Transaction
Valuation(1)
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Amount
of Filing Fee(2)
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$3,262,941,077
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$100,172
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x
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Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and
identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously
paid.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the Form
or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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Amount
Previously Paid: $286,357
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Form
or Registration No.: Schedule TO
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Filing
Party: CEMEX Australia Pty Ltd, ACN 122 401 405,
CEMEX,
S.A.B. de C.V.
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Date
Filed: November 14, 2006
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o
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Check
the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made
before the commencement of a tender offer.
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x
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third-party
tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
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o
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issuer
tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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o
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going-private
transaction subject to Rule 13e-3
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o
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amendment
to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2
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Exhibit
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Description
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(a)(1)(O)
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The
Bid Agreement.
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(a)(1)(P)
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Non
Disclosure Agreement between CEMEX and Rinker, dated
April 5,
2007.
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(a)(5)(C)
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Press
Release of CEMEX relating to the increased offer price
and variation of
the offer, dated April 9, 2007.
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(b)(1)(M)
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Amended
and Restated Revolving Facilities Agreement, dated July
4, 2005 effective
as of July 7, 2005.
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(b)(1)(N)
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Amendment
dated June 30, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Revolving
Facilities
Agreement, effective
as of July 7, 2005.
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CEMEX Australia Pty Ltd | ||
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By: | /s/ Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | |
Name: Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | ||
Title: Director |
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. | ||
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By: | /s/ Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | |
Name: Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | ||
Title: General Counsel |
Exhibit
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Description
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(a)(1)(O)
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The
Bid Agreement.
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(a)(1)(P)
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Non
Disclosure Agreement between CEMEX and Rinker, dated
April 5,
2007.
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(a)(5)(C)
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Press
Release of CEMEX relating to the increased offer
price and variation of
the offer, dated April 9, 2007.
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(b)(1)(M)
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Amended
and Restated Revolving Facilities Agreement, dated
July 4, 2005 effective
as of July 7, 2005.
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(b)(1)(N)
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Amendment
dated June 30, 2006 to the Amended and Restated Revolving
Facilities
Agreement, effective as of July 7, 2005.
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Among
the parties
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Cemex
Australia Pty Ltd
ACN 122 401 405 of Level 4 126 Phillip St Sydney NSW (Bidder);
Cemex,
S.A.B. de C.V.
of
Av. Ricardo Margain Zozaya 325, C.P. 66265 San Pedro Garza Garcia,
N.L.
Mexico (Cemex)
Rinker
Group Limited
ABN 53 003 433 118 of Level 8, Tower B, 799 Pacific Hwy Chatswood
NSW
(Target).
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Background
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(a) The
Bidder has agreed to vary the terms of the Takeover
Offer:
(i) by
increasing the consideration payable to the Target Shareholders
under the
Takeover Offer to the Higher Price;
(ii) to
allow the Target Shareholders to retain the Interim Dividend without
any
reduction in the consideration payable to the Target Shareholders
under the Takeover Offer; and
(iii) by
freeing the Takeover Offer from all of the defeating conditions
other than
the 90% Condition.
(b) The
directors of the Target have agreed to recommend to the Target
Shareholders acceptance of the Offer at the Higher Price, in
the absence
of a superior proposal.
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The
parties agree
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as
set out in the Operative part of this agreement, in consideration
of,
among other things, the mutual promises contained in this
agreement.
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1
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Definitions
and interpretation
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1.1
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Definitions
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Term
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Meaning
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90%
Condition
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the
condition in clause 8.6(a) of the Bidder’s Statement.
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ASIC
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Australian
Securities and Investments Commission.
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ASX
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Australian
Securities Exchange Limited.
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Australian
Dollar Price
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AUD
19.50
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Bidder’s
Statement
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the
Bidder’s Statement of the Bidder dated 30 October 2006 (as previously
supplemented by the First Supplementary Bidder’s Statement dated 8
December 2006, the Second Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated
23
January 2007 and the Third Supplementary Bidder's Statement dated
22 March
2007), which shall be modified pursuant to a supplementary Bidder's
Statement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
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Business
Day
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a
business day as defined in the ASX listing rules.
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Competing
Proposal
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any
expression of interest, proposal or offer in relation to a bid,
scheme,
joint venture, dual listed company structure, purchase of a main
undertaking, asset purchase, share issue or other similar reorganisation
or transaction pursuant to which, if the transaction or arrangement
is
entered into or completed, either (a) the Target will issue more
than 20%
of the Target’s voting shares as consideration for the shares or assets of
a third party or (b) a third party will:
1 acquire
(whether directly or indirectly) or become the holder of, or otherwise
acquire, have a right to acquire or have an economic interest in
all or a
significant proportion of the business of the Target Group;
2 acquire
(whether directly or indirectly) a relevant interest in, become
the holder
of, or otherwise acquire, have a right to acquire or have an economic
interest in more than 20% of the Target’s voting shares;
3 acquire
control (as determined in accordance with section 50AA of the
Corporations Act) of the Target; or
4 otherwise
acquire or merge with the Target (including by way of a scheme
of
arrangement, reverse takeover bid or dual listed companies
structure).
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Corporations
Act |
the Corporations Act 2001
(Cth).
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Term
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Meaning
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Divestiture
Trigger
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the
day on which Bidder elects a majority of the board of directors
of Target
or 45 days after Bidder obtains legal ownership of a number of
Target
shares in excess of 50% of the issued shares in Target, whichever
is
sooner.
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DoJ
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U.S.
Department of Justice
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DOJ
Settlement
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the
settlement between Cemex and the U.S. Department of Justice relating
to
the Takeover Offer as set forth in the Final Judgment of the U.S.
District
Court for the District of Columbia dated as of April 4, 2007 and
the Hold
Separate Stipulation and Order between Cemex and the U.S. Department
of
Justice dated as of April 4, 2007.
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Government
Agency
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any
government or governmental, semi-governmental, administrative,
fiscal or
judicial body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency
or
entity, or any minister of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth
of
Australia or any state.
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Higher
Price
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US$15.85
for each ordinary share in the Target.
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Interim
Dividend
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the
dividend of A$0.16 per ordinary share (which had a record date
of 24
November 2006) previously paid by the Target to its
shareholders.
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Offer
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the
offer set out in the Bidder's Statement by Bidder to acquire all
shares in
the Target at the Higher Price.
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Related
Body Corporate
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the
meaning given in the Corporations Act.
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Representative
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in
relation to a party:
1 a
Related Body Corporate of the party; or
2 an
Officer of the party or any of the party's Related Bodies Corporate;
or
3 an
adviser to the party or any of the party's Related Bodies
Corporate.
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Restriction
Period
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the
period commencing on the date of this agreement and ending on the
date
that the Takeover Offer closes or lapses.
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SEC
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U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Takeover
Offer
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the
Bidder’s off market bid for all of the Target’s ordinary shares pursuant
to the Bidder's Statement (which shall be varied to reflect the
Higher
Price and other modified terms and conditions in accordance with
this
agreement).
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Target
Group |
the
Target and each of its subsidiaries.
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Target
Shareholders
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the
shareholders of the Target.
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1.2
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Interpretation
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(a)
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words
importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;
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(b)
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other
parts of speech and grammatical forms of a word or phrase defined
in this
agreement have a corresponding meaning;
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(c)
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a
reference to a person includes an individual, the estate of an
individual,
a corporation, an authority, an association or a joint venture,
a
partnership, a trust and any Government Agency;
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(d)
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a
reference to a clause, party, attachment, exhibit or schedule is
a
reference to a clause of, and a party, attachment, exhibit and
schedule to
this agreement, and a reference to this agreement includes any
attachment,
exhibit and schedule;
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(e)
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a
reference to a statute, regulation, proclamation, ordinance or
by law
includes all statutes, regulations, proclamations, ordinances or
by laws
amending, consolidating or replacing it, whether passed by the
same or
another Government Agency with legal power to do so, and a reference
to a
statute includes all regulations, proclamations, ordinances and
by laws
issued under that statute;
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(f)
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a
reference to any document (including this agreement) is to that
document
as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time;
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(g)
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the
word “includes” in any form is not a word of limitation;
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(h)
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a
reference to “$” or “dollar” is, unless otherwise stated, to Australian
currency;
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(i)
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a
reference to any time is, unless otherwise indicated, a reference
to that
time in Sydney, Australia; and
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(j)
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a
term defined in or for the purposes of the Corporations Act has
the same
meaning when used in this
agreement.
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1.3
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Business
Day
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1.4
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Contra
proferentem excluded
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2
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Variation
of Takeover Offer and Recommendation
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2.1
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Variation
of Takeover Offer
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(a)
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The
Bidder must, immediately following the execution of this agreement,
release to the ASX a public announcement of its intention to
and take all
actions necessary to validly vary the terms of the Takeover Offer
so as
to:
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(1)
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increase
the consideration payable to the Target Shareholders who accept
the
Takeover Offer to the Higher Price;
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(2)
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give
the Target Shareholders who accept the Takeover Offer the right
to retain
the whole of the Interim Dividend without any reduction to the
Higher
Price payable to the Target Shareholders who accept the Takeover
Offer;
and
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(3)
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free
the Takeover Offer from all defeating conditions to the Takeover
Offer
other than the 90% Condition.
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Without
limiting the foregoing, the Bidder must lodge with ASIC and the
Target the
required notice under section 650D of the Corporations Act and
lodge with
ASX the required notice under section 650F of the Corporations
Act as soon
as practicable. The notice under section 650D must be sent to
Target
Shareholders no later than the time at which the supplementary
Bidder’s
Statement is sent to Target Shareholders in accordance with clause
2.3(a).
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(b) | The public announcement referred to in clause 2.1(a) must also state that the Bidder will, subject to obtaining any necessary ASIC modifications to the Corporations Act and Takeovers Panel approval (if required), vary the terms of the Takeover Offer so that Target Shareholders who accept the Takeover Offer are given the option (in addition to the existing options available under the Takeover Offer) to accept the Australian Dollar Price for the first 2,000 ordinary shares in the Target held by that Target Shareholder or by a nominee on behalf of that Target Shareholder based on the register of members of the Target on 12 April 2007, and the Bidder must promptly apply to ASIC for the modifications required to facilitate the variations referred to in this clause 2.1(b). As soon as practicable after the receipt of the required modifications from ASIC, the Bidder must take all actions necessary to validly vary the terms of the Takeover Offer in the manner contemplated by this clause 2.1(b) and make a public announcement of such variation. |
2.2 |
Recommendation
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(a) |
The Target’s directors must, immediately following the
announcement by the Bidder under clause 2.1(a), release to the
ASX a
public announcement in relation to the Takeover Offer stating the
Target
board’s unanimous intention to recommend the Takeover Offer at the Higher
Price, in the absence of a superior proposal, and that each Target
director intends to accept the Takeover Offer in respect of his
shares in
Target, in the absence of a superior proposal.
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(b) |
Within 5 Business Days after the Bidder varies
the
Takeover Offer in the manner referred to in clause 2.1(a) and files
an
amended Schedule TO and supplementary Bidder’s Statement in the manner
referred to in clause 2.3, the Target’s directors will issue a
supplementary target's statement in relation to the Takeover Offer
containing:
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(1)
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a
unanimous recommendation by the directors of the Target to the
Target
Shareholders that the Takeover Offer at the Higher Price (as
modified in
accordance with this agreement) be accepted; and
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(2)
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a
statement that each Target director intends to accept the Takeover
Offer
at the Higher Price in respect of his shares in
Target,
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in each case, in the absence of a superior proposal. |
2.3 |
Notice
to the ASX, ASIC and SEC
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The Bidder must ensure that the announcement
of the
Bidder’s intention to vary the terms of the Takeover Offer and the
variation of the Takeover Offer referred to in clause 2.1,
and the Target
must ensure that the announcement of the Target directors’ intention to
recommend the Takeover Offer and the Target directors’ recommendation
referred to in clause 2.2, is notified to the ASX, ASIC and
SEC in
accordance with applicable laws. Without limitation of the
foregoing:
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(a) |
the
Bidder must, within 5 Business Days of the announcement referred
to in
clause 2.1(a), (i) file with ASIC and the ASX a supplementary
Bidder's
Statement in relation to the variation of the terms of the
Takeover Offer
in accordance with clause 2.1(a), (ii) file with the SEC
an amended
Schedule TO which contains such supplementary Bidder's Statement
and (iii)
disseminate to the Target Shareholders the supplementary
Bidder's
Statement and Schedule TO amendment in accordance with applicable
law;
and
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(b) |
the Target must, as soon as practicable
after the Bidder
varies the Takeover Offer in the manner referred to in clause
2.1(a) and
files a supplementary Bidder’s Statement and an amended Schedule TO in the
manner referred to in this clause 2.3, (i) file with ASIC and
the ASX a
supplementary Target's Statement which includes the recommendation
referred to in clause 2.2, (ii) file with the SEC an amended
Schedule
14D-9 which contains such supplementary Target's Statement
and (iii)
disseminate to the Target Shareholders the supplementary Target's
Statement and Schedule 14D-9 amendment in accordance with applicable
law.
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2.4 |
Announcements
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Each
party must provide the other with a draft of their respective
initial
press releases with respect to the matters referred to in
clause 2.1 and
2.2 and the documents referred to in clause 2.3 prior to
their
publication.
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3 |
Target
undertakings
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3.1
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No
solicitation
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Subject to the Bidder complying with
its obligations
under clause 2.1, during the Restriction Period, the Target
must ensure
that neither it nor any of its Representatives, except with
the prior
written consent of the Bidder, directly or indirectly solicits,
initiates
or invites any enquiries, discussions or proposals with respect
to, or to
undertake due diligence in connection with, a Competing
Proposal.
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3.2 |
No Talk
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(a) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with its
obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, during the Restriction
Period, the Target must ensure that neither it nor any of its
Representatives, except with the prior written consent of the
Bidder,
negotiates or enters into, continues or participates in any discussions
or
negotiations with any third party (other than the Bidder and
its
affiliates and Representatives) with respect to a Competing Proposal,
even
if:
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(1)
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that
person’s Competing Proposal was not directly or indirectly solicited,
initiated, or encouraged by the Target or any of its Representatives;
or
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(2)
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that
person has publicly announced their Competing
Proposal.
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The Target must immediately terminate any such discussions or negotiations that are underway at the date of this agreement. If the Target has provided any confidential information to any third party since 30 October 2006 in connection with such third party’s consideration of a possible Competing Proposal, the Target must immediately request in writing the return or destruction by such third party of such confidential information. |
3.3 |
Conduct
of business
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(a) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with its
obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, during the
Restriction
Period, the Target will not, and will procure that the Target
Group will
not:
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(1)
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convert
any or all or all of its shares into a larger or smaller
number of shares
or resolve to reduce its share capital in any way;
or
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(2)
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issue
or agree to issue shares or convertible notes or grant
or agree to grant
an option over its shares;
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except in relation to matters for which
the Bidder has
given its prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld).
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(b) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with its
obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, during the
shorter of the
Restriction Period and the period commencing on the date of
this agreement
and ending 3 months later, the Target:
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(1)
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will
conduct, and will procure that the Target Group conducts, the
business of
the Target Group in the usual and ordinary course of
business;
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(2)
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will
not, and will procure that the Target Group does not, charge
or agree to
charge, the whole or a substantial part, of its business or
property;
and
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(3) |
will
not, and will procure that the Target Group does not, make
any material
acquisitions or disposals or undertake any new commitments
which would
have breached the condition set out in clause 8.6(h) of the
Bidder's
Statement had it not been waived by the Bidder, |
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except in relation to matters for which
the Bidder has
given its prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld). |
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(c) |
At the direction of the Bidder but subject
to the Bidder
complying with its obligations under clause 2.1 and subject
also to clause
3.5, following the Bidder acquiring a relevant interest in
the Target of
not less than 90% and commencing the compulsory acquisition
process under
the Corporations Act, the Target must sign and become a party
to an
amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order containing the
same provisions
as those contained in the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order
executed in
connection with the DOJ Settlement. Cemex indemnifies the Target
and each
of its directors from any claim, action, damage, loss, liability,
cost,
expense or payment of whatever nature and however arising which
the Target
or any of its directors suffers, incurs or is liable for in
connection
with the Target’s entry into and compliance with this clause 3.3(c) and
the performance of obligations under the amended Hold Separate
Stipulation
and Order required to be signed by the Target in the circumstances
referred to in this clause 3.3(c). The indemnity in this clause
3.3(c) in
so far as it is in favour of the Target’s directors takes effect as a deed
poll by Cemex in favour of each of the directors of Target
as at the date
of this agreement who may enforce the indemnity directly against
Cemex.
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(d) | Subject to the Bidder complying with its obligations under clause 2.1, if so requested by Cemex, the Target will discuss with the DoJ an amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order and, if such an amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order is mutually agreed among Cemex, the Target and the DoJ, the Target must enter into such an amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order. Nothing in such an amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order shall (1) commit or require the Target to make any divestiture, and Cemex and the Target further acknowledge that the fact and terms of any such divestiture of assets of the Target shall require the approval of the Target board (as reconstituted) after the occurrence of a Divestiture Trigger or (2) require the Target board to take or agree to take any action, or refrain from taking any action, that would or would be likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary or statutory duties under Australian law. Cemex indemnifies the Target and each of its directors from any claim, action, damage, loss, liability, cost, expense or payment of whatever nature and however arising which the Target or any of its directors suffers, incurs or is liable for in connection with the Target’s entry into and compliance with this clause 3.3(d) and the performance of obligations under any amended Hold Separate Stipulation and Order signed by the Target in the circumstances referred to in this clause 3.3(d). The indemnity in this clause 3.3(d) in so far as it is in favour of the Target’s directors takes effect as a deed poll by Cemex in favour of each of the directors of Target as at the date of this agreement who may enforce the indemnity directly against Cemex. |
3.4
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Other
obligations
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(a) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with
its obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, during the
Restriction
Period, the Target must not pay a dividend, other than annual
and half
yearly dividends consistent with past practice (provided
that nothing in
this clause 3.4(a) prejudices the Bidder’s rights under clause 8.8(e) of
the Bidder’s Statement in respect of such dividend), or undertake a
buy-back, capital return or other payment to shareholders
without the
consent of the Bidder.
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(b) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with
its obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, in the absence
of a
superior proposal existing at the time, the Target will use
all reasonable
efforts to facilitate the Takeover
Offer and the acceptance of the Takeover Offer by the Target
Shareholders.
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(c) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with
its obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, if a Competing
Proposal
is announced or is received by the Target which the Target
directors
consider is superior to the Takeover Offer and as a consequence
of which
the Target directors intend to change or withdraw their recommendation
in
respect of the Takeover Offer, the Target must notify the
Bidder of the
material terms of, but not the identity of the party making,
the Competing
Proposal (if it has not been publicly announced) and the
Target directors
must delay publicly announcing the change or withdrawal of
their
recommendation for 48 hours from the time that the Bidder
became aware of
the Competing Proposal (either by way of the public announcement
of the
Competing Proposal or by way of a notice from the Target).
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(d) |
Subject to the Bidder complying with
its obligations
under clause 2.1 and subject also to clause 3.5, if requested
by the
Bidder, at a time after the Bidder has received acceptances
under the
Takeover Offer in respect of more than 50% of the Target’s issued shares,
the Target must allow not more than 3 Representatives, notified
by the
Bidder to the Target and approved by the Target acting reasonably,
to have
access to information of the Target solely for the purpose
of
investigating whether assets of the Target the subject of
the DOJ
Settlement can be sold as self sustaining entities. Nothing
in this clause
3.4(d) requires the Target to give the Bidder’s Representatives (or any
other person) access to information which the Target considers
to be
competitively or commercially sensitive. Before the Target
will allow the
Bidder’s Representatives access to any information pursuant to this
clause
3.4(d), the Bidder, Cemex and each of the 3 Representatives
referred to
above must enter into such confidentiality undertakings as
may be
reasonably required by the Target and must comply with such
other
reasonable requirements as the Target may direct in relation
to such
access.
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3.5 |
Exceptions
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Nothing
in clauses 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4 prevents the Target or the Target
Directors
from taking or refusing to take any action provided that
the Target
Directors have determined, in good faith after having consulted
with their
external legal and financial advisers, that failing to
take, or failing to
refuse to take, such action would or would be likely to
constitute a
breach of the Target Directors' fiduciary or statutory
obligations.
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4 |
Representations
and warranties
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Each
party represents and warrants to each other party that:
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(a) |
its
execution and delivery of this agreement has been properly
authorised by
all necessary corporate actions; and
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(b) |
it
has full corporate power and lawful authority to execute,
deliver and
perform its obligations under this
agreement.
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5 |
General
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5.1
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No
representation or reliance
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(a) |
Each party acknowledges that no party
(nor any person
acting on its behalf) has made any representation or
other inducement to
it to enter into this agreement or any other, except
for representations
or inducements expressly set out in this agreement.
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(b) |
Each
party acknowledges and confirms that it does
not enter into this agreement in reliance on any representation
or other
inducement by or on behalf of any other party, except
for any
representation or inducement expressly set out in this
agreement.
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5.2 |
Notices
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Any communication under or in connection
with this
agreement:
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(a) |
must be in writing;
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(b) | must be addressed as shown below: |
Party
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Address
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Addressee
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Fax
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Bidder
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Level
4 126 Phillip St Sydney NSW
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Ian
Hopkins
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612
9230 5333
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Rinker
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Level
8, Tower B, 799 Pacific Hwy Chatswood NSW
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Company
Secretary
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612
9412 6666
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Cemex
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Av.
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N.L. Mexico |
Ramiro
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
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81 8888 4399
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(c) |
must be signed by the party making the
communication or
by a person duly authorised by that party;
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(d) |
must be delivered or posted by prepaid
post to the
address, or sent by fax to the number, of the addressee,
in accordance
with clause 5.2(b); and
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is regarded as received by the addressee:
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(1)
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if
sent by prepaid post, on the third Business Day after the
date of posting
to an address within the country in which it was posted,
and on the fifth
Business Day after the date of posting to an address outside
the country
in which it was posted;
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(2)
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if
sent by fax, at the local time (in the place of receipt
of that fax) which
then equates to the time at which that fax is sent as shown
on the
transmission report which is produced by the machine from
which that fax
is sent and which confirms transmission of that fax in
its entirety,
unless that local time is not a Business Day, or is after
5.00 pm on a
Business Day in the place of receipt, when that communication
will be
regarded as received at 9.00 am on the next Business Day;
and
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(3)
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if
delivered by hand, on delivery at the address of the addressee
as provided
in clause 5.2(b), unless delivery is not made on a Business Day, or
after 5.00 pm on a Business Day, when that communication
will be regarded
as received at 9.00 am on the next Business Day. |
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(f) | References in clause 5.2 to a “Business Day” shall mean a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in the jurisdiction in which the notice is received. |
5.3 |
Governing
law and jurisdiction
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(a) |
This agreement is governed by the laws
of New South
Wales.
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(b) |
Each party irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and courts
competent to hear
appeals from those courts. Each party irrevocably waives
any objection to
the venue of any legal process in these courts on the basis
that the
process has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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5.4 |
Waivers
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(a) |
Failure to exercise or enforce,
a delay in exercising or
enforcing, or the partial exercise or enforcement
of any right, power or
remedy provided by law or under this agreement
by any party does not in
any way preclude, or operate as a waiver of, any
exercise or enforcement,
or further exercise or enforcement, of that or
any other right, power or
remedy provided by law or under this agreement.
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(b) |
Any waiver or consent given
by any party under this
agreement is only effective and binding on that
party if it is given or
confirmed in writing by that party.
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(c) | No waiver of a breach of any term of this agreement operates as a waiver of another breach of that term or of a breach of any other term of this agreement. |
5.5 |
Counterparts
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(a) |
This agreement may be executed
in any number of
counterparts.
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(b) |
All counterparts, taken together,
constitute one
instrument.
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(c) |
A party may execute this agreement
by signing any
counterpart.
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5.6 |
Termination
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This
agreement will terminate upon the earliest of
the close, lapse or
withdrawal of the Takeover Offer or four months
from the date of this
agreement.
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Executed
as an agreement (and as a deed poll for the purposes of clauses 3.3
(c)
and (d))
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Cemex
Australia Pty Limited
Signed
for
Cemex
Australia Pty Limited
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sign
here►
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/s/ Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | |
Secretary/Director
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print
name
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Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | |
sign
here►
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/s/ Hector Medina Aguiar
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Director
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print
name
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Hector Medina Aguiar |
Cemex
S.A.B. de C.V
Signed
for
Cemex
S.A.B. de C.V
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sign
here►
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/s/ Hector Medina Aguiar | |
Authorised
Officer
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print
name
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Hector Medina Aguiar | |
sign
here►
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/s/ Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales | |
Witness
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print
name
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Mr. Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales |
Rinker
Group Limited
Signed
for
Rinker
Group Limited
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sign
here►
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/s/ P.B. Abraham | |
Secretary/Director
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print
name
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P.B. Abraham | |
sign
here►
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/s/ J.P. Morschel | |
Director
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print
name
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J.P. Morschel |
CEMEX,
S.A.B. de C.V.
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By:
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/s/ Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales |
Name: Mr.
Ramiro G. Villarreal Morales
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Title:
General Counsel
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Date
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10
April 2007
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increase
the consideration payable to Rinker shareholders to US$15.85
for each
ordinary share in Rinker (the Higher
Price);
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·
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permit
Rinker shareholders who accept the Offer to retain the whole
of the
interim dividend of A$0.16 per ordinary share (which had a record
date of
24 November 2006) previously paid by Rinker to its shareholders,
without
any reduction to the Higher Price payable to those who accept
the Offer;
and
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·
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free
the Offer from all defeating conditions other than the 90% minimum
acceptance condition.
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(a)
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it
must ensure that neither it nor any of its officers, employees
and
advisors, directly or indirectly solicits, initiates or invites
any
enquiries, discussions or proposals with respect to, or to undertake
due
diligence in connection with, a competing proposal for Rinker (the
No
Solicitation Restriction);
and
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(b)
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it
must ensure that neither it nor any of its officers, employees
and
advisors, negotiates or enters into, continues or participates
in any
discussions or negotiations with any third party with respect to
a
competing proposal, even if: that person’s competing proposal was not
directly or indirectly solicited, initiated, or encouraged by Rinker
or
any of its officers, employees and advisors; or that person has
publicly
announced their competing proposal, and it must immediately terminate
any
such discussions or negotiations that are underway at the date
of the
Agreement (the No
Talk Restriction);
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(a)
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convert
any or all or all of its shares into a larger or smaller number
of shares
or resolve to reduce its share capital in any way;
or
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(b)
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issue
or agree to issue shares or convertible notes or grant or agree
to grant
an option over its
shares.
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(a)
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will conduct, and will procure that the Rinker Group conducts, the business of the Rinker Group in the usual and ordinary course of business; |
(b)
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will
not, and will procure that the Rinker Group does not, charge
or agree to
charge, the whole or a substantial part, of its business or
property;
and
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(c)
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will
not, and will procure that the Rinker Group does not, make
any material
acquisitions or disposals or undertake any new commitments
which would
have breached the condition set out in clause 8.6(h) of the
Bidder's
Statement dated 30 October 2006 had it not been waived by the
Bidder,
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Exhibit (b)(1)(M) | |||
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LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
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Agreed
Form
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US$2,300,000,000
FACILITIES
AGREEMENT
dated
24 September 2004
for
CEMEX
ESPAÑA, S.A.
as
Borrower
CEMEX
ESPAÑA, S.A.
CEMEX
CARACAS INVESTMENTS B.V.
CEMEX
CARACAS II INVESTMENTS B.V.
CEMEX
EGYPTIAN INVESTMENTS B.V.
CEMEX
MANILA INVESTMENTS B.V.
CEMEX
AMERICAN HOLDINGS B.V.
CEMEX
SHIPPING B.V.
as
Guarantors
BANCO
BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.
BANCO
SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A.
CALYON
CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED
as
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
with
CITIBANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC
acting
as Agent
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REVOLVING
FACILITIES AGREEMENT
(AS
AMENDED ON 8 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 25 FEBRUARY 2005 AND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
ON 4 JULY 2005)
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(1)
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CEMEX
ESPAÑA, S.A. (the "Original Borrower"
or the "Company");
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(2)
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THE
COMPANIES listed in Part I of Schedule 1 (The Obligors)
as original guarantors (the "Original
Guarantors");
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(3)
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BANCO
BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A., BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO,
S.A.,
CALYON CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and CITIGROUP GLOBAL
MARKETS LIMITED as mandated lead arrangers and joint
bookrunners (whether acting individually or together
the "Arranger");
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(4)
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THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part II of Schedule 1 (The
Original Lenders) as lenders (the "Original
Lenders"); and
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(5)
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CITIBANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC as agent of the other Finance Parties (the
"Agent").
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1.1
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Definitions
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(a)
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the
Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Utilisations
under that Facility; and
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(b)
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in
relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount
of its
participation in any other Utilisations that are due to be made
under that
Facility on or before the proposed Utilisation
Date,
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(a)
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the
interest (excluding the applicable Margin) which a Lender should
have
received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any
part of its
participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current
Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the
principal
amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that
Interest
Period;
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(b)
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the
amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an
amount
equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit
with
a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting
on
the day of receipt or recovery if a Business Day and if received
or
recovered before 2 pm London time (or, if not, on the Business Day
following receipt or recovery) and ending on the last day of the
current
Interest Period.
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(a)
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(in
relation to any date for payment or lending or purchase of, or
the
determination of an interest rate or rate of exchange in relation
to, a
currency other than euro) the principal financial centre of the
country of
that currency; or
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(b)
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(in
relation to any date for payment or lending or purchase of, or
the
determination of an interest rate or rate of exchange in relation
to,
euro) any TARGET Day.
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(a)
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the
applicable Screen Rate; or
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(b)
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(if
no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan)
the
arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places)
as
supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks
to
leading banks in the European interbank
market,
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(a)
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in
relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency
set
opposite its name under the heading "Facility A Commitment" in
Part II of
Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) and the amount of any other
Facility A Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of
any
Facility A Commitment transferred to it under this
Agreement,
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(a)
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in
relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency
set
opposite its name under the heading "Facility B Commitment" in
Part II of
Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other
Facility B Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of
any
Facility B Commitment transferred to it under this
Agreement,
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(a)
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in
relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency
set
opposite its name under the heading "Facility C Commitment" in
Part II of
Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other
Facility C Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency
of any
Facility C Commitment transferred to it under this
Agreement,
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(a)
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moneys
borrowed (including, but not limited to, any amount raised by acceptance
under any acceptance credit facility and receivables sold or discounted
on
a recourse basis (it being understood that Permitted Securitisations
shall
be deemed not to be on a recourse
basis));
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(b)
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any
amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue
of
bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar
instrument;
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(c)
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the
amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase
contract
that would, in accordance with Spanish GAAP, be treated as a Capital
Lease;
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(d)
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the
deferred purchase price of assets or the deferred payment of services,
except trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of
business;
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(e)
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obligations
of a person under repurchase agreements for the stock issued by
such
person or another person;
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(f)
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obligations
of a person with respect to product invoices incurred in connection
with
exporting financing;
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(g)
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all
Financial Indebtedness of others secured by Security on any asset
of a
person, regardless of whether such Financial Indebtedness is assumed
by
such person in an amount equal to the lower of (i) the net book
value of
such asset and (ii) the amount secured thereby;
and
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(h)
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guarantees
of Financial Indebtedness of other
persons.
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(a)
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any
patents, trade marks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights,
design rights, data-base rights, inventions, knowhow and other
intellectual property rights and interests, whether registered
or
unregistered; and
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(b)
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the
benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets of each
member
of the Group.
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(a)
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any
Original Lender; and
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(b)
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any
bank, financial institution, securitisation trust or fund or other
entity
which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 25 (Changes to the
Lenders),
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(a)
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the
applicable Screen Rate; or
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(b)
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(if
no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period
of that
Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four
decimal
places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference
Banks to leading banks in the London interbank
market,
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(a)
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subject
to paragraph (c) below, in relation to any Loan the percentage
rate per
annum determined pursuant to the table set out
below:
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Facility
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Margin
% p.a.
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Facility
A
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0.300
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Facility
B
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0.350
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Facility
C
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0.375
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(b)
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in
relation to any Unpaid Sum the percentage rate per annum specified
above
applicable to the Facility in relation to which the Unpaid Sum
arises, or
if such Unpaid Sum does not arise in relation to a particular Facility,
the rate per annum specified above applicable to the Facility to
which the
Agent reasonably determines the Unpaid Sum most closely relates,
or if
none, the highest rate per annum specified
above,
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(c)
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but
if at any time after the first Utilisation Date following the date
of the
Amendment and Restatement
Agreement:
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(i)
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no
Default has occurred and is continuing;
and
|
(ii)
|
the
Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA ratio in respect of the most
recently
completed Relevant Period is within a range set out
below,
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Net
Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA
|
Margin
%
p.a.
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||
Facility
A
|
Facility
B
|
Facility
C
|
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Greater
than or equal to 3.0:1
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0.350
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0.400
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0.425
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Less
than 3.0:1 but greater than or equal to 2.5:1
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0.300
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0.350
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0.375
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Less
than 2.5:1 but greater than or equal to 2.0:1
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0.250
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0.300
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0.325
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Less
than 2.0:1
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0.200
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0.250
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0.275
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(a)
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the
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Group
taken as a whole;
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(b)
|
the
rights or remedies of any Finance Party under the Finance Documents;
or
|
(c)
|
the
ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents.
|
(a)
|
which
becomes a Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof or acquires
substantial assets or businesses after the date hereof;
and
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(b)
|
which:
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(i)
|
has
total assets representing 5 per cent. or more of the total consolidated
assets of the Group; and/or
|
(ii)
|
has
revenues representing 5 per cent. or more of the consolidated turnover
of
the Group,
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(a)
|
if
the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period
shall
end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that
period
is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately
preceding Business Day; and
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(b)
|
if
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
in which
that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business
Day in
that calendar month.
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(a)
|
in
relation to the Company, its audited unconsolidated and consolidated
financial statements for its financial year ended 31 December
2003;
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(b)
|
in
relation to each Guarantor, its respective audited unconsolidated
(and, to
the extent available, its audited consolidated) financial statements
for
its financial year ended 31 December 2003;
and
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(c)
|
in
relation to any other Obligor, its most recent audited financial
statements.
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(a)
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(if
the currency is sterling) the first day of that
period;
|
(b)
|
(if
the currency is euro) two TARGET Days before the first day of that
period;
or
|
(c)
|
(for
any other currency) two Business Days before the first day of that
period,
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(a)
|
its
jurisdiction of incorporation; and
|
(b)
|
any
jurisdiction where it conducts its
business.
|
(a)
|
made
or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be
repaid;
|
(b)
|
the
aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing
Loan;
|
(c)
|
in
the same currency as the maturing Loan (unless it arose as a result
of the
operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a currency));
and
|
(d)
|
made
or to be made for the purpose of refinancing a maturing
Loan.
|
(a)
|
in
relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement
Rate for the relevant currency and period;
and
|
(b)
|
in
relation to EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by
the
Banking Federation of the European Union for the relevant
period,
|
(a)
|
which
is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned
company or
corporation;
|
(b)
|
more
than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly by the first mentioned company or corporation;
or
|
(c)
|
which
is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned
company or
corporation,
|
(a)
|
in
relation to Facility A, the day which is 36 Months after the date
of this
Agreement;
|
(b)
|
in
relation to Facility B, the day which is 60 Months after the date
of this
Agreement;
|
(c)
|
in
relation to Facility C and subject to Clause 8 (Extension of Facility
C), the Initial Facility C Termination
Date,
|
(a)
|
the
proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate;
and
|
(b)
|
the
date on which the Agent executes the Transfer
Certificate.
|
1.2
|
Construction
|
(a)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears a reference in this Agreement
to:
|
(i)
|
the
"Agent", the "Arranger", any
"Finance Party", any "Lender", any
"Obligor" or any "Party" shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns
and
permitted transferees;
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(ii)
|
a
document in "agreed form" is a document which is
initialled by or on behalf of the Company and the Agent or the
Arranger;
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(iii)
|
"assets"
includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of
every
description;
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(iv)
|
the
"European interbank market" means the interbank market
for euro operating in Participating Member
States;
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(v)
|
a
"Finance Document" or any other agreement or instrument
is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument
as amended or novated;
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(vi)
|
"indebtedness"
includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety)
for
the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual
or
contingent;
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(vii)
|
a
"participation" of a Lender in a Loan, means the amount
of such Loan which such Lender has made or is to make available
and
thereafter that part of the Loan which is owed to such
Lender;
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(viii)
|
a
"person" includes any person, firm, company, corporation,
government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust
or
partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality)
of two or
more of the foregoing;
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(ix)
|
a
"regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official
directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force
of law
but, if not having the force of law, with which persons who are
subject
thereto are accustomed to comply) of any governmental, intergovernmental
or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory
or other authority or organisation;
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(x)
|
the
"winding-up", "dissolution",
"administration" or "reorganisation" of
a company or corporation shall be construed so as to include any
equivalent or analogous proceedings (such as, in Spain, suspensión de
pagos, quiebra, concurso or any other
situación concursal) under the laws and regulations of the
jurisdiction in which such company or corporation is incorporated
or any
jurisdiction in which such company or corporation carries on business
including the seeking of liquidation, winding-up, reorganisation,
bankruptcy, dissolution, administration, arrangement, adjustment,
protection or relief of debtors;
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(xi)
|
a
provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted
without material modification;
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(xii)
|
a
time of day is a reference to London time;
and
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(xiii)
|
a
reference to a clause, paragraph or schedule, unless the context
otherwise
requires, is a reference to a clause, a paragraph of or a
schedule to this
Agreement.
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(b)
|
Section,
Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference
only.
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(c)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance
Document
or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance
Document
has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this
Agreement.
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(d)
|
A
Default (including an Event of Default) is "continuing"
if it has not been remedied or waived but, for the avoidance of
doubt, no
breach of any of the financial covenants set out in Clause 22
(Financial Covenants) shall be capable of being or be deemed to
be remedied by virtue of the fact that upon any subsequent testing
of such
covenants pursuant to Clause 22 (Financial Covenants), there is
no breach thereof.
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1.3
|
Currency
Symbols and Definitions
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1.4
|
Third
party rights
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(a)
|
Unless
expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document a person
who is
not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act
1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or enjoy the
benefit of any term of any Finance
Document.
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(b)
|
Notwithstanding
any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who
is not a
Party is not required to rescind or vary any Finance Document at
any
time.
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2.1
|
The
Facilities
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(a)
|
a
three year multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate
amount
equal to the Total Facility A
Commitments;
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(b)
|
a
five year multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate
amount
equal to the Total Facility B Commitments;
and
|
(a)
|
subject
to Clause 8 (Extension of Facility C), a multicurrency revolving
loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Facility
C
Commitments until the Initial Facility C Termination
Date.
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2.2
|
Finance
Parties' rights and
obligations
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(a)
|
The
obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are
several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations
under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of
any other
Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is
responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under
the
Finance Documents.
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(b)
|
Except
as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, the rights of each
Finance
Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate
and
independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents
to a
Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent
debt.
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(c)
|
A
Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under the Finance
Documents.
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2.3
|
Affiliate
Facility Offices
|
(a)
|
A
Lender may designate an Affiliate of that Lender as its Facility
Office
for the purpose of participating in or making Loans to Borrowers
in
particular countries.
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(b)
|
An
Affiliate of a Lender may be designated for the purposes of paragraph
(a):
|
(i)
|
by
appearing under the name of the Lender in Parts II (The Original
Lenders) of Schedule 1 and executing this Agreement;
or
|
(ii)
|
by
being referred to in and executing a Transfer Certificate by which
the
Lender becomes a Party.
|
(c)
|
An
Affiliate of a Lender referred to in this Clause 2.3 shall not
have any
Commitment, but shall be entitled to all rights and benefits under
the
Finance Documents relating to its participation in Loans, and shall
have
the corresponding duties of a Lender in relation thereto, and is
a Party
to this Agreement and each other relevant Finance Document for
those
purposes.
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(d)
|
A
Lender which has an Affiliate appearing under its name in Parts
II
(The Original Lenders) of Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in a
Transfer Certificate, will procure, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, that the Affiliate participates in Loans to the relevant
Borrower(s) in place of that Lender. However, if as a result of
the Affiliate's participation, an Obligor would be obliged to make
a
payment to the Affiliate under Clause 14 (Tax Gross-up and
indemnities) or Clause 15 (Increased costs), then the
Affiliate is only entitled to receive payment under those clauses
to the
same extent as the Lender (designating such Affiliate) would have
been if
the Lender had not designated such Affiliate for purposes of paragraph
(a)
above.
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3.
|
3.1
|
Purpose
|
3.2
|
Monitoring
|
4.1
|
Initial
Conditions Precedent
|
4.2
|
Further
Conditions Precedent
|
(a)
|
in
the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing
or would
result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other Utilisation,
no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed
Utilisation;
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(b)
|
the
Repeating Representations which are or which are deemed to be made
or
repeated by each Obligor on such date pursuant to Clause 20.20
(Times
on which representations are made) are true in all material
respects;
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4.3
|
Conditions
relating to Optional
Currencies
|
(a)
|
A
currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a
Utilisation
if:
|
(i)
|
it
is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible
into
the Base Currency in the Relevant Interbank Market on the Quotation
Day
and the Utilisation Date for that Utilisation;
and
|
(ii)
|
it
is sterling, euros or yen or has been approved by the Agent (acting
on the
instructions of all the Lenders) on or prior to receipt by the
Agent of
the relevant Utilisation Request for that
Utilisation.
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(b)
|
The
Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 30.9 (Change of
currency) if, on the first day of an Interest Period, no Default is
continuing or would result from the change of currency and the
Repeating
Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all material
respects.
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(c)
|
If
the Agent has received a written request from the Company for a
currency
to be approved under paragraph (a)(ii) above, the Agent will confirm
to
the Company by the Specified Time:
|
(i)
|
whether
or not the Lenders have granted their approval;
and
|
(ii)
|
if
approval has been granted, the minimum amount (and, if required,
integral
multiples) for any subsequent Utilisation in that
currency.
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4.4
|
Maximum
number of Loans
|
(a)
|
The
Company may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of
the
proposed Utilisation:
|
(i)
|
10
or more Facility A Loans would be outstanding;
or
|
(ii)
|
10
or more Facility B Loans would be outstanding;
or
|
(iii)
|
10
or more Facility C Loans would be
outstanding.
|
(b)
|
Any
Loan made by a single Lender under Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of a
currency) shall not be taken into account in this Clause
4.4.
|
5.
|
5.1
|
Delivery
of a Utilisation Request
|
5.2
|
Completion
of a Utilisation Request
|
(a)
|
Each
Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as
having been
duly completed unless:
|
(i)
|
it
identifies the Facility to be
utilised;
|
(ii)
|
the
proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability
Period
applicable to that Facility;
|
(iii)
|
the
currency and amount of the Loan complies with Clause 5.3 (Currency and
amount); and
|
(iv)
|
the
proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 11 (Interest
Periods).
|
(b)
|
Only
one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation
Request.
|
5.3
|
Currency
and amount
|
(a)
|
The
currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base Currency
or
an Optional Currency.
|
(b)
|
Unless
the Agent otherwise agrees, the amount of the proposed Utilisation
must be
an amount whose Base Currency Amount is not more than the Available
Facility (adjusted, where applicable, to take account of any additional
Utilisations which are scheduled to take place on or before the
relevant
Utilisation Date) and which is:
|
(i)
|
if
the currency selected is the Base Currency, a minimum of US$20,000,000
or,
if less, the relevant Available Facility;
or
|
(ii)
|
if
the currency selected is sterling or euros or yen, a minimum of
£10,000,000 or, as the case may be, EUR15,000,000 or, as the case
may be,
¥4,500,000,000 or, if less, the relevant Available Facility;
or
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(iii)
|
if
the currency selected is an Optional Currency other than sterling,
euros
or yen, the minimum amount specified by the Agent pursuant to paragraph
(c) (ii) of Clause 4.3 (Conditions relating to Optional
Currencies) or, if less, the relevant Available
Facility,
|
5.4
|
Lenders'
participation
|
(a)
|
If
the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender
shall
make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation
Date
through its Facility Office.
|
(b)
|
The
amount of each Lender's participation in each Loan will be equal
to the
proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the relevant Available
Facility immediately prior to making the
Loan.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan which
is to be
made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each Lender of the
amount,
currency and the Base Currency Amount of each Loan and the amount
of its
participation in that Loan, in each case by the Specified
Time.
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6.1
|
Selection
of currency
|
6.2
|
Unavailability
of a currency
|
(a)
|
a
Lender notifies the Agent that the Optional Currency requested
is not
readily available to it in the amount required, and provides in
writing an
objectively justified reason therefor;
or
|
(b)
|
a
Lender notifies the Agent that compliance with its obligation to
participate in a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene
a
law or regulation applicable to it,
|
6.3
|
Agent's
calculations
|
7.
|
8.1
|
Request
for Extension
|
(a)
|
The
Company may request, by notifying the Agent in writing (the "First
Extension Request") not earlier than 60 days and not later than
45 days before the first anniversary of the date of the Amendment
and
Restatement Agreement, the extension of the Termination Date of
Facility C
by an additional 365 day period.
|
(b)
|
Without
prejudice to paragraph (a) above, the Company may request, by notifying
the Agent in writing (the "Second Extension Request") not
earlier than 60 days and not later than 45 days before the second
anniversary of the date of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement,
the
extension of the Termination Date of Facility C (as may have been
extended
pursuant to the First Extension Request) by an additional 365 day
period.
|
(c)
|
Upon
notification by the Agent that it has received an Extension Request
from
the Company, each Lender shall freely determine whether or not
it shall
extend its Facility C Commitments in accordance with the relevant
Extension Request and shall, within 10 Business Days of receipt
of such
notification from the Agent, notify the Agent of its own decision
to
accept or decline the request set out in the Extension
Request.
|
(d)
|
The
Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has received
all
the Lenders' respective decisions in accordance with paragraph
(c) above,
notify the Company and the Lenders of the level of
acceptances.
|
8.2
|
Acceptance
of Extension Request
|
(a)
|
Any
agreement by a Lender to an Extension Request shall extend that
Lender's
Facility C Commitments by an additional 365 day period only and
shall be
binding on each such Lender only.
|
(b)
|
A
Lender who has declined the First Extension Request shall not be
precluded
from receiving notice of the Second Extension Request and may,
if it so
chooses, agree to the Second Extension Request, which shall extend
the
Facility C Commitments of that Lender by an additional 365 day
period from
the Initial Facility C Termination
Date.
|
8.3
|
Reduced
Facility C Commitments
|
8.4
|
Reduction
of Facility B Commitments
|
9.1
|
Illegality
of a Lender
|
(a)
|
that
Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that
event
and in any event at a time which permits the Company to repay that
Lender's participation on the date such repayment is required to
be
made;
|
(b)
|
upon
the Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender
will be
immediately cancelled; and
|
(c)
|
the
Company shall, on the last day of the Interest Period for each
Loan
occurring after the Agent has notified the Company or, if earlier,
the
date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent
(being
no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted
by
law), repay that Lender's participation in the Loans together with
accrued
interest on and all other amounts owing to that Lender under the
Finance
Documents.
|
9.2
|
Voluntary
cancellation
|
9.3
|
Automatic
Cancellation
|
9.4
|
Voluntary
prepayment of Loans
|
9.5
|
Right
of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
|
(a)
|
If:
|
(i)
|
any
sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased
under
paragraph (c) of Clause 14.2 (Tax gross-up);
or
|
(ii)
|
any
Lender claims indemnification from an Obligor under Clause 14.3
(Tax
indemnity) or Clause 15.1 (Increased
costs),
|
(b)
|
On
receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the relevant
Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to
zero.
|
(c)
|
On
the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company
has
given notice under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date
specified
by the Company in that notice), each Borrower shall repay that
Lender's
participation in the Loans to which such Interest Period
relates.
|
9.6
|
Restrictions
|
(a)
|
Any
notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this
Clause 9 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication
appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon
which the
relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount
of that
cancellation or prepayment.
|
(b)
|
Any
prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs
(if any),
without premium or penalty.
|
(c)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of Facility
A,
Facility B or Facility C which is prepaid may be reborrowed in
accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
|
(d)
|
No
Borrower shall repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or
cancel all
or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner
expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
|
(e)
|
No
amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement
may be
subsequently reinstated.
|
(f)
|
If
the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 9 it shall promptly
forward a copy of that notice to either the relevant Borrower or
the
affected Lenders, as appropriate.
|
10.
|
10.1
|
Calculation
of interest
|
(a)
|
Margin;
|
(b)
|
LIBOR
or, in relation to any Loan in euro, EURIBOR;
and
|
(c)
|
Mandatory
Cost, if any.
|
10.2
|
Payment
of interest
|
10.3
|
Default
interest
|
(a)
|
If
an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance
Document
on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from
the due
date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment)
at
a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two per cent higher
than
the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had,
during
the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of
the
overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration
of one
Month. Any interest accruing under this Clause 10.3 shall be
immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the
Agent.
|
(b)
|
If
any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became
due on a
day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to
that
Loan:
|
(i)
|
the
first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration
equal
to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating
to that
Loan; and
|
(ii)
|
the
rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first
Interest
Period shall be two per cent. higher than the rate which would
have
applied if the overdue amount had not become
due.
|
(c)
|
Default
interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded
with
the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable
to that
overdue amount but will remain immediately due and
payable.
|
10.4
|
Notification
of rates of interest
|
11.
|
11.1
|
Selection
of Interest Periods
|
(a)
|
The
Company may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation
Request for that Loan.
|
(b)
|
Subject
to this Clause 11, the Company may select an Interest Period of
one, two,
three or six Months, or any other period agreed between the Company
and
the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders participating
in
the relevant Facility).
|
(c)
|
An
Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination
Date
applicable to its Facility.
|
11.2
|
Non-Business
Days
|
12.1
|
Absence
of quotations
|
12.2
|
Market
disruption
|
(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any
Interest
Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender's share of that
Loan for
the Interest Period shall be the rate per annum which is the sum
of:
|
(i)
|
the
Margin;
|
(ii)
|
the
rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable
and in
any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that
Interest
Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum
the cost
to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever
source it may reasonably select;
and
|
(iii)
|
the
Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender's participation
in that
Loan.
|
(b)
|
In
this Agreement "Market Disruption Event"
means:
|
(i)
|
at
or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period
the
Screen Rate not being available and none or only one of the Reference
Banks supplying a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR or, if applicable,
EURIBOR for the relevant currency and Interest Period;
or
|
(ii)
|
before
close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant
Interest
Period, the Agent receiving notifications from a Lender or Lenders
(in
either case whose participations in a Loan exceed 50 per cent.
of that
Loan) that the cost to it or them of obtaining matching deposits
in the
Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR or, if applicable,
EURIBOR.
|
12.3
|
Alternative
basis of interest or
funding
|
(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Company so
requires,
the Agent and the Company shall enter into negotiations (for a
period of
not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute
basis for
determining the rate of interest in respect of the relevant
Loan.
|
(b)
|
Any
alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall,
with the
prior consent of all the Lenders participating in the relevant
Loan and
the Company, be binding on all
Parties.
|
12.4
|
Break
Costs
|
(a)
|
Each
Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Lender,
pay to
that Lender its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of
a Loan or
Unpaid Sum being paid by that Borrower on a day other than the
last day of
an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid
Sum.
|
(b)
|
Each
Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand
by the
Agent, provide a certificate confirming in reasonable detail the
amount of
its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they
accrue.
|
13.
|
13.1
|
Commitment
fee
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender)
a
commitment fee in respect of each Facility in the Base Currency
computed
at the rate of 30 per cent. of the applicable Margin from time
to time per
annum on that Lender's Available Commitment under each Facility
for the
period commencing on the Effective Date under (and as defined in)
the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement and ending on the last day
of the
Availability Period applicable to that
Facility;
|
(b)
|
The
accrued commitment fees set out above are payable on the last day
of each
successive period of three Months which ends during the Availability
Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled
in
full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender's Commitment
at the
time the cancellation is effective.
|
13.2
|
Arrangement
fee
|
13.3
|
Agency
fee
|
13.4
|
Extension
fee
|
13.5
|
Amendment
fee
|
14.1
|
Definitions
|
(a)
|
In
this Clause 14:
|
(i)
|
any
legal person or entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
any
securitisation trust or fund) habitually resident for taxation
purposes in
a Qualifying State which is not acting through a territory considered
as a
tax haven pursuant to Spanish laws and regulations (currently set
out in
Royal Decree 1080/1991 of 5 July (Real Decreto 1080/1991 de 5 de
julio)) or through a permanent establishment in Spain;
or
|
(ii)
|
any
legal person or entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
any
securitisation trust or fund) resident in a country which, as a
result of
any applicable double taxation treaty, would not require any payments
made
by a Borrower to such financial institution hereunder to be subject
to any
deduction or withholding in Spain;
or
|
(iii)
|
any
Domestic Lender.
|
(b)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 14 a reference to
"determines" or "determined" means a
determination made in the absolute good faith discretion of the
person
making the determination.
|
14.2
|
Tax
gross-up
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax
Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law or
regulation.
|
(b)
|
The
Company or a Lender shall promptly upon becoming aware that an
Obligor
must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate
or the
basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. If the
Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify
the Company
and that Obligor.
|
(c)
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If
a Tax Deduction is required by law or regulation to be made by
an Obligor,
the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased
to an
amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount
equal to
the payment which would have been due and payable if no Tax Deduction
had
been required.
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(d)
|
If
an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall
make
that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with
that Tax
Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required
by
law or regulation.
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(e)
|
Within
thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required
in
connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax
Deduction
shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the
payment
an original receipt (or certified copy thereof) or if unavailable
such
other evidence as is reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party
that
the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate
payment
paid to the relevant taxing
authority.
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14.3
|
Tax
indemnity
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(a)
|
The
Company shall (within five Business Days of demand by the Agent)
pay to a
Protected Party an amount equal to the amount of any Tax assessed
on that
Protected Party (together with any interest, costs or expenses
payable,
directly or indirectly, or incurred in connection therewith) in
relation
to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes
of Tax
to be received or receivable) under a Finance
Document.
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(b)
|
Paragraph
(a) of this Clause 14.3 shall not apply with respect to any Tax
assessed
on a Finance Party:
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(i)
|
under
the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which that Finance
Party
is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions)
in
which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes;
or
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(ii)
|
under
the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which that Finance
Party's
Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable
in
that jurisdiction,
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(c)
|
A
Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim pursuant to
paragraph
(a) of this Clause 14.3 shall promptly notify the Agent of the
event which
will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the
Agent
shall notify the Company.
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(d)
|
A
Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under
this
Clause 14.3, notify the Agent.
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14.4
|
Tax
Certificates
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(a)
|
Without
prejudice to the other provisions of this Clause 14, in relation
to any
exemption from or application of a rate lower than that of general
application pursuant to any legislation in Spain or any double
taxation
treaty, or pursuant to any other cause relating to residence status,
any
Lender which is not a Domestic Lender shall supply the Company,
through
the Agent, prior to the interest payment date with a certificate
of
residence issued by the pertinent fiscal administration, in the
case of a
Qualifying Lender which is not a Domestic Lender, accrediting such
Qualifying Lender as resident for tax purposes in a Qualifying
State or,
as the case may be, accrediting such Lender as resident for tax
purposes
in a State which has signed and ratified a double taxation treaty
with
Spain.
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(b)
|
As
such certificates referred to in paragraph (a) of this Clause 14.4
are, at
the date hereof, only valid for a period of one year, each such
Lender
will be required to so supply a further such certificate upon expiry
of
the previous certificate in relation to any further payment of
interest.
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14.5
|
Stamp
Taxes
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14.6
|
Value
Added Tax
|
(a)
|
All
consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document
by any
Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any
VAT. If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance
Party to any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that
Party shall
pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as
paying
the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT and
such
Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice
to such
Party.
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(b)
|
Where
a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party
for any
costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and
indemnify that Finance Party against all VAT incurred by the Finance
Party
in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance
Party
reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment
of
the VAT.
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15.
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15.1
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Increased
costs
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(a)
|
Subject
to Clause 15.2 (Increased Cost Claims) and Clause 15.3
(Exceptions) the Company shall, within three Business Days of a
demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the
amount of
any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its
Affiliates as a result of:
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(i)
|
the
introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation;
or
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(ii)
|
compliance
with any law or regulation,
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(b)
|
In
this Agreement "Increased Costs" means, without
duplication:
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(i)
|
a
reduction in the rate of return from a Facility or on a Finance
Party's
(or its Affiliate's) overall
capital;
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(ii)
|
an
additional or increased cost; or
|
(iii)
|
a
reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
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15.2
|
Increased
cost claims
|
(a)
|
A
Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 15.1
(Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise
to the claim and a calculation evidencing in reasonable detail
the amount
of such Increased Costs to be claimed by such Finance Party,
following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Company and
provide
the Company with such calculations.
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(b)
|
Each
Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the
Agent
provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased
Costs.
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15.3
|
Exceptions
|
(a)
|
Clause
15.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased
Cost is:
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(i)
|
attributable
to a Tax Deduction required by law or regulation to be made by
an
Obligor;
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(ii)
|
compensated
for by Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been
compensated for under Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so
compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b)
of
Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity)
applied);
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(iii)
|
compensated
for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost;
or
|
(iv)
|
attributable
to the breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of
any law
or regulation.
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(b)
|
In
this Clause 15.3, a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has
the same meaning given to the term in Clause 14.1
(Definitions).
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16.1
|
Currency
indemnity
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(a)
|
If
any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a
"Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or
made in
relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the
"First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into
another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose
of:
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(i)
|
making
or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
or
|
(ii)
|
obtaining
or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation
or
arbitration proceedings,
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(b)
|
Each
Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay
any amount
under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other
than that
in which it is expressed to be
payable.
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16.2
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Other
indemnities
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Finance
Party against any cost, loss or liability not otherwise compensated
under
the provisions of this Agreement and excluding any lost profits,
consequential or indirect damages (other than interest or
default
interest) incurred by that Finance Party as a result of its Commitment
or
the making of any Loan under the Finance Documents as a result
of:
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(i)
|
the
occurrence of any Event of Default;
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(ii)
|
a
failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document
on
its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability
arising as a result of Clause 29 (Sharing among the Finance
Parties);
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(iii)
|
funding,
or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested
by
the Company in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of
the
operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement
(other
than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party
alone);
or
|
(iv)
|
a
Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with
a notice of
prepayment given by the Company.
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(b)
|
The
Company shall procure that an Obligor will indemnify and hold
harmless
each Finance Party and each of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and representatives (each being an
"Indemnified Person") from and against any and all
claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, legal expenses and
other
expenses (all together "Losses") which have been incurred
by or awarded against any Indemnified Person, in each case arising
out of
or in connection with any claim, investigation, litigation or
proceeding
(or the preparation of any defence with respect thereto) commenced
or
threatened by any person in relation to any of the Finance Documents
(only
in so far as such claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding
relates
to the use of proceeds of the Facilities towards the acquisition
by the
Company or Cemex UK or any person acting in concert with the
Company or
Cemex UK of any of the ordinary shares of RMC Group PLC) except
to the
extent such Losses or claims result from such Indemnified Person's
negligence or misconduct or a breach of any Finance Document
by an
Indemnified Person provided
that:
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(i)
|
the
Indemnified Party shall as soon as reasonably practicable inform
the Cemex
Parent of any circumstances of which it is aware and which would
be
reasonably likely to give rise to any such investigation, litigation
or
proceeding (whether or not an investigation, litigation or proceeding
has
occurred or been threatened);
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(ii)
|
the
Indemnified Party will, where reasonable and practicable, and taking
into
account the provisions of this Agreement, give Cemex Parent an
opportunity
to consult with it with respect to the conduct or settlement of
any such
investigation, litigation or
proceeding;
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(iii)
|
an
Indemnified Party will provide the Company on request (and, to
the extent
practicable without any waiver of legal professional privilege
or breach
of confidentiality obligation) with copies of material correspondence
in
relation to the Losses and allow the Company to attend all material
meetings in relation to the Losses, receive copies of material
legal
advice obtained by the Indemnified Party in relation to the
Losses;
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(iv)
|
the
Company will keep strictly confidential all information received
by it in
connection with the Losses and will not disclose any information
to any
third party without the prior written consent of the Indemnified
Party;
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(v)
|
no
Obligor shall be liable for any settlement of the Losses unless
the
Company has consented to that settlement;
and
|
(vi)
|
no
Indemnified Party shall be required to comply with paragraphs (i)
or (ii)
or (iii) nor shall paragraph (v) apply unless the Indemnified Party
is and
continues to be indemnified on a current basis for its costs and
expenses.
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16.3
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Indemnity
to the Agent
|
(a)
|
investigating
any event which it reasonably believes (acting prudently and, if
possible,
following consultation with the Company) is a Default;
or
|
(b)
|
acting
or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably
believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately
authorised.
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17.1
|
Mitigation
|
(a)
|
Each
Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, take all
reasonable
steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise after the date
of this
Agreement and which would result in any amount becoming payable
under or
pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 9.1 (Illegality
of a Lender), Clause 14 (Tax Gross-up and Indemnities) or
Clause 15 (Increased Costs) or paragraph 3 of Schedule 4
(Mandatory Cost Formulae) including (but not limited to)
transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents
to
another Affiliate or Facility
Office.
|
(b)
|
Paragraph
(a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor
under
the Finance Documents.
|
17.2
|
Limitation
of liability
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall (or shall procure that another Obligor will) indemnify
each
Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by
that
Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 17.1
(Mitigation).
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(b)
|
A
Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 17.1
(Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting
reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to
it.
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18.1
|
Transaction
expenses
|
18.2
|
Amendment
costs
|
18.3
|
Enforcement
costs
|
19.1
|
Guarantee
and indemnity
|
(a)
|
guarantees
to each Finance Party punctual performance by each Borrower of
that
Borrower's obligations under the Finance
Documents;
|
(b)
|
undertakes
with each Finance Party that whenever a Borrower does not pay any
amount
when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, it shall
immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal
obligor;
and
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(c)
|
indemnifies
each Finance Party immediately on demand against any cost, loss
or
liability suffered by that Finance Party if any obligation guaranteed
by
it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal. The amount
of the cost, loss or liability shall be equal to the amount which
that
Finance Party would otherwise have been entitled to
recover.
|
19.2
|
Continuing
Guarantee
|
19.3
|
Reinstatement
|
(a)
|
the
liability of each Borrower shall continue as if the payment, discharge,
avoidance or reduction had not occurred;
and
|
(b)
|
each
Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount
of that
security or payment from each Borrower, as if the payment, discharge,
avoidance or reduction had not
occurred.
|
19.4
|
Waiver
of defences
|
(a)
|
any
time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Borrower
or
other person;
|
(b)
|
the
release of any Borrower or any other person under the terms of
any
composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the
Group;
|
(c)
|
the
taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of,
or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against,
or security
over assets of, any Borrower or other person or any non-presentation
or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect
of any
instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any
security;
|
(d)
|
any
incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of
or
dissolution or change in the members or status of a Borrower or
any other
person;
|
(e)
|
any
amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance Document
or
any other document or security;
|
(f)
|
any
unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of
any person
under any Finance Document or any other document or security;
or
|
(g)
|
any
insolvency or similar proceedings.
|
19.5
|
Immediate
recourse
|
19.6
|
Appropriations
|
(a)
|
refrain
from applying or enforcing any other monies, security or rights
held or
received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) in
respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such
manner and
order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise)
and no
Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same;
and
|
(b)
|
hold
in an interest-bearing suspense account any monies received from
a
Guarantor or on account of such Guarantor's liability under this
Clause
19.
|
19.7
|
Deferral
of Guarantors' rights
|
(a)
|
to
be indemnified by a Borrower;
|
(b)
|
to
claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Borrower's
obligations under the Finance Documents;
and/or
|
(c)
|
to
take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation
or
otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance
Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant
to, or in
connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance
Party.
|
19.8
|
Additional
security
|
20.
|
20.1
|
Status
|
(a)
|
It
is a corporation, duly organised and validly existing under
the laws and
regulations of its jurisdiction of
incorporation.
|
(b)
|
It
has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as
it is being
conducted.
|
20.2
|
Binding
obligations
|
20.3
|
Non-conflict
with other obligations
|
(a)
|
any
law or regulation applicable to it;
|
(b)
|
its
constitutional documents; or
|
(c)
|
any
agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its
assets.
|
20.4
|
Power
and authority
|
20.5
|
Validity
and admissibility in
evidence
|
(a)
|
to
enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply
with its
obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
and
|
(b)
|
to
make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible
in evidence
in its jurisdiction of
incorporation,
|
20.6
|
Governing
law and enforcement
|
(a)
|
The
choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents
will
be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation
subject to
any reservations which are specifically referred to in any
legal
opinion.
|
(b)
|
Any
judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document
will be
recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
subject to
any reservations which are specifically referred to in any
Legal
Opinion.
|
20.7
|
Deduction
of Tax
|
20.8
|
No
filing or stamp taxes
|
20.9
|
No
default
|
(a)
|
No
Default or Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably
be expected
to result from the making of any
Utilisation.
|
(b)
|
No
other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes
a default
under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on
it or any of
its Subsidiaries or to which its (or its Subsidiaries') assets
are subject
which might have a Material Adverse
Effect.
|
20.10
|
No
misleading information
|
(a)
|
Any
factual information provided by the Company for the purposes
of the
Information Memorandum was true and accurate in all material
respects as
at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which
it is
stated.
|
(b)
|
The
financial projections contained in the Information Memorandum
have been
prepared in good faith on the basis of recent historical information
and
on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions
were
fair in the light of conditions existing at the time of delivery
of such
forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the Company's
best
estimate of its future performance.
|
(c)
|
So
far as the Company is aware, after reasonable enquiry, nothing
has
occurred or been omitted from the Information Memorandum and
no
information has been given or withheld that results in the
information
contained in the Information Memorandum being untrue or misleading
in any
material respect.
|
(d)
|
All
material written information (other than the Information Memorandum)
supplied by any member of the Group is true, complete and accurate
in all
material respects as at the date it was given and is not misleading
in any
material respect.
|
20.11
|
Financial
statements
|
(a)
|
Its
Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with
GAAP
consistently applied and are complete and accurate in all material
respects.
|
(b)
|
Its
Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial
condition and
operations during the relevant financial
year.
|
(c)
|
For
the purposes of any repetition of the representation contained
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Clause 20.11 (pursuant to
Clause 20.20 (Times on which representations are made)) the
representations will be made in respect of the latest consolidated
financial statements of each Obligor instead of the Original
Financial
Statements.
|
20.12
|
Pari
passu ranking
|
20.13
|
No
proceedings pending or
threatened
|
20.14
|
No
winding-up
|
20.15
|
Material
Adverse Change
|
20.16
|
Environmental
compliance
|
20.17
|
Environmental
Claims
|
20.18
|
No
Immunity
|
20.19
|
Private
and commercial acts
|
20.20
|
Times
on which representations are
made
|
(a)
|
All
the representations and warranties in this Clause 20 are made
to each
Finance Party on the date of this Agreement except for the
representations
and warranties set out in Clause 20.10 (No misleading
information) which are deemed to be made by each Obligor on the date
that the Information Memorandum was approved by Cemex UK and
on the date
the Facilities were primarily syndicated (and for this purpose,
the
Information Memorandum referred to therein shall be the Information
Memorandum as updated in accordance with the principles agreed
between the
Arranger and Cemex UK).
|
(b)
|
The
Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor
to each
Finance Party on the date of each Utilisation Request and on
the first day
of each Interest Period.
|
(c)
|
The
Repeating Representations and each of the representations and
warranties
set out in Clause 20.5 (Validity and admissibility in evidence),
Clause 20.6 (Governing law and enforcement), Clause 20.9 (No
default) and paragraph (b) of Clause 20.10 (No misleading
information) (in respect only of information given by it) are deemed
to be made by each Additional Guarantor to each Finance Party
on the day
on which it becomes an Additional
Guarantor.
|
(d)
|
Each
representation or warranty deemed to be made after the date
of this
Agreement shall be made by reference to the facts and circumstances
existing at the date the representation or warranty is
made.
|
21.1
|
Financial
statements
|
(a)
|
as
soon as the same become available, but in any event within
180 days after
the end of each of such Obligor's respective financial
years:
|
(i)
|
the
Company's audited consolidated and unconsolidated financial
statements for
that financial year; and
|
(ii)
|
each
Guarantor's respective audited consolidated (to the extent
available) and
unconsolidated financial statements for that financial year;
and
|
(b)
|
as
soon as the same become available, but in any event within
90 days after
the end of the first half of each of its financial years its
unaudited
consolidated financial statements for that
period.
|
21.2
|
Compliance
Certificate
|
(a)
|
The
Company shall supply to the Agent, with each set of consolidated
financial
statements delivered pursuant to paragraphs (a) (i) and (b)
of Clause
21.1 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate
setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance
with
Clause 22 (Financial Covenants) as at the date as at which those
financial statements were drawn up.
|
(b)
|
Each
Compliance Certificate shall be signed by an Authorised Signatory
of the
Company and, if required to be delivered with the consolidated
financial
statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) (i) of Clause
21.1
(Financial statements), by the Company's
auditors.
|
21.3
|
Requirements
as to financial statements
|
(a)
|
Each
set of financial statements delivered by the Company pursuant
to Clause
21.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by an Authorised
Signatory of the relevant company as fairly representing its
financial
condition as at the date as at which those financial statements
were drawn
up.
|
(b)
|
The
Company shall procure that each set of financial statements
delivered
pursuant to Clause 21.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using
GAAP and accounting practices and financial reference periods
consistent
with those applied in the preparation of the Original Financial
Statements
for that Obligor unless, in relation to any set of financial
statements,
it notifies the Agent that there has been a change in GAAP,
or the
accounting practices or reference periods and, unless amendments
are
agreed in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Clause 21.3,
its auditors
(or, if appropriate, the auditors of the Obligor) deliver to
the
Agent:
|
(i)
|
a
description of any change necessary for those financial statements
to
reflect the GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods
upon which
that Obligor's Original Financial Statements were prepared;
and
|
(ii)
|
sufficient
information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required
by the
Agent, to enable the Lenders to determine whether Clause 22
(Financial
covenants) has been complied with and make an accurate comparison
between the financial position indicated in those financial
statements and
that Obligor's Original Financial
Statements.
|
(c)
|
If
the Company adopts International Accounting Standards or, subject
to
paragraph (b) above, there are changes to GAAP, or the accounting
practices or reference periods the Company and the Agent shall,
at the
Company's request, negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing
such
amendments to the financial covenants in Clause 22 (Financial
Covenants) and the ratios used to calculate the Margin and, in
each
case, the definitions used therein as may be necessary to ensure
that the
criteria for evaluating the Group's financial condition grant
to the
Lenders protection equivalent to that which would have been
enjoyed by
them had the Company not adopted International Accounting Standards
or had
there not been a change in GAAP, or the accounting practices
or reference
periods (subject to compliance with paragraph (b) above). Any
amendments
agreed will take effect on the date agreed between the Agent
and the
Company subject to the consent of the Majority Lenders. If
no such
agreement is reached within 90 days of the Company's request,
the Company
will remain subject to the obligation to deliver the information
specified
in paragraph (b) of this Clause
21.3.
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21.4
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Information:
miscellaneous
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(a)
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all
documents dispatched by the Company to its shareholders (or
any class of
them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are
dispatched;
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(b)
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promptly
upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation,
arbitration or
administrative proceedings which are current, or which, to
the Company's
knowledge after reasonable enquiry, are being threatened or
are pending
and are likely to be adversely determined against any member
of the Group
which, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, are not spurious
or
vexatious, and which might, if adversely determined, have a
Material
Adverse Effect;
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(c)
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promptly,
such further information regarding the financial condition,
assets and
business of any Obligor or member of the Group as the Agent
(or any Lender
through the Agent) may reasonably request (including, but not
limited to,
information on Ratings, if such credit rating has not been
publicly
announced) other than any information the disclosure of which
would result
in a breach of any applicable law or regulation or confidentiality
agreement entered into in good faith provided that the
Company shall use reasonable efforts to be released from any
such
confidentiality agreement; and
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(d)
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promptly
upon becoming aware of them, the details of any Environmental
Claim which
is current, threatened or pending against any member of the
Group which is
referred to in Clause 23.12 (Environmental claims) which are not
spurious or vexatious, which are likely to be adversely determined
against
any member of the Group and which could reasonably be expected,
if
adversely determined, to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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21.5
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Notification
of default
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps,
if any,
being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its
occurrence
(unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already
been
provided by another Obligor).
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(b)
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Promptly
upon a request by the Agent, the Company shall supply to the
Agent a
certificate signed by an Authorised Signatory on its behalf
certifying
that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing,
specifying
the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy
it).
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21.6
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"Know
your client" checks
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any
Lender and
each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply,
or
procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence
as is
reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf
of any Lender)
or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective New
Lender) in
order for the Agent, such Lender or any prospective New Lender
to carry
out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary "know
your client"
or other checks in relation to the identity of any person that
it is
required by law to carry out in relation to the transactions
contemplated
in the Finance Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, a Lender
will have no obligation towards the Agent to evidence that
it has complied
with any "know your client" or similar checks in relation to
the
Obligors.
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(b)
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The
Company shall, by not less than five Business Days' written
notice to the
Agent, notify the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders)
of its
intention to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an
Additional
Obligor pursuant to Clause 26 (Changes to the
Obligors).
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(c)
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Following
the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the
Company
shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender
supply, or
procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence
as is
reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf
of any Lender)
or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective New
Lender) in
order for the Agent, such Lender or any prospective New Lender
to carry
out and be satisfied with the results of all necessary "know
your client"
or other checks in relation to the identity of any person that
it is
required by law to carry out in relation to the accession of
such
Additional Obligor to this
Agreement.
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21.7
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Notarisations
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22.1
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Financial
definitions
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(a)
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interest
rate and currency exchange rate hedging agreements to hedge
risks arising
in the normal course of business;
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(b)
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transactions
containing potential payments by any Group member (e.g. via
a put-option
agreement or similar structures) under which payments are incapable
of
being triggered until three days after the Termination Date
in relation to
Facility C; or
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(c)
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any
supply arrangement or equipment lease in respect of energy
or raw material
sourcing containing contingent obligations to directly or indirectly
purchase (including through the purchase of shares or other
equity
participation) the underlying operations or assets up to an
aggregate
maximum of $100,000,000.
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22.2
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Financial
condition
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(a)
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the
ratio of Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA calculated on a
Rolling Basis
shall be less than or equal to 3.5:1;
and
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(b)
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the
ratio of EBITDA to Finance Charges calculated on a Rolling
Basis shall be
greater than or equal to 3:1.
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22.3
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Financial
testing
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22.4
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Accounting
terms
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23.1
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Authorisations
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(a)
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obtain,
comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full
force and
effect; and
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(b)
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supply
certified copies to the Agent of,
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23.2
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Preservation
of corporate existence
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23.3
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Preservation
of properties
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23.4
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Compliance
with laws and regulations
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall (and shall procure that each of its Subsidiaries
will)
comply in all respects with all laws and regulations to which
it may be
subject, if failure to so comply would be likely to have a
Material
Adverse Effect.
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(b)
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The
Company shall (and shall procure that each of its Subsidiaries
will)
ensure that the levels of contribution to pension schemes are
and continue
to be sufficient to comply with all its and their material
obligations
under such schemes and generally under applicable laws (including
ERISA)
and regulations, except where failure to make such contributions
would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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23.5
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Notarisation
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(a)
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Subject
to paragraph (b) of this Clause 23.5, the Company shall not
(and shall
procure that none of its Subsidiaries will) permit any of its
unsecured
indebtedness to be notarised as a Spanish Public Document (any
such
notarisation, a "Notarisation"), other than the following
permitted Notarisations ("Permitted
Notarisations"):
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(i)
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any
Permitted Notarisations listed in Schedule 11 (Existing
Notarisations) and any amendments or modifications thereof,
provided that any such amendment or modification shall
not result in the increase of the principal amount of the relevant
indebtedness nor the extension of the maturity thereof nor,
for the
avoidance of doubt, relate to any refinancing of the relevant
indebtedness;
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(ii)
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Notarisations
which are required by applicable law or regulation or which
arise by
operation of law other than pursuant to any issue of debt securities
in
accordance with Article 285 of the Spanish Corporations Law
(Ley de
Sociedades Anónimas);
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(iii)
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Notarisations
with the prior written consent of the Majority
Lenders;
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(iv)
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any
Notarisations securing indebtedness the principal amount of
which (when
aggregated with the principal amount of any other Notarisations
other than
any Permitted Notarisations under paragraphs (i) or (iii) above)
do not
exceed US$100,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency
or
currencies); and
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(v)
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any
Notarisations relating to indebtedness in respect of any sale
and purchase
agreement customarily registered in a public register in Spain
and payment
of which indebtedness is made within seven days of the date
of such
agreement.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) of this Clause 23. shall not apply if the Company, concurrently
with
any such Notarisation (not being a Permitted Notarisation)
referred to in
paragraph (a) of this Clause 23.5 and at its own cost and expense,
causes
this Agreement to be the subject of a
Notarisation.
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23.6
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Negative
pledge
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(a)
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Security
for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges the payment
of which
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly
initiated and diligently conducted and for which such reserves
or other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP
shall have
been made;
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(b)
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statutory
liens of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics
and
materialment incurred in the ordinary course of business for
sums not yet
due or the payment of which is being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted
and
for which such reserves or other appropriate provision, if
any, as shall
be required by GAAP shall have been
made;
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(c)
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liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in connection
with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other
types of
social security;
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(d)
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any
judgment lien, unless the judgment it secures shall not, within
60 days
after the entry thereof, have been discharged or execution
thereof stayed
pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 60
days after the
expiration of any such stay;
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(e)
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Security
existing on the date of this Agreement as described in Schedule
10
(Existing Security) provided that the principal
amount secured thereby is not
increased;
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(f)
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any
Security on property acquired by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries
after the date of this Agreement that was existing on the date
of
acquisition of such property provided that such Security
was not incurred in anticipation of such acquisition; and any
Security
created to secure all or any payment of the purchase price,
or to secure
indebtedness incurred or assumed to pay all or any part of
the purchase
price, of property acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
after the date of this Agreement provided, further, that
(i) any such Security permitted pursuant to this paragraph
(f) shall be
confined solely to the item or items of property so acquired
(including,
in the case of any acquisition of a corporation through the
acquisition of
51% or more of the voting stock of such corporation, the stock
and assets
of any acquired Subsidiary or acquiring Subsidiary by which
the acquired
Subsidiary will be directly or indirectly controlled) and,
if required by
the terms of the instrument originally creating such Security,
other
property which is an improvement to, or is acquired for specific
use with,
such acquired property; (ii) if applicable, any such Security
shall be
created within nine Months after, in the case of property,
its
acquisition, or, in the case of improvements, their Completion;
and (iii)
no such Security shall be made in respect of any indebtedness
in relation
to repayment of which recourse may be had to any member of
the Group (in
the form of Security) other than in relation to the item or
items as
referred to in (i) above;
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(g)
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any
Security renewing, extending or refinancing the indebtedness
to which any
Security permitted by paragraph (f) above relates; provided
that the principal amount of indebtedness secured by
such
Security immediately prior thereto is not increased and such
Security is
not extended to other property;
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(h)
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any
Security created on shares representing no more than a Stake
in the
capital stock of any of the Company's Subsidiaries solely
as a result of
the deposit or transfer of such shares into a trust or a
special purpose
corporation (including any entity with legal personality)
of which such
shares constitute the sole assets provided that the
proceeds from the deposit or transfer of such shares into
such trust,
corporation or entity and from any transfer of or distributions
in respect
of the Company's or any Subsidiary's interest in such trust,
corporation
or entity are applied as provided under Clause 23.7 (Disposals)
and provided further that such Security may not secure
Financial Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary unless
otherwise
permitted under this Clause 23.6 and that the economic and
voting rights
in such capital stock is maintained by the Company in its
Subsidiaries;
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(i)
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any
Security permitted by the Agent, acting on the instructions
of the
Majority Lenders;
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(j)
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any
securitisation of receivables notwithstanding that it is
made at discount
from the amount due on such receivables and provided that
it is made on a non recourse basis or that recourse is
directly or
indirectly limited to collection of the receivables plus
related interest
and financial and collection costs and expenses;
and
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(k)
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in
addition to the Security permitted by the foregoing paragraphs
(a) to (k),
Security securing indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(taken
as a whole) not in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the Adjusted
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Group, as determined
in accordance
with GAAP,
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23.7
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Disposals
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(a)
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Subject
to paragraph (b) of this Clause 23.7, the Company shall not
(and the
Company shall ensure that none of its Subsidiaries will),
without the
prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, enter into
a single
transaction or a series of transactions (whether related
or not) and
whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise
dispose of all its assets or a substantial part of its assets
representing
more than 5 per cent. in aggregate of the total consolidated
assets of the
Group, calculated by reference to the latest consolidated
financial
statements of the Company, delivered pursuant to paragraph
(a) (i) of
Clause 21.1 (Financial statements), unless (i) full value
for such assets is received by the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(ii) an
amount equal to the net proceeds of any such sale, lease,
transfer or
other disposal is reinvested within twelve Months of receipt
by the
Company or its Subsidiaries in the business of the Group;
and (iii)
neither such sale, lease, transfer or other disposal nor
such reinvestment
directly results in a downgrade from the then current Ratings
of the
Company.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) of this Clause 23.7 does not apply to any sale, lease,
transfer or
other disposal of assets:
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(i)
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made
on arm's length terms and for fair market value in the ordinary
course of
business of the disposing entity;
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(ii)
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in
respect of any securitisation of receivables notwithstanding
that it is
made at discount from the amount due on such receivables and
provided that it is made on a non-recourse basis or that
recourse is directly or indirectly limited to collection of
the
receivables plus related interest and financial and collection
costs and
expenses;
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(iii)
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from
any member of the Group to another member of the Group on arm's
length
terms and for fair market or book value provided that the
exception contained in this paragraph (iii) shall not apply
to any sale,
lease, transfer or other disposal of an
asset:
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(A)
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from
any Obligor to another member of the Group which is neither
an Obligor nor
a subsidiary of an Obligor unless the person to whom such sale,
lease,
transfer or other disposal is made (the "Transferee") or its
direct or
indirect parent company (as the case may be) becomes a Guarantor;
or
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(B)
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from
any Material Subsidiary to another member of the Group which
is not a
Material Subsidiary unless the person making such sale, lease,
transfer or
other disposal does not cease to be a Material Subsidiary or,
if it ceases
to be a Material Subsidiary, any Transferee shall be deemed
to be a
Material Subsidiary;
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(iv)
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in
respect of which the net proceeds are used to repay any amounts
outstanding hereunder in an amount equal to such net proceeds
and if the
Available Commitments in an amount equal thereto are cancelled;
or
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(v)
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in
respect of which the proceeds are applied pursuant to any prepayment
requirement included as at the date hereof in existing loan
agreements of
any Subsidiary in relation to the use of proceeds received
from the
disposal of any assets.
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23.8
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Merger
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(a)
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Subject
to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Clause 23.8, unless it has
obtained the
prior written approval of the Majority Lenders, no Obligor
shall (and the
Company shall ensure that none of its Subsidiaries will) enter
into any
amalgamation, demerger, merger or other corporate reconstruction
(a
"Reconstruction"), other than (i) a Reconstruction
relating only to the Company's Subsidiaries inter se; (ii)
a
Reconstruction between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries;
or (iii) a
solvent reorganisation or liquidation of any of the Subsidiaries
not being
Obligors, provided that in any case no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such transaction
or would result
therefrom and provided further that (a) none of the
Security (if any) granted to the Lenders nor the guarantees
granted by the
Guarantors hereunder is or are adversely affected as a result,
and (b) the
resulting entity, if it is not an Obligor, assumes the obligations
of the
Obligor the subject of the merger.
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(b)
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Subject
to paragraph (c) of this Clause 23.8, the Obligors may merge
with any
other person if the book value of such person's assets prior
to the merger
does not exceed 3 per cent. of the book value of the Group's
assets taken
as a whole considered on a consolidated
basis.
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(c)
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In
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Clause 23.8, the then existing
Ratings of
the Company shall not be downgraded whether at the time of,
or within 3
Months of, the date of announcement of a Reconstruction, directly
as a
result of any merger involving the Company, and the resulting
entity, if
it is not an Obligor, shall assume the obligations of the Obligor
the
subject of the merger.
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23.9
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Change
of business
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(a)
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None
of the Obligors shall make a substantial change to the general
nature of
its business from that carried on at the date of this Agreement
and there
shall be no cessation of business in relation to any of the
Obligors (save
(except in the case of the Company which shall in no event
cease or
substantially change its business) unless another Obligor continues
to
operate any such business).
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(b)
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The
Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to
the general
nature of the business of any of its Material Subsidiaries
(other than a
Guarantor) from that carried on at the date of this Agreement
and that
there shall be no cessation of such
business.
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23.10
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Insurance
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23.11
|
Environmental
Compliance
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23.12
|
Environmental
Claims
|
(a)
|
if
any Environmental Claim has been commenced or (to the best
of the
Company's knowledge and belief) is threatened against any member
of the
Group which is likely to be determined adversely to the member
of the
Group; or
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(b)
|
of
any facts or circumstances which will or are reasonably likely
to result
in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against
any
member of the Group,
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23.13
|
Transactions
with Affiliates
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23.14
|
Pari
passu ranking
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23.15
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Subsidiary
Financial Indebtedness
incurrence
|
(a)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary
Guarantor;
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(b)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary as disclosed in Schedule 13 (Existing
Financial Indebtedness) provided
that:
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(i)
|
the
principal amount of such Financial Indebtedness shall not be
increased
above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately
prior to any
extension, refunding or refinancing;
and
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(ii)
|
the
aggregate amount of all Financial Indebtedness that has been
extended,
refunded or refinanced under this paragraph (b) shall not exceed
$250,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof if denominated in another
currency),
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(X)
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if
any such Financial Indebtedness is successively extended, refinanced
or
refunded, only the Financial Indebtedness outstanding after
giving effect
to all such successive extensions, refinancing and refundings
shall be
counted against the foregoing amount;
and
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(Y)
|
any
Financial Indebtedness incurred in a currency other than dollars
pursuant
to this paragraph (b) shall continue to be permitted under
this paragraph
(b), notwithstanding any fluctuation in currency values, as
long as the
outstanding principal amount of such Financial Indebtedness
(denominated
in its original currency) does not exceed the maximum amount
of such
Financial Indebtedness (denominated in such currency) permitted
to be
outstanding on the date such Financial Indebtedness was
incurred);
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(c)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary owed to the Company or another
Subsidiary;
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(d)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that
is:
|
(i)
|
outstanding
at the time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary
or;
|
(ii)
|
contractually
required to be incurred by such Subsidiary at such
time,
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(e)
|
any
Financial Indebtedness extending the maturity of the Financial
Indebtedness referred to in paragraph (d) above, or any refunding
or
refinancing of the same, provided that the principal
amount of such Financial Indebtedness shall not be increased
above the
principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such
extension,
refunding or refinancing;
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(f)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary which:
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(i)
|
has
been formed for the purpose of, and whose primary activities
are, the
issuance or other incurrence of debt obligations to Persons
other than
Affiliates of the Company and the lending or other advance
of the net
proceeds of such debt obligations (whether directly or indirectly)
to the
Company or any Guarantor which is a Holding Company (as defined
in
sub-Clause 26.3 (Additional Guarantors));
and
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(ii)
|
has
no significant assets other than promissory notes and other
contract
rights in respect of funds advanced to the Company or such
Guarantors;
and
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(g)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary incurred pursuant to or in connection
with
any pooling agreements in place within a bank or financial
institution,
but only to the extent of offsetting credit balances of the
Company or its
Subsidiaries pursuant to such pooling
arrangement.
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23.16
|
Payment
restrictions affecting
Subsidiaries
|
(a)
|
declare
or pay dividends or other distributions in respect of its or
their
respective equity interests in a Subsidiary, except any agreement
or
arrangement (other than in relation to the Asia Fund as at
the date
hereof) entered into by a person prior to such person becoming
a
Subsidiary, in which case the Company shall use its reasonable
endeavours
to remove such limitations. If however, such limitations are
reasonably likely to affect the ability of the Company to satisfy
its
payment obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall
use its best
endeavours to remove such limitations as soon as
possible;
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(b)
|
repay
or capitalise any intercompany indebtedness owed by any Subsidiary
to any
Obligor and, for the avoidance of doubt, subordination provisions
shall
not be considered a limitation for the purpose of this Clause
23.16.
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23.17
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Indebtedness
of Guarantors
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(a)
|
Financial
Indebtedness in respect of its taxes or costs, incurred pursuant
to legal
requirements;
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(b)
|
Financial
Indebtedness owed to another member of the
Group;
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(c)
|
Financial
Indebtedness of another member of the Group guaranteed by a
Guarantor;
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(d)
|
Financial
Indebtedness in relation to the Loan Notes;
and
|
(e)
|
Financial
Indebtedness not falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above,
in an
aggregate amount not exceeding EUR3,000,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in
any other currency).
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23.18
|
Notification
of adverse change in
Ratings
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24.1
|
Non-payment
|
24.2
|
Financial
Covenants
|
24.3
|
Other
obligations
|
(a)
|
An
Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents
(other
than those referred to in Clause 24.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 22
(Financial covenants)).
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(b)
|
No
Event of Default under paragraph (a) of this Clause 24.3 above
will occur
if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied
within
fifteen Business Days of the Agent giving written notice to
the Company or
the Company becoming aware of the failure to comply whichever
is the
earlier.
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24.4
|
Misrepresentation
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24.5
|
Cross
acceleration
|
(a)
|
Any
Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor or member of the Group
is not paid
when due nor within any originally applicable grace
period.
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(b)
|
Any
Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor or member of the Group
is declared
to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified
maturity
as a result of an event of default (however
described).
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(c)
|
No
Event of Default will occur under this Clause 24.5 if the aggregate
amount
of Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) and
(b) of this
Clause 24.5 above is less than $50,000,000 (or its equivalent
in any other
currency or currencies).
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24.6
|
Insolvency
|
(a)
|
Any
of the Obligors or Material Subsidiaries is unable or admits
inability to
pay its debts as they fall due or, by reason of actual or anticipated
financial difficulties, suspends making payments on any of
its debts or
commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors with
a view to
rescheduling any of its
indebtedness.
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(b)
|
The
value of the assets of any of the Obligors or Material Subsidiaries
is
less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and
prospective
liabilities).
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(c)
|
A
moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any
of the
Obligors or Material Subsidiaries.
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24.7
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Insolvency
proceedings
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(a)
|
a
moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration
or
reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of
arrangement or
otherwise) of any of the Obligors or Material Subsidiaries
other than a
solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any of the Material
Subsidiaries
not being Obligors;
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(b)
|
a
composition, assignment or arrangement with any class of creditor
of any
of the Obligors or Material
Subsidiaries;
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(c)
|
the
appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent
liquidation of any of the Material Subsidiaries not being Obligors),
receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory
manager or
other similar officer in respect of any of the Obligors or
Material
Subsidiaries or any of their
assets;
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24.8
|
Expropriation
and sequestration
|
24.9
|
Creditors'
process and enforcement of
Security
|
(a)
|
Any
Security is enforced against any Obligor or any Material
Subsidiary.
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(b)
|
Any
attachment, distress or execution affects any asset or assets
of any
Obligor or any Material Subsidiary which is reasonably likely
to cause a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(c)
|
No
Event of Default under paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Clause
24.9 above
will occur if:
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(i)
|
the
action is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
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(ii)
|
the
principal amount of the indebtedness secured by such
Security or in respect of which such attachment, distress or
execution is carried out represents less than $50,000,000 (or
its
equivalent in any other currency or currencies);
and
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(iii)
|
the
enforcement proceedings, attachment, distress or execution
is
or are discharged within 60 days of
commencement.
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24.10
|
Failure
to comply with judgment
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24.11
|
Unlawfulness
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24.12
|
Repudiation
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24.13
|
Change
of Control
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(a)
|
be
entitled to (whether by way of ownership of shares (directly
or
indirectly), proxy, contract, agency or
otherwise):
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(i)
|
cast,
or control the casting of, at least 51 per cent. of the maximum
number of
votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the
Company;
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(ii)
|
appoint
or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent
officers of the Company;
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(iii)
|
give
directions with respect to the operating and financial policies
of the
Company which the directors or other equivalent officers of
the Company
are obliged to comply with; or
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(b)
|
hold
at least 51 per cent. of the common shares in the
Company.
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24.14
|
Material
adverse change
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24.15
|
Acceleration
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(a)
|
cancel
the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be
cancelled;
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(b)
|
declare
that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest,
and all
other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents be immediately
due and
payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;
and/or
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25.1
|
Assignments
and transfers by the
Lenders
|
(a)
|
assign
any of its rights and benefits in respect of any Utilisation;
or
|
(b)
|
transfer
by novation any of its rights, benefits and obligations in
respect of any
Commitment or any Utilisation,
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25.2
|
Conditions
of assignment or transfer
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(a)
|
The
Borrower must be given prior notification of any assignment
or transfer
becoming effective under Clause 25.1 (Assignments and transfers by the
Lenders) and the consent of the Company is required for an assignment
or transfer to an entity which is not a bank or financial institution
or a
securitisation trust or fund.
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(b)
|
The
consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer must not
be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company will be deemed to
have given its consent five Business Days after the Existing
Lender has
requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Company
within
that time.
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(c)
|
An
assignment will only be effective
on:
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(i)
|
receipt
by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender that
the New
Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance
Parties as it
would have been under if it was an Original Lender;
and
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(ii)
|
the
satisfaction of the Agent with the results of all "know your
client" or
other checks relating to the identity of any person that it
is required by
law to carry out in relation to such assignment to a New Lender,
the
completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the
Existing Lender
and the New Lender.
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(d)
|
A
transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in
Clause 25.5
(Procedure for transfer) is complied
with.
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(e)
|
If:
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(i)
|
a
Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights, benefits or
obligations
under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office;
and
|
(ii)
|
as
a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment,
transfer or
change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment
to the New
Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under
Clause 14 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 15
(Increased costs),
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(f)
|
In
addition to the other assignment rights provided in this Clause
25, each
Lender may assign, as collateral or otherwise, any of its rights
under
this Agreement (including rights to payments of principal or
interest on
the Loans) to any trustee for the benefit of the holders of
such Lender's
securities provided that no such assignment shall release
the assigning Lender from any of its obligations under this
Agreement.
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25.3
|
Assignment
or transfer fee
|
25.4
|
Limitation
of responsibility of Existing
Lenders
|
(a)
|
Unless
expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes
no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to
a New Lender
for:
|
(i)
|
the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability
of the
Finance Documents or any other
documents;
|
(ii)
|
the
financial condition of any Obligor;
|
(iii)
|
the
performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations
under the
Finance Documents or any other documents;
or
|
(iv)
|
the
accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in
or in
connection with any Finance Document or any other
document,
|
(b)
|
Each
New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender, and the other Finance
Parties
that it:
|
(i)
|
has
made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation
and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor
and its
related entities in connection with its participation in this
Agreement
and has not relied exclusively on any information provided
to it by the
Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document;
and
|
(ii)
|
will
continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness
of
each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is
or may be
outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is
in
force.
|
(c)
|
Nothing
in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender
to:
|
(i)
|
accept
a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations
assigned or transferred under this Clause 25;
or
|
(ii)
|
support
any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender
by reason of
the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under
the Finance
Documents or otherwise.
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25.5
|
Procedure
for transfer
|
(a)
|
Subject
to the conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph
(b)
below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer
Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the
New
Lender. The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable
after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate
appearing on
its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate and send a copy to the
Company.
|
(b)
|
On
the Transfer Date:
|
(i)
|
to
the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender
seeks to
transfer by novation its rights, and obligations under the
Finance
Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall
be released
from further obligations towards one another under the Finance
Documents
and their respective rights against one another under the Finance
Documents shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and
Obligations");
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(ii)
|
each
of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations
towards one
another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ
from the
Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor
and the New
Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that
Obligor and
the Existing Lender;
|
(iii)
|
the
Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and the other
Lenders, shall acquire the same rights and assume the same
obligations between themselves as they would have acquired
and assumed had
the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights, and/or
obligations
acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to
that extent
the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each
be released
from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents;
and
|
(iv)
|
the
New Lender shall become a Party as a
"Lender".
|
25.6
|
Copy
of Transfer Certificate to
Borrower
|
25.7
|
Disclosure
of information
|
(a)
|
Any
Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other
person:
|
(i)
|
to
(or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may
potentially
assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations
under the
Finance Documents;
|
(ii)
|
with
(or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially
enter into)
any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction
under which
payments are to be made by reference to, the Finance Documents;
or
|
(iii)
|
to
whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be
disclosed by
any applicable law or regulation,
|
25.8
|
Interest
|
26.1
|
Assignment
and Transfers by Obligors
|
26.2
|
Additional
Borrowers
|
(a)
|
Subject
to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c)
of Clause 21.6
("Know your client" checks), the Company may request that any of
its wholly owned Subsidiaries which is not a dormant Subsidiary
becomes an
Additional Borrower. That Subsidiary shall become an Additional
Borrower if:
|
(i)
|
all
the Lenders approve the addition of that
Subsidiary;
|
(ii)
|
the
Company and that Subsidiary deliver to the Agent a duly completed
and
executed Accession Letter;
|
(iii)
|
the
Subsidiary is (or becomes) a Guarantor prior to becoming a
Borrower;
|
(iv)
|
the
Company confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur
as a result
of that Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower;
and
|
(v)
|
the
Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence
listed in Part
II of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedentto be delivered by an
Additional Obligor) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon
being
satisfied that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory
to it)
all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule
2
(Conditions precedent to be delivered by an Additional
Obligor).
|
26.3
|
Additional
Guarantors
|
(a)
|
Subject
to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c)
of Clause
21.6 ("Know your client" checks), the Company may request
that any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries become an Additional
Guarantor.
|
(b)
|
The
Company shall procure that in respect of (i) each of its Subsidiaries
to
whom a sale, lease, transfer or other disposal is made by an
Obligor
pursuant to paragraph (b)(iii)(A) of Clause 23.7 (Disposals);
(ii) each of its Subsidiaries which is or which is deemed to
be a Material
Subsidiary, whether pursuant to paragraph (b)(iii)(B) of Clause
23.7
(Disposals) or otherwise, such Subsidiary or the Holding Company
of such Material Subsidiary (at the election of the Company)
or such
person respectively become an Additional Guarantor (unless
such Subsidiary
or such Material Subsidiary (in the case of (i) and (ii) respectively)
is
already a Guarantor) by:
|
(A)
|
the
Company delivering to the Agent a duly-completed and executed
Accession
Letter; and
|
(B)
|
the
Agent receiving from the Company all of the documents and other
evidence
referred to in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent required to
be delivered by an Additional Obligor) in relation to that Additional
Guarantor.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent shall notify the Guarantors and the Lenders promptly
upon being
satisfied that it has received all the documents and other
evidence listed
in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent required to be
delivered by an Additional
Obligor).
|
(d)
|
For
the purposes of this Clause 26.3 only, a "Holding Company" means, in
relation to a Material Subsidiary, any company or corporation
in respect
of which it is a Subsidiary and which is not in turn a Subsidiary
of a
Holding Company (as defined in Clause 1.1
(Definitions)).
|
26.4
|
Resignation
of Guarantor
|
(a)
|
it
makes a sale, lease, transfer or other disposal of all or substantially
all (but not a part only) of its assets to another member of
the Group
which is or becomes a Guarantor in accordance with paragraph
(a) (i) of
Clause 26.3 (Additional Obligors);
or
|
(b)
|
its
Holding Company becomes a Guarantor;
or
|
(c)
|
it
notifies the Agent that it has no assets and provides the Agent
with a
certificate signed by a director of the Company confirming
that it has no
assets,
|
(i)
|
such
Resigning Guarantor also, if applicable, ceases concurrently
to be a
guarantor in respect of any other indebtedness of the Group
or of any
member of the Group;
|
(ii)
|
such
Resigning Guarantor notifies the Agent of any sale, lease,
transfer or
other disposal in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Clause 26.4;
and
|
(iii)
|
the
Company may not resign as a Guarantor without the consent of
all
Lenders.
|
26.5
|
Repetition
of Representations
|
27.1
|
Appointment
of the Agent
|
(a)
|
Each
of the Arranger and the Lenders appoints the Agent to act as
its agent
under and in connection with the Finance
Documents.
|
(b)
|
Each
of the Arranger and the Lenders, authorises the Agent to exercise
the
rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given
to the
Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together
with any
other incidental rights, powers, authorities and
discretions.
|
27.2
|
Duties
of the Agent
|
(a)
|
The
Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy
of any
document (including, but not limited to, the Company's annual
financial
statements) which is delivered to the Agent for that Party
by any other
Party.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy
or
completeness of any document it forwards to another
Party.
|
(c)
|
If
the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described
is a
Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance
Parties.
|
(d)
|
If
the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest
or fee
payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Arranger)
under
this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance
Parties.
|
(e)
|
The
Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical
and
administrative in nature.
|
27.3
|
Role
of the Arranger
|
27.4
|
No
fiduciary duties
|
(a)
|
Nothing
in this Agreement constitutes the Agent and/or the Arranger,
as a trustee
or fiduciary of any other person.
|
(b)
|
Neither
the Agent nor the Arranger shall be bound to account to any
Lender for any
sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its
own
account.
|
27.5
|
Business
with the Group
|
27.6
|
Rights
and discretions
|
(a)
|
The
Agent may rely on:
|
(i)
|
any
representation, notice or document (including, for the avoidance
of doubt,
any representation, notice or document communicating the consent
of the
Majority Lenders pursuant to Clause 36.1 (Required consents))
believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
and
|
(ii)
|
any
statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee
of any
person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed
to be within
his knowledge or within his power to
verify.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary
in its
capacity as agent for the Lenders)
that:
|
(i)
|
no
Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default
arising
under Clause 24.1
(Non-payment));
|
(ii)
|
any
right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or
the Majority
Lenders has not been
exercised; and
|
(iii)
|
any
notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation
Request)
is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of
all the
Obligors.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services
of any
lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other
experts.
|
(d)
|
The
Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through
its personnel
and agents.
|
(e)
|
The
Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably
believes it has received as agent under this
Agreement.
|
(f)
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary,
neither the
Agent nor the Arranger, is obliged to do or omit to do anything
if it
would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach
of any law
and regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of
confidentiality.
|
27.7
|
Majority
Lenders' instructions
|
(a)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent
shall (i)
exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in
it as Agent
in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority
Lenders
(or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from
exercising any
right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent)
and (ii) not
be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains
from taking
any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority
Lenders.
|
(b)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any
instructions
given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the
Finance
Parties.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions
of the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it
has received
such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability
(together
with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with
the
instructions.
|
(d)
|
In
the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or,
if
appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from
taking
action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the
Lenders.
|
(e)
|
The
Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without
first
obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration
proceedings
relating to any Finance Document.
|
27.8
|
Responsibility
for documentation
|
(a)
|
is
responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness
of any
information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent,
the Arranger,
an Obligor or any other person given in or in connection with
any Finance
Document or the Information Memorandum;
or
|
(b)
|
is
responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy
or
enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement,
arrangement
or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation
of or in
connection with any Finance
Document.
|
27.9
|
Exclusion
of liability
|
(a)
|
Without
limiting paragraph (b) below, neither the Agent nor the Arranger
will be
liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with
any Finance
Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or
wilful
misconduct or wilful breach of any Finance
Document.
|
(b)
|
No
Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against
any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might
have
against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any
kind by that
officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document
and any
officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause
27 subject
to Clause 1.4 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of the
Third Parties Act.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences)
in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance
Documents
to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary
steps as soon
as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or
operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system
used by the
Agent for that purpose.
|
(d)
|
Nothing
in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Arranger
to carry out any
checks pursuant to any laws or regulations relating to money
laundering in
relation to any person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender
confirms to
the Agent and the Arranger that it is solely responsible
for any such
checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely
on any
statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or
the
Arranger.
|
27.10
|
Lenders'
indemnity to the Agent
|
27.11
|
Resignation
of the Agent
|
(a)
|
The
Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through
an
office in the European Union as successor by giving notice
to the other
Finance Parties and the Company.
|
(b)
|
Alternatively
the Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance
Parties and the
Company, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation
with the
Company) may appoint a successor
Agent.
|
(c)
|
If
the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in
accordance
with paragraph (b) above within 30 days after notice of resignation
was
given, the Agent (after consultation with the Company) may
appoint a
successor Agent (acting through an office in the European
Union).
|
(d)
|
The
retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the
successor
Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance
as the
successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of
performing its
functions as Agent under the Finance
Documents.
|
(e)
|
The
Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the
appointment of
a successor.
|
(f)
|
Upon
the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be
discharged
from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents
but shall
remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 27.11. Its
successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same
rights and
obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such
successor
had been an original Party.
|
(g)
|
After
consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by
notice to the
Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b)
above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with
paragraph (b) above.
|
27.12
|
Confidentiality
|
(a)
|
In
acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be
regarded as
acting through its agency division which shall be treated as
a separate
entity from any other of its divisions or
departments.
|
(b)
|
If
information is received by another division or department of
the Agent, it
may be treated as confidential to that division or department
and the
Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of
it.
|
(c)
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary,
none of the
Agent and the Arranger are obliged to disclose to any other
person (i) any
confidential information or (ii) any other information if the
disclosure
would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach
of any law or
a breach of a fiduciary duty.
|
27.13
|
Relationship
with the Lenders
|
(a)
|
The
Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments
under this
Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it
has received
not less than five Business Days prior notice from that Lender
to the
contrary in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
|
(b)
|
Each
Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required
by the Agent
in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with
Schedule 4
(Mandatory Cost Formulae).
|
27.14
|
Credit
appraisal by the Finance
Parties
|
(a)
|
the
financial condition, status and nature of each member of the
Group;
|
(b)
|
the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability
of any
Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection
with any
Finance Document;
|
(c)
|
whether
that Finance Party has recourse, and the nature and extent
of that
recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets
under or in
connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated
by the
Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection
with any
Finance Document; and
|
(d)
|
the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum,
and
any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by
any other
person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the
transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement,
arrangement
or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation
of, under or in
connection with any Finance
Document.
|
27.15
|
Reference
Banks
|
27.16
|
Agent's
Management Time
|
27.17
|
Deduction
from amounts payable by the
Agent
|
(a)
|
interfere
with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs
(tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks
fit;
|
(b)
|
oblige
any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief,
remission or
repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of
any claim;
or
|
(c)
|
oblige
any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its
affairs (tax
or otherwise) or any computations in respect of
Tax.
|
29.1
|
Payments
to Finance Parties
|
(a)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days,
notify details
of the receipt or recovery, to the
Agent;
|
(b)
|
the
Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is
in excess of the
amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid
had the receipt
or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed
in
accordance with Clause 30 (Payment mechanics), without taking
account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in
relation to the
receipt, recovery or distribution;
and
|
(c)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days
of demand by
the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the "Sharing
Payment") equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount
which
the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance
Party as
its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause
30.5
(Partial payments).
|
29.2
|
Redistribution
of payments
|
29.3
|
Recovering
Finance Party's rights
|
(a)
|
On
a distribution by the Agent under Clause 29.2 (Redistribution of
payments), the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to
the
rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in the
redistribution.
|
(b)
|
If
and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not
able to rely on
its rights under paragraph (a) above, the relevant Obligor
shall be liable
to the Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing
Payment
which is immediately due and
payable.
|
29.4
|
Reversal
of redistribution
|
(a)
|
each
Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing
Payment
pursuant to Clause 29.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon
request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for account of that
Recovering
Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its
share of the
Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to
reimburse that
Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest
on the Sharing
Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to
pay);
and
|
(b)
|
that
Recovering Finance Party's rights of subrogation in respect
of any
reimbursement shall be cancelled and the relevant Obligor will
be liable
to the reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so
reimbursed.
|
29.5
|
Exceptions
|
(a)
|
This
Clause 29 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering
Finance Party
would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause,
have a valid
and enforceable claim against the relevant
Obligor.
|
(b)
|
A
Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other
Finance
Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received
or
recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings,
if:
|
(i)
|
it
notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration
proceedings;
and
|
(ii)
|
that
other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those
legal or
arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably
practicable having received notice and did not take separate
legal or
arbitration proceedings.
|
30.1
|
Payments
to the Agent
|
(a)
|
On
each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make
a payment
under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make
the same
available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears
in a Finance
Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such
funds
specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement
of
transactions in the relevant currency in the place of
payment.
|
(b)
|
Payments
by Obligors or Lenders shall be made to such account in the
principal
financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation
to euro,
in a principal financial centre in a Participating Member State
or London)
with such bank as the Agent
specifies.
|
30.2
|
Distributions
by the Agent
|
30.3
|
Distributions
to an Obligor
|
30.4
|
Clawback
|
(a)
|
Where
a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents
for another
Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other
Party (or to
enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until
it has been
able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually
received that
sum.
|
(b)
|
If
the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to
be the case
that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then
the Party to
whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract)
was
paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent
together
with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the
date of
receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its
cost of
funds.
|
30.5
|
Partial
payments
|
(a)
|
If
the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge
all the
amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance
Documents,
the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations
of that Obligor
under the Finance Documents in the following
order:
|
(i)
|
first,
in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and
expenses of
the Agent and the Arranger under the Finance
Documents;
|
(ii)
|
secondly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee
or commission
due but unpaid under this
Agreement;
|
(iii)
|
thirdly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid
under this
Agreement; and
|
(iv)
|
fourthly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid
under the
Finance Documents.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the
order set
out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv)
above.
|
(c)
|
Paragraphs
(a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an
Obligor.
|
(d)
|
The
Lenders hereby expressly agree that the Agent shall not apply
any amount
received in accordance with paragraph (a) above to discharge
the
obligations of an Obligor owed to a Lender if such partial
payment
received by the Agent is as a result of that Lender being considered
as a
subordinated creditor by operation of any insolvency
law.
|
30.6
|
No
set-off by Obligors
|
30.7
|
Business
Days
|
(a)
|
Any
payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business
Day shall
be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month
(if there is
one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is
not).
|
(b)
|
During
any extension of the due date for payment of any principal
or an Unpaid
Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal
or Unpaid
Sum at the rate payable on the original due
date.
|
30.8
|
Currency
of account
|
(a)
|
Subject
to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency
of
account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any
Finance
Document.
|
(b)
|
A
repayment of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Utilisation
or
Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Utilisation
or
Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due
date.
|
(c)
|
Each
payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which
the sum in
respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when
that
interest accrued.
|
(d)
|
Each
payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made
in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are
incurred.
|
(e)
|
Any
amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the
Base Currency
shall be paid in that other
currency.
|
30.9
|
Change
of currency
|
(a)
|
Unless
otherwise prohibited by law or regulation, if more than one
currency or
currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central
bank of any
country as the lawful currency of that country,
then:
|
(i)
|
any
reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations
arising under
the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall
be translated
into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country
designated
by the Agent (after consultation with the Company);
and
|
(ii)
|
any
translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall
be at the
official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for
the
conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other
rounded up or
down by the Agent (acting
reasonably).
|
(b)
|
If
a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement
will, to the
extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation
with the
Company) specifies to be necessary be amended to comply with
any generally
accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Interbank
Market
and otherwise to reflect the change in
currency.
|
31.
|
32.
|
32.1
|
Communications
in writing
|
32.2
|
Addresses
|
(a)
|
in
the case of the Company, that identified with its name
below;
|
(b)
|
in
the case of each Lender, or any other Obligor, that notified
in writing to
the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party;
and
|
(c)
|
in
the case of the Agent, that identified with its name
below,
|
32.3
|
Delivery
|
(a)
|
Any
communication or document made or delivered by one person to
another under
or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be
effective:
|
(i)
|
if
by way of fax, when received in legible form;
or
|
(ii)
|
if
by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address
or five
Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid
in an
envelope addressed to it at that
address,
|
(b)
|
Any
communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent
will be
effective only when actually received by the Agent and then
only if it is
expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer
identified
with the Agent's signature below (or any substitute department
or officer
as the Agent shall specify for this
purpose).
|
(c)
|
All
notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the
Agent. The Company may make and/or deliver as agent of each
Obligor notices and/or requests on behalf of each
Obligor.
|
(d)
|
Any
communication or document made or delivered to the Company
in accordance
with this Clause 32.3 will be deemed to have been made or delivered
to
each of the Obligors.
|
32.4
|
Notification
of address and fax number
|
32.5
|
Electronic
communication
|
(a)
|
Any
communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender and/or
any member
of the Group under or in connection with the Finance Documents
may be made
by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent
and the
relevant Lender and/or member of the
Group:
|
(i)
|
agree
that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to
be an accepted
form of communication;
|
(ii)
|
notify
each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or
any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information
by
that means; and
|
(iii)
|
notify
each other of any change to their address or any other such
information
supplied by them.
|
(b)
|
Any
electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender
and/or any
member of the Group will be effective only when actually received
in
readable form and in the case of any electronic communication
made by a
Lender and/or any member of the Group to the Agent only if
it is addressed
in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this
purpose.
|
32.6
|
English
language
|
(a)
|
Any
notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be in
English.
|
(b)
|
All
other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance
Document
must be:
|
(i)
|
in
English or Spanish; or
|
(ii)
|
if
not in English or Spanish, and if so required by the Agent,
accompanied by
a certified English translation and, in this case, the English
translation
will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory
or other
official document.
|
32.7
|
Obligor
Agent
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor (other than the Company) by its execution of this Agreement
or an
Accession Letter (as the case may be) irrevocably appoints
the Company to
act on its behalf as its agent in relation to the Finance Documents
and
irrevocably authorises (i) the Company on its behalf to supply
all
information concerning itself contemplated by this Agreement
to the
Finance Parties and to give all notices and instructions (including,
in
the case of a Borrower, Utilisation Requests or Extension Requests),
to
execute on its behalf any documents required hereunder and
to make such
agreements capable of being given or made by any Obligor notwithstanding
that they may affect such Obligor, without further reference
to or consent
of such Obligor; and (ii) each Finance Party to give any notice,
demand or
other communication to such Obligor pursuant to the Finance
Documents to
the Company on its behalf, and in each case such Obligor shall
be bound
thereby as though such Obligor itself had given such notices
and
instructions (including, without limitation, any Utilisation
Requests or
Extension Requests) or executed or made such agreements or
received any
notice, demand or other
communication.
|
(b)
|
Every
act, agreement, undertaking, settlement, waiver, notice or
other
communication given or made by the Company, or given to the
Company, in
its capacity as agent in accordance with paragraph (a) of this
Clause
32.7, in connection with this Agreement shall be binding for
all purposes
on such Obligors as if the other Obligors had expressly made,
given or
concurred with the same. In the event of any conflict between
any notices or other communications of the Company and any
other Obligor,
those of the Company shall prevail.
|
32.8
|
Use
of Websites
|
(a)
|
The
Company may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to
deliver any
information in relation to those Lenders (the "Website
Lenders") who accept this method of communication by posting
this
information onto an electronic website designated by the Company
and the
Agent (the "Designated Website")
if:
|
(i)
|
the
Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the
Lenders) that
it will accept communication of the information by this
method;
|
(ii)
|
both
the Company and the Agent are aware of the address of and any
relevant
password specifications for the Designated Website;
and
|
(iii)
|
the
information is in a format previously agreed between the Company
and the
Agent.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of
and any
relevant password specifications for the Designated Website
following
designation of that website by the Company and the
Agent.
|
(c)
|
The
Company shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence
notify the
Agent if:
|
(i)
|
the
Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical
failure;
|
(ii)
|
the
password specifications for the Designated Website
change;
|
(iii)
|
any
new information which is required to be provided under this
Agreement is
posted onto the Designated Website;
|
(iv)
|
any
existing information which has been provided under this Agreement
and
posted onto the Designated Website is amended;
or
|
(v)
|
the
Company becomes aware that the Designated Website or any
information
posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected
by any
electronic virus or similar
software.
|
(d)
|
Any
Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy
of any
information required to be provided under this Agreement which
is posted
onto the Designated Website. The Company shall comply with any
such request within ten Business
Days.
|
33.1
|
Accounts
|
33.2
|
Certificates
and Determinations
|
33.3
|
Day
count convention
|
33.4
|
Spanish
Civil Procedure
|
33.5
|
No
personal liability
|
36.1
|
Required
consents
|
(a)
|
Subject
to Clause 36.2 (Exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may
be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority
Lenders and the
Company and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on
all
Parties.
|
(b)
|
The
Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment
or waiver
permitted by this Clause 36.
|
(c)
|
The
Company may effect, as agent of each Obligor, any amendment
or waiver
permitted by this Clause 36.
|
36.2
|
Exceptions
|
(a)
|
An
amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which
relates
to:
|
(i)
|
the
definition of "Majority Lenders" or "Optional Currency" in
Clause 1.1
(Definitions);
|
(ii)
|
an
extension to the Availability Period or to the date of any
scheduled
payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents;
|
(iii)
|
a
reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any
payment of
principal, interest, fees or commission
payable;
|
(iv)
|
a
change in currency of payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents;
|
(v)
|
an
increase in or an extension of any
Commitment;
|
(vi)
|
a
change to the Borrowers or any of the Guarantors other than
in accordance
with Clause 26 (Changes to the
Obligors);
|
(vii)
|
any
provision which expressly requires the consent of all the
Lenders;
or
|
(viii)
|
Clause
2.2 (Finance Parties' Rights and Obligations), Clause 19
(Guarantee and Indemnity), Clause 25 (Changes to the
Lenders), Clause 26 (Changes to the Obligors) or this Clause
36,
|
(b)
|
An
amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations
of the
Agent or the Arranger, may not be effected without the consent
of the
Agent or the Arranger at such time.
|
37.
|
38.
|
39.
|
39.1
|
Jurisdiction
of English Courts
|
(a)
|
The
courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including
a dispute
regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement)
(a
"Dispute").
|
(b)
|
The
Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate
and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party
will argue
to the contrary.
|
(c)
|
This
Clause 39.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only.
As a result,
no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings
relating to a
Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent
allowed by
law or regulation, the Finance Parties may take concurrent
proceedings in
any number of jurisdictions.
|
39.2
|
Service
of process
|
(a)
|
shall
irrevocably appoint the Process Agent as its agent for service
of process
in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection
with any Finance Document and shall procure that the Process
Agent
confirms its acceptance of that appointment in writing on or
before the
date of this Agreement; and
|
(b)
|
agrees
that failure by the Process Agent to notify the relevant Obligor
of the
process will not invalidate the proceedings
concerned.
|
Name
of Original Borrower
|
Registration
number
(or
equivalent, if any)
|
Cemex
España, S.A.
|
Nº
Hoja-Registro Mercantil, Madrid:
M-
156542
NIF:
A46/004214
|
Name
of Guarantor
|
Registration
number
(or
equivalent, if any)
|
Cemex
España, S.A.
|
Nº
Hoja-Registro Mercantil, Madrid:
M-
156542
NIF:
A46/004214
|
Trade
Register of the Chamber of Commerce
and
Industry in Amsterdam (The
Netherlands)
|
|
Cemex
Caracas Investments B.V.
|
34121194
|
Cemex
Caracas II Investments B.V.
|
34159953
|
Cemex
Egyptian Investments B.V.
|
34108365
|
Cemex
Manila Investments B.V.
|
34108359
|
Cemex
American Holdings B.V.
|
34213058
|
Cemex
Shipping B.V.
|
34213063
|
Original
Lender
|
Facility
A
Commitment
(US$)
|
Facility
B
Commitment
(US$)
|
Facility
C
Commitment
(US$)
|
Joint
Bookrunners
|
|||
Banco
Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
|
29,577,408.50
|
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
29,577,408.50
|
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
Calyon
Corporate and Investment Bank
|
29,577,408.50
|
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
Citibank
International PLC
|
29,577,408.50
|
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
Mandated
Lead Arrangers
|
|||
BNP
Paribas
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Banco
Espanol de Credito S.A.
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Fortis
Bank N.V.
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
HSBC
Bank plc
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Nederland N.V.
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Westdeutsche
Landesbank Girozentrale
|
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V.
|
16,988,309.00
|
33,976,618.00
|
16,988,309.00
|
Bank
of America, NA
|
16,988,309.00
|
33,976,618.00
|
16,988,309.00
|
Barclays
Bank plc
|
16,988,309.00
|
33,976,618.00
|
16,988,309.00
|
ING
Bank N.V.
|
14,850,229.00
|
29,700,458.00
|
14,850,229.00
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
14,322,978.00
|
28,645,956.00
|
14,322,978.00
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
12,070,725.00
|
24,141,450.00
|
12,070,725.00
|
The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd
|
11,104,669.00
|
22,209,338.00
|
11,104,669.00
|
Bayerische
Landesbank Girozentrale
|
11,104,669.00
|
22,209,338.00
|
11,104,669.00
|
Original
Lender
|
Facility
A
Commitment
(US$)
|
Facility
B
Commitment
(US$)
|
Facility
C
Commitment
(US$)
|
Deutsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
11,104,669.00
|
22,209,338.00
|
11,104,669.00
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
10,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
10,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
10,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
9,722,500.00
|
19,445,000.00
|
9,722,500.00
|
Caja
Madrid
|
9,072,500.00
|
18,145,000.00
|
9,072,500.00
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
8,750,000.00
|
17,500,000.00
|
8,750,000.00
|
Dresdner
Bank AG
|
5,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
Société
Générale
|
5,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
4,860,000.00
|
9,720,000.00
|
4,860,000.00
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
4,860,000.00
|
9,720,000.00
|
4,860,000.00
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
4,487,500.00
|
8,975,000.00
|
4,487,500.00
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
4,050,000.00
|
8,100,000.00
|
4,050,000.00
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A.
|
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
2,500,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
2,500,000.00
|
Banco
Popular Espanol, S.A.
|
1,620,000.00
|
3,240,000.00
|
1,620,000.00
|
Montes
De Piedad Y Caja De Ahorros De Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga
Y Antequera
(Unicaja)
|
1,620,000.00
|
3,240,000.00
|
1,620,000.00
|
Total
|
575,000,000.00
|
1,150,000,000.00
|
575,000,000.00
|
1.
|
Obligors
|
(a)
|
A
copy of the current constitutional documents of each Original
Obligor.
|
(b)
|
A
power of attorney granting a specific individual or individuals
sufficient
power to sign the Finance Documents on behalf of each Original
Obligor and
a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Original
Obligor:
|
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance
Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance
Documents
to which it is a party;
|
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents
to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
|
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or
despatch all
documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation
Request) to
be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with
the Finance
Documents to which it is a party.
|
(c)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the
resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above in relation to the Finance
Documents.
|
(d)
|
A
certificate of the Company (signed by an Authorised Signatory)
confirming
that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments
would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar
limit
binding on any Original Obligor to be
exceeded.
|
(e)
|
A
certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the relevant Original
Obligor
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified
in this Part I
of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect
as at a
date no earlier than the date of this
Agreement.
|
2.
|
Transaction
Documents and related
documents
|
|
1
Defined terms
used in this Part 1 of Schedule 2 have the same meanings
given to such
term in the Original Facility Agreement (as defined in the
Amendment and
Restatement Agreement).
|
3.
|
Finance
Documents
|
(a)
|
This
Agreement executed by the members of the Group party to this
Agreement.
|
(b)
|
The
Syndication and Fee Letter, the Sub Underwriter Fee Letter
and the Costs
and Expenses Letter, each executed by all parties
thereto.
|
4.
|
Legal
Opinions
|
(a)
|
A
legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the
Arranger and
the Agent in England, as to English law substantially in the
form
distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this Agreement
satisfactory to the Lenders.
|
(b)
|
An
opinion with respect to the laws and regulations of the Kingdom
of Spain
from Clifford Chance, substantially in the form distributed
to the
Original Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
(c)
|
An
opinion with respect to the laws and regulations of The Netherlands
from
Warendorf, substantially in the form distributed to the Original
Lenders
prior to signing this Agreement.
|
(d)
|
An
opinion from in-house counsel of the Company, substantially
in the form
distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
5.
|
Offer
Related Conditions
|
(a)
|
A
copy, certified as being a true and complete copy by an Authorised
Signatory of Bidco, of the Press Release, in substantially
the form
distributed to the Agent prior to signing of this Agreement
(where any
changes are not relevant to the interests of the Finance
Parties).
|
(b)
|
Copies,
certified as being true and complete copies by an Authorised
Signatory of
Bidco, of each Offer Document incorporating the terms set out
in the Press
Release or any subsequent press announcements released by Bidco
in
connection with the Offer or such other changes to reflect
the Offer (in
each case, which are not relevant to the interests of the Finance
Parties)
and any other terms required by the Code or the
Panel.
|
(c)
|
A
copy, certified as being a true and complete copy by an Authorised
Signatory of Bidco, of the announcement that each Offer has
become or has
been declared unconditional in all respects together with a
certificate
from an Authorised Signatory of Bidco that in having declared
each Offer
unconditional it is not in breach of [Clause 23.18 (The
Offer)].
|
6.
|
Other
Documents and Evidence
|
(a)
|
The
Group Structure Chart.
|
(b)
|
The
Funds Flow Statement.
|
(c)
|
The
Original Financial Statements of each
Obligor.
|
(d)
|
A
certificate of the Company (signed by a director) certifying
that the
Company/Bidco Intercompany Loan Agreement is in full force
and
effect.
|
(e)
|
Copies
of forms PE 1 and PE 3 stamped by the Bank of Spain (Banco de
España), whereby it assigns a Financial Operation Number
("NOF") to the Facilities and to the Company/Bidco
Intercompany Loan.
|
1.
|
An
Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and
the
Company.
|
(a)
|
A
copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional
Obligor.
|
(b)
|
A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional
Obligor:
|
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession
Letter
and the Finance Documents and resolving that it execute the
Accession
Letter;
|
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Accession Letter
and other
Finance Documents on its behalf;
and
|
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or
despatch all
documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation
Request) to
be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with
the Finance
Documents to which it is a party.
|
(c)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the
resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above.
|
(d)
|
Should
the legal advisers of the Lenders consider it advisable, a
copy of a
resolution signed by all the holders of the issued shares of
the
Additional Obligor, approving the terms of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which the Additional
Obligor is
a party.
|
(e)
|
A
certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by an Authorised
Signatory)
confirming that guaranteeing the Total Commitments would not
cause any
guaranteeing or similar limit binding on it to be
exceeded.
|
(f)
|
A
certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the Additional Obligor
certifying that each copy document listed in this Part II of
Schedule 2 is
correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date
no earlier
than the date of the Accession
Letter.
|
2.
|
Legal
opinions
|
(a)
|
A
legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Additional Obligor
in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the legal advisers of
the
Lenders.
|
(b)
|
A
legal opinion of Clifford Chance, or other firm that can opine
for the
Additional Obligor if not Clifford Chance, legal advisers to
the
Lenders.
|
3.
|
Other
documents and evidence
|
(a)
|
Evidence
that any process agent referred to in Clause 39.2 (Service of
process) has accepted its
appointment.
|
(b)
|
In
relation to any Additional Borrower incorporated in Spain,
a copy of form
PE-1 stamped by the Bank of Spain (Banco de España), whereby it
assigns a Financial Operation Number ("NOF") to the accession
of the such
Additional Borrower.
|
(c)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion
or assurance
which the Agent considers (after having taken appropriate legal
advice) to
be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Additional
Obligor and
the Company accordingly) in connection with the entry into
and performance
of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the
validity and enforceability of any Finance
Document.
|
(d)
|
The
Original Financial Statements of the Additional
Guarantor.
|
1.
|
We
refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request.
Terms
defined in the Facilities Agreement have the same meaning in
this
Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this
Utilisation
Request.
|
2.
|
[We
wish to borrow a Loan on the following
terms:
|
(a)
|
Proposed
Utilisation Date:
|
[·]
(or, if that
is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
|
|
(b)
|
Borrower
|
[·]
|
|
(c)
|
Facility
to be utilised:
|
[Facility
A] [Facility B] [Facility C] **
|
|
(d)
|
Currency
of Loan:
|
[·]
|
|
(e)
|
Amount:
|
[·]
or, if less,
the relevant Available Facility
|
|
(f)
|
Interest
Period:
|
[·]
|
3.
|
We
confirm that, to the extent applicable, each condition specified
in Clause
4.2 (Further Conditions Precedent) is satisfied or waived on the
date of this Utilisation Request.
|
4.
|
The
proceeds of this Loan should be credited to
[account].
|
5.
|
This
Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
|
6.
|
Terms
used in this Utilisation Request which are not defined in this
Utilisation
Request but are defined in the Facilities Agreement shall have
the meaning
given to those terms in the Facilities
Agreement.
|
**
|
Select
the Facility to be utilised and delete references to the other
Facilities.
|
1.
|
The
Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate
Lenders
for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the
Bank of
England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either
case, any
other authority which replaces all or any of its functions)
or (b) the
requirements of the European Central
Bank.
|
2.
|
On
the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible
thereafter)
the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the
"Additional Cost Rate") for each Lender, in accordance
with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be
calculated by the Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders'
Additional
Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation
of each
Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage
rate
per annum.
|
3.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility
Office in a
Participating Member State will be the percentage notified
by that Lender
to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender
in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination
of the cost
(expressed as a percentage of that Lender's participation in
all Loans
made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum
reserve
requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans
made from
that Facility Office.
|
4.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility
Office in the
United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as
follows:
|
(a)
|
in
relation to a sterling Loan:
|
(b)
|
in
relation to a Loan in any currency other than
sterling:
|
|
A
|
is
the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be
in excess of
any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time
required to
maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank
of England
to comply with cash ratio
requirements.
|
|
B
|
is
the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the
Mandatory
Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate
of interest
specified in paragraph (a) of Clause 10.3 (Default interest))
payable for the relevant Interest Period on the
Loan.
|
|
C
|
is
the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that
Lender is
required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing
Special
Deposits with the Bank of England.
|
|
D
|
is
the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England
to the Agent
on interest bearing Special
Deposits.
|
|
E
|
is
designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the
Fees Rules
and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the
most recent
rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent
pursuant to
paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per
£1,000,000.
|
5.
|
For
the purposes of this Schedule:
|
(a)
|
"Eligible
Liabilities" and "Special Deposits" have the
meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant
to the Bank of
England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of
England;
|
(b)
|
"Fees
Rules" means the rules on periodic fees contained in the
FSA
Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be
in force from
time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance
of
deposits;
|
(c)
|
"Fee
Tariffs" means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules
under
the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum
fee or zero
rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into
account any
applicable discount rate); and
|
(d)
|
"Tariff
Base" has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated
in
accordance with, the Fees Rules.
|
6.
|
In
application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included
in the
formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included
in the formula
as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by
subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting
figures shall be rounded to four decimal
places.
|
7.
|
If
requested by the Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon
as practicable
after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply
to the
Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to
the Financial
Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of
the relevant
financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated
for this
purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the
Fee Tariffs
applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year)
and expressed
in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference
Bank.
|
8.
|
Each
Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for
the purpose
of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but
without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following
information on
or prior to the date on which it becomes a
Lender:
|
(a)
|
the
jurisdiction of its Facility Office;
and
|
(b)
|
any
other information that the Agent may reasonably require for
such
purpose.
|
9.
|
The
percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above
and the rates
of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above
shall be
determined by the Agent based upon the information supplied
to it pursuant
to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless
a Lender
notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender's obligations
in relation
to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as
those of a
typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a
Facility Office
in the same jurisdiction as its Facility
Office.
|
10.
|
The
Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination
results
in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates
any Lender and
shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by
any Lender or
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true
and correct
in all respects.
|
11.
|
The
Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a
result of the
Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional
Cost Rate for
each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender
and each
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8
above.
|
12.
|
Any
determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation
to a
formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any
amount payable
to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive
and
binding on all Parties.
|
13.
|
The
Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Company
and the
Lenders, determine and if so requested by any Lender, notify
to all
Parties any amendments which are required by such Lender to
be made to
this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law or
regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by
the Bank of
England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central
Bank
(or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or
any of its
functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence
of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all
Parties.
|
To:
|
[Agent]
|
From:
|
[The
Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and
[The New Lender] (the "New
Lender")
|
Dated:
|
|
1.
|
We
refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Transfer
Certificate. Terms defined in the Facilities Agreement have
the same
meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different
meaning in
this Transfer Certificate.
|
2.
|
We
refer to Clause 25.5 (Procedure for
transfer):
|
(a)
|
The
Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender
transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the
Existing
Lender's Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in
the schedule to
this certificate in accordance with Clause 25.5 (Procedure for
transfer).
|
(b)
|
The
proposed Transfer Date is [·].
|
(c)
|
The
Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details
for notices
of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 32.2 (Addresses) are
set out in the schedule to this
certificate.
|
3.
|
The
New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing
Lender's
obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 25.4(c) (Limitation of
responsibility of Existing
Lenders).
|
4.
|
This
Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts
and
this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts
were on
a single copy of this Transfer
Certificate.
|
5.
|
We
confirm that we have carried out and are satisfied with the
results of all
compliance checks we consider necessary in relation to our
participation
in the Facilities.
|
6.
|
This
Transfer Certificate is governed by English
law.
|
[Existing
Lender]
|
[New
Lender]
|
By:
|
By:
|
To:
|
[Agent]
|
From:
|
[Subsidiary] and
[Company]
|
Dated:
|
|
1.
|
[Subsidiary]
agrees to become an [Additional Guarantor/Additional Borrower]
and to be bound by the terms of the Facilities Agreement and
the other
Finance Documents as an [Additional Guarantor/Additional
Borrower] pursuant to Clause 26.3 (Additional Guarantors)]
of the Agreement. [Subsidiary] is a limited liability company
duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant
jurisdiction] with registered number [·].
|
2.
|
[Subsidiary's]
administrative details are as
follows:
|
3.
|
This
letter is governed by English law.
|
4.
|
Terms
which are used in this Accession Letter which are not defined
in this
Accession Letter but are defined in the Facilities Agreement
shall have
the meaning given to those terms in the Facilities
Agreement.
|
Signed
by: ……………………………….
|
……………………………….
|
[Company] | [Subsidiary] |
*
|
Delete
as appropriate.
|
**
|
If
the Facilities are fully drawn there may be an issue in relation
to past
consideration for a proposed Additional Obligor. This can be
overcome by acceding by way of
deed.
|
To:
|
[·]
as
Agent
|
From:
|
[Company]
|
Dated:
|
|
1.
|
We
refer to the Facilities Agreement. This is a Compliance
Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning
when
used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different
meaning in
this Compliance Certificate.
|
2.
|
We
confirm that:
|
(a)
|
Pursuant
to Clause 22.2 (Financial condition) the financial condition of
the Group as of [ ] evidenced by the consolidated
financial statements for the financial year/four quarters then
ended
comply with the following
conditions:
|
(i)
|
Net
Borrowings EUR______________
("A")
|
(ii)
|
EBITDA
EUR______________
("B")
|
(b)
|
As
at the date of this Certificate the following Subsidiaries
of the Group
fall within the definition of Material Subsidiaries as set
out in Clause
1.1 (Definitions):
|
3.
|
We
confirm that no Default is
continuing.
|
Signed:
|
………………………………….
|
Authorised
Signatory
|
|
of
|
|
Company
|
Loans
in euro, dollars or yen
|
Loans
in sterling
|
|
Agent
notifies the Company if a currency is approved as an
Optional
Currency in accordance with Clause 4.3 (Conditions
relating
to Optional Currencies)
|
-
|
-
|
Delivery
of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1
(Delivery
of a Utilisation Request))
|
U-3
11.00am
|
U-1
11.00am
|
Agent
determines (in relation to a Utilisation) the Base Currency
Amount
of the Loan, if required under paragraph (c) of Clause
5.4 (Lenders'
participation) and notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance
with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation)
|
U-3
3.00pm
|
U-1
3.00pm
|
Agent
receives a notification from a Lender under Clause 6.2
(Unavailability
of a currency)
|
U-2
9.30am
|
U
9.30am
|
Agent
gives notice in accordance with Clause 6.2 (Unavailability
of
a currency)
|
U-
2
10.30am
|
U
10.30am
|
LIBOR
or EURIBOR is fixed
|
Quotation
Day as of 11:00 a.m. London time in respect of LIBOR
and as of 11.00 a.m.
Brussels time in respect of EURIBOR
|
Quotation
Day as of 11:00 a.m.
|
"U"
|
=
|
date
of utilisation
|
"U
- X"
|
=
|
X
Business Days prior to date of
utilisation
|
[insert
name of Potential Lender]
|
Borrower:
Amount:
Agent:
|
1.
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Confidentiality
Undertaking You
undertake:
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(a)
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to
keep the Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose
it to
anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to ensure
that the
Confidential Information is protected with security measures
and a degree
of care that would apply to your own confidential
information;
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(b)
|
to
keep confidential and not disclose to anyone the fact that
the
Confidential Information has been made available or that discussions
or
negotiations are taking place or have taken place between us
in connection
with the Facilit[y/ies];
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(c)
|
to
use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted
Purpose;
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(d)
|
to
use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that any person to
whom you pass
any Confidential Information (unless disclosed under paragraph
2(b) below)
acknowledges and complies with the provisions of this letter
as if that
person were also a party to it; and
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(e)
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not
to make enquiries of any member of the Group or any of their
officers,
directors, employees or professional advisers relating directly
or
indirectly to the Facilities.
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2.
|
Permitted
Disclosure We agree that you may disclose Confidential
Information:
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(a)
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to
members of the Participant Group and their officers, directors,
employees
and professional advisers to the extent necessary for the Permitted
Purpose and to any auditors of members of the Participant
Group;
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(b)
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(i)
where requested or required by any court of competent jurisdiction
or any
competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory
body, (ii)
where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which
the shares or
other securities of any member of the Participant Group are
listed or
(iii) where required by the laws or regulations of any country
with
jurisdiction over the affairs of any member of the Participant
Group;
or
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(c)
|
with
the prior written consent of us and the
Company.
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3.
|
Notification
of Required or Unauthorised Disclosure You agree (to the extent
permitted by law) to inform us of the full circumstances of
any disclosure
under paragraph 2(b) or upon becoming aware that Confidential
Information has been disclosed in breach of this
letter.
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4.
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Return
of Copies If we so request in writing, you shall return
all Confidential Information supplied to you by us and destroy
or
permanently erase all copies of Confidential Information made
by you and
use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone to whom
you have
supplied any Confidential Information destroys or permanently
erases such
Confidential Information and any copies made by them, in each
case save to
the extent that you or the recipients are required to retain
any such
Confidential Information by any applicable law, rule or regulation
or by
any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory
body or in
accordance with internal policy, or where the Confidential
Information has
been disclosed under paragraph 2(b)
above.
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5.
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Continuing
Obligations The obligations in this letter are continuing
and, in particular, shall survive the termination of any discussions
or
negotiations between you and us. Notwithstanding the previous
sentence, the obligations in this letter shall cease (a) if
you become a
party to or otherwise acquire (by assignment or sub-participation)
an
interest, direct or indirect, in the Facilities or (b) twelve
months after
you have returned all Confidential Information supplied to
you by us and
destroyed or permanently erased all copies of Confidential
Information
made by you (other than any such Confidential Information or
copies which
have been disclosed under paragraph 2 above (other than sub-paragraph
2(a)) or which, pursuant to paragraph 4 above, are not required
to be
returned or destroyed).
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6.
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No
Representation; Consequences of Breach, etc You
acknowledge and agree that:
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(a)
|
neither
we, nor any member of the Group, nor any of our or their
respective officers, employees or advisers (each a
“Relevant Person”) (i) make any representation or
warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility
for, the
accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential
Information or any other information supplied by us or any
member of the
Group or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall
be under any
obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential
Information or any other information supplied by us or any
member of the
Group or be otherwise liable to you or any other person in
respect to the
Confidential Information or any such information;
and
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(b)
|
we
or members of the Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach
of the
terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy;
each
Relevant Person may be granted an injunction or specific performance
for
any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this letter
by
you.
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7.
|
No
Waiver; Amendments, etc This letter sets out the full
extent of your obligations of confidentiality owed to us in
relation to
the information the subject of this letter. No failure or delay
in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter
will operate
as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise
of any right,
power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or
the exercise
of any other right, power or privileges under this letter. The
terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter
may only be
amended or modified by written agreement between
us.
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8.
|
Inside
Information You acknowledge that some or all of the
Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information
and that
the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited
by applicable
legislation relating to insider dealing and you undertake not
to use any
Confidential Information for any unlawful
purpose.
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9.
|
No
Front Running
|
(a)
|
You
agree that until primary syndication of the Facility has been
completed
and allocations released, you will not, and will procure that
no other
member of the Participation Group
will:
|
(i)
|
undertake
any Front Running;
|
(ii)
|
enter
into (or agree to enter into) any agreement with any bank,
financial
institution or other third party which to your knowledge may
be approached
to become a syndicate member, under which that bank, financial
institution
or other third party shares any risk or participates in any
exposure of
any Lender under the Facility; or
|
(iii)
|
offer
to make any payment or other compensation of any kind to any
bank,
financial institution or third party for its participation
(direct or
indirect) in the Facility.
|
(b)
|
Neither
you nor any other member of the Participant Group has engaged
in any Front
Running:
|
(i)
|
if
you or any other member of the Participant Group engages in
any Front
Running before the close of primary syndication we may suffer
loss or
damage and your position in future financings with us and the
Company may
be prejudiced; and
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(ii)
|
if
you or any other member of the Participant Group engages in
any Front
Running before the close of primary syndication we retain the
right not to
allocate to you a commitment under the
Facility.
|
(a)
|
communicating
with any bank, financial institution or third party which,
to its
knowledge, may be approached to become a syndicate member with
a view of
encouraging, or with the result that such bank or financial
institution is
encouraged, to await the secondary market in respect of participation
in
the Facility; and/or
|
(b)
|
actually
making a price (generally or to a specific bank, financial
institution or
third party) in respect of a participation in the
Facility.
|
10.
|
Nature
of Undertakings The undertakings given by you under this
letter are given to us and (without implying any fiduciary
obligations on
our part) are also given for the benefit of the Company and
each other
member of the Group.
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11.
|
Third
party rights
|
(a)
|
Subject
to paragraph 6 and paragraph 9 the terms of this letter may
be enforced
and relied upon only by you and us and the operation of the
Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 is
excluded.
|
(b)
|
The
Relevant Persons may enjoy the benefit of the terms of paragraphs
6 and 9
subject to and in accordance with this paragraph 10 and the
provisions of
the Third Parties Act.
|
(c)
|
Notwithstanding
any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do
not require
the consent of any Relevant Person or any member of the Group
to rescind
or vary this letter at any time.
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12.
|
Governing
Law and Jurisdiction This letter (including the agreement
constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms) shall be
governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of England and the parties
submit to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.
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13.
|
Definitions In
this letter (including the acknowledgement set out
below):
|
Company
|
Lender
|
Security
|
Total
Principal Amount of Indebtedness
Secured
as of 30
June 2004 (millions of euro)
|
1.
CEMEX Construction Materials, L.P.
|
GE
Capital (FKIT 279,280)
|
Equipment
related with the Credit
|
1.263
|
2.
CEMEX Construction Materials, L.P.
|
Hampton
|
Land
related with the Credit
|
0.338
|
3.
Kosmos Cement Company
|
First
Corp (FKIT 101649)
|
Equipment
related with the Credit
|
0.035
|
4.
Mineral Resource Technologies, Inc.
|
Met-South,
Inc.
|
Ash
storage facility
|
0.248
|
5.
Any security existing at the date of this Agreement
constituted
by
the transfer of shares or any other instrument
of title
representing
an equity participation in the Asia Fund into
a trust
|
|||
1.883
and the security under item 5
|
Type
of Agreement
|
Borrower/Guarantor
|
Maturity
Date
|
Total
Principal Amount
of
Indebtedness
notarised
as of
30 June
2004
|
Bilateral
lines
|
Cemex
España, S.A./n.a.
|
Between
Jan. and Dec. 2005
|
EUR
51,086,0292
|
Deferred
purchase price
|
Aricemex
S.A./n.a.
|
July,
2005
|
EUR
961,619
|
BORROWER
|
INSTRUMENT
|
OUTSTANDING
AMOUNT
|
FINAL
MATURITY
|
CEMEX
UK, LTD
|
Loan
Notes(1)
|
33
|
June
2005 - December
|
SUBTOTAL
|
33
|
||
Priv.
Plac. (£70 M)(2)
|
102
|
Between
2009-2019
|
|
Priv.
Plac ($75 M)(3)
|
58
|
July
2006
|
|
RMC
GROUP, LTD
|
Priv.
Plac. ($225 M)(4)
|
197
|
Between
2010-2020
|
Priv.
Plac ($222 M)(5)
|
171
|
Between
2009-2014
|
|
Other
debt(6)
|
100
|
Between
2005-2014
|
|
RMC
USA
|
Priv.
Plac ($155 M)(7)
|
120
|
Between
2008-2018
|
Line
of Credit
|
5
|
December
2005
|
|
Other
debt at RMC subsidiary
|
66
|
Between
2005-2016
|
|
SUBTOTAL
|
819
|
||
Priv.
Plac. (€50 M)
|
50
|
March
2006
|
|
CEMEX,
INC.
|
Priv.
Plac ($315 M)
|
244
|
March
2006
|
Priv.
Plac. ($396 M)
|
306
|
March
2008
|
|
SBLC(8)
|
38
|
Dec
2006 - April 2025
|
|
SUBTOTAL
|
638
|
||
PUERTO
RICAN CEMENT COMPANY
|
$40
M Credit Line
|
23
|
June
2005
|
$50
M Credit Line
|
21
|
January
2006
|
|
SUBTOTAL
|
44
|
||
APO
CEMENT CORP.
|
ECA
Loan
|
10
|
July
2005 - March 2006
|
SUBTOTAL
|
10
|
||
OTHER
COMPANIES
|
Credit
Lines
|
30
|
---
|
SUBTOTAL
|
30
|
||
TOTAL
DEBT
|
1.574
|
(1)
|
Held
by RMC Shareholders who elected to receive Loan Notes instead
of cash as
payment for their RMC’s shares.
|
(2)
|
On
May 17, 2005 this issuance was fully
prepaid.
|
(3)
|
On
May 17, 2005 Notes for an amount of $55.0 M were
prepaid.
|
(4)
|
On
May 17, 2005 Notes for an amount of $0.7 M were
prepaid.
|
(5)
|
On
May 17, 2005 Notes for an amount of $119.5 M were
prepaid.
|
(6)
|
This
caption basically includes Bank Loans, Overdraft Facilities
and Financial
Leases.
|
(7)
|
On
May 17, 2005 Notes for an amount of $11.0 M were
prepaid.
|
(8)
|
Stand
By Letters of Credit over tax-exempt bonds. Maturities shown
correspond to these bonds. SBLC renewed on an annual
basis.
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
RAMIRO
VILLARREAL MORALES
|
Address:
|
Ave.
Ricardo Margáin Zozaya # 325
Col.
Valle del Campestre
San
Pedro Garza García, N.L.
Mexico
66265
|
Fax:
|
(52
81) 8888-4415
|
Attention:
|
Humberto
Lozano/Ramiro Villarreal
|
By:
|
CARLOS
BARONA
|
Address:
|
Citigroup
Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB
|
Fax:
|
+
44 20 7986 8278
|
By:
|
JAVIER
LAZARO
|
Address:
|
Peterborough
Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB
|
Fax:
|
+
44 (20) 7774 4477
|
Attention: | Javier Lazaro |
By:
|
CARLOS
BARONA
|
Address:
|
Loans
Agency Office, 2nd
Floor,
4
Harbour Exchange Square, London E14 9GE
|
Fax:
|
00
44 208 636 3824/3825
|
Attention: | Ian Hayton |
By:
|
CARLOS
BARONA
|
Address:
|
C/José
Ortega v Gasset 29, Madrid 28006, Spain
|
Fax:
|
+
34 91 435 2811
|
By:
|
CARLOS
BARONA
|
Address:
|
Citigroup
Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14
5LB
|
Fax:
|
+
44 20 7986 8278
|
By:
|
JAVIER
LAZARO
|
Address:
|
85
Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, United States of
America
|
Fax:
|
+
44 (20) 7774 4477
|
LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
|
Clause
|
Page | ||||
1.
|
Definitions And Interpretation | 2 | |||
2.
|
Conditions Precedent | 3 | |||
3.
|
Repeating Representations | 4 | |||
4.
|
Global Transfer, Retranching And Amendment | 4 | |||
5.
|
Non-Consenting Lenders | 5 | |||
6.
|
Continuity And Further Assurance | 6 | |||
7.
|
Indemnity | 6 | |||
8.
|
Miscellaneous | 6 | |||
Schedule
1 The Parties
|
8 | ||||
Part
A The Obligors
|
8 | ||||
Part
B The Remaining Lenders
|
9 | ||||
Part
C The Transferring Lenders
|
10 | ||||
Schedule
2 Effective Date Facilities, Commitments And Loans
Outstanding
|
11 | ||||
Part A
Effective
Date Facilities
|
11 | ||||
Part B
Commitments
|
11 | ||||
Part C
Loans
Outstanding
|
14 | ||||
Schedule
3
Conditions Precedent
|
20 | ||||
Schedule
4
Confirmation Notice
|
22 | ||||
Schedule
5
Amendments To The Original Facilities Agreement
|
23 |
(1) | CEMEX ESPAÑA, S.A., a company (sociedad anónima) incorporated under the laws of Spain, registered in the Commercial Registry Registro Mercanti) under Volumes (Tomos) 9743 and 9744, Section 8 of the Company's Book (Libro de Sociedades), Folios (Folios) 1 and 166, Page: M-156542, NIF A46/004214 (the "Company" or the "Borrower"); |
(2) | THE SUBSIDIARIES of the Company listed in Part A of Schedule 1 as guarantors (the "Guarantors"); |
(3) | CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC as facility agent for the Lenders (the " Agent"); |
(4) | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A., BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A., CALYON SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED as arrangers and bookrunners (the "Arrangers"); |
(5) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS named in Part B of Schedule 1 as remaining lenders (the "Remaining Lenders"); and |
(6) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS named in Part C of Schedule 1 as transferring lenders (the " Transferring Lenders"). |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
In this Agreement: | |
"Amended Agreement" means the Original Facilities Agreement as amended by this Agreement. | |
"Continuing Loans" means the Loans specified as Continuing Loans and detailed in Schedule 2 (Effective Date Facilities, Commitments and Loans Outstanding) representing amounts owed to the Remaining Lenders prior to the Effective Date which remain owing to the Remaining Lenders following the retranching effected on the Effective Date pursuant to Clause 4 (Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment). | |
"Counterparty" means each of the Obligors and the Agent. | |
"Effective Date" means 5 July 2006, on which date the Agent shall confirm to the Lenders that it has received each of the documents listed in Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in a form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. | |
"Effective Date Loans" means the Loans owed to the Remaining Lenders as at the Effective Date which are specified as Effective Date Loans and detailed in Schedule 2 (Effective Date Facilities, Commitments and Loans Outstanding) representing amounts owed to Transferring Lenders prior to the Effective Date which are transferred to the Remaining Lenders on the Effective Date pursuant to Clause 4 (Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment). |
"Effective Date Rate" means the LIBOR or EURIBOR (as the case may be) applicable to an Effective Date Loan from the Effective Date, as calculated by the Agent in accordance with Clause 4.3.1 of this Agreement and communicated by the Agent to the Company and the Remaining Lenders prior to the Effective Date. | ||
"Original Facilities Agreement" means the US$2,300,000,000 (originally US$3,800,000,000) multicurrency term and revolving credit facility made between (amongst others) the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Goldman Sachs International dated 24 September 2004 (as amended on 8 November 2004 and 25 February 2005 and as amended and restated on 7 July 2005). | ||
"Transferring Lenders" means the Lenders listed in Part C of Schedule 1 (The Parties). | ||
1.2 | Incorporation of Defined Terms |
1.2.1 | Terms defined in the Original Facilities Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning herein. | |
1.2.2 | The principles of construction set out in the Original Facilities Agreement shall have effect as if set out in this Agreement. |
1.3 | Clauses | |
In this Agreement any reference to a "Clause" or a "Schedule" is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Clause or a Schedule hereof. Clause headings are for ease of reference only. | ||
1.4 | Third Party Rights | |
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no rights under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement. | ||
2. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | |
The provisions of Clause 4 (Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment) shall be effective only if, not later than 9.30 am in London two Business Days before the Effective Date, the Agent has received all the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent shall notify the Company, the Remaining Lenders and the Transferring Lenders upon being so satisfied. |
3. | REPEATING REPRESENTATIONS | |
3.1 | The Repeating Representations (as defined in the Original Facilities Agreement) are deemed to be made by each Obligor (by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing) on: |
3.1.1 | the date of this Agreement; and | |
3.1.2 | the Effective Date. |
4. | GLOBAL TRANSFER, RETRANCHING AND AMENDMENT | |
4.1 | Simultaneous occurrences on Effective Date | |
On the Effective Date, the following shall occur simultaneously: |
4.1.1 | all of the rights, benefits and obligations of the Transferring Lenders under the Original Facilities Agreement shall be transferred to the Remaining Lenders and for the avoidance of doubt, the Transferring Lenders shall be paid all amounts of principal and interest outstanding on the Effective Date; | |
4.1.2 | the Facilities and the Loans outstanding thereunder shall be retranched and split so that they are as set out in Schedule 2 (Effective Date Facilities, Commitments and Loans Outstanding); and | |
4.1.3 | the Original Facilities Agreement shall be amended as set out in Schedule 5 (Amendments to the Original Facilities Agreement). |
4.2 | Break Costs |
4.2.1 | Each Transferring Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving a demand delivered by the Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, provide a certificate to the Agent and the Company confirming in reasonable detail the amount of any break funding costs which will be incurred by it pursuant to the transfers made under Clause 4.1.1 above (on the same basis as would have been due under Clause 12.4 ( Break Costs) of the Original Facilities Agreement) if the Loans owed to the Transferring Lenders had been repaid in full by the Company on the Effective Date. | |
4.2.2 | The Company shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Transferring Lender, pay to that Transferring Lender any break funding costs due under Clause 4.2.1 above and any amounts owed to the Transferring Lenders under the Finance Documents other than principal and interest claims transferred under Clause 4.1.1 above. |
4.3 | Interest on Effective Date Loans |
4.3.1 | For the purposes of calculating the rate of interest payable by the Company to the Remaining Lenders on any Effective Date Loan for the Interest Period beginning on the Effective Date pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Calculation of Interest) of the Amended Agreement, the LIBOR or EURIBOR (as the case may be) to be used in such calculations shall be the Effective Date Rate applicable to such Effective Date Loan. |
4.3.2 | Each Effective Date Rate shall be calculated by the Agent by applying the Screen Rate definition in the Amended Agreement and, where necessary, by interpolating on a linear basis between the rate quoted in respect of the longest period (for which a rate is quoted) which is less than the Relevant Period and that quoted in respect of the shortest period (for which a rate is quoted) which exceeds the Relevant Period on the appropriate Telerate screen selected by the Agent (or if there is no Telerate screen, such other appropriate screen as the Agent may select); and | |
(a) For the purposes of this Clause 4.3, "Relevant Period" shall mean the period from the Effective Date to the next occurring last day of the Interest Period for a Continuing Loan outstanding under the relevant Facility and denominated in the same currency as the relevant Effective Date Loan. | ||
4.3.3 | For the avoidance of doubt, interest on any Continuing Loans shall continue to be calculated on the same basis as applies prior to the Effective Date for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period following the Effective Date. |
4.4 | Exclusion of Liability |
4.4.1 | The Agent, the Arrangers and the Transferring Lenders make no representation or warranty and assume no responsibility with respect to the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Amended Agreement or any document relating thereto and assume no responsibility for the financial condition of the Obligors or for the performance and observance by the Obligors of any of their respective obligations under or for the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Documents to which they are party or any document relating thereto and any and all such conditions and warranties, whether express or implied by law or otherwise, are hereby excluded. | |
4.4.2 | Nothing in any Finance Document obliges a Transferring Lender to support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the Remaining Lenders by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligation under the Finance Documents or otherwise. |
5. | NON-CONSENTING LENDERS | |
All Lenders to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that some Lenders may not wish to continue in their role as Lenders under the Original Facilities Agreement as amended by this Agreement (each a "Non-Consenting Lender"). On this basis, all Lenders, by their execution of this Agreement, give their irrevocable consent that should the Borrower so choose, it may repay the outstanding principal amount owing to each such Non-Consenting Lender, together with all accrued interest, fees and other amounts payable to that Non-Consenting Lender at the time of repayment, pursuant to the provisions of the Original Facilities Agreement. |
6. | CONTINUITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE |
6.1 | Consent |
Each Counterparty and the Arrangers hereby consent to the transfers made pursuant to Clause 4 (Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment). | |
6.2 | Continuing Obligations |
The provisions of the Finance Documents shall, save as amended hereby, continue in full force and effect. | |
6.3 | Further Assurance |
Each Obligor shall, at the reasonable request of the Agent and at its own expense, do all such acts and things, as permitted under applicable laws, necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected pursuant to this Agreement. | |
6.4 | Guarantee Confirmation |
Each Guarantor hereby agrees, acknowledges and confirms for the benefit of each Finance Party that its guarantee given under the Original Facilities Agreement will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding amendments effected by this Agreement. | |
6.5 | Agent's Waiver |
The Agent waives the requirement for the payment of the fee referred to in Clause 25.3 (Assignment or transfer fee) of the Original Facilities Agreement in respect of the transfers effected pursuant to this Agreement. | |
7. | INDEMNITY |
7.1 | Indemnity for Remaining Lenders |
If, as a result of the operation of Clause 2 ( Conditions Precedent), the transfers contemplated by Clause 4 ( Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment) are not effective on the Effective Date, the Company shall, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Remaining Lender against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Remaining Lender as a result of funding or making arrangements to fund the portion of any Effective Date Loan which would otherwise have been transferred to such Remaining Lender in accordance with Clause 4 Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment). | |
8. | MISCELLANEOUS |
8.1 | Incorporation of terms |
The provisions of Clause 32 (Notices), Clause 34 (Partial invalidity), Clause 35 (Remedies and waivers ), Clause 38 (Governing law) and Clause 39 (Enforcement) of the Original Facilities Agreement shall be incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full in this Agreement, as if references in those clauses to "this Agreement" are references to this Agreement and as if references in those clauses to "Party" and "Lender" include the Remaining Lenders. | |
8.2 | Designation as Finance Document |
The Borrower and the Agent designate this Agreement as a Finance Document by execution of this Agreement for the purposes of the definition of Finance Document in the Original Facilities Agreement. | |
8.3 | Counterparts |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. |
Name
of
Original Borrower
|
Registration
Number (or equivalent, if any)
|
|
Cemex
España,
S.A.
|
No.
Hoja-Registro
Mercantil, Madrid: M- 156542, NIF
A46/004214
|
|
Name
of
Guarantor
|
Registration
Number (or equivalent, if any)
|
|
No. Hoja-Registro Mercantil, Madrid: M- 156542, NIF A46/004214 | ||
Trade
Register of the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Amsterdam (The
Netherlands)
|
||
Cemex
Caracas Investments B.V.
|
34121194
|
|
Cemex
Caracas II Investments B.V.
|
34159953 |
|
Cemex
Egyptian Investments B.V.
|
34108365
|
|
Cemex
Asia B.V.
|
34228466
|
|
Cemex
American Holdings B.V.
|
34213058
|
|
Cemex
Shipping B.V.
|
34213063
|
Facility | Amount ($) | Type |
Termination
Date
|
Facility A | 525,000,000 |
Multcurrency
Revolving
|
36
months after 24
September 2004
|
Facility B | 1,050,000,000 |
Multicurrency
Revolving
|
60
months after 24
September 2004
|
Facility C | 525,000,000 |
Multicurrency
Revolving
|
60
months after 1
July 2006
(subject to extension
option)
|
Total Facilities |
2,100,000,000
|
Facility
A
(US$)
|
Facility
B
(US$)
|
Facility
C
(US$)
|
|
|
Joint Bookrunners | ||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. |
42,516,397.50
|
90,032,795.00
|
45,568,732.00
|
178,117,924.50
|
Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. |
29,577,408.50
|
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
118,309,634.00
|
Calyon Sucursal en España | 29,577,408.50 |
59,154,817.00
|
29,577,408.50
|
118,309,634.00
|
Citibank International PLC, Sucursal en España | 42,561,397.50 |
90,032,795.00
|
45,568,732.00
|
178,117.924.50
|
Mandated Lead Arrangers |
|
|||
Banco Español de Credito S.A. |
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
101,500,000.00
|
BNP Paribas |
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
101,500,000.00
|
Fortis Bank S.A., Sucursal en España |
32,000,000.00
|
64,000,000.00
|
32,000,000.00
|
128,000,000.00
|
Facility
A
(US$)
|
Facility
B
(US$)
|
Facility
C
(US$)
|
Total
Facilities
(US$)
|
|
HSBC Bank plc, Sucursal en España |
22,875,000.00
|
45,750,000.00
|
22,875,000.00
|
91,500,000.00
|
Instituto de Credito Oficial |
31,250,000.00
|
62,500,000.00
|
31,250,000.00
|
125,000,000.00
|
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España |
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
101,500,000.00
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
101,500,000.00
|
West
LB, AG Sucursal en España |
25,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
101,500,000.00
|
Other Lenders | ||||
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, S.p.A., Sucursal en España |
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
15,000,000.00
|
Banca di Roma, S.p.A. |
10,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
40,000,000.00
|
Barclays Bank PLC |
16,988,309.00
|
33,976,618.00
|
16,988,309.00
|
67,953,236.00
|
Bayerische Landesbank |
11,104,669.00
|
22,209,338.00
|
11,104,669.00
|
44,418,676.00
|
BoA
Netherlands
Coöperatieve,
U.A.
|
8,988,309.00
|
17,976,618.01
|
8,988,309.00
|
35,953,236.01
|
BRED Banque Populaire |
8,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
13,750,000.00
|
30,000,000.00
|
Caja de Ahorros de Asturias |
4,050,000.00
|
8,100,000.00
|
4,050,000.00
|
16,200,000.00
|
Caja de Ahorros de Galicia |
2,500,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
2,500,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid |
9,072,500.00
|
18,145,000.00
|
9,072,500.00
|
36,290,000.00
|
Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. |
11,104,669.00
|
22,209,338.00
|
33,314,007.00
|
|
Dresdner Bank AG, New York Branch |
5,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
IKB International S.A. |
4,987,500.00
|
9,975,000.00
|
4,987,500.00
|
19,950,000.00
|
ING
Belgium, S.A., Sucursal
en España
|
14,850,229.00
|
29,700,458.00
|
14,850,229.00
|
59,400,916.00
|
Lloyds TSB Bank plc |
14,322,978.00
|
28,645,956.00
|
14,322,978.00
|
57,291,912.00
|
SANPAOLO IMI S.p.A. |
9,722,500.00
|
19,445,000.00
|
9,722,500.00
|
38,890,000.00
|
Scotiabank Europe plc |
12,070,725.00
|
24,141,450.00
|
12,070,725.00
|
48,282,900.00
|
Société Générale |
5,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
Facility
A
(US$)
|
Facility
B
(US$)
|
Facility
C
(US$)
|
Total
Facilities
(US$)
|
|
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España |
5,550,000.00
|
11,100,000.00
|
5,550,000.00
|
22,200,000.00
|
The Govenor and Company of the Bank of Ireland |
10,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
40,000,000.00
|
525,000,000.00
|
1,050,000,000.00
|
525,000,000.00
|
2,100,000,000.00
|
|
Transferring Lenders |
|
|
|
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V.,
Sucursal
en España
|
16,988,309.00
|
33,976,618.00
|
16,988,309.00
|
67,953,236.00
|
Bankinter S.A. |
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
15,000,000.00
|
Banca Intesa S.p.A. |
3,750,000.00
|
7,500,000.00
|
3,750,000.00
|
15,000,000.00
|
Banco de Galicia, S.A. |
4,860,000.00
|
9,720,000.00
|
4,860,000.00
|
19,440,000.00
|
Banco de Sabadell, S.A. |
5,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
Banco
Popular Español,
S.A.
|
1,620,000.00
|
3,240,000.00
|
1,620,000.00
|
6,480,000.00
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg)
S.A.
|
5,000,000.00
|
20,000,000.00
|
|
25,000,000.00
|
Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo |
4,860,000.00
|
9,720,000.00
|
4,860,000.00
|
19,440,000.00
|
Centrobanca S.p.A. |
15,000,000.00
|
10,000,000.00
|
5,000,000.00
|
30,000,000.00
|
Credit Industriel et Commercial |
11,250,000.00
|
22,500,000.00
|
11,250,000.00
|
45,000,000.00
|
Mizuho Corporate Bank Nederland N.V. |
15,375,000.00
|
50,750,000.00
|
25,375,000.00
|
91,500,000.00
|
Montes de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria, Malaga y Antequeria (UNICAJA) |
1,6200,000.00
|
3,240,000.00
|
1,620,000.00
|
6,480,000.00
|
1
|
2
|
||||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
||
EUR
60,000,000.00
USD
1.2555
USD
75,330,000.01
|
EUR
54,782,608.70
USD
1.2555
USD
68,779,565.22
|
EUR
168,779,630.75
USD
1.2805
USD
216,122,317.18
|
EUR
154,103,141.12
USD
1.2805
USD
197,329,072.20
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
3,875,266.16
|
5,570,017.78
|
11,118,166,75
|
15,980,421.47
|
2
|
CALYON,
Secursal en España
|
3,875,266.16
|
3,874.897.71
|
11,118,166.75
|
11,117,109.67
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
3,056,383.95
|
5,570,017.78
|
8,768,787.76
|
15,980,421.47
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
3,875,266.16
|
3,874,897.71
|
11,118,166.75
|
11,117,109.67
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Surcursal en España
|
2,225,827.83
|
0.00
|
6,385,916.20
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coöperatieve,
U.A.
|
1,177,658.61
|
1,177,546.64
|
3,378,711.09
|
3,378,389.86
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
2,225,827.83
|
2,225,616.20
|
6,385,916.20
|
6,385,309.05
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
3,324,661.75
|
3,324,345.65
|
9,538,478.71
|
9,537,571.82
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
1,188,689.41
|
1,188,576.39
|
3,410,358.55
|
3,410,034.30
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
655,105.76
|
655,043.48
|
1,879,503.19
|
1,879,324.50
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,324,661.75
|
4,192.278.26
|
9,538,478.71
|
12,027,676.78
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
2,997,108.87
|
2,996,823.91
|
8,598,727.11
|
8,597,909.57
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
1,945,694.12
|
1,945,509.13
|
5,582,210.57
|
5,581,679.83
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,324,661.75
|
3,324,345.65
|
9,538,478.71
|
9,537,571.82
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
2,014,450.22
|
0.00
|
5,779,472.32
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
655,105.76
|
655,043.48
|
1,879,503.19
|
1,879,324.50
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
3,324,661.75
|
3,324,345.65
|
9,538,478.71
|
9,537,571.82
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
1,581,520.30
|
1,581,369.94
|
4,537,393.24
|
4,536,961.84
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
3,324,661.75
|
3,324,345.65
|
9,538,478.71
|
9,537,571.82
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
3,324,661.75
|
3,324,345.65
|
9,538,478.71
|
9,537,571.82
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
1,454,946.53
|
1,454,808.20
|
4,174,252.17
|
4,173,855.30
|
22
|
Deutsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
1,454,946.53
|
1,454,808.20
|
4,174,252.17
|
4,173,855.30
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
1,876,613.09
|
1,876,434.67
|
5,384,016.58
|
5,383,504.69
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
1,447,783.74
|
727,098.26
|
4,153,702.06
|
2,086,050.19
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
3,324,661.75
|
4,094,021.74
|
9,538,478.71
|
11,745,778.11
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
1,273,853.16
|
1,273,732.04
|
3,654,693.96
|
3,654,346.48
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
1,310,211.53
|
1,310,086.96
|
3,759,006.39
|
3,758,648.99
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
655,105.76
|
0.00
|
1,879,503.19
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
636,762.80
|
0.00
|
1,826,877.10
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
212,254.27
|
0.00
|
608,959.03
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
1,310,211.53
|
1,310,086.96
|
3,759,006.39
|
3,758,648.99
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
636,762.80
|
0.00
|
1,826,877.10
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
1,473,987.97
|
0.00
|
4,228,882.19
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
530,635.67
|
530,585.22
|
1,522,397.59
|
1,522,252.84
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
653,468.00
|
653,405.87
|
1,874,804.44
|
1,874,626.19
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
1,146,435.09
|
1,146,326.09
|
3,289,130.59
|
3,288,817.87
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A., Sucursal en España
|
491,329.32
|
491,282.61
|
1,409,627.40
|
1,409,493.37
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
491,329.32
|
0.00
|
1,409,627.40
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
212,254.27
|
0.00
|
608,959.03
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
655,105.76
|
0.00
|
1,879,503.19
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
491,329.32
|
0.00
|
1,409,627.40
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
1,965,317.29
|
0.00
|
5,638,509.58
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
327,552.88
|
327,521.74
|
939,751.60
|
939,662.25
|
75,330,000.00
|
68,779,565.22
|
216,122,317.18
|
197,329,072.20
|
3
|
4
|
||||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
||
USD
87,575,000.00
USD
87,575,000.00
|
USD
79,959,782,61
USD
79,959,782,61
|
EUR
63,682,956.97
USD
1.2805
USD
81,546,026.40
|
EUR
58,145,308.53
USD
1.2805
USD
74,455,067.58
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
4,505.196.25
|
6,475,432.19
|
4,195,042.56
|
6,029,640.47
|
2
|
CALYON,
Sucursal en Espana
|
4,505,196.25
|
4,504,767.91
|
4,195,042.56
|
4,194,643.71
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
3,553,203.56
|
6,475,432.19
|
3,308,588.43
|
6,029,640.47
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
4,505,196.25
|
4,504,767.91
|
4,195,042.56
|
4,194,643.71
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Surcursal en España
|
2,587,639.35
|
0.00
|
2,409,497.08
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coõperatieve, U.A.
|
1,369.088.71
|
1,368,958.54
|
1,274,835.79
|
1,274,714.58
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
2,587,639.35
|
2,587,393.32
|
2,409,497.08
|
2,409.267.99
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
3,865,090.31
|
3,864,722.83
|
3,599,003.78
|
3,598.661.60
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
1,381,912.58
|
1,381.781.20
|
1,286,776.82
|
1,286,654.48
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
761,594.15
|
761,521.74
|
709,163.31
|
709,095.88
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,865,090.31
|
4,873,739.13
|
3,599,003.78
|
4,538.213.64
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
3,484,392.23
|
3,483,961.96
|
3,244,422.13
|
3,244.113.66
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
2,261,969.50
|
2,261,754.44
|
2,106,247.50
|
2,106,047.25
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,865,090.31
|
3,864,722.83
|
3,599,003.78
|
3,598,661.60
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
2,341,902.01
|
0.00
|
2,180,677.17
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
761,594.15
|
761.521.74
|
709,163.31
|
709,095.88
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
3,865,090.31
|
3,864,722.83
|
3,599,003.78
|
3,598,661.60
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
1,838,598.71
|
1,838,423.90
|
1,712,023.05
|
1,711,860.28
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
3,865,090.31
|
3,864,722.83
|
3,599,003.78
|
3,598,661.60
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
3,865,090.31
|
3,864,722.83
|
3,599,003.78
|
3,598,661.60
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
1,691,450.19
|
1,691,289.37
|
1,575,004.76
|
1,574,855.01
|
22
|
Duetsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
1,691,450.19
|
1,691,289.37
|
1,575,005.76
|
1,574,855.01
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
2,181,659.25
|
2,181,451.82
|
2,031,466.09
|
2,031,272.94
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
1,683,123.07
|
845,289.13
|
1,567,250.91
|
787,096.43
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
3,865,090.31
|
4,759,510.87
|
3,599,003.78
|
4,431,849.26
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
1,480,919.82
|
1,480,779.02
|
1,378,968.05
|
1,378,836.94
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
1,523,188.30
|
1,523,043.48
|
1,418,326.61
|
1,418,191.76
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
761,594.15
|
0.00
|
709,163.31
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
740,269.51
|
0.00
|
689,306.73
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
246,756.50
|
0.00
|
229,768.91
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
1,523,188.30
|
1,523,043.48
|
1,418,326.61
|
1,418,191.76
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
740,269.51
|
0.00
|
689,306.73
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
1,713,586.83
|
0.00
|
1,595,617.44
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
616,891.26
|
616,832.61
|
574,422.28
|
574,367.66
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
759,690.16
|
759,617.93
|
707,390.40
|
707,323.14
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
1,332,789.76
|
1,332,663.04
|
1,241,035.79
|
1,240,917.79
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A. Sucursal en España
|
571,195.61
|
571,141.30
|
531,872.48
|
531,821.91
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
571,195.61
|
0.00
|
531,872.48
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
246,756.50
|
0.00
|
229,768.91
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
761,594.15
|
0.00
|
709,163.31
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
571,195.61
|
0.00
|
531,872,48
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
2,284,782.45
|
0.00
|
2,127,489.92
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
380,797.07
|
380,760.87
|
354,581.65
|
354,547.94
|
87,575,000.00
|
79,959,782.61
|
81,546,026.40
|
74,455,067.58
|
5
|
6
|
||||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
||
EUR
17,000,000.00
USD
1.2805
USD
21,768,500.00
|
EUR
15,521,739.13
USD
1.2805
USD
19,875,586.96
|
EUR
4,005,000.00
USD
1.2805
USD
5,128,402.50
|
EUR
3,656,739.13
USD
1.2805
USD
4,682,454.46
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
1,119,855.72
|
1,609.596.87
|
263,824.83
|
379,202.09
|
2
|
CALYON,
Sucursal en Espana
|
1,119,855.72
|
1,119,749.25
|
263,824.83
|
263,799.75
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
883,219.09
|
1,609,596.87
|
208,076.03
|
379.202.09
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
1,119,855.72
|
1,119,749.25
|
263,824.83
|
263,799.75
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Surcursal en España
|
643,208.99
|
0.00
|
151,532.47
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coõperatieve, U.A.
|
340,314.10
|
340,281.75
|
80,174.00
|
80,166.38
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
643,208.99
|
643,147.83
|
151,532.47
|
151.518.06
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
906,744.71
|
960,653.37
|
226,340.15
|
226,318.63
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
343,501.73
|
343,469.07
|
80,924.97
|
80,917.27
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
189,309.30
|
189,291.30
|
44,599,04
|
44,594.80
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
960,744.71
|
1,211,464.35
|
226,340.15
|
285,406.75
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
866,090.06
|
866,007.72
|
204,040.63
|
204,021.23
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
562,257.30
|
562,203.84
|
132,461.21
|
132,448.61
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
960,744.71
|
960.653.37
|
226,340,15
|
226,318.63
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
582,126.11
|
0.00
|
137,142.06
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
189,309.30
|
189,291.30
|
44,599.04
|
44,594.80
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
960,744.71
|
960,653.37
|
226,340.15
|
226,318.63
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
457,020.11
|
456,976.66
|
107,668.56
|
107,658.32
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
960,744.71
|
960,653.37
|
226,340.15
|
226,318.63
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
960,744.71
|
960,653.37
|
226,340.15
|
226,318.63
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
420,443.43
|
420,403.46
|
99,051.53
|
99,042.11
|
22
|
Duetsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
420,443.43
|
420,403.46
|
99,051.53
|
99,042.11
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
542,294.60
|
542,243.04
|
127,758.23
|
127,746.08
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
418,373.56
|
210,113.35
|
98,563.89
|
49,500.23
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
960,744.71
|
1,183,070.65
|
226,340.15
|
278,717.53
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
368,111.94
|
368,076.94
|
86,722.84
|
86,714.60
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
378,618.61
|
378,582.61
|
89,198.09
|
89,189.61
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
189,309.30
|
0.00
|
44,599.04
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
184,008.64
|
0.00
|
43,350,27
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
61,336.21
|
0.00
|
14,450.09
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
378,618.61
|
378,582.61
|
89,198.09
|
89,189.61
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
184,008,64
|
0.00
|
43,350,27
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
425,945.93
|
0.00
|
100,347.85
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
153,340.54
|
153,325.96
|
36,125.23
|
36,121.79
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
188,836.03
|
188,818.08
|
44,487.55
|
44,483.32
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
331,291.28
|
331,259.78
|
78,048.33
|
78,040.91
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A. Sucursal en España
|
141,981.98
|
141,968.48
|
33,449.28
|
33,446.10
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
141,981.98
|
0.00
|
33,449.28
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
61,336.21
|
0.00
|
14,450.09
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
189,309.30
|
0.00
|
44,599.04
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
141,981.98
|
0.00
|
33,449.28
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
567,927.91
|
0.00
|
133,797.13
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
94,654.65
|
94,645.65
|
22,299.52
|
22,297.40
|
21,768,500.00
|
19,875,586.96
|
5,128,402.50
|
4,682,454.46
|
7
|
|||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
||
EUR
52,000,000.00
USD
1.2555
USD
65,286,000.00
|
EUR
47,478,260.87
USD
1.2555
USD
59,608,956.52
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
3,358,564.00
|
4,827,348.74
|
2
|
CALYON,
Sucursal en Espana
|
3,358,564.00
|
3,358,244.68
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
2,648,866.09
|
4,827,348.74
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
3,358,564.00
|
3,358,244.68
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Sucursal en España
|
1,929,050.78
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coõperatieve, U.A.
|
1,020,637.46
|
1,020,540.42
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
1,929,050.78
|
1,928,867.38
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
2,881,373.52
|
2,881,099.57
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
1,030,197.49
|
1,030,099.54
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
567,758.33
|
567,704.35
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
2,881,373.52
|
3,633,307.83
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
2,597,494.35
|
2,597,247.39
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
1,686,268.24
|
1,686,107.91
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
2,881,373.52
|
2,881,099.57
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
1,745,856.86
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
567,758.33
|
567,704.35
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
2,881,373.52
|
2,881,099.57
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
1,370,650.93
|
1,370,520.61
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
2,881,373.52
|
2,881,099.57
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
2,881,373.52
|
2,881,099.57
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
1,260,953.66
|
1,260,833.77
|
22
|
Duetsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
1,260,953.66
|
1,260,833.77
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
1,626,398.01
|
1,626,243.38
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
1,254,745.91
|
630,151.83
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
2,881,373.52
|
3,548,152.17
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
1,104,006.07
|
1,103,901.10
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
1,135,516.66
|
1,135,408.70
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
567,758.33
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
551,861.10
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
183,953.70
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
1,135,516.66
|
1,135,408.70
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
551,861.10
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
1,277,456.24
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
459,884.25
|
459,840.52
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
566,338,93
|
566,285.09
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
993,577.07
|
993,482.61
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A. Sucursal en España
|
425,818.75
|
425,778.26
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
425,818.75
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
183,953.70
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
567,758.33
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
425,818.75
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
1,703,274.98
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
283,879.16
|
283,852.17
|
65,286,000.00
|
59,608,956.52
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date
Loans
|
||
USD
400,000,000.00
USD
400,000,000.00
|
USD
300,000,000.00
USD
300,000,000.00
|
USD
194,312,128.02
USD
194,312,128.02
|
USD
194,312,128.02
USD
194,312,128.02
|
USD
555,687,871.98
USD
555,687,871.98
|
USD
555,687,871.98
USD
555,687,871.98
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||||||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
20,575,588.52
|
25,723,655.71
|
9,995,215.98
|
16,661,394.27
|
28,584,012.50
|
47,647,745.01
|
2
|
CALYON,
Sucursal en España
|
20,575,588.52
|
16,901,376.29
|
9,995,215.98
|
10,947,141.31
|
28,584,012.50
|
31,306,299.41
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
16,227,762.43
|
25,723,655.71
|
7,883,127.63
|
16,661,394.27
|
22,543,926.94
|
47,647,745.01
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
20,575,588.52
|
16,901,376.29
|
9,995,215.98
|
10,947,141.31
|
28,584,012.50
|
31,306,299.41
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||||||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Sucursal en España
|
11,817,954.09
|
0.00
|
5,740,929.52
|
0.00
|
16,417,734.39
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coõperatieve, U.A.
|
6,252,736.70
|
5,136,176.57
|
3,037,456.43
|
3,326,738.00
|
8,686,424.88
|
9,513,703.44
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
11,817,954.09
|
9,707,605.14
|
5,740,929.52
|
6,287,684.71
|
16,417,734.39
|
17,981,328.15
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
17,652,173.91
|
14,500,000.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
9,391,752.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
26,858,247.15
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
6,311,304.35
|
5,184,285.71
|
3,065,907.45
|
3,357,898.63
|
8,767,788.21
|
9,602,815.65
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
3,478,260.87
|
2,857,142.86
|
1,689,670.68
|
1,850,591.70
|
4,832,068.45
|
5,292,265.45
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
17,652,173.91
|
18,285,714.29
|
8,575,078.69
|
11,843,786.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
33,870,498.86
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
15,913,043.48
|
13,071,428.57
|
7,730,243.35
|
8,466,457.01
|
22,106,713.17
|
24,212,114.42
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
10,330,594.09
|
8,485,845.14
|
5,018,399.30
|
5,496,342.09
|
14,351,464.61
|
15,718,270.76
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
17,652,173.91
|
14,500,000.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
9,391,752.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
26,858,247.15
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
17,652,173.91
|
0.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
0.00
|
24,522,747.39
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
3,478,260.87
|
2,857,142.86
|
1,689,670.68
|
1,850,591.70
|
4,832,068.45
|
5,292,265.45
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
17,652,173.91
|
14,500,000.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
9,391,752.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
26,858,247.15
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
8,397,026.09
|
6,897,557.14
|
4,079,110.02
|
4,467,596.69
|
11,665,313.89
|
12,776,296.17
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
17,652,173.91
|
14,500,000.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
9,391,752.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
26,858,247.15
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
17,652,173.91
|
14,500,000.00
|
8,575,078.69
|
9,391,752.85
|
24,522,747.39
|
26,858,247.15
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
7,724,987.13
|
6,345,525.14
|
3,752,646.72
|
4,110,041.65
|
10,731,704.15
|
11,753,771.21
|
22
|
Duetsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
7,724,987.13
|
6,345,525.14
|
3,752,646.72
|
4,110,041.65
|
10,731,704.15
|
11,753,771.21
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
9,963,810.78
|
8,184,558.86
|
4,840,223.19
|
5,301,196.83
|
13,841,922.03
|
15,160,200.31
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
7,724,987.13
|
3,171,428.57
|
3,752,646.72
|
2,054,156.78
|
10,731,704.15
|
5,874,414.65
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
17,652,173.91
|
17,857,142.86
|
8,575,078.69
|
11,566,198.10
|
24,522,747.39
|
33,076,659.05
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
6,763,478.26
|
5,555,714.29
|
3,285,564.63
|
3,398,475.55
|
9,395,957.10
|
10,290,810.16
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
6,956,521.74
|
5,714,285.71
|
3,379,341.36
|
3,701,183.39
|
9,664,136.90
|
10,584,530.89
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
6,956,521.74
|
0.00
|
3,379,341.36
|
0.00
|
9,664,136.90
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
3,380,869.57
|
0.00
|
1,642,359.90
|
0.00
|
4,696,770.54
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
1,126,956.52
|
0.00
|
547,453.30
|
0.00
|
1,565,590.18
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
6,956,521.74
|
5,714,285.71
|
3,379,341.36
|
3,701,183.39
|
9,664,136.90
|
10,584,530.89
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
3,380,869.57
|
0.00
|
1,642,359.90
|
0.00
|
4,696,770.54
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
7,826,086.96
|
0.00
|
3,801,759.03
|
0.00
|
10,872,154.02
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
2,817,391.30
|
2,314,285.71
|
1,368,633.25
|
1,498,979.27
|
3,913,975.45
|
4,286,735.01
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
3,469,565.22
|
2,850,000.00
|
1,685,446.50
|
1,845,965.22
|
4,819,988.28
|
5,279,034.78
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
2,608,695,65
|
2,142,857.14
|
1,267,253.01
|
1,387,943.77
|
3,624,051.34
|
3,969,199.09
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A. Sucursal en España
|
2,608,695.65
|
2,142,857.14
|
1,267,253.01
|
1,387,943.77
|
3,624,051.34
|
3,969,199.09
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
2,608,695.65
|
0.00
|
1,267,253.01
|
0.00
|
3,624,051.34
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
1,126,956.52
|
0.00
|
547,453.30
|
0.00
|
1,565,590.18
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
3,478,260.87
|
0.00
|
1,689,670.68
|
0.00
|
4,832,068.45
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
2,608,695.65
|
0.00
|
1,267,253.01
|
0.00
|
3,624,051.34
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
3,478,260.87
|
0.00
|
1,689,670.68
|
0.00
|
4,832,068.45
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
1,739,130.43
|
1,428,571.43
|
844,835.34
|
925,295.85
|
2,416,034.23
|
2,646,132.72
|
400,000,000.00
|
300,000,000.00
|
194,312,128.02
|
194,312,128.02
|
555,687,871.98
|
555,687,871.98
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date Loans
|
Continuing
Loans
|
Effective
Date Loans
|
||
EUR
63,682,956.97
USD
1.2805
USD
81,546,026.40
|
EUR
58,145,308.54
USD
1.2805
USD
74,455,067.58
|
EUR
197,058,000.00
USD
1.2805
USD
252,332,769.00
|
EUR
179,922,521.74
USD
1.2805
USD
230,390,789.09
|
EUR
162,531,000.00
USD
1.2805
USD
208,120,945.51
|
EUR
148,397,869.57
USD
1.2805
USD
190,023,471.99
|
||
Bookrunners
|
|||||||
1
|
Bilbao
Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
|
4,194,643.71
|
6,462,520.04
|
12,979,738.06
|
19,997,364.04
|
10,705,527.34
|
16,493,578.42
|
2
|
CALYON,
Sucursal en España
|
4,194,643.71
|
4,194,643.71
|
12,979,738.06
|
12,979,738.06
|
10,705,527.34
|
10,705,527.34
|
3
|
Citibank
International PLC Sucursal en España
|
3,308,273.86
|
6,462,520.04
|
10,236,990.57
|
19,997,364.04
|
8,443,343.15
|
16,493,578.42
|
4
|
Banco
Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
|
4,194,643.71
|
4,194,643.71
|
12,979,738.06
|
12,979,738.06
|
10,705,527.34
|
10,705,527.34
|
Other
Lenders
|
|||||||
5
|
ABN
AMRO Bank N.V., Sucursal en España
|
2,409,267.99
|
0.00
|
7,455,142.70
|
0.00
|
6,148,909.45
|
0.00
|
6
|
BoA
Netherlands Coõperatieve, U.A.
|
1,274,714.58
|
1,274,714.58
|
3,944,425.91
|
3,944,425.91
|
3,253,313.68
|
3,253,313.68
|
7
|
Barclays
Bank PLC
|
2,409,267.99
|
2,409,267.99
|
7,455,142.70
|
7,455,142.70
|
6,148,909.45
|
6,148,909.45
|
8
|
BNP
Paribas
|
3,598,661.60
|
3,598,661.60
|
11,135,554.81
|
11,135,554.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9
|
Caja
Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid
|
1,286,654.48
|
1,286,654.48
|
3,981,372.26
|
3,981,372.26
|
3,283,786.57
|
3,283,780.57
|
10
|
Dresdner
Bank AG, New York Branch
|
709,095.88
|
709,095.88
|
2,194,197.99
|
2,194,197.99
|
1,809,747.35
|
1,809,747.35
|
11
|
Fortis
Bank S.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,598,661.60
|
4,538,213.64
|
11,135,554.81
|
14,042,867.14
|
9,184,467.81
|
11,582,383.05
|
12
|
HSBC
Bank plc, Sucursal en España
|
3,244,113.66
|
3,244,113.66
|
10,038,455.81
|
10,038,455.81
|
8,279,594.14
|
8,279,594.14
|
13
|
ING
Belgium S.A., Sucursal en España
|
2,106,047.25
|
2,106,047.25
|
6,516,868.53
|
6,516,868.53
|
5,375,032.52
|
5,375,032.52
|
14
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank N.A., Sucursal en España
|
3,598,661.60
|
3,598,661.60
|
11,135,554.81
|
11,135,554.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
15
|
Mizuho
Corporate Bank Netherland N.V.
|
3,598,661.60
|
0.00
|
11,135,554.81
|
0.00
|
9,184,467.81
|
0.00
|
16
|
Société
Général
|
709,095.88
|
709,095.88
|
2,194,197.99
|
2,194,197.99
|
1,809,747.35
|
1,809,747.35
|
17
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
3,598,661.60
|
3,598,661.60
|
11,135,554.81
|
11,135,554.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
18
|
Scotiabank
Europe plc
|
1,711,860.28
|
1,711,860.28
|
5,297,112.11
|
5,297,112.11
|
4,368,992.52
|
4,368,992.52
|
19
|
West
LB AG Sucursal en España
|
3,598,661.60
|
3,598,661.60
|
11,135,554.81
|
11,135,554.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
20
|
Banco
Español de Credito S.A.
|
3,598,661.60
|
3,598,661.60
|
11,135,554.81
|
11,135,554.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
9,184,467.81
|
21
|
Bayerische
Landesbank
|
1,574,855.01
|
1,574,855.01
|
4,873,168.48
|
4,873,168.48
|
4,019,329.06
|
4,019,329.06
|
22
|
Duetsche
Bank Luxembourg S.A.
|
1,574,855.01
|
0.00
|
4,873,168.48
|
0.00
|
4,019,329.06
|
0.00
|
23
|
Lloyds
TSB Bank plc
|
2,031,272.94
|
2,031,272.94
|
6,285,489.91
|
6,285,489.91
|
5,184,194.30
|
5,184,194.30
|
24
|
The
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Sucursal en España
|
1,574,855.01
|
787,096.43
|
4,873,168.48
|
2,435,559.77
|
4,019,329.06
|
2,008,819.56
|
25
|
Instituto
de Credito Oficial
|
3,598,661.60
|
4,431,849.26
|
11,135,554.81
|
13,713,737.45
|
9,184,467.81
|
11,310,920.95
|
26
|
SANPAOLO
IMI S.p.A.
|
1,378,836.94
|
1,378,836.94
|
4,266,617.99
|
4,266,617.99
|
3,519,053.73
|
3,519,053.73
|
27
|
Banca
di Roma S.p.A.
|
1,418,191.76
|
1,418,191.76
|
4,388,395.98
|
4,388,395.98
|
3,619,494.70
|
3,619,494.70
|
28
|
Bank
of China (Luxembourg) S.A.
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
29
|
Banco
de Galicia, S.A.
|
689,241.20
|
0.00
|
2,132,760.45
|
0.00
|
1,759,074.43
|
0.00
|
30
|
Banco
Popular Español, S.A.
|
229,747.07
|
0.00
|
710,920.15
|
0.00
|
586,358.14
|
0.00
|
31
|
The
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
|
1,418,191.76
|
1,418,191.76
|
4,388,395.98
|
4,388,395.98
|
3,619,494.70
|
3,619,494.70
|
32
|
Caja
de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
|
689,241.20
|
0.00
|
2,132,760.45
|
0.00
|
1,759,074.43
|
0.00
|
33
|
Credit
Industriel et Commercial
|
1,595,465.73
|
0.00
|
4,936,945.48
|
0.00
|
4,071,931.54
|
0.00
|
34
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Asturias
|
574,367.66
|
574,367.66
|
1,777,300.37
|
1,777.300.37
|
1,465,895.36
|
1,465,895.36
|
35
|
IKB
International S.A.
|
707,323.14
|
707,323.14
|
2,188,712.50
|
2,188,712.50
|
1,805,222.98
|
1,805,222.98
|
36
|
BRED
Banque Populaire
|
1,950,013.67
|
1,950,013.67
|
6,034,044.48
|
6,034,044.48
|
4,976,805.22
|
4,976,805.22
|
37
|
Banca
Nazionale Del Lavoro, S.p.A. Sucursal en España
|
531,821.91
|
531,821.91
|
1,645,648.49
|
1,645,648.49
|
1,357,310.51
|
1,357,310.51
|
38
|
Banca
Intesa S.p.A.
|
531,821.91
|
0.00
|
1,645,648.49
|
0.00
|
1,357,310.51
|
0.00
|
39
|
Montes
de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cadiz, Almeria Malaga y Antequera
(UNICAJA)
|
229,747.07
|
0.00
|
710,920.15
|
0.00
|
586,358.14
|
0.00
|
40
|
Banco
de Sabadell, S.A.
|
709,095.88
|
0.00
|
2,194,197.99
|
0.00
|
1,809,747.35
|
0.00
|
41
|
Bankinter
S.A.
|
531,821.91
|
0.00
|
1,645,648.49
|
0.00
|
1,357,310.51
|
0.00
|
42
|
Centrobanca
S.p.A.
|
709,095.88
|
0.00
|
2,194,197.99
|
0.00
|
1,809,747.35
|
0.00
|
43
|
Caja
de Ahorros de Galicia
|
354,547.94
|
354,547.94
|
1,097,099.00
|
1,097,099.00
|
904,873.68
|
904,873.68
|
81,546.026.40
|
74,455,067.58
|
252,332,769.00
|
230,390,789.09
|
$208,120,945.1
|
190,023,471.99
|
1. | Obligors | ||
(a) | A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor or a certificate of an authorised signatory of each relevant Obligor certifying that the constitutional documents previously delivered to the Agent for the purposes of the Original Facilities Agreement have not been amended and remain in full force and effect. | ||
(b) | A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor: | ||
(i) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and resolving that it execute this Agreement; and | ||
(ii) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute this Agreement on its behalf. | ||
(c) | A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (b) above. | ||
(d) | A certificate of the Company (signed by an Authorised Signatory) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on any Obligor to be exceeded. | ||
(e) | A certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 3 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement. | ||
2. | Legal Opinions | ||
(a) | A legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed to the Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. | ||
(b) | An opinion with respect to the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Spain from Clifford Chance, substantially in the form distributed to the Lenders prior to the signing of this Agreement. | ||
(c) | An opinion with respect to the laws and regulations of The Netherlands from Warendorf, substantially in the form distributed to the Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. | ||
(d) | An opinion from in-house counsel of the Company, substantially in the form distributed to the Lenders prior to signing this Agreement. | ||
3. | Fees Letter |
Payment in full of all fees and expenses due under the Fees Letter. | |
4. | NOF Letter |
A copy of a letter from the Company to the Bank of Spain, complementary to the Financial Operation Numbers obtained in relation to the Original Facilities Agreement and explaining the amendments to the Original Facilities Agreement effected pursuant to this Agreement. |
1. | We confirm that the proposed Effective Date is [·] 2006. |
2. | We further confirm that to the extent applicable, each condition specified in Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) of the Global Transfer, Retranching and Amendment Agreement is satisfied or waived on the date of this Confirmation Notice. |
3. | This Confirmation Notice is irrevocable. |
4. | This Confirmation Notice is governed by English law. |
1. | adding the following definitions of "CO2 Emission Rights" and "Directive" to clause 1.1 of clause 1 (Definitions and Interpretation) of the Original Facilities Agreement: |
(a)
|
"CO2 Emission Rights" means any emission rights or allowance allocated to a member of the Group to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (as defined in the Directive) during a specified period which is valid and/or transferable under the Directive and any other type of allowance recognised by the Directive in connection to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. |
(b)
|
"Directive" means Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Community (as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004). |
2. | deleting the definitions of "Guarantors", "Initial Facility C Termination Date" and "Margin" in clause 1.1 of clause 1 (Definitions and Interpretation) of the Original Facilities Agreement and replacing them with the following: | ||
(a) | "Guarantors" means the Original Guarantors and any Additional Guarantor other than any Original Guarantor or Additional Guarantor which has ceased to be a Guarantor pursuant to Clause 26.4 (Resignation of Guarantor) or been removed as a Guarantor pursuant to Clause 26.5 (Removal of Guarantor) and has not subsequently become an Additional Guarantor pursuant to Clause 26.3 (Additional Guarantors) and "Guarantor" means any of them. | ||
(c) | "Initial Facility C Termination Date" means 4 July 2011. | ||
(d) | "Margin" means: | ||
(i) | subject to paragraph (c) below, in relation to any Loan the percentage rate per annum determined pursuant to the table set out below: | ||
Facility
|
Margin
%
p.a.
|
Facility
A
|
0.150 |
Facility B | 0.200 |
Facility C | 0.225 |
(ii)
|
in relation to any Unpaid Sum the percentage rate per annum specified above applicable to the Facility in relation to which the Unpaid Sum arises, or if such Unpaid Sum does not arise in relation to a particular Facility, the rate per annum specified above applicable to the Facility to which the Agent reasonably determines the Unpaid Sum most closely relates, or if none, the highest rate per annum specified above, |
(iii)
|
but
if at any time after the
first Utilisation Date following the date of the Amendment and Restatement
Agreement:
|
(iv)
|
no Default has occurred and is continuing; and |
(v)
|
the Net Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA ratio in respect of the most recently completed Relevant Period is within a range set out below, |
Net
Borrowings to Adjusted EBITDA
|
Margin
%
p.a.
|
||
Facility
A
|
Facility
B
|
Facility
C
|
|
Greater
than or equal to 3.0:1
|
0.250
|
0.300
|
0.325
|
Less
than 3.0:1 but greater than or equal to 2.5:1
|
0.200
|
0.250
|
0.275
|
Less
than 2.5:1 but greater than or equal to 2.0:1
|
0.150
|
0.200
|
0.225
|
Less
than 2.0:1
|
0.100
|
0.150
|
0.175
|
(a)
|
However
any increase or
decrease in the Margin shall take effect on the date (the
"reset
date")
which is five Business Days after receipt by the Agent of the Compliance
Certificate for that Relevant Period pursuant to Clause 21.2
(Compliance
Certificate )
and in the case of a then
current Interest Period will apply to the whole of such Interest
Period
unless any payments of interest have already been made in which case
any
adjustments to the Margin will apply only from the date of such payment.
For the purpose of determining the Margin, Net Borrowings to Adjusted
EBITDA ratio and Relevant Period shall be determined in accordance
with
Clause 22.1 (Financial
definitions ).
|
3.
|
deleting Clause 8 (Extension of Facility C) of the Original Facilities Agreement and replacing it with the following: | ||
8. | EXTENSION OF FACILITY C | ||
8.1 | Request for Extension | ||
(a) | The Company may request, by notifying the Agent in writing (the "Second Extension Request") not earlier than 60 days and not later than 45 days before 4 July 2007, the extension of the Termination Date of Facility C by an additional 365 day period. | ||
(b) | Upon notification by the Agent that it has received a Second Extension Request from the Company, each Lender shall freely determine whether or not it shall extend its Facility C Commitments in accordance with the relevant Extension Request and shall, within 10 Business Days of receipt of such notification from the Agent, notify the Agent of its own decision to accept or decline the request set out in the Second Extension Request. | ||
(c) | The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has received all the Lenders' respective decisions in accordance with paragraph (b) above, notify the Company and the Lenders of the level of acceptances. | ||
8.2 | Acceptance of Extension Request | ||
Any agreement by a Lender to a Second Extension Request shall extend that Lender's Facility C Commitments by an additional 365 day period only and shall be binding on each such Lender only. | |||
8.3 | Reduced Facility C Commitments | ||
In the event that a Lender declines to extend its Facility C Commitments pursuant to the Second Extension Request, the amount of the Total Facility C Commitments shall, following the Initial Facility C Termination Date, reduce by the amount of that declining Lender's Facility C Commitments accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, Facility C shall continue to be available until the end of its Availability Period reflecting the Commitments of those Lenders who have agreed to the requests contained in the Second Extension Request. | |||
8.4 | Reduction of Facility B Commitments | ||
The Total Facility B Commitments shall reduce on 24 March 2008, 24 September 2008, 24 March 2009 and 24 September 2009 in each case by an amount equal to 25 per cent of the amount of the Total Facility B Commitments as at 24 March 2008, such reduction to be applied pro rata to the Facility B Commitment of each Lender on the date of each such reduction. | |||
4. | deleting the definition of "EBITDA" in Clause 22.1 (Financial Definitions ) of the Original Facilities Agreement and replacing with the following: |
"EBITDA" means for the Relevant Period immediately preceding the date on which it is to be calculated, operating profit plus annual depreciation for fixed assets plus annual amortisation of intangible assets plus annual amortisation of start-up costs of the Group plus dividends received from non-consolidated companies and from companies consolidated by the equity method plus an amount equal to the amount of Cemex Capital Contributions made during such period immediately preceding the date on which it is to be calculated (up to an amount equal to the amount of Royalty Expenses made in such period) plus the income recorded during such period for the use of CO2 Emission Rights (to the extent not already included in the calculation of operating profit). Such calculation shall be made in accordance with GAAP. | |
5. | re-numbering the existing clause 26.5 of clause 26 (Changes to the Obligors) of the Original Facilities Agreement as clause 26.6 and adding a new clause 26.5, worded as follows: |
26.5 Removal of Guarantor | |
(b)
|
In
the event that the Company
delivers to the Agent a certificate (" Guarantor
Removal
Certificate")
signed by two authorised signatories of the Company confirming
that (as at the date of the Guarantor Removal Certificate) a substantial
part of the Net Borrowings of the Group:
|
|
(i) | is guaranteed only by the Company and/or any other guarantors which are not Guarantors (whether, for the avoidance of doubt, as a result of the repayment, redemption, maturity or cancellation of any Financial Indebtedness, or any agreement with any creditor of the Group or as a result of any other reason); and/or | |
(ii) | (A) is subject to provisions in any agreements or documents (including this Agreement) with any creditor of the Group (or any other party) relating to any Financial Indebtedness of the Group, which allow for the removal of all or any of the Guarantors as guarantors pursuant to such agreements or documents (other than the Company, such that the only remaining guarantors of such Financial Indebtedness would in each case be the Company and/or any other guarantors which are not Guarantors), and (B) the conditions (if any) to such removal pursuant to such agreements or documents have been met by the relevant Guarantor, and (C) any or all of the Guarantors (other than the Company) has or have been removed (or will be so removed at a date which is not later than the date scheduled for removal of the relevant Guarantor pursuant to the relevant Guarantor Removal Certificate) as guarantors of the relevant Financial Indebtedness pursuant to such agreements or other documents, | |
the obligations of the relevant Guarantor(s) (other than the Company) under the guarantee and indemnity contained in Clause 19 (Guarantee and Indemnity ) shall terminate and such Guarantor(s) shall be deemed to be discharged in full, and shall cease to be Guarantor(s), effective as at the date |
|
indicated in the Guarantor Removal Certificate, which date shall not be earlier than 10 days of receipt by the Agent of the Guarantor Removal Certificate, provided always that any such termination and discharge pursuant to this Clause 26.5 would not result in a downgrading of the then current Rating of the Company assigned by S&P or Fitch Investors Service, Inc. | |
(e)
|
For the purposes of this Clause 26.5, a "substantial part" shall mean an aggregate amount equal to or greater than 85 per cent. of the aggregate value of the Net Borrowings of the Group. | |
The "Net Borrowings " of the Group referred to in this Clause shall be determined by reference to the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Agent pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Compliance Certificate ) at the date of the relevant Guarantor Removal Certificate. | ||
(f)
|
For the avoidance of doubt, the Guarantor Removal Certificate shall also: | |
(iii) | specify the percentage of the Net Borrowings of the Group which is guaranteed only by the Company and/or any other guarantors which are not Guarantors; | |
(iv) | specify the percentage of the Net Borrowings of the Group which is subject to provisions in agreements or documents which allow for the removal of the Guarantors (other than the Company); and | |
(v) | certify that the conditions (if any) to the removal of such Guarantors in such agreements or documents have been met by the relevant member of the Group as at the date of the Guarantor Removal Certificate; | |
(vi) | certify that the relevant Guarantor(s) has or have been removed (or will be so removed at a date which is not later than the date scheduled for removal of the relevant Guarantor pursuant to the relevant Guarantor Removal Certificate) as Guarantor(s) of the relevant Financial Indebtedness; and | |
(vii) | confirm that neither S&P nor Fitch Investors Service, Inc will downgrade the then current Rating assigned to the Company as a result of the removal of the relevant Guarantor(s) as Guarantor(s) under this Agreement. | |
(g)
|
Following delivery of the Guarantor Removal Certificate to the Agent, the Company shall provide notice of the removal, and termination of the obligations of the Guarantors (other than the Company) to the Finance Parties, in accordance with Clause 32 (Notices) of the Agreement. | |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX ESPAÑA, S.A. | ||
By: | JAVIER GARCIA RUIZ DE MORALES | |
Name: | JAVIER GARCIA RUIZ DE MORALES | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX
CARACAS INVESTMENTS B.V.
|
||
By: | JAVIER GARCIA RUIZ DE MORALES | |
Name: | JAVIER GARCIA RUIZ DE MORALES | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX
CARACAS INVESTMENTS B.V.
|
||
By: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Name: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX
CARACAS II INVESTMENTS B.V.
|
||
By: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Name: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX
EGYPTIAN INVESTMENTS B.V.
|
||
By: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Name: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Guarantor | ||
CEMEX
AMERICAN HOLDINGS B.V.
|
||
By: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Name: | ANGEL MÉNDEZ | |
Title: | ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
As Arranger | ||
BANCO
BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.
|
ASIER GONZALEZ | |
By: | VINCENTE RODRIGUEZ | ASIER GONZALEZ |
Name: | VINCENTE RODRIGUEZ | |
Title: | SYNDICATED LOANS | SYNDICATED LOANS |
As Arranger | ||
BANCO SANTANDER
CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A.
|
||
By: | JAVIER VISEDO | CARLOS DE PEDROSO |
Name: | JAVIER VISEDO | CARLOS DE PEDROSO |
Title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | VICE PRESIDENT |
As Arranger | ||
CALYON
SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | JAVIER ALVAREZ-RENDUELES | BRUNO MATA |
Name: | JAVIER ALVAREZ-RENDUELES | BRUNO MATA |
Title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | SENIOR BANKER |
As Agent | ||
CITIBANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC
|
||
By: | ALAN GREEN | |
Name: | ALAN GREEN | |
Title: | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BANCO
BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A.
|
||
By: | J.M. SAGARDOY | ALVARO BAREZ |
Name: | J.M. SAGARDOY | ALVARO BAREZ |
Title: | HEAD OF SYNDICATED LOANS | CORPORATE BANKING |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BANCO
SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A.
|
||
By: | JAVIER VISEDO | CARLOS DE PEDROSO |
Name: | JAVIER VISEDO | CARLOS DE PEDROSO |
Title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | VICE PRESIDENT |
As Remaining Lender | ||
CALYON
SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | JAVIER ALVAREZ-RENDUELES | BRUNO MATA |
Name: | JAVIER ALVAREZ-RENDUELES | BRUNO MATA |
Title: | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | SENIOR BANKER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
CITIBANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC, SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | ALAN GREEN | |
Name: | ALAN GREEN | |
Title: | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BANCO
ESPANOL DE CREDITO S.A.
|
||
By: | JOSE IGNACIO MARTÍN AGUIRRE | JOSE MIGUEL ALONSO DE OZALLA BORRÁS |
Name: | JOSE IGNACIO MARTÍN AGUIRRE | JOSE MIGUEL ALONSO DE OZALLA BORRÁS |
Title: | DR. BANCA CORPORATIVA | DR. BANCA CORPORATIVA |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BNP
PARIBAS
|
||
By: | GENOVEVA RAMON-BORJA | MARCOS MONTEJO |
Name: | GENOVEVA RAMON-BORJA | MARCOS MONTEJO |
Title: | DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
FORTIS
BANK S.A., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | GUTIERREZ BUENO CARMEN | FERNANDO ALFARO DE HERRÁN |
Name: | GUTIERREZ BUENO CARMEN | FERNANDO ALFARO DE HERRÁN |
Title: | MIDDLE OFFICE | SENIOR CORPORATE MANAGER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
HSBC
BANK PLC, SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | FRANCISCO NEIRA | |
Name: | FRANCISCO NEIRA | |
Title: | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
INSTITUTO
DE CREDITO OFICIAL
|
||
By: | MIGUEL LÓPEZ DE FORONDA PÉREZ | |
Name: | MIGUEL LÓPEZ DE FORONDA PÉREZ | |
Title: | HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE |
As Remaining Lender | ||
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK N.A., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | ROSA P. GARCIA MARTINEZ | CARLOS ZULOAGA |
Name: | ROSA P. GARCIA MARTINEZ | CARLOS ZULOAGA |
Title: | VICE PRESIDENT | VICE PRESIDENT |
As Remaining Lender | ||
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
|
||
By: | JAVIER SIERRA | GUILLERMO POGGIO |
Name: | JAVIER SIERRA | GUILLERMO POGGIO |
Title: | SR. CORPORATE DIRECTOR | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
WEST
LB, AG SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | MANUEL LÓPEZ RODRIGUEZ | RAUL CALVO TUDELA |
Name: | MANUEL LÓPEZ RODRIGUEZ | RAUL CALVO TUDELA |
Title: | DIRECTOR | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BANCA
NAZIONALE DEL LAVORO, S.P.A. SUCURSAL
EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | ENRIQUE SALOMONE MERELLO | IGNACIO SANZ SERRANO |
Name: | ENRIQUE SALOMONE MERELLO | IGNACIO SANZ SERRANO |
Title: | RELATIONSHIP MANAGER | CORPORATE BANKING DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BANCA
S.P.A.
|
||
By: | ARMANDO BALBOA | JOAQUÍN CALVO-SOTELO |
Name: | ARMANDO BALBOA | JOAQUÍN CALVO-SOTELO |
Title: | ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT | ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
|
||
By: | NICHOLAS A. BELL | |
Name: | NICHOLAS A. BELL | |
Title: | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BAYERISCHE
LANDESBANK
|
||
By: | NIKOLAI VON MENGDEN | |
Name: | NIKOLAI VON MENGDEN | |
Title: | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | |
By: | GEORGE J. SCHNEPF | |
Name: | GEORGE J. SCHNEPF | |
Title: | VICE PRESIDENT |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BoA
NETHERLANDS COÖPERATIEVE,
U.A.
|
||
By: | JOANNE R. GOODSELL | EDWIN J. BROUWER |
Name: | JOANNE R. GOODSELL | EDWIN J. BROUWER |
Title: | DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
BRED
BANQUE POPULAIRE
|
||
By: | JEAN MICHEL LATY | |
Name: | JEAN MICHEL LATY | |
Title: | EXECUTIVE CHIEF MANAGER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
DRESDNER
BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
|
||
By: | BRIAN SMITH | |
Name: | BRIAN SMITH | |
Title: | MANAGING DIRECTOR | |
By: | MARK McGUIGAN | |
Name: | MARK McGUIGAN | |
Title: | VICE PRESIDENT |
As Remaining Lender | ||
CAJA
DE AHORROS DE ASTURIAS
|
||
By: | JORGE DIEZ FERNANDEZ | |
Name: | JORGE DIEZ FERNANDEZ | |
Title: | DIRECTOR DE TESORERÍA Y MERCADO DE CAPITALES |
As Remaining Lender | ||
CAJA
DE AHORROS DE GALICIA
|
||
By: | ARTURO BERMÚDEZ | JOSE DE PABLO |
Name: | ARTURO BERMÚDEZ | JOSE DE PABLO |
Title: | JEFE DE SINDICACIONES | SUBD. MECARDO CAPITALES |
As Remaining Lender | ||
CAJA
AHORROS Y MONTE DE PIEDAD DE MADRID
|
||
By: | PAUL BARRABÉS | PEDRO LALANDA |
Name: | PAUL BARRABÉS | PEDRO LALANDA |
Title: | DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR |
As Remaining Lender | ||
DUETSCHE
BANK LUXEMBOURG S.A.
|
||
By: | FRANZ-JOSEF EWERHARDY | KARLINA BELHOSTE |
Name: | FRANZ-JOSEF EWERHARDY | KARLINA BELHOSTE |
Title: |
As Remaining Lender | ||
IKB
INTERNATIONAL S.A.
|
||
By: | EWA SZCZYCINSKI | GINA CENTI |
Name: | EWA SZCZYCINSKI | GINA CENTI |
Title: | FONDÉ DE POUVOIR | MANDATAIRE |
As Remaining Lender | ||
ING
BELGIUM, S.A., SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | GUSTAVO DE ROSA | ASUNCION GOMEZA |
Name: | GUSTAVO DE ROSA | ASUNCION GOMEZA |
Title: |
As Remaining Lender | ||
LLOYDS
TSB BANK PLC
|
||
By: | CHRIS SPEDDING | |
Name: | CHRIS SPEDDING | |
Title: | CORPORATE MANAGER S069 |
As Remaining Lender | ||
SANPAOLO
IMI S.P.A.
|
||
By: | MARCO SILVIO PIZZI | |
Name: | MARCO SILVIO PIZZI | |
Title: | GENERAL MANAGER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
SCOTIABANK
EUROPE PLC
|
||
By: | GERRY JONES | |
Name: | GERRY JONES | |
Title: | MANAGER |
As Remaining Lender | ||
SOCIÉTÉ
GÉNÉRALE
|
||
By: | ALVARO COROMINAS | CARLOS SORIANO |
Name: | ALVARO COROMINAS | CARLOS SORIANO |
Title: |
As Remaining Lender | ||
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., SUCURSAL
EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | IGNACIO ASÍN LAPIQUE | |
Name: | IGNACIO ASÍN LAPIQUE | |
Title: | HEAD OF CORPORATE BANKING |
As Remaining Lender | ||
THE
GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF
IRELAND
|
||
By: | PAUL COSTELLO | KEVIN MURRAY |
Name: | PAUL COSTELLO | KEVIN MURRAY |
Title: | DEPUTY MANAGER | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR |
As Transferring Lender | ||
ABN
AMRO BANK N.V. SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
|
||
By: | MIGUEL ANGEL BELEÑA | EMILIO GOMEZ |
Name: | MIGUEL ANGEL BELEÑA | EMILIO GOMEZ |
Title: |
As Transferring Lender | ||
BANKINTER
S.A.
|
||
By: | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ UGARTE | MIGUEL ANGEL TAPIA ALONSO |
Name: | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ UGARTE | MIGUEL ANGEL TAPIA ALONSO |
Title: | AREA MANAGER | ACCOUNT MANAGER |
As Transferring Lender | ||
BANCO
DE SABADELL, S.A.
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By: | FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ | GUSTAVO MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ LEÓN |
Name: | FRANCISCO JAVIER GONZÁLEZ | GUSTAVO MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ LEÓN |
Title: | DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR |
As Transferring Lender | ||
BANCO
DE GALICIA, S.A.
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By: | FERNANDO SANMARTIN FILGUEIRA | CLOTILDE SUAREZ ARIAS |
Name: | FERNANDO SANMARTIN FILGUEIRA | CLOTILDE SUAREZ ARIAS |
Title: |
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BANCO
POPULAR ESPAÑOL,
S.A.
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By: | MIGUEL A. PERÉZ | SAMUEL SERRANO |
Name: | MIGUEL A. PERÉZ | SAMUEL SERRANO |
Title: | MANAGER | MANAGER |
As Transferring Lender | ||
BANK
OF CHINA (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.
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By: | TANG MAOHENG | |
Name: | TANG MAOHENG | |
Title: | DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER |
As Transferring Lender | ||
CAJA
DE AHORROS DEL MEDITERRANEO
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By: | JOSÉ RAFAEL PASTOR LLUCH | |
Name: | JOSÉ RAFAEL PASTOR LLUCH | |
Title: | JÉFÉ DEPRÉSTAMOS SINDICADOS |
As Transferring Lender | ||
CENTROBANCA
S.P.A.
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By: | DANIELE QUARTIERI | |
Name: | DANIELE QUARTIERI | |
Title: | SENIOR DIRECTOR |
As Transferring Lender | ||
CREDIT
INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL
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By: | P.L. KITCHING | T.D. PRESTWICH |
Name: | P.L. KITCHING | T.D. PRESTWICH |
Title: | DIRECTOR, CORPORATE BANKING |
As Transferring Lender | ||
MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK NEDERLAND N.V.
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By: | Mr. H. TAKAHASHI | Mr. P. KOENDERS |
Name: | Mr. H. TAKAHASHI | Mr. P. KOENDERS |
Title: | MANAGING DIRECTOR | SENIOR MANAGER |
As Transferring Lender | ||
MONTES
DE PIEDAD Y CAJA DE AHORROS DE RONDA,
CADIZ, ALMERIA MALAGA Y ANTEQUERA
(UNICAJA)
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By: | ANTONIO AVILÉS | |
Name: | ANTONIO AVILÉS | |
Title: | DE ÀREA |