate, right, title and interest of the
Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from all amounts deposited with the Mortgagee
under the Loan Documents with respect to the Property, including all Insurance
Proceeds, Awards and title insurance proceeds under any title insurance policy
now or hereafter held by the Mortgagor (the foregoing being collectively called
"Deposits"), proceeds of any Transfer, financing, refinancing or conversion into
cash or liquidated claims, whether voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
Mortgaged Property; and all rights, dividends and other claims of any kind
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whatsoever (including damage, secured, unsecured, priority and bankruptcy
claims) now or hereafter relating to any of the Mortgaged Property (except to
the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a
material violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third
party unless and until all required consents shall have been obtained), all of
which the Mortgagor hereby irrevocably directs be paid to the Mortgagee to the
extent provided hereunder, to be held, applied and disbursed as provided in this
Mortgage.
XII GRANTING CLAUSE
Refunds, Credits or Reimbursements. All estate, right, title and
interest of the Mortgagor in and to any and all real estate tax refunds payable
to the Mortgagor with respect to the Property, and refunds, credits or
reimbursements payable with respect to bonds, escrow accounts or other sums
payable in connection with the use, development, or ownership of the Property.
XIII GRANTING CLAUSE
Additional Property. All greater, additional or other estate, right,
title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from the Mortgaged
Property hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including all right, title and
interest of the Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from all extensions,
improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutions and replacements of, and
additions and appurtenances to, any of the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired
by or released to the Mortgagor or constructed or located on, or attached to,
the Property, in each case, immediately upon such acquisition, release,
construction, location or attachment; all estate, right, title and interest of
the Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from any other property and rights which
are, by the provisions of the Security Documents, required to be subjected to
the Lien hereof.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all estate,
right, title and interest of the Mortgagor and anyone claiming by, through or
under the Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from the Mortgaged Property and all
rights and appurtenances relating thereto, to the Mortgagee and its successors
and assigns, forever, subject to Permitted Liens.
PROVIDED ALWAYS that this Mortgage is upon the express condition that
the Mortgaged Property shall be released from the Lien of this Mortgage in full
or in part in the manner and at the time provided in Section 7.02; and provided
further, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Mortgaged
Property shall include only the real property (including fixtures) hereinabove
described and the Collateral described in the Security Agreement.
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THE MORTGAGOR ADDITIONALLY COVENANTS AND AGREES WITH THE MORTGAGEE AS
FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions and Interpretations
Section 1.1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Mortgage, but
not otherwise defined herein, are defined in, or are defined by reference in,
the Credit Agreement or, if not therein, in the Security Agreement, and have the
same meanings herein as therein.
(b) In addition, as used herein, the following terms have the following
meanings:
"Actionable Event of Default"means an Event of Default specified in clause
(a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
"Agreements" is defined in Granting Clause V.
"Awards" means, at any time, all awards or payments paid or payable by
reason of any Condemnation or in connection with any agreement with any
condemning authority which has been made in settlement of any proceeding
relating to a Condemnation.
"Bankruptcy Code" (or "Code") means the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended.
"Borrowers" means Xerox and the Overseas Borrowers.
"Business Day" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"CA Secured Obligations" means (a) all principal of and premium and
interest (including, without limitation, any Post-Petition Interest) on any Loan
outstanding from time to time under any LC Reimbursement Obligations (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) or any promissory note issued pursuant to, the Credit
Agreement, (b) all other amounts payable by any Borrower under the Credit
Agreement or under any other Loan Document (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (including any
Post-Petition Interest with respect to such amounts), and (c) any renewals,
refinancings or extensions of any of the foregoing (including Post-Petition
Interest).
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"Casualty" means any damage to, or destruction of, the Property by
reason of fire or any other cause or event.
"Collateral" is defined in the Security Agreement.
"Collateral Account" is defined in the Security Agreement.
"Collateral Agent" is defined in the Recitals.
"Condemnation" means any condemnation or other taking or temporary or
permanent requisition of the Property, any interest therein or right appurtenant
thereto, or any change of grade affecting the Property, as the result of the
exercise of any right of condemnation or eminent domain. A Transfer to a
governmental authority in lieu or anticipation of Condemnation shall be deemed
to be a Condemnation.
"Contingent CA Secured Obligation" means, at any time, any CA Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is contingent in nature at such time,
including any CA Secured Obligation that is: (i) an obligation to reimburse a
bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it, (ii) any
other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such
time, or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the
foregoing types of obligations.
"Credit Agreement" is defined in the second WHEREAS clause.
"Deposits" is defined in Granting Clause XI.
"Domestic Security Documents" means the Security Agreement, this
Mortgage, the Other Mortgages and each other Security Document (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) executed and delivered by a Domestic Credit Party (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
"Equipment" is defined in Granting Clause III.
"ESOP Guarantee Agreement" means the Guaranty and Agreement made by
Xerox dated as of October 1, 1993 (as amended from time to time) relating to the
Guaranteed ESOP Restructuring Notes due October 1, 2003 issued by Xerox
Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust.
"ESOP Notes" means the 7.89% (7.82% since January 1, 1993) Guaranteed
Series B ESOP Notes due October 1, 2002 and the Guaranteed ESOP
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Restructuring Notes due October 1, 2003, each issued by Xerox Corporation
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust, a Massachusetts trust.
"ESOP Secured Obligations" means the obligations of Xerox under the
ESOP Guarantee Agreement and shall include all outstanding amounts of the loans
guaranteed under the ESOP Guarantee Agreement and accrued and unpaid interest
and other amounts owing with respect thereto.
"Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" under the Credit
Agreement.
"Existing Credit Agreement" is defined in the first WHEREAS clause.
"GAAP" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Hazardous Materials" is defined in Credit Agreement.
"Impositions" means all taxes (including real estate taxes and transfer
taxes), assessments (including all assessments for public improvements or
benefits, whether or not commenced or completed prior to the date hereof), gas,
electricity, steam, water, sewer or other rents, rates and charges, excises,
levies, license fees, permit fees, inspection fees and other authorization fees
and other charges, in each case whether general or special, ordinary or
extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen, of every character (including all
interest and penalties thereon), which at any time may be assessed, levied,
confirmed or imposed on or in respect of, or be a Lien upon, (i) the Property,
any other Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, (ii) any occupancy, use or
possession of, or activity conducted on, the Property, (iii) the Rents, or (iv)
the Secured Obligations or the Security Documents, but excluding income, excess
profits, franchise, capital stock, estate, inheritance, succession, gift or
similar taxes of the Mortgagor or any Secured Party, except to the extent that
such taxes of the Mortgagor or any Secured Party are imposed in whole or in part
in lieu of, or as a substitute for, any taxes which are or would otherwise be
Impositions.
"Improvements" is defined in Granting Clause II.
"Insurance Policies" means the insurance policies and coverages
required to be maintained by the Mortgagor with respect to the Property pursuant
to Section 5.07 of the Credit Agreement.
"Insurance Premiums" means all premiums payable under the Insurance
Policies.
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"Insurance Proceeds" means, at any time, all insurance proceeds or
payments to which the Mortgagor may be or become entitled under the Insurance
Policies by reason of any Casualty plus all insurance proceeds and payments to
which the Mortgagor may be or become entitled by reason of any Casualty under
any other insurance policies or coverages maintained by the Mortgagor with
respect to the Property.
"Insurance Requirements" means all provisions of the Insurance
Policies, all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and
all orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions) applicable
to the Property, any adjoining vaults, sidewalks, parking areas or driveways, or
any use or condition thereof.
"Land" is defined in Granting Clause I.
"LC Disbursement" means a payment made by an LC Issuing Bank in respect
of a drawing under a Letter of Credit.
"LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by the
Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) at any time will be its Revolving Percentage (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) of the total LC Exposure at such time.
"Lease" means each lease, sublease, tenancy, subtenancy, license,
franchise, concession or other occupancy agreement relating to the Property,
together with any guarantee of the obligations of the tenant thereunder or any
right to possession under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Applicable Law in the
event of the rejection of any Lease by the landlord or its trustee pursuant to
said Code or said Applicable Law.
"Legal Requirements" means all provisions of the Leases, Agreements,
Permits and all provisions of Applicable Laws, statutes, codes, acts,
ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations,
directions and requirements of, and agreements with, governmental bodies,
agencies or officials, now or hereafter applicable to the Property, or any use
or condition thereof.
"Lenders" means the "Lenders" under the Credit Agreement.
"Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued pursuant to the
Credit Agreement.
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"Lien" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Loan Documents" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Loans" means loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to
the Credit Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" is defined in Credit Agreement.
"Mortgage" is defined in the Preamble.
"Mortgaged Property" is defined in the Granting Clauses.
"Mortgagee" is defined in the Preamble.
"Mortgagor" is defined in the Preamble.
"Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligation" means at any time any CA Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is not a Contingent CA Secured Obligation
at such time.
"Other Mortgages" is defined in Section 7.10.
"Overseas Borrowers" means (i) XCE, (ii) XCD and (iii) any other
Qualified Foreign Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as to which an
Election to Participate shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement; provided that the status
of any of the foregoing as an Overseas Borrower shall terminate if and when an
Election to Terminate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is delivered to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.19 of the Credit Agreement.
"Permits" is defined in Granting Clause VIII.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means the Security Interests, Liens and other
matters described in Exhibit B hereto.
"Permitted Liens" means the Security Interests and Liens on the
Collateral permitted to be created or assumed or to exist pursuant Section 6.02
of the Credit Agreement or pursuant to the Security Agreement.
"Person" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
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"Post-Default Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2% plus
the rate applicable to Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) Loans from
time to time.
"Post-Petition Interest" means, with respect to any obligation of any
Person, any interest that accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding
or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of such
Person (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy or
insolvency laws), whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable as a
claim in any such proceeding.
"Proceeds" is defined in the Security Agreement.
"Property" is defined in Granting Clause III.
"Receiver" is defined in Section 5.02(a)(iv).
"Release Conditions" means the following conditions for releasing all
the Mortgaged Property and terminating the Security Interests:
(i) all Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement
shall have expired or been terminated;
(ii) all Non-Contingent CA Secured Obligations shall have
been paid in full; and
(iii) no Contingent CA Secured Obligation shall remain
outstanding;
provided that the condition in clause (iii) shall not apply to outstanding
Letters of Credit if (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(y) Xerox or the applicable Borrower has granted to the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (or, if the obligations of the Revolving
Lenders to reimburse the applicable LC Issuing Banks have been terminated, to
such LC Issuing Banks), a Security Interest in Liquid Investments (as defined in
the Security Agreement) (or causes a bank acceptable to the Required Revolving
Lenders or such LC Issuing Banks, as the case may be, to issue a letter of
credit naming the Collateral Agent or such LC Issuing Banks as beneficiary) in
an amount at least equal to 105% of the LC Exposure (plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon) as of the date of such termination, on terms and conditions
and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Required Revolving
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or such LC Issuing Banks, as the
case may be.
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"Rents" is defined in Granting Clause VII.
"Required Lenders" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Restoration" means the restoration, repair, replacement or rebuilding
of the Property after a Casualty or Condemnation and "Restore" means to restore,
repair, replace or rebuild the Property after a Casualty or Condemnation, in
each case as nearly as possible to a value, utility and condition existing
immediately prior to such Casualty or Condemnation.
"Revolving Commitment" is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of Xerox.
"Secured Loan Amount" is defined in the fourth WHEREAS clause of this
Mortgage.
"Secured Obligations" means CA Secured Obligations of the Mortgagor,
the Xerox Guarantee, the ESOP Secured Obligations and the XCFI Secured
Obligations.
"Secured Parties" means (i) with respect to the CA Secured Obligations,
the Agents, the Lenders and the LC Issuing Banks (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), (ii) with respect to the ESOP Secured Obligations, the holders of
the ESOP Notes and (iii) with respect to the XCFI Secured Obligations, the
Trustee under each of the XCFI Indentures (and any successor Trustee thereunder)
for the benefit of the holders of the XCFI Debentures.
"Secured Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Subsidiary Guarantor other than
XCC.
"Security Agreement" means the Guarantee and Security Agreement dated
as of June ___, 2002, among the Mortgagor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party
thereto and the Mortgagee pursuant to which the Mortgagor and the Secured
Subsidiary Guarantors grant to the Mortgagee a security interest in certain
personal property.
"Security Interests" means the security interests in the Collateral
granted under the Domestic Security Documents securing the Secured Obligations.
"Security Deposit" means any payment, note, letter of credit or other
security or deposit made or given by or on behalf of a tenant under a Lease as
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security for the performance of its obligations thereunder, and any interest
accrued thereon.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means each Domestic Subsidiary listed on the
signature pages of the Security Agreement under the caption "Guarantors" and
each Domestic Subsidiary that shall, at any time, after the date thereof, become
a "Guarantor" pursuant to Section 19 of the Security Agreement.
"Transfer" means, when used as a noun, any sale, conveyance,
disposition, assignment, lease, license or other transfer and, when used as a
verb, to sell, convey, dispose, assign, lease, license or otherwise transfer, in
each case (i) whether voluntary or involuntary, (ii) whether direct or indirect
and (iii) including any agreement providing for a Transfer or granting any right
or option providing for a Transfer.
"Unavoidable Delays" means delays due to acts of God, fire, flood,
earthquake, explosion or other Casualty, inability to procure or shortage of
labor, equipment, facilities, sources of energy (including electricity, steam,
gas or gasoline), materials or supplies, failure of transportation, strikes,
lockouts, action of labor unions, Condemnation, litigation relating to Legal
Requirements, inability to obtain Permits or other causes beyond the reasonable
control of the Mortgagor, provided that lack of funds shall not be deemed to be
a cause beyond the control of the Mortgagor.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State in
which the Mortgaged Property is located, provided that if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection
or the priority of any Security Interest in any Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State in
which the Mortgaged Property is located, "Uniform Commercial Code" means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of
the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or
non-perfection or priority.
"XCD" means Xerox Canada Capital Ltd., a Canadian corporation.
"XCE" means Xerox Capital (Europe) plc, a company incorporated in
England and Wales.
"XCFI Debentures" means (a) the 10.70% Sinking Fund Debentures due 2006
issued pursuant to that certain Trust Indenture dated as of December 15, 1986,
as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth Supplemental Trust
Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada Inc., Xerox
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Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee and (b) the 12.15%
Sinking Fund Debentures due 2007 issued pursuant to that certain Trust Indenture
dated as of October 27, 1987, as supplemented and amended by the First through
Fourth Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox
Canada Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee.
"XCFI Indentures" means (a) that certain Trust Indenture dated as of
December 15, 1986, as supplemented and amended by the First through Fourth
Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada
Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National Trust Company, as Trustee and (b)
that certain Trust Indenture dated as of October 27, 1987, as supplemented and
amended by the First through Fourth Supplemental Trust Indentures, among Xerox
Canada Finance Inc., Xerox Canada Inc., Xerox Canada Holdings Inc. and National
Trust Company, as Trustee.
"XCFI Secured Obligations" means the obligations of the Mortgagor under
the XCFI Indentures and shall include all amounts outstanding under the XCFI
Debentures and accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing with respect
thereto.
"Xerox Guarantee" means the Mortgagor's guarantee of the Overseas CA
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement).
(c) In this Mortgage, unless otherwise specified, references to this
Mortgage, other Loan Documents, Leases, Permits and Agreements include all
amendments, supplements, consolidations, replacements, restatements, extensions,
renewals and other modifications thereof, in whole or in part.
Section 1.2. Interpretation. In this Mortgage, unless otherwise
specified: (a) singular words include the plural and plural words include the
singular; (b) words which include a number of constituent parts, things or
elements, including the terms Leases, Improvements, Land, Secured Obligations,
Property and Mortgaged Property, shall be construed as referring separately to
each constituent part, thing or element thereof, as well as to all of such
constituent parts, things or elements as a whole; (c) words importing any gender
include the other genders; (d) references to any Person include such Person's
successors and assigns and in the case of an individual, the word "successors"
includes such Person's heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators and
personal representatives; (e) references to any statute or other law include all
applicable rules, regulations and orders adopted or made thereunder and all
statutes or other laws amending, consolidating or replacing the statute or law
referred to; (f) the words "consent", "approve", "agree" and "request", and
derivations thereof or words of similar import, mean the prior written consent,
approval, agreement or
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request of the Person in question; (g) the words "include" and "including", and
words of similar import, shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without
limitation"; (h) the words "hereto", "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and
words of similar import, refer to this Mortgage in its entirety; (i) references
to Articles, Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, subsections, paragraphs and clauses
are to the Articles, Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, subsections, paragraphs and
clauses of this Mortgage; (j) the Schedules and Exhibits to this Mortgage are
incorporated herein by reference; (k) the titles and headings of Articles,
Sections, Schedules, Exhibits, subsections, paragraphs and clauses are inserted
as a matter of convenience and shall not affect the construction of this
Mortgage; (l) all obligations of the Mortgagor hereunder shall be satisfied by
the Mortgagor at the Mortgagor's sole cost and expense; and (m) all rights and
powers granted to the Mortgagee hereunder shall be deemed to be coupled with an
interest and be irrevocable.
Section 1.3. Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. The Mortgagor
acknowledges that it was represented by counsel in connection with this
Mortgage, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation
and negotiation of this Mortgage and that any rule of construction to the effect
that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party or the Mortgagee
shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Mortgage.
ARTICLE 2
Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants
Section 2.1. Title, Authority and Effectiveness. (a The Mortgagor
represents and warrants that (i) the Mortgagor has good and marketable title to
the fee simple interest in the Land and the Improvements, free and clear of all
Liens other than the Permitted Liens and defects in title that could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the
Mortgagor is the owner of, or has a valid leasehold interest in, the Equipment
and all other items constituting the Mortgaged Property, in each case free and
clear of all Liens other than the Permitted Liens and defects in title that
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii to
the knowledge of the appropriate property management personnel of the Mortgagor,
as of the date hereof, neither the Mortgaged Property nor any interest therein
is subject to any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to
purchase such Mortgaged Property or interest therein except as permitted under
the Credit Agreement; and (iv) this Mortgage constitutes a valid, binding and
enforceable agreement of the Mortgagor, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or moratorium or other
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similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general equitable principles, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law.
(b) The Mortgagor shall for as long as the Secured Obligations remain
outstanding and except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement, preserve,
protect, warrant and defend (i) its estate, right, title and interest in and to
the Mortgaged Property, (ii) the validity, enforceability and priority of the
Lien of this Mortgage on the Mortgaged Property, and (iii) the right, title and
interest of the Mortgagee and any purchaser at any sale of the Mortgaged
Property hereunder or relating hereto, in each case, against all other Liens,
subject only to the Permitted Liens.
(c) The Mortgagor, at its sole cost and expense, shall (i) upon the
request of the Mortgagee, promptly correct any defect or error which may be
discovered in this Mortgage or any financing statement or other document
relating hereto; and (ii) promptly execute, acknowledge, deliver, record and
re-record, register and re-register, and file and re-file this Mortgage and any
financing statements or other documents which the Mortgagee may require from
time to time (all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Mortgagee) in order (A0 to effectuate, complete, perfect, continue or preserve
the Lien of this Mortgage as a first Lien on the Mortgaged Property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, subject only to the Permitted Liens, or (B) to
effectuate, complete, perfect, continue or preserve any right, power or
privilege granted or intended to be granted to the Mortgagee hereunder or
otherwise accomplish the purposes of this Mortgage. To the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, the Mortgagor hereby authorizes the Mortgagee to
execute and file financing statements or continuation statements without the
Mortgagor's signature appearing thereon. The Mortgagor shall pay on demand the
costs of, or incidental to, any recording or filing of any financing or
continuation statement, or amendment thereto, concerning the Mortgaged Property.
(d) Upon the recording of this Mortgage in the appropriate county
recording offices, the Lien of this Mortgage and the Security Interest in the
Mortgaged Property constituting real property and fixtures granted hereby shall
be a perfected first Lien on and Security Interest in such Mortgaged Property
prior to all Liens on and security interests in such Property other than the
Permitted Liens and defects in title that could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Nothing herein shall be construed to subordinate the Lien of this
Mortgage to any Permitted Lien to which the Lien of this Mortgage is not
otherwise subordinate.
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Section 2.02. Secured Obligations. The Mortgagor shall duly and
punctually pay, perform and observe the Secured Obligations at the time and
place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Section 2.03. Impositions. Except as may be otherwise permitted under
the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor shall (i) duly and punctually pay all
Impositions that if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect, other
than Impositions that are being contested in accordance with the Credit
Agreement; (ii) not make any deduction from or claim any credit on any Secured
Obligation by reason of any Imposition and, to the extent permitted under Legal
Requirements, hereby irrevocably waives any right to do so; and (iii) upon
request, promptly deliver to the Mortgagee such information and documents with
respect to the matters referred to in this Section as the Mortgagee shall
reasonably request.
Section 2.04. Insurance Requirements. The Mortgagor represents and
warrants that (i) as of the date hereof, the Property and the use and operation
thereof comply in all material respects with all Insurance Requirements; (ii) as
of the date hereof, there is no material default under any Insurance
Requirement; and (iii the execution, delivery and performance of this Mortgage
will not contravene in any material respect any provision of or constitute a
material default under any Insurance Requirement.
Section 2.05. Care of the Property. The Mortgagor shall (i) operate and
maintain the Property, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same
to be operated and maintained, in good working order and condition in accordance
with past practice, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where failure to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)
promptly make, or cause to be made, all Restorations of and to the Property
required by the Credit Agreement and all other Restorations of and to the
Property, whether interior or exterior, structural or nonstructural, foreseen or
unforeseen, which may be necessary or appropriate to keep the Property in good
order, repair and condition in accordance with past practice, which Restoration
shall be equal in quality to or better than the Property as of the date hereof
except where failures to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (iii upon request, promptly deliver to the
Mortgagee such information and documents with respect to the matters referred to
in this Section as the Mortgagee shall reasonably request.
Section 2.06. Liens. The Mortgagor shall not create or permit to be
created or to remain, and shall immediately discharge or cause to be discharged,
any Lien on the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, in each case (i)
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whether voluntarily or involuntarily created, (ii) whether directly or
indirectly a Lien thereon and (iii) whether or not subordinated hereto, except,
in each case, for Permitted Liens. The provisions of this Section shall apply to
each and every Lien (other than Permitted Liens on the Mortgaged Property or any
interest therein, regardless of whether or not a consent to, or waiver of a
right to consent to, any other Lien thereon has been previously obtained in
accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. Nothing herein shall obligate
the Mortgagor to remove any inchoate statutory Lien in respect of obligations
not yet due and payable.
Section 2.07. Transfer. The Mortgagor shall not Transfer, or suffer any
Transfer of, the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof or interest therein,
except as permitted or contemplated by Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document. The provisions of this Section shall apply to each and
every Transfer of the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, regardless of
whether or not a consent to, or waiver of a right to consent to, any other
Transfer thereof has been previously obtained in accordance with the provisions
of the Loan Documents.
Section 2.08. Certain Amounts. If the Mortgagee exercises any of its
rights or remedies under this Mortgage, or if any actions or proceedings
(including any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceedings) are
commenced in which the Mortgagee is made a party and is obliged to defend or
uphold or enforce this Mortgage or the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder or the
terms of any Lease (and at such time an Event of Default shall have occurred and
is continuing), or if a condemnation proceeding is instituted affecting the
Mortgaged Property (and at such time an Event of Default shall have occurred and
is continuing), the Mortgagor will pay all reasonable sums, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the Mortgagee related to the
exercise of any remedy or right of the Mortgagee pursuant hereto and the
reasonable expenses of any such action or proceeding together with all statutory
or other costs, disbursements and allowances, interest thereon from the date of
demand for payment thereof at the Post-Default Rate, and such sums and the
interest thereon shall, to the extent permissible by law, be a Lien on the
Mortgaged Property prior to any right, title to, interest in or claim upon the
Mortgaged Property attaching or accruing subsequent to the recording of this
Mortgage and shall be secured by this Mortgage to the extent permitted by law.
Any payment of amounts due under this Mortgage not made on or before the due
date for such payments (including any applicable notice and grace period) shall
accrue interest daily without notice from the due date until paid at the
Post-Default Rate, and such interest at the Post-Default Rate shall be
immediately due upon demand by the Mortgagee.
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ARTICLE 3
Insurance, Casualty and Condemnation
Section 3.01. Insurance. (a) The Mortgagor shall maintain in full force
and effect Insurance Policies with respect to the Property as required by
Section 5.07 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) If at any time the area in which any Improvement is located is
designated a "flood hazard area" in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), the Mortgagor
shall obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Mortgagee may from time
to time reasonably require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood
Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as
amended from time to time. As of the date hereof, the Mortgagee acknowledges
that the Improvements are not located in a "flood hazard area."
Section 3.02. Casualty. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that, as
of the date hereof, there is no material Casualty affecting the Property.
Section 3.03. Insurance Proceeds. Any Insurance Proceeds received by
the Mortgagor shall be collected and applied in accordance with Section
2.10(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement and Section 14 of the Security Agreement.
Section 3.04. Condemnation. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that,
as of the date hereof, (i) it has not received any written notice of any
Condemnation affecting the Property, (ii) to the knowledge of the appropriate
property management personnel of the Mortgagor, there are no negotiations or
proceedings which might result in such a Condemnation, and (iii) to the
knowledge of the appropriate property management personnel of the Mortgagor, no
such Condemnation is proposed or threatened.
Section 3.05. Condemnation Awards. Any Award received by the Mortgagor
shall be collected and applied in accordance with Section 2.10(b)(iii) of the
Credit Agreement and Section 14 of the Security Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
Certain Secured Obligations
Section 4.01. Maximum Amount of Indebtedness. The maximum aggregate
principal amount of indebtedness that is, or under any contingency may be,
secured by this Mortgage (including a Borrower's obligation to reimburse
advances made by any Lender following the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default), either at execution or at any time thereafter, shall
not exceed the Secured Loan Amount, plus, to the extent permissible under
Applicable Law, amounts that Mortgagee expends after an Event of Default under
this Mortgage to the extent that any such amounts shall constitute payment of
(i) taxes, charges or assessments that may be imposed by law upon any Mortgaged
Property; (ii) premiums on insurance policies covering any Mortgaged Property;
(iii expenses incurred in upholding the Lien of this Mortgage, including the
expenses of any litigation to prosecute or defend the rights and Lien created by
this Mortgage; or (iv) any amount, cost or charge to which Mortgagee becomes
subrogated, upon payment, whether under recognized principles of law or equity,
or under express statutory authority; then, and in each such event, such amounts
or costs, together with interest thereon, shall be added to the indebtedness
secured hereby and shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Section 4.02. Treatment of Borrowing and Repayments. Pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, the amount of the Secured Obligations may increase and
decrease from time to time as Lenders advance, Borrowers repay, and Lenders
readvance sums on account of the Secured Obligations, all as more fully
described in the Credit Agreement; provided that, as more fully described in the
Credit Agreement, the Term Loans under the Credit Agreement may not be
reborrowed after they are repaid. For purposes of this Mortgage, so long as the
unpaid balance of the Secured Obligations equal or exceed the Secured Loan
Amount, the amount of the Secured Obligations secured by this Mortgage shall at
all times equal only the Secured Loan Amount as more fully described in Section
4.01. Such Secured Loan Amount represents only a portion of the first sums
advanced by Lenders with respect to the Secured Obligations.
Section 4.03. Reduction of Secured Loan Amount. The Secured Loan Amount
shall be reduced only by the last and final sums that Borrowers repay with
respect to the Secured Obligations and shall not be reduced by any intervening
repayments of the Secured Obligations by Borrowers. As of the Effective Date,
the total amount of the Secured Obligations exceeds the Secured Loan Amount, so
that the Secured Loan Amount represents only a portion of the Secured
Obligations actually outstanding.
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Section 4.04. Application of Payments and Repayments. Notwithstanding
anything herein or in any Domestic Security Document to the contrary, so long as
the balance of the Secured Obligations exceeds the Secured Loan Amount, any
payments and repayments of any Secured Obligation by any Borrower shall not be
deemed to be applied against, or to reduce, the portion of the Secured
Obligations secured by this Mortgage, as more fully described in Section 4.01.
Such payments shall instead be deemed to reduce only such portions of the
Secured Obligations as are secured by mortgages encumbering real property
located outside the State of New York, which mortgages secure the entire Secured
Obligations (except to the extent, if any, that specific mortgages in such
states contain specific limitations on the amount secured).
Section 4.05. Limitation on Prepayment; Effect of Excessive Prepayment.
In the event the aggregate unpaid balance of the Secured Obligations is reduced
(as provided in Sections 4.03 and 4.04) below the Secured Loan Amount this
Mortgage shall not thereafter secure any further advances or readvances of
Secured Obligations thereafter made pursuant to the Credit Agreement unless and
until an additional instrument which evidences such further advances or
readvances, if any, is recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of the county
or counties of New York in which the Mortgaged Property is located and any
mortgage recording taxes payable with respect to such instrument and/or such
further advances or readvances are paid. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in the event the aggregate unpaid balance of the Secured Obligations
is reduced (as provided in Sections 4.03 and 4.04) below the Secured Loan Amount
and a Borrower thereafter requests further advances or readvances, the Mortgagor
shall execute, acknowledge and record such an instrument in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Mortgagee and pay any additional mortgage
recording taxes attributable thereto and/or to such further advances or
readvances.
Section 4.06. No Limitation on Certain Rights. Nothing in the foregoing
paragraphs relating to the Secured Loan Amount and treatment of payments,
repayments, advances and readvances shall be deemed or construed to: (i) prevent
Borrowers from fully prepaying the Loans in accordance with the Credit
Agreement; (ii) prevent Borrowers from obtaining the release of the Mortgaged
Property to the extent otherwise provided for in the Loan Documents; or (iii)
limit or impair any Lender's remedies, including any Lender's right to require
repayment of the Loans (as more fully described in the Credit Agreement) upon an
Event of Default.
Section 4.07. Right to Perform Obligations. If an Event of Default
arises as a result of the failure by Mortgagor to pay or perform any of its
obligations under Section 2.03 or if an Actionable Event of Default shall have
occurred and is continuing or upon an acceleration of the Loans in accordance
with the terms of
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the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagee shall have the right, (i) with simultaneous
notice if such payment or performance is necessary in the reasonable opinion of
the Mortgagee to preserve the Mortgagee's rights under this Mortgage or with
respect to the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) after notice given reasonably in
advance to allow the Mortgagor an opportunity to cure, to pay or perform such
obligation, provided the Mortgagor is not contesting payment or performance in
accordance with the Credit Agreement, and further provided that no such payment
or performance shall be construed to be a cure of any Default or waiver of any
Default or Secured Obligation. If pursuant to this Section 4.07, the Mortgagee
shall make any payment on behalf of the Mortgagor or shall incur hereunder any
expense for which the Mortgagee is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to the
provisions of the Loan Documents, such Secured Obligation shall be repayable on
demand and shall bear interest from the date incurred at the Post-Default Rate.
Such interest, and any other interest on the Secured Obligations payable at the
Post-Default Rate pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, shall accrue
through the date paid notwithstanding any intervening judgment of foreclosure or
sale. All such interest shall be part of the Secured Obligations and shall be
secured by this Mortgage.
Section 4.08. Changes in the Laws Regarding Taxation. If after the date
hereof there is enacted any Applicable Law deducting from the value of the
Property for the purpose of taxation the Lien of any Security Document or
changing in any way the Applicable Law for the taxation of mortgages, deeds of
trust or other Liens or obligations secured thereby, or the manner of collection
of such taxes, so as to adversely affect this Mortgage, the CA Secured
Obligations, or any Secured Party holding CA Secured Obligations, upon demand by
the Mortgagee or any other affected Secured Party holding CA Secured Obligations
and to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, the Mortgagor shall
pay all taxes, assessments or other charges resulting therefrom or shall
reimburse such Secured Party for all such taxes, assessments or other charges
which such Secured Party is obligated to pay as a result thereof.
Section 4.09. Indemnification. The Mortgagor shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnitee (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from and against
all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee,
incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee, arising out of, in connection
with, or as a result of, (a) the Mortgagee's exercise of any of its rights and
remedies hereunder; (b) any accident, injury to or death of persons or loss of
or damage to property occurring in, on or about the Mortgaged Property or any
part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent
parking areas, street or ways (other than to the extent the same may occur from
and after ownership and possession of the Mortgaged Property is transferred to a
purchaser at a foreclosure
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sale or otherwise); and (c) any other conduct or misconduct of the Mortgagor,
any lessee or other occupant of any of the Mortgaged Property, or any of their
respective agents, contractors, subcontractors, servants, employees, licensees
or invitees (other than to the extent the same may occur from and after
ownership and possession of the Mortgaged Property is transferred to a purchaser
at a foreclosure sale or otherwise); provided, however, such indemnity shall not
be available to any Indemnitee to the extent that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and unappealable judgment to have resulted from such
Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any amount payable under
this Section will be payable on demand, be deemed a CA Secured Obligation and
will bear interest pursuant to Section 4.07. The obligations of the Mortgagor
under this Section shall survive the release of this Mortgage.
ARTICLE 5
Defaults, Remedies and Rights
Section 5.01. Events of Default. (a) Any Event of Default under the
Credit Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder.
(b) All notice and cure periods provided in the Credit Agreement shall
run concurrently with any notice or cure periods provided under Applicable Law.
Section 5.02. Remedies. (a) Upon an acceleration of the Loans in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagee shall have the
right and power to exercise any of the following remedies and rights, subject to
mandatory provisions of Applicable Law, to wit:
(i) to institute a proceeding or proceedings, by advertisement
judicial process or otherwise as provided under Applicable Law, for the
complete or partial foreclosure of this Mortgage or the complete or
partial sale of the Mortgaged Property under the power of sale
hereunder or under any Applicable Law; or
(ii) to sell the Mortgaged Property, and all estate, right,
title, interest, claim and demand of the Mortgagor therein and thereto,
and all rights of redemption thereof, at one or more sales, as an
entirety or in parcels, with such elements of real or personal
property, at such time and place and upon such terms as the Mortgagee
may deem expedient or as may be required under Applicable Law, and in
the event of a sale hereunder or under any Applicable Law of less than
all of the Mortgaged Property,
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this Mortgage shall continue as a Lien on the remaining Mortgaged
Property; or
(iii) to institute a suit, action or proceeding for the specific
performance of any of the provisions of this Mortgage; or
(iv) to be entitled to the appointment of a receiver,
supervisor, trustee, liquidator, conservator or other custodian (a
"Receiver") of the Mortgaged Property, without notice to Mortgagor, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, as a matter of right and without
regard to, or the necessity to disprove, the adequacy of the security
for the Secured Obligations or the solvency of the Mortgagor or any
other Borrower, and the Mortgagor hereby, to the fullest extent
permitted by Applicable Law, irrevocably waives such necessity and
consents to such appointment, without notice, said appointee to be
vested with the fullest powers permitted under Applicable Law,
including to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law those
under Section 5.02(a)(v); or
(v) to enter upon the Property, by the Mortgagee or a Receiver
(whichever is the Person exercising the rights under this clause), and,
to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, exclude the Mortgagor and
its managers, employees, contractors, agents and other representatives
therefrom in accordance with Applicable Law, without liability for
trespass, damages or otherwise, and take possession of all other
Mortgaged Property and all books, records and accounts relating
thereto, and upon demand the Mortgagor shall surrender possession of
the Property, the other Mortgaged Property and such books, records and
accounts to the Person exercising the rights under this clause; and
having and holding the same, the Person exercising the rights under
this clause may use, operate, manage, preserve, control and otherwise
deal therewith and conduct the business thereof, either personally or
by its managers, employees, contractors, agents or other
representatives, without interference from the Mortgagor or its
managers, employees, contractors, agents and other representatives;
and, upon each such entry and from time to time thereafter, at the
expense of the Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property, without
interference by the Mortgagor or its managers, employees, contractors,
agents and other representatives, the Person exercising the rights
under this clause may, as such Person deems expedient, (A) insure or
reinsure the Property, (B) make all necessary or proper repairs,
renewals, replacements, alterations, additions, Restorations,
betterments and improvements to the Property and (C) in such Person's
own name or, at the option of such Person, in the Mortgagor's name,
exercise all rights, powers and privileges of the Mortgagor with
respect to the Mortgaged
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Property, including the right to enter into Leases with respect to the
Property, including Leases extending beyond the time of possession by
the Person exercising the rights under this clause; and the Person
exercising the rights under this clause shall not be liable to account
for any action taken hereunder, other than for Rents actually received
by such Person, and shall not be liable for any loss sustained by the
Mortgagor resulting from any failure to let the Property or from any
other act or omission of such Person, except to the extent such loss
is caused by such Person's own willful misconduct or gross negligence;
or
(vi) with or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law
without entry upon the Property, in the name of the Mortgagee or a
Receiver (as required by law and whichever is the Person exercising the
rights under this clause) or, at such Person's option, in the name of
the Mortgagor, to collect, receive, sue for and recover all Rents and
proceeds of or derived from the Mortgaged Property, and after deducting
therefrom all costs, expenses and liabilities of every character
incurred by the Person exercising the rights under this clause in
collecting the same and in using, operating, managing, preserving and
controlling the Mortgaged Property and otherwise in exercising the
rights under Section 5.02(a)(v) or any other rights hereunder,
including all amounts necessary to pay Impositions, Rents, Insurance
Premiums and other costs, expenses and liabilities relating to the
Property, as well as compensation for the services of such Person and
its managers, employees, contractors, agents or other representatives,
to apply the remainder as provided in Section 5.06; or
(vii) to take any action with respect to any Mortgaged Property
permitted under the UCC in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Domestic Security Agreement; or
(viii) to take any other action, or pursue any other remedy or
right, as the Mortgagee may have under Applicable Law, and the
Mortgagor does hereby grant the same to the Mortgagee; or
(ix) to exercise any rights and remedies pursuant to Article 14
of RPAPL entitled "Foreclosure of Mortgage by Power of Sale"; or
(x) to declare all sums secured hereby to be immediately due
and payable, without presentment, demand, notice of any kind, protest
or notice of protest, all of which are expressly waived.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
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(i) each remedy or right hereunder shall be in addition to, and
not exclusive or in limitation of, any other remedy or right hereunder,
under any other Loan Document or under Applicable Law;
(ii) every remedy or right hereunder, under any other Loan
Document or under Applicable Law may be exercised concurrently or
independently and whenever and as often as deemed appropriate by the
Mortgagee;
(iii) no failure to exercise or delay in exercising any remedy or
right hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under Applicable Law
shall be construed as a waiver of any Default hereunder or under any
other Loan Document;
(iv) no waiver of, failure to exercise or delay in exercising
any remedy or right hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under
Applicable Law upon any Default hereunder or under any other Loan
Document shall be construed as a waiver of, or otherwise limit the
exercise of, such remedy or right upon any other or subsequent Default
hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(v) no single or partial exercise of any remedy or right
hereunder, under any other Loan Document or under Applicable Law upon
any Default hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall preclude
or otherwise limit the exercise of any other remedy or right hereunder,
under any other Loan Document or under Applicable Law upon such Default
or upon any other or subsequent Default hereunder or under any other
Loan Document;
(vi) the acceptance by the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party
of any payment less than the amount of the Secured Obligation in
question shall be deemed to be an acceptance on account only and shall
not be construed as a waiver of any Default hereunder or under any
other Loan Document with respect thereto; and
(vii) the acceptance by the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party
of any payment of, or on account of, any Secured Obligation shall not
be deemed to be a waiver of any Default hereunder or under any other
Loan Document with respect to any other Secured Obligation.
(c) If the Mortgagee has proceeded to enforce any remedy or right
hereunder or with respect hereto by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, it
may compromise, discontinue or abandon such proceeding for any reason without
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notice to the Mortgagor or any other Person (other than other Secured Parties as
may be required by the other Loan Documents or the ESOP Guarantee Agreements or
the XCFI Indentures), and, in the event that any such proceeding shall be
discontinued, abandoned or determined adversely for any reason, the Mortgagor
and the Mortgagee shall retain and be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder with respect to the Mortgaged Property, subject to the Lien
hereof except to the extent any such adverse determination specifically provides
to the contrary.
(d) For the purpose of carrying out any provisions of Section 2.01(c),
4.07, 5.02(a)(v), 5.02(a)(vi), 5.05 or 5.07 or any other provision hereunder
authorizing the Mortgagee or any other Person to perform any action on behalf of
the Mortgagor upon an Actionable Event of Default or upon an acceleration of the
Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagor hereby
irrevocably appoints the Mortgagee or a Receiver appointed pursuant to Section
5.02(a)(vi) or such other Person (as the case may be as the Person appointed
under this subsection) as the attorney-in-fact of the Mortgagor (with a power to
substitute any other Person in its place as such attorney-in-fact) to act in the
name of the Mortgagor or, at the option of the Person appointed to act under
this subsection, in such Person's own name, to take the action authorized under
Section 2.01(c), 4.07, 5.02(a)(v), 5.02(a)(vi), 5.05 or 5.07 or such other
provision, and to execute, acknowledge and deliver any document in connection
therewith or to take any other action incidental thereto as the Person appointed
to act under this subsection shall deem appropriate in its discretion; and the
Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs any other Person to rely and
act on behalf of the foregoing appointment and a certificate of the Person
appointed to act under this subsection that such Person is authorized to act
under this subsection.
Section 5.03. Waivers by the Mortgagor. To the fullest extent permitted
under Applicable Law, the Mortgagor shall not assert, and hereby irrevocably
waives, any right or defense the Mortgagor may have under any statute or rule of
law or equity now or hereafter in effect relating to (i) appraisement,
valuation, homestead exemption, extension, moratorium, stay, statute of
limitations, redemption, marshalling of the Mortgaged Property or the other
assets of the Mortgagor, sale of the Mortgaged Property in any order or notice
of deficiency or intention to accelerate any Secured Obligation; (ii) impairment
of any right of subrogation or reimbursement; (iii) any requirement that at any
time any action must be taken against any other Person, any portion of the
Mortgaged Property or any other asset of the Mortgagor or any other Person; (iv)
any provision barring or limiting the right of the Mortgagee to sell any
Mortgaged Property after any other sale of any other Mortgaged Property or any
other action against the Mortgagor or any other Person; (v) any provision
barring or limiting the recovery by the Mortgagee of a deficiency after any sale
of the Mortgaged Property; (vi) any other
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provision of Applicable Law which might defeat, limit or adversely affect any
right or remedy of the Mortgagee or the holders of the Secured Obligations under
or with respect to this Mortgage or any other Security Document as it relates to
any Mortgaged Property; or (vii) the right of the Mortgagee to foreclose this
Mortgage in its own name on behalf of all of the Secured Parties by judicial
action as the real party in interest without the necessity of joining any other
Secured Party.
Section 5.04. Jurisdiction and Process. (a) To the extent permitted
under Applicable Law, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Mortgage or any other Security Document as it relates to any
Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor irrevocably consents to (i) the jurisdiction
of any state or federal court sitting in the State in which the Property is
located and irrevocably waives any defense or objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the jurisdiction of such court or the venue of such court for
or the convenience of such court as the forum for any such suit, action or
proceeding, and (ii) the service of (A) any process in any such suit, action or
proceeding, or (B) any notice relating to any sale, or the exercise of any other
remedy by the Mortgagee hereunder by sending a copy of such process or notice by
prepaid overnight courier or United States registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested to the Mortgagor at its address specified in
or pursuant to Section 7.03, such service to be effective when received at the
address specified or when delivery at such address is refused.
(b) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of the Mortgagee to
bring any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage
or any other Security Document in any court having jurisdiction under the
provisions of any other Security Document or Applicable Law or to serve any
process, notice of sale or other notice in any manner permitted by any other
Security Document or Applicable Law.
Section 5.05. Sales. Subject to Section 4.01 and 5.02(a) and except as
otherwise provided herein, to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law,
at the election of the Mortgagee, the following provisions shall apply to any
sale of the Mortgaged Property hereunder, whether made pursuant to the power of
sale hereunder, any judicial proceeding or any judgment or decree of foreclosure
or sale or otherwise:
(a) The Mortgagee or the court officer (whichever is the Person
conducting any sale) may conduct any number of sales from time to time. The
power of sale hereunder shall not be exhausted by any sale as to any part or
parcel of the Mortgaged Property which is not sold, unless and until the Secured
Obligations shall have been paid in full, and shall not be exhausted or impaired
by any sale which is not completed or is defective. Any sale may be as a whole
or in
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part or parcels and as provided in Section 5.03, the Mortgagor has thereby
waived its right to direct the order in which the Mortgaged Property or any part
or parcel thereof is sold.
(b) Any sale may be postponed or adjourned by public announcement at
the time and place appointed for such sale or for such postponed or adjourned
sale without further notice.
(c) After each sale, the Person conducting such sale shall execute and
deliver to the purchaser or purchasers at such sale a good and sufficient
instrument or instruments granting, conveying, assigning and transferring all
right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in and to the Mortgaged Property sold
and shall receive the proceeds of such sale and apply the same as provided in
Section 5.06. The Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints the Person conducting
such sale as the attorney-in-fact of the Mortgagor (with full power to
substitute any other Person in its place as such attorney-in-fact) to act in the
name of the Mortgagor or, at the option of the Person conducting such sale, in
such Person's own name, to make without warranty by such Person any conveyance,
assignment, transfer or delivery of the Mortgaged Property sold, and to execute,
acknowledge and deliver any instrument of conveyance, assignment, transfer or
delivery or other document in connection therewith or to take any other action
incidental thereto, as the Person conducting such sale shall deem appropriate in
its discretion; and the Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs any
other Person to rely and act upon the foregoing appointment and a certificate of
the Person conducting such sale that such Person is authorized to act hereunder.
Nevertheless, upon the request of such attorney-in-fact the Mortgagor shall
promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any documentation which such
attorney-in-fact may reasonably require for the purpose of ratifying, confirming
or effectuating the powers granted hereby or any such conveyance, assignment,
transfer or delivery by such attorney-in-fact.
(d) Any statement of fact or other recital made in any instrument
referred to in Section 5.05(c) given by the Person conducting any sale as to the
nonpayment of any Secured Obligation, the occurrence of any Event of Default,
the amount of the Secured Obligations due and payable, the request to the
Mortgagee to sell, the notice of the time, place and terms of sale and of the
Mortgaged Property to be sold having been duly given, the refusal, failure or
inability of the Mortgagee to act, the appointment of any substitute or
successor agent, any other act or thing having been duly done by the Mortgagor,
the Mortgagee or any other such Person, shall be taken as conclusive and binding
against all other Persons as evidence of the truth of the facts so stated or
recited. The Person conducting any sale may appoint or delegate any other Person
as agent to perform any act necessary or incident to such sale, including the
posting of
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notices and the conduct of such sale, but in the name and on behalf of the
Person conducting such sale.
(e) The receipt by the Person conducting any sale of the purchase money
paid at such sale shall be sufficient discharge therefor to any purchaser of any
Mortgaged Property sold, and no such purchaser, or its representatives, grantees
or assigns, after paying such purchase price and receiving such receipt, shall
be bound to see to the application of such purchase price or any part thereof
upon or for any trust or purpose of this Mortgage or, in any manner whatsoever,
be answerable for any loss, misapplication or nonapplication of any such
purchase money or be bound to inquire as to the authorization, necessity,
expediency or regularity of such sale.
(f) Subject to mandatory provisions of Applicable Law, any sale shall
operate to divest all of the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand
whatsoever, whether at law or in equity, of the Mortgagor in and to the
Mortgaged Property sold, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity
against the Mortgagor and any and all Persons claiming such Mortgaged Property
or any interest therein by, through or under the Mortgagor.
(g) At any sale, the Mortgagee may bid for and acquire the Mortgaged
Property sold and, in lieu of paying cash therefor, may make settlement for the
purchase price by causing the Secured Parties to credit against the Secured
Obligations, including the expenses of the sale and the cost of any enforcement
proceeding hereunder, the amount of the bid made therefor to the extent
necessary to satisfy such bid.
(h) If the Mortgagor or any Person claiming by, through or under the
Mortgagor shall transfer or fail to surrender possession of the Mortgaged
Property, after the exercise by the Mortgagee of the Mortgagee's remedies under
Section 5.02(a)(v) or after any sale of the Mortgaged Property pursuant hereto,
then the Mortgagor or such Person shall be deemed a tenant at sufferance of the
purchaser at such sale, subject to eviction by means of summary process for
possession of land, or subject to any other right or remedy available hereunder
or under Applicable Law.
(i) Upon any sale, it shall not be necessary for the Person conducting
such sale to have any Mortgaged Property being sold present or constructively in
its possession.
(j) If a sale hereunder shall be commenced by the Mortgagee, the
Mortgagee may at any time before the sale abandon the sale, and may institute
suit for the collection of the Secured Obligations or for the foreclosure of
this
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Mortgage; or if the Mortgagee should institute a suit for collection of the
Secured Obligations or the foreclosure of this Mortgage, the Mortgagee may at
any time before the entry of final judgment in said suit dismiss the same and
sell the Mortgaged Property in accordance with the provisions of this Mortgage.
Section 5.6. Proceeds. Subject to Section 4.01 and except as otherwise
provided herein or required under Applicable Law, the proceeds of any sale of,
or other realization upon, the Mortgaged Property hereunder, whether made
pursuant to the power of sale hereunder, any judicial proceeding or any judgment
or decree of foreclosure or sale or otherwise shall be applied and paid in
accordance with Section 14 of the Security Agreement.
Section 5.7. Assignment of Leases. (a) Subject to paragraph 5.07(d)
below, the assignments of the Leases and the Rents under Granting Clauses VI and
VII are and shall be present, absolute and irrevocable assignments by the
Mortgagor to the Mortgagee and, subject to the license to the Mortgagor under
Section 5.07(b), the Mortgagee or a Receiver appointed pursuant to Section
5.02(a)(iv) (as the case may be as the Person exercising the rights under this
Section) shall have the absolute, immediate and continuing right to collect and
receive all Rents now or hereafter, including during any period of redemption,
accruing with respect to the Property. At the request of the Mortgagee or such
Receiver, the Mortgagor shall promptly execute, acknowledge, deliver, record,
register and file any additional general assignment of the Leases or specific
assignment of any Lease which the Mortgagee or such Receiver may reasonably
require from time to time (all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Mortgagee or such Receiver) to effectuate, complete, perfect, continue or
preserve the assignments of the Leases and the Rents under Granting Clauses VI
and VII. Neither the acceptance hereof nor the exercise of the rights and
remedies hereunder nor any other action on the part of the Mortgagee or any
Person exercising the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder shall be construed to be
an assumption by the Mortgagee or any such Person of, or to otherwise make the
Mortgagee or such Person liable or responsible for, any of the obligations of
the Mortgagor under or with respect to the Leases or for any Rent, Security
Deposit or other amount delivered to the Mortgagor, provided that the Mortgagee
or any such Person exercising the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder shall be
accountable as provided in Section 5.07(c) for any Rents, Security Deposits or
other amounts actually received by the Mortgagee or such Person, as the case may
be. Neither the acceptance hereof nor the exercise of the rights and remedies
hereunder nor any other action on the part of the Mortgagee or any Person
exercising the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder shall be construed to obligate
the Mortgagee or any such Person to take any action under or with respect to the
Leases or with respect to the Property, to incur any expense or perform or
discharge any duty or obligation under or with respect to the Leases or with
respect to the Property, to
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appear in or defend any action or proceeding relating to the Leases or the
Property, to constitute the Mortgagee as a mortgagee in possession (unless the
assignee hereunder actually enters and takes possession of the Property), or to
be liable in any way for any injury or damage to person or property sustained by
any Person in or about the Property other than to the extent caused by the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Mortgagee or any Person exercising
the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder.
(b) Prior to the occurrence of an Actionable Event of Default or the
acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
the Mortgagor shall have a license granted hereby to collect and receive all
Rents and apply the same subject to the provisions of the Loan Documents. This
license shall terminate, at the option of the Mortgagee, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Actionable Event of Default or upon an acceleration
of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(c) If an Actionable Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
upon an acceleration of the Loans in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the Mortgagee or a Receiver appointed pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(iv)
(as the case may be as the Person exercising the rights under this Section)
shall have the right to terminate the license granted under Section 5.07(b) by
notice to the Mortgagor and to exercise the rights and remedies provided under
Sections 5.07(a), 5.02(a)(v), 5.02(a)(vi) or any Applicable Law. If an
Actionable Event of Default is continuing or upon an acceleration of the Loans
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, upon demand by the Person
exercising the rights under this Section, the Mortgagor shall promptly pay to
such Person all Security Deposits under the Leases and all Rents allocable to
any period after such Actionable Event of Default or acceleration of the Loans.
Subject to Sections 5.02(a)(v) and 5.02(a)(vi) and any applicable requirement of
law, any Rents received hereunder by such Receiver shall be promptly paid to the
Mortgagee, and any Rents received hereunder by the Mortgagee shall be deposited
in the applicable Collateral Account, to be held, applied and disbursed as
provided in the Security Agreement, provided that, subject to Sections
5.02(a)(v) and 5.02(a)(vi) and any applicable requirement of law, any Security
Deposits actually received by such Receiver shall be promptly paid to the
Mortgagee, and any Security Deposits actually received by the Mortgagee shall be
held, applied and disbursed as provided in the applicable Leases and Applicable
Law.
(d) Nothing herein shall be construed to be an assumption by the Person
exercising the rights under this Section, or otherwise to make such Person
liable for the performance, of any of the obligations of the Mortgagor under the
Leases, provided that such Person shall be accountable as provided in Section
5.07(c) for any Rents or Security Deposits actually received by such Person.
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Section 5.08. Dealing with the Mortgaged Property. Subject to Section 7.02,
the Mortgagee shall have the right to release any portion of the Mortgaged
Property to or at the request of the Mortgagor, for such consideration as the
Mortgagee may reasonably require without, as to the remainder of the Mortgaged
Property, in any way impairing or affecting the Lien or priority of this
Mortgage, or improving the position of any subordinate lienholder with respect
thereto, or the position of any guarantor, endorser, co-maker or other obligor
of the Secured Obligations, except to the extent that the Secured Obligations
shall have been reduced by any actual monetary consideration received for such
release and applied to the Secured Obligations, and may accept by assignment,
pledge or otherwise any other property in place thereof as the Mortgagee may
reasonably require without being accountable therefor to any other lienholder.
Section 5.09. Information and Right of Entry. (a) Upon reasonable request
by the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor shall deliver to the Mortgagee promptly after
such request or, if requested by the Mortgagee, on a continuing or periodic
basis, any information, certificates and documents with respect to the matters
referred to in this Mortgage as the Mortgagor shall reasonably request in order
to protect its rights under this Mortgage or with respect to the Mortgaged
Property.
(b) The Mortgagee and the representatives of the Mortgagee shall have the
right, (i) with simultaneous notice, if any payment or performance is necessary
in the reasonable opinion of the Mortgagee to preserve the Mortgagee's rights
under this Mortgage or with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) after
reasonable notice, in all other cases, to enter upon the Property at reasonable
times, and with reasonable frequency, to inspect the Mortgaged Property or,
subject to the provisions hereof, to exercise any right, power or remedy of the
Mortgagee hereunder, provided that any Person so entering the Property shall not
unreasonably interfere with the ordinary conduct of the Mortgagor's business,
and provided further that no such entry on the Property, for the purpose of
performing obligations under Section 4.07 or for any other purpose, shall be
construed to be (x) possession of the Property by such Person or to constitute
such Person as a mortgagee in possession, unless such Person exercises its right
to take possession of the Property under Section 5.02(a)(v), or (y) a cure of
any Default or waiver of any Default or Secured Obligation.
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ARTICLE 6
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing
Section 6.01. Security Agreement. (a) To the extent that the Mortgaged
Property constitutes or includes personal property and equipment, including
goods or items of personal property or equipment which are or are to become
fixtures under Applicable Law, in each case to the extent the same constitutes
"Collateral" under the Security Agreement, the Mortgagor hereby grants a
security interest therein (and any Proceeds thereof) and this Mortgage shall
also be construed as a pledge and a security agreement under the UCC; the
Mortgagee shall be entitled with respect to such personal property and equipment
to all remedies available under the Security Agreement in the manner and to the
extent provided therein.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Mortgaged
Property includes personal property or equipment covered by provisions in the
Security Agreement or any other Security Document and such provisions are
inconsistent with this Article 6, the provisions of the Security Agreement or
such other Security Document shall govern with respect to such personal property
and equipment. Mortgagee shall have all rights with respect to the part of the
Mortgaged Property that constitutes Collateral under the Security Agreement and
is subject of a security interest afforded by the UCC.
Section 6.02. Fixture Filing. To the extent that the Mortgaged Property
includes goods or items of personal property which are or are to become fixtures
under Applicable Law, and to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, the
filing of this Mortgage in the real estate records of the county in which the
Mortgaged Property is located shall also operate from the time of filing as a
fixture filing with respect to such Mortgaged Property, and the following
information is applicable for the purpose of such fixture filing, to wit:
(a) Name and Address of the debtor:
Xerox Corporation
800 Long Ridge Road
P.O. Box 1600
Stanford, Connecticut 06905
(b) Name and Address of the secured party:
Bank One, NA
1 Bank One Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60670
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(c) This document covers goods or items of personal property which are or
are to become fixtures upon the Property.
(d) The name of the record owner of the real estate on which such fixtures
are or are to be located is Xerox Corporation.
ARTICLE 7
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01. Concerning the Mortgagee. (a) The provisions of Article VIII
of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Mortgagee in respect
of this Mortgage (as if the Mortgagee was an Administrative Agent referred to
therein) and shall be binding upon the parties to the Credit Agreement. In
furtherance and not in derogation of the rights, privileges and immunities of
the Mortgagee therein set forth:
(i) The Mortgagee is authorized to take all such action as is
provided to be taken by it as Mortgagee hereunder and all other action
incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for herein
(including the timing and methods of realization upon the Mortgaged
Property) the Mortgagee shall act or refrain from acting in accordance with
written instructions from the Required Lenders or, in the absence of such
instructions, in accordance with its discretion.
(ii) The Mortgagee shall not be responsible for the existence,
genuineness or value of any of the Mortgaged Property or for the validity,
perfection, priority or enforceability of the Lien of this Mortgage on any
of the Mortgaged Property, whether impaired by operation of law or by
reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder. The
Mortgagee shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance
or observance of any of the terms of this Mortgage by the Mortgagor.
(iii) For all purposes of the Domestic Security Documents, including
determining the amounts of the Secured Obligations and whether a Secured
Obligation is a Contingent CA Secured Obligation or not, the Mortgagee will
be entitled to rely on information from (i) its own records for information
as to the Lender and Agents, their Secured Obligations and actions taken by
them, (ii) any Secured Party for information as to its Secured Obligations
and actions taken by it, to the extent that the Mortgagee has not obtained
such information from the
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foregoing sources, and (iii) Xerox, to the extent that the Mortgagee has
not obtained information from the foregoing sources.
(b) At any time or times, solely in order to comply with any Applicable
Law, the Mortgagee may appoint another bank or trust company or one or more
other Persons, either to act as co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the
Mortgagee, or to act as separate agent or agents on behalf of the Lenders with
such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual operation of the
provisions hereof and may be specified in the instrument of appointment (which
may, in the discretion of the Mortgagee, include provisions for the protection
of such co-agent or separate agent similar to the provisions of this Section
7.01).
Section 7.02. Release of Mortgaged Property. (a) Each Security Interest
granted hereunder shall terminate, and all rights to the relevant Mortgaged
Property shall revert to the Mortgagor, if, as and to the extent permitted by
Sections 9.02 and 9.03 of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be.
(b) The Mortgagee may conclusively rely on any certificate delivered to it
by the Mortgagor stating that the release of the Mortgaged Property is in
accordance with and permitted by the terms of this Mortgage and the other Loan
Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if at any time prior
to the termination of this Mortgage pursuant to this Section 7.02, the ESOP
Secured Obligations are paid in full, all rights hereunder of the holders of
ESOP Secured Obligations shall simultaneously terminate, and none of the Secured
Subsidiary Guarantors shall thereafter be an ESOP Restricted Secured Subsidiary
Guarantor.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if at any time prior
to the termination of this Mortgage pursuant to this Section 7.02, the XCFI
Secured Obligations are paid in full, all rights hereunder of the holders of
XCFI Secured Obligations shall simultaneously terminate.
(e) Upon certification by the Mortgagor that an easement, right-of-way,
restriction, reservation, permit, servitude or other similar encumbrance granted
or to be granted by the Mortgagor does not materially detract from the value of
or materially impair the use by the Mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property subject
to such encumbrance, the Mortgagee shall execute such documents as are
reasonably requested to subordinate this Mortgage to such encumbrance.
(f) Upon any termination of this Mortgage or release of Mortgaged Property
as described in this Section 7.02, the Mortgagee shall, within fifteen (15)
Business Days of written request therefor, at the expense of the Mortgagor,
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execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Mortgagor such documents, without
warranty, as the Mortgagor shall reasonably request to evidence the release and
reassignment of Mortgaged Property or termination of this Mortgage, as the case
may be.
Section 7.03. Notices. All notices, approvals, requests, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be given in accordance with Section 21 of the
Security Agreement. Any party may change its address, facsimile and/or e-mail
address as provided in the Security Agreement.
Section 7.04. Amendments in Writing. No provision of this Mortgage shall be
modified, waived or terminated, and no consent to any departure by the Mortgagor
from any provision of this Mortgage shall be effective, unless the same shall be
by an instrument in writing and signed by the Mortgagor and the Mortgagee in
accordance with the Credit Agreement.
Section 7.05. Severability. All rights, powers and remedies provided in
this Mortgage may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does
not violate Applicable Law, and all the provisions of this Mortgage are intended
to be subject to all mandatory provisions of Applicable Law and to be limited to
the extent necessary so that they will not render this Mortgage illegal,
invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under
Applicable Law. If any provision of this Mortgage or the application thereof to
any Person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, or cause this Mortgage not to be entitled to be recorded,
registered or filed, the remaining provisions of this Mortgage or the
application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be
affected thereby, and each provision of this Mortgage shall be valid and be
enforced to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law.
Section 7.06. Binding Effect. (a) The provisions of this Mortgage shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, the provisions of
this Mortgage binding upon the Mortgagor shall be deemed to be covenants which
run with the land.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit the Mortgagor to
Transfer or grant a Lien upon the Mortgaged Property contrary to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement.
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Section 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS MORTGAGE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7.08. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS MORTGAGE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 7.09. Local Law Provisions. This Mortgage is not a mortgage of real
property principally improved or to be improved by one or more structures
containing in the aggregate not more than six residential dwelling units, each
dwelling unit having its own separate cooking facilities.
Section 7.10. Multisite Real Estate Transaction. The Mortgagor acknowledges
that this Mortgage is one of a number of Mortgages and other Security Documents
("Other Mortgages") that secure the Secured Obligations. Mortgagor agrees that
the Lien of this Mortgage shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not in
any manner be affected or impaired by any acts or omissions whatsoever of
Mortgagee, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lien hereof
shall not be impaired by any acceptance by the Mortgagee of any security for or
guarantees of the Secured Obligations, or by any failure, neglect or omission on
the part of Mortgagee to realize upon or protect any Secured Obligation or any
collateral security therefor including the Other Mortgages. The Lien hereof
shall not in any manner be impaired or affected by any release (except as to the
property released), sale, pledge, surrender, compromise, settlement, renewal,
extension, indulgence, alteration, changing, modification or disposition of any
of the Secured Obligations or of any of the collateral security therefor,
including the Other Mortgages or of any guarantee thereof, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, Mortgagee may at its discretion foreclose,
exercise any power of sale, or exercise any other remedy available to it under
any or all of the Other Mortgages without first exercising or enforcing any of
its rights and remedies hereunder. Such exercise of Mortgagee's rights and
remedies under any or all of the Other Mortgages shall not in any
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manner impair the indebtedness hereby secured or the Lien of this Mortgage and
any exercise of the rights or remedies of Mortgagee hereunder shall not impair
the Lien of any of the Other Mortgages or any of Mortgagee's rights and remedies
thereunder. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, Mortgagor
specifically consents and agrees the Mortgagee may exercise its rights and
remedies hereunder and under the Other Mortgages separately or concurrently and
in any order that it may deem appropriate and waives any rights of subrogation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgagor has executed and delivered this
Mortgage as of the day first set forth above.
XEROX CORPORATION
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
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UNIFORM FORM CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(Within New York State)
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK) ss.:
On this ____ day of _____________, in the year 2002, before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared ___________________________________, personally
known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
___________________
Notary Public
UNIFORM FORM CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(Outside of New York State)
______________________/2/ ) ss.:
On this ____ day of __________, in the year 20__, before me, the
undersigned, personally appeared ____________________, personally known to me or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose
name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person
upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument, and that
such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the
____________________/3/.
_________________________
Notary Public
[Notary Seal]
________________________
/2/ Insert state, commonwealth, district, territory, possession or
country where the acknowledgment is taken.
/3/ Insert the city, county or other political subdivision and the
state, commonwealth, district, territory, possession or country where the
acknowledgment is taken.
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EXHIBIT A
Description of the Land
EXHIBIT B
Permitted Encumbrances
Those security interests, liens and other matters described in the commitment to
issue title insurance of First American Title Insurance Company, Title No.
905-M-73,848 (Henrietta), 905-M-86,772 (Webster) and 905-M-________ (Rochester),
dated _________ __, 2002 as "marked" and updated as of the date hereof.
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