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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
___________________________
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1996
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-9264
AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 31-0303330
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, CHICAGO, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(312) 258-1890
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [ X ] No [ ]
As of April 28, 1996, there were 13,772,853 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
INDEX
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Part I Financial Information:
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 1996 and 1995............. 3
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31,
1996 and December 31, 1995............................. 4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for
the Three Months Ended March 31, 1996 and 1995......... 5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements... 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.................... 9
Part II Other Information:
Item 1. Legal Proceedings...................................... 14
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K....................... 14
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
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For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1996 1995
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Revenues............................................... $41,945 $44,253
Cost of operations (exclusive of depreciation and
amortization shown below).............................. 28,389 36,312
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Gross profit........................................... 13,556 7,941
Selling, general and administrative expenses........... 13,502 13,082
Depreciation and amortization expense.................. 3,448 2,458
Impairment write-down (Note 4)......................... 38,390 --
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Operating loss......................................... (41,784) (7,599)
Interest income........................................ 241 527
Interest expense....................................... 2,125 275
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Loss before income taxes and minority interest......... (43,668) (7,347)
Income tax benefit..................................... (397) (2,580)
Minority interest...................................... -- (730)
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Net loss............................................... $(43,271) $(4,037)
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Per Share Information:
Average common and common share equivalents outstanding 13,770 13,998
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Loss per share......................................... $(3.14) $(0.29)
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Cash dividends declared per share...................... $ -- $0.04
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except shares and par value)
(Unaudited)
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March 31, December 31,
1996 1995
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents........................ $9,906 $6,048
Restricted short-term investments................ 3,795 10,681
Accounts receivable.............................. 1,888 1,134
Prepaid expenses and other current assets........ 7,500 6,612
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Total current assets.......................... 23,089 24,475
Property and equipment, net...................... 184,499 211,959
Other assets..................................... 6,274 6,320
Goodwill, net.................................... -- 4,719
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Total assets.................................. $213,862 $247,473
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LIABILITIES
Accounts payable................................. 14,433 13,073
Other accrued liabilities........................ 24,157 27,437
Current portion of long-term debt................ 3,923 3,746
Unearned passenger revenues...................... 40,398 28,532
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Total current liabilities..................... 82,911 72,788
Long-term debt, less current maturities.......... 102,786 103,272
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Total liabilities............................. 185,697 176,060
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock, $.01 par value (5,000,000 shares
authorized, none issued or outstanding).......... -- --
Common stock, $.01 par value (20,000,000 shares
authorized, 13,772,853 and 13,769,512 shares
issued and outstanding, respectively).......... 138 138
Additional paid-in capital....................... 74,071 74,048
Retained deficit................................. (46,044) (2,773)
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Total stockholders' equity.................... 28,165 71,413
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$213,862 $247,473
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1996 1995
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss.............................................. $(43,271) $ (4,037)
Depreciation and amortization........................ 3,448 2,458
Minority interest.................................... -- (730)
Impairment write-down (Note 4)....................... 38,390 --
Changes in working capital and other:
Working capital changes and other................ (883) (2,175)
Unearned passenger revenues...................... 11,866 2,603
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities.. 9,550 (1,881)
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Decrease in restricted short-term investments........ 6,886 60
Capital expenditures................................. (12,054) (7,233)
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Net cash used in investing activities ............... (5,168) (7,173)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from borrowings............................. 6,903 15,000
Repayment of borrowings.............................. (7,212) --
Issuance of common stock............................. 23 8
Dividends............................................ -- (550)
Deferred financing fees.............................. (238) (650)
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Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities.. (524) 13,808
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Increase in cash and cash equivalents................. 3,858 4,754
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period........ 6,048 12,224
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period.............. $ 9,906 $ 16,978
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid (refunded) during the period for:
Interest (net of capitalized interest)............... $ 2,602 $ 241
Income taxes......................................... $ -- $ (538)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 1996
(Unaudited)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
These accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
("Financial Statements") have been prepared pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules and regulations and should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto
included on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 (the "Annual
Report") for American Classic Voyages Co. ("AMCV") and its subsidiaries. These
Financial Statements include the accounts of AMCV and its wholly owned
subsidiaries, The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. ("DQSC") and Great Hawaiian Cruise
Line, Inc. ("GHCL") (collectively with such subsidiaries, the "Company"). The
following notes to the Financial Statements highlight significant changes to
the notes included in the Annual Report and such interim disclosures as
required by the SEC. These Financial Statements reflect, in the opinion of
management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim
financial statements. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring
nature. Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform
to the 1996 presentation.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
2. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
Property and equipment includes the estimated salvage value for the
Constitution of $2.5 million. The Constitution will not be returned to service
and will remain in wet berth in Portland, Oregon while the Company explores
various other options for the vessel (see Note 4 for further information).
3. DEBT:
Long-term debt consisted of (in thousands):
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March 31, December 31,
1996 1995
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U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Note,
American Queen Series, floating rate notes due
semi-annually beginning February 24, 1996
through August 24, 2005............................... $23,024 $24,236
U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Bond,
American Queen Series, 7.68% fixed rate, sinking
fund bonds due semi-annually beginning February 24,
2006 through June 2, 2020............................. 36,353 36,353
U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Note,
Independence Series A, floating rate notes due
semi-annually beginning June 7, 1996 through
December 7, 2005...................................... 13,214 13,214
U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Bond,
Independence Series A, 6.84% fixed rate sinking
fund bonds due semi-annually beginning
June 7, 2006 through December 7, 2015................. 13,215 13,215
U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Note,
Independence Series B, floating rate notes due
semi-annually beginning December 7, 1996 through
December 7, 2005...................................... 3,363 --
U.S. Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Bond,
Independence Series B, 7.46% fixed rate sinking
fund bonds due semi-annually beginning
June 7, 2006 through December 7, 2015................. 3,540 --
Revolving credit facility............................... 14,000 20,000
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106,709 107,018
Less current portion.................................... 3,923 3,746
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$102,786 $103,272
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On March 28, 1996, a subsidiary of GHCL issued $6.9 million of debt guaranteed
by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime
Administration ("MARAD"). This debt is the second series ("Series B") of the
$26.4 million issue that was completed on December 7, 1995 and therefore
contains the same covenants and security as the original issue which was
guaranteed by GHCL and secured by the first mortgage of the Independence. The
Series B debt consists of $3.4 million of notes due December 7, 2005 with a
floating interest rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus
.27% and $3.5 million of 7.46% fixed rate bonds due December 7, 2015. Interest
payments on the notes and bonds, as well as principal payments on the notes, are
payable semi-annually beginning December 7, 1996. Principal payments on the
bonds are payable semi-annually beginning June 7, 2006. In addition, the Series
B debt required the subsidiary to increase the six-month debt service deposit
to $2.2 million. This deposit will be released when either GHCL or its
subsidiary meets certain cash flow and debt-to-equity ratios.
The Company used a portion of the proceeds from the Series B financing to fund
amounts owed to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (the
"Shipyard") as part of the litigation settlement as further discussed in Note
7. The remaining proceeds were used, in part, to pay down $6.0 million of its
then outstanding $20.0 million under its revolving credit facility.
On April 22, 1996, the Company modified the total borrowing availability under
its amended and restated credit agreement with a group of financial
institutions with Chemical Bank, as agent (the "Chemical Credit Agreement").
The modified Chemical Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility,
subject to certain covenants, of up to $25.0 million with a final maturity on
March 31, 1999. Borrowings bear interest, at the option of the Company, equal
to either (i) the greater of Chemical Bank's prime rate or certain alternative
base rates plus a margin ranging from 0% to 1.25%, or (ii) LIBOR plus a margin
ranging from 1.0% to 2.25%. The Company is also required to pay a commitment
fee on the unused portion of the facility at a rate ranging from 0.375% to 0.5%
per annum. The modified Chemical Credit Agreement is guaranteed by AMCV and
secured by substantially all the assets of DQSC, excluding the American Queen.
The agreement contains various limitations, restrictions and financial
covenants which, among other things, requires maintenance of certain financial
ratios, restricts additional indebtedness, limits intercompany advances to
$20.0 million and limits the payment of dividends from DQSC to AMCV to $2.0
million per annum.
As of March 31, 1996, the Company was in compliance with its financial
covenants.
4. IMPAIRMENT WRITE-DOWN:
After evaluating the scope and cost of the Constitution reconstruction project
as well as considering various alternatives, the Company announced on April 29,
1996 its decision not to renovate or return the Constitution to service. The
Constitution was removed from service on June 27, 1995 and is currently in wet
berth in Portland, Oregon. In the first quarter of 1996, in connection with the
foregoing decision, the Company recognized an impairment write-down of $38.4
million, comprised of (a) $36.1 million directly related to the write-down of
the vessel and its allocated goodwill to an estimated salvage value of $2.5
million, and (b) $2.3 million which represented the remaining goodwill balance
from the GHCL acquisition. In addition, the Company has a reserve of $4.5
million for future storage, maintenance and insurance costs for the
Constitution as it explores various other options for the vessel.
The impairment write-down was recognized in accordance with the Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of",
which the Company adopted effective January 1, 1996. SFAS No. 121 establishes
accounting standards for recognizing the impairment of long-lived assets,
identifiable intangibles and goodwill, whether to be disposed of or to be held
and used. In general, SFAS No. 121 requires recognition of an impairment loss
when the sum of undiscounted expected future cash flows is less than the
carrying amount of such assets.
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5. STOCK OPTIONS:
Activity under the Company's stock option plans from December 31, 1995 through
March 31, 1996 was:
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Executive Stock
Option Plan 1992 Plan Price Per Share
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Shares Shares Shares
Subject to Subject to Subject to
Options Options SARs
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Balance at December 31, 1995 323,971 1,179,410 280,000 $3.25 - $20.42
Options granted -- 106,500 -- 9.50 - 11.00
Options canceled -- (86,000) (25,000) 9.50 - 20.42
Options exercised -- -- -- --
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Balance at March 31, 1996 323,971 1,199,910 255,000 $3.25 - $20.42
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With respect to SFAS 123, "Accounting for Stock-based Compensation", which
became effective January 1, 1996, the Company will continue its current
accounting for employee stock-based compensation plans in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, as permitted under SFAS 123. In
addition, the Company will disclose the pro forma effect of the fair value
accounting method in the notes to its annual consolidated financial statements,
as required.
6. RETAINED EARNINGS:
Changes in retained deficit for the three months ended March 31, 1996 were
(in thousands):
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Retained deficit at December 31, 1995........... $ (2,773)
Net loss........................................ (43,271)
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Retained deficit at March 31, 1996.............. $(46,044)
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7. LITIGATION SETTLEMENT:
As discussed in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in
the Annual Report, in February 1996, the Company settled its dispute with the
Shipyard which arose during the renovation of the Independence. In March 1996,
the Company, in accordance with the settlement agreement, paid an additional
$8.7 million comprised of (a) the remaining escrow balance of $6.4 million, and
(b) $2.3 million upon the closing of the Series B debt as previously discussed
in Note 3.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
GENERAL
American Classic Voyages Co. ("AMCV," or along with its subsidiaries, the
"Company"), is a holding company which owns and controls The Delta Queen
Steamboat Co. ("DQSC") and Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. ("GHCL"). The
following discusses the Company's consolidated results of operations and
financial condition for the first quarter of 1996 as compared to the first
quarter of 1995. This section should be read in conjunction with the
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations included in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended December
31, 1995.
The Company, through its various subsidiaries, operates two cruise lines:
"Delta Queen", which owns and operates the American Queen, Mississippi Queen
and Delta Queen steamboats, and "American Hawaii", which owns and operates the
Independence steamship. American Hawaii also owns the Constitution steamship
which will not be returned to service as a result of a recent decision by the
Company. The Constitution was removed from service on June 27, 1995 and is
currently in wet berth in Portland, Oregon. The Company has written-down the
value of the vessel to its estimated salvage value effective March 31, 1996.
The Company also owns and operates the Maison Dupuy Hotel located in New
Orleans.
The Company's operations are seasonal. Historically, there is greater
passenger interest in the spring and fall months of the year at Delta Queen.
Furthermore, the vessels are typically out of service in January of each year,
undergoing a lay-up for routine repair and maintenance. The American Queen,
launched in mid-1995, will undergo its first annual lay-up in January 1997.
American Hawaii experiences greater passenger interest in the spring and
summer months of the year. In addition, current interim results of operations
include an impairment write-down as discussed in Note 4 of the Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of the factors mentioned above,
interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results for a
full year.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following tables set forth various financial results and operating
statistics for the three months ended March 31, 1996 and 1995:
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1996 1995
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(in thousands)
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Revenues...................... $ 41,945 $ 44,253
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Operating loss................ $ (41,784) $ (7,599)
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Net loss...................... $ (43,271) $ (4,037)
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OPERATING STATISTICS
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For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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1996 1995
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Fare revenue per passenger night.......... $206 $187
Total revenue per passenger night......... $278 $277
Weighted average operating days (1):
DELTA QUEEN............................. 75 65
AMERICAN HAWAII......................... 91 90
Vessels capacity per day (berths)(2):
DELTA QUEEN............................. 1,024 588
AMERICAN HAWAII......................... 817 1,590
Capacity passenger nights (3)............. 151,349 180,448
Passenger nights (4)...................... 143,672 152,053
Physical occupancy percentage
(berths) (5)............................ 95% 84%
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(1) Weighted average operating days for each cruise line is determined by
dividing capacity passenger nights for each cruise line by the cruise
line's total vessel capacity per day.
(2) Vessel capacity per day represents the number of passengers each cruise
line can carry assuming double occupancy for cabins which accommodate two
or more passengers. However, some cabins on the Independence and the
American Queen can accommodate three or four passengers.
(3) Capacity passenger nights is determined by multiplying, for the
respective period, the actual operating days of each vessel by each
vessel's capacity per day.
(4) A passenger night represents one passenger spending one night on a
vessel; for example, one passenger taking a three-night cruise would
generate three passenger nights.
(5) Physical occupancy percentage is passenger nights divided by capacity
passenger nights.
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QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 COMPARED TO QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1995
Consolidated first quarter 1996 revenues of $41.9 million represented a $2.4
million decrease from first quarter 1995 revenues of $44.3 million. American
Hawaii's revenues decreased $8.0 million, or 25%, mainly due to a 48% decrease
in capacity as a result of the Constitution's removal from service on June 27,
1995, partially offset by improvements on the Independence in fare revenue per
passenger night ("fare per diems") and occupancy. Fare per diems and passenger
nights on the Independence increased by 19% and 8%, respectively, compared to
1995. Delta Queen's revenues increased $5.6 million, or 46%, reflecting a 97%
increase in passenger nights for the period offset by a 17% decrease in fare
per diems. The absorption of the increased capacity of the American Queen
during the historically weak first quarter necessitated increased levels of
fare discounting while occupancy levels decreased slightly to 87% from 89% as
compared to the first quarter of 1995. Air travel revenue decreased at both
lines due to a reduction in the percentage of passengers electing to purchase
air travel through the Company.
Consolidated cost of operations decreased to $28.4 million for the first
quarter of 1996 from $36.3 million for the first quarter of 1995. American
Hawaii's operating costs decreased $12.4 million primarily due to the
Constitution's removal from service and realization of operating cost savings
on the Independence as a result of cost cutting efforts undertaken since the
second half of 1995. Delta Queen's operating costs increased 56% as a result of
the increased capacity provided by the American Queen.
Consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $13.5
million for the first quarter of 1996 from $13.1 million for the same quarter
in 1995. Delta Queen's additional capacity resulted in increased selling and
marketing expenditures while similar costs at American Hawaii were reduced with
only one ship in operation. The $1.0 million increase in depreciation expense
was due to the addition of the American Queen while American Hawaii's remained
unchanged as the increased depreciation on the Independence was offset by the
suspension of depreciation on the Constitution upon its removal from service in
the prior year.
After evaluating the scope and cost of the Constitution reconstruction project
as well as considering various alternatives, the Company announced on April 29,
1996 its decision not to renovate or return the Constitution to service. In
connection with this decision, the Company recognized an impairment write-down
of $38.4 million in the first quarter of 1996. Excluding this write-down, the
consolidated operating loss for the first quarter of 1996 was $3.4 million as
compared to $7.6 million in 1995.
The $38.4 million impairment write-down was comprised of (a) $36.1 million
directly related to the write-down of the vessel and its allocated goodwill to
an estimated salvage value of $2.5 million, and (b) $2.3 million which
represented the remaining goodwill balance from the American Hawaii
acquisition. In addition, the Company has a reserve in the amount of $4.5
million for future storage, maintenance and insurance costs for the
Constitution as it explores various other options for the vessel. The
impairment write-down was recognized in accordance with the Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of",
which the Company adopted effective January 1, 1996.
Interest expense increased $1.8 million due to increased borrowing levels in
1996 and capitalization of interest costs in 1995 related to the American Queen
construction. The Company's effective tax rate for the first quarter of 1996
represented a benefit for certain state taxes. A valuation allowance was
recognized for the full amount of the Federal tax benefit recorded in the first
quarter of 1996 due to the possibility that the deferred tax asset created may
not be realized in the future.
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LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Operating Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 1996, cash used in operations before
changes in unearned passenger revenues ("Operating Cash Flow") was $2.3
million compared to $4.5 million in the prior year. Operating Cash Flow
reflected the improved operating performance of American Hawaii in the first
quarter of 1996 as discussed previously under Results of Operations. Unearned
passenger revenues, representing passenger cruise deposits, increased $11.9
million in the first quarter of 1996 reflecting the higher advance reservation
levels at Delta Queen on three boats for the historically strong spring season
and a slight increase in American Hawaii's unearned passenger revenues.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures of $12.1 million in the first quarter of 1996 included
$8.7 million related to the Independence, representing amounts paid to Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (the "Shipyard") in March 1996 as part
of the litigation settlement. Other significant capital expenditures included
$2.1 million for the Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen lay-ups including
completion of the Mississippi Queen cosmetic renovation, and $1.3 million for
other capital expenditures.
Debt
On March 28, 1996, a subsidiary of GHCL issued $6.9 million of debt guaranteed
by the U.S. Government through the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime
Administration ("MARAD"). This debt is the second series ("Series B") of the
$26.4 million issue that was completed on December 7, 1995 and therefore
contains the same covenants and security as the original issue which was
guaranteed by GHCL and secured by the first mortgage of the Independence. The
Series B debt consists of $3.4 million of notes due December 7, 2005 with a
floating interest rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus
.27% and $3.5 million of 7.46% fixed rate bonds due December 7, 2015. Interest
payments on the notes and bonds, as well as principal payments on the notes are
payable semi-annually beginning December 7, 1996. Principal payments on the
bonds are payable semi-annually beginning June 7, 2006. In addition, the Series
B debt required the subsidiary to increase the six-month debt service deposit
to $2.2 million. This deposit will be released when either GHCL or its
subsidiary meets certain cash flow and debt-to-equity ratios. The Company used
a portion of the proceeds from the Series B financing to fund amounts owed to
the Shipyard as part of the litigation settlement as discussed above. The
remaining proceeds were used, in part, to paydown $6.0 million of its then
outstanding $20.0 million under its revolving credit facility.
On April 22, 1996, the Company modified the total borrowing availability under
its amended and restated credit agreement with a group of financial
institutions with Chemical Bank, as agent (the "Chemical Credit Agreement").
The modified Chemical Credit Agreement provides a revolving credit facility,
subject to certain covenants, of up to $25.0 million with a final maturity on
March 31, 1999. Borrowings bear interest, at the option of the Company, equal
to either (i) the greater of Chemical Bank's prime rate or certain alternative
base rates plus a margin ranging from 0% to 1.25%, or (ii) LIBOR plus a margin
ranging from 1.0% to 2.25%. The Company is also required to pay a commitment
fee on the unused portion of the facility at a rate ranging from 0.375% to 0.5%
per annum. The modified Chemical Credit Agreement is guaranteed by AMCV and
secured by substantially all the assets of DQSC, excluding the American Queen.
The agreement contains various limitations, restrictions and financial
covenants which, among other things, requires maintenance of certain financial
ratios, restricts additional indebtedness, limits intercompany advances to
$20.0 million and limits the payment of dividends from DQSC to AMCV to $2.0
million per annum.
As of March 31, 1996, the Company was in compliance with its financial
covenants.
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The Company believes it will have adequate access to capital resources, both
internally and externally, to meet its short-term and long-term capital
commitments. Such resources may include cash on hand, the ability to secure
additional financing through the capital markets or the sale of certain
non-strategic assets. The Company has no immediate plans to increase capacity
at either of its two cruise lines. However, the Company continually evaluates
opportunities to increase capacity, particularly with regard to the American
Hawaii business. If it would elect to increase capacity, the Company may seek
to secure additional financing. Notwithstanding, there can be no assurances
that the Company will choose to increase capacity or, if it elects to do so,
that it will obtain additional financing.
Dividends
In the second half of 1995, the Company's board of directors elected not to
declare a dividend and determined that any future dividend declarations will be
based on the Company's operating performance and its planned capital needs.
Other
In March 1996, as part of the litigation settlement, the remaining balance of
$6.4 million maintained in an escrow account was released to the Shipyard. In
addition, during the first quarter of 1996, $1.1 million was released to the
Company from the escrow account maintained for remaining American Queen
construction costs.
The Federal Maritime Commission ("FMC") regulates U.S. passenger vessels with
50 or more berths and requires that such operators post security with the FMC
to be used in the event the operator fails to provide cruise services or
otherwise satisfy certain standards. The Company has been approved as a
self-insurer by the FMC and therefore, is not required to post any security
with the FMC for passenger cruise deposits. However, in light of a recent
bankruptcy in the cruise industry, the FMC has renewed its interest in more
stringent financial safeguards for cruise lines. In January 1996, the FMC
indicated that it will propose new regulations to tighten the self-insurance
provisions as a means to protect passenger deposits and payments. At this time,
the Company does not know the potential impact, but it is possible that the
Company may be required to establish a bond to cover a portion of its passenger
deposits and payments at some future date.
Factors Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the
Reform Act). Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the Company's
impairment write-down, the recognition of a valuation allowance for Federal
taxes, the ability to obtain additional financing, the sale of non-strategic
assets, the increase in capacity at American Hawaii and the impact of future
FMC regulations.
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
As discussed in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements
included in the Annual Report, in February 1996, the Company settled
its dispute with the Shipyard which arose during the renovation of the
Independence. In March 1996, the Company, in accordance with the
settlement agreement, paid an additional $8.7 million comprised of (a)
the remaining escrow balance of $6.4 million, and (b) $2.3 million upon
the closing of the Series B debt as previously discussed in Note 3 of
the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
There are no other material legal proceedings, to which the Company is
a party or of which any of its property is the subject, other than
ordinary routine litigation and claims incidental to the business. The
Company believes it maintains adequate insurance coverage and reserves
for such claims.
ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
a) Exhibits:
4.(ii)(a)(16) Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of April 22, 1996, among The Delta Queen
Steamboat Co., as Borrower, and the Company, as
Parent, the financial institutions from time
to time a party hereto (collectively, the
"Lenders") Chemical Bank, as the Lenders' agent
("Agent") and Hibernia Bank as Co-Agent.
4.(ii)(a)(19) $11,000,000.00 Third Amended and Restated Revolving
Loan Note dated April 22, 1996, by and between The
Delta Queen Steamboat Co. and Chemical Bank.
The following Third Amended and Restated Revolving
Loan Notes, each dated April 22, 1996 and executed
by The Delta Queen Steamboat Co., as Borrower, are
substantially identical in all material respects to
the Third Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note
filed as Exhibit 4.(ii)(a)(3), except as to the
named Lender and the stated amount, which are set
forth below:
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LENDER AMOUNT
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Hibernia National Bank $10,000,000.00
Deposit Guaranty National Bank $4,000,000.00
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4.(ii)(a)(23) Third Master Amendment to the Collateral Documents
dated April 22, 1996, executed by The Delta Queen
Steamboat Co., the Company, Cruise America Travel,
Incorporated, Great River Transportation Co., Great
River Cruise Line, Inc., Great Ocean Cruise Line,
Inc., and Blackland Vistas, Inc., and the Agent for
the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders in
connection with the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated March 31, 1995.
4.(ii)(a)(24) Third Amendment to Preferred Ship Mortgage dated
April 22, 1996 executed by Great River Cruise Line,
Inc. in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders in the principal amount of
$25,000,000.00.
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4.(ii)(a)(25) Third Amendment to Preferred Ship Mortgage dated
April 22, 1996 executed by Great Ocean Cruise Line,
Inc. in favor of the Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders in the principal amount of
$25,000,000.00.
4.(ii)(d)(11) Amendment to Commitment to Guarantee Obligations by
the United States of America Accepted by Great
Independence Ship Co. dated as of March 28,
1996.
4.(ii)(d)(12) Great Independence Ship Co. United Stated Government
Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence
Series B Purchase Agreement dated March 28, 1996.
4.(ii)(d)(13) Supplemental Indenture No. 1 relating to United
States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing
Obligations, Independence Series B, between Great
Independence Ship Co. and the Bank of New
York, dated as of March 28, 1996.
4.(ii)(d)(14) Form of 2005 Note, Guarantee and Trustee's
Authentication Certificate Specimen Note as it
relates to the United States Government Guaranteed
Ship Financing Obligation, Independence Series B.
4.(ii)(d)(15) Form of 2015 Bond, Guarantee and Trustee's
Authentication Certificate Specimen Bond as it
relates to United States Government Guaranteed Ship
Financing Bond, Independence Series B.
4.(ii)(d)(16) Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement between
the United States of America represented by the
Secretary of Transportation and the Bank of New York
as Indenture Trustee under the Trust Indenture
between it and Great Independence Ship Co. dated
as of March 28, 1996.
4.(ii)(d)(17) Amendment No. 1 to Security Agreement relating to
the United States Government Guaranteed Ship
Financing Obligation between Great Independence
Ship Co. and the United States of America dated as
of March 28, 1996 (the "Security Agreement").
4.(ii)(d)(18) Endorsement to $6,903,000 Promissory Note dated
March 28, 1996 by and between Great Independence
Ship Co. and the United States of America.
27. Financial data schedule.
b) Reports on Form 8-K:
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
By: /s/ Philip C. Calian
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Philip C. Calian
Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Kathryn F. Gray
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Kathryn F. Gray
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Dated: May 13, 1996
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(a)(16)
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 22, 1996
among
THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.,
as Borrower,
and
AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.,
as Parent,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders,
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Agent,
and
HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK,
as Co-Agent
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit 1 -- Assignment and Acceptance (Section Section 1.01, 11.02(d))
Exhibit 2 -- Compliance Certificate (Section Section 1.01, 5.01(e))
Exhibit 3 -- Notice of Borrowing (Section Section 1.01, 2.02)
Exhibit 4 -- Notice of Conversion/Continuation (Section Section 1.01,
2.03(c))
Exhibit 5 -- Form of Third Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note (Section
2.02)
Exhibit 6 -- List of Supplemental Closing Documents (Section 3.01(a))
Exhibit 7 -- Form of Loss Payable Endorsement (Section 6.05)
Exhibit 8 -- Lender Information (Section 11.08)
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SCHEDULES
Schedule A -- List of Lenders, Domestic and Eurodollar Lending Offices
and Commitments (Section Section 1.01, 11.02(c), 11.10)
Schedule 1.01-A -- Existing Indebtedness (Section 1.01)
Schedule 1.01-B -- Real Property Subject to Real Estate Mortgages (Section
1.01)
Schedule 1.01-C -- Permitted Existing Liens (Section 1.01)
Schedule 1.01-D -- Vessels
Schedule 4.01(c) -- Subsidiaries (Section Section 4.01(c), 6.01)
Schedule 4.01(d) -- Violation of Requirements of Law (Section 4.01(d))
Schedule 4.01(i) -- Capitalization (Section 4.01(i))
Schedule 4.01(j) -- Pending or Threatened Litigation (Section 4.01(j))
Schedule 4.01(l) -- Tax Assessments (Section 4.01(l))
Schedule 4.01(t) -- ERISA Matters (Section 4.01(t))
Schedule 4.01(w) -- Joint Ventures (Section 4.01(w))
Schedule 4.01(x) -- Labor Matters (Section 4.01(x))
Schedule 6.05 -- Insurance (Section 6.05)
Schedule 7.02(a) -- Intercompany leases (Section 7.02(a))
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 22,
1996 (as amended, supplemented, modified or restated from time to time, the
"Agreement") is entered into among THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO. (formerly
known as DQSC-2, INC.), a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), AMERICAN CLASSIC
VOYAGES CO. (formerly known as THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.) ("Parent"), THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF and each other
financial institution which from time to time becomes a party hereto in
accordance with Section 11.02(a) (together with their respective successors and
assigns, individually, a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), CHEMICAL
BANK, a New York banking corporation, in its separate capacity as agent for the
Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the "Agent"), and HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK,
as Co-Agent.
The Borrower originally requested the Agent and the Lenders to extend
credit to the Borrower and the Agent and the Lenders agreed to do so pursuant
to that certain original Credit Agreement dated as of August 3, 1993 among the
Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Agent (as the same has been amended,
supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof, the "Original Credit
Agreement") in order to enable the Borrower to borrow an aggregate principal
amount not in excess of $65,000,000 to enable the Borrower (i) to construct a
third vessel, the American Queen, to be owned by a Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(ii) to advance funds to its Parent for the acquisition by Great Hawaiian
Cruise Line, Inc. of the assets of American Global Line Inc. and its
Subsidiaries and joint ventures pursuant to that certain Transaction Agreement
("Transaction Agreement"), dated as of June 21, 1993, among Connecticut General
Life Company, CIGNA Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Life Insurance
Company of North America, The Travelers Insurance Company, Principal Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Principal National Life Insurance Company and
Prudential Impaired Asset Trust - 1991, The Travelers Indemnity Company and
Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc., and all other documents executed or to be
executed in connection with the Transaction Agreement (such documents, together
with the Transaction Agreement, the "American Hawaii Transaction Documents")
(the "Acquisition") and (iii) to advance funds to its Parent for the renovation
of the two vessels acquired pursuant to the Acquisition (clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), collectively, the "Expansion").
Subsequently, the Borrower requested and the Agent and the Lenders agreed
to enter into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 31,
1995 (the "First Restatement") in order to restate and amend the Original
Credit Agreement, providing for an increase in the aggregate availability from
$65,000,000 to $80,000,000, and the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of August 31, 1995 (as the same has been amended,
supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof, the "Second Restatement") in
order to restate and amend the First Restatement, providing for a decrease in
the aggregate availability from $80,000,000 to $40,000,000.
In connection with the MARAD Financing (as hereinafter defined) the
proceeds of which, in part, were used to repay the Lender's term loans of
$50,000,000, the Borrower requested and the Lenders (i) released their liens
against the assets of GAQSC (as hereinafter defined), including without
limitation the American Queen, (ii) permitted GAQSC to terminate its
obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranties and (iii) permitted the Agent to
release the stock of GAQSC pledged by the Borrower. As of January 1, 1996,
Creative Endeavors, Inc., with the permission of the Lenders, merged with and
into GAQSC.
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The Borrower has requested and the Lenders have agreed to enter into this
Agreement in order to (i) restate and amend the Second Restatement, (ii)
re-evidence the Obligations which shall be repayable in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, (iii) provide for a decrease in the aggregate
availability from $40,000,000 to $25,000,000 and (iv) set forth the terms and
conditions under which the Lenders will, from time to time, make loans to or
for the benefit of the Borrower. It is the intention of the parties to this
Agreement that this Agreement not constitute a novation, and that from and
after the Effective Date, the Second Restatement shall be amended and restated
hereby and all references herein to "hereunder", "hereof," "herein" or words of
like import shall mean and be a reference to the First Restatement as amended
and restated.
Immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, certain of the
lenders under the Second Restatement assigned their entire interests under the
Second Restatement to one or more of the Lenders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01. Certain Defined Terms.
The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following
meanings (such meanings to be applicable, except to the extent otherwise
indicated in a definition of a particular term, both to the singular and the
plural forms of the terms defined):
"Accommodation Obligation," as applied to any Person, shall mean any
contractual obligation, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to
any Indebtedness or other obligation or liability of another, including,
without limitation, any such Indebtedness, obligation or liability directly or
indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business), co-made or discounted or sold with recourse
by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or
indirectly liable, including Contractual Obligations (contingent or otherwise)
arising through any agreement to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire
such Indebtedness, obligation or liability or any security therefor, or to
provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof (whether in the form of
loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to
maintain solvency, assets, level of income, or other financial condition, or to
make payment other than for value received. For purposes of interpreting any
provision of this Agreement which refers to the Dollar amount of Accommodation
Obligations of any Person, such provision shall be deemed to mean the maximum
amount of such Accommodation Obligations or, in the case of an Accommodation
Obligation to maintain solvency, assets, level of income or other financial
condition, the amount of Indebtedness to which such Accommodation Obligation
relates, or if less, the stated maximum, if any, in the documents evidencing
such Accommodation Obligation.
"Acquisition" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble
hereto.
"Affiliate," as applied to any Person, shall mean any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with, that Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to vote 10% or more of the Securities having voting
power for the election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether
through the ownership of voting Securities or by contract or otherwise.
"Agent" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble
hereto and shall include any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Section
10.07.
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"Agreement" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble
hereto.
"Agreement Accounting Principles" shall mean GAAP as of the date of this
Agreement together with any changes in GAAP after the date hereof which are not
"Material Accounting Changes" (as defined below). If any changes in GAAP are
hereafter required or permitted and are adopted by the Parent or Borrower with
the agreement of its independent certified public accountants and such changes
result in a material change in the calculation of any of the financial
covenants, restrictions or standards herein or in the related definitions or
terms used therein ("Material Accounting Changes"), the parties hereto agree to
enter into negotiations, in good faith, in order to amend such provisions in a
credit neutral manner so as to reflect equitably such changes with the desired
result that the criteria for evaluating the Parent's and Borrower's financial
condition shall be the same after such changes as if such changes had not been
made; provided, however, that no Material Accounting Change shall be given
effect in such calculations until such provisions are amended, in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders. In the event such amendment
is entered into, all references in this Agreement to Agreement Accounting
Principles shall mean GAAP as of the date of such amendment together with any
changes in GAAP after the date of such amendment which are not Material
Accounting Changes.
"Agreement Obligations" shall mean all Obligations other than with respect
to Eligible Hedging Contracts.
"Alternate Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) as shall be
in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal
to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day; (b) the sum of
one-half of one percent (0.50%) and the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect
on such day; and (c) the sum of one percent (1.0%) and (1) the product of (x)
the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate in effect on such day and (y) Statutory
Reserves and (2) the Assessment Rate. For purposes hereof, "Prime Rate" shall
mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
Chemical Bank as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York
City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change
is publicly announced as being effective. "Three-Month Secondary CD Rate"
shall mean, for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates
of deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not
be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Board through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York (which rate will, under the current practices of the Federal
Reserve Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519)
during the week following such day), or, if such rate shall not be so reported
on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary
market quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major money center
banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day) by Chemical Bank from three New York City negotiable
certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by the Agent.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest
rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by Chemical Bank from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by the Agent. If for any reason the Agent shall
have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)
that it is unable to ascertain the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate or both for any reason, including the inability or failure
of the Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause
(b) or (c), or both, of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate,
until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any
change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be
effective on the effective date of such change.
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"American Hawaii Transaction Documents" shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in the preamble hereto.
"American Queen" shall mean the vessel of the same name identified on
Schedule 1.01-D.
"Applicable Base Rate Margin" as at any date of determination, shall be
the rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Loans determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.03(e).
"Applicable Commitment Fee" as at any date of determination, shall be the
rate per annum then applicable in the determination of the amount payable under
Section 2.04(a) determined in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.03(e).
"Applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin" as at any date of determination, shall
be the rate per annum then applicable to Eurodollar Rate Loans determined in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03(e).
"Applicable Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender's Domestic Lending Office, in the case of a Base Rate Loan and such
Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
"Applicable Margin(s)" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 2.03(e).
"Assessment Rate" shall mean for any date the annual rate (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) most recently estimated by the
Agent as the then-current net annual assessment rate that will be employed in
determining amounts payable by the Agent or any other Lender to the FDIC (or
any successor) for insurance by the FDIC (or such successor) of time deposits
made in dollars at the Agent's or such Lenders domestic offices.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an Assignment and Acceptance in the
form of Exhibit 1 (with blanks appropriately filled in) delivered to the Agent
in connection with an assignment of a Lender's interest under this Agreement
pursuant to Section 11.02.
"Bank Indebtedness Leverage Ratio" shall mean, for any fiscal quarter, the
ratio of (a) the Revolving Loan Usage on the last day of such fiscal quarter to
(b) DQSC EBITDA less GAQSC EBITDA, in each case for the four fiscal quarter
period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, determined in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles consistently applied.
"Base Rate Loans" shall mean all Loans outstanding which bear interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate, as provided in
Section 2.03(a)(i).
"Benefit Plan" shall mean a defined benefit plan as defined in Section
3(35) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate is, or within the immediately preceding six (6) years
was, an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Borrower" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble
hereto.
"Borrower Subsidiaries" shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type,
having the same Interest Period, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and made
on the same day by the Lenders.
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"Business Day" shall mean (i) for all purposes other than as described by
clause (ii) below, any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a
legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York, or is a day on which
banking institutions located in New York are required or authorized by law or
other governmental action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices,
determinations, fundings and payments in connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans,
any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day
for trading in dollar deposits by and between banks in the London interbank
Eurodollar market.
"Capital Lease," as applied to any Person, shall mean any lease of any
property (whether real, personal, or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in
conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles, is or should be accounted for
as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
"Carryover Amount" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
8.06.
"Cash Equivalents" shall mean (i) marketable direct obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by an
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition
thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state or municipality
of the United States of America maturing or puttable within six months after
the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of
the two highest short-term ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's
Corporation ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") (or, if at
any time neither S&P nor Moody's shall be rating such obligations, then from
such other nationally recognized rating services acceptable to the Agent) and
not listed in Credit Watch published by S&P (or a similar publication of S&P or
another nationally recognized rating service); (iii) commercial paper (other
than commercial paper issued by Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates), domestic and Eurodollar certificates
of deposit, time deposits or bankers' acceptances, in any such case maturing no
more than One hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of the acquisition thereof, the issuer's rating on its
commercial paper is at least A-1 or P-1 from either S&P or Moody's (or, if at
any time neither S&P nor Moody's shall be rating such obligations, then the
highest rating from other nationally recognized rating services acceptable to
the Agent).
"Cash Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any Person on a
consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (a) interest expense of such
Person for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles consistently applied, (excluding the
amortization of all fees payable in connection with the incurrence of the
Obligations) and (b) capitalized interest of such Person.
"Change of Control" shall mean that any of (a) the Samuel Zell Group shall
cease to own, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of the combined voting
power of the Parent's outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to
vote at elections of directors or (b) the Parent shall cease to directly own
100% of the Borrower's outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to
vote at elections of directors.
"Chemical" or "Chemical Bank" shall mean Chemical Bank, a New York banking
corporation, and any successor thereto.
"Collateral" shall mean all property and interests in property now owned
or hereafter acquired by Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries in or upon which a security interest, pledge, lien or mortgage is
intended to be granted, or of which a collateral assignment is intended to be
made, under the Collateral Documents.
"Collateral Documents" shall mean the Security Agreement, the Parent
Guaranty, the Parent Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Security Agreements,
the Subsidiary Guaranties, the Intellectual Property Agreements, the Pledge
Agreements, the Mortgages, and all other security agreements, mortgages, deeds
of trust,
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collateral assignments, financing statements and other agreements, conveyances
or documents at any time delivered to the Agent by the Parent, the Borrower or
any Borrower Subsidiary which intend to create or evidence Liens to secure or
to guarantee the Obligations.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.
"Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the principal amount
set forth on Schedule A opposite such Lender's name under the heading
"Commitment" or assigned to it in accordance with Section 11.02(a), as such
amount may be reduced or otherwise adjusted from time to time pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, and "Commitments" shall mean the aggregate amount of
the Commitments of all Lenders.
"Commitment Fee" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
2.04(a).
"Compliance Certificate" shall mean a certificate in substantially the
form of Exhibit 2 delivered to the Agent and each Lender by Borrower pursuant
to Section 5.01(d) and covering Borrower's compliance with the covenants
contained in Article VIII and certain other provisions of this Agreement.
"Consolidated Borrower Group" shall mean the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Net Income" shall mean, with respect to any Person on a
consolidated basis for any period, net income for such period including,
without duplication, the proceeds of business interruption insurance in respect
of cruise revenues but excluding from the definition of Consolidated Net Income
the effect of any extraordinary or non-recurring gains or losses, all computed
on a consolidated basis in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles
consistently applied, and plus any non-cash expense or minus any non-cash
income, respectively, resulting from the initial application of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 or Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109.
"Consolidated Parent Group" shall mean the Parent and each of its
Subsidiaries.
"Contaminant" shall mean any pollutant, hazardous substance, hazardous
chemical, toxic substance, hazardous waste or special waste, as those terms are
defined in federal, state or local laws and regulations, radioactive material,
petroleum, including crude oil or any petroleum-derived substance, or breakdown
or decomposition product thereof, or any constituent of any such substance or
waste, including but not limited to polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.
"Contractual Obligation", as applied to any Person, shall mean any
provision of any Securities issued by that Person or any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, contract, undertaking, document, instrument or other agreement
or instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound, or to which it or any of its properties is subject
(including, without limitation, any restrictive covenant affecting such Person
or any of its properties).
"Contribution Agreement" shall mean that certain contribution agreement
executed by Parent and each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than
GAQSC) dated as of August 3, 1993, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the
Requisite Lenders.
"Customary Permitted Liens" shall mean (i) Liens (other than Environmental
Liens, Liens imposed under ERISA or Enforceable Judgments) for claims, taxes,
assessments or charges of any Governmental Authority not yet due or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being maintained in
accordance with GAAP, (ii)
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statutory Liens of landlords, bankers, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen, and other Liens (other than Environmental Liens, Liens imposed
under ERISA or Enforceable Judgments) imposed by law including without
limitation preferred maritime liens, arising in the ordinary course of business
and for amounts which (A) are not yet due, (B) are not more than thirty (30)
days past due as long as no notice of default has been given or other action
taken to enforce such Liens, or (C) (1) are not more than thirty (30) days past
due and a notice of default has been given or other action taken to enforce
such Liens, or (2) are more than thirty (30) days past due, and, in the case of
clause (1) or (2), are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
which are sufficient to prevent imminent foreclosure of such Liens and with
respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being
maintained in accordance with GAAP, (iii) Liens (other than Environmental
Liens, Liens imposed under ERISA or Enforceable Judgments) incurred or deposits
made in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, surety
bonds and appeal bonds) in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of employment benefits or to secure the performance
of tenders, bids, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of
Indebtedness), statutory obligations and other similar obligations or arising
as a result of progress payments under government contracts, (iv) easements
(including, without limitation, reciprocal easement agreements and utility
agreements), rights-of-way, covenants, consents, rights of landlords,
reservations, encroachments, variations and other restrictions, charges or
encumbrances (whether or not recorded) affecting the use of real property,
which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (v) Liens in favor of
customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of
customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; and (vi)
precautionary filings of financing statements in connection with Operating
Leases entered into in the ordinary course of business.
"Default Rate" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
2.03(d).
"Delta Queen" shall mean the vessel of the same name identified on
Schedule 1.01-D.
"DOL" shall mean the United States Department of Labor and any successor
department or agency.
"Dollars" and "$" shall mean the lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" under its name on
Schedule A or on the Assignment and Acceptance by which it became a Lender or
such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify
by written notice to Borrower and the Agent.
"DQSC EBITDA" shall mean, EBITDA for the Borrower.
"EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to any Person on a consolidated basis
for any period, the sum for such Person for such period of Consolidated Net
Income plus, to the extent reflected in the income statement of such Person for
such period from which Consolidated Net Income is determined, without
duplication, (i) consolidated Net Interest Expense (provided, however, that
when interest income during such period computed in accordance with GAAP
exceeds interest expense computed in accordance with GAAP then interest expense
computed in accordance with GAAP will be added back to the extent it was
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income), (ii) federal, state and local
income and franchise tax expense, (iii) depreciation expense, (iv) amortization
expense, (v) any other noncash items which had the effect of reducing
Consolidated Net Income for such period, but minus any noncash items which had
the effect of increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (vi) for
any period ending during calendar year 1995, any start-up costs associated with
the construction and commissioning of the American Queen to the extent deducted
in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period up to a maximum of
$6,000,000.
"Effective Date" shall mean the date of this Agreement, subject to Section
3.01.
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"Eligible Hedging Contract" shall mean Hedging Contracts with any Lender
or any Affiliate of any Lender as the counterparty.
"Enforceable Judgment" means a judgment or order as to which (a) the
Borrower has not demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent that
the Borrower is covered by third-party insurance (other than retro-premium
insurance that determines retro-premiums solely on the basis of losses of the
Borrower) therefor or that the Borrower has adequate reserves therefor and (b)
the period, if any, during which the enforcement of such judgment or order is
stayed shall have expired, it being understood that a judgment or order which
is under appeal or as to which the time in which to perfect an appeal has not
expired shall not be deemed an "Enforceable Judgment" so long as enforcement
thereof is effectively stayed pending the outcome of such appeal or the
expiration of such period, as the case may be; provided that if enforcement of
a judgment or order has been stayed on condition that a bond or collateral
equal to or greater than $2,500,000 be posted or provided, such judgment or
order shall be an "Enforceable Judgment."
"Environmental Lien" shall mean a Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority for (i) any liability of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries under federal or state environmental laws or regulations, or (ii)
damages arising from, or costs incurred by such Governmental Authority in
response to, a Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into the
environment.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any (i) corporation which is a member of the
same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the IRC) as Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (ii)
partnership or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the IRC) with Parent,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and (iii) member of the same
affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the IRC) as
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, any corporation
described in clause (i) above or any partnership or trade or business described
in clause (ii) above.
"Eurodollar Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office
of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" under its name on
Schedule A or on the Assignment and Acceptance by which it became a Lender (or,
if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office) or such other
office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify by written
notice to Borrower and the Agent.
"Eurodollar Rate Loans" shall mean those Loans outstanding which bear
interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate as provided in
Section 2.03(a)(ii).
"Event of Default" shall mean any of the occurrences set forth in Section
9.01 after the expiration of any applicable grace period expressly provided
therein.
"Existing Indebtedness" shall mean the Indebtedness of the Parent,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries reflected on Schedule 1.01-A.
"Expansion" shall mean (i) the construction of the American Queen by a
Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) the Acquisition and (iii) the renovation of
the two vessels acquired from American Hawaii pursuant to the Acquisition.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
successor thereto.
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"Federal Reserve Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or any Governmental Authority succeeding to its functions.
"Fee Letter" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
2.04(b).
"Fiscal Year" shall mean the fiscal year of Parent and Borrower, which
shall be each twelve (12) month period ending on December 31 of each calendar
year or such other period as Parent and Borrower may designate and the
Requisite Lenders may approve in writing.
"Funding Date" shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date of the
funding of such Loan.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant
segments of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination.
"GAQSC" shall mean Great AQ Steamboat Co., a Delaware corporation
(formerly known as Delta Queen Steamboat Development, Inc.).
"GAQSC Depository Agreement" shall mean the Depository Agreement dated as
of August 24, 1995, among GAQSC, the Secretary and The Bank of New York, as
Depository-Bailee.
"GAQSC EBITDA" shall mean EBITDA for GAQSC, but excluding therefrom EBITDA
for the Maison Dupuy Hotel as if such Hotel were a separate Person.
"GAQSC Financial Agreement" shall mean the Title XI Reserve Fund and
Financial Agreement dated as of August 24, 1995, between GAQSC and the
Secretary.
"GAQSC Guaranty" shall mean the Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 24,
1995, executed by the Borrower in favor of the Secretary guaranteeing the
payment and performance by GAQSC of the Secretary's Note.
"GAQSC Obligations" shall mean the United States Government Guaranteed
Ship Financing Obligations, American Queen Series, issued by GAQSC in the
aggregate principal amount of $60,589,000 under the GAQSC Trust Indenture.
"GAQSC Security Agreement" shall mean the Security Agreement dated as of
August 24, 1995, between GAQSC and the Secretary, securing payment of the
Secretary's Note.
"GAQSC Ship Mortgage" shall mean the First Preferred Ship Mortgage dated
as of August 24, 1995, executed by GAQSC, as shipowner and mortgagor, in favor
of the Secretary, as mortgagee, covering the American Queen and securing
payment of the Secretary's Note.
"GAQSC Trust Indenture" shall mean the Trust Indenture dated as of August
24, 1995, between GAQSC and The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation, state, sovereign, or
government, any federal, regional, state, local or political subdivision and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government including without
limitation, any central bank.
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"Hedging Contracts" shall mean interest rate, foreign currency or
commodity exchange, swap, collar, cap or similar agreements entered into by
Borrower pursuant to which Borrower has hedged its interest rate, foreign
currency or commodity exposure.
"Holders of Secured Obligations" shall mean the holders of the Obligations
from time to time and shall refer to (i) each Lender in respect of its Loans,
(ii) the Agent and the Lenders in respect of all other present and future
obligations and liabilities of Borrower of every type and description arising
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii)
each other Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 11.04, in
respect of the obligations and liabilities of Borrower to such Person
thereunder, (iv) each Lender and each Affiliate of each Lender, in respect of
all obligations and liabilities of Borrower to such Lender or such Affiliate as
exchange party or counterparty under any Eligible Hedging Contract, and (v)
their respective successors, transferees and assigns.
"Indebtedness," as applied to any Person, shall mean any obligation for
the payment of money which is a Contractual Obligation, and shall include,
without limitation but without duplication, (i) all indebtedness, obligations
or other liabilities of such Person for borrowed money or under any debt
Securities, whether or not subordinated, (ii) all obligations with respect to
redeemable stock and redemption or repurchase obligations under any equity
securities or profit payment agreements, (iii) all reimbursement obligations
(absolute or contingent) and other liabilities of such Person with respect to
letters of credit issued for such Person's account or for which such party is a
co-applicant, (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the purchase price of
property or services, except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred by
such Person in the ordinary course of business, (v) all obligations in respect
of Capital Leases of such Person, (vi) all Accommodation Obligations of such
Person, (vii) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person or others secured, by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are
assumed by or are a personal liability of such Person, (viii) all obligations
upon which interest charges are customarily paid (including zero coupon
instruments), (ix) all obligations under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements relating to property purchased by such person and (x)
obligations in respect of Hedging Contracts.
"Initial Funding" shall mean the first funding of any Loans hereunder.
"Initial Funding Date" shall mean the date, if any, on which the Initial
Funding occurs.
"Intellectual Property Agreements" shall mean patent or trademark security
agreements executed by the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of
the Agent on behalf of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations as the
same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Intercompany Receivables" shall mean the aggregate outstanding balance of
all receivables owed to the Borrower by the Parent.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, (i) the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and (ii)
with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan having an Interest Period in excess of
three (3) calendar months, the last day of each three (3) calendar month
interval during such Interest Period and, in addition, the date of any
refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a
different Type.
"Interest Period" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.07.
"Interest Rate Determination Date" shall mean the date on which the Agent
determines the LIBO Rate applicable to a Borrowing, continuation or conversion
of Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Interest Rate
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Determination Date shall be the second (2nd) Business Day prior to the first
day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, continuation or
conversion.
"Investment" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 7.03.
"IRC" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
"IRS" shall mean the Internal Revenue Service of the United States or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.
"Lender" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble and
shall include Chemical Bank, in its individual capacity, and each Person which
at any time becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 11.02(a).
"Liabilities and Costs" shall mean all liabilities, claims, obligations,
responsibilities, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages,
treble damages, charges, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys', experts' and consulting fees and costs of investigation and
feasibility studies), fines, penalties and monetary sanctions, interest, direct
or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, past, present or future.
"LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Interest Period applicable to
a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, an interest rate per annum equal to the
product of (i) the rate of interest (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/16 of 1%) determined by the Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits
in Dollars are offered to the principal London office of Chemical Bank in
immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Rate Determination Date for such
Interest Period, in the approximate amount of Chemical Bank's portion of the
relevant Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance (including, but
not limited to, easements, rights of way and the like), judgment, lien
(statutory or other), Environmental Lien, Enforceable Judgment, charge,
security agreement or transfer intended as security, including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, the
interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease, any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and, in the case
of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such securities.
"Loan" shall mean any Revolving Loan.
"Loan Account" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.06(d).
"Loan Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, the Fee Letter, the
Collateral Documents and all other agreements delivered to the Agent or any
Lender by or on behalf of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries in satisfaction or furtherance of the requirements of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
"Loan Interest Coverage Ratio" shall mean, for any period, the ratio of
(a) DQSC EBITDA less GAQSC EBITDA for such period to (b) the aggregate interest
expense (excluding the amortization of all fees payable in connection with the
incurrence of the Obligations) of the Borrower with respect to the Obligations
for such period determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles
consistently applied.
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"Maintenance Capital Expenditures" shall mean, with respect to any Person
on a consolidated basis for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures
incurred by such Person during such period that, in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles, are or should be included in "additions to property,
plant or equipment" or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows
of such Person, including maintenance, renovation and layup expenditures but
excluding interest and start-up expenses that otherwise would be included;
provided, however, that Maintenance Capital Expenditures shall not include (i)
expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements in respect of lost, destroyed
or damaged assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures
are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed or damaged assets, equipment
or other property within 6 months of such destruction or damage, (ii)
expenditures associated with the construction of the American Queen and (iii)
for Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996 up to $5,000,000 in the aggregate in
expenditures associated with the renovation of the Mississippi Queen during
such period.
"MARAD Financing" shall mean the long-term mortgage financing of the
American Queen guaranteed by the Secretary in an initial amount of $60,589,000
as evidenced by the GAQSC Trust Indenture.
"Margin Stock" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Regulation
G and Regulation U.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect (a) upon
the business, assets or other properties, liabilities or condition (financial
or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of Borrower, individually,
the Consolidated Borrower Group taken as a whole or the Consolidated Parent
Group taken as a whole or (b) upon the ability of any of the Parent, Borrower
or any of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower to perform any of its Obligations
under any Loan Document in any material respects to which it is or will be a
party, including, without limitation, payment of the Obligations.
"Mississippi Queen" shall mean the vessel of the same name identified on
Schedule 1.01-D.
"Mortgages" shall mean, collectively, the Real Estate Mortgages and the
Ship Mortgages.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a "multiemployer plan" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is, or within the immediately preceding six
(6) years was, contributed to by either Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"Net Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any Person on a
consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense of such Person for
such period minus interest income of such Person for such period calculated in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Net Proceeds" shall mean with respect to any Prepayment Event (a) the
gross amount of cash proceeds (including in each Fiscal Year the amount of
insurance settlements and condemnation awards in such fiscal year in excess of
Set Aside Amounts (it being understood that Set Aside Amounts shall not be
included in "Net Proceeds", and may be retained by the Borrower or a Subsidiary
of Borrower, as applicable, for the purposes described in clause (a) of the
definition of the term "Set Aside Amount", unless and until any such amount
shall cease to be a "Set Aside Amount" as a result of any failure to meet any
of the criteria set forth in clause (a) or (b) of such definition)) paid to or
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower in respect of such
Prepayment Event (including cash proceeds subsequently received in respect of
such Prepayment Event in respect of non-cash consideration initially received
or otherwise), less (b) the amount, if any, of all taxes (other than income
taxes) and the Borrower's good-faith best estimate of all income taxes (to the
extent that such amount shall have been set aside for the purpose of paying
such taxes when due), and customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses
(other than those payable to the Borrower, any Affiliate of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of Borrower) that are incurred in connection with such Prepayment
Event and are payable by the seller or the transferor of the assets or property
or issuer of the securities, as the case may
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be, to which such Prepayment Event relates, but only to the extent not already
deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a).
"Notes" shall mean the amended and restated revolving loan notes executed
by the Borrower and delivered to each Lender pursuant to Section 2.02 or
Section 11.02.
"Notice of Borrowing" shall mean, with respect to a proposed Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.02(a), a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.
"Notice of Conversion/Continuation" shall mean, with respect to a proposed
conversion or continuation of a Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c), a notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.
"Obligations" shall mean the principal of and all interest on all Loans,
all fees, expense reimbursements, taxes, compensation and indemnities payable
by Borrower to the Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Agreement and all other
present and future Indebtedness and other liabilities of Borrower owing to the
Agent, any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender (in connection with any Eligible
Hedging Contract) or any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section
11.04, or any of their respective successors, transferees or assigns, of every
type and description, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other
instrument, arising under or in connection with this Agreement, any Note, the
Fee Letter, any other Loan Document or any Eligible Hedging Contract whether or
not for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and however arising.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean, as to any corporation, a certificate
executed on behalf of such corporation by (i) its chairman or vice chairman of
the board (if an officer) or its president or any vice president or (ii) by its
chief financial officer, its controller or its treasurer.
"Operating Lease" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any
Property by that Person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
"Original Closing Date" shall mean August 3, 1993.
"Original Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of August
3, 1993, among the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Agent, as the same
has been amended, restated, supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof.
"Other Indebtedness" shall mean all Indebtedness of Borrower other than
the Obligations.
"Parent" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble
hereto.
"Parent Guaranty" shall mean that certain Guaranty executed by Parent in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured
Obligations dated as of August 3, 1993, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Parent Security Agreement" shall mean that certain Security Agreement
executed by Parent in favor of Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders
of the Secured Obligations dated as of August 3, 1993, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person
succeeding to the functions thereof.
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"Permits" shall mean any permit, approval, consent, authorization,
license, variance, or permission required from a Governmental Authority under
an applicable Requirement of Law.
"Permitted Existing Liens" shall mean the Liens on any property of Parent,
Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries, in each case reflected on Schedule
1.01-C.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited partnership,
general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company,
trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization,
whether or not a legal entity, or any other non-governmental entity, or any
Governmental Authority.
"Plan" shall mean an employee benefit plan defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA in respect of which either the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is, or
within the immediately preceding six (6) years was, an "employer" as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledge Agreements" shall mean the Pledge Agreements executed by (i) the
Parent in connection with the pledge of the stock of each of Borrower, Great
Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. and AMCV Development Corp. owned by the Parent and
(ii) the Borrower in connection with the pledge of the stock of each of the
Borrower Subsidiaries (other than GAQSC), as any of the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; provided,
however, that upon the consummation of any financing of the S.S. Independence
permitted under Section 7.01(vii), the Agent shall be permitted to release the
pledge of the stock of Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. and from and after such
time "Pledge Agreements" shall no longer refer to such pledge.
"Potential Event of Default" shall mean an event, condition or
circumstance which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
"Prepayment Event" shall mean (i) any sale, lease, transfer, assignment,
loss, damage or destruction (in the case of loss, damage or destruction, to the
extent covered by insurance) or other disposition of assets (including
trademarks and other intangibles), business units, individual business assets
or property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including the sale,
transfer or disposition of any capital stock thereof or (ii) the incurrence,
creation or assumption by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section
7.01) or the issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of the
Borrower of any debt securities or any obligations convertible into or
exchangeable for, or giving any person or entity any right, option or warrant
to acquire from the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of Borrower any
Indebtedness or any such debt securities or any such convertible or
exchangeable obligations; provided, however, that none of (a) the sale of
inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, lease, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of
the Borrower to the Borrower or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary, (c) the
sale, lease, transfer, assignment or other disposition of assets of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than dispositions described in
clauses (a) or (b) of this proviso) to the extent that the Net Proceeds of any
such disposition of assets received since the Original Closing Date do not in
the aggregate exceed $5,000,000, and (d) the loss, damage or destruction of
assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (to the extent covered by
insurance) to the extent that the Net Proceeds of any single loss do not exceed
$1,000,000 shall be deemed to be a "Prepayment Event".
"Property" shall mean with respect to any Person, any real or personal
property, plant, building, facility, structure, equipment or unit, or other
asset (tangible or intangible) owned, leased or operated by such Person.
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"Pro Rata Share" shall mean, at any particular time and with respect to
any Lender, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which
shall be the then amount of such Lender's Commitment and the denominator of
which shall be the then aggregate amount of all Commitments, as adjusted from
time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"RCRA" shall mean the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
Section Section 6901 et seq., and any successor statute, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
"Real Estate Mortgages" shall mean any and all mortgages, deeds of trust,
collateral assignments of beneficial interest, leasehold mortgages and
leasehold deeds of trust and covering the owned and leased real property of
Parent, Borrower and its Subsidiaries identified on Schedule 1.01-B, executed
by the Parent, Borrower or the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, as applicable, in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured
Obligations, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Regulation D," "Regulation G," "Regulation T," "Regulation U" and
"Regulation X" shall mean Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation
U and Regulation X, respectively, of the Federal Reserve Board as in effect
from time to time.
"Release" shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration from
any Property into the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of
Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater or
Property.
"Remedial Action" shall mean any action required to (i) clean up, remove,
treat or in any other way address Contaminants in the indoor or outdoor
environment; (ii) prevent a Release or threat of Release or minimize the
further Release of Contaminants so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten
to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; or
(iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial
monitoring and care.
"Reportable Event" shall mean the events described in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA or the regulations thereunder other than a Reportable Event described in
subsections (3), (4) or (8) of Section 4043(b).
"Requirements of Law" shall mean, as to any Person, the charter and
by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
law, rule or regulation, Permit, or determination of an arbitrator or a court
or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject, including, without limitation, the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U and
Regulation X, and any certificate of occupancy, zoning ordinance, building,
environmental or land use, law, rule, regulation, ordinance or Permit or
occupational safety or health law, rule or regulation.
"Requisite Lenders" means, except as otherwise provided in Section
11.06(b)(v), Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares, in the aggregate, are greater than
fifty percent (50%); provided, however, that, in the event that the Commitments
have been terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, "Requisite
Lenders" means Lenders (without regard to such Lenders' performance of their
respective obligations hereunder) whose aggregate ratable shares (stated as a
percentage) of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Loans are
greater than fifty percent (50%).
"Restricted Junior Payment" shall mean (i) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of
capital stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except a distribution of
stock as part of a stock split and except a dividend payable solely in shares
of that class
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of stock or in any junior class of stock to the holders of that class, provided
that the issuance of such stock or junior class of stock is not an incurrence
of Indebtedness, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar
payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any
shares of any class of capital stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now
or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the
surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire
shares of any class of capital stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now
or hereafter outstanding, (iv) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the
purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale
of, any shares of the capital stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
of a claim for reimbursement, indemnification or contribution arising out of or
related to any such claim for damages or rescission, (v) any payment of
tax-sharing payments, allocated corporate overhead, guaranty fees or management
fees to Parent or any of its Affiliates and (vi) any payment in the nature of a
loan from Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or any of Parent's
Subsidiaries.
"Revolving Credit Availability" shall mean, as at any particular date of
determination, the amount by which Commitments exceed Revolving Loan Usage.
For purposes of calculating Revolving Credit Availability as at any date, all
Revolving Loans requested but not yet advanced will be treated as advanced in
calculating Revolving Loan Usage unless the Borrower has directed that the
requested advance be disbursed to repay the Revolving Loans.
"Revolving Credit Facility" shall mean the revolving credit facility
established for Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Revolving Loan" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.01(a).
"Revolving Loan Usage" shall mean, at any given time, the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of Revolving Loans.
"Samuel Zell Group" shall mean Samuel Zell or any of his affiliates (as
such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act) or
associates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act).
"Second Restatement" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
preamble hereto.
"Secretary" shall mean the United States of America, represented by the
Secretary of Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime Administrator.
"Secretary's Note" shall mean the Promissory Note to United States of
America dated August 24, 1995, made by GAQSC to the Secretary in the principal
amount of $60,589,000.
"Securities" shall mean any stock, shares, voting trust certificates,
bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or
unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any
instruments commonly known as "securities", or any certificates of interest,
shares, or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase
or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire any of the
foregoing, but shall not include any evidence of the Obligations.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended to the
date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
"Securities Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any
successor statute.
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"Security Agreement" shall mean that certain Security Agreement executed
by the Borrower in favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders
of Secured Obligations dated as of August 3, 1993, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Set Aside Amount" shall mean, in respect of any insurance settlement or
condemnation award which does not in the aggregate exceed $5,000,000 received
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower, the portion thereof, if any, (a)
(i) set aside by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary for the replacement
or repair of any lost, destroyed or damaged assets, equipment or other property
that were the subject of an insurable loss, destruction or damage and for which
an insurance settlement was made or (ii) set aside by the Borrower or the
applicable Subsidiary for the replacement of any real property that was the
subject of a taking and in respect of which a condemnation award was made and
(b) used within 6 months of the receipt of any such condemnation award or
insurance proceeds related to such loss, destruction or damage or such taking,
as applicable.
"Ship Mortgages" shall mean the preferred ship mortgages dated as of
August 3, 1993, covering the Delta Queen and the Mississippi Queen, executed by
the Borrower or the Subsidiary of the Borrower, as applicable, in favor of the
Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Solvent" shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, that at the
time of determination:
(i) the fair value of its assets (both at fair valuation and at present
fair saleable value) is equal to or in excess of the total amount of its
liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities; and
(ii) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they
mature; and
(iii) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and
as proposed to be conducted.
With respect to contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees and
pension plan liabilities), such liabilities shall be computed at the amount
which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time,
represent the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability.
"Statutory Reserves" shall mean a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum applicable reserve percentages
(including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the Federal Reserve Board and any other banking
authority to which the Agent or any Lender is subject (a) with respect to the
Three-month Secondary CD Rate (as such term is used in the definition of
"Alternate Base Rate"), for new negotiable nonpersonal time deposits in dollars
of over $100,000 with maturities approximately equal to three months or (b)
with respect to the LIBO Rate, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in
Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board). Such reserve percentages shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to
such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on
and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity of which a majority of the stock (or
equivalent ownership or controlling interest) having voting power to elect a
majority of the Board of Directors (if a corporation) or to select the trustee
or equivalent
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controlling interest is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or any
combination thereof.
"Subsidiary Guaranties" shall mean each guaranty executed by each of the
Borrower Subsidiaries (other than GAQSC) in favor of the Agent, for the benefit
of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Subsidiary Security Agreements" shall mean each Security Agreement
executed by each of the Subsidiaries (other than GAQSC) of the Borrower in
favor of the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured
Obligations as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Tax Sharing Agreement" shall mean that certain Tax Sharing Agreement
between Parent and Borrower dated as of August 3, 1993 as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (i) in
any respect which does not (a) result in the Borrower being required to make
any greater payments thereunder either in absolute amounts or percentage terms
or (b) reduce either in absolute amounts or percentage terms the benefits to
the Borrower, without consent of any Lender or (ii) otherwise with the consent
of the Requisite Lenders.
"Taxes" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.09(a).
"Termination Date" shall mean the earlier of (a) March 31, 1999 and (b)
the date of termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.02(d) or
Section 9.02(a).
"Termination Event" shall mean (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any
Benefit Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Benefit Plan during a plan year in which Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate was a
"substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii) the
imposition of an obligation on Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate under Section
4041 of ERISA to provide affected parties written notice of intent to terminate
a Benefit Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
(iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Benefit Plan;
(v) any event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer,
any Benefit Plan; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if such withdrawal would result in
the imposition of withdrawal liability under Section 4219 of ERISA.
"Transaction Costs" shall mean the fees, costs and expenses payable by
Parent, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith or in respect hereof or of the other Loan Documents.
"Transaction Documents" shall mean the Loan Documents and the Contribution
Agreement.
"Type" when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the
rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing is determined.
1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement, in the computation
of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
"from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each mean "to
but excluding". Periods of days referred to in this Agreement shall be counted
in calendar days unless Business Days are expressly prescribed.
1.03. Accounting Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in
conformity with Agreement Accounting Principles.
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1.04. Other Definitional Provisions. Whenever the context may require,
any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". References to "Articles,"
"Sections," "subsections," "Schedules," "Exhibits" and "the preamble" shall be
to Articles, Sections, subsections, Schedules, Exhibits and the preamble,
respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided.
1.05. Amendment and Restatement of Second Restatement. The Borrower, the
Parent, the Lenders and the Agent agree that, upon (i) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto and (ii) satisfaction
of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02, the terms and
provisions of the Second Restatement shall be and hereby are amended,
superseded and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not constitute a
novation. All Loans made under the Second Restatement which are outstanding on
the Effective Date shall continue as Loans and shall be governed by the terms
of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
2.01. The Revolving Credit Facility.
(a) Revolving Credit Availability. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, each Lender hereby severally and not jointly
agrees to make revolving loans, in Dollars (each individually, a "Revolving
Loan" and, collectively, the "Revolving Loans") to Borrower from time to time
during the period from the Effective Date to the Business Day immediately
preceding the Termination Date, in an amount which shall not exceed such
Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Availability at such time.
(b) Several Commitments. All Revolving Loans comprising the same
Borrowing under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that
no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform
its obligation to make a Revolving Loan hereunder and that the Commitment of
any Lender shall not be increased or decreased without the prior written
consent of such Lender as a result of the failure by any other Lender to
perform its obligation to make a Revolving Loan. The failure of any Lender to
make available to the Agent any Borrowing of the Commitments shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Agent
such other Lender's Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing of the Commitments on the
date such funds are to be made available pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) Repayments and Prepayments. Loans may be voluntarily repaid at any
time, shall be mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05 and, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, any amounts voluntarily repaid in respect of
Revolving Loans may be reborrowed, up to the amount available under Section
2.01 at the time of such Borrowing, until the Business Day immediately
preceding the Termination Date.
(d) Minimum Amounts. Loans made on any Funding Date shall be in integral
multiples of $100,000 and in the aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000, in the
case of Loans constituting Base Rate Loans, and in integral multiples of
$500,000 and in the aggregate minimum amount of $2,500,000, in the case of
Loans constituting Eurodollar Rate Loans.
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2.02. Loan Facility Mechanics.
(a) Notice of Borrowing. Whenever Borrower desires to borrow under
Section 2.01(a), Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a Notice of Borrowing no
later than 11:00 a.m (New York City time) (i) at least one (1) Business Day in
advance of the proposed Funding Date, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed
Funding Date, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Notice
of Borrowing shall specify (A) the Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day)
in respect of the Revolving Loan, (B) the amount of the proposed Borrowing, (C)
whether the proposed Borrowing will be of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate
Loans, and (D) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the requested Interest
Period. In lieu of delivering the above-described Notice of Borrowing, and
only with the consent of the Agent in its sole discretion at such time,
Borrower may give the Agent telephonic notice of any proposed Borrowing by the
time required under this Section 2.02(a); provided that, in the event the Agent
so consents, such notice shall be confirmed in writing by delivery to the Agent
promptly (but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. on the Funding Date of the
requested Loan) of a Notice of Borrowing. Any Notice of Borrowing (or
telephonic notice in lieu thereof) pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) shall be
irrevocable.
(b) Making of Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing
under Section 2.02(a) (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof if the Agent
consents to such telephonic notice), the Agent shall notify each Lender by
telex or telecopy or other similar form of teletransmission, of the proposed
Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available
to the Agent in Dollars and in immediately available funds, not later than
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Funding Date. After the Agent's receipt
of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans, the Agent shall (unless it has not
received the Notice of Borrowing in satisfaction of the requirements of Section
3.02(a) or has been informed that any of the other conditions precedent have
not been satisfied) make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to
Borrower on such Funding Date and shall disburse such funds in Dollars and in
immediately available funds to an account of Borrower, designated in writing by
Borrower in the Notice of Borrowing.
(c) Failure to Fund by Lender. Unless the Agent shall have been notified
by any Lender prior to any Funding Date in respect of any Borrowing of
Revolving Loans that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent
such Lender's Revolving Loan on such Funding Date, the Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such amount available to the Agent on such Funding Date
and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, make
available to Borrower a corresponding amount on such Funding Date. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Lender
on or prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Funding Date, such Lender
agrees to pay and Borrower agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand
such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the
date such amount is made available to Borrower until the date such amount is
paid or repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate (as such term is defined in the definition of Alternate
Base Rate) for the first three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the
Alternate Base Rate, and (ii) in the case of Borrower, the interest rate which
would be applicable at the time to a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. If such
Lender shall pay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid
shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Loan, and if both such Lender and
Borrower shall have paid and repaid, respectively, such corresponding amount,
the Agent shall promptly pay over to Borrower such corresponding amount in same
day funds, but Borrower shall remain obligated for all interest thereon.
Nothing in this Section 2.02(c) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender of its
obligation hereunder to make its Revolving Loan on any Funding Date.
(d) Voluntary Reduction of Commitments. Borrower shall have the right,
at any time and from time to time, (i) to terminate the Commitments in whole,
without premium or penalty, if no Revolving Loans are then outstanding, and no
Revolving Loans have been requested but not yet advanced, or (ii) subject to
the second to last sentence of this Section 2.02(d), permanently to reduce in
part, without premium or penalty, the Commitments up to the amount by which the
Commitments exceed the sum of (A) the Revolving Loan Usage and (B) the
aggregate principal
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amount of all Revolving Loans requested hereunder but not yet advanced.
Borrower shall give not fewer than five (5) Business Days' prior written notice
to the Agent designating the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such
termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction. Promptly
after receipt of a notice of such termination or reduction, the Agent shall
notify each Lender of the proposed termination or reduction. Such termination
or partial reduction of the Commitments shall be effective on the date
specified in the Borrower's notice and shall reduce the Commitment of each
Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Any such partial
reduction of the Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of
$5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Any
notice of reduction or termination pursuant to this Section 2.02(d) shall be
irrevocable.
(e) Retention of Rights and Remedies. Notwithstanding the termination of
this Agreement on the Termination Date, until all of the Obligations shall have
been fully and indefeasibly paid and satisfied and all financing arrangements
among Borrower and the Lenders pursuant to any Loan Document shall have been
terminated, all of the rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall survive and the Agent shall be entitled to retain its
security interest in and to all existing and future Collateral for the benefit
of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations.
(f) Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Lender (or to
the Agent on behalf of each Lender) on or before the Effective Date an amended
and restated revolving loan note substantially in the form of Exhibit 5 to
evidence the aggregate amount of that Lender's Loans and with other appropriate
insertions. The Note delivered to each Lender shall be dated the Effective
Date and shall be stated to mature on the Termination Date. Each Lender is
hereby authorized to, and prior to any transfer of the Note issued to it each
Lender shall, endorse the date and amount of the Loans made by such Lender, as
applicable, and each payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans evidenced
thereby on the schedule annexed to and constituting a part of such Note, which
endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence, absent manifest error, of
the accuracy of the information so endorsed, provided that failure by any such
Lender to make such endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
Borrower hereunder or under such Note. In lieu of endorsing such schedule as
hereinabove provided, prior to any transfer of a Note, each Lender is hereby
authorized, at its option, to record such Loans and such payments or
prepayments in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima
facie evidence, absent manifest error, of the accuracy of the information
contained therein; provided, however, that if the Loan Account differs from the
information endorsed by a Lender on such Lender's Note, the Loan Account,
absent manifest error, shall govern.
2.03. Interest on the Loans.
(a) Rate of Interest. All Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid
principal amount thereof from the date made until paid in full at a fluctuating
rate determined from time to time by reference to the Alternate Base Rate or
the LIBO Rate. The applicable basis for determining the rate of interest shall
be selected by Borrower at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02(a) or at the time a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation is delivered by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.03(c);
provided, however, that Borrower may not select the LIBO Rate as the applicable
basis for determining the rate of interest on a Loan (1) if at the time of such
selection a Potential Event of Default or Event of Default exists or (2) if
such a selection would be otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Notice of Borrowing
or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation has not been delivered to the Agent in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement specifying the basis for
determining the rate of interest, then for each such day such Loan shall be a
Base Rate Loan. Loans shall bear interest, subject to Section 2.03(d), at the
following rates:
(i) if a Base Rate Loan, then at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A)
the Applicable Base Rate Margin and (B) the Alternate Base Rate as in effect
from time to time as interest accrues; and
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(ii) if a Eurodollar Rate Loan, then at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of (A) the Applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin and (B) the LIBO Rate determined
for the applicable Interest Period.
(b) Interest Payments. Subject to Section 2.03(d), (i) interest accrued
on each Base Rate Loan shall be payable in arrears (A) on the last calendar day
of each calendar quarter occurring after the Effective Date, (B) upon the
prepayment in full of the Loans and the termination of all Commitments under
this Agreement, (C) upon the date any principal of the Loan is due, with
respect to the principal amount then due and (D) on the Termination Date, and
(ii) interest accrued on each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be payable in arrears
(A) on each Interest Payment Date applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (B)
upon the prepayment in full of the Loans and the termination of all Commitments
under this Agreement, (C) upon the prepayment thereof upon the date any
principal of the Loan is due, with respect to the principal then due and (D) on
the Termination Date.
(c) Conversion or Continuation. (i) Subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.07 and 2.08, Borrower shall have the option (A) to convert at any
time all or any part of outstanding Loans which comprise part of the same
Borrowing and which, in the aggregate, equal or exceed $2,500,000 from Base
Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans; or (B) to convert all or any part of
outstanding Loans which comprise part of the same Borrowing and which, in the
aggregate, equal or exceed $1,000,000 from Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans on the expiration date of any Interest Period applicable thereto or upon
the payment of compensation payable pursuant to Section 2.08(d); or (C) upon
the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar
Rate Loans, to continue all or any portion of such Loans equal to or in excess
of $2,500,000 as Eurodollar Rate Loans of the same type, and the succeeding
Interest Period of such continued Loans shall commence on the expiration date
of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided that no outstanding Loan
may be continued as, or be converted into, a Eurodollar Rate Loan if any
Potential Event of Default or Event of Default exists or if such a continuation
or conversion would otherwise be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) In the event Borrower shall elect to convert or continue a Loan
under this Section 2.03(c), Borrower shall deliver a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation to the Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) (A) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion
date in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan and (B) at least three (3)
Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion or continuation date in the
case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan. A
Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall specify (1) the proposed conversion or
continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (2) the amount of the Loan
to be converted or continued, (3) the nature of the proposed conversion or
continuation, and (4) in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the requested Interest Period. If no Interest Period is
specified in any such Notice of Conversion/Continuation with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest
Period of one month's duration. In lieu of delivering the above-described
Notice of Conversion/Continuation, Borrower may give the Agent telephonic
notice of any proposed conversion or continuation by the time required under
this Section 2.03(c); provided that such notice shall be confirmed in writing
by delivery to the Agent promptly (but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the proposed conversion or continuation date) of a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation under this Section 2.03(c) (or telephonic notice in
lieu thereof), the Agent shall notify each Lender by telex, telecopy, telephone
or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed conversion or
continuation.
(iii) Any Notice of Conversion/Continuation for conversion to, or
continuation of, a Loan (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be
irrevocable and the Borrower shall be bound to convert or continue in
accordance therewith.
(iv) Any portion of a Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less
than one month may not be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Rate
Loan.
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(d) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rates of interest
specified in Section 2.03(a) and the payment dates specified in Section 2.03(b),
(i) from and after the occurrence of a payment default constituting an Event of
Default under Section 9.01(a), until the past-due amount is paid, such amount
not paid when due shall bear interest payable upon demand at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of (A) two percent (2.0%) and (B) the Alternate Base Rate in
effect from time to time (the "Default Rate"), and (ii) (x) from and after the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 9.01(f) or 9.01(g) with
respect to the Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries and (y)
from and after the occurrence of any other Event of Default set forth in a
notice from the Agent or Requisite Lenders to the Borrower, and for so long
thereafter as such Event of Default is continuing, the principal balance of all
Loans and other Agreement Obligations then outstanding (including, without
limitation, all amounts due and payable pursuant to Section 9.02(a)) and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans not paid
when due, shall bear interest payable upon demand at the Default Rate.
(e) Determination of Applicable Margins and Applicable
Commitment Fee; Computation of Interest.
(i) Definitions. As used in this Section 2.03(e) and in this Agreement,
the following term shall have the following meaning:
"Applicable Margins" shall mean the Applicable Base Rate
Margin and/or Applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin, as the case may be. The
Applicable Commitment Fee and Applicable Margins shall be determined, in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.03(e), by reference to the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Bank Applicable Applicable Applicable
Indebtedness Eurodollar Base Rate Commitment
Leverage Ratio Rate Margin Margin Fee
------------------- --------------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Greater than or
equal to 5.25 to 1 2.25% 1.25% 0.50%
Less than 5.25 to 1
and greater than or
equal to 4.75 to 1 2.00% 1.00% 0.50%
Less than 4.75 to 1
and greater than or
equal to 4.0 to 1 1.75% 0.75% 0.50%
Less than 4.0 to 1
and greater than or
equal to 3.5 to 1 1.50% 0.50% 0.375%
Less than 3.5 to 1
and greater than or
equal to 2.5 to 1 1.25% 0.25% 0.375%
Less than 2.5 to 1 1.00% 0.00% 0.375%
</TABLE>
(ii) Determination of Applicable Margins and Applicable Commitment Fee.
(A) The Applicable Margin in respect of any Loan and the Applicable
Commitment Fee payable under Section 2.04 shall be determined by reference to
the tables set forth in clause (i) above, as applicable,
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on the basis of the Borrower's Bank Indebtedness Leverage Ratio (calculated
initially with respect to the three quarters ending December 31, 1995, and
thereafter on a rolling four quarter basis) determined by reference to the most
recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or 5.01(c).
(B) Upon receipt of the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), as applicable, the Applicable Margins for
all outstanding Loans and the Applicable Commitment Fee shall be adjusted, such
adjustment being effective on the first Business Day after receipt of such
financial statements and the Compliance Certificate to be delivered in
connection therewith; provided, however, if the Borrower shall not have timely
delivered its financial statements in accordance with Section 5.01(a) or
Section 5.01(b), as applicable, beginning with the date upon which such
financial statements should have been delivered and continuing until such
financial statements are delivered together with the Compliance Certificate, it
shall be assumed for purposes of determining the Applicable Margins and the
Applicable Commitment Fee that the Borrower's Bank Indebtedness Leverage Ratio
was greater than 5.25 to 1.0.
(C) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from the Effective
Date through the date of receipt of the financial statements for the period
ended June 30, 1996 pursuant to Section 5.01(b), the Applicable Eurodollar Rate
Margin, Applicable Base Rate Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee shall be
1.50%, 0.50% and 0.375%, respectively.
(iii) Computation of Interest. Interest on all Agreement Obligations
(other than those on which the interest rate is determined by reference to the
Prime Rate) shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
in the period during which interest accrues and a year of 360 days. Interest
on all Agreement Obligations with respect to which the interest rate is
determined by reference to the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in the period during which interest accrues and a
year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable. In computing interest on any Loan, the
date of the making of the Loan or the first day of an Interest Period, as the
case may be, shall be included and the date of payment or the expiration date
of an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided that if
a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one (1) day's interest
shall be paid on that Loan.
(f) Changes; Legal Restrictions. In the event that after the date hereof
(i) the adoption of or any change in any law, treaty, rule, regulation,
guideline or determination of a Governmental Authority or any change in the
interpretation or application thereof by a Governmental Authority, or (ii)
compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be
unlawful) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or
quasi-governmental authority exercising jurisdiction, power or control over
banks or financial institutions generally, does impose, modify, or hold
applicable, in the determination of a Lender, any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, FDIC insurance, capital allocation or similar requirement
against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account
of, advances or loans by, Commitments made, or other credit extended by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, a Lender or any Applicable Lending Office of
such Lender (except with respect to Base Rate Loans, so long as the Base Rate
in effect at the time is determined under clause (a) in the definition of
"Alternate Base Rate"), and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase
the cost to such Lender of making, renewing or maintaining the Loans or its
Commitment or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder or thereunder; then, in
any such case, Borrower shall upon written notice from and demand by that
Lender pay to such Lender, within fifteen (15) Business Days of the date
specified in such notice and demand, such amount or amounts (based upon a
reasonable allocation thereof by such Lender to the financing transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and affected by this Section 2.03(f)) as may be
necessary to compensate that Lender for any such additional cost incurred or
reduced amount received. Such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower a written
statement of the costs or reductions claimed and the basis therefor, and the
allocation made by such Lender of such costs and reductions, which statement
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive. If a Lender
subsequently recovers from another Person any amount previously paid by
Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.03(f), such Lender shall, within thirty
(30) days after receipt of such refund and
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to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay to the Borrower, without
interest, the amount of any such recovery.
2.04. Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account
of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares except as
set forth in Section 11.06(b)(vi), a fee (the "Commitment Fee"), accruing at
the rate of the then Applicable Commitment Fee on the average daily amount by
which the Commitments exceed Revolving Loan Usage for the period commencing on
the date hereof and ending on the Termination Date, such Commitment Fee being
payable quarterly, in arrears, on the last calendar day of each calendar
quarter occurring after the date hereof and on the Termination Date.
(b) Payment of Fees. The fees described in this Section 2.04 represent
compensation for services rendered and to be rendered separate and apart from
the lending of money or the provision of credit and do not constitute
compensation for the use, detention or forbearance of money, and the obligation
of Borrower to pay each fee described herein shall be in addition to, and not
in lieu of, the obligation of Borrower to pay interest, other fees and expenses
otherwise described in this Agreement. Fees and expenses shall be payable when
due in immediately available funds. All fees and expenses shall be
nonrefundable when paid. All fees and expenses specified or referred to in
this Agreement or in the letter agreement dated March 21, 1996, between
Chemical and the Borrower (the "Fee Letter") due to the Agent or any Lender,
including, without limitation, amounts referred to in this Section 2.04 and in
Section 11.03, shall constitute Obligations and shall be secured by all the
Collateral. All fees described in this Section 2.04 which are expressed as a
per annum charge shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed in a 365 or 366 day year, as applicable.
2.05. Prepayments. (a) Borrower shall not at any time cause or permit
Revolving Loan Usage to exceed the Commitments. If at any time Revolving Loan
Usage exceeds the Commitments at such time, Borrower shall, without demand or
notice, promptly pay to the Agent such amount as may be necessary to eliminate
such excess, which prepayment shall be applied as set forth in Section 2.06(b).
(b) (i) In the event and on each occasion after the Effective Date that
a Prepayment Event described in clause (ii) of the definition of the term
Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, promptly upon (and in any event
not later than the third Business Day next following) the occurrence of such
Prepayment Event subject to the provisions of subsection (b)(iii) below, pay to
the Agent 100% of the amount of Net Proceeds of such Prepayment Event to the
Agent. All such prepayments under this subsection (b)(i) shall be applied as
set forth in Section 2.06(b).
(ii) In the event and on each occasion after the Effective Date that a
Prepayment Event that is an event described in clause (i) of the definition of
the term "Prepayment Event" and is not excluded from the definition of such
term pursuant to the proviso in such definition(an "Asset Sale Prepayment
Event") occurs, the Borrower shall, promptly upon (and in any event not later
than the third Business Day next following) receipt by or on behalf of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof of the Net Proceeds from such Prepayment
Event, pay 100% of the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds of all such Asset Sale
Prepayment Events to the Agent, which amount, in the case of any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event with respect to the American Queen, shall be reduced by any
amounts required to be paid in connection with the MARAD Financing. All such
prepayments under this subsection (b)(ii) shall be applied as set forth in
Section 2.06(b).
(iii) In the event that the calculation of the Net Proceeds relating to
any Prepayment Event included an estimate for income taxes that was at least
$100,000 greater than the income taxes actually payable in respect thereof, the
Borrower shall, promptly after determining the amount of income taxes actually
payable,
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pay the amount by which such estimate exceeded the amount of taxes actually
payable to the Agent, which prepayment shall be applied as set forth in Section
2.06(b).
(c) In the event that a sale or other disposition of the Maison Dupuy
Hotel is consummated in accordance with Section 7.02(a), within twelve months
after the date thereof the Borrower shall, without demand or notice, prepay the
Revolving Loans at such time and in such amounts as shall be necessary to
ensure that during such twelve-month period there shall have been a period of
not fewer than thirty (30) consecutive days during which the Revolving Loan
Usage is equal to or less than $7,500,000 (a "Clean-down Period"), and
thereafter the Borrower shall similarly make such prepayments as shall be
necessary to ensure the occurrence of a Clean-down Period during each calendar
year such that no more than eighteen months shall elapse between the dates of
commencement of successive Clean-down Periods.
Any payment required by this Section 2.05 shall be payable without penalty or
premium, except as may be required by Section 2.08(d) with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan prepaid as a result thereof.
2.06. Payments.
(a) Manner and Time of Payment. Except as otherwise expressly set forth
herein, all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and other
Agreement Obligations (including without limitation, fees and expenses) payable
to the Agent or the Lenders (or any of them) shall be made without setoff,
counterclaim, defense, condition or reservation of right, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds, delivered to the Agent not later than 11:00
a.m.(New York City time) on the date and at the place due, to such account of
the Agent as it may designate, for the account of the Agent or the Lenders as
the case may be; and funds received by the Agent after that time and date shall
be deemed to have been paid and received by the Agent on the next succeeding
Business Day. Payments actually received by the Agent for the account of the
Agent or the Lenders or any of them, shall be paid to them promptly after
receipt thereof by the Agent. All payments of principal, interest and fees,
and all reimbursements for expenses pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, may at the option of the Agent (but without any obligation to
do so) and upon reasonable notice to Borrower be paid from the proceeds of
Revolving Loans made to Borrower hereunder. Borrower hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally authorizes the Lenders to make Revolving Loans to it under the
Revolving Credit Facility, which Revolving Loans shall be Base Rate Loans, for
the purpose of paying interest and fees due from it and for the purpose of
reimbursing the Agent and each Lender for expenses due and payable pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and agrees that all such Revolving
Loans so made shall be deemed to have been requested by it and at the option of
the Agent (but without any obligation to do so) may be charged to Borrower's
Loan Account.
(b) Apportionment of Payments and Prepayments. (i) Subject to the
provisions of Section 11.06(b), all payments and prepayments of principal and
interest in respect of outstanding Loans and all payments of fees and all other
payments in respect of any other Agreement Obligations, shall be allocated
among such of the Lenders as are entitled thereto, in proportion to their
respective Pro Rata Shares or otherwise as provided herein. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.06(b)(ii), all such payments and prepayments and any
other amounts received by the Agent from or for the benefit of the Borrower
shall be applied first, to pay principal of and interest on any portion of the
Loans which the Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the
Agent has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower, second, to
pay principal of and interest on any advance made under Section 11.18 for which
the Agent has not then been paid by the Borrower or reimbursed by the Lenders,
third, to pay all other Agreement Obligations (other than as those referred to
in clauses fourth and fifth) then due and payable, fourth, to pay interest in
respect of the Revolving Loans then due and payable, and fifth, to pay the
principal of the Revolving Loans. All principal payments and prepayments in
respect of Loans shall be applied first, to the Eurodollar Rate Loans maturing
on the date of such payment, second, to repay outstanding Base Rate Loans, and
then to repay outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans
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with those Eurodollar Rate Loans which have earlier expiring Interest Periods
being repaid prior to those which have later expiring Interest Periods.
(ii) Subject to the provisions of Section 11.06(b), after the occurrence
of an Event of Default and while the same is continuing, the Agent shall,
unless otherwise specified at the direction of the Requisite Lenders which
direction shall be consistent with the last sentence of this clause (ii), apply
all payments and prepayments in respect of any Obligations and all proceeds of
Collateral in the following order:
(A) first, to pay interest on and then principal of any portion of the
Loans which the Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender for which the
Agent has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower;
(B) second, to pay interest on and then principal of any advance made
under Section 11.18 for which the Agent has not then been paid by the Borrower
or reimbursed by the Lenders;
(C) third, to pay Agreement Obligations in respect of any fees, expense
reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Agent;
(D) fourth, to pay Agreement Obligations in respect of any fees,
expenses, reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Lenders;
(E) fifth, to pay interest due in respect of Revolving Loans;
(F) sixth, to the ratable payment or prepayment of principal outstanding
on Loans in such order as the Agent may determine in its sole discretion;
(G) seventh, to the ratable payment of all other Agreement Obligations;
and
(H) eighth, to the ratable payment of all Obligations in respect of
Eligible Hedging Contracts.
The order of priority set forth in this Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the related
provisions of this Agreement are set forth solely to determine the rights and
priorities of the Agent, the Lenders and the other Holders of Secured
Obligations as among themselves. The order of priority set forth in clauses
(D) through (H) of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) may at any time and from time to
time be changed by the Requisite Lenders without necessity of notice to or
consent of or approval by the Borrower, or any other Person. The order of
priority set forth in clauses (A) through (C) of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) may
be changed only with the prior written consent of the Agent.
(iii) Subject to Section 11.06(b), the Agent shall promptly distribute to
each Lender at its primary address set forth on the appropriate signature page
hereof or the signature page to the Assignment and Acceptance by which it
became a Lender, or at such other address as a Lender or other Holder of
Secured Obligations may request in writing, such funds as such Person may be
entitled to receive; provided that the Agent shall under no circumstances be
bound to inquire into or determine the validity, scope or priority of any
interest or entitlement of any Lender or any other Holder of Secured
Obligations and may suspend all payments or seek appropriate relief (including,
without limitation, instructions from the Requisite Lenders or an action in the
nature of interpleader) in the event of any doubt or dispute as to any
apportionment or distribution contemplated hereby.
(c) Payments on Non-Business Days. Whenever any payment to be made by
Borrower hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business
Day, payments shall be made on the next succeeding
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Business Day, unless such Business Day occurs in the succeeding month in which
case such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, and
such extension of time, if any, shall be included in the computation of the
payment of interest hereunder and of any of the fees specified in Section 2.04,
as the case may be.
(d) Agent's Accounting. The Agent shall maintain such accounts, books
and records (a "Loan Account") in which it shall record (i) the names and
addresses of the Lenders and the respective Commitments of, and principal
amount of Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time; (ii) other appropriate
debits and credits as provided in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, all interest and fees constituting Obligations; and (iii) all
payments of such Obligations made by Borrower or for Borrower's account. Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practices an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Borrower to such Lender resulting from
each Loan owing to such Lender from time to time, including the amount of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder. Entries in any Loan Account made in accordance with the Agent's or
any Lender's customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time
shall constitute prima facie evidence of the matters reflected therein.
2.07. Interest Periods. By giving notice as set forth in Section 2.02(a)
or 2.03(c) with respect to a Borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of
Loans consisting of Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower shall have the option,
subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.07 and Section 2.08, to
specify an interest period (each an "Interest Period") to apply to the
Borrowing described in such notice, which Interest Period shall be either a one
(1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) month period. The determination of Interest
Periods shall be subject to the following provisions:
(a) In the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each
successive Interest Period shall commence on the day on which the next
preceding Interest Period expires;
(b) If any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
Business Day, the Interest Period shall be extended to expire on the next
succeeding Business Day; provided that if any such Interest Period would
otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day and no further Business
Day occurs in that calendar month, that Interest Period shall expire on the
immediately preceding Business Day;
(c) Borrower may not select an Interest Period which terminates later
than the Termination Date; and
(d) Without the prior written consent of the Agent, there shall be no
more than five (5) Interest Periods under this Agreement in effect at any one
time.
2.08. Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, the following provisions
shall govern with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans as to the matters covered:
(a) Determination of Interest Rate. As soon as practicable after 11:00
a.m. (New York City time) on the Interest Rate Determination Date, the Agent
shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be
presumptively correct) the interest rate which shall apply to the Eurodollar
Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the
applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing
or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and to each Lender.
(b) Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair. With respect to
any Interest Period, if deposits in Dollars (in the applicable amount) are not
being offered to Chemical Bank in the London interbank Eurodollar market for
such Interest Period, if the Agent shall have determined that the rates at
which such dollar deposits are being offered will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to any Lender of
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making or maintaining its Eurodollar Rate Loans during such Interest Period or
if adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable
interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of LIBO Rate, then
the Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to Borrower and each Lender,
whereupon until the Agent has determined that the circumstances giving rise to
such suspension no longer exist, (a) the right of Borrower to elect to have
Loans bear interest based upon the LIBO Rate shall be suspended, and (b) each
outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan on
the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor, notwithstanding any
prior election by the Borrower to the contrary.
(c) Illegality. (i) In the event that on any date any Lender shall have
determined (which determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
final and conclusive and binding upon all parties) that the making or
continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan has become unlawful by compliance by
that Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation or order
of any Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law and
whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful), then, and in any
such event, such Lender shall promptly give notice (by teletransmission or by
telephone promptly confirmed in writing) to Borrower and the Agent of that
determination and the reasons therefor. The Agent shall promptly forward any
such notice it receives to the other Lenders.
(ii) Upon the giving of the notice referred to in Section 2.08(c)(i), (A)
Borrower's right to request of the Lenders and the Lenders' obligation to make
Eurodollar Rate Loans with respect to the requested Borrowing shall be
immediately suspended, and the Lenders shall make Loans, with respect to such
requested Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans as Base Rate Loans, and (B) if
Eurodollar Rate Loans are then outstanding, Borrower shall immediately (or, if
permitted by applicable law, no later than the date permitted thereby, upon at
least one (1) Business Day's written notice to the Agent and the Lenders)
convert all such Loans of the same Borrowing into Base Rate Loans.
(iii) In the event that a Lender determines at any time following its
giving of a notice referred to in Section 2.08(c)(i) that such Lender may
lawfully make Eurodollar Rate Loans, such Lender shall promptly give notice (by
teletransmission or by telephone promptly confirmed in writing) to Borrower and
the Agent of that determination, whereupon Borrower's right to request of the
Lenders and the Lenders' obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
restored. The Agent shall promptly forward any such notice it receives to the
Lenders.
(d) Compensation. In addition to such amounts as are required to be paid
by Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.03(a), 2.03(d), 2.03(f), 2.04 and each other
provision of this Agreement requiring payment by Borrower, Borrower shall
compensate each Lender, upon demand, for all losses (including lost profits),
expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any loss or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such Lender's Eurodollar Rate
Loans to the Borrower) which such Lender may sustain (i) if for any reason a
Borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans does not
occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation or in a telephonic request for borrowing or conversion
or continuation or a successive Interest Period does not commence after notice
therefor is given pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii), (ii) if any principal
payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan (including, without limitation, any
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05 but excluding any prepayment of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan in connection with the replacement of any Lender under
clause (i) of Section 2.13) occurs for any reason on a date which is not the
last day of the applicable Interest Period, (iii) as a consequence of any
required conversion of a Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan as a result
of any of the events indicated in Section 2.08(c), (iv) as a consequence of an
acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 9.02(a) or (v) as a
consequence of any other failure by Borrower to repay Eurodollar Rate Loans
when required by the terms of this Agreement. Such Lender shall deliver to
Borrower, as a condition of Borrower's obligation to compensate such Lender, a
written statement as to such losses, expenses and liabilities which statement,
in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive as to such amounts.
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(e) Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or
transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of, any of its branch
offices, agencies or the office of an Affiliate of that Lender; provided that
no such Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater amount under Section
2.03(f) or Section 2.09 as a result of the transfer of any such Loan than such
Lender would be entitled to immediately prior thereto unless (i) such transfer
occurred at a time when circumstances giving rise to the claim for such greater
amount did not exist and were not reasonably foreseeable by such Lender, or
(ii) such claim would have arisen even if such transfer had not occurred.
2.09. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by Borrower hereunder shall be
made, in accordance with Section 2.06, free and clear of and without deduction
for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges,
or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto including those
arising after the date hereof as a result of the adoption of or any change in
any law, treaty, rule, regulation, guideline or determination of a Governmental
Authority or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by a
Governmental Authority but excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Agent,
such taxes (including income taxes, franchise taxes and branch profit taxes) as
are imposed on or measured by such Lender's or Agent's, as the case may be,
income by the United States of America or any Governmental Authority of the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or Agent, as the case may be,
is organized, maintains an Applicable Lending Office or is deemed to be engaged
in trade or business other than by reason of this Agreement or the transaction
contemplated hereby (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings, and liabilities which the Agent or a Lender determines
to be applicable to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments
or the Loans being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If Borrower shall be
required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the
sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 2.09) such Lender or Agent (as the case may be) receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, and (iii) Borrower shall pay
the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority
in accordance with applicable law. If a withholding tax of the United States
of America or any other Governmental Authority shall be or become applicable
(y) after the date of this Agreement, to such payments by Borrower made to the
Applicable Lending Office or any other office that a Lender may claim as its
Applicable Lending Office, or (z) after such Lender's selection and designation
of any other Applicable Lending Office, to such payments made to such other
Applicable Lending Office, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to make,
fund and maintain its Loans through another Applicable Lending Office of such
Lender in another jurisdiction so as to reduce such Borrower's liability
hereunder, if the making, funding or maintenance of such Loans through such
other Applicable Lending Office of such Lender does not, in the judgment of
such Lender, otherwise materially adversely affect such Loans, obligations
under the Commitments or such Lender.
(b) In addition, Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar
levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents, the Commitments or the Loans (hereinafter referred to as
"Other Taxes").
(c) Borrower will indemnify each Lender and the Agent for the full amount
of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority on amounts payable under this
Section 2.09) paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any
liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within thirty (30)
days after the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written
demand therefor. A certificate as to any additional amount payable to any
Lender or the Agent under this Section 2.09 submitted to Borrower and the Agent
(if a Lender is so submitting) by such Lender or the Agent shall show in
reasonable detail the
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amount payable and the calculations used to determine such amount and shall,
absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties
hereto. With respect to such deduction or withholding for or on account of any
Taxes and to confirm that all such Taxes have been paid to the appropriate
Governmental Authorities, Borrower shall promptly (and in any event not later
than thirty (30) days after receipt) furnish to each Lender and the Agent such
certificates, receipts and other documents as may be required (in the judgment
of such Lender or the Agent) to establish any tax credit to which such Lender
or the Agent may be entitled.
(d) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes or
Other Taxes by Borrower, Borrower will furnish to the Agent, at its address
referred to in Section 11.08, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
evidencing payment thereof.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of Borrower
hereunder, the agreements and obligations of Borrower contained in this Section
2.09 shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest hereunder and
the termination of this Agreement.
(f) Without limiting the obligations of Borrower under this Section 2.09,
each Lender that is not created or organized under the laws of the United
States of America or a political subdivision thereof shall deliver to Borrower
and the Agent on or before the Effective Date, or, if later, the date on which
such Lender becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof, a true and
accurate certificate executed in duplicate by a duly authorized officer of such
Lender, in a form satisfactory to Borrower and the Agent, to the effect that
such Lender is capable under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty
concluded by the United States of America (in which case the certificate shall
be accompanied by two executed copies of Form 1001 of the IRS) or under Section
1442 of the IRC (in which case the certificate shall be accompanied by two
copies of Form 4224 of the IRS) of receiving payments of interest hereunder
without deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax. Each such
Lender further agrees to deliver to Borrower and the Agent from time to time a
true and accurate certificate executed in duplicate by a duly authorized
officer of such Lender substantially in a form satisfactory to Borrower and the
Agent, before or promptly upon the occurrence of any event requiring a change
in the most recent certificate previously delivered by it to Borrower and the
Agent pursuant to this Section 2.09(f). Further, each Lender which delivers a
certificate accompanied by Form 1001 of the IRS covenants and agrees to deliver
to Borrower and the Agent within fifteen (15) days prior to January 1, 1994,
and every third (3rd) anniversary of such date thereafter, on which this
Agreement is still in effect, another such certificate and two accurate and
complete original signed copies of Form 1001 (or any successor form or forms
required under the IRC or the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder),
and each Lender that delivers a certificate accompanied by Form 4224 of the IRS
covenants and agrees to deliver to Borrower and the Agent within fifteen (15)
days prior to the beginning of each subsequent taxable year of such Lender
during which this Agreement is still in effect, another such certificate and
two accurate and complete original signed copies of IRS Form 4224 (or any
successor form or forms required under the IRC or the applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder). Each such certificate shall certify as to one of the
following:
(i) that such Lender is capable of receiving payments of interest
hereunder without deduction or withholding of United States of America federal
income tax;
(ii) that such Lender is not capable of receiving payments of interest
hereunder without deduction or withholding of United States of America federal
income tax as specified therein but is capable of recovering the full amount of
any such deduction or withholding from a source other than the Borrower and
will not seek any such recovery from Borrower; or
(iii) that, as a result of the adoption of or any change in any law,
treaty, rule, regulation, guideline or determination of a Governmental
Authority or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by a
Governmental Authority after the date such Lender became a party hereto, such
Lender is not capable of receiving payments of interest hereunder without
deduction or withholding of United States of
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America federal income tax as specified therein and that it is not capable of
recovering the full amount of the same from a source other than the Borrower.
Each Lender shall promptly furnish to Borrower and the Agent such
additional documents as may be reasonably required by Borrower or the Agent to
establish any exemption from or reduction of any Taxes or Other Taxes required
to be deducted or withheld and which may be obtained without undue expense to
such Lender.
2.10. Increased Capital. If any Lender determines that (a) the
applicability of any law, rule, regulation, agreement or guideline adopted
pursuant to or arising out of the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on
Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices entitled "International
Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards"; (b) the introduction
of or any change in any law, order or regulation or in the interpretation or
administration of any law, order or regulation by any Governmental Authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof after the date hereof
or (c) compliance with any guideline or request issued or made after the date
hereof from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not
having the force of law) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender, as a consequence of or with reference to this Agreement, such Lender's
Commitment or its making or maintaining Loans, below the rate which such Lender
or such other corporation could have achieved but for such compliance (taking
into account the policies of such Lender or corporation with regard to
capital), then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender
(with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to such Lender additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction, upon receipt
by Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) of a certificate as to such amounts, by
such Lender, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for, and the
calculations used by such Lender in determining, any such amounts. Such
certificate, in the absence of manifest error shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower and the Agent
of any circumstances that would cause Borrower to pay additional amounts
pursuant to this Section 2.10, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect Borrower's obligation to pay such additional amounts
hereunder.
2.11. Use of Proceeds of the Loans. The proceeds of the Loans shall be
used for general corporate purposes.
2.12. Authorized Officers of Borrower. Borrower shall notify the Agent
in writing of the names of the officers and employees authorized to request
Loans and to request a conversion or continuation of any Loan and shall provide
the Agent with a specimen signature of each such officer or employee. The
Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such officer's or employee's
authority to request such Loan or such Conversion or Continuation until the
Agent receives written notice to the contrary. The Agent shall have no duty to
verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation and, with respect to an oral
request for such a Loan or such conversion or continuation, the Agent shall
have no duty to verify the identity of any person representing himself as one
of the officers or employees authorized to make such request on behalf of
Borrower. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to
Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above which the Agent
believes to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person
authorized to borrow on behalf of Borrower.
2.13. Replacement of Certain Lenders. In the event a Lender ("Affected
Lender") shall have: (i) failed to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing
requested by the Borrower which such Lender is obligated to fund under the
terms of this Agreement and which such failure has not been cured, (ii) has
requested compensation from the Borrower under Sections 2.03(f), 2.09 or 2.10
to recover additional costs incurred by such Lender which are not being
incurred generally by the other Lenders, or (iii) delivered a notice pursuant
to Section 2.08(c)(i) claiming that such Lender is unable to extend Eurodollar
Rate Loans to the Borrower for reasons not generally applicable to the
other Lenders, then, in any such case, the Borrower or the Agent may make
written demand on such Affected Lender (with a copy to the Agent in the case of
a demand by
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the Borrower and a copy to the Borrower in the case of a demand by the Agent)
for the Affected Lender to assign, and such Affected Lender shall assign
pursuant to one or more duly executed Assignment and Acceptances five (5)
Business Days after the date of such demand, to one or more financial
institutions which complies with the provisions of Section 11.02) (and, if
selected by the Borrower is reasonably acceptable to the Agent) which the
Borrower or the Agent, as the case may be, shall have engaged for such purpose
("Replacement Lender"), all of such Affected Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, its Commitments and all Loans owing to it in accordance with
Section 11.02. Further, with respect to such assignment, the Affected Lender
shall have concurrently received, in cash, all amounts due and owing to the
Affected Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, including, without
limitation, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans owed to
such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon through the date of such
assignment, amounts payable under Sections 2.03(f), 2.09 and 2.10, and
compensation payable under Section 2.08(d) in the event of any replacement of
any Affected Lender under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 2.13;
provided, upon such Affected Lender's replacement, such Affected Lender shall
cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 11.03 and 11.04, as well as to any fees accrued for
its account hereunder and not yet paid.
Upon the replacement of any Affected Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13, (x)
each such Affected Lender shall cease to have any participation in, entitlement
to, or other right to share in the security interests and liens of the Agent
and the Holders of Secured Obligations in the Collateral except with respect to
Eligible Hedging Contracts and (y) the provisions of Section 11.06(b) shall
continue to apply with respect to Borrowings which are then outstanding with
respect to which the Affected Lender failed to fund its Pro Rata Share and
which failure has not been cured.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO LOANS
3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this
Agreement and the obligation of each Lender to make any Revolving Loan
requested to be made by it hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction of
all of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Documents. The Agent and the Lenders shall have received on or
before the Effective Date (i) this Agreement, the Notes, the other Transaction
Documents and all other agreements, documents and instruments described in the
List of Supplemental Closing Documents attached hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a
part hereof, each duly executed where appropriate and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders and (ii) such additional
documentation as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
(b) No Legal Impediments. No law, regulation, order, judgment or decree
of any Governmental Authority shall, and the Agent shall not have received any
notice that litigation is pending or threatened which is likely to (i) enjoin,
prohibit or restrain the making of the Loans on the Effective Date or (ii)
impose or result in the imposition of a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Change in Condition. No change in the business, assets,
management, operations, financial condition or prospects of Parent, the
Borrower or the Consolidated Borrower Group taken as a whole shall have
occurred since December 31, 1995, which change, in the judgment of the Lenders,
will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No Default. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the Loans.
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(e) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and
warranties contained in Section 4.01 and in any of the other Loan Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective
Date.
(f) Payment of Fees and Expenses. On the Effective Date, the Borrower
shall have paid to the Agent, for the accounts of the Lenders and the Agent, as
applicable, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all fees due and payable on or
before the Effective Date (including, without limitation, all fees described in
the Fee Letter) and (ii) all expenses due and payable on or before the
Effective Date (including the expenses and fees of Sidley & Austin then due and
payable).
(g) Legal Matters. All legal and regulatory matters shall be
satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel and to each Lender and their
respective counsel.
3.02. Conditions Precedent to all Loans. The obligation of each Lender
to make any Revolving Loan requested to be made by it on any date or to
convert/continue any Loan requested to be converted/continued on any date, is
subject to the following conditions precedent as of such date:
(a) Notice of Borrowing. The Agent shall have received in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.02(a), with respect to any Revolving Loan, an
original and duly executed Notice of Borrowing or, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.03, with respect to conversion/continuation of any
Loan, an original and duly executed Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
(b) Additional Matters. As of the Funding Date for any Revolving Loan or
as of the proposed date for continuation/conversion, as applicable:
(i) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and
warranties of Borrower contained in or repeated pursuant to Section 4.02 and of
Parent, Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries contained in any other Loan
Document (other than representations and warranties which expressly speak only
as of a different date) shall be true and complete in all respects on and as of
such Funding Date as though made on and as of such date both before and after
taking into account the requested Revolving Loans to be made.
(ii) No Default. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the
requested Revolving Loan.
(iii) No Injunction. No law or regulation shall have been adopted, no
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority shall have been issued,
and no litigation shall be pending or threatened (other than as a result of any
condition described in Section 2.08(d), 2.09 or 2.10), which in the reasonable
judgment of the Requisite Lenders, would enjoin, prohibit or restrain any
Lender from making the requested Revolving Loan or as a result of making any
such Loan impose or result in the imposition of any material adverse condition
upon any Lender.
(iv) No Material Adverse Change. No event shall have occurred after
December 31, 1995 which, in the reasonable judgment of the Requisite Lenders,
has had or could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No Forfeiture Proceedings. None of the Parent, the Borrower or any
of their respective Subsidiaries shall have been named as a defendant in a
criminal indictment under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act or any similar federal or state statute which provides for forfeiture of
assets as a potential criminal penalty unless such proceeding shall not be
adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
The request by Borrower for any Revolving Loan made, or to be made, on any
Funding Date other than the Initial Funding Date or delivery of any Notice of
Conversion/Continuation shall constitute a
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representation and warranty by Borrower as of such Funding Date or as of such
conversion/continuation date, as applicable that all the conditions contained
in this Section 3.02 have been satisfied or waived in writing pursuant to
Section 11.07.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.01. Representations and Warranties on the Initial Funding Date. To
induce each Lender and the Agent to enter into this Agreement and to make the
Loans, each of Parent and the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each
Lender and the Agent that the following statements are true and correct:
(a) Organization; Corporate Powers. Parent, Borrower and each of their
respective Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
(ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real
property or in which the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified,
except those jurisdictions where the failure to be in good standing or to so
qualify has not had or will not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has
all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its
property and assets and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted in connection with and following the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(b) Authority. (i) Parent, Borrower and each of their respective
Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents
executed by it, or to be executed by it.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance (or filing or recording, as
the case may be) of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is party and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent, Borrower
and each of their respective Subsidiaries and no other corporate proceedings on
the part of any such Person are necessary to consummate such transactions.
(iii) Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been
duly executed and delivered (or filed or recorded, as the case may be) by
Parent, Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries and constitutes its
legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable
principles), is in full force and effect (unless terminated in accordance with
the terms thereof) and no term or condition thereof has been amended, modified
or waived from the terms and conditions contained therein without the prior
written consent of the Agent and the Requisite Lenders or, where so required,
all of the Lenders, and Parent, Borrower and each of their respective
Subsidiaries and, to the best of Borrower's knowledge, the other parties
thereto have performed and complied in all material respects with all the
material terms, provisions, agreements and conditions set forth therein and
required to be performed or complied with by such parties on or before the
effective date thereof, and no default by any such party exists thereunder.
(c) Subsidiaries. Each of Parent and Borrower have no Subsidiaries other
than those described in Schedule 4.01(c) and those, if any, which are permitted
by Section 7.03 to be created after the Effective Date. With respect to each
of Parent and Borrower their only activities are to hold the stock of their
Subsidiaries.
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(d) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of each
Transaction Document to which it is a party by Parent, Borrower and each of
their respective Subsidiaries and each of the transactions contemplated thereby
do not and will not (i) conflict with any Contractual Obligation of any such
Person, any liability resulting from which would have or be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) conflict with or violate such
Person's Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or (iii) except as
set forth on Schedule 4.01(d), conflict with, result in a breach of or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under
any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of any such Person, or (iv)
result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any
of the properties or assets of any such Person (other than Liens in favor of
the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations,
arising pursuant to the Loan Documents or Liens permitted pursuant to Section
7.02(b)), or (v) require any approval of stockholders of any such Person,
unless such approval has been obtained.
(e) Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance of
each Transaction Document to which it is a party, by Parent, Borrower and each
of their respective Subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated thereby do
not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or
notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority.
(f) Governmental Regulation. None of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public Utility
Holdings Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce
Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any other statute or regulation of
any Governmental Authority such that its ability to incur indebtedness is
limited or its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by
the other Transaction Documents is materially impaired.
(g) Financial Position. (i) As of the Effective Date, all quarterly and
annual financial statements of Borrower or of the Consolidated Borrower Group
delivered to the Agent were prepared in conformity with GAAP (except as
otherwise noted therein) and fairly present the financial position of Borrower
or the consolidated financial position of the Consolidated Borrower Group, as
the case may be, as at the respective dates thereof and the results of
operations and changes in cash flows for each of the periods covered thereby,
subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to changes
resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
(ii) All quarterly and annual financial statements of Consolidated Parent
Group, Borrower or of the Consolidated Borrower Group delivered to the Agent
after the Effective Date were prepared in conformity with GAAP (except as
otherwise noted therein) and fairly present the financial position of Borrower
or the consolidated financial position of the Consolidated Parent Group or the
Consolidated Borrower Group, as the case may be, as at the respective dates
thereof and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for each of the
periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of any unaudited interim
financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end
adjustments. Except as contemplated in the Transaction Documents, none of
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any material
obligations, contingent liabilities or liabilities for taxes, long term leases
or material or unusual forward or long term commitments which are not reflected
in such financial statements and the notes thereto.
(h) Financial Projections. As of the date of this Agreement, the
financial statement projections for the Consolidated Borrower Group sent to the
Lenders by the Agent under cover dated March 15, 1996 fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of such Persons and the results of
operations and changes in cash flows for the periods covered thereby (subject
to normal year-end adjustments). As of the date of such financial statement
projections, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries had any material (i)
obligations, (ii) contingent liabilities or liabilities for taxes, long-term
leases or (iii) material or unusual forward or long-term commitments which are
not reflected in such projections or the notes thereto. As of the date of this
Agreement such projections (and the assumptions made in preparing such
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projections) reflect the Borrower's best estimate of future performance based
upon the information available to Borrower at the time, and the methodology
used in the projections was reasonable.
(i) Capitalization.
(i) As of the Effective Date, Schedule 4.01(i) sets forth the number of
shares and the relevant percentages of capital stock held by each shareholder
of the Parent that holds in excess of 5% of the Capital Stock of the Parent of
which the Borrower has knowledge.
(ii) There are outstanding no shares of any class of capital stock (or
any securities, instruments, warrants, option or purchase rights, conversion or
exchange rights, calls, commitments or claims of any character convertible into
or exercisable for capital stock) of:
(A) Borrower other than capital stock described on Schedule 4.01(i);
(B) any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the capital stock held
directly or indirectly by Borrower and, other than with respect to GAQSC,
pledged to the Agent for the benefit of itself and Holders of Secured
Obligations pursuant to Pledge Agreements;
(C) Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. other than (1) the capital stock
held directly or indirectly by Parent and pledged to the Agent for the benefit
of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations pursuant to the Pledge
Agreements and (2) the capital stock held directly or indirectly by persons
that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and, in each case, the number of shares
of which and relevant ownership percentage of which are set forth on Schedule
4.01(i);
(D) any Subsidiary of Parent (excluding the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries) other than the capital stock held directly or indirectly by Great
Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc.
None of such capital stock (other than the capital stock of Great Hawaiian
Cruise Lines, Inc. described in Section 4.01(i)(ii)(C)(2) or as otherwise
disclosed on Schedule 4.01(i)) is subject to any security, instrument, warrant,
option or purchase rights, agreement, conversion or exchange rights, call,
commitment or claim of any right, title or interest therein or thereto other
than pursuant to the Pledge Agreements. The outstanding capital stock of
Parent, Borrower and each of their respective Subsidiaries is duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(j) Litigation; Adverse Effects. (i) Except as set forth in Schedule
4.01(j), there is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation of any
Governmental Authority or arbitration, at law or in equity, or before or by any
Governmental Authority, pending, or, to the best knowledge of Borrower,
threatened against Parent, Borrower, or any of the respective Subsidiaries or
any Property of any of them, which if adversely determined would be reasonably
expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) None of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is (A) to the knowledge of Borrower, in violation of any applicable
law which violation has or might reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or (B) subject to or in default with respect to any final
judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or
Governmental Authority which has or might have a Material Adverse Effect. Except
as set forth in Schedule 4.01(j), there is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or
affecting Parent, Borrower, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (1) which
challenges the validity or the enforceability of any of the Transaction
Documents or (2) which will or would reasonably be expected to result in (y) any
liability in the aggregate in the amount of greater than $1,000,000 with respect
to any such Person (in each case net of applicable third-party insurance
coverage other than retro-premium insurance that determines retro-premiums
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solely on the basis of losses of the insured person) or (z) which involves a
claim under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or any
similar federal or state statute where such Person is a defendant in a
criminal indictment that provides for the forfeiture of assets to any
Governmental Authority as a potential criminal penalty.
(k) No Material Adverse Change. With respect to Borrower, the
Consolidated Parent Group taken as a whole or the Consolidated Borrower Group
taken as a whole, there has occurred no event since December 31, 1995 which has
or could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Payment of Taxes. All tax returns and reports of each of Parent,
Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries required to be filed (including
extensions), have been timely filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees and other
charges of Governmental Authorities thereupon and upon their respective
properties, assets, income and franchises which are shown on such returns as
being due and payable, have been paid when due and payable, except (i) taxes
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and that are reserved
against in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, (ii) taxes which
are not yet delinquent, (iii) taxes which are payable in installments so long
as paid before any penalty accrues with respect thereto and (iv) other taxes,
assessments, fees and other charges of Governmental Authorities the failure of
which to pay would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
in the aggregate and tax returns and reports with respect to taxes that are
reserved against in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. On the
Effective Date, except as set forth in clause (iv) above or on Schedule
4.01(l), and after the Effective Date, except as set forth in clauses (i)
through (iv) above or on Schedule 4.01(l), Borrower has no knowledge of any
proposed tax assessment against Parent, Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary and
Borrower has no knowledge of any proposed material tax assessment against any
of the Parent's subsidiaries. All tax assessments referred to in Schedule
4.01(l) are being contested in good faith by Parent, Borrower or such
Subsidiary or a settlement with respect to any such assessment is being
negotiated in good faith by such Person and appropriate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP.
(m) Material Adverse Agreements. None of Parent, Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any Contractual
Obligation or other restriction contained in its charter or By-laws which has
or would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect after giving
effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction
Documents or otherwise.
(n) Performance. None of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any
of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any Contractual
Obligation applicable to it under any agreement or instrument the absence or
termination of which Contractual Obligations could have a Material Adverse
Effect, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a default under such Contractual Obligation,
except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults,
if any, would not have or are not reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(o) Securities Activities. None of Parent, Borrower, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is engaged in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
(p) Disclosure. Subject to changes in facts or conditions which are
required or permitted under this Agreement, the representations and warranties
of Parent, Borrower and any of their respective Subsidiaries contained in the
Transaction Documents, and all certificates and other documents delivered to
the Agent in connection therewith, taken as a whole do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(q) Requirements of Law. Parent, Borrower, and each of their respective
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law (including, without
limitation, the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act, the applicable
rules and regulations thereunder, and state securities laws) applicable to it
and its business, where the failure to so comply would have or would be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Patents, Trademarks, Permits, Etc. Parent, Borrower, and each of
their respective Subsidiaries owns, is licensed or otherwise has the lawful
right to use, or has all permits and other approvals of Governmental
Authorities, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
technology, know-how and processes used in or necessary for the conduct of its
business except to the extent that the absence of which does not have and could
not have Material Adverse Effect. The use of such permits and other approvals
of Governmental Authorities, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, technology, know-how and processes by Parent, Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person,
subject to such claims and infringements the existence of which do not have or
are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will
not impair the ownership of or rights under (or the license or other right to
use, as the case may be) any permits and governmental approvals, patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how or
processes by Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries in any
manner which has or might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Environmental Matters. Except where the failure of which would not
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the
operations of Parent, Borrower, and their Subsidiaries comply in all material
respects with all applicable environmental, health and safety Requirements of
Law; (ii) each of Parent, Borrower and their Subsidiaries has obtained all
environmental, health and safety Permits necessary for its operations, all such
Permits are in good standing and each of Parent, Borrower, or their respective
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Permits;
(iii) (A) none of Parent, Borrower, or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
any of their present Property or operations and (B) to the knowledge of Parent
and Borrower, none of the Parent's, Borrower's or their respective
Subsidiaries' previously owned Property or past operations is subject to any
order from or agreement with any Governmental Authority or private party or any
judicial or administrative proceeding or investigations respecting any
environmental, health or safety Requirements of Law or is the subject of any
investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating the need for Remedial
Action to respond to a material Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant
into the environment, or is subject to any Remedial Action or other Liabilities
and Costs arising from the Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into
the environment; (iv) none of the operations of Parent, Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any judicial or administrative
proceeding alleging a violation of any environmental, health or safety
Requirement of Law; (v) none of the present or, to the knowledge of Parent and
Borrower, past operations of Parent, Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries
is the subject of any investigation by any Governmental Authority evaluating
whether any Remedial Action is needed to respond to a Release or threatened
Release of a Contaminant into the environment; (vi) to the knowledge of Parent
and Borrower, no past or present property of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is now or has ever been a storage, treatment or
disposal facility for hazardous waste, as those terms are defined under 40 CFR
Part 261 or any state equivalent; (vii) none of Parent, Borrower or their
respective Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any applicable Requirement
of Law reporting a Release of a Contaminant into the environment; (viii) there
is not now, nor has there ever been, on or in the Property of Parent, Borrower
or any of their respective Subsidiaries: (A) any underground storage tanks or
surface impoundments or (B) any polychlorinated biphenyls used in hydraulic
oils, electrical transformers or other equipment; (ix) none of Parent, Borrower
or their respective Subsidiaries has received any notice or claim to
the effect that it is or might be liable to any Person as a result of the
Release or threatened Release of a Contaminant into the environment, or as a
result of exposure to asbestos or to any other hazardous substance, which might
result in liability in excess of workers compensation; (x) no Environmental
Lien has attached to any Property of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries; or (xi) within the last eighteen
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months, each of Parent and Borrower has inspected its Property and the
Property of its respective Subsidiaries and all asbestos containing material,
if any, which is on or part of such Property (excluding any raw materials which
are used in the manufacture of products or products themselves) is in good
repair according to the current standards and practices governing such
material, and its presence or condition does not violate any currently
applicable or proposed Requirement of Law; and (xii) none of the products which
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries manufactures,
distributes or sells, or ever has manufactured, distributed or sold, contains
asbestos material.
(t) Employee Benefit Matters.
(i) ERISA. Neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or
contributes to any Plan other than those listed on Schedule 4.01(t). Each Plan
which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC as currently
in effect has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified (or will be
submitted to the IRS for a determination as to its qualified status within the
applicable remedial amendment period for such Plan), and each trust related to
any such Plan has been determined to be exempt from Federal income tax under
Section 501(a) of the IRC as currently in effect. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 4.01(t), neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or
contributes to any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section
3(1) of ERISA which provides benefits to employees after termination of
employment other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA. The Borrower and
all of its ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with all
of the responsibilities, obligations or duties imposed on them by ERISA or
regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to all Plans. No Benefit Plan
has incurred any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Sections
302(a)(2) of ERISA and 412(a) of the IRC) whether or not waived. Neither the
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate or any fiduciary of any Plan which is not a
Multiemployer Plan (i) has engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction
described in Section 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the IRC which could result in the
imposition of a penalty or fine, the payment of which could result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) has taken or failed to take any action which
would constitute or result in a Termination Event that could subject either the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate to a material liability to pay money. Except as
disclosed on Schedule 4.01(t), neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has
any potential liability of a material amount under Section 4063, 4064, 4069,
4204 or 4212(c) of ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the
payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due
which are unpaid. Schedule B to the most recent annual report filed with the
IRS with respect to each Benefit Plan and furnished to the Agent is complete
and accurate. Since the date of each such Schedule B, there has been no
material adverse change in the funding status or financial condition of the
Benefit Plan relating to such Schedule B. Neither Borrower nor any ERISA
Affiliate has (i) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a
Multiemployer Plan or (ii) made a complete or partial withdrawal under Section
4203 or 4205 of ERISA from a Multiemployer Plan. Neither Borrower nor any
ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or any other required
payment under Section 412 of the IRC on or before the due date for such
installment or other payment. Neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is
required to provide security to a Benefit Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of the
IRC due to a Plan amendment that results in an increase in current liability
for the plan year. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has by reason
of the transactions contemplated hereby any obligation to make any payment to
any employee pursuant to any Plan or existing contract or arrangement.
(u) Solvency. Each of the Parent and Borrower, individually, and each of
the Consolidated Parent Group and the Consolidated Borrower Group, considered
as one enterprise, is Solvent after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
payment and accrual of all Transaction Costs with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(v) Assets and Properties. Each of Parent, Borrower, and their
respective Subsidiaries has good title to all of the assets (tangible and
intangible) owned by it, except for imperfections of title (including Liens to
the extent permitted under Section 7.02(b)) which in the aggregate do not have
a Material
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Adverse Effect; and all such assets are free and clear of all Liens,
except as otherwise specifically permitted by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Substantially all of the assets and
properties owned by, leased to or used by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
are in good repair, working order and condition, excepting ordinary wear and
tear, are free and clear of any known defects except such defects as do not
substantially interfere with the continued use thereof in the conduct of normal
operations. Substantially all of the assets and properties owned by, leased to
or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries are in working order so as to
permit the conduct of business consistent with past practices, excepting
ordinary wear and tear.
(w) Joint Venture; Partnership. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.01(w),
none of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries is engaged in
any joint venture or partnership with any other Person.
(x) Labor Matters. Except as listed on Schedule 4.01(x), there are no
collective bargaining agreements, other labor agreements or Multiemployer Plans
covering any of the employees of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries. No attempt to organize the employees of Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, and no labor disputes, strikes or walkouts affecting
the operations of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, is
pending, or, to Borrower's knowledge, threatened, planned or contemplated.
(y) No Default. No Potential Event of Default or Event of Default
exists.
(z) Restricted Junior Payments. On or after the Effective Date, neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary of Borrower has directly or indirectly declared,
ordered, paid or made or set apart any sum or property for any Restricted
Junior Payment or agreed to do so, except to the extent permitted pursuant to
Section 7.05.
(aa) Advances to Parent. All Investments of the Borrower in the Parent
as of the Effective Date constitute Indebtedness of the Parent extended by the
Borrower on open account and none are evidenced by any promissory note or other
instrument.
4.02. Subsequent Funding Representations and Warranties. To induce each
Lender and the Agent to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans,
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and the Agent that the
statements set forth in Section 4.01 (except to the extent that such statements
expressly are made only as of the Effective Date or another earlier date), are
true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Funding
Date in respect of each Borrowing after the Effective Date and on and as of the
date any Notice of Continuation/Conversion is delivered to the Agent, except
that the representations and warranties need not be true and correct to the
extent that changes in the facts and conditions on which such representations
and warranties are based are required or permitted under this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
REPORTING COVENANTS
So long as Borrower shall have any outstanding Agreement Obligations or
any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder:
5.01. Financial Statements. Each of Parent and Borrower shall maintain
or cause to be maintained a system of accounting established and administered
in accordance with sound business practices and consistent with past practice
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, and, if
required by the terms of this Agreement in conformity with Agreement Accounting
Principles, and each of the
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financial statements described below shall be prepared from such system and
records. Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent and
each Lender:
(a) Quarterly Reports.
As soon as practicable, and in any event within fifty-five (55) days after
the end of each of Borrower's and Parent's first three fiscal quarters of any
Fiscal Year, on a consolidated basis for each of the Consolidated Parent Group
and the Consolidated Borrower Group and on a consolidating basis for the
Consolidated Parent Group, each of the following:
(A) a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and
as of the end of the previous Fiscal Year;
(B) an income statement for such fiscal quarter and for the
period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the end of such fiscal
quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form and in reasonable detail
the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year; and
(C) a cash flow statement for the period from the beginning of
the current Fiscal Year to the end of such fiscal quarter, setting forth in each
case in comparative form and in reasonable detail the figures for the
corresponding period of the previous Fiscal Year.
all prepared by Parent or the Borrower, as applicable, together with a
certification by Borrower's chief financial officer that they fairly represent
the financial condition of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates
indicated in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes resulting from audit and
normal year-end adjustments.
(b) Annual Reports. As soon as practicable, and in any event within one
hundred (100) days after the end of each Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis
for each of the Consolidated Parent Group, and the Consolidated Borrower Group,
and on a consolidating basis for the Consolidated Parent Group, annual
financial statements consisting of a balance sheet, income statement and cash
flow statement, setting forth in comparative form in each case the consolidated
figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year for the
Fiscal Year of the current financial statement all in reasonable detail, and
accompanied, in the case of such consolidated financial statements, by an
opinion (unqualified as to scope or going concern and which is not adverse and
does not contain any disclaimer) thereon of the firm of independent certified
public accountants of recognized national standing regularly retained by Parent
or the Borrower and acceptable to the Agent, which report shall state that such
financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
position of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates indicated and the
results of their operations and cash flow for the periods indicated in
conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (or, in the
event of a change in accounting principles, such accountants' concurrence with
such change) and that such firm's audit has been conducted in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards. In addition to these financial
statements, as soon as practicable, and in any event within one hundred (100)
days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an Officer's Certificate of the
Borrower setting forth (i) the total amount of Maintenance Capital Expenditures
of the Consolidated Borrower Group (1) permitted pursuant to Section 8.06 and
(2) actually expended during the previous Fiscal Year, (ii) the total amount of
Maintenance Capital Expenditures with respect to the Mississippi Queen (1)
permitted and (2) actually expended during the previous Fiscal Year and (iii)
the Carryover Amount for such Fiscal Year and stating that such officer has no
reason to believe that such amounts are incorrect or misleading in any material
respect.
(c) Budget and Business Plan. Promptly upon completion, but in any event
not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
a copy of the operating budget and projections by the Parent or Borrower, as
applicable, of the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow of each of the
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Consolidated Parent Group and the Consolidated Borrower Group each taken as a
whole, for the next succeeding Fiscal Year of the Consolidated Parent Group and
the Consolidated Borrower Group, all in form customarily prepared by the
Parent's or Borrower's management, and promptly after preparation of any
commentary on any such budget or projected financial statements, a copy of such
commentary, such operating budget and projected financial statements to be
accompanied by a certificate of Borrower's chief executive officer or chief
financial officer to the effect that such operating budget and projected
financial statements have been prepared on the basis of sound financial
planning practice and that such officer has no reason to believe they are
incorrect or misleading in any material respect.
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of (i) the
financial statements pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) above, (A) an
Officers' Certificate of Borrower or Parent, as applicable, stating that the
signers have reviewed the terms of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and
have made, or caused to be made under their supervision, a review in reasonable
detail of the transactions and condition of Parent, Borrower and their
respective Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial
statements, and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at
the end of such accounting period, and that the signers do not have knowledge
of the existence as at the date of the Officers' Certificate, of any condition
or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default,
or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto; and (B) a Compliance Certificate (1)
demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance during and at the end of such
accounting periods with the provisions set forth in Sections 2.05, 7.01, 7.03,
7.04, 7.05 and 7.11 and Article VIII, (2) setting forth Borrower's calculation,
in detail, of the Borrower's Bank Indebtedness Leverage Ratio and based upon
its calculations the Applicable Margins and Applicable Commitment Fee and (3)
in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection (a) or
subsection (b) above, stating that such financial statements present fairly in
all material respects the financial position of the Consolidated Parent Group
and the Consolidated Borrower Group, as at the dates indicated and the results
of their operations and changes in their cash flow for the periods indicated in
conformity with GAAP (except as otherwise noted therein) consistently applied
and (ii) the financial statements pursuant to subsection (b) above, a written
discussion and analysis by the management of Parent or the Borrower, as
applicable, of such financial statements.
(e) Accountant's Compliance Certificate. Simultaneously with the
delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsection (b) above, a
statement of the firm of independent certified public accountants which
reported on such financial statements (i) whether anything has come to their
attention to cause them to believe that there existed on the date of such
statements any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default and (ii)
confirming the calculations set forth in the Compliance Certificate delivered
simultaneously therewith pursuant to subsection (d) above (other than as
relating to Section 7.11).
(f) Report of Material Events. Promptly upon Borrower obtaining
knowledge (A) of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default
or Potential Event of Default, or (B) of any condition or event which has or
could have a Material Adverse Effect, an Officers' Certificate specifying the
nature and period of existence of any such condition or event and what action
Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto.
(g) Notice of Claims and Proceedings. (i) Promptly after learning
thereof, notice of the institution of, or threat of, any action, suit,
proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration against or affecting
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any Property of
such Person) involving claims in an aggregate amount in excess of $5 million or
in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to any such Person or any Property of such
Person except where the same is fully covered (other than any applicable
deductible) by insurance (other than insurance in the nature of retro-premium
insurance or other self insurance programs) and of any material adverse change
in any existing action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or
arbitration; and (ii) promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any
investigation or
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proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority, the effect of which might
limit, prohibit or restrict materially the manner in which Parent, Borrower
or any of their respective Subsidiaries currently conducts its business or to
declare any substance contained in the products manufactured or distributed by
it to be dangerous, if such declaration has or could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) ERISA Matters.
(i) As soon as possible, and in any event within thirty (30) Business
Days after Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a
Termination Event has occurred, a written statement of the chief financial
officer of Borrower describing such Termination Event and the action, if any,
which Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate has taken, is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto, and when known, any action taken or threatened by the
IRS, DOL or PBGC with respect thereto;
(ii) As soon as possible, and in any event within thirty (30) Business
Days, after Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a
prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of
the IRC) involving Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has occurred, a statement of
the chief financial officer of Borrower describing such transaction and the
action which Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate has taken, is taking or proposes
to take with respect thereto;
(iii) Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of a written request from the Agent (which shall make such
request at the request of any Lender), a copy of each annual report (Form 5500
series), including Schedule B thereto, filed after the Original Closing Date
with respect to each Benefit Plan;
(iv) Within ten (10) Business Days after the filing thereof with the IRS,
a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to any Benefit Plan
and within ten (10) Business Days after receipt, a copy of any communications
received by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such request;
(v) Within (30) Business Days after receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of a written request from the Agent (which shall make such request at
the request of any Lender), a copy of each actuarial report for any Benefit
Plan or Multiemployer Plan and each annual report for any Multiemployer Plan;
provided that neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate shall have an obligation
to provide a copy of any actuarial report or annual report for any
Multiemployer Plan if it is unable to obtain such documents after good faith
efforts to do so;
(vi) Within thirty (30) Business Days after the occurrence thereof,
notification of any increases in the benefits of any existing Benefit Plan or
the establishment of any new Plan or the commencement of contributions to any
Multiemployer Plan to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate was not previously
contributing;
(vii) Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by Borrower or an ERISA
Affiliate of notice of the PBGC's intention to terminate a Benefit Plan or to
have a trustee appointed to administer a Benefit Plan, a copy of each such
notice;
(viii) Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding
the qualification of a Plan under Section 401(a) of the IRC, a copy of such
letter;
(ix) Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by Borrower or an ERISA
Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan regarding the imposition of
withdrawal liability, copies of each such notice;
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(x) Within ten (10) Business Days after the failure by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate to make a required installment or any other payment required
under Section 412 of the IRC on or before the due date for such installment or
payment, a notification of such failure; and
(xi) Within seven (7) Business Days after Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
knows or has reason to know (A) a Multiemployer Plan has been terminated, (B)
the administrator or plan sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate
a Multiemployer Plan, or (C) the PBGC has instituted or will institute
proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, a
notification of such information.
For purposes of this Section 5.01, Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate shall be
deemed to know all facts known by the administrator of any Plan of which
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is the plan sponsor.
(i) Other Information. Such other information respecting the financial
condition of Parent, Borrower or their respective business, operations, assets,
performance or prospects as the Agent or any Lender may, from time to time,
reasonably request including, without limitation, financial projections,
business plans and any information such Person's accountants may have with
respect to such Person's financial condition, its business, operations, assets,
performance and prospects. The Agent and the Lenders shall treat any
non-public information so obtained as confidential.
(j) Publicly Distributed Information. On a timely basis, copies of all
financial statements, reports and notices, sent or made available generally by
Parent or Borrower to the holders of its publicly-held securities, if any, or
filed with the Commission, and of all press releases made available generally
by Parent or Borrower to the public, if any, concerning material developments
in the business of Parent or Borrower.
(k) Property Damage or Condemnation. Promptly after the occurrence
thereof, written notification (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) of and a description of any Property of Parent, Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries with an aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000
damaged, lost or taken and the anticipated amount of any insurance or
condemnation proceeds in connection therewith.
(l) Loss of Right to Self-Insure. Promptly upon Borrower obtaining
knowledge thereof, notice of the loss of the permission of the Federal Maritime
Commission for any member of the Consolidated Borrower Group to self-insure
with respect to the obligation to indemnify passengers with respect to ticket
deposits with any such Person in the event of nonperformance of water
transportation pursuant to Subpart A of Part 540 of Title 46, Code of Federal
Regulations.
5.02. Environmental Notices. Borrower shall notify the Agent and each
Lender in writing, promptly upon Borrower's learning thereof, of any:
(a) Notice or claim to the effect that Parent, the Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of
the Release or threatened Release of any Contaminant into the environment;
(b) Notice that Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is subject to investigation by any Governmental Authority
evaluating whether any Remedial Action is needed to respond to the Release or
threatened Release of any Contaminant into the environment;
(c) Notice that any Property of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries of Borrower is subject to an Environmental Lien;
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(d) Notice of violation to Parent, the Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or awareness by Parent, the Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries of a condition which might reasonably be expected to
result in a notice of violation of any environmental, health or safety
Requirement of Law which has or could have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Commencement or threat of any judicial or administrative proceeding
alleging a violation by Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries of any environmental, health or safety Requirement of Law which,
if adversely determined, has or could have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) New or proposed changes to any existing environmental, health or
safety Requirement of Law that has or could have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(g) Any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, real estate, or leasing of
property, or any other action by Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries that would be reasonably likely to subject Parent, Borrower or any
such Subsidiary to environmental, health or safety Liabilities and Costs in
excess of $1,000,000.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each of Borrower or Parent, as applicable, covenants and agrees that, on
and after the date hereof and so long as Borrower shall have any outstanding
Agreement Obligations or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder:
6.01. Corporate Existence, Etc. Except as permitted in Section 7.08,
each of Borrower and Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
at all times, maintain its corporate existence and preserve and keep in full
force and effect its rights and franchises. Each of Borrower and Parent shall
promptly provide the Agent and each of the Lenders with a complete list of its
Subsidiaries upon the occurrence of any change in the list set forth on
Schedule 4.01(c) hereto.
6.02. Corporate Powers, Etc. Each of Borrower and Parent shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, qualify and remain qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business requires it
to be so qualified, except in those jurisdictions where the failure to so
qualify does not have or could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.03. Compliance with Laws. Each of Borrower and Parent shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Requirements of Law, and all
Contractual Obligations affecting it or its business, properties, assets or
operations, except where the failure so to comply does not have or could not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.04. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each of Borrower and Parent shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay (a) all taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges imposed upon it or on any of its properties or
assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income or property
before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and (b) all claims (including,
without limitation, claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for
sums which have become due and payable and which by law have or may become a
Lien (other than a Customary Permitted Lien) upon any of its properties or
assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with
respect thereto; provided that no such taxes, assessments and governmental
charges referred to in clause (a) above or claims referred to in clause (b)
above need be paid if, (i) being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if such reserve or
other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with
Agreement
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Accounting Principles shall have been made therefor or (ii) if adequate
reserves in the absence of a contested claim are maintained therefor in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, if any, as shall be required
in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.
6.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. Borrower shall, and shall
cause each of the Borrower Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained
in good repair, working order and condition, excepting ordinary wear and tear
and damage, due to casualty or condemnation, all Property material to its
operations (which shall in any event include each vessel, whether subject to a
Ship Mortgage or otherwise, and each parcel of real property subject to any
Real Estate Mortgage) and will make or cause to be made all appropriate
repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. Borrower shall, and shall cause
each of the Borrower Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound insurance
companies the insurance policies and programs, including, self-insurance
retention levels, listed on Schedule 6.05 hereto (or substantially similar
programs or policies and amounts or other programs, policies and amounts
acceptable to the Requisite Lenders) insuring all Property and other assets
material to the operations of Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries (which
shall in any event include each vessel, whether subject to a Ship Mortgage or
otherwise, and each parcel of real property subject to any Real Estate
Mortgage) against loss or damage by fire, theft, burglary, pilferage and loss
in transit and business interruption, together with such other hazards as are
reasonably consistent with prudent industry practice, and maintain liability
insurance consistent with prudent industry practice with financially sound
insurance companies. Not later than thirty (30) days after the renewal,
replacement or material modification of any policy or program, the Borrower
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (in sufficient quantity for
each of the Lenders, which the Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender)
a detailed schedule setting forth for each such policy or program: (a) the
amount of such policy, (b) the risks insured against by such policy, (c) the
name of the insurer and each insured party under such policy, and (d) the
policy number of such policy. All casualty and business interruption insurance
covering Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Property of Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall contain an endorsement in the form of
Exhibit 7.
6.06. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. Each of
Parent and Borrower shall permit, and shall cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries to permit, any authorized representative(s) designated by Agent to
visit and inspect any of its properties, including financial and accounting
records, and to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees, representatives,
agents or independent certified public accountants, all upon reasonable notice
and at such reasonable time and as often as may be reasonably requested. Each
such visitation and inspection made by or on behalf of the Agent shall be at
Borrower's expense.
6.07. Labor Matters. Each of Parent or Borrower, as applicable, shall
notify the Agent and each Lender in writing, promptly, but in any event within
two (2) Business Days after learning thereof, of any material labor dispute to
which it or any of their respective Subsidiaries may become a party, any
strikes or walkouts relating to any of its or their respective Subsidiaries'
facilities and the expiration of any material labor contract to which it or any
of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is bound.
6.08. Maintenance of Permits. Each of Parent and Borrower shall obtain
and maintain, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to obtain
and maintain, in full force and effect all licenses, franchises, Permits or
other rights necessary for the operation of its business, except where the
failure to obtain or maintain such licenses, franchises, Permits or rights is
not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09. Employee Benefit Matters. Each of Parent and Borrower shall
establish, maintain and operate, and cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries and other ERISA Affiliates to establish, maintain and operate, all
Plans in all material respects in compliance with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the IRC, and
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all other applicable laws, and the regulations and interpretations thereunder,
and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such Plans.
6.10. Formation of Subsidiaries. The Borrower may form additional
Subsidiaries organized as corporations under the laws of one of the states of
the United States provided each of the following conditions precedent is met in
connection therewith:
(i) such Subsidiary shall have executed and delivered a Subsidiary
Guaranty, a Subsidiary Security Agreement, and if requested by the Agent, an
Intellectual Property Agreement;
(ii) such Subsidiary shall have executed and become a party to the
Contribution Agreement;
(iii) to the extent such Subsidiary has an interest of record in real
property or in a vessel, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver such
Mortgages in connection therewith as shall be requested by the Agent (with
Schedule 1.01-B being automatically amended as of the execution thereof);
(iv) all financing statements and Mortgages relating to the Collateral of
such Subsidiary shall have been filed or recorded and the Agent shall have
received in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, such
assurances, including, without limitation, insurance policies, as the Agent may
deem appropriate to establish such Subsidiary's title, the due creation,
perfection and priority of the Agent's Liens for the benefit of itself and the
Holders of Secured Obligations on such Collateral and the absence of any Liens
which are not specifically permitted hereunder (with Schedule 1.01-C being
automatically amended to reflect any Permitted Existing Liens on such proposed
Subsidiary's assets);
(v) Borrower shall have executed or shall have caused its appropriate
Subsidiary to execute a Pledge Agreement in respect of all of the stock of such
Subsidiary;
(vi) the Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, covering such matters relating
to the proposed Subsidiary and the Collateral Documents executed and delivered
to the Agent pursuant to this Section 6.10 as the Agent deems necessary;
(vii) the Agent shall have received a compliance certificate from an
executive officer of the Borrower certifying that after the formation of such
Subsidiary, no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default exists; and
(viii) the Lenders shall have received such other documents, instruments
or agreements as are reasonably requested by the Agent or the Requisite Lenders
in order to ensure that the documentation with respect to such Subsidiary is
substantially the same as that received with respect to the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower existing on the date hereof.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each of Parent and Borrower covenants and agrees that, on and after the
date hereof and so long as Borrower shall have any outstanding Agreement
Obligations or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder:
7.01. Indebtedness. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create,
incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness, except:
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(i) the Obligations;
(ii) the Existing Indebtedness;
(iii) Indebtedness in respect of Accommodation Obligations permitted by
Section 7.04;
(iv) Indebtedness incurred by any Subsidiary of the Borrower with respect
to which the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower is the obligee;
(v) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower with respect to which the
Parent or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is the lending obligee;
(vi) Indebtedness incurred by the Parent with respect to which the
Borrower is the lending entity; provided (y) each advance from the Borrower is
made on open account and is not evidenced by any promissory note and (z) after
giving effect thereto, the aggregate outstanding amount of such Indebtedness
does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of the amount of Intercompany
Receivables outstanding on the Effective Date plus $20,000,000;
(vii) Indebtedness incurred by Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. on
extended payment terms to finance the renovation and reconstruction of the S.S.
Constitution or the S.S. Independence provided that the amount and payment
terms are on terms satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders;
(viii) obligations in respect of Hedging Contracts;
(ix) Indebtedness incurred by any of Parent, Borrower and their
respective Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of letters of credit
for which such person is the account party in an aggregate amount (for all such
Persons) of up to $5,000,000 at any one time;
(x) other Indebtedness of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective
Subsidiaries not exceeding in the aggregate $2,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(xi) any refinancing of the Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through
(x), provided that any such refinancing is on terms no less favorable to the
obligor than the Indebtedness being refinanced and provided, further, that the
new Indebtedness incurred in connection with such refinancing does not exceed
the principal amount (together with any premium or penalty) of the Indebtedness
refinanced;
(xii) Indebtedness incurred by Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. or any of
its Subsidiaries and owed to the Parent; and
(xiii) the GAQSC Obligations;
provided, however, in each case after taking such Indebtedness into
account the Consolidated Borrower Group is in full compliance with the
provisions of Article VIII hereof.
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7.02. Sales of Assets; Liens.
(a) Limitation on Sales. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, sell, assign,
transfer, lease (other than pursuant to the intercompany leases set forth on
Schedule 7.02(a)), convey or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets,
including, without limitation, any capital stock of any of their respective
Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits
therefrom to the extent such disposition constitutes a Prepayment Event, unless
the Net Proceeds of such disposition are paid to the Agent in accordance with
Section 2.05(b); provided, however, that (i) the Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of the American Queen, the Delta Queen or the Mississippi
Queen or any of the capital stock of any Subsidiary which owns any of the
foregoing except for fair market value and with the prior written approval of
all of the Lenders, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, and
provided all of the Net Proceeds of any such disposition are paid to the Agent
in accordance with Section 2.05(b) (subject, in the case of dispositions with
respect to the American Queen to payment of amounts required to be paid in
connection with the MARAD Financing), and (ii)in the event of the sale or other
disposition of the Maison Dupuy Hotel, effective upon the consummation of such
disposition, if the Commitments at such time are greater than $15,000,000, the
Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced on a pro rata basis
to an aggregate amount of $15,000,000.
(b) Liens. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit
any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur,
assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property
(including all capital stock of any Subsidiary of Borrower or Parent and all
Collateral) except:
(i) Liens granted to the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Holders
of Secured Obligations, securing the Obligations;
(ii) Customary Permitted Liens;
(iii) Permitted Existing Liens;
(iv) Liens on any property of Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. and its
Subsidiaries securing principal indebtedness for borrowed money in amounts not
to exceed the amounts of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01;
(v) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries and not created in
contemplation of such acquisition and Liens securing purchase money
Indebtedness for equipment to the extent the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $500,000, is permitted under
Section 7.01 and the value of the equipment securing such Indebtedness
approximates the amount of such Indebtedness provided that in each case such
Liens do not apply to other property or assets of such Person;
(vi) Liens with respect to judgments or attachments which do not result
in an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default hereunder;
(vii) Liens granted on cash collateral securing letters of credit
permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(x) in favor of the issuer of such letter of
credit;
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(viii) Liens on the S.S. Constitution or the S.S. Independence to secure
the Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 in connection with the renovation
and reconstruction of the S.S. Constitution or S.S. Independence, as
applicable; and
(ix) Liens on the American Queen and other property of GAQSC created
pursuant to the GAQSC Security Agreement, the GAQSC Financial Agreement, the
GAQSC Trust Indenture, the GAQSC Ship Mortgage and the GAQSC Depository
Agreement to secure the GAQSC Obligations.
7.03. Investments. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly make or commit to make any advance,
loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase of any stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or make any other investment
in, any Person, including, without limitation, any Affiliate of the Borrower
(all such transactions being referred to as "Investments"), except:
(i) Investments by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in Cash
Equivalents;
(ii) Investments constituting Intercompany Receivables as of the Effective
Date and, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result therefrom, Investments constituting Intercompany Receivables made
after the Effective Date, provided further that each advance from the Borrower
is made on open account and is not evidenced by a promissory note or any other
instrument and after giving effect thereto the Borrower is in compliance with
each of the covenants contained in Article VIII hereof;
(iii) Investments by the Borrower in its Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that such Investments by the Borrower in GAQSC may not exceed an aggregate
amount of $10,000,000 and provided, further, that no such Investment shall be
permitted to be made if before or after making such Investment an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(iv) loans to employees in the ordinary course of business not in excess
of an aggregate amount of $500,000 outstanding at any one time;
(v) other Investments by Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries not in
excess of an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement;
provided that no such Investment shall be permitted to be made if before or
after making such Investment an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would result therefrom; and
(vi) Investments by GAQSC in accordance with the GAQSC Security Agreement,
the GAQSC Financial Agreement and the GAQSC Depository Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) there shall be excluded
from the calculation of Investments the accrual of intercompany charges
incurred in the ordinary course and (b) there shall be included in the
calculation of investments all transfers of cash or assets (other than the
purchase of inventory in the ordinary course of business and upon terms that
would be obtained in an arms-length transaction).
7.04. Accommodation Obligations. Each of Borrower and Parent shall not,
and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create or become or be liable with respect to any Accommodation
Obligation, except:
(i) guaranties resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business;
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(ii) Accommodation Obligations arising in connection with the Transaction
Documents, including, without limitation, Accommodation Obligations of the
Parent with respect to the Indebtedness of one of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the renovation and reconstruction of the S.S. Constitution;
(iii) Accommodation Obligations of the Parent with respect to (a) the
obligations of any member of the Consolidated Parent Group with respect to the
indemnification of passengers with respect to ticket deposits with any such
Person in the event of nonperformance of water transportation pursuant to
Subpart A of Part 540 of Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations in accordance
with Federal Maritime Commission regulations and (b) ordinary trade
indebtedness of any member of the Consolidated Parent Group; and
(iv) Accommodation Obligations of the Borrower pursuant to the GAQSC
Guaranty.
7.05. Restricted Junior Payments. Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary of Borrower to, declare or make any Restricted Junior
Payment, except:
(i)(a) payments of dividends to the Parent by the Borrower or (b)
Investments by the Borrower in the Parent permitted pursuant to Section
7.03(ii) or (c) payments to purchase stock options owned by employees or former
employees of a member of the Consolidated Parent Group in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $600,000, provided: (x) at the time thereof and after taking
into account the payment thereof, no Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default exists or is reasonably anticipated to occur thereafter; (y) the
aggregate amount of such dividends, Investments (exclusive of Investments
permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(ii)) and payments does not exceed $2,000,000
in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year and (z) the sole purpose of such dividends
is to pay dividends to the stockholders of the Parent or to allow the Parent to
repurchase capital stock from its stockholders;
(ii) any Subsidiary of Borrower may pay dividends to Borrower or another
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower;
(iii) payments by the Borrower to Parent under the Tax Sharing Agreement
provided: (a) no such payments shall be made at any time with respect to the
income (whether trade or business income or passive income) of the Borrower's
Subsidiaries unless the Borrower has received a like amount from such
Subsidiaries; (b) no such payments shall be made at any time to the extent such
payments exceed the amount of taxes which would be due and payable by Borrower
and the corporations (with the Borrower, collectively the "Borrower Group")
which would be members of the "affiliated group" (as defined in section 1504 of
the IRC) of which Borrower would be the common parent if Borrower were not a
member of the Parent affiliated group (as so defined) (the "Parent Group") if
the Borrower Group filed a separate consolidated federal income tax return; (c)
no such payments shall be made at any time an Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default exists or is reasonably anticipated to occur thereafter to the
extent such payments exceed the lesser of (1) the amount of taxes which would
be due and payable by the Borrower Group, if the Borrower Group filed a
separate consolidated federal income tax return and (2) the amount of the tax
liability actually incurred and paid by the Parent Group; and (d) no such
payment shall be made after the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section
9.01(f) or 9.01(g); and
(iv) payments with respect to management services and overhead expenses
by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to Parent in an amount not to exceed
$3,000,000 in the aggregate per each Fiscal Year thereafter; provided that no
such payments may be made at any time an Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default exists or is reasonably anticipated to occur thereafter.
7.06. Conduct of Business. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, and
shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, engage in any
business other than the business engaged in by such persons
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on the date hereof or, following the Acquisition, the business engaged
in by American Hawaii and, in each case, any business activities substantially
similar or related thereto.
7.07. Transactions with Affiliates. Each of Parent and Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the
rendering of any service) with any of its Affiliates on terms that are less
favorable to it than those fair and reasonable terms that might be obtained in
a comparable arms-length transaction at the time.
7.08. Restriction on Fundamental Changes.
(a) Each of Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of
their respective Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger or consolidation, or
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution),
discontinue its business or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
of, in one transaction or series of transactions, all or any substantial part
of its business or Property, whether now or hereafter acquired, except:
(i) as otherwise permitted under Section 7.02(a);
(ii) any Subsidiary of Borrower may merge into or convey, sell, lease or
transfer all or substantially all of its assets to Borrower or any other
Subsidiary of Borrower (other than GAQSC); and
(iii) any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. may
merge into or convey, sell, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its
assets to Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. or any other wholly-owned Subsidiary
of Great Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc.
(b) Each of Parent or Borrower shall not, and shall not permit their
respective Subsidiaries to acquire by purchase or otherwise any property or
assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person,
except in the ordinary course of its business or to the extent permitted
pursuant to Section 7.03.
7.09. Employee Benefit Matters. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any of its ERISA Affiliates to:
(i) Engage in any prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of
ERISA or 4975 of the IRC for which a statutory or class exemption is not
available or a private exemption has not been previously obtained from the DOL
and for which a civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax
pursuant to Section 4975 of the IRC, in excess of $100,000 is imposed.
(ii) permit to exist any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in
Sections 302 of ERISA and 412 of the IRC), whether or not waived;
(iii) fail to pay timely required contributions or annual installments
due with respect to any waived funding deficiency to any Benefit Plan;
(iv) terminate any Benefit Plan in a distress termination under Section
4041(c) of ERISA which would result in any material liability to Parent,
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate;
(v) fail to make any contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan
which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under any
agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law pertaining thereto;
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(vi) fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required
under Section 412 of the IRC on or before the due date for such installment or
other payment; or
(vii) amend a Plan resulting in an increase in current liability for the
plan year such that Parent, Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to
provide security to such Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of the IRC.
7.10. Environmental Liabilities. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not,
and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, become subject to
any Liabilities and Costs, which could have a Material Adverse Effect, arising
out of or related to (a) the Release or threatened Release at any location of
any Contaminant into the environment, or any Remedial Action in response
thereto, or (b) any violation of any environmental, health and safety
Requirements of Law.
7.11. Margin Regulations. No portion of the proceeds of any credit
extended under this Agreement shall be used in any manner which might cause the
extension of credit or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation
G, Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X or any other regulation of the
Federal Reserve Board or to violate the Securities Exchange Act or the
Securities Act, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such
Borrowing and the use of such proceeds.
7.12. Change of Fiscal Year. Each of Parent and Borrower shall not
change its Fiscal Year.
7.13. Amendment of Certain Documents. The Parent, Borrower and their
respective Subsidiaries shall not permit any termination of, or any
modification or amendment that is adverse in any respect to the Lenders to be
made to either the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Parent, the
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or in the Tax Sharing
Agreement. The Borrower and GAQSC shall not modify or amend the GAQSC
Obligations, the GAQSC Trust Indenture, the GAQSC Security Agreement, the GAQSC
Financial Agreement, the GAQSC Ship Mortgage, the GAQSC Depository Agreement or
the GAQSC Guaranty without the prior written consent of the Agent. The
Borrower shall not permit GAQSC to terminate, modify or amend the Nominee
Agreement dated October 31, 1991, between GAQSC (as successor to Creative
Endeavors, Inc.) and Blackland Vistas, Inc. without the prior written consent
of the Requisite Lenders, other than in connection with a disposition of the
Maison Dupuy Hotel in accordance with Section 7.02(a).
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
8.01. Maximum Bank Indebtedness Leverage Ratio.
Borrower covenants and agrees that, on and after the date hereof so long
as Borrower shall have any Agreement Obligations or any Lender has any
Commitment hereunder, Borrower shall not permit the Bank Indebtedness Leverage
Ratio calculated at the end of each fiscal quarter set forth below to be
greater than the ratio set forth below in column A with respect to such fiscal
quarter, provided that in the event that the Maison Dupuy Hotel shall have been
sold or otherwise disposed of, the respective ratios set forth in column B
shall apply:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Date A B
- ------------------ - -
<S> <C> <C>
June 30, 1996 5.5 to 1 6.0 to 1
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
September 30, 1996 5.5 to 1 6.0 to 1
December 31, 1996 4.5 to 1 6.0 to 1
March 31, 1997 4.5 to 1 6.0 to 1
June 30, 1997 4.5 to 1 5.75 to 1
September 30, 1997 4.5 to 1 5.5 to 1
December 31, 1997 4.0 to 1 5.0 to 1
March 31, 1998 4.0 to 1 5.0 to 1
June 30, 1998 4.0 to 1 5.0 to 1
September 30, 1998 4.0 to 1 5.0 to 1
December 31, 1998 3.5 to 1 4.0 to 1
</TABLE>
8.02. Loan Interest Coverage Ratio.
Borrower covenants and agrees that, on and after the date hereof so long
as Borrower shall have any Agreement Obligations or any Lender has any
Commitment hereunder, Borrower shall not permit the Loan Interest Coverage
Ratio calculated at the end of each fiscal quarter set forth below for the
period of the immediately preceding four fiscal quarters to be less than the
ratio set forth below in column A with respect to such fiscal quarter, provided
that in the event that the Maison Dupuy Hotel shall have been sold or otherwise
disposed of, the respective ratios in column B shall apply:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Fiscal Quarter
Ending A B
- ------------------ - -
<S> <C> <C>
June 30, 1996 2.5 to 1 2.0 to 1
September 30, 1996 2.5 to 1 2.0 to 1
December 31, 1996 2.8 to 1 2.0 to 1
March 31, 1997 2.8 to 1 2.0 to 1
June 30, 1997 2.8 to 1 2.0 to 1
September 30, 1997 2.8 to 1 2.0 to 1
December 31, 1997 3.0 to 1 2.5 to 1
March 31, 1998 3.0 to 1 2.5 to 1
June 30, 1998 3.0 to 1 2.5 to 1
September 30, 1998 3.0 to 1 2.5 to 1
December 31, 1998 3.2 to 1 3.0 to 1
</TABLE>
8.03. Maintenance Capital Expenditures. Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, in any Fiscal Year, incur Maintenance
Capital Expenditures which exceed the sum of $6,000,000 in the aggregate plus
the difference (the "Carryover Amount"), if positive, between (1) the maximum
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aggregate amount of Maintenance Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to this
Section 8.06 for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and (2) the aggregate
amount of Maintenance Capital Expenses for such preceding Fiscal Year;
provided, however, that the Carryover Amount shall not exceed $6,000,000.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
9.01. Events of Default. Each of the following occurrences shall
constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:
(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Borrower shall fail to (i) pay
when due any principal of any Loan or (ii) to pay when due any interest on any
Loan or any fee or other amount payable under this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents and such failure under this clause (ii) shall continue for
three (3) calendar days.
(b) Breach of Certain Covenants. Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall fail duly and punctually to perform or observe
any agreement, covenant or obligation under Section 5.01 or under Articles VII
(other than Sections 7.07 and 7.09) and VIII or binding on Parent, Borrower or
any of their respective Subsidiaries under any section of the Collateral
Documents (which failure continues after the expiration of any grace period
specified under such section of the Collateral Documents).
(c) Breach of Representation or Warranty. Any representation or warranty
made or deemed made by Borrower to the Agent or any Lender herein or by Parent,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries in any of the other Loan
Documents or in any written statement or certificate at any time given by
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to any of the
Loan Documents shall be false or misleading in any material respect on the date
as of which made or deemed made.
(d) Other Defaults. Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries shall fail duly and punctually to perform or observe
any agreement, covenant or obligation arising under this Agreement
(except those described in Sections 9.01(a), (b) and (c)) or under any of the
other Loan Documents, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days (or,
in the case of Loan Documents other than this Agreement, any longer period of
grace expressly set forth therein).
(e) Default as to Other Indebtedness. Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall fail to make any payment when due (whether by
scheduled maturity,
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required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness of
Parent, Borrower or any such Subsidiary other than any of the Obligations,
if the aggregate outstanding amount of all such Indebtedness is
$1,000,000 or more with respect to Indebtedness of such Person or any breach,
default or event of default shall occur, or any other event shall occur or
condition shall exist, under any instrument, agreement or indenture pertaining
thereto, if the effect thereof is to accelerate, or permit the holder(s) of
such Indebtedness to accelerate, the maturity of any such Indebtedness; or any
such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be
prepaid or mandatorily redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment prior to the stated maturity thereof); or the holder of any Lien, in
any amount, shall commence foreclosure of such Lien upon property of Parent,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries having a book or fair market
value in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to such Person in the aggregate.
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. (i) An
involuntary case shall be commenced against Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries and the petition shall not be dismissed within sixty
(60) days after commencement of the case, or a court having jurisdiction in the
premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Parent,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereinafter
in effect; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable
federal, state or foreign law.
(ii) A decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or
other officer having similar powers over Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or over all or a substantial part of the property of
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be entered; or
an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Parent, Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or of all or a substantial part of the property
of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be appointed
or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial
part of the property of Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, shall be issued and any such event shall not be stayed, vacated,
dismissed, bonded or discharged within sixty (60) days of entry, appointment or
issuance.
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc. Parent, Borrower
or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered
with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy,
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insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to
the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion
of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall
consent to the appointment of or taking of possession by a receiver, trustee or
other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; Parent, Borrower
or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or shall be unable or generally fail, or admit in
writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board
of Directors (or any committee thereof) of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries adopts any resolution to authorize or approve any of
the foregoing.
(h) Judgments. (i) Enforceable Judgments (other than an Enforceable
Judgment described in the proviso contained in the definition of Enforceable
Judgment) for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$5,000,000 shall be rendered against Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries and such Enforceable Judgments shall continue
unsatisfied or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days or action shall have
been commenced to foreclose on such Enforceable Judgments, or (ii) Enforceable
Judgments described in the proviso contained in the definition of Enforceable
Judgments shall be rendered against Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries decreeing its
involuntary dissolution or split-up and such order shall remain undischarged
and unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or Parent, Borrower or
any of their respective Subsidiaries shall otherwise dissolve or cease to exist
except as expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.08.
(j) Collateral Documents; Failure of Security. For any reason other than
a release of Liens in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or the
failure of the Agent and the Lenders to take any action available to them to
maintain the perfection of the Liens created in favor of the Agent, for the
benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations, pursuant
to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, any Collateral Document
ceases to be in full force and effect or any Lien intended to be created
thereby ceases to be or is not valid and perfected or the Parent, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary asserts that any such Lien is not valid and
perfected.
(k) Change in Control. (i) Any Change of Control occurs; (ii) Borrower
shall cease to own directly or indirectly all of the capital stock of its
Subsidiaries; or (iii) Parent
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shall cease to own at least 80% of each class of the capital stock of Great
Hawaiian Cruise Line, Inc. directly or indirectly.
(l) Employee Benefit Related Liabilities. (i) Any Termination Event
occurs which the Agent believes could subject Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate to
a material liability to pay money if the payment of such liability would be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the plan
administrator of any Plan applies under Section 412(d) of the IRC for a waiver
of the minimum funding standards of Section 412(a) of the IRC and the Agent
believes that the substantial business hardship upon which the application for
the waiver is based could subject either the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to
a material liability to pay money if the payment of such liability would be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Parent Guaranty Default. Parent shall terminate or revoke any of its
obligations under the Parent Guaranty, breach any of the terms of the Parent
Guaranty, or the Parent Guaranty shall otherwise become unenforceable for any
reason.
(n) Contribution Agreement Default. Any party to the Contribution
Agreement shall terminate or revoke any of its obligations under the
Contribution Agreement or breach any of the material terms of the Contribution
Agreement.
(o) Subsidiary Guaranty Default. Any Subsidiary party to any Subsidiary
Guaranty shall terminate or revoke any of its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guaranty, breach any of the terms of its Subsidiary Guaranty, or any Subsidiary
Guaranty shall otherwise become unenforceable for any reason.
For purposes of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, an
Event of Default shall be deemed "continuing" until cured or waived in writing
in accordance with Section 11.08.
9.02. Rights and Remedies.
(a) Acceleration and Termination of Commitments. Upon the occurrence of
any Event of Default described in Section 9.01(f) or 9.01(g) with respect to
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the Commitments shall
automatically and immediately terminate and the unpaid principal amount of
and any and all accrued interest on the Loans and all other Agreement
Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable, with all
additional interest from time to time accrued thereon and without presentment,
demand, or protest or other requirements of any kind (including, without
limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence, presentment, notice of
intent to demand or accelerate and of acceleration),
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all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, and the obligation of
each Lender to make any Loan hereunder shall thereupon terminate; and upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, the Agent
shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Requisite Lenders, by
written notice to Borrower, (i) declare that the Commitments are terminated,
whereupon the Commitments and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loan
hereunder shall immediately terminate, and (ii) declare the unpaid principal
amount of and any and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and all
other Agreement Obligations to be, and the same shall thereupon be, immediately
due and payable with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon
and without presentment, demand, or protest or other requirements of any kind
(including, without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence,
presentment, notice of intent to demand or accelerate and of acceleration), all
of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower.
(b) Rescission. If at any time after acceleration of the maturity of the
Loans, Borrower shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on account
of principal of the Loans which shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by law,
on overdue interest, at the rates specified in this Agreement) and all Events
of Default and Potential Events of Default (other than nonpayment of principal
of and accrued interest on the Loans due and payable solely by virtue of
acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant to Section 11.08, then by
written notice to Borrower, the Requisite Lenders may elect, in the sole
discretion of such Requisite Lenders, to rescind and annul the acceleration and
its consequences; but such action shall not affect any subsequent Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default or impair any right or remedy consequent
thereon. The provisions of the preceding sentence are intended merely to bind
the Lenders to a decision which may be made at the election of the Requisite
Lenders; they are not intended to benefit Borrower and do not give Borrower the
right to require the Lenders to rescind or annul any acceleration hereunder,
even if the conditions set forth herein are met.
ARTICLE X
THE AGENT
10.01. Appointment. (a) Each of the Lenders hereby designates and
appoints Chemical Bank as the Agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the
Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent
to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers as are set forth herein
or therein, together with such other powers as are
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incidental thereto. The Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions
contained in this Article X.
(b) The provisions of this Article X are solely for the benefit of the
Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations and Borrower shall have no right
to rely on or enforce any of the provisions hereof (other than as expressly set
forth in Section 10.07 or in Section 10.08). In performing its functions and
duties under this Agreement, the Agent shall act solely as agent for the
Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any
obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or
any of its Affiliates.
10.02. Nature of Duties. The Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the
other Loan Documents. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature. The Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement
a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Holder of Secured Obligations.
Nothing in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, expressed or
implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon the Agent any
obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
except as expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Holder of Secured
Obligations shall make its own independent investigation of the financial
condition and affairs of Parent, Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries in
connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans hereunder and the
entering into any Eligible Hedging Contract and shall make its own appraisal of
the creditworthiness of Parent, Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, and
the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a
continuing basis, to provide any Holder of Secured Obligations with any credit
or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession
before the Effective Date or at any time or times thereafter. Each Lender
acknowledges that neither the Agent nor counsel to the Agent nor any other
Lender is providing any assurances, or shall have any responsibility, with
respect to the ownership of the Property or the absence of any prior Liens or
defects of title, or the legality, sufficiency or effect of any mortgage,
certificate or notice, or any other document, or the validity, creation,
perfection or priority of any Lien, or as to any decision to request, take,
defer, omit or release any Collateral or to investigate or not to investigate
any of those matters, and each Lender agrees to look solely to its rights as
one of the Lenders with respect to any of the foregoing. If the Agent seeks
the consent or approval of the Requisite Lenders to the taking or refraining
from taking any action hereunder, the Agent shall send notice thereof to each
Lender. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender at any time that the
Requisite Lenders or, where
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expressly required, all of the Lenders, have instructed the Agent to act or
refrain from acting pursuant hereto.
10.03. Rights, Exculpation, Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its
Affiliates nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys or
consultants shall be liable to any Holder of Secured Obligations for any action
taken or omitted by it or such Person hereunder or under any of the Loan
Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, except that (i) the Agent
shall be obligated on the terms set forth herein for performance of its express
obligations hereunder, and (ii) no Person shall be relieved of any liability
imposed by law for its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by
the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Agent shall not
be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good
faith pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and if any such apportionment or
distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error the sole
recourse of any Holder of Secured Obligations to whom payment was due, but not
made, shall be to recover from other Holders of Secured Obligations any payment
in excess of the amount to which they are determined to have been entitled. The
Agent shall not be responsible to any Holder of Secured Obligations for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties herein or for the
execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability,
collectibility, or sufficiency of this Agreement, any of the Collateral
Documents or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, or of any of the Transaction Documents or any
of the transactions contemplated thereby, or for the financial condition of
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries. The Agent shall not
be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance
of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any of the
Loan Documents or the financial condition of Parent, Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or the existence or possible existence of any Potential
Event of Default or Event of Default. The Agent may at any time request
instructions from the Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by
the terms of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents the Agent is
permitted or required to take or to grant, and if such instructions are
promptly requested, the Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from
taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any
liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or
withholding any approval under any of the Loan Documents until it shall have
received such instructions from the Requisite Lenders or, where expressly
required, all of the Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, no Holder of
Secured Obligations shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent
as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement,
the Collateral
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Documents or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions
of the Requisite Lenders or, where expressly required, all of the Lenders.
10.04. Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written
notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone
message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been
signed, or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters
pertaining to this Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any of the other Loan
Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of legal counsel
(including counsel for Borrower), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it in good faith.
10.05. Indemnification. To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed
and indemnified by Borrower or Borrower fails upon demand by the Agent to
perform its obligations to reimburse or indemnify the Agent, the Lenders will
reimburse and indemnify the Agent for and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or
arising out of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any of the other
Transaction Documents or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this
Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any of the other Transaction Documents,
in proportion to each Lender's Pro Rata Share; provided that no Lender shall be
liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct, as
determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The
obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.05 shall survive the payment
in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
10.06. The Agent Individually. With respect to its Pro Rata Share
hereunder and the Loans made by it, the Agent shall have and may exercise the
same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and
liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender. The
terms "Lenders" or "Requisite Lenders" or any similar terms shall, unless the
context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual
capacity as a Lender or one of the Requisite Lenders. The Agent may accept
deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking,
trust or other business with Borrower as if it were not acting as Agent
pursuant hereto.
10.07. Successor Agent; Resignation of Agent. (a) The Agent may resign
from the performance of its functions and duties
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hereunder at any time by giving at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Lenders and Borrower. In the event that the Agent gives notice
of its desire to resign from the performance of its functions and duties as
Agent, any such resignation shall take effect only upon the acceptance by a
successor Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.
(b) The Requisite Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent who shall be
reasonably satisfactory to Borrower provided no such approval of the Borrower
shall be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default.
(c) If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said
thirty (30) day period, the retiring Agent, with the consent of Borrower (which
may not be withheld unreasonably), shall then appoint a successor Agent who
shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders, with
the consent of Borrower (which may not be withheld unreasonably), appoint a
successor Agent as provided above. No consent of the Borrower shall be
required after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default.
(d) Upon the appointment of a successor Agent, the term "Agent" shall,
for all purposes of this Agreement, thereafter include such successor, except
that the retiring Agent shall reserve all rights as to Obligations accrued or
due to it, in its capacity as such, at the time of such succession and all
rights (whenever arising) under Section 11.04.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.07 to the contrary, no
Person shall serve as an Agent unless such Person is a Lender.
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10.08. Collateral Matters. (a) Each of the Lenders authorizes and
directs the Agent to enter into the Loan Documents relating to the Collateral
for the benefit of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations. Each of the
Lenders agrees that any action taken by the Agent or the Requisite Lenders (or,
where required by the express terms of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the exercise by
the Agent or the Requisite Lenders (or, where so required, such greater
proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding
upon all of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to (i) act as the
disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments
and collections arising in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents relating to the Loans or Collateral; (ii) execute and deliver each
Loan Document relating to the Collateral and accept delivery of each such
agreement delivered by the Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries; (iii) act as collateral agent for the Lenders for purposes of the
perfection of all security interests and Liens created by such agreements and
all other purposes stated therein, provided, however, the Agent hereby
appoints, authorizes and directs the Lenders to act as collateral sub-agent for
the Agent and the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all security
interests and Liens with respect to the Parent's, Borrower's and the Borrower's
Subsidiaries' respective deposit accounts maintained with, and cash and Cash
Equivalents held by, such Lender; (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal
with the Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents; (v) take such action as is necessary or desirable to
maintain the perfection and priority of the security interests and Liens
created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents; and (vi) except as
may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Agent or the Lenders
with respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents relating thereto, under
applicable law or otherwise.
(b) The Holders of Secured Obligations hereby irrevocably authorize the
Agent, at the option and in the discretion of the Agent, to release any Lien
granted to or held by the Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon termination of the
Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all Loans and all other Agreement
Obligations which have matured and which the Agent has been notified in writing
are then due and payable; or (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed
of if Borrower certifies to the Agent that the sale or disposition is made in
compliance with Section 7.02 (and the Agent may rely conclusively
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on any such certificate, without further inquiry); or (iii) constituting
property in which the Parent, Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
owned no interest at the time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter;
or (iv) if approved or consented to by the Requisite Lenders (or, where so
required, all of the Lenders). Upon request by the Agent at any time, the
Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent's authority to release particular
types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.08(b).
(c) Without in any manner limiting the Agent's authority to act without
any specific or further authorization or consent by the Requisite Lenders (as
set forth in Section 10.08(b)), each Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon
request by Borrower, the authority to release Collateral conferred upon the
Agent under clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 10.08(b). So long as no Event
of Default is then continuing, upon receipt by the Agent of the net cash
proceeds of any sale and transfer of Collateral which is expressly permitted
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, to the extent such proceeds are
required to be paid to the Lenders, and upon at least five (5) Business Days'
prior written request by Borrower, the Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably
authorized by the Holders of Secured Obligations to) execute such documents as
may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Agent for
the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto
upon such Collateral; provided, that (i) the Agent shall not be required to
execute any such document on terms which, in the Agent's opinion, would expose
the Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other
than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such
release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or
any Liens upon (or obligations of Borrower in respect of) all interests
retained by Borrower, including, without limitation, the proceeds of any sale,
all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.
(d) The benefit of the Collateral Documents and of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to the Collateral shall extend to and be available in
respect of any Obligations ("Related Obligations") which arise under any
Eligible Hedging Contracts or which are otherwise owed to Persons entitled to
indemnification pursuant to Section 11.04; provided that (i) the Related
Obligations shall be entitled to the benefit of the Collateral to the extent
and with the priority expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral
Documents, and to such extent the Agent shall hold, and have the right and
power to act with respect to, the Collateral on behalf of and as agent for the
holders of the Related Obligations; but the Agent is otherwise acting solely as
agent for the Lenders and shall have no separate fiduciary duty, duty of
loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure
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or other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Related Obligations; and
(ii) all matters, acts and omissions relating in any manner to the Collateral,
or the omission, creation, perfection, priority, abandonment or release of any
Lien, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this Agreement and the
Collateral Documents, and no separate Lien, right, power or remedy shall arise
or exist in favor of any Holder of Secured Obligations under any separate
instrument or agreement or in respect of any Related Obligations; and (iii)
each Holder of Secured Obligations shall be bound by all actions taken or
omitted, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral
Documents, by the Agent and the Requisite Lenders or, where expressly required,
all of the Lenders, each of whom shall be entitled to act at its sole
discretion and exclusively in its own interest given its own Commitments and
its own interest in the Loans, and its other Agreement Obligations, without any
duty or liability to any other Holder of Secured Obligations or as to any
Related Obligations and without regard to whether any Related Obligations
remain outstanding or are deprived of the benefit of the Collateral or become
unsecured or are otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby; and (iv) no
holder of Related Obligations and no other Holder of Secured Obligations
(except the Agent and the Lenders, to the extent set forth in this Agreement)
shall have any right to be notified of, or to direct, require or be heard with
respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under
this Agreement or the Collateral Documents; and (v) no holder of any Related
Obligations shall exercise any right of setoff, banker's lien or similar right.
10.09. Relations Among Lenders.
(a) Except as set forth in the following clause (b) of this section, each
Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or
proceedings, against Borrower or any other obligor hereunder or with respect to
any Collateral or Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the
Requisite Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, at the direction of the Agent.
(b) The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be
liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein
in case of the Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01. Survival of Warranties and Agreements. All agreements,
representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of the
Loans hereunder.
11.02. Assignments and Participations.
(a) At any time after the Original Closing Date, each Lender may assign
to one or more banks or financial institutions all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment and Loans) in conformity with the following
provisions:
(i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying,
percentage of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the assignment shall transfer the same percentage of such
Lender's Commitment, Loans and other interests hereunder;
(ii) unless the Agent and the Borrower otherwise consent, the aggregate
amount of the Commitments of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to
each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and
Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than
$5,000,000 or, if less, the entire amount of such assigning Lender's
Commitment, Loans and other interests hereunder (provided that assignments
between Lenders shall have no minimum amount and assignments after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default shall not require
Borrower's consent regardless of the size of such assignment);
(iii) the Agent shall consent (which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld) to each such assignment and the parties to each such assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided, that such consent of the
Agent shall not be required for any assignment made by a Lender to an Affiliate
of such Lender; and
(iv) With respect to any assignment made at a time when no Event of
Default exists, the Borrower shall have consented to such assignment, which
consent shall not unreasonably be withheld; provided, that such consent of the
Borrower shall not be required for any assignment made by a Lender to an
Affiliate of such Lender.
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Upon such execution, delivery, approval, acceptance and recording, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which
effective date shall be at least five (5) Business Days after the execution
date thereof, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned or negotiated
to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereunder (including, in respect of the Collateral, all
the rights and obligations of a Holder of Secured Obligations, as fully as if
such assignee had been named as a Lender in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement) and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned or negotiated by it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under this Agreement and, in the case of an
Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease
to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 11.03 and 11.04, as well as to any fees accrued for
its account hereunder and not yet paid.
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree
with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) the assignment
made under such Assignment and Acceptance is made without recourse and, other
than as provided in such Assignment or and Acceptance, such assigning Lender
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect
to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other document, instrument or
agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (ii) such
assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Parent, Borrower or
any of their respective Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any of its
obligations under any Transaction Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a
copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements most
recently delivered pursuant to Article V and such other Loan Documents and
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance;
(iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent,
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such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such
assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as an Agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such
assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed
by it as a Lender.
(c) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to on Schedule A, a
copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and
shall record in the Agent's Loan Account the names and addresses of each Lender
and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, such Lender
from time to time. Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Loan Account as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement.
(d) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
assigning Lender and the assignee, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and
Acceptance has been properly completed and is in substantially the form of
Exhibit 1 and if the conditions for the assignment referred to in the
Assignment and Acceptance and set forth in Section 11.02(a) have been met, (i)
accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained
therein in the Agent's Loan Account and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to
Borrower.
(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other
entities as to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments
and Loans; provided, that (i) notice thereof is given to the Borrower and the
Agent, (ii) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, its Commitment to Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (iii)
such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, (iv) the participating banks or other entities
shall be entitled to the benefit of the cost protection provisions contained in
Sections 2.03(f), 2.08, 2.09 and 2.10 to the same extent as if they were
Lenders; provided, however, that no such participating bank or entity shall be
entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the
Lender from which it purchased its participation would have been entitled to
receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such
Lender to such participating bank or entity had no transfer occurred, (v)
Borrower, the Agent, and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
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solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement and with regard to any and all
payments to be made under this Agreement, and (vi) the holder of any such
participation shall not be entitled to voting rights under this Agreement;
provided, that the participation agreement between a Lender and its
participants may provide that such Lender will obtain the approval of such
participant prior to any amendment or waiver of any provisions of this
Agreement which would (A) extend the Termination Date or the time of payment of
interest thereon or fees, (B) reduce the interest rate or any fees hereunder,
or the principal amount of the Loans, (C) increase the aggregate amount of the
Commitment or the Loans of the Lender granting the participation, or increase
such Lender's Pro Rata Share, (D) release all or substantially all of the
Collateral, or (E) release the Parent Guaranty or any of the Subsidiary
Guaranties.
(f) Upon the acceptance by the Agent of any Assignment and Acceptance,
the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance may at any time request that new
Notes be issued to the Lender assignor and the Lender assignee by (i) providing
written notice of such request to the Agent and the Borrower and (ii)
delivering to the Borrower such assigning Lender's Note for cancellation and
substitution. Promptly following receipt by the Borrower of any such notice,
and verification from the Agent that the applicable Assignment and Acceptance
shall have been accepted by the Agent, the Borrower forthwith shall cause to be
executed, and shall deliver to the Lender assignee, a new Note to the order of
the assignee and, if applicable, a replacement Note to the order of the Lender
assignor, and such Notes shall equal the aggregate principal amount of such
assigning Lender's Note issued by the Borrower immediately prior to the
acceptance by the Agent of the applicable Assignment and Acceptance. The
Borrower shall immediately upon delivery of such new Note(s), cancel the
original Note delivered by the Lender assignor to the Borrower.
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender may
assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement as collateral
security to the Federal Reserve Bank or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to its functions.
(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender, assignee or participant
shall assign any portion of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
sell a participating interest in any Note held by such Lender, assignee or
participant or assign, sell or otherwise transfer any stock pursuant to the
Pledge Agreement entered into between the Parent and the Agent to (i) any
individual not a citizen of the United States, or (ii) any entity that is not a
citizen of the United States qualified to operate vessels in coastwise trade
within the meanings of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 as amended (46
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App. U.S.C. Section 802); provided, however, that the foregoing restriction
as to assignment, sale or transfer to entities not qualified to operate vessels
in coastwise trade, may be waived if, in the opinion of counsel to the Agent,
said assignment, sale or transfer does not result in the loss of U.S. citizen
status (for the purpose of operating Subsidiary of the Parent (including of the
Borrower), or any Subsidiary thereof.
Within the meaning of the Shipping Act, no corporation, partnership, or
association is a citizen of the United Sates for purposes of operating a vessel
in coastwise trade unless at least 75% of the interest in the entity is owned
by citizens of the United States. A corporation is not a citizen of the United
States unless (a) its president or other chief executive officer and the
chairman of its board of directors are citizens of the United States and (b) no
more of its directors than a minority of the number necessary to constitute a
quorum are noncitizens and (c) the corporation itself is organized under the
laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, District, or possession
thereof. In the case of a corporation, 75% of the stock is not deemed to be
owned by a citizen of the United States (a) if title to 75% of the stock
obligation in favor of any person not a citizen of the United States; or (b) if
75% of the voting power in such corporation is not vested in citizens of the
United States; or (c) if, through any contract or understanding, it is so
arranged that more than 25% of the voting power in such corporation may be
exercised, directly or indirectly, in behalf of any person who is not a citizen
of the Untied States; or (d) if by any other means whatsoever control of any
interest in the corporation in excess of 25% is conferred upon or permitted to
be exercised by any person who is not a citizen of the United States.
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11.03. Expenses.
(a) Generally. Whether or not any Funding Date shall have occurred,
Borrower agrees upon demand to pay, or reimburse the Agent for all such Agent's
and any of its Affiliates' costs and expenses of every type and nature
(including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements
of attorneys and legal assistants (including allocated costs of internal
counsel and legal assistants), auditors, accountants, appraisers, printers,
insurance and environmental advisers, and other consultants retained by the
Agent, and other legal, travel, search and filing fees and expenses and all
fees, taxes (except income and franchise taxes), assessments and duties
incurred by any of them) incurred by the Agent or its Affiliates in connection
with (i) the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and any
amendments or waivers thereto (including, without limitation, the satisfaction
or attempted satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Article III,
the Collateral Documents and the other Transaction Documents or any amendment
or waiver thereto and the making of the Loans hereunder; (ii) the creation,
perfection or protection of the Agent's Liens in the Collateral for the benefit
of itself and the Holders of Secured Obligations (including, without
limitation, any fees and expenses for title and lien searches, filing and
recording fees and taxes, trustee's fees, duplication costs and corporate
search fees); (iii) reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent's
legal counsel (including allocated costs of internal counsel and legal
assistants) in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the
Transaction Documents, the Loans and the Collateral; and (iv) the protection,
collection or enforcement of any of the Obligations or the Collateral. In
addition, Borrower shall pay, or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for, all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' and legal assistants' fees (including allocated costs of internal
counsel and costs of settlement) incurred by the Agent or any Lender prior to
the occurrence of an Event of Default in commencing, defending or intervening
in any litigation or in filing a petition, complaint, answer, motion or other
pleading in any legal proceeding relating to the Parent, Borrower, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries and arising out of or in connection with the
Transaction Documents.
(b) After Default. Borrower further agrees to pay, or reimburse the
Agent and the Lenders for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and legal assistants' fees, expenses
and disbursements (including allocated costs of internal counsel and costs of
settlement) incurred by the Agent or any Lender after the occurrence of an
Event of Default (i) in enforcing any of the
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Obligations or in foreclosing against the Collateral or exercising or enforcing
any other right or remedy available by reason of such Event of Default; (ii) in
connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements
provided under this Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or in any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding; (iii) in commencing, defending or
intervening in any litigation or in filing a petition, complaint, answer,
motion or other pleading in any legal proceeding relating to Parent, Borrower
or any of their respective Subsidiaries and related to or arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the Transaction Documents; (iv)
in taking any other action in or with respect to any suit or proceeding
(whether in bankruptcy or otherwise); (v) in protecting, preserving,
collecting, leasing, selling, taking possession of, or liquidating any of the
Collateral; or (vi) in attempting to enforce or enforcing any security interest
in any of the Collateral or any other rights under the Collateral Documents.
Any payments made by Borrower or received by the Agent and applied as
reimbursements for costs and expenses under this Section 11.03(b) shall be
apportioned among the Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth
in Section 2.06.
11.04. Indemnification and Waiver. Borrower agrees: (a) to defend,
protect, indemnify, and hold harmless the Agent and each and all of the
Lenders, each of their respective Affiliates and each of the respective
officers, directors, employees and agents of each of the foregoing
(collectively called the "Indemnitees") from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees in connection with any
investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding, whether or not such
Indemnitees shall be designated a party thereto), imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against such Indemnitees (whether direct, indirect or consequential
and whether based on any federal or state laws or other statutory regulations,
including, without limitation, securities and commercial laws and regulations,
under common law or at equitable cause, or on contract or otherwise, including
any liabilities and costs under federal, state or local environmental, health
or safety laws, regulations, or common law principles, arising from or in
connection with the past, present or future operations of Parent, Borrower and
of their respective Subsidiaries, or their respective predecessors in interest,
or the past, present or future environmental condition of the Property of
Parent, Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the presence of
asbestos-containing materials at any such Property, or the Release or
threatened Release of any Contaminant into the environment from any such
Property) in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the
Collateral Documents or any of
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the other Transaction Documents, the capitalization of Borrower, the Lenders'
Commitments, the making of, management of and participation in the Loans or the
use or intended use of and the proceeds of the Loans hereunder (collectively,
the "Indemnified Matters"); provided, that Borrower shall have no obligation to
an Indemnitee hereunder with respect to (i) matters for which such Indemnitee
has been compensated pursuant to or for which an exemption is provided in
Section 2.03(f) or 2.08(d) or any other provision of this Agreement and (ii)
Indemnified Matters caused by or resulting from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of that Indemnitee, as determined by a final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction; and (b) to assert no claim against the Agent, any of
the Lenders, or any other Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages, all of which claims, if any, are
hereby waived. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold
harmless set forth in the preceding clause (a) may be unenforceable because it
is violative of any law or public policy, Borrower shall contribute the maximum
portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the
payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Matters incurred by the
Indemnitees. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of
Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of Borrower contained in
this Section 11.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest
hereunder and the termination of this Agreement.
11.05. Limitation of Liability. No claim may be made by Borrower, any
Lender or other Person against the Agent, or any Lender or the Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, or agents of any of them for any special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach
of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Borrower
and each Lender hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any claim
for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or
suspected to exist in its favor.
11.06. Ratable Sharing; Defaulting Lender.
(a) Subject to Sections 2.06 and 11.06(b), the Lenders agree among
themselves that (i) with respect to all amounts received by them which are
applicable to the payment of the Agreement Obligations (excluding amounts
payable under this Agreement which are determined on a non-pro-rata basis,
including, without limitation, amounts payable under Sections
2.03(f), 2.04(b), 2.08(d), 2.09, 2.10, 2.13, 11.03 and 11.04), equitable
adjustment will be made so that, in effect, all such amounts will be shared
among them ratably in accordance with
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their Pro Rata Shares, whether received by voluntary payment, by the exercise
of the right of set-off or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by
the enforcement of any or all of the Agreement Obligations (excluding
amounts payable under this Agreement which are determined on a non-pro-rata
basis, including, without limitation, amounts payable under Sections 2.02(c),
2.03(f), 2.04(b), 2.08(d), 2.09, 2.10, 2.13, 11.03 and 11.04) or the
Collateral, (ii) if any of them shall by voluntary payment or by the exercise
of any right of counterclaim, setoff, banker's lien or otherwise, receive
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of the Agreement Obligations
held by it which is greater than its Pro Rata Share of the payments on account
of the Agreement Obligations (excluding the fees described or referred to in
Section 2.04), the one receiving such excess payment shall purchase, without
recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (which it shall
be deemed to have been done simultaneously upon the receipt of such payment) in
such Agreement Obligations owed to the others so that all such recoveries with
respect to such Agreement Obligations shall be applied ratably in accordance
with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, that if all or part of such excess
payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those
purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such
participations shall be returned to that party to the extent necessary to
adjust for such recovery, but without interest except to the extent the
purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with such recovery.
Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another
Lender pursuant to this Section 11.06(a) may, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, exercise all its rights of payment with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount
of such participation.
(b) In the event that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is
appointed as conservator or receiver of any Lender and thereafter such Lender
fails to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing requested or deemed requested
by the Borrower which such Lender is obligated to fund under the terms of this
Agreement (the funded portion of such Borrowing being hereinafter referred to
as a "Non Pro Rata Loan"), until the earlier of such Lender's cure of such
failure and the termination of the Commitments, the proceeds of all amounts
thereafter repaid to the Agent by the Borrower and otherwise required to be
applied to such Lender's share of all other Obligations pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement shall be advanced to the Borrower by the Agent on behalf of
such Lender to cure, in full or in part, such failure by such Lender, but shall
nevertheless be deemed to have been paid to such Lender in satisfaction of such
other Obligations. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:
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(i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.06(b) shall apply only
with respect to the proceeds of payments of Obligations and shall not affect
the conversion or continuation of Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(c);
(ii) any such Lender shall be deemed to have cured its failure to fund
its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing at such time as an amount equal to such
Lender's original Pro Rata Share of the requested principal portion of such
Borrowing is fully funded to the Borrower, whether made by such Lender itself
or by operation of the terms of this Section 11.06(b), and whether or not the
Non Pro Rata Loan with respect thereto has been repaid, converted or continued;
(iii) amounts advanced to the Borrower to cure, in full or in part, any
such Lender's failure to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing ("Cure
Loans") shall bear interest at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under
Section 2.03 in effect from time to time, and for all other purposes of this
Agreement shall be treated as if they were Base Rate Loans;
(iv) regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred or is
continuing, and notwithstanding the instructions of the Borrower as to its
desired application, all repayments of principal which, in accordance with the
terms of Section 2.06, would be applied to the outstanding Base Rate Loans
shall be applied first, ratably to all Base Rate Loans constituting Non Pro
Rata Loans, second, ratably to Base Rate Loans other than those constituting
Non Pro Rata Loans or Cure Loans and, third, ratably to Base Rate Loans
constituting Cure Loans;
(v) for so long as and until the earlier of any such Lender's cure of the
failure to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing and the termination of the
Commitments, the term "Requisite Lenders" for purposes of this Agreement shall
mean Lenders (excluding all Lenders whose failure to fund their respective Pro
Rata Shares of such Borrowing have not been so cured) whose Pro Rata Shares
represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Pro Rata Shares of
such Lenders; and
(vi) for so long as and until any such Lender's failure to fund its Pro
Rata Share of any Borrowing is cured in accordance with Section 11.06(b)(ii),
(A) such Lender shall not be entitled to any Commitment Fees with respect to
its Commitment and (B) the Commitment Fee shall accrue in favor of the Lenders
which have funded their respective Pro Rata Shares of such requested Borrowing,
shall be allocated among such performing Lenders ratably based upon their
relative Commitments, and shall be calculated based upon the average amount by
which the aggregate Commitments of such performing Lenders exceeds the
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outstanding principal amount of the Loans owing to such performing Lenders.
11.07. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to the provisions of Section
2.06(b)(ii) no amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement
shall be effective without the written agreement of the Requisite Lenders and
Borrower, and no termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or
consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective
without the written concurrence of the Requisite Lenders, which the Requisite
Lenders shall have the right to grant or withhold at their sole discretion;
except that any amendment, modification, or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement which would (i) extend the time of expiration or termination of any
of the Commitments or Termination Date or the time of payment of principal on
any Loan, interest thereon or fees or waive any prescribed prepayment
(including, without limitation by any amendment to or waiver of Section
9.02(a)), (ii) reduce the interest rate, the amount of any fees, indemnities or
reimbursements hereunder, or the principal amount of the Loans (including,
without limitation by any amendment to or waiver of Section 9.02(a)), (iii)
increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments or the Loans of the Lenders or
increase any Lender's Pro Rata Share or waive any prescribed reduction in the
Commitments, (iv) release the security interest of the Holders of Secured
Obligations in all or substantially all of the Collateral or, except in
connection with a sale or other disposition permitted under Section 7.02, any
of the Delta Queen, the Mississippi Queen or the Maison Dupuy Hotel, (v)
release the Parent Guaranty or any of the Subsidiary Guaranties or (vi) amend
the definitions of "Requisite Lenders" or "Pro Rata Share," the provisions of
Section 2.01(b), the provisions of Section 7.02(a), the next to the last
sentence of Section 11.15 or the provisions contained in Section 11.06 or in
this Section 11.07 or the parties whose consent is required for action
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, shall be effective only if
evidenced by a writing signed by or on behalf of all Lenders. No amendment,
modification, termination, or waiver of any provision of Article X or any other
provision referring to the Agent shall be effective without the written
concurrence of the Agent. The Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with
the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or
consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was
given. No notice to or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower
to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in
accordance with this Section 11.07 shall be binding on each assignee,
transferee or recipient of a Lender's Commitment or
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Loans, each future assignee, transferee, recipient of a Lender's Commitment or
Loans, and, if signed by Borrower, on Borrower.
11.08. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any
notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be
in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, telexed or sent by courier
service or United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or telex
or four (4) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail (registered
or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). Notices to the
Agent shall not be effective until received by the Agent. For the purposes
hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof
is delivered as provided in this Section 11.08) shall be as set forth in
Schedule A or on the applicable Assignment and Acceptance, or, as to each
party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written
notice to all of the other parties. In addition, each Lender shall provide the
Agent with the information requested on Exhibit 8 with respect to such Lender
as such information changes from time to time.
11.09. Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure
or delay on the part of the Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power,
right or privilege under any of the Loan Documents shall impair such power,
right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or
acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such
power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any
other right, power or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under the
Loan Documents are cumulative to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
otherwise available.
11.10. Termination. Upon the termination in whole of the Commitments
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders an amount equal to any and all Agreement Obligations
then outstanding.
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11.11. Marshalling; Recourse to Security; Payments Set Aside. Neither
any Lender nor the Agent shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in
favor of Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of
the Obligations. Recourse to security shall not be required at any time. To
the extent that Borrower makes a payment or payments to the Agent or the
Lenders, or the Agent or the Lenders enforce their security interests or
exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law,
state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such
recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied,
and all Liens, right and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in
full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement
or setoff had not occurred.
11.12. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in
any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
11.13. Headings. Article and Section headings in this Agreement and in
the Table of Contents hereto are included herein for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or
be given any substantive effect.
11.14. GOVERNING LAW. THE AGENT HEREBY ACCEPTS THIS AGREEMENT, ON BEHALF
OF ITSELF AND THE LENDERS, AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND AGREEING
TO IT THERE. ANY DISPUTE AMONG THE BORROWER, THE PARENT AND THE AGENT, ANY
LENDER OR ANY OTHER HOLDER OF SECURED OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND WHETHER
ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE GENERAL MARITIME LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
11.15. Successors and Assigns; Subsequent Holders of Notes. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and permitted assigns of
the Lenders. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit
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of any assignee or transferee of the Loans and the Commitments of any
Lender (to the extent such assignment or transfer is effected in accordance
with Section 11.02), and in the event of such transfer or assignment, the
rights and privileges herein conferred upon Lenders shall automatically extend
to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and
conditions hereof. Borrower's rights or any interest therein hereunder, and
Borrower's duties and Obligations hereunder, may not be assigned without the
written consent of all of the Lenders. All of Borrower's obligations and
duties under this Agreement and under each of the other Loan Documents shall be
binding upon each of Borrower's successors and assigns, including, without
limitation, any receiver, trustee or debtor-in-possession of or for Borrower.
11.16. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL.
(A) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B), EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG
THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED
EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, BUT THE
PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE
HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO WAIVES IN ALL DISPUTES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION ANY OBJECTION
THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.
(B) OTHER JURISDICTIONS. BORROWER AGREES THAT THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IN A COURT IN
ANY LOCATION TO ENABLE SUCH PERSON TO (1) OBTAIN PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE
BORROWER OR (2) REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO
ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON.
BORROWER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT ANY PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY
PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY SUCH PERSON TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE
OBLIGATIONS OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF SUCH
PERSON. BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE
COURT IN WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN THIS
SUBSECTION.
(C) SERVICE OF PROCESS. BORROWER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS
UPON IT AND, AS ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS
THE PRENTICE HALL
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CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC., WHOSE ADDRESS IS 500 CENTRAL AVENUE, ALBANY, NEW
YORK, 12206, AS BORROWER'S AGENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING SERVICE OF
PROCESS ISSUED BY ANY COURT. BORROWER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION OF THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED
ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS) WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH IN ANY JURISDICTION SET FORTH ABOVE.
(D) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING
IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT
ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT
TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART
OR A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT
OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
(E) WAIVER OF BOND. BORROWER WAIVES THE POSTING OF ANY BOND OTHERWISE
REQUIRED OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY JUDICIAL PROCESS OR
PROCEEDING TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE
REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO
ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF SUCH PARTY, OR TO
ENFORCE BY SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, PRELIMINARY OR
PERMANENT INJUNCTION, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
(F) ADVICE OF COUNSEL. EACH OF THE PARTIES REPRESENTS TO EACH OTHER
PARTY HERETO THAT IT HAS DISCUSSED THIS AGREEMENT AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 11.16, WITH ITS COUNSEL.
11.17. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Inconsistencies. This Agreement and
any amendments, waivers, consents, or supplements may be executed in
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective against each of Parent,
Borrower, each Lender and the Agent on the date when all of such parties have
duly executed and delivered this Agreement to each other (delivery by Parent
and Parent and Borrower to the Lenders and by any Lender to the Borrower and
any other Lender being deemed to have been made by delivery to the
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Agent). This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be
construed to the extent reasonable to be consistent one with the other, but to
the extent that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are actually
inconsistent with the terms and conditions of any other Loan Document, this
Agreement shall govern.
11.18. Performance of Obligations. Borrower agrees that the Agent may,
but shall have no obligation to, make any payment or perform any act required
of Borrower under any Loan Document or take any other action which the Agent in
its discretion deems necessary or desirable to protect or preserve the
Collateral, including, without limitation, any action to (i) pay or discharge
taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances levied or placed on or
threatened against any Collateral, (ii) effect any repairs or obtain any
insurance called for by the terms of any of the Loan Documents and to pay all
or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof and (iii) pay any
rents payable by Borrower which are more than 30 days past due, or as to which
the landlord has given notice of termination, under any lease. The Agent shall
use its best efforts to give Borrower notice of any action taken under this
Section 11.18 prior to the taking of such action or promptly thereafter
provided the failure to give such notice shall not affect Borrower's
obligations in respect thereof. The Borrower agrees to pay the Agent, upon
demand, the principal amount of all funds advanced by the Agent under this
Section 11.18, together with interest thereon at the rate from time to time
applicable to Base Rate Loans from the date of such advance until the
outstanding principal balance thereof is paid in full. If the Borrower fails
to make payment in respect of any such advance under this Section 11.18 within
one (1) Business Day after the date the Borrower receives written demand
therefor from the Agent, the Agent shall promptly notify each Lender and each
Lender agrees that it shall thereupon make available to the Agent, in Dollars
in immediately available funds, the amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata
Share of such advance. If such funds are not made available to the Agent by
such Lender within one (1) Business Day after the Agent's demand therefor, the
Agent will be entitled to recover any such amount from such Lender together
with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate (as such term is defined in the
definition of Alternate Base Rate) for each day during the period commencing on
the date of such demand and ending on the date such amount is received. The
failure of any Lender to make available to the Agent its Pro Rata Share of any
such unreimbursed advance under this Section 11.18 shall neither relieve any
other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Agent such
other Lender's Pro Rata Share of such advance on the date such payment is to
be made nor increase the obligation of any other Lender to make such payment
to the Agent. All outstanding principal of, and interest on, advances
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made under this Section 11.18 shall constitute Obligations secured by the
Collateral until paid in full by the Borrower.
11.19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE
FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AS TO ITS SUBJECT MATTER AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed on the date set
forth above.
THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.
as Borrower
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
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Name: Jordan B. Allen
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Title: Vice President
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AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
as Parent
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
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Name: Jordan B. Allen
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Title: Senior Vice President
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CHEMICAL BANK,
as Agent and
as a Lender
By: /s/ LISA D. BENITEZ
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Name: Lisa D. Benitez
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Title: Vice President
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HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, as Co-Agent
and as a Lender
By: /s/ LIZETTE M. TERRAL
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Name: Lizette M. Terral
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Title: Vice President
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DEPOSIT GUARANTY NATIONAL BANK, as
a Lender
By: /s/ GREGORY A. MOORE
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Name: Gregory A. Moore
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Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(a)(19)
Chemical Bank
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
$11,000,000.00 April 22, 1996
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO., a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower") HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY PROMISES TO PAY to
the order of CHEMICAL BANK (the "Lender"), the principal sum of ELEVEN MILLION
AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($11,000,000.00), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid amount
of all of the Revolving Loans made by the Lender pursuant to the "Credit
Agreement" (as hereinafter defined). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement.
The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced hereby
shall be payable in the amounts and on the dates specified in the Credit
Agreement and, if not sooner paid in full, on the Termination Date. Borrower
further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Loan from the date of such Revolving Loan until the principal amount
thereof is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as
are specified in the Credit Agreement.
All payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note
shall be made payable to the Agent as provided in the Credit Agreement in
lawful money of the United States of America in same day funds for the Lender's
account at Chemical Bank, 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Re:
Payment for Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Loan, or at such other place as shall be
designated in writing by the Agent for such purpose in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement.
All Revolving Loans made by the Lender to Borrower, the
respective Interest Periods thereof, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and
all repayments of the principal of all Revolving Loans shall be recorded by the
Lender and, prior to any transfer thereof, endorsed by the Lender on the
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof; provided, that the failure of
the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the
obligations of Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled
to the benefits of, that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of
even date herewith (as the same may
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be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among Borrower, American Classic Voyages Co., the Agent
and the Lenders. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for
the making of Revolving Loans by the Lender to Borrower from time to time and
(ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the
happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of
principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions
therein specified. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the other Notes
as of the date hereof was previously evidenced by the Second Amended and
Restated Revolving Loan Notes dated August 31, 1995 (the "Original Notes")
issued pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
August 31, 1995, among Borrower, the Lender and certain other financial
institutions, and Chemical Bank, as Agent. This Note merely amends, restates
and re-evidences a portion of the indebtedness hitherto evidenced by the
Original Notes and is not intended to and does not constitute a novation.
Demand, presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and
protest are hereby waived by Borrower.
Whenever in this Note reference is made to the Agent, the
Lender or Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a
reference to their respective successors and assigns. The provisions of this
Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors
and assigns. Borrower's successors and assigns shall include, without
limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for Borrower.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.
By: /s/ Jordan B. Allen
________________________
Title: Vice President
______________________
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DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO. NOTE SCHEDULE
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AMOUNT OF TYPE OF INTEREST PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL NOTATION
DATE LOAN LOAN PERIOD REPAID BALANCE MADE BY
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(a)(23)
THIRD MASTER AMENDMENT
TO
COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS
dated as of April 22, 1996
This THIRD MASTER AMENDMENT TO COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS ("MASTER
AMENDMENT") is made as of the 22nd day of April, 1996, among THE DELTA QUEEN
STEAMBOAT CO. (formerly known as DQSC-2, Inc.), a Delaware corporation
("BORROWER"), AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO. (formerly known as The Delta Queen
Steamboat Co.), a Delaware corporation ("PARENT"), CRUISE AMERICA TRAVEL,
INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation ("CRUISE AMERICA"), GREAT RIVER
TRANSPORTATION CO. (formerly known as Delta Queen Properties Corporation), a
Delaware corporation ("DQ PROPERTIES"), GREAT RIVER CRUISE LINE, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("GREAT RIVER"), GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("GREAT OCEAN", and collectively with Cruise America, DQ Properties
and Great River, the "BORROWER SUBSIDIARIES"), BLACKLAND VISTAS, INC., an
Illinois corporation ("BLACKLAND VISTAS"), and CHEMICAL BANK, a New York
banking corporation, as agent (hereinafter in such capacity, the "AGENT") for
itself and the Lenders as referred to and defined in the "Third Restatement"
described below. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Third Restatement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
August 3, 1993, among Borrower, Parent, Agent and the financial institutions
listed on the signature pages thereof and each other financial institution
which from time to time becomes a party thereto in accordance with
Section 11.02(a) thereof (together with their respective successors and
assigns, individually, a "LENDER" and, collectively, the "LENDERS") (the
"ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT"), the Lenders agreed to make certain loans to
Borrower;
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Lenders' and the Agent's
willingness to enter into the Original Credit Agreement and the Lenders'
willingness to make loans to Borrower under the Original Credit Agreement, the
Lenders required Borrower, Parent, Borrower Subsidiaries, Great AQ Steamboat
Co., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Delta Queen Steamboat
Development, Inc., "GREAT AQ"), Creative Endeavors, Inc., formerly a Louisiana
corporation ("CREATIVE ENDEAVORS"), and Blackland Vistas to enter into certain
Collateral Documents as security for the loans under the Original Credit
Agreement, including specifically, but without limitation, the following
agreements, each of which was amended by each of the "First Master Amendment"
and the "Second Master Amendment" (except with respect to Great AQ, the
security
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arrangements and guaranty obligations of which were terminated and released
prior to the execution of the Second Master Amendment)(each such term as
defined below):
(i) those certain individual Security Agreements each dated as of
August 3, 1993, executed by, respectively, the Borrower, the Parent,
each of the Borrower Subsidiaries, Blackland Vistas (each of the
foregoing Security Agreements, collectively, the "SECURITY
AGREEMENTS"), Great AQ, and Creative Endeavors each in favor of the
Agent for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and evidencing each
respective entity's grant of a security interest in all of such
entity's personal property;
(ii) those certain two Stock Pledge Agreements each dated as of
August 3, 1993, executed by, respectively, Borrower (the "BORROWER
PLEDGE AGREEMENT") and the Parent (the "PARENT PLEDGE AGREEMENT," and
together with the Borrower Pledge Agreement, collectively, the "PLEDGE
AGREEMENTS") in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Agent and
the Lenders evidencing the respective pledge of a 100% interest in the
capital stock of certain companies;
(iii) that certain Guaranty dated as of August 3, 1993, executed by
the Parent, each of the Borrower Subsidiaries, Great AQ, Creative
Endeavors, and Blackland Vistas (collectively, the "ORIGINAL
GUARANTORS") in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Agent and
the Lenders evidencing the continual and unconditional guarantee by
such entities of the Obligations of the Borrower;
(iv) those certain two Trademark Collateral Assignments each dated
as of August 3, 1993, executed by, respectively, the Borrower and DQ
Properties (collectively the "TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENTS") in favor of the
Agent for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders evidencing the
collateral assignment of all of each respective entities' trademarks
and trademark license agreements; and
(v) that certain Contribution Agreement dated as of August 3,
1993, executed by each of the Original Guarantors (the "CONTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Parent, the Agent and the Lenders
entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
March 31, 1995, as amended by (a) Amendment Number 1 dated as of March 31,
1995, (b) Amendment Number 2 dated as of July 17, 1995, and (c) Amendment
Number 3 ("AMENDMENT NO. 3") dated as of August 24, 1995 (as so amended, the
"FIRST RESTATEMENT");
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Lenders' and the Agent's
willingness to enter into the First Restatement and the Lenders' willingness to
make loans to Borrower thereunder, the Lenders required Borrower, Parent, each
of the Borrower Subsidiaries, Great AQ, Creative Endeavors, Blackland Vistas,
and AMCV Development Corporation, formerly a Delaware corporation
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(collectively, the "DQ CORPORATIONS") to enter into that certain Master
Amendment to Collateral Documents dated as of March 31, 1995 (the "FIRST MASTER
AMENDMENT");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Master Amendment, Parent's new
subsidiary, AMCV, joined in the Guaranty and the Contribution Agreement and
executed that certain Security Agreement dated March 31, 1995 and Parent
pledged 100% of the outstanding capital stock of AMCV by amending the Parent
Pledge Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the "MARAD Financing" (as such
term is defined in Amendment No. 3) the proceeds of which, in part, were used
to repay the Lenders, (a) the Lenders released their liens against the assets
of Great AQ, including without limitation the American Queen, (b) the Lenders
permitted Great AQ to terminate its obligations under the Guaranty, and (c) the
Lenders permitted the Agent to release the stock of Great AQ pledged by
Borrower (the DQ Corporations excluding Great AQ, AMCV and Creative Endeavors
shall hereinafter be referred to as the "DQ ENTITIES");
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Agent
entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of August 31, 1995 (the "SECOND RESTATEMENT") providing for the amendment and
restatement of the First Restatement;
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Lenders' and the Agent's
willingness to enter into the Second Restatement and the Lenders' willingness
to make loans to Borrower thereunder, the Lenders required the DQ Entities,
AMCV, and Creative Endeavors to enter into that certain Second Master Amendment
to Collateral Documents dated as of August 31, 1995 (the "SECOND MASTER
AMENDMENT");
WHEREAS, as of January 1, 1996, AMCV merged with and into
Parent, with Parent being the surviving entity; and Creative Endeavors merged
with and into Great AQ, with Great AQ being the surviving entity;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Agent
have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of
even date herewith (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "THIRD RESTATEMENT") providing for
the amendment and restatement of the Second Restatement;
WHEREAS, each of the DQ Entities will derive both direct and
indirect benefits from the loans made pursuant to the Third Restatement;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to making the loans,
advances and other financial accommodations by the Lenders under the Third
Restatement that the Parent and the DQ Entities enter into this Master
Amendment to acknowledge and agree that the Collateral Documents and the liens
and security interests
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granted thereunder secure the Obligations of Borrower under the Third
Restatement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the undersigned agrees as
follows:
1. AMENDMENTS TO COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS. EACH OF THE DQ
ENTITIES HEREBY AGREES THAT THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE THIRD RESTATEMENT ARE
SECURED BY THE COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE SECURITY
AGREEMENTS, THE GUARANTY, THE PLEDGE AGREEMENTS AND THE TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENTS.
ALL REFERENCES THEREIN TO "OBLIGATIONS" UNDER THE ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT,
THE FIRST RESTATEMENT OR THE SECOND RESTATEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE
"OBLIGATIONS" OF THE BORROWER PURSUANT TO THE THIRD RESTATEMENT. ALL
REFERENCES TO THE "CREDIT AGREEMENT" SHALL BE DEEMED TO REFER TO THE THIRD
RESTATEMENT.
2. REAFFIRMATION. EACH OF THE PARENT, CRUISE AMERICA,
DQ PROPERTIES, GREAT RIVER, GREAT OCEAN AND BLACKLAND VISTAS (COLLECTIVELY, THE
"DQ GUARANTORS") HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE THIRD
RESTATEMENT AND REAFFIRMS ITS GUARANTEE OF THE OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE
GUARANTY, WHICH GUARANTY REMAINS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. EACH OF THE DQ
GUARANTORS ACKNOWLEDGES AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS RECEIVED AND REVIEWED A COPY
OF THE THIRD RESTATEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE LOAN DOCUMENTS
REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS MODIFIED HEREBY AND ARE HEREBY RATIFIED AND
CONFIRMED. THE EXECUTION OF THIS MASTER AMENDMENT SHALL NOT OPERATE AS A
WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT, POWER OR REMEDY OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER, NOR CONSTITUTE
A WAIVER OF ANY PROVISION OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
3. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. THIS MASTER AMENDMENT SHALL
BE BINDING UPON EACH OF THE PARENT AND THE DQ ENTITIES AND UPON THEIR
RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE LENDERS
AND THE AGENT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; ALL REFERENCES
HEREIN TO "DQ ENTITIES" SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS. THE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF SUCH ENTITIES SHALL INCLUDE,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR RESPECTIVE RECEIVERS, TRUSTEES OR
DEBTORS-IN-POSSESSION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NONE OF SUCH ENTITIES SHALL
VOLUNTARILY ASSIGN OR TRANSFER ITS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER WITHOUT THE
AGENT'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.
4. FURTHER ASSURANCES. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES HEREBY
AGREES FROM TIME TO TIME, AS AND WHEN REQUESTED BY THE AGENT, TO EXECUTE AND
DELIVER OR CAUSE TO BE EXECUTED AND DELIVERED, ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS
AND AGREEMENTS AND TO TAKE OR CAUSE TO BE TAKEN SUCH FURTHER OR OTHER ACTION AS
THE AGENT MAY DEEM NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE
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INTENT AND PURPOSES OF THIS MASTER AMENDMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
5. DEFINITIONS. ALL REFERENCES TO THE SINGULAR SHALL
BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE PLURAL AND VICE VERSA WHERE THE CONTEXT SO REQUIRES.
6. Governing Law. The Agent hereby accepts this Master
Amendment, on behalf of itself as the Agent and as a Lender, and the other
Lenders, at New York, New York, by acknowledging and agreeing to it there. Any
dispute among the Agent, any of the Lenders and any of the DQ Corporations
arising out of or related to the relationship established among them in
connection with this Master Amendment as it amends the Guaranty, the
Contribution Agreement, the Pledge Agreements and the Trademark Assignments and
whether arising in contract, tort, equity, or otherwise, shall be resolved in
accordance with the internal laws, and not the conflicts of law provisions, of
the State of New York. Any dispute among the Agent, any of the Lenders and any
of the DQ Entities arising out of or related to the relationship established
among them in connection with this Master Amendment as it amends the Security
Agreements and whether arising in contract, tort, equity, or otherwise, shall
be resolved in accordance with the internal laws, and not the conflicts of law
provisions, of the State of Louisiana.
7. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY
TRIAL.
(A) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(B), EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES AMONG THEM ARISING OUT
OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED
EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, BUT THE
PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE
HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SUCH JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO WAIVES IN ALL DISPUTES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION ANY OBJECTION
THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.
(B) OTHER JURISDICTIONS. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES AGREES THAT
THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED AGAINST EACH OF THE DQ
ENTITIES OR ITS PROPERTY IN A COURT IN ANY LOCATION TO ENABLE SUCH PERSON TO
(1) OBTAIN PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER ANY OF THE DQ ENTITIES OR (2) REALIZE ON
THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR
ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT
ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF
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SUCH PERSON. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT ANY
PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY SUCH PERSON TO REALIZE ON
THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR
ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT
ORDER IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS
COMMENCED A PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION.
(C) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES WAIVES
PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS UPON IT AND, AS ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR THE
OBLIGATIONS, IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS THE PRENTICE HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM, INC.,
SUCH DQ ENTITIES' REGISTERED AGENT, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 500 CENTRAL AVENUE,
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12206, AS SUCH DQ ENTITIES' AGENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING
SERVICE OF PROCESS ISSUED BY ANY COURT. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION OF THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS) WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH IN ANY JURISDICTION SET FORTH
ABOVE.
(D) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY
DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG
THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR
AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT ANY PARTY HERETO
MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS
WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
(E) WAIVER OF BOND. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES WAIVES THE
POSTING OF ANY BOND OTHERWISE REQUIRED OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY JUDICIAL PROCESS OR PROCEEDING TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL) OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE
OBLIGATIONS OR TO ENFORCE ANY JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER ENTERED IN FAVOR OF
SUCH PARTY, OR TO ENFORCE BY SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER,
PRELIMINARY OR PERMANENT INJUNCTION, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
8. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. EACH OF THE PARENT AND THE DQ
ENTITIES REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS THAT IT HAS
DISCUSSED THIS MASTER AMENDMENT WITH ITS LAWYERS.
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9. NOTICES. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES (OTHER THAN
BORROWER) APPOINTS BORROWER AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE NOTICES AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS UNDER THIS MASTER AMENDMENT. ANY SUCH NOTICE OR COMMUNICATION
RECEIVED BY BORROWER UNDER THIS MASTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED BY EACH DQ ENTITY. ALL SUCH NOTICES TO BORROWER SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE
MANNER AND TO THE ADDRESSES SET FORTH IN THE THIRD RESTATEMENT.
10. SEVERABILITY. WHEREVER POSSIBLE, EACH PROVISION OF
THIS MASTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO BE EFFECTIVE
AND VALID UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, BUT IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS MASTER AMENDMENT
SHALL BE PROHIBITED BY OR INVALID UNDER SUCH LAW, SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE
INEFFECTIVE TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH PROHIBITION OR INVALIDITY WITHOUT
INVALIDATING THE REMAINDER OF SUCH PROVISION OR THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF
THIS MASTER AMENDMENT.
11. COLLATERAL. EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS MASTER AMENDMENT ARE
SECURED UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF EACH OF THE
COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY.
12. MERGER. THIS MASTER AMENDMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL
AGREEMENT OF EACH OF THE DQ ENTITIES AND THE AGENT WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS
CONTAINED HEREIN AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR OR
CONTEMPORANEOUS AGREEMENTS, OR PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS, AMONG ANY
OF THE DQ ENTITIES AND THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER.
13. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. THIS MASTER AMENDMENT MAY
BE EXECUTED IN ANY NUMBER OF COUNTERPARTS AND BY DIFFERENT PARTIES HERETO IN
SEPARATE COUNTERPARTS, EACH OF WHICH WHEN SO EXECUTED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN
ORIGINAL AND ALL OF WHICH TAKEN TOGETHER SHALL CONSTITUTE ONE AND THE SAME
AGREEMENT.
14. DEFINITIONS. THE SINGULAR SHALL INCLUDE THE PLURAL
AND VICE VERSA AND ANY GENDER SHALL INCLUDE ANY OTHER GENDER AS THE CONTEXT MAY
REQUIRE.
15. SECTION HEADINGS. THE SECTION HEADINGS HEREIN ARE
FOR CONVENIENCE OF REFERENCE ONLY, AND SHALL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE
INTERPRETATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.
16. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE
PARTICIPATED JOINTLY IN THE NEGOTIATION AND DRAFTING OF THIS MASTER AMENDMENT.
IN THE EVENT AN AMBIGUITY OR QUESTION OF
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INTENT OR INTERPRETATION ARISES, THIS MASTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS IF
DRAFTED JOINTLY BY THE PARTIES HERETO AND NO PRESUMPTION OR BURDEN OF PROOF
SHALL ARISE FAVORING OR DISFAVORING ANY PARTY HERETO BY VIRTUE OF THE
AUTHORSHIP OF ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS MASTER AMENDMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Master Amendment has been duly
executed by each of the undersigned as of the day and year first set forth
above.
THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.
(formerly known as DQSC-2, Inc.)
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
AMERICAN CLASSIC VOYAGES CO.
(formerly known as The Delta
Queen Steamboat Co.)
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Senior Vice President
------------------------
CRUISE AMERICA TRAVEL,
INCORPORATED
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
GREAT RIVER CRUISE LINE, INC.
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC.
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
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GREAT RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO.
(formerly known as Delta Queen
Properties Corporation)
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
BLACKLAND VISTAS, INC.
By: /s/ JORDAN B. ALLEN
--------------------------
Name: Jordan B. Allen
------------------------
Title: Vice President
------------------------
CHEMICAL BANK, as Agent
By: /s/ LISA B. BENITEZ
------------------------
Name: Lisa B. Benitez
----------------------
Title: Vice President
----------------------
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(a)(24)
THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
ON 100.000% OF THE DELTA QUEEN
OFFICIAL NO. 225875
EXECUTED BY
GREAT RIVER CRUISE LINE, INC.
(T.I.N. 36-3800514)
IN FAVOR OF
CHEMICAL BANK AS TRUSTEE AND AGENT ("MORTGAGEE")
MORTGAGEE'S PERCENTAGE OF INTEREST IN MORTGAGE: 100.000%
ON THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1996
FOR THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF $25,000,000.00, PLUS INTEREST,
EXPENSES, FEES AND PROTECTIVE ADVANCES
GROSS TONNAGE: 3360
NET TONNAGE: 1160
YEAR BUILT: 1926
LOCATION OF MORTGAGED VESSEL: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
HOME PORT OF MORTGAGED VESSEL: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
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UNDER THE SECOND RESTATEMENT, UP TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
$40,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE
ADVANCES;
WHEREAS, BORROWER AND MORTGAGOR HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF THE CREDIT FACILITY UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT BE DECREASED FROM A MAXIMUM
OF $40,000,000 TO A MAXIMUM OF $25,000,000.00, AND TO FURTHER AMEND THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS, ALL TO BE MORE FULLY REFLECTED
IN A THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG BORROWER, PARENT,
MORTGAGEE AND THE OTHER LENDERS, DATED AS OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH (THE "RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT" OR "CREDIT AGREEMENT"); AND
WHEREAS, MORTGAGOR WISHES TO CONFIRM THAT THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE
MORTGAGE INCLUDE ALL OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEED BY MORTGAGOR UNDER THE GUARANTY,
WHICH INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF BORROWER UNDER
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, UP TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
$25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE
ADVANCES.
NOW THEREFORE, MORTGAGOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND CONFIRMS THAT THE
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" WHICH ARE SECURED BY ITS GUARANTY, AND WHICH COMPRISE
THE "OBLIGATIONS" SECURED BY THE MORTGAGE, WERE INTENDED TO INCLUDE, AND DO NOW
AND SHALL HEREAFTER INCLUDE, ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER UNDER THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT (UP TO THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL LIMITS PROVIDED HEREIN), AS THE
SAME CREDIT AGREEMENT IS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED
FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT THAT
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT FACILITY THEREUNDER, CHANGE THE INTEREST
RATE, CHANGE THE MATURITY DATES, OR THAT EFFECT OTHER CHANGES OF WHATEVER
NATURE AND KIND WHATSOEVER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING, AND WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MORTGAGOR CONFIRMS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" SECURED BY THE GUARANTY, AND THE "OBLIGATIONS" SECURED
BY THE MORTGAGE, WERE INTENDED TO INCLUDE, AND DO NOW AND SHALL HEREAFTER
INCLUDE, ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, WHETHER FOR PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, FEES AND
OTHER AMOUNTS, THAT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER BE DUE FROM BORROWER IN CONNECTION
WITH THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR
OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, ALL UP TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND
PROTECTIVE ADVANCES.
MORTGAGOR HEREBY MODIFIES AND AMENDS THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL OBLIGATIONS
SECURED BY THE MORTGAGE, WHETHER DIRECT OR CONTINGENT, EXCLUSIVE OF INTEREST,
EXPENSES AND FEES, PURSUANT TO 46 U.S.C.A. Section 31321 (B) (3) AND 46 CFR
Section 67.235(A)(2)(III) FROM $40,000,000.00 TO $25,000,000.00.
IT IS THE INTENTION OF MORTGAGOR THAT ALL ADVANCES UNDER THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT (INCLUDING ALL ADVANCES MADE UNDER THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT),
TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL OTHER "OBLIGATIONS" AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORIGINAL
MORTGAGE AND CONFIRMED HEREIN, ARE SECURED UNDER THE MORTGAGE WITH RETROACTIVE
PRIORITY TO THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE LAW, UP TO A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL SECURED AMOUNT OF
$25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE
ADVANCES.
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL CONSTITUTE A NOVATION, RELEASE, TERMINATION OR
REISSUANCE OF THE MORTGAGE, OR A NOVATION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THE
ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE SECOND RESTATEMENT. TERMS NOT OTHERWISE
DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANING PROVIDED IN THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE.
EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREBY, THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT.
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT AND THE MORTGAGE HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED TO
MORTGAGEE IN TRUST, AND ARE HELD BY MORTGAGEE IN TRUST, PURSUANT TO THAT
CERTAIN TRUST INDENTURE BY AND AMONG MORTGAGOR, MORTGAGEE AND THE LENDERS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, DATED AUGUST 3, 1993, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED,
ACKNOWLEDGED, RESTATED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRUST INDENTURE DATED OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH.
MORTGAGOR HEREBY INSTRUCTS (A) THE COAST GUARD TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS THIRD
AMENDMENT IN THE MARGIN OF ITS RECORDS OF (I) THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE UNDER PM
BOOK 245, INSTR. 65, AND (II) THE FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER P.M. BOOK 9504, INSTR.
227, AND (B) THE NATIONAL VESSEL DOCUMENTATION CENTER TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS
THIRD AMENDMENT IN THE MARGIN OF ITS RECORDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN BOOK
96-03, PAGE/INSTR. 673, AND TO RECORD THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO SERVE AS OCCASION
MAY REQUIRE.
****INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK****
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
PAGE 3
THUS DONE AND SIGNED, on the day, month and year first written above, in the
presence of the undersigned competent witnesses, who hereunto sign their names
with Mortgagor after reading of the whole.
WITNESSES: MORTGAGOR:
GREAT RIVER CRUISE LINE, INC.
/s/ Jordan B. Allen
X________________________________ _____________________________________
Jordan B. Allen
X________________________________ By:________________________________________
Vice President
Title:______________________________________
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(a)(25)
THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
ON 100.000% OF THE MISSISSIPPI QUEEN
OFFICIAL NO. 574200
EXECUTED BY
GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC.
(T.I.N. 11-2417054)
IN FAVOR OF
CHEMICAL BANK AS TRUSTEE AND AGENT ("MORTGAGEE")
MORTGAGEE'S PERCENTAGE OF INTEREST IN MORTGAGE: 100.000%
ON THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1996
FOR THE PRINCIPAL SUM OF $25,000,000.00, PLUS INTEREST,
EXPENSES, FEES AND PROTECTIVE ADVANCES
GROSS TONNAGE: 3364
NET TONNAGE: 1684
YEAR BUILT: 1976
LOCATION OF MORTGAGED VESSEL: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
HOME PORT OF MORTGAGED VESSEL: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
OWNER/MORTGAGOR: GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC.
(TIN: 11-2417054)
30 ROBIN ST. WHARF
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
MORTGAGEE: CHEMICAL BANK, AS AGENT AND
TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LENDERS
(TIN 13-4994650)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
DATE OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO MORTGAGE: APRIL 22, 1996
PRINCIPAL OBLIGATIONS SECURED, DIRECT OR CONTINGENT,
EXCLUSIVE OF INTEREST, EXPENSES AND FEES, PURSUANT TO
46 U.S.C.A. Section 31321 (B) (3) AND 46 CFR
Section 67.235 (A) (2) (III): $25,000,000.00
DESCRIPTION OF VESSEL:
NAME: MISSISSIPPI QUEEN; OFFICIAL NUMBER: 574200; GROSS TONNAGE:
3360; NET TONNAGE: 1160; YEAR BUILT: 1976; HOME PORT: NEW ORLEANS,
LOUISIANA; GRANTOR'S PERCENTAGE OF INTEREST: 100.00%. LOCATION OF
VESSEL: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE MADE AND ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN
THE ABOVE NAMED MORTGAGOR IN FAVOR OF THE ABOVE-NAMED MORTGAGEE, ENCUMBERING
THE VESSEL DESCRIBED ABOVE.
BE IT KNOWN, THAT ON THIS 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 1996;
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE WITNESSES HEREINAFTER NAMED AND UNDERSIGNED,
PERSONALLY CAME AND APPEARED:
GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, WHOSE LOUISIANA
MAILING ADDRESS IS 30 ROBIN STREET WHARF, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130, WHOSE TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 11-2417054, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY AND THROUGH JORDAN
B. ALLEN, ITS VICE PRESIDENT AND DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE PURSUANT TO A
RESOLUTION OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO ("MORTGAGOR"); AND
CHEMICAL BANK, WHOSE ADDRESS IS 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017,
WHOSE TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 13-4994650, REPRESENTED HEREIN BY LISA
D. BENITEZ, ITS VICE PRESIDENT AND DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE;
WHEREAS, MORTGAGOR GRANTED THAT CERTAIN PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE, DATED
AUGUST 3, 1993 (THE "ORIGINAL MORTGAGE", TOGETHER WITH ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO,
INCLUDING THIS AMENDMENT, THE "MORTGAGE"), WHICH ORIGINAL MORTGAGE WAS RECORDED
WITH THE EIGHTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT ON AUGUST 16, 1993 AT 9:24 A.M. IN PM BOOK
245, INSTR. 64 AND AMENDED BY AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE ("FIRST
AMENDMENT ") RECORDED WITH THE EIGHTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT ON APRIL 7, 1995 AT
10:04 A.M. IN PM BOOK 9504, INSTR. 226 AND BY SECOND AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED
SHIP MORTGAGE ("SECOND AMENDMENT") RECORDED WITH THE NATIONAL VESSEL
DOCUMENTATION CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1995 AT 11:00A.M. IN BOOK 96-05,
PAGE/INSTR. 659;
WHEREAS, THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE, AS AMENDED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WAS
GRANTED TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS (AS DEFINED THEREIN), UP TO A
MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $80,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST,
COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE ADVANCES, WHICH OBLIGATIONS INCLUDED ALL
INDEBTEDNESS OF MORTGAGOR UNDER MORTGAGOR'S GUARANTY DATED AUGUST 3, 1993
(TOGETHER WITH ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND RENEWALS AND REPLACEMENTS THEREOF,
THE "GUARANTY");
WHEREAS, SUCH GUARANTY GUARANTEED PAYMENT OF ALL OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DQSC-2, INC.) ("BORROWER")
UNDER THAT CERTAIN CREDIT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG BORROWER, AMERICAN CLASSIC
VOYAGES CO. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE DELTA QUEEN STEAMBOAT CO.) ("PARENT") AND
MORTGAGEE, FOR ITSELF AND AS AGENT FOR THE LENDERS, AS AMENDED, RESTATED,
SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "ORIGINAL CREDIT
AGREEMENT", SUCH ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED
OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE "CREDIT AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, BORROWER AND MORTGAGOR, PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (THE "SECOND RESTATEMENT") DATED AS OF AUGUST 31,
1995 BY AND AMONG BORROWER, PARENT, MORTGAGEE AND THE OTHER LENDERS THEREUNDER,
DECREASED THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT FACILITY UNDER THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT FROM A MAXIMUM OF $80,000,000 TO A MAXIMUM OF $40,000,000 AND
MORTGAGOR, PURSUANT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, CONFIRMED THAT THE OBLIGATIONS
SECURED BY THE MORTGAGE INCLUDED ALL OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEED BY MORTGAGOR UNDER
THE GUARANTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF
BORROWER UNDER THE SECOND RESTATEMENT, UP
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
PAGE 2
TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $40,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH
INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE ADVANCES;
WHEREAS, BORROWER AND MORTGAGOR HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF THE CREDIT FACILITY UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT BE DECREASED FROM A MAXIMUM
OF $40,000,000 TO A MAXIMUM OF $25,000,000.00, AND TO FURTHER AMEND THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS, ALL TO BE MORE FULLY REFLECTED
IN A THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG BORROWER, PARENT,
MORTGAGEE AND THE OTHER LENDERS, DATED AS OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH (THE "RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT" OR "CREDIT AGREEMENT"); AND
WHEREAS, MORTGAGOR WISHES TO CONFIRM THAT THE OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY THE
MORTGAGE INCLUDE ALL OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEED BY MORTGAGOR UNDER THE GUARANTY,
WHICH INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF BORROWER UNDER
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, UP TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
$25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE
ADVANCES.
NOW THEREFORE, MORTGAGOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND CONFIRMS THAT THE
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" WHICH ARE SECURED BY ITS GUARANTY, AND WHICH COMPRISE
THE "OBLIGATIONS" SECURED BY THE MORTGAGE, WERE INTENDED TO INCLUDE, AND DO NOW
AND SHALL HEREAFTER INCLUDE, ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER UNDER THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT (UP TO THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL LIMITS PROVIDED HEREIN), AS THE
SAME CREDIT AGREEMENT IS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED
FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT THAT
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT FACILITY THEREUNDER, CHANGE THE INTEREST
RATE, CHANGE THE MATURITY DATES, OR THAT EFFECT OTHER CHANGES OF WHATEVER
NATURE AND KIND WHATSOEVER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING, AND WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, MORTGAGOR CONFIRMS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" SECURED BY THE GUARANTY, AND THE "OBLIGATIONS" SECURED
BY THE MORTGAGE, WERE INTENDED TO INCLUDE, AND DO NOW AND SHALL HEREAFTER
INCLUDE, ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, WHETHER FOR PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, FEES AND
OTHER AMOUNTS, THAT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER BE DUE FROM BORROWER IN CONNECTION
WITH THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR
OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, ALL UP TO A MAXIMUM SECURED PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND
PROTECTIVE ADVANCES.
MORTGAGOR HEREBY MODIFIES AND AMENDS THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL OBLIGATIONS
SECURED BY THE MORTGAGE, WHETHER DIRECT OR CONTINGENT, EXCLUSIVE OF INTEREST,
EXPENSES AND FEES, PURSUANT TO 46 U.S.C.A. Section 31321 (B) (3) AND 46 CFR
Section 67.235(A)(2)(III) FROM $40,000,000.00 TO $25,000,000.00.
IT IS THE INTENTION OF MORTGAGOR THAT ALL ADVANCES UNDER THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT (INCLUDING ALL ADVANCES MADE UNDER THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT),
TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL OTHER "OBLIGATIONS" AS DESCRIBED IN THE ORIGINAL
MORTGAGE AND CONFIRMED HEREIN, ARE SECURED UNDER THE MORTGAGE WITH RETROACTIVE
PRIORITY TO THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE LAW, UP TO A MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL SECURED AMOUNT OF
$25,000,000.00, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES AND PROTECTIVE
ADVANCES.
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL CONSTITUTE A NOVATION, RELEASE, TERMINATION OR
REISSUANCE OF THE MORTGAGE, OR A NOVATION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THE
ORIGINAL CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE SECOND RESTATEMENT. TERMS NOT OTHERWISE
DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANING PROVIDED IN THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE.
EXCEPT AS MODIFIED HEREBY, THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND
EFFECT.
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT AND THE MORTGAGE HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND DELIVERED TO
MORTGAGEE IN TRUST, AND ARE HELD BY MORTGAGEE IN TRUST, PURSUANT TO THAT
CERTAIN TRUST INDENTURE BY AND AMONG MORTGAGOR, MORTGAGEE AND THE LENDERS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, DATED AUGUST 3, 1993, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED,
ACKNOWLEDGED, RESTATED OR REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TRUST INDENTURE DATED OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH.
MORTGAGOR HEREBY INSTRUCTS (A) THE COAST GUARD TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS THIRD
AMENDMENT IN THE MARGIN OF ITS RECORDS OF (I) THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE UNDER PM
BOOK 245, INSTR. 64, AND (II) THE FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER PM BOOK 9504, INSTR.
226; AND (B) THE NATIONAL VESSEL DOCUMENTATION CENTER TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS
THIRD AMENDMENT IN THE MARGIN OF ITS RECORDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN BOOK
96-05, PAGE/INSTR. 659, AND TO RECORD THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO SERVE AS OCCASION
MAY REQUIRE.
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THIRD AMENDMENT TO PREFERRED SHIP MORTGAGE
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THUS DONE AND SIGNED, ON THE DAY, MONTH AND YEAR FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE, IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE UNDERSIGNED COMPETENT WITNESSES, WHO HEREUNTO SIGN THEIR NAMES
WITH MORTGAGOR AFTER READING OF THE WHOLE.
WITNESSES: MORTGAGOR:
GREAT OCEAN CRUISE LINE, INC.
/s/ Jordan B. Allen
X________________________________ _____________________________________
Jordan B. Allen
X________________________________ By:________________________________________
Vice President
Title:______________________________________
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(11)
Contract No. MA-13068
AMENDMENT TO
COMMITMENT TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS
BY
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNDER TITLE XI
OF THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936, AS AMENDED
ACCEPTED BY
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Dated as of March 28, 1996
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AMENDMENT TO
COMMITMENT TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS
by
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Accepted by
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Shipowner
___________________
THIS AMENDMENT TO COMMITMENT TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS, dated as of
March 28, 1996 (the "Guarantee Commitment"), made and entered into by the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (the "United States"), represented by the SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION, acting by and through the MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR (the
"Secretary"), and accepted on said date by GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO., a
Delaware corporation (the "Shipowner").
RECITALS:
A. The Shipowner is the sole owner of the INDEPENDENCE, which is
more fully described in Table A hereto (the "Vessel"), which was
reconditioned/reconstructed pursuant to certain construction contracts (the
"Construction Contracts") with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
("Newport News") and Hopeman Brothers, Inc. (collectively, the "Shipyards").
B. The Shipowner, the Vessel, Great Hawaiian Properties
Corporation, dba American Hawaii Cruises ("Great Hawaiian"), American Classic
Voyages Co. (formerly known as The Delta Queen Steamboat Co.) and Newport News
were parties in an action originally brought by Newport News in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the "Court") as
Civil Action No. 4:94CV148 (the "Litigation") because of disagreement as to the
amounts required to be paid to Newport News by or for the account of the
Shipowner in connection with the reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel.
On February 15, 1996, the parties to the Litigation reached a settlement and
the Secretary has approved additional Actual Costs relating to the Vessel.
C. On December 7, 1995, the Secretary made and entered, and the
Shipowner accepted, a Commitment to Guarantee Obligations (the "Original
Commitment") wherein the Secretary committed to guarantee the United States
Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series A (the
"Original Obligations"). The Original Obligations, in the aggregate principal
amount of $26,429,000, were issued by the Shipowner on December 7, 1995. The
Secretary, in a
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letter to the Shipowner dated November 17, 1995, committed to guarantee
additional obligations which will be designated United States Government
Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series B (the "Additional
Obligations"), provided that the Secretary determine that the costs related to
such Additional Obligations are eligible, fair and reasonable pursuant to Title
XI (as hereinafter defined). Settlement of the Litigation has enabled the
Secretary to make such determination.
D. The Shipowner has issued the Original Obligations and will
issue the Additional Obligations to aid in financing the reconditioning and
reconstruction of the Vessel. To issue the Additional Obligations, the
Shipowner will borrow an aggregate principal amount which, when aggregated with
the Original Obligations, will approximately equal, but in no event will
exceed, 87 1/2% of the Depreciated Actual Cost of the
reconditioning/reconstruction, as of the Closing Date, of the Vessel. As used
herein, the "Closing Date" refers to the date for the execution and delivery of
the Additional Obligations as provided in the Purchase Agreement annexed
hereto, subject to the conditions contained in Article V hereof.
E. As one means of such financing, the Shipowner has entered into
a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with the purchaser named
therein providing for the sale and delivery, on the Closing Date, of not in
excess of $6,903,000 aggregate principal amount of Additional Obligations
consisting of the Additional 2005 Notes and the Additional 2015 Bonds having
the maturity dates and interest rates set forth in the Purchase Agreement and
the Additional Obligations.
F. The Shipowner will, on the Closing Date, execute and deliver
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 ("Supplemental Indenture No. 1"), between the
Shipowner and The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"), in connection with the Additional Obligations to be issued in
respect of the Vessel, in the aggregate amount, with the maturities and bearing
interest at the rates specified in Supplemental Indenture No. 1.
G. Under the Secretary's Determination (the "Secretary's
Determination"), to be entered into on the Closing Date between the Secretary
and the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee will be authorized to endorse
and execute, by means of facsimile signature of the Secretary and the facsimile
seal of the Department of Transportation, on each of the Additional Obligations
issued and to authenticate a guarantee by the Secretary of the payment in full
of all the unpaid interest on, and the unpaid balance of the principal of, each
Additional Obligation, including interest accruing between the date of default
under such Obligation and the date of payment by the Secretary (individually, a
"Guarantee" and, collectively, the "Guarantees").
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H. The Shipowner, as security for the Guarantees, and as security
to the Secretary for the payment to the Secretary of the principal of, and the
interest due or to become due on, the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note in
accordance with the terms thereof, will, on the Closing Date, enter into an
Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement with the Secretary ("Amendment Number
1 to Security Agreement"), Contract No. MA-13070.
I. The Shipowner will as further security to the Secretary,
execute and deliver on the Closing Date, Supplement Number 1 to First Preferred
Ship Mortgage, Contract MA-13071.
W I T N E S S E T H:
That under the provisions of Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936, as amended and in effect on the date hereof (said provisions, as so
amended and in effect on the date hereof, being called "Title XI") and in
consideration of (i) the covenants of the Shipowner contained herein, (ii) the
payment by the Shipowner to the Secretary of the charges for this Guarantee
Commitment pursuant to Section 1104(f) of Title XI and (iii) other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Secretary hereby commits itself as herein provided.
Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement has been executed and is
annexed to each counterpart of this Guarantee Commitment.
Annexed to each counterpart of this Guarantee Commitment are forms of
the Purchase Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the Additional
Obligations, the Secretary's Determination, Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage
and the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note.
A Consent of Shipyard from Newport News will be requested to be
executed and delivered and the Purchase Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No.
1, the Additional Obligations, the Secretary's Determination, Supplement Number
1 to Mortgage and the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note (except as otherwise
required by the Secretary), shall be executed and delivered on or before the
date hereof, substantially in the respective forms annexed hereto, except that
the blanks therein, if any, shall be filled in as contemplated therein and
herein and, except further that the maturity dates and interest rates of the
Additional Obligations must be further approved by the Secretary.
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ARTICLE I
Findings and Determinations of Secretary
Pursuant to Section 1104(d) of Title XI, the Secretary has found that
the property or project with respect to which the Additional Obligations will
be executed will be, in his opinion, economically sound.
Pursuant to Sections 1101(f), 1101(g) and 1104(b)(2) of Title XI, the
Secretary has determined that the Actual Cost of the
reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel is $40,006,036 and the Depreciated
Actual Cost of reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel is $38,096,433. The
Depreciated Actual Cost of the reconditioning/reconstruction for the Vessel is
comprised of the amounts determined by the Secretary set forth in Table A
annexed hereto, and the Secretary has determined that the amounts set forth in
said Table A are itemized as also set forth therein. The Secretary may, at the
request of the Shipowner, make a redetermination of the Actual Cost and the
Depreciated Actual Cost of the reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel to
include, in addition to the items set forth or referred to in said Table A, any
other items or any increase in the amounts of the items set forth or referred
to therein.
On the Closing Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Obligations
will not exceed 87 1/2% of the Depreciated Actual Cost as of the Closing Date.
Pursuant to Section 1104(b)(3) and 1104(b)(5) of Title XI, respectively,
the Secretary has determined that the maturity dates of the Additional
Obligations are satisfactory and that the interest rates to be borne by the
Additional Obligations (exclusive of the charges for the Guarantee Fee and
service charges, if any) to be issued on the Closing Date are reasonable,
taking into account the range of interest rates prevailing in the private
market for similar loans and risks assumed by the Secretary.
Pursuant to Section 1104(b)(4) of Title XI, the Secretary has
determined that payments of principal required by the Additional Obligations
are satisfactory.
ARTICLE II
Commitment to Guarantee Additional Obligations
The United States, represented by the Secretary, HEREBY COMMITS ITSELF
TO GUARANTEE (as provided in the Additional Obligations) the payment of the
unpaid interest on, and the unpaid balance of the principal of, the Additional
Obligations, including interest accruing between the date of default under the
Additional Obligations and the payment in full of the Guarantees, and, to
effect this Guarantee Commitment,
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hereby commits itself to execute and deliver the Secretary's Determination,
Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement and Supplement Number 1 to the
Mortgage on the Closing Date.
ARTICLE III
The Additional Obligations
The Additional Obligations shall be as provided in the Supplemental
Indenture and in the forms of the Additional Obligations annexed as Exhibits
2(a) and (b) to Supplemental Indenture No. 1. The Additional Obligations shall
be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 and in the forms thereof. Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the
Additional Obligations, Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement, the
Endorsement to the Secretary's Note and Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage
shall be executed and delivered by the Shipowner on the Closing Date. The
forms of the Purchase Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the Additional
Obligations, the Secretary's Determination, Amendment No. 1 to Authorization
Agreement, Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement, Supplement Number 1 to the
Mortgage and the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note are hereby approved by the
Secretary.
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ARTICLE IV
Covenants of the Shipowner
The Shipowner represents and, until termination of this Guarantee
Commitment, agrees:
(a) that the Vessel has been reconditioned/reconstructed
substantially in accordance with the plans and specifications, as applicable,
pursuant to the Construction Contracts in a shipyard within the United States
approved by the Secretary and has been, shall remain, and on the Closing Date
will be documented under the laws of the United States;
(b) to furnish to the Secretary, promptly upon written
request, such reasonable, material and pertinent reports, evidence, proof or
information, in addition to that furnished pursuant to the further provisions
of this Guarantee Commitment or in the application for this Guarantee
Commitment under Title XI or otherwise available to the Secretary, as the
Secretary may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the
performance by the Secretary of his duties and functions under the Act;
(c) to maintain records of all amounts paid or
obligated to be paid by or for the account of the Shipowner for the
reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel;
(d) to permit the Secretary, promptly upon request, to make
such reasonable, material and pertinent examination and audit of the
Shipowner's books, records and accounts and to take such information therefrom
and make such transcripts or copies thereof, as the Secretary may reasonably
deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance by the
Secretary of his duties and functions under the Act;
(e) to maintain its United States citizenship within the
meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, for the purpose of
operation of the Vessel in the trade or trades in which the Shipowner proposes
to operate the Vessel, to the satisfaction of the Secretary and, at the time of
the execution and delivery of the Secretary's Determination, to submit to the
Secretary such supplemental proof of citizenship as the Secretary may deem
appropriate to evidence the continued United States citizenship of the
Shipowner for said purpose; and
(f) to execute and deliver, on the Closing Date, the Purchase
Agreement, the Additional Obligations, Amendment Number 1 to Security
Agreement, the Supplemental Indenture, the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note
and Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage.
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ARTICLE V
Conditions to Execution and Delivery of the
Secretary's Determination and Amendment Number 1
to Security Agreement
On the Closing Date, the Secretary's Determination shall be executed and
delivered by the United States and the Indenture Trustee; Amendment Number 1 to
Security Agreement and Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage shall be executed
and delivered by the Shipowner and the Secretary; Supplemental Indenture No. 1
shall be executed and delivered by the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee; the
Endorsement to the Secretary's Note shall be executed and delivered and the
Additional Obligations shall be issued and delivered by the Shipowner; and the
Purchase Agreement shall be executed and delivered by the Shipowner and the
purchaser of the Additional Obligations. The obligation of the United States
represented by the Secretary to execute and deliver the Secretary's
Determination, Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement, Amendment Number 1
to Security Agreement and Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage on the Closing
Date shall be subject to the following conditions unless waived in writing by
the Secretary:
(a) the Closing Date shall occur prior to May 30, 1996, unless
otherwise extended by the Secretary;
(b) on the Closing Date, the Vessel shall be free of any
claim, lien, charge, mortgage or other encumbrance of any character (except the
Mortgage, the Security Agreement, and liens otherwise permitted by Section 2.04
of Exhibit 1 to the Security Agreement); and the Purchase Agreement shall have
been executed and delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 and the Additional Obligations shall have been duly executed
and delivered on the Closing Date;
(c) on the Closing Date, the Shipowner shall be a citizen of the
United States within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act 1916, as
amended, and shall have furnished to the Secretary affidavits setting forth
data showing such citizenship to the Secretary's satisfaction at least 20 days
prior to the Closing Date and shall have submitted pro forma affidavits at
least ten days prior to the Closing Date;
(d) on the Closing Date (i) there shall have been delivered to the
Secretary one executed counterpart and three copies of the Purchase Agreement,
and two executed counterparts of the Supplemental Indenture; (ii) two specimen
copies of the Additional Obligations issued under the Indenture; and (iii) two
copies of all other documents delivered by the Shipowner or the Indenture
Trustee on the Closing Date;
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(e) the following representations and warranties shall have been made
to the Secretary in writing and shall be true as of the Closing Date:
(i) the Shipowner is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, has not failed to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction in the United States in which its business or
properties require such qualification, and had and has full
legal right, corporate power and authority to own its own
properties and assets and conduct its business as it is
presently conducted;
(ii) the Shipowner had and has legal power and authority to
enter into and carry out the terms of this Guarantee
Commitment, the Purchase Agreement, the Additional
Obligations, Supplemental Indenture No. 1, Amendment Number 1
to Security Agreement, the Endorsement to Secretary's Note and
Supplement Number 1 to the Mortgage;
(iii) each and all of the documents and instruments referred
to in clause (ii) hereof have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Shipowner and constitute, in accordance
with their respective terms, legal, valid and binding
instruments enforceable against the Shipowner;
(iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by and
compliance by the Shipowner of all the terms and provisions of
the documents and instruments referred to in clause (ii)
hereof will not violate any provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Shipowner and will not result
in a breach of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under any other agreement or undertaking by the
Shipowner or by which the Shipowner is bound or any order of
any court or administrative agency entered in any proceedings
to which the Shipowner is or has been a party;
(v) the Offering Circular, containing a description of the
Additional Obligations (the "Offering Circular"), of which the
Secretary shall have received a conformed copy, does not
contain any untrue statements or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(vi) there is no litigation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the best of the Shipowner's knowledge,
threatened, involving the Shipowner or any of its property
which could prevent or jeopardize the performance
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by the Shipowner of the documents and instruments referred to
in clause (ii) hereof.
(f) there shall have been delivered to the Secretary a copy of each
document and legal opinion delivered to the purchaser of the Additional
Obligations on the Closing Date;
(g) the Secretary shall have received the initial Guarantee Fee
payable under the Security Agreement;
(h) all charges levied or assessed by the Secretary under Section
1104(f) of Title XI shall have been paid by the Shipowner;
(i) the Shipowner shall have performed without material breach its
agreements under Article IV hereof, and the further terms, conditions and
provisions of this Guarantee Commitment shall have been complied with in all
material respects;
(j) there shall not have occurred any event which constitutes (or
after any period of time or any notice, or both, would constitute) a "Default"
under the Security Agreement;
(k) there shall have been executed and delivered to the Secretary an
opinion of counsel to the effect stated in the form annexed hereto as Schedule
One;
(l) the Secretary shall have received a letter agreement from the
Shipowner to provide the Secretary within a reasonable time after the Closing
Date, with six conformed copies of the Guarantee Commitment and each of the
Appendices and Exhibits thereto executed on or prior to such date;
(m) the Secretary shall have received satisfactory evidence that the
Vessel is in class according to the standards of the American Bureau of
Shipping and that the Vessel has a current certificate of inspection issued by
the U.S. Coast Guard;
(n) on the Closing Date, the Shipowner shall certify that all
non-Title XI loans to the Shipowner relating to the Vessel have been
discharged; and
(o) at least ten days prior to the Closing Date the Shipowner shall
have provided the Secretary with satisfactory evidence of marine insurance as
required by the Security Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
Variation of Guarantee Commitment
No variation from the terms and conditions hereof shall be permitted
except pursuant to an amendment executed by the Secretary and accepted by the
Shipowner.
ARTICLE VII
Termination or Assignment of Guarantee Commitment
This Guarantee Commitment may terminate and the parties hereto shall have
no further rights or obligations hereunder, upon written notice by the
Secretary, after the earlier of (a) the termination of the obligations of the
United States pursuant to the Shipowner's failure to satisfy one or more
conditions set forth in Article V hereof or (b) the execution and delivery of
Amendment Number 1 to the Security Agreement and the Secretary's Determination.
This Guarantee Commitment may not be assigned by the Shipowner without the
prior written approval of the Secretary and any attempt to do so shall be null
and void ab initio.
ARTICLE VIII
Conformity with Regulations
The Secretary hereby affirms that, with respect to the rights of the
Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Additional Obligations, this Guarantee
Commitment conforms to its existing regulations governing the issuance of
commitments to guarantee and guarantees under Title XI of the Act and that this
Guarantee Commitment contains a complete list of conditions required for the
execution and delivery of the Guarantees.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
(a) The table of contents and the titles of the Articles are inserted
as a matter of convenient reference and shall not be construed as a part of
this Guarantee Commitment. This Guarantee Commitment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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(b) For all purposes of this Guarantee Commitment, unless otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context shall otherwise require:
(i) The terms "hereof", "herein", "hereby", "hereto",
"hereunder", "hereinafter" and "herewith" refer to this Guarantee
Commitment as the same may be supplemented or amended as herein
provided;
(ii) Terms defined in Schedule X of the Security Agreement
as amended by Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement annexed hereto
or by reference therein to other instruments shall have the respective
meanings stated in Schedule X, as amended, or such other instruments;
and
(iii) Notwithstanding any provision herein, in the event there
are any inconsistencies between the original of this document held by
the Secretary and the original of this document held by any other
party hereto, the provisions of the original of this document held by
the Secretary shall prevail.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Commitment to Guarantee Obligations has been
executed by the United States and accepted by the Shipowner, all as of the day
and year first above written.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
BY: MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
(SEAL)
BY: /s/ Joel C. Richard
__________________________
Secretary
Maritime Administration
Attest:
/s/ Sarah J. Johnson
_______________________
Assistant Secretary
Maritime Administration
ACCEPTED BY:
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
as Shipowner
BY: /s/ Jordan B. Allen
_______________________
Vice President
Attest:
BY: /s/ Robin Mariella
______________________
Assistant Secretary
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TABLE A
The Actual Cost of the Vessel INDEPENDENCE, O.N. 261147, as of the date
hereof, as determined by the Secretary, for the reconditioning/reconstruction
of the INDEPENDENCE, is $40,006,036, and the Depreciated Actual Cost, as of the
date hereof, as determined by the Secretary, is $38,096,433, both calculated
and itemized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Amount
Obligated Total Actual
Amount (or otherwise) Cost/Depreciated
Paid To Be Paid Actual Cost
----- ---------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Shipyard Price $11,815,167 $40,006,036
Owner Furnished Items 14,737,980
Design, Engineering
& Inspection 3,496,181
Changes and Extras 9,871,500
Net Interest During
Construction 85,208
---------- ----------- ----------
Total Actual Cost $40,006,036 $40,006,036
Less Depreciation
to March 28, 1996: $ 1,909,603
Total Depreciation $ 1,909,603
----------
Total Depreciated Actual Cost $38,096,433
----------
</TABLE>
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4.(ii)(d)(12)
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GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
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United States Government Guaranteed
Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series B
Floating Rate Notes Due December 7, 2005
7.46% Sinking Fund Bonds Due December 7, 2015
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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Dated as of March 28, 1996
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GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
$6,903,000
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED
SHIP FINANCING OBLIGATIONS, INDEPENDENCE SERIES B
CONSISTING OF
$3,363,000 FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE DECEMBER 7, 2005
$3,540,000 7.46% SINKING FUND BONDS DUE DECEMBER 7, 2015
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Chemical Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017-2070
March 28, 1996
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, Great Independence Ship Co., a Delaware corporation
(the "Shipowner"), hereby agrees with you (the "Purchaser") as follows:
1. The Obligations. The United States Government Guaranteed Ship
Financing Obligations, Independence Series B, consisting of $3,363,000
principal amount of Floating Rate Notes due December 7, 2005 (the "Additional
2005 Notes") and $3,540,000 principal amount of 7.46% Sinking Fund Bonds due
December 7, 2015 (the "Additional 2015 Bonds", and together with the Additional
2005 Notes, collectively the "Obligations") are proposed to be issued and sold
by the Shipowner upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions set forth herein.
The Obligations will be issued and sold to aid in the financing of the
reconstruction of the passenger cruise vessel named INDEPENDENCE (the
"Vessel"). The Obligations will be in fully registered form only and will bear
interest from the date of issuance, in the case of the Additional 2005 Notes at
a variable rate determined by reference to the London interbank offered rate
for six (6) month Eurodollar deposits plus 0.27% (but not to exceed 11.70% per
annum) and in the case of the Additional 2015 Bonds, at the rate per annum set
forth above, all payable semi-annually, on
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June 7 and December 7 of each year until maturity, commencing December 7, 1996.
The Obligations will be issued under the Trust Indenture dated as of
December 7, 1995, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated the
date hereof and as may be further amended from time to time (as supplemented,
the "Indenture") between the Shipowner and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(the "Indenture Trustee"). Payment of the principal of and interest on the
Obligations will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the United States
of America pursuant to the guarantee imprinted on each of the Obligations (the
"Guarantee" or, collectively, the "Guarantees") under Title XI ("Title XI") of
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (the "Act"), as amended and in effect on December
7, 1995, issued by the United States of America and accepted by the Shipowner.
The aggregate principal amount of Obligations, together with any obligations
issued by the Shipowner on December 7, 1995 and designated as United States
Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series A (the
"Original Obligations"), shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of
obligations eligible for the Guarantees, as determined by the Secretary of
Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime Administrator (the
"Secretary"). The Guarantees will be endorsed on the Obligations by the
Indenture Trustee on behalf of the United States of America pursuant to the
authorization contained in the Authorization Agreement, dated as of December 7,
1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement dated the date
hereof, by the Secretary's Determination dated the date hereof, and as may be
further amended from time to time (as amended, the "Authorization Agreement")
between the United States of America and the Indenture Trustee.
Title XI provides that the full faith and credit of the United States
of America is pledged to the payment of the Guarantees; that the Guarantees are
conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the Obligations for such Guarantees
and that the Secretary must find, prior to entering into a commitment to
guarantee obligations, that the property or project financed by the Obligations
will be, in his opinion, economically sound. Title XI also provides that the
Secretary, prior to guaranteeing the Obligations, must approve the Shipowner as
being responsible
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and possessing the ability, experience, financial resources, and other
qualifications necessary for the adequate operation and maintenance of the
Vessel. Accordingly, it is understood that the Purchaser will not examine or
review independently the financial condition (including the financial
statements) of the Shipowner and will rely completely on the Secretary's
determination regarding such financial matters. In regard to the sufficiency
of instruments (other than the Authorization Agreement, the Indenture, the
Guarantees and the Obligations), documents (other than those addressed to the
Purchaser or required by the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement)
and other formalities of the closing, it is further understood that the
Purchaser will rely on the Secretary's determination that the same are
sufficient for the Secretary to execute the Guarantees.
The Obligations, the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Authorization
Agreement shall conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Offering Circular dated March 22, 1996 (the "Offering
Circular"), with such changes as may be approved by the Purchaser or its
special counsel.
2. Agreement to Purchase.
(A) Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, the
Shipowner agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof and in reliance on the representations and warranties of the
Shipowner contained herein, the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Shipowner
on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) the Obligations (subject to
adjustment as set forth in Section 8 hereof) at 100% of such principal amount
thereof.
(B) It is understood that the Purchaser may sell, in
whole or in part, the Obligations acquired by it to one or more other
purchasers (each an "Ultimate Purchaser") as part of the direct placement
contemplated by the Offering Circular. Each such Ultimate Purchaser shall be
entitled to rely on the representations, warranties, and agreements of the
Shipowner set forth in Section 4 hereof and all of the provisions contained in
Section 7 hereof shall inure to the benefit of such Ultimate Purchaser.
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3. Closing. Delivery of the Obligations and payment therefor
shall be made at the office of Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, 1735 New
York Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20006-4759, at a closing
commencing at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on March 28, 1996 (the "Closing Date",
which term includes any later date permitted hereby) or such other place or
such later business day (which, without the approval of the Purchaser shall not
be later than April 4, 1996) as the Shipowner shall designate by at least 3
days' prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee and to the Purchaser.
Delivery of the Obligations shall be made against payment by the Purchaser in
immediately available funds to the Shipowner, in Washington, D.C. or New York,
New York, as specified by the Shipowner in an amount equal to the principal
amount of Obligations to be delivered to the Purchaser on the Closing Date.
The Obligations shall be typewritten or printed, authenticated by the Indenture
Trustee, guaranteed by the United States of America and registered in such
names and issued in such denominations (of $1,000 and any multiple thereof) as
the Purchaser may request in writing to the Shipowner not less than three (3)
business days before the Closing Date. If no such request is received, a
single Obligation of each maturity dated the Closing Date, authenticated by the
Indenture Trustee, guaranteed by the United States of America, and registered
in the Purchaser's name and issued in a denomination equal to the principal
amount of each maturity of Obligations to be purchased by the Purchaser, will
be delivered to the Purchaser. For the purposes of this Agreement, a "business
day" is a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday under the laws of
the United States of America or the State of New York.
4. Representations and Warranties by the Shipowner. The
Shipowner represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
(A) The Shipowner is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
has been duly qualified to do business in, and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or the
ownership of its properties requires it to be so qualified, has full power,
authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its
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business as it is presently conducted, and is a "citizen of the United States"
within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, for the
purpose of operating the Vessel in the trades or manner in which the Shipowner
proposes to operate the Vessel.
(B) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by,
and compliance with the terms and provisions of, this Agreement, the Indenture
and the Obligations and any other documents and instruments referred to in any
of the foregoing will not result in a breach of any terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under or conflict with or violate any existing indenture,
contract, agreement or undertaking of the Shipowner or by which the Shipowner
is bound or the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Shipowner or
any applicable law, statute, decree, order, rule, judgment or regulation of any
court, regulatory body or administrative agency binding on the Shipowner.
(C) All authorizations, approvals, orders, registrations
or filings from or with any governmental or public regulatory body or authority
(other than those required under state securities or "blue sky" laws) required
for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture
and the Obligations and for the issuance and sale by the Shipowner of the
Obligations to the Purchaser, have been duly obtained or made, or duly applied
for and are, or on the Closing Date will be, in full force and effect, and if
such further authorizations, approvals, orders, registrations or filings should
hereafter become necessary, the Shipowner will obtain or make all such
authorizations, approvals, orders, registrations or filings.
(D) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Shipowner and constitutes, in accordance with its terms, a
legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Shipowner, except
as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally. On the Closing Date, the Indenture and the
Obligations will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Shipowner and will constitute, in accordance with their respective terms,
legal, valid and binding instruments enforceable against the Shipowner, except
as limited by
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bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally, and the Obligations will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture, the Guarantees and the Authorization Agreement.
(E) The Shipowner has full power, authority and legal
right (i) to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Obligations, (ii) to perform and observe the terms and provisions of each of
said documents to be performed or observed by it, (iii) to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby and (iv) to own its properties (including,
without limitation, the Vessel) and conduct its business as presently
conducted.
(F) No part of the proceeds of sale of the Obligations
will be used by the Shipowner, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin security within the meaning of Regulation G
(12 C.F.R. Part 207) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(G) There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation
pending or, to the best of the Shipowner's knowledge, threatened, involving the
Shipowner or any of its properties which could, if adversely determined,
materially and adversely affect the issuance and sale to the Purchaser or the
validity of the Obligations and the Guarantees or the performance by the
Shipowner of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the
Obligations.
(H) All federal taxes or taxes assessed by any State or
any political subdivision thereof payable by the Shipowner in connection with
the issuance of the Obligations, the delivery of the Obligations to the
Purchaser, or the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture by
the Shipowner have been paid or no such taxes are payable.
(I) The Offering Circular, copies of which have
heretofore been furnished to the Purchaser, is and as of the Closing Date will
be true and correct in all material respects and does not, and as of the
Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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5. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby
are consummated, the Shipowner agrees to pay all reasonable fees and expenses
incident to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Offering Circular,
including without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses (i) of the
Purchaser's special counsel (including disbursements) in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and in connection with any future
modifications requested by the Shipowner of this Agreement, the Obligations or
the Indenture or any waiver or consent under or in respect of any thereof, (ii)
relating to the preparation, printing and filing of, and the performance by the
Shipowner of its obligations under the Offering Circular, this Agreement, and
the Indenture (including all instruments constituting exhibits or appendices
thereto or annexed thereto), (iii) of preparing any future modification
requested by the Shipowner of this Agreement, the Obligations or the Indenture
or any waiver or consent under or in respect of any thereof, and of all
certificates on behalf of the Shipowner, (iv) for payment of necessary stamp
and other taxes, if any, in connection with the original issuance of the
Obligations (the Shipowner hereby agrees to hold the Purchaser harmless in
respect thereof, such agreement to survive any disposition or payment of the
Obligations), (v) of the Indenture Trustee, (vi) of the Purchaser, as agreed
between such firm and the Shipowner in connection with the sale of the
Obligations and (vii) otherwise relating to the issuance and delivery of the
Obligations. If the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the
Shipowner agrees to pay to the Purchaser as the exclusive agent of the
Shipowner for arranging for the sale of the Obligations, the fee agreed upon by
the Purchaser and the Shipowner. In the event that for any reason the
transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated, the Purchaser shall not
be entitled to such fees, but the Shipowner shall reimburse it for its
reasonable costs and expenses. In the event that the Purchaser's funds shall
have been forwarded for delivery on a proposed Closing Date and the Obligations
are not delivered on such Closing Date because of nonfulfillment of the
conditions set forth in Section 6, or because of the Shipowner's failure to
comply on or before such Closing Date with the conditions precedent set forth
herein, provided that such nonfulfillment and failure is not caused by a breach
of any of the obligations of the Purchaser under this
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Agreement, the Shipowner agrees to pay interest on such funds at the rate to be
borne by the Obligations to be purchased by the Purchaser for the period from
the proposed Closing Date to the date on which such funds are returned to the
Purchaser or the date on which the Obligations are actually issued, whichever
first occurs.
6. Conditions to Purchaser's Obligations. The Purchaser's
obligation under this Agreement to purchase Obligations on the Closing Date is
subject to the accuracy of and compliance with the representations and
warranties of the Shipowner contained in Section 4 hereof on and as of the date
hereof and on and as of the Closing Date and to the following further
conditions:
(A) Opinion of Counsel for the Shipowner. The Shipowner
shall have furnished to the Purchaser the opinion or opinions, addressed to the
Purchaser and the Indenture Trustee and dated the Closing Date of Rosenberg &
Liebentritt, P.C., general counsel for the Shipowner, which opinion or opinions
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser, to the effect
that:
(1) The Shipowner is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, has been duly qualified to do business in
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which a
failure to do so would materially and adversely affect this
transaction and has full power, authority and legal right to
own its properties and conduct its business as it is presently
conducted.
(2) The Shipowner has full corporate power, authority and
legal right to issue and sell the Obligations to the
Purchaser, and to enter into and carry out the terms of this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Obligations.
(3) The Shipowner has duly authorized distribution of the
Offering Circular to prospective purchasers of the
Obligations. This Agreement, the Indenture and the
Obligations (a) have each been duly authorized by the
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Shipowner and duly executed and delivered by an officer of the
Shipowner authorized to execute and deliver such agreements
and instruments on behalf of the Shipowner, (b) constitute,
in accordance with their respective terms, legal, valid and
binding instruments enforceable against the Shipowner, and (c)
in the case of the Obligations, have been duly authenticated
by the Indenture Trustee and are entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture, the Authorization Agreement and the Guarantees.
(4) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Shipowner of the agreements and instruments referred to in
clause (3) hereof do not contravene any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Shipowner or
any provision of any existing law, statute, decree, order,
judgment, rule or regulation applicable to the Shipowner or
result in any violation of, or default under, any existing
indenture, contract, agreement or other instrument known to
such counsel to be binding on the Shipowner.
(5) No approval, consent, order or authorization of, or
registration with, or notice to any governmental or public
body or authority is required to be obtained, effected or
given by the Shipowner in connection with the execution or
delivery of, or the performance by the Shipowner of the
agreements or instruments referred to in clause (3) hereof
(except such approvals, consents, orders or authorizations
as shall have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect).
(6) The Shipowner is a "citizen of the United States"
within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as
amended, for the purpose of operating the Vessel in the trades
or manner in which the Shipowner proposes to operate the
Vessel.
(7) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there is no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or
threatened, before any court, administrative agency,
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arbitrator or governmental body against, or which relates to,
the Shipowner which could, if adversely determined, prevent or
materially and adversely affect the performance by the
Shipowner of any of the agreements or instruments referred to
in clause (3) hereof.
(8) No federal taxes or taxes assessed by any State or
any political subdivision thereof are or will be payable by
the Shipowner in connection with the issuance of the
Obligations, the delivery of the Obligations to the Purchaser,
or the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
Indenture by the Shipowner.
(9) The Obligations, as guaranteed, and the Guarantees
constitute exempted securities under Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, it is
not necessary to register the Obligations or the Guarantees
under said Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, either for the
purpose of the sale of such Obligations to the Purchaser or,
as such laws are now in effect, for the purpose of resale of
such Obligations by the Purchaser.
(10) The Guarantees and the Authorization Agreement have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the United
States of America pursuant to Title XI and constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the United States of America
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
(11) The descriptions in the Offering Circular of
statutes, the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Obligations
are accurate and fairly summarize the principal terms of such
statutes and documents.
(12) Such other matters as the Purchaser or its special
counsel may reasonably request.
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(B) Opinion of the Chief Counsel of the Maritime
Administration. The Purchaser shall have received a reproduction copy of the
opinion of the Chief Counsel of the Maritime Administration dated the Closing
Date, signed by or on behalf of such Chief Counsel, addressed to the Purchaser
and the Indenture Trustee, executed copies of which will be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee and the Purchaser's special counsel, to the effect that the
Guarantees and the Authorization Agreement have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the United States of America, and constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the United States of America, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms.
(C) Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchaser. All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the sale of the
Obligations shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Thompson & Mitchell,
special counsel for the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall have received the
opinion, addressed to the Purchaser and dated the Closing Date of such special
counsel to the effect that:
(1) The Shipowner has full corporate power, authority and
legal right to issue and sell the Obligations to the Purchaser
and to enter into and carry out the terms of this Agreement,
the Indenture and the Obligations.
(2) This Agreement, the Indenture and the Obligations (a)
have each been duly authorized by the Shipowner and duly
executed and delivered by an officer of the Shipowner
authorized to execute and deliver such agreements and
instruments on behalf of the Shipowner, (b) constitute, in
accordance with their respective terms, legal, valid and
binding instruments enforceable against the Shipowner, and (c)
in the case of the Obligations, have been duly authenticated
by the Indenture Trustee and are entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture, the Authorization Agreement and the Guarantees.
(3) No approval, consent, order or authorization of, or
registration with, or notice to any governmental or public
body or authority is required to be obtained,
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effected or given by the Shipowner in connection with the
execution or delivery of, or the performance by the Shipowner
of the agreements or instruments referred to in clause 2
hereof (except such approvals, consents, orders or
authorizations as shall have been duly obtained, effected or
given and are in full force and effect).
(4) The Obligations, as guaranteed, and the Guarantees
constitute exempted securities under Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, it is
not necessary to register the Obligations or the Guarantees
under said Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, either for the
purpose of the sale of such Obligations to the Purchaser or,
as such laws are now in effect, for the purpose of resale of
such Obligations by the Purchaser.
(5) The Guarantees and the Authorization Agreement have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the United
States of America pursuant to Title XI and constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the United States of America
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
(6) The descriptions in the Offering Circular of
statutes, the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Obligations
are accurate and fairly summarize the principal terms of such
statutes and documents.
(D) Qualification of Opinions of Counsel. In rendering
the opinions required by paragraphs (A) and (C) above, general counsel for the
Shipowner and special counsel for the Purchaser, respectively, may (i) state
that the enforceability of the rights and remedies provided in any agreement or
instrument against any particular party is subject to any applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights from time to time in effect, (ii) state that the availability of the
remedy of specific performance or of injunctive relief or of any other
equitable
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remedy is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought, (iii) state that no opinion whatsoever is expressed
with respect to the securities laws of any state in which the Obligations have
been offered or sold, (iv) assume, insofar as the opinion concerns the
legality, validity and binding effect of any agreement or instrument, that such
agreement or instrument constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the other parties purportedly obligated thereunder and (v) as to matters
covered by clause (3) of paragraph 6(A) and clause (2) of paragraph 6(C) above,
may rely upon certificates of officers of the Indenture Trustee delivered on
the Closing Date to the effect that the Obligations and the Guarantees have
been duly authenticated. Special counsel for the Purchaser may rely, as to
matters covered by clauses (1), (2) and (3) of paragraph 6(C) above, to the
extent the same relates to matters of state law (other than New York law), upon
the opinion of Rosenberg & Liebentritt, P.C., general counsel to the Shipowner.
General counsel for the Shipowner may also rely, as to matters covered by
clause (6) of paragraph 6(A) above, upon the opinion of Preston Gates Ellis &
Rouvelas Meeds and as to matters covered by clause (3) of paragraph 6(A) above
to the extent the same relates to matters of New York law, upon the opinion of
Thompson & Mitchell. In addition, general counsel for the Shipowner and
special counsel for the Purchaser, respectively, may rely, as to factual
matters, upon certificates of officers of the Shipowner satisfactory to said
counsel. In rendering the opinion required by paragraphs 6(A) and 6(C) above,
general counsel for the Shipowner and special counsel for the Purchaser,
respectively, may rely as to the matters covered by clause (10) of paragraph
6(A) and clause (5) of paragraph 6(C) above, with respect to the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Authorization Agreement and the
Guarantees, upon the opinion of the Chief Counsel of the Maritime
Administration required by paragraph 6(B) above.
(E) Officer's Certificate. The Purchaser shall have
received a certificate dated the Closing Date signed by the President or a Vice
President of the Shipowner to the effect that (1) the Shipowner has performed
all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Closing Date, (2) the representations
and warranties of the Shipowner herein contained are true and correct
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in all material respects to the same extent as if made on and as of the Closing
Date, and (3) the conditions specified in paragraph 6(H) below have been
fulfilled.
(F) Indenture Trustee Certificate. The Purchaser shall
have received a certificate, satisfactory in form and substance to the
Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, signed by a Vice President or an Assistant
Vice President or a Senior Corporate Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee, to
the effect that:
(i) the Indenture Trustee has full corporate
power, authority and legal right to act as Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture and to enter into and carry out the terms
of the Indenture and the Authorization Agreement;
(ii) the Indenture and the Authorization Agreement
have each been duly executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of the Indenture Trustee and constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Indenture Trustee
in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally; and
(iii) the Obligations and the Guarantees endorsed
thereon have been duly authenticated by the Indenture Trustee
under the Indenture.
(G) Legality of Purchase. The purchase of the
Obligations by the Purchaser shall not be prohibited under the law of any
jurisdiction of the United States to which the Purchaser is subject on the
Closing Date.
(H) No Indenture Defaults. The terms of the Indenture
shall have been complied with by the Shipowner, and, as of the Closing Date,
there shall not exist any condition or event which constitutes, or which after
lapse of time or notice or both would constitute, an Indenture Default as
defined in the Indenture.
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(I) Execution of Documents. The Indenture and the
Authorization Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered, the
Obligations shall have been duly executed, delivered and authenticated pursuant
to the Indenture and the Authorization Agreement, and the Guarantees shall have
been endorsed upon the Obligations and each shall be in full force and effect
and shall conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Offering Circular (with such changes as shall have been
approved by the Purchaser or its special counsel).
(J) Miscellaneous. All agreements herein contained to be
performed on the part of the Shipowner at or prior to the Closing Date shall
have been performed.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have
been fulfilled by the Shipowner when and as required by this Agreement to be
fulfilled, this Agreement and all of the Purchaser's obligations hereunder may
be cancelled on, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Purchaser.
Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Shipowner in writing, or by
telegraph or telephone confirmed in writing.
7. Home Office Payment. So long as any Purchaser or the Ultimate
Purchasers shall hold any of the Obligations in its or their names (or in the
name of its or their nominee, if such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers
shall have given the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee written notice as to
the name and address of each such nominee), the Shipowner will cause to be paid
to such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers (or to such nominees) all amounts
due on such Obligations in accordance with all of the following:
(A) Interest on all such Obligations shall, except as
provided below, be paid by mailing a check to such Purchaser or the Ultimate
Purchasers (or such nominees) at the last address appearing on the Obligation
Register (as defined in the Indenture) (or at the address of such nominee
furnished in writing as aforesaid) or at such other address as from time to
time such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers have theretofore furnished in
writing, without presentment of such Obligations;
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(B) Upon redemption in whole of any such Obligation and
upon the maturity of any such Obligation, the principal (and premium, if any)
and interest due thereon shall be paid to such Purchaser or the Ultimate
Purchasers (or such nominees) upon surrender of such Obligation, by mail or
other means to the Indenture Trustee at the office of the Indenture Trustee set
forth in the Special Provisions of the Indenture;
(C) Upon the redemption in part of any such Obligation,
pursuant to any of the terms of the Indenture, the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest due upon such redemption shall, except as provided below, be
paid to such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers (or such nominees) at the
address referred to in paragraph (A) above, without presentment of such
Obligation; and
(D) Payments referred to in the preceding paragraphs (A)
and (C) shall be made by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent for the
Obligations by mailing to such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers (or such
nominees) a bank check payable in New York Clearing House funds, first class
postage prepaid, unless such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers so request by
written notice received by the Indenture Trustee at least three business days
prior to any such date of payment (which notice shall be effective until
rescinded or changed by like notice) such payments shall be made to such
Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchaser (or such nominees), without presentment of
such Obligations in immediately available funds by transferring such amount by
wire to such other commercial bank in the United States as shall be specified
in such written notice for credit to an account maintained by such Purchaser or
the Ultimate Purchaser (or such nominees) with such bank. Prior to any sale,
assignment or transfer by such Purchaser or the Ultimate Purchasers (or any
such nominees) of any such Obligation in respect to which a principal payment
has been made in the manner provided in paragraph (C), such Purchaser or the
Ultimate Purchaser agree to either (i) cause a proper notation of all such
principal payments to be made on such Obligation or (ii) present such
Obligation to the Indenture Trustee so that it may make such notation.
The provisions of this Section 7 shall apply to the Purchaser, to any
of its affiliates to whom the Purchaser shall
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transfer all or any part of the Obligations, and to any subsequent transferee
of all or any part of the Obligations.
8. Adjustment of Commitments. In the event that the Secretary
determines, pursuant to Title XI, that the aggregate principal amount of
Obligations eligible for Guarantees under the Act is greater or less than
$6,903,000 on the Closing Date, the Shipowner may increase or decrease, as the
case may be, the total principal amount of Obligations to be issued by not more
than 10 percent. In such event, the Shipowner shall have given the Purchaser
written or telephonic notice no later than the third day preceding the Closing
Date, specifying the principal amount of the Obligations to be purchased by it
rounded down to the nearest $1,000.
9. Conditions of Shipowner's Obligations. The obligations of the
Shipowner to sell and deliver the Obligations under this Agreement on the
Closing Date are subject to all of the following conditions:
(A) On the Closing Date all the Obligations
to be delivered on said date by the Shipowner shall have simultaneously
been purchased by the Purchaser, subject of the provisions of Section 2(B)
hereof.
(B) On or before the Closing Date (i) the Secretary shall
have duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Guarantees of the
Obligations and shall have duly executed and delivered the Authorization
Agreement; and (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall have duly executed and
delivered the Indenture and the Authorization Agreement relating to the
Obligations.
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10. Indemnification.
(A) The Shipowner shall indemnify Chemical Securities Inc.
("CSI") and hold CSI and each person, if any, who controls CSI, harmless from
and against any loss, claim, damage or liability and any action in respect
thereof, joint or several, to which CSI or such controlling person may become
subject, under any statute or common law, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Offering Circular
or any preliminary version thereof given to CSI or arises out of, or is based
upon any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall
reimburse CSI and such controlling person for any legal and other expenses
reasonably incurred by CSI or such controlling person in investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which the Shipowner may otherwise have to CSI or any person who
controls CSI.
(B) Promptly after receipt by CSI under this Section 10
of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, CSI shall, if a claim
in respect thereof is to be made against the Shipowner under this Section 10,
notify the Shipowner in writing of the claim or the commencement of that
action, provided that the failure to notify the Shipowner shall not relieve it
from any liability that it may have to CSI otherwise than under this Section 10
unless the Shipowner is actually prejudiced by such delay. If any such claim
or action shall be brought against CSI, and it shall notify the Shipowner
thereof, the Shipowner shall be entitled to participate in or to assume the
defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to CSI unless and until
CSI shall elect to employ separate counsel as hereinafter provided. After
notice from the Shipowner to CSI of its election to assume the defense of such
claim or action, the Shipowner shall not be liable to CSI under this Section 10
for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by CSI in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided that
CSI shall have the right to employ counsel to
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represent it if, in its reasonable judgment, it is advisable for it to be
represented by separate counsel, and in that event the fees and expense of such
separate counsel shall be paid by the Shipowner. The Shipowner shall not be
required to indemnify CSI under this Section 10 for any payment made to any
claimant in settlement of any suit or claim unless such payment is approved by
the Shipowner.
11. Free Exchange and Delivery of Obligations. Notwithstanding
anything in the Indenture to the contrary, the Shipowner will pay the costs of
all deliveries of Obligations from the Purchaser's home office to the Indenture
Trustee for any exchange provided for in Section 2.10 of Exhibit 1 to the
Indenture, and the cost of delivering to the Purchaser's home office all
Obligations issued on any such exchange. The cost of delivery shall include
the cost of insurance against loss or theft in amounts satisfactory to the
Purchaser, and, anything in the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, no
charge to the Purchaser (other than for transfer taxes, if any) shall be made
for any exchange or delivery provided for in this Section 11.
12. Survival of Agreements, Representations and Warranties. All
agreements, representations and warranties contained herein and in certificates
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the sale of the Obligations regardless of any investigation at
any time made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and (except as provided in
Section 5 hereof) shall terminate upon the payment in full of all the
Obligations, whether by the Shipowner or by the United States of America in
accordance with the Guarantees, except for the Shipowner's obligations pursuant
to Sections 5 and 10 above if the same have not been satisfied.
13. Entire Agreement Embodied, Changes, etc. This Agreement
embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the Shipowner and the
Purchaser relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter. Except in the
case of a cancellation because of nonfulfillment of the conditions set forth in
Section 6 hereof, neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged, or terminated orally, but may be changed, waived,
discharged, or terminated only by a
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written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change,
waiver, discharge or termination is sought and with the written consent of the
Secretary.
14. Miscellaneous.
(A) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, (i) whenever notice is required by the provisions hereof to be given
to the Shipowner, such notice shall be in writing addressed to Attention of the
President, Great Independence Ship Co., Two N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 200,
Chicago, Illinois 60606 and (ii) whenever notice is required by the provisions
of this Agreement to be given to the Purchaser, such notice shall be in writing
addressed to Chemical Securities Inc.-New York, 270 Park Avenue, Seventh Floor,
New York, New York 10017-2070 or any other address specified in a written
notice to the Shipowner.
(B) This Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the
Purchaser, the Ultimate Purchasers, the Purchaser's or the Ultimate Purchasers'
controlling persons, the Shipowner, and their respective successors and
assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under, or by
virtue of, this Agreement.
(C) If this Agreement shall be cancelled or terminated by
the Purchaser because of nonfulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section
6 hereof or because of the Shipowner's failure to comply on or before the
Closing Date with the conditions precedent set forth herein, or for reasons
beyond the Shipowner's control, the Shipowner shall have no further obligations
or liability hereunder to the Purchaser except that the Shipowner will
reimburse the Purchaser for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the
Purchaser (including reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel and
interest on funds forwarded by the Purchaser for delivery on the Closing Date
to purchase Obligations, such interest to be at the rate borne by the
Obligations for the period from the proposed Closing Date to the date on which
such funds are returned to the Purchaser).
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(D) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(E) This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.
(F) This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(G) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the
parties hereto.
(H) Notwithstanding any provision herein, in the event
there are any inconsistencies between the original of this document held by the
Maritime Administration and the original of this document held by any other
party hereto, the provisions of the original of this document held by the
Maritime Administration shall prevail.
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If the Purchaser is in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the
form of acceptance on the accompanying counterparts of this letter, retain one
counterpart for your records and return the other counterparts to the
Shipowner, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding contract between the
Purchaser and the Shipowner.
Very truly yours,
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
By: /s/ Jordan B. Allen
_______________________________
Jordan B. Allen
Vice President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
CHEMICAL SECURITIES INC.
By: /s/ Michael Malter
______________________________
Name: Michael Malter
Title: Managing Director
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(13)
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1
Dated March 28, 1996
between
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Shipowner
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Indenture Trustee
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
NO. 1
Special Provisions
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 dated March 28, 1996
("Supplemental Indenture No. 1") between (i) GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO., a
Delaware corporation (the "Shipowner"), and (ii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New
York banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee under the Trust Indenture
mentioned below.
RECITALS:
A. The Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee have heretofore
executed and delivered a Trust Indenture dated December 7, 1995, (the "Original
Indenture" and, together with Supplemental Indenture No. 1, herein called the
"Indenture") relating to the Original Obligations.
B. Section 10.01 of Exhibit 1 to the Indenture permits
the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures
to the Indenture to set forth the terms and provisions of any additional
obligations of any series and Stated Maturity theretofore issued or of one or
more additional series of Obligations in accordance with Section 2.04 of said
Exhibit 1.
C. Pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture No. 1, the
Shipowner is authorizing the issuance under the Indenture of $6,903,000
principal amount of its obligations generally designated "United States
Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series B", (the
"Additional Obligations") consisting of $3,363,000 principal amount of Floating
Rate Notes due December 7, 2005 and $3,540,000 principal amount of 7.46%
Sinking Fund Bonds due December 7, 2015, which are the Additional Obligations
more fully described in and with the further series designation set forth in
Article Second hereof.
D. Under Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement,
dated the date hereof, and pursuant to the Secretary's Determination, dated the
date hereof, the Secretary, on behalf of
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the United States, has agreed to execute on each of the Additional Obligations
authorized to be issued hereunder a Guarantee of the unpaid interest to the
date of payment on, and the unpaid balance of the principal of, such Additional
Obligations, and the Indenture Trustee is authorized to cause the Guarantees
bearing the facsimile signature of the Maritime Administrator and the facsimile
seal of the Department of Transportation to be imprinted on such Obligations
and to authenticate and deliver such Obligations and the Guarantees.
E. Pursuant to Section 1104A(b)(5) of Title XI the
Secretary has determined that the interest to be borne by the Additional
Obligations authorized to be issued hereunder (exclusive of charges for the
guarantee fee and service charges, if any) specified in Article Second hereof
is reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, of the
covenants herein contained, of the purchase of the Obligations authorized to be
issued hereunder by the Holders thereof, and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which the parties hereby
acknowledge, and for the equal and proportionate benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Obligations, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE FIRST
RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 constitutes an integral part
of the Indenture.
For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 1:
(1) All references herein to Articles, Sections
or other subdivisions, unless otherwise specified, refer to
the corresponding Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of
this Supplemental Indenture;
(2) The terms "hereof", "herein", "hereby",
"hereto", "hereunder" and "herewith" refer to this
Supplemental Indenture; and
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(3) The capitalized terms used herein which are
defined in, or by reference in, Schedule A to the Indenture
shall have the meanings specified in said Schedule A unless
otherwise expressly defined herein.
ARTICLE SECOND
THE ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS
(a) The Additional Obligations authorized to be issued
hereunder shall be payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7 East, New York, New York 10286,
telephone: (212) 815-5783, telecopy: (212) 815-5915, or at the office of any
Paying Agent from time to time established for such purpose, and shall consist
of:
(1) $3,363,000 principal amount of Additional
2005 Notes, which shall be in the form of Exhibit A to this Supplemental
Indenture No. 1; and
(2) $3,540,000 principal amount of Additional
2015 Bonds, which shall be in the form of Exhibit B to this Supplemental
Indenture No. 1.
The aggregate principal amount of Additional Obligations that
may be issued under this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 shall not exceed
$6,903,000 except as provided in Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.12 and 3.10(b) of
Exhibit 1 to the Indenture.
(b) The Additional Obligations issued hereunder shall be
in the denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.
(c) All actions necessary have been taken in order (1) to
make the Additional Obligations authorized to be issued hereunder when executed
by the Shipowner, authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and issued under the
Indenture, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Shipowner, (2) to
make the Guarantees to be endorsed thereon when endorsed by the Secretary,
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee and delivered under the Indenture, the
valid, binding and legal obligations of the United States and (3) to make this
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 the valid, binding and legal agreement of the
parties hereto.
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ARTICLE THIRD
ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND AMENDMENTS
TO ORIGINAL INDENTURE
(a) Article Third of the Special Provisions of the Original
Indenture is hereby amended by inserting the words "and Additional 2005 Notes"
after the words "2005 Notes" wherever the same shall appear.
(b) Article Fourth of the Special Provisions of the Original
Indenture is hereby amended by:
(1) deleting the word "and" before "(B)" and
substituting therefor ";" in the first paragraph of
subsection (a) and adding immediately preceding the words
", plus, in each case, interest accrued thereon to the
Redemption Date" at the end thereof the following:
";(C) for the Additional 2005 Notes, on June 7 and
December 7 of each year, commencing December 7, 1996, of
$177,000 principal amount of Additional 2005 Notes (or
such lesser principal amount of Additional 2005 Notes as
shall then be Outstanding) and (D) for the Additional
2015 Bonds, on June 7 and December 7 of each year,
commencing on June 7, 2006, of $177,000 principal amount
of Additional 2015 Bonds (or such lesser principal amount
of Additional 2015 Bonds as shall then be Outstanding)";
(2) adding the words "or Additional 2005 Notes" after
the words "2005 Notes" in subsection (c)(ii); and
(3) adding the words "or Additional 2015 Bonds" after
the words "2015 Bonds", wherever the same shall appear,
in subsection (d).
(c) The following definitions of "Additional Obligation",
"Additional 2005 Note", "Additional 2015 Bond",
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"Secretary's Determination" and "Supplemental Indenture No. 1" are hereby added
to Schedule A:
"`Additional Obligation' means each, and `Additional
Obligations' means every, United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing
Obligation, Independence Series B, of the Shipowner permitted to be issued
pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No. 1.
`Additional 2005 Note' means each, and `Additional 2005 Notes'
means every, note designated as the variable rate note in Article Second (a)(1)
of the Special Provisions of Supplemental Indenture No. 1.
`Additional 2015 Bond' means each, and `Additional 2015 Bonds'
means every, bond designated as sinking fund bond in Article Second (a)(2) of
the Special Provisions of Supplemental Indenture No. 1.
`Secretary's Determination' means the Secretary's
Determination issued by the Secretary authorizing the Indenture Trustee to
authenticate the Additional Obligations and Guarantees.
`Supplemental Indenture No. 1' means that Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 dated as of March 28, 1996, between the Shipowner and the
Secretary."
(d) The definitions of "Obligation" and "Purchase Agreement"
in Schedule A are hereby amended to read as follows:
"`Obligation' means each, and `Obligations' means every,
Original Obligation and Additional Obligation of the Shipowner bearing a
Guarantee and authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture and the
Authorization Agreement.
`Purchase Agreement' means collectively, those certain
agreements for the purchase of Obligations to be executed by the Shipowner and
the purchaser named therein, as originally executed or as modified or
supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof."
ARTICLE FOURTH
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MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Except as specifically amended by this Supplemental
Indenture No. 1, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) The headings in this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning thereof.
(c) This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision herein, in the event there
are any inconsistencies between the original of this document held by the
Secretary and the originals held by the parties hereto, the provisions of the
original held by the Secretary shall prevail.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 has been
executed by the parties hereto on the day and year first above written.
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
By /s/ Jordan B. Allen
____________________________
Name: Jordan B. Allen
Title: Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Kevin P. Callahan
______________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By /s/ Mary LaGumina
____________________________
Name: Mary LaGumina
Title: Assistant Vice President
[SEAL]
Attest:
/s/ Paul J. Schmalzel
______________________
Paul J. Schmalzel
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(14)
S P E C I M E N N O T E
CUSIP NO. 390543 AD 8
$_________ No. _____
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED
SHIP FINANCING OBLIGATION, INDEPENDENCE SERIES B
Floating Rate Note Due December 7, 2005
Issued by
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Principal and interest guaranteed under Title XI of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
Great Independence Ship Co., a Delaware corporation (herein called the
"Shipowner"), FOR VALUE RECEIVED, promises to pay to___________________
or registered assigns, the principal sum of____________________________________
_____________________________ ($_________) on December 7, 2005, and to pay
interest semiannually on June 7 and December 7 of each year, commencing
December 7, 1996, on the unpaid principal amount of this 2005 Note (as
hereinafter defined) at a floating interest rate equal to 0.27% plus the six
(6) month London Interbank Borrowing Rate as hereinafter discussed ("LIBOR")
(calculated on the basis of the actual number of days for which interest is
payable divided by 360) from the interest payment date referred to above next
preceding the date of this Note to which interest on the 2005 Notes has been
paid (unless the date hereof is the date to which interest on the 2005 Notes
has been paid, in which case from the date of this 2005 Note), or if no
interest has been paid on the 2005 Notes since the original issue date (as
defined in the Indenture hereinafter mentioned) of this 2005 Note, from such
original issue date, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly
provided for, and at the same rate per annum on any overdue principal. If all
or a portion of any principal or interest due on a 2005 Note is not paid by the
Shipowner when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at the rate per
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annum that otherwise would be applicable pursuant to the following paragraph
(for Reset Periods, as hereinafter defined, of six months). Notwithstanding
any other provision of this 2005 Note, in no event shall the interest rates set
forth herein, whether pre-default or post-default, exceed 11.70%.
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Two Business Days prior to the commencement of each Reset Period
("Interest Reset Date"), the Indenture Trustee will determine LIBOR for such
Reset Period on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in United States
dollars having a maturity of six (6) months (and, if so categorized, in a
principal amount comparable to the amount scheduled to be Outstanding under the
2005 Notes [having the same Reset Period] during such Reset Period) which
appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time. If at
least two such offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page, LIBOR for
such Reset Period shall be the arithmetic average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) of such offered rates on the applicable
Interest Reset Date, as determined by the Indenture Trustee. If fewer than two
offered rates appear, LIBOR for such Reset Period shall be the arithmetic
average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) of the
rates quoted at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York time, on such Interest Reset
Date by three major banks in New York City selected by the Indenture Trustee as
the rates at which such banks offer deposits in United States dollars to
leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market for delivery on the first day
of such Reset Period, having a maturity of six (6) months and in a principal
amount comparable to the amount scheduled to be Outstanding under the 2005
Notes (having the same Reset Period) during such Reset Period; provided,
however, that if banks in New York City selected by the Indenture Trustee are
not quoting rates as mentioned herein, LIBOR for such Reset Period shall be the
single rate appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page in effect on such
Interest Reset Date or, if no such rate appears, LIBOR for such Reset Period
shall be as determined on the previous Interest Reset Date. For the purpose of
calculation of the LIBOR rate, the term "Reset Period" will mean (i) initially,
the period from and including the initial delivery date of such 2005 Notes to
the Holders and ending on but excluding the seventh (7th) day of December, 1996
and (ii) thereafter, each successive period beginning on the last day of the
next preceding Reset Period and ending on but excluding the seventh (7th) day
of the next succeeding sixth calendar month, provided, however, if any Reset
Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Reset
Period will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; and provided,
further, with respect to overdue amounts of principal and
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interest on the 2005 Notes, the Reset Period will also be as provided herein.
The principal of and the interest on this 2005 Note are payable to the
registered Holder hereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture
Trustee, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7 East, New York, New York 10286, or at the
offices or agencies which may be maintained from time to time by the Shipowner
for such purposes in any coin or currency of the United States of America which
at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts therein; provided that, interest may be paid at the option of the
Shipowner by check mailed to the address of the registered Holder hereof as
such address shall appear on the Obligation Register of said Indenture Trustee,
and provided further, that the Shipowner and the registered Holder hereof may
enter into other arrangements as to payment in accordance with the Special
Provisions of the Indenture.
This 2005 Note is one of an issue of obligations of the Shipowner of
$6,903,000 aggregate principal amount consisting of $3,363,000 principal amount
of floating rate notes due December 7, 2005 (the "2005 Notes") and $3,540,000
principal amount of 7.46% sinking fund bonds due December 7, 2015, designated
as its "United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations,
Independence Series B" (collectively, the "Additional Obligations"). The
Shipowner has previously issued obligations in the aggregate principal amount
of $26,429,000, consisting of $13,214,000 principal amount of floating rate
notes due December 7, 2005 and $13,215,000 principal amount of 6.84% sinking
fund bonds due December 7, 2015, designated as its "United States Government
Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series A" (the "Original
Obligations", and together with the Additional Obligations, herein collectively
referred to as the "Obligations"). The Obligations are all issued or to be
issued under a Trust Indenture dated as of December 7, 1995, as supplemented by
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of March 28, 1996 (said Trust Indenture,
as the same has been amended, modified and supplemented by said Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 and as the same may be further amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time as permitted thereunder, herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Shipowner and The Bank of New York, a
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New York banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee (said Indenture Trustee, and
its successors as defined in the Indenture, herein called the "Indenture
Trustee") to aid in financing the cost of the reconstruction by the Shipowner
of the Vessel (as defined in the Indenture). Reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a definition of certain terms used herein and a description of
the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee, and the rights and
limitations of rights of the Holders of the Obligations. This 2005 Note is one
of the 2005 Notes referred to above.
In accordance with the terms of an Authorization Agreement dated as of
December 7, 1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement
dated as of March 28, 1996, and as modified by the Secretary's Determination
dated as of March 28, 1996 (said Authorization Agreement, as so amended and
modified, and as the same may be further amended from time to time as permitted
thereunder, herein called the "Authorization Agreement"), between the United
States of America, represented by the Secretary of Transportation, acting by
and through the Maritime Administrator (herein called the "Secretary"), and the
Indenture Trustee and by endorsement of the guarantee of the United States of
America (herein collectively called the "Guarantees") on each of the
Obligations and the authentication and delivery of the Guarantees by the
Indenture Trustee, all pursuant to Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,
as amended, and in effect on December 7, 1995 (herein called the "Act"), the
Obligations are guaranteed by the United States of America pursuant to the
Authorization Agreement and the Guarantees endorsed thereon. Reference is
hereby made to the Authorization Agreement for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Secretary and the Indenture Trustee, and the rights and limitations of rights
of the Holders of the Obligations.
Furthermore, it is hereby noted that Section 1103(d) of Title XI of
the Act provides that:
"THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES IS PLEDGED TO
THE PAYMENT OF ALL
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GUARANTEES MADE UNDER THIS TITLE WITH RESPECT TO BOTH
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, INCLUDING INTEREST, AS MAY BE
PROVIDED FOR IN THE GUARANTEE, ACCRUING BETWEEN THE DATE OF
DEFAULT UNDER A GUARANTEED OBLIGATION AND THE PAYMENT IN FULL
OF THE GUARANTEE."
If an Indenture Default (defined in Section 6.01 of Exhibit 1 to the
Indenture as a Payment Default, or the giving of a Secretary's Notice) shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, as provided in the
Indenture shall, not later than 60 days from the date of such Indenture
Default, demand payment by the Secretary of the Guarantees, whereupon the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Outstanding Obligations and all unpaid
interest thereon shall become due and payable on the first to occur of the date
which is 30 days from the date of such demand or the date on which the
Secretary pays the Guarantees. If no demand for payment of the Guarantees
shall have been made by the Indenture Trustee on or before the 30th day
following an Indenture Default, the Holder of any Outstanding Obligation may,
in the manner provided in the Indenture, make such demand in place of the
Indenture Trustee. In the event of an Indenture Default of which the Secretary
has actual knowledge, the Secretary, as provided in the Authorization
Agreement, will publish notice in the Authorized Newspapers, which shall be The
Wall Street Journal (all editions) and The Journal of Commerce, of the
occurrence of such Indenture Default within 30 days from the date of such
Indenture Default, unless demand for payment under the Guarantees shall
previously have been made by the Indenture Trustee, but any failure to publish
such notice or any defect therein shall not affect in any way any rights of the
Indenture Trustee or any Holder of an Obligation with respect to such Indenture
Default.
Within 30 days from the date of any demand for payment of the
Guarantees, the Secretary shall pay to the Indenture Trustee, as agent and
attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Outstanding Obligations (including this
2005 Note), all the unpaid interest to the date of such payment on, and the
unpaid balance of the principal of such Obligations in full, in cash; provided
that, in the case of a demand made as a result of a Payment Default, the
Secretary shall not be required to make any such payment if
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within such 30-day period (and prior to any payment of the Guarantees by the
Secretary), the Secretary finds either that there was no Payment Default, or
that such Payment Default was remedied prior to the demand for payment of the
Guarantees, in which event the Guarantees shall continue in full force and
effect.
The Holder of this 2005 Note, by the purchase and acceptance hereof,
hereby irrevocably appoints the Indenture Trustee and each other Holder of any
Outstanding Obligation as agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making
any demand for payment of the Guarantees, and (in the case of the Indenture
Trustee) of receiving and distributing such payment; provided that, no action
or failure to act by the Indenture Trustee shall affect the right of the Holder
of this 2005 Note to take any action whatsoever permitted by law and not in
violation of the terms of this 2005 Note or of the Indenture.
In the event of (a) a default, continued for 25 days, in the payment
of the principal of or interest on the Obligations (including this 2005 Note)
when due, or (b) any default under the security agreement, the mortgage or any
related agreement between the Secretary and the Shipowner, the Secretary shall
have the right to and may, in its discretion by written notice given to the
Indenture Trustee on or after said 25-day period or after such default but
prior to receipt by the Secretary of a demand in accordance with the Indenture
for payment under the Guarantees, assume all of the rights and obligations of
the Shipowner under the Indenture and the Obligations, and if such default
relates to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Obligations,
make all payments then in default under the Obligations.
Any amount payable by the Secretary under the Guarantees shall not be
subject to any claim or defense of the United States of America, the Secretary,
or others, whether by way of counter-claim, set-off, reduction or otherwise.
Further, the Holder of this 2005 Note shall have no right, title or interest in
any collateral or security given by the Shipowner to the Secretary.
After payment of the Guarantees by the Secretary to the Indenture
Trustee, this 2005 Note (1) if it has not then been surrendered for
cancellation or cancelled, shall represent only
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the right to receive payment in cash of an amount (less the amount, if any,
required to be withheld with respect to transfer or other taxes on payments to
the Holder of this 2005 Note) equal to the unpaid principal amount hereof and
the unpaid interest accrued hereon to the date on which the Secretary shall
have paid the Guarantees in full in cash to the Indenture Trustee, (2) shall
otherwise no longer constitute or represent an obligation of the Shipowner, and
(3) shall not be entitled to any other rights or benefits provided in the
Indenture, subject to Section 6.08 of the Indenture.
The 2005 Notes (including this 2005 Note) may be prepaid at 100% of
the principal amount thereof, upon the terms and conditions provided in the
Indenture, in whole or in part, at the option of the Shipowner, on any Interest
Payment Date upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days' prior notice given as
provided in the Indenture.
The 2005 Notes (including this 2005 Note) are also subject to
repayment, upon the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture and upon
like notice, through the operation of a mandatory sinking fund providing for
the repayment on December 7, 1996, and on each June 7 and December 7
thereafter to and including June 7, 2005, at 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued thereon to such date, of a principal amount of
such 2005 Notes equal to $177,000 and on December 7, 2005, the entire unpaid
principal amount of the Outstanding 2005 Notes shall be paid in full, together
with all interest accrued thereon to such date, provided that, notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, that in case the principal amount
of Outstanding 2005 Notes shall be reduced by reason of prepayment described in
part (a) of the next succeeding paragraph, the principal amount of 2005 Notes
to be repaid through the operation of the mandatory sinking fund on each
subsequent mandatory sinking fund repayment date shall be subject to reduction
as provided in the Indenture. In lieu of making all or any part of any such
mandatory sinking fund repayment, the Shipowner may, at its option, receive
credit for 2005 Notes (not previously credited against a mandatory sinking fund
repayment or which the Shipowner has advised the Indenture Trustee have been
credited with respect to a determination by the Secretary as to whether or not
the principal amount of Outstanding Obligations
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exceeds 87.5% of the Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel, as determined by
the Secretary under Section 1104A(b)(2) of the Act) (i) prepaid pursuant to the
optional sinking fund prepayment provided for in the last sentence of this
paragraph, (ii) prepaid by the Shipowner pursuant to the optional prepayment
referred to above, or (iii) purchased or acquired by the Shipowner other than
by prepayment. 2005 Notes so credited shall be credited by the Indenture
Trustee at 100% of the principal amount thereof. In addition to any such
mandatory sinking fund repayment, the Shipowner may, at its option, prepay on
the due date of any such mandatory sinking fund repayment, at 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued thereon to such date, an
additional principal amount of 2005 Notes up to the principal amount of 2005
Notes required to be repaid pursuant to such mandatory sinking fund requirement
on such date, and before any credit pursuant to the preceding sentence;
provided that, the right to make any such optional sinking fund prepayment
shall not be cumulative.
The Obligations (including this 2005 Note) are also subject to
prepayment, upon the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, at 100% of
the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued thereon to the date of
prepayment, upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior notice (a) in
part, in the event that Obligations must be prepaid or redeemed so that the
principal amount of all Obligations Outstanding after such prepayment or
redemption will not exceed 87.5% of the Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel,
as determined by the Secretary, (b) in whole, in the event of an actual,
constructive, agreed or compromised total loss of, or requisition of title to,
or seizure or forfeiture of, the Vessel, or (c) in whole, in the event that,
after an assumption by the Secretary of the Obligations, a purchaser of the
Vessel from the Secretary does not assume all the rights and obligations of the
Shipowner under the Indenture relating to the Vessel.
The Obligations (including this 2005 Note) may also be prepaid upon
the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, in whole, at the option of
the Secretary, at any time following an assumption of the Obligations and the
Indenture by the Secretary and prior to any sale of the Vessel to a purchaser
which assumes the Shipowner's rights and obligations under the
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Obligations and the Indenture, upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days'
prior notice given as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to
100% of the principal amount to be prepaid, plus interest accrued to the date
fixed for prepayment.
Any optional prepayment shall be subject to the receipt of the
prepayment moneys by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent. 2005 Notes
called for prepayment shall (unless the Shipowner shall default in the payment
of such 2005 Notes at the applicable Redemption Price plus accrued interest)
cease to bear interest on and after the date fixed for repayment.
As provided in the Indenture and to the extent permitted thereby,
compliance by the Shipowner with any of the terms of the Indenture may be
waived, and the Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Shipowner, and
the rights of the Holders of the Obligations (including this 2005 Note)
thereunder may be modified, at any time with the prior consent of the
Secretary, and except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, the
consent of the Holders of at least 60% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Obligations affected thereby in the manner and subject to the limitations set
forth in the Indenture; provided that, no such waiver or modification shall (1)
without the consent of the Holder of each Obligation affected thereby: (a)
change the Stated Maturity or reduce the principal amount of any Obligation,
(b) extend the time of payment of, or reduce the rate of, interest thereon, (c)
change the due date of or reduce the amount of any repayment or sinking fund
payment, (d) reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or (e)
change the coin or currency in which any Bond or the interest thereon is
payable; or (2) without the consent of all Holders of Obligations: (a)
terminate or modify any of the Guarantees or the obligations of the United
States of America thereunder, (b) reduce the amount of any of the Guarantees,
(c) eliminate, modify or condition the duties of the Indenture Trustee to
demand payment of the Guarantees, (d) eliminate or reduce the eligibility
requirements of the Indenture Trustee, or (e) reduce the percentage of
principal amount of Obligations the consent of whose Holders is required for
any such modification or waiver.
The Indenture provides that the Obligations (including this 2005 Note)
shall no longer be entitled to any benefit provided
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therein if the Obligations shall have become due and payable at Maturity
(whether by repayment, prepayment, redemption or otherwise) and funds
sufficient for the payment thereof (including interest to the date fixed for
such payment, together with any premium thereon) and available for such payment
(1) shall be held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent, or (2) shall
have been so held and shall thereafter have been paid to the Shipowner after
having been unclaimed for 6 years after the date of maturity thereof (whether
by repayment, prepayment, redemption or otherwise) or the date of payment of
the Guarantees, except for the right (if any), of the Holder to receive payment
from the Shipowner of any amounts paid to the Shipowner as provided in (2)
above with respect to this 2005 Note, all subject to the provisions of Section
6.08 of Exhibit 1 to the Indenture.
This 2005 Note is transferable by the registered Holder or by his duly
authorized attorney, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee,
upon surrender or cancellation of this 2005 Note, accompanied by an instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee,
duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon a new, fully registered 2005 Note or 2005 Notes of
like maturity for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor, each in the principal amount of $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof, subject to the provisions of the Indenture. The
Indenture provides that the Shipowner shall not be required to make transfers
or exchanges of (1) Obligations for a period of 15 days immediately prior to an
Interest Payment Date, (2) Obligations after demand for payment of the
Guarantees and prior to payment thereof or rescission of such demand as
provided in Section 6.02(a) of Exhibit 1 to the Indenture, or (3) any
Obligation which has been selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
as to the unredeemed portion of any Obligation being repaid, prepaid or
redeemed in part.
The Shipowner, the Secretary, the Indenture Trustee and any office or
agency for the payment of Obligations may deem and treat the person in whose
name this 2005 Note is registered as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes, and neither the Shipowner, the Secretary, the Indenture Trustee, nor
any such
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office or agency shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, whether this
2005 Note shall be past due or not.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of principal of, or the
interest or premium (if any) on, this 2005 Note, or for any claim based hereon
or on the Indenture, against any incorporator or any past, present or future
subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the
Shipowner or of any successor corporation, as such, either directly or through
the Shipowner or any such successor corporation, under any constitution,
statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment, or otherwise,
all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of
this 2005 Note and by the terms of the Indenture.
Neither this 2005 Note nor the Guarantee endorsed hereon shall be
valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Indenture Trustee shall
have fully signed the authentication certificate endorsed hereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Shipowner has caused this 2005 Note to be duly
executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers
under its corporate seal or facsimile thereof.
Dated: ________________ GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
BY: _________________________
Attest:
______________________
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GUARANTEE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States of America, represented by the Secretary of
Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime Administrator, pursuant to
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, hereby guarantees to
the Holder of the within Obligation, upon demand by the Holder or his agent,
payment of the unpaid interest on, and the unpaid balance of the principal of,
such Obligation, including interest accruing between the date of default under
such Obligation and the payment in full of this Guarantee. The full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged to the payment of this
Guarantee. The validity of this Guarantee is incontestable in the hands of any
Holder of such Obligation. Payment of this Guarantee will be made in
accordance with the provisions of such Obligation.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
(SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION)
BY:______________________
Maritime Administrator
TRUSTEE'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
This is one of the Obligations described in the Indenture and the
foregoing Guarantee is one of the Guarantees described in the Authorization
Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Indenture Trustee
BY:_________________
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PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF PRINCIPAL
Amount of Balance of Authorized
Payment Date Principal Paid Principal Unpaid Signature
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(15)
S P E C I M E N B O N D
CUSIP NO. 390543 AC 0
$_________ No. _____
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED
SHIP FINANCING BOND, INDEPENDENCE SERIES B
7.46% Sinking Fund Bond Due December 7, 2015
Issued by
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Principal and interest guaranteed under Title XI of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
Great Independence Ship Co., a Delaware corporation (herein called the
"Shipowner"), FOR VALUE RECEIVED, promises to pay to __________________ or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
_________________________________________________________________________
($_________) on December 7, 2015, and to pay interest semi-annually on June 7
and December 7 of each year, commencing December 7, 1996, on the unpaid
principal amount of this 2015 Bond (as hereinafter defined) at the rate of
7.46% per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months) from the interest payment date referred to above next preceding the
date of this 2015 Bond to which interest on the 2015 Bonds has been paid
(unless the date hereof is the date to which interest on the 2015 Bonds has
been paid, in which case from the date of this 2015 Bond), or if no interest
has been paid on the 2015 Bonds since the original issue date (as defined in
the Indenture hereinafter mentioned) of this 2015 Bond, from such original
issue date, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided
for, and at the same rate per annum on any overdue principal.
The principal of and the interest on this 2015 Bond, as well as any
premium hereon in case of certain redemptions hereof prior
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to maturity, are payable to the registered owner hereof at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Indenture Trustee, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7 East, New York,
New York 10286, or at the offices or agencies which may be maintained from time
by the Shipowner for such purposes in any coin or currency of the United States
of
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America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts therein; provided that, interest may be paid at the option of
the Shipowner by check mailed to the address of the registered owner hereof as
such address shall appear on the Obligation Register of said Indenture Trustee,
and provided further, that the Shipowner and the registered owner hereof may
enter into other arrangements as to payment in accordance with the Special
Provisions of the Indenture.
This 2015 Bond is one of an issue of obligations of the Shipowner of
$6,903,000 aggregate principal amount consisting of $3,363,000 principal amount
of floating rate notes due December 7, 2005 and $3,540,000 principal amount of
7.46% sinking fund bonds due December 7, 2015 (the "2015 Bonds"), designated as
its "United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations,
Independence Series B" (collectively, the "Additional Obligations"). The
Shipowner has previously issued obligations in the aggregate principal amount
of $26,429,000, consisting of $13,214,000 principal amount of floating rate
notes due December 7, 2005 and $13,215,000 principal amount of 6.84% sinking
fund bonds due December 7, 2015, designated as its "United States Government
Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series A" (the "Original
Obligations", and together with the Additional Obligations, herein collectively
referred to as the "Obligations"). The Obligations are all issued or to be
issued under a Trust Indenture dated as of December 7, 1995, as supplemented by
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of March 28, 1996 (said Trust Indenture,
as the same has been amended, modified and supplemented by said Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 and as the same may be further amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time as permitted thereunder, herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Shipowner and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Indenture Trustee (said Indenture Trustee, and its
successors as defined in the Indenture, herein called the "Indenture Trustee")
to aid in financing the cost of the reconstruction by the Shipowner of the
Vessel (as defined in the Indenture). Reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a definition of certain terms used herein and a description of
the rights, limitations of rights,
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obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Shipowner and the
Indenture Trustee, and the rights and limitations of rights of the Holders of
the Obligations. This 2015 Bond is one of the 2015 Bonds referred to above.
In accordance with the terms of an Authorization Agreement dated as of
December 7, 1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement
dated as of March 28, 1996, and as modified by the Secretary's Determination
dated as of March 28, 1996 (said Authorization Agreement, as so amended and
modified, and as the same may be further amended from time to time as permitted
thereunder, herein called the "Authorization Agreement"), between the United
States of America, represented by the Secretary of Transportation, acting by
and through the Maritime Administrator (herein called the "Secretary"), and the
Indenture Trustee and by endorsement of the guarantee of the United States of
America (herein collectively called the "Guarantees") on each of the
Obligations and the authentication and delivery of the Guarantees by the
Indenture Trustee, all pursuant to Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,
as amended, and in effect on December 7, 1995 (herein called the "Act"), the
Obligations are or will be guaranteed by the United States of America pursuant
to the Authorization Agreement and the Guarantees endorsed thereon. Reference
is hereby made to the Authorization Agreement for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Secretary and the Indenture Trustee, and the rights and limitations of rights
of the Holders of the Obligations.
Furthermore, it is hereby noted that Section 1103(d) of Title XI of
the Act provides that:
"THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES IS PLEDGED TO
THE PAYMENT OF ALL GUARANTEES MADE UNDER THIS TITLE WITH
RESPECT TO BOTH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, INCLUDING INTEREST, AS
MAY BE PROVIDED FOR IN THE GUARANTEE, ACCRUING BETWEEN THE
DATE OF
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DEFAULT UNDER A GUARANTEED OBLIGATION AND THE PAYMENT IN FULL
OF THE GUARANTEE."
If an Indenture Default (defined in Section 6.01 of Exhibit 1 to the
Indenture as a Payment Default, or the giving of a Secretary's Notice) shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee, as provided in the
Indenture shall, not later than 60 days from the date of such Indenture
Default, demand payment by the Secretary of the Guarantees, whereupon the
entire unpaid principal amount of the Outstanding Obligations and all unpaid
interest thereon shall become due and payable on the first to occur of the date
which is 30 days from the date of such demand or the date on which the
Secretary pays the Guarantees. If no demand for payment of the Guarantees
shall have been made by the Indenture Trustee on or before the 30th day
following an Indenture Default, the Holder of any Outstanding Obligation may,
in the manner provided in the Indenture, make such demand in place of the
Indenture Trustee. In the event of an Indenture Default of which the Secretary
has actual knowledge, the Secretary, as provided in the Authorization
Agreement, will publish notice in the Authorized Newspapers, which shall be The
Wall Street Journal (all editions) and The Journal of Commerce, of the
occurrence of such Indenture Default within 30 days from the date of such
Indenture Default, unless demand for payment under the Guarantees shall
previously have been made by the Indenture Trustee, but any failure to publish
such notice or any defect therein shall not affect in any way any rights of the
Indenture Trustee or any Holder of an Obligation with respect to such Indenture
Default.
Within 30 days from the date of any demand for payment of the
Guarantees, the Secretary shall pay to the Indenture Trustee, as agent and
attorney-in-fact for the Holders of the Outstanding Obligations (including this
2015 Bond), all the unpaid interest to the date of such payment on, and the
unpaid balance of the principal of such Obligations in full, in cash; provided
that, in the case of a demand made as a result of a Payment Default, the
Secretary shall not be required to make any such payment if within such 30-day
period (and prior to any payment of the Guarantees by the Secretary), the
Secretary finds either that
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there was no Payment Default, or that such Payment Default was remedied prior
to the demand for payment of the Guarantees, in which event the Guarantees
shall continue in full force and effect.
The Holder of this 2015 Bond, by the purchase and acceptance hereof,
hereby irrevocably appoints the Indenture Trustee and each other Holder of any
Outstanding Obligation as agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making
any demand for payment of the Guarantees, and (in the case of the Indenture
Trustee) of receiving and distributing such payment; provided that, no action
or failure to act by the Indenture Trustee shall affect the right of the Holder
of this 2015 Bond to take any action whatsoever permitted by law and not in
violation of the terms of this 2015 Bond or of the Indenture.
In the event of (a) a default, continued for 25 days, in the payment
of the principal of or interest on the Obligations (including this 2015 Bond)
when due, or (b) any default under the security agreement, the mortgage or any
related agreement between the Secretary and the Shipowner, the Secretary shall
have the right to and may, in its discretion by written notice given to the
Indenture Trustee on or after said 25-day period or after such default but
prior to receipt by the Secretary of a demand in accordance with the Indenture
for payment under the Guarantees, assume all of the rights and obligations of
the Shipowner under the Indenture and the Obligations, and if such default
relates to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Obligations,
make all payments then in default under the Obligations.
Any amount payable by the Secretary under the Guarantees shall not be
subject to any claim or defense of the United States of America, the Secretary,
or others, whether by way of counter-claim, set-off, reduction or otherwise.
Further, the Holder of this 2015 Bond shall have no right, title or interest in
any collateral or security given by the Shipowner to the Secretary.
After payment of the Guarantees by the Secretary to the Indenture
Trustee, this 2015 Bond (1) if it has not then been surrendered for
cancellation or cancelled, shall represent only
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the right to receive payment in cash of an amount (less the amount, if any,
required to be withheld with respect to transfer or other taxes on payments to
the Holder of this 2015 Bond) equal to the unpaid principal amount hereof and
the unpaid interest accrued hereon to the date on which the Secretary shall
have paid the Guarantees in full in cash to the Indenture Trustee, (2) shall
otherwise no longer constitute or represent an obligation of the Shipowner, and
(3) shall not be entitled to any other rights or benefits provided in the
Indenture, subject to Section 6.08 of the Indenture.
On and after June 7, 1996, the 2015 Bonds (including this 2015 Bond)
may be redeemed upon the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Shipowner, at any time or from time to
time upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior notice given as provided
in the Indenture, at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages
of the principal amount), together with the interest accrued thereon to the
date fixed for redemption:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
If Redeemed During the
6-Month Period Ending
on or Prior to: Percentage
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<S> <C>
December 7, 1996 105.225%
June 7, 1997 104.950%
December 7, 1997 104.675%
June 7, 1998 104.400%
December 7, 1998 104.125%
June 7, 1999 103.850%
December 7, 1999 103.575%
June 7, 2000 103.300%
December 7, 2000 103.025%
June 7, 2001 102.750%
December 7, 2001 102.475%
June 7, 2002 102.200%
December 7, 2002 101.925%
June 7, 2003 101.650%
December 7, 2003 101.375%
June 7, 2004 101.100%
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
December 7, 2004 100.825%
June 7, 2005 100.550%
December 7, 2005 100.275%
</TABLE>
and thereafter to maturity at 100%, provided that, no such redemption shall be
made directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of, or in anticipation of,
borrowing by or for the account of the Shipowner guaranteed by the United
States of America.
The 2015 Bonds (including this 2015 Bond) are also subject to
redemption, upon the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture and upon
like notice, through the operation of a mandatory sinking fund providing for
the redemption on June 7, 2006, and on each December 7 and June 7 thereafter to
and including June 7, 2015, at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
interest accrued thereon to such date, of a principal amount of such 2015 Bonds
equal to $177,000 and on December 7, 2015, the entire unpaid principal amount
of the Outstanding 2015 Bonds shall be paid in full, together with all interest
accrued thereon to such date, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph, that in case the principal amount of Outstanding
2015 Bonds shall be reduced by reason of redemption described in part (a) of
the next succeeding paragraph, the principal amount of 2015 Bonds to be
redeemed through the operation of the mandatory sinking fund on each subsequent
mandatory sinking fund redemption date shall be subject to reduction as
provided in the Indenture. In lieu of making all or any part of any such
mandatory sinking fund redemption, the Shipowner may, at its option, receive
credit for 2015 Bonds (not previously credited against a mandatory sinking fund
payment or which the Shipowner has advised the Indenture Trustee have been
credited with respect to a determination by the Secretary as to whether or not
the principal amount of Outstanding Obligations exceeds 87.5% of the
Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel, as determined by the Secretary under
Section 1104A(b)(2) of the Act) (i) redeemed pursuant to the optional sinking
fund redemption provided for in the last sentence of this paragraph, (ii)
redeemed by the Shipowner pursuant to the optional redemption at a premium
referred to above, or (iii)
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purchased or acquired by the Shipowner other than by redemption. 2015 Bonds so
credited shall be credited by the Indenture Trustee at 100% of the principal
amount thereof. In addition to any such mandatory sinking fund redemption, the
Shipowner may, at its option, redeem on the due date of any such mandatory
sinking fund redemption, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus interest
accrued thereon to such date, an additional principal amount of 2015 Bonds up
to the principal amount of 2015 Bonds required to be redeemed pursuant to such
mandatory sinking fund requirement on such date, and before any credit pursuant
to the preceding sentence; provided that, the right to make any such optional
sinking fund redemption shall not be cumulative.
The Obligations (including this 2015 Bond) are also subject to
redemption, upon the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, at 100% of
the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued thereon to the date of
redemption, upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior notice (a) in
part, in the event that Obligations must be prepaid or redeemed so that the
principal amount of all Obligations Outstanding after such prepayment or
redemption will not exceed 87.5% of the Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel,
as determined by the Secretary, (b) in whole, in the event of an actual,
constructive, agreed or compromised total loss of, or requisition of title to,
or seizure or forfeiture of, the Vessel, or (c) in whole, in the event that,
after an assumption by the Secretary of the Obligations, a purchaser of the
Vessel from the Secretary does not assume all the rights and obligations of the
Shipowner under the Indenture relating to the Vessel.
The Obligations (including this 2015 Bond) may also be redeemed upon
the terms and conditions provided in the Indenture, in whole, at the option of
the Secretary, at any time following an assumption of the Obligations and the
Indenture by the Secretary and prior to any sale of the Vessel to a purchaser
which assumes the Shipowner's rights and obligations under the Obligations and
the Indenture, upon at least 30 and not more than 60 days' prior notice given
as provided in the Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount to be redeemed, plus interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption.
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Any optional redemption shall be subject to the receipt of the
redemption moneys by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent. 2015 Bonds
called for redemption shall (unless the Shipowner shall default in the payment
of such 2015 Bonds at the applicable Redemption Price plus accrued interest)
cease to bear interest on and after the date fixed for redemption.
As provided in the Indenture and to the extent permitted thereby,
compliance by the Shipowner with any of the terms of the Indenture may be
waived, and the Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Shipowner, and
the rights of the Holders of the Obligations (including this 2015 Bond)
thereunder may be modified, at any time with the prior consent of the
Secretary, and except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, the
consent of the Holders of at least 60% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Obligations affected thereby in the manner and subject to the limitations set
forth in the Indenture; provided that, no such waiver or modification shall (1)
without the consent of the Holder of each Obligation affected thereby: (a)
change the Stated Maturity or reduce the principal amount of any Obligation,
(b) extend the time of payment of, or reduce the rate of, interest thereon, (c)
change the due date of or reduce the amount of any repayment or sinking fund
payment, (d) reduce any premium payable upon the prepayment or redemption
thereof, or (e) change the coin or currency in which any Obligation or the
interest thereon is payable; or (2) without the consent of all Holders of
Obligations: (a) terminate or modify any of the Guarantees or the obligations
of the United States of America thereunder, (b) reduce the amount of any of
the Guarantees, (c) eliminate, modify or condition the duties of the Indenture
Trustee to demand payment of the Guarantees, (d) eliminate or reduce the
eligibility requirements of the Indenture Trustee, or (e) reduce the percentage
of principal amount of Obligations the consent of whose Holders is required for
any such modification or waiver.
The Indenture provides that the Obligations (including this 2015 Bond)
shall no longer be entitled to any benefit provided therein if the Obligations
shall have become due and payable at
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Maturity (whether by repayment, prepayment, redemption or otherwise) and funds
sufficient for the payment thereof (including interest to the date fixed for
such payment, together with any premium thereon) and available for such payment
(1) shall be held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent, or (2) shall
have been so held and shall thereafter have been paid to the Shipowner after
having been unclaimed for 6 years after the date of maturity thereof (whether
by repayment, prepayment, redemption or otherwise) or the date of payment of
the Guarantees, except for the right (if any), of the Holder to receive payment
from the Shipowner of any amounts paid to the Shipowner as provided in (2)
above with respect to this 2015 Bond, all subject to the provisions of Section
6.08 of Exhibit 1 to the Indenture.
This 2015 Bond is transferable by the registered Holder or by his duly
authorized attorney, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee,
upon surrender or cancellation of this 2015 Bond, accompanied by an instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Shipowner and the Indenture Trustee,
duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon a new, fully registered 2015 Bond or 2015 Bonds of
like maturity for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor, each in the principal amount of $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof, subject to the provisions of the Indenture. The
Indenture provides that the Shipowner shall not be required to make transfers
or exchanges of (1) Obligations for a period of 15 days immediately prior to an
Interest Payment Date, (2) Obligations after demand for payment of the
Guarantees and prior to payment thereof or rescission of such demand as
provided in Section 6.02(a) of Exhibit 1 to the Indenture, or (3) any
Obligation which has been selected for repayment, prepayment or redemption in
whole or in part, except as to the unpaid or unredeemed portion of any
Obligation being repaid, prepaid or redeemed in part.
The Shipowner, the Secretary, the Indenture Trustee and any office or
agency for the payment of Obligations may deem and treat the person in whose
name this 2015 Bond is registered as
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the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Shipowner, the
Secretary, the Indenture Trustee, nor any such office or agency shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary, whether this 2015 Bond shall be past
due or not.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of principal of, or the
interest or premium (if any) on, this 2015 Bond, or for any claim based hereon
or on the Indenture, against any incorporator or any past, present or future
subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer or director of the
Shipowner or of any successor corporation, as such, either directly or through
the Shipowner or any such successor corporation, under any constitution,
statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment, or otherwise,
all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of
this 2015 Bond and by the terms of the Indenture.
Neither this 2015 Bond nor the Guarantee endorsed hereon shall be
valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Indenture Trustee shall
have fully signed the authentication certificate endorsed hereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Shipowner has caused this 2015 Bond to be duly
executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers
under its corporate seal or facsimile thereof.
Dated: ________________ GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
BY: _________________________
Attest:
______________________
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GUARANTEE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States of America, represented by the Secretary of
Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime Administrator, pursuant to
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, hereby guarantees to
the Holder of the within Obligation, upon demand by the Holder or his agent,
payment of the unpaid interest on, and the unpaid balance of the principal of,
such Obligation, including interest accruing between the date of default under
such Obligation and the payment in full of this Guarantee. The full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged to the payment of this
Guarantee. The validity of this Guarantee is incontestable in the hands of any
Holder of such Obligation. Payment of this Guarantee will be made in
accordance with the provisions of such Obligation.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
(SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION)
BY:______________________
Maritime Administrator
TRUSTEE'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
This is one of the Obligations described in the Indenture and the
foregoing Guarantee is one of the Guarantees described in the Authorization
Agreement.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Indenture Trustee
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BY:________________________
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PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF PRINCIPAL
Amount of Balance of Authorized
Payment Date Principal Paid Principal Unpaid Signature
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(16)
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 to Authorization Agreement dated as of March 28,
1996 is entered into between (i) the United States of America, represented by
the Secretary of Transportation, acting by and through the Maritime
Administrator (the "Secretary"), and (ii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee under the Trust Indenture dated as of December
7, 1995 (said Trust Indenture, as the same may be amended or supplemented in
accordance with its terms, being herein called the "Indenture", and said The
Bank of New York and any successor as trustee under the Indenture being herein
called the "Indenture Trustee") between the Indenture Trustee and Great
Independence Ship Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Shipowner").
RECITALS:
A. The Shipowner has heretofore issued $26,429,000 principal
amount of its United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations,
Independence Series A (the "Original Obligations") to aid in financing the
reconstruction of the passenger cruise vessel named INDEPENDENCE.
B. On December 7, 1995, the Secretary and the Indenture Trustee
entered into the Authorization Agreement, Contract No. MA-13069 (the
"Authorization Agreement") in connection with the issuance of the Original
Obligations.
C. The Shipowner desires to issue additional obligations
designated United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations,
Independence Series B (the "Additional Obligations") in the principal amount of
$6,903,000.
D. In connection with the issuance of the Additional Obligations,
the Secretary is issuing as of the date hereof a Secretary's Determination, and
the Authorization Agreement is being amended to conform with such Secretary's
Determination.
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
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Concerning Section 1.03. Section 1.03 of the Authorization Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the existing provision in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:
"SECTION 1.03. Authorization to Authenticate. The Secretary hereby
authorizes and directs the Indenture Trustee to authenticate the Original
Obligations, the Additional Obligations and the Guarantees thereon, and deliver
such Original Obligations and Additional Obligations and Guarantees in
accordance with the Indenture and herewith, provided that the Indenture Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Additional Obligations, and the
Guarantees thereon, issuable on original issue under the Indenture on a date
subsequent to the date of this Authorization Agreement unless and until the
Secretary shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee a Secretary's
Determination in connection therewith."
SECTION 2. EFFECT OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT.
Except as otherwise provided in this Amendment No. 1 to Authorization
Agreement, the provisions of the Authorization Agreement shall remain unamended
and in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment No. 1 to Authorization
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. All such counterparts
shall be deemed to be originals and shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No. 1 to
Authorization Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION,
By: MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR
(SEAL)
By: /s/ Joel C. Richard
___________________________
Joel C. Richard
Attest: /s/ Sarah J. Johnson
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__________________________
Assistant Secretary
Maritime Administration
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Indenture Trustee
(SEAL)
By: /s/ Mary LaGumina
_____________________________
Mary LaGumina
Assistant Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Paul J. Schmalzel
_________________________
Paul J. Schmalzel
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(17)
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Contract No. MA-13070
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Relating to United States Government
Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations
between
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
Shipowner
and
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dated as of March 28, 1996
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AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 28,
1996 ("Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement"), between GREAT INDEPENDENCE
SHIP CO., a Delaware corporation (the "Shipowner") and THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA (the "United States"), represented by the Secretary of Transportation,
acting by and through the Maritime Administrator (the "Secretary"), pursuant to
the provisions of Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
W I T N E S S E T H:
A. On December 7, 1995, the Shipowner and the Secretary entered
into the Security Agreement, Contract No. MA-13070 (the "Security Agreement");
B. The Shipowner is the sole owner of the whole of the
INDEPENDENCE O.N. 261147 (the "Vessel") reconditioned/reconstructed pursuant
to certain construction contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company ("Newport News") and Hopeman Brothers, Inc.;
C. To finance part of the cost of reconditioning/reconstruction
of the Vessel, the Shipowner, on December 7, 1995, issued its United States
Government Guaranteed Ship Financing Obligations, Independence Series A, in the
aggregate principal amount of $26,429,000 (the "Original Obligations");
D. The Shipowner, the Vessel, Great Hawaiian Properties
Corporation, dba American Hawaii Cruises ("Great Hawaiian"), American Classic
Voyages Co. (formerly known as The Delta Queen Steamboat Co.) and Newport News
were parties in an action originally brought by Newport News in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the "Court") as
Civil Action No. 4:94CV148 (the "Litigation") because of disagreement as to the
amounts required to be paid to Newport News by or for the account of the
Shipowner in connection with the reconditioning/reconstruction of the Vessel.
On February __, 1996, the parties to the Litigation reached a settlement (the
"Settlement");
E. The Settlement has enabled the Secretary to make a
redetermination of Actual Cost and, on the date hereof, the Shipowner has duly
created and authorized the issuance of $6,903,000 in principal amount of its
notes and bonds designated "United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing
Obligations, Independence Series B", consisting of the Additional 2005 Notes
and the Additional 2015 Bonds (collectively, the "Additional
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Obligations"), which when duly executed and delivered pursuant to Supplemental
Indenture No. 1 between it and the Indenture Trustee, dated as of the date
hereof, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Shipowner (the Original Obligations and the Additional Obligation shall,
collectively, be referred to as the "Obligations");
F. The Secretary has authorized the issuance of the Additional
Obligations under the provisions of Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,
as amended ("Title XI") and will authorize a Guarantee to be endorsed upon each
of the Additional Obligations. Pursuant to the terms of the Secretary's
Determination dated as of the date hereof, entered into between the Secretary
and the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee is authorized to endorse and
execute by means of a facsimile signature of the Secretary and a facsimile seal
of the Department of Transportation, and to authenticate on each of the
Additional Obligations, a Guarantee of the payment in full of all the unpaid
interest to the date of payment, and all the unpaid principal, of such
Obligations (individually, a "Guarantee" and collectively, the "Guarantees").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE FIRST
ACTUAL COST, DEPRECIATED ACTUAL COST
(a) Pursuant to Sections 1101(f), 1101(g) and 1104(b)(2) of the Act,
the Secretary has determined as follows:
The aggregate Actual Cost of the Vessel is $40,006,036 and the
Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel is $38,096,433, comprised of the amounts
set forth in Table A, annexed hereto and by this reference made a part hereof,
which amounts are itemized in said Table. The Secretary shall from time to
time hereafter redetermine the above-stated Actual Cost for the Vessel and may
from time to time hereafter redetermine the above-stated Depreciated Actual
Cost for the Vessel.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of the Obligations will equal, but
not exceed, 87 1/2% of the Depreciated Actual Cost of the Vessel as of the
Closing Date.
ARTICLE SECOND
THE SECRETARY'S NOTE
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On the date hereof the Shipowner has duly executed and delivered and
the Secretary has accepted the Endorsement to the Secretary's Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 annexed hereto payable in an amount
equal to the principal amount of the Additional Obligations issued and sold
pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No. 1. Such promissory note, together with
any endorsements thereto, is herein called the "Endorsement to the Secretary's
Note".
ARTICLE THIRD
DEFINITIONS
For all purposes of the Security Agreement, unless otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) All references herein to Articles, Sections or other
subdivisions, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles,
Sections and other subdivisions of the Security Agreement;
(2) The terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto,"
"hereunder" and "herewith" refer to the Security Agreement;
(3) The terms defined in Schedule X to the Security Agreement
or by reference therein to other instruments shall have the respective meanings
stated in said Schedule X or such other instruments;
(4) Said Schedule X is hereby revised:
(a) by revising the following definitions:
"Closing Date" means, with respect to the Original Obligations, the
date on which the Security Agreement and Secretary's Note are executed and,
with respect to the Additional Obligations, means the date on which Amendment
Number 1 to the Security Agreement and the Endorsements to the Secretary's Note
are executed.
"Obligation" means each, and "Obligations" means every obligation of
the Shipowner bearing a Guarantee and authenticated and delivered pursuant to
the Indenture as amended by Supplemental Indenture No. 1 and the Authorization
Agreement as amended by the Secretary's Determination.
"Offering Circular" means the offering circular relating to the
issuance and sale of the Original Obligations or the Additional Obligations.
"Secretary's Note" means a promissory note or promissory notes issued
and delivered by the Shipowner to the Secretary described in Article Second of
the Special
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Provisions of the Security Agreement, as endorsed or supplemented, and shall
also mean any promissory note issued in substitution for and replacement
thereof pursuant to the Security Agreement; and
(b) and by adding the following new definitions:
"Additional Obligations" means each, and "Additional Obligations"
means every, obligation of the Shipowner bearing a Guarantee and authenticated
and delivered pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No. 1 and the Secretary's
Determination, designated United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing
Obligations, Independence Series B.
"Secretary's Determination" means the Secretary's Determination dated
the date of Supplemental Indenture No. 1, between the Secretary and the
Indenture Trustee, whereby the Secretary authorizes the Guarantee of the United
States to be endorsed on each of the Additional Obligations.
"Supplemental Indenture No. 1" means the Supplemental Indenture, dated
the Closing Date relating to the Additional Obligations, between the Shipowner
and the Indenture Trustee.
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ARTICLE FOURTH
MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Notwithstanding any provision herein, in the event there are
any inconsistencies between the original of this document held by the Secretary
and the original of this document held by any other party hereto, the
provisions of the original of this document held by the Secretary shall
prevail.
(b) Except as modified and expressly amended by this Amendment
Number 1 to Security Agreement, the Security Agreement is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof
shall be and remain in full force and effect.
(c) This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts
and all such counterparts executed and delivered, each as an original, shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement has
been executed by the parties as of the day and year first written.
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
as Shipowner
BY: /s/ Jordan B. Allen
_________________________
Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Robin Mariella
__________________________
Assistant Secretary
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR
BY: /s/ Joel C. Richard
_________________________
Secretary
Maritime Administration
(SEAL)
Attest:
/s/ Sarah J. Johnson
_____________________
Assistant Secretary
Maritime Administration
TABLE A
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The Actual Cost of the Vessel INDEPENDENCE, O.N. 261147, as of the date
hereof, as determined by the Secretary, for the reconditioning/reconstruction
of the INDEPENDENCE, is $40,006,036, and the Depreciated Actual Cost, as of the
date hereof, as determined by the Secretary, is $38,096,433, both calculated
and itemized as follows:
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<CAPTION>
Amount
Obligated Total Actual
Amount (or otherwise) Cost/Depreciated
Paid To Be Paid Actual Cost
----- ---------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Shipyard Price $11,815,167 $40,006,036
Owner Furnished Items 14,737,980
Design, Engineering
& Inspection 3,496,181
Changes and Extras 9,871,500
Net Interest During
Construction 85,208
----------- ----------- ----------------
Total Actual Cost $40,006,036 $40,006,036
Less Depreciation
to March 28, 1996: $ 1,909,603
Total Depreciation $ 1,909,603
----------
Total Depreciated Actual Cost $38,096,433
----------
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 4.(ii)(d)(18)
ENDORSEMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Great Independence Ship Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Shipowner"),
for value received, promises to pay THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (the "United
States"), represented by the Secretary of Transportation, acting by and through
the Maritime Administrator (the "Secretary"), at the office of the Maritime
Administration, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., in lawful money
of the United States of America, the aggregate principal amount of $6,903,000
on or before December 7, 2015, together with interest thereon from the date
hereof at the rates as calculated by the method defined in the Additional
Obligations (as hereinafter defined), or such greater or lesser amounts of
principal and interest which are set forth in the Additional Obligations, forms
of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1, to be paid semi-annually on June 7,
and December 7 of each year commencing on December 7, 1996, until such
principal sum has been paid. This Endorsement to Secretary's Note (as
hereinafter defined) is subject to mandatory prepayment on the same terms and
conditions as the Additional Obligations, as hereinafter defined.
This endorsement (the "Endorsement to Secretary's Note") is given (1)
in consideration of the issuance by the Secretary, pursuant to the provisions
of Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, of Guarantees of
payment of the unpaid interest on and the unpaid balance of the principal
amount of the Shipowner's United States Government Guaranteed Ship Financing
Obligations, Independence Series B, consisting of $3,363,000 principal amount
of Floating Rate Notes Independence Series B, due December 7, 2005 (the "2005 B
Notes") and $3,540,000 of Sinking Fund Bonds Independence Series B, due
December 7, 2015 (the "2015 B Bonds") (the 2005 B Notes and the 2015 B Bonds
shall be called, collectively, the "Additional Obligations"), issued by the
Shipowner on the date hereof in order to finance a portion of the cost of
reconditioning/reconstruction of the INDEPENDENCE (the "Vessel"), (2) in
consideration of the Secretary's commitment to guarantee the Additional
Obligations to be issued by the Shipowner, and (3) to secure payment by the
Shipowner to the Secretary of any amount that the Secretary may be required to
pay to the Holders of the Additional Obligations under said Guarantees.
This Endorsement to the Secretary's Note is issued pursuant to the
provisions of a certain Security Agreement originally executed as of December
7, 1995, Contract No. MA-13070, as amended by Amendment Number 1 to Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Shipowner and the Secretary
(said agreement, as the same is amended on the date hereof and as may be
further supplemented or amended in accordance with its terms being herein
called the "Security Agreement").
Amendment Number 1 to Security Agreement contemplates that on the date
hereof, a supplement to a First Preferred Ship Mortgage on the Vessel
originally
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executed as of December 7, 1995, will be executed and delivered by the
Shipowner, as mortgagor, to the Secretary, as mortgagee, covering the
Shipowner's interest in such Vessel (said mortgage, as the same is supplemented
on the date hereof and as may be further amended or supplemented in accordance
with its terms, being herein called the "Mortgage"). The definitions used in,
and the provisions of, the Security Agreement and the Mortgage are incorporated
herein by this reference.
This Endorsement to the Secretary's Note has been negotiated and
received by the Secretary, is secured by the Security Agreement and the
Mortgage, and is subject to all the terms of the Security Agreement and the
Mortgage, to the same extent as if said documents were set out herein in full.
The condition of this Endorsement to the Secretary's Note is such that
so long as any of the Additional Obligations are Outstanding and until the
Guarantees on each of the Additional Obligations shall have been terminated
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.05(1), (2) or (4) of Exhibit 1 to the
Security Agreement, the principal of and the interest on this Endorsement to
the Secretary's Note in respect of the related Outstanding Obligations shall be
payable as follows:
(1) by payment of interest on such Additional Obligations
in accordance with the provisions thereof and of the Indenture;
(2) by any redemption of such Additional Obligations in
accordance with the provisions thereof and the Indenture;
(3) when such Additional Obligations have been Retired or
Paid other than by payment of the Guarantees;
and the aforesaid payments shall constitute payment of the principal of and the
interest on this Endorsement to the Secretary's Note as of the date on which
and to the extent such payment, redemption or retirement is made, and this
Endorsement to the Secretary's Note shall be discharged to the extent of such
payment of principal or interest; provided that, to the extent that any such
payment has been made with moneys advanced or loaned to the Shipowner by the
Secretary, such payment on the Additional Obligations shall not, as to such
amount, constitute payment of principal or interest on this Endorsement to the
Secretary's Note and the same shall not in any way be discharged as to such
amount and, to the extent of such non-discharge of this Endorsement to the
Secretary's Note, an endorsement satisfactory to the Secretary shall be placed
on this Endorsement to the Secretary's Note; and provided further, that in the
event the Secretary shall have assumed the Shipowner's rights and duties under
the Indenture and the Additional Obligations and shall have made any payments,
such payments of principal and interest on the Additional Obligations by the
Secretary, shall
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not, as to such amounts, constitute payment of principal and interest on this
Endorsement to the Secretary's Note and the same shall not in any way be
discharged as to such amounts until such time as this Endorsement to the
Secretary's Note shall have been paid in full or otherwise discharged in an
appropriate proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction as established by
the final order of a court of last resort or the final order of an inferior
court which is not appealed.
The unpaid balance of the principal of this Endorsement to the
Secretary's Note and the interest hereon may be declared or may become due and
payable by declaration of the Secretary at any time after the Secretary (i)
shall have been required to pay the Guarantees pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture and the Authorization Agreement or (ii) shall have assumed pursuant
to the terms of the Indenture, the Shipowner's rights and duties under the
Indenture and the Additional Obligations. Thereupon, the unpaid balance of the
principal of and the interest on this Endorsement to the Secretary's Note shall
become due and payable, together with interest thereon at the same rates for
overdue principal.
This Endorsement to the Secretary's Note shall be cancelled by the
Secretary and surrendered to the Shipowner if (a) all Outstanding Additional
Obligations are paid as provided in Section 3.03 of Exhibit 1 to the Security
Agreement, or (b) as otherwise provided in the provisions of Section 3.04 of
Exhibit 1 to the Security Agreement.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Shipowner has caused this Endorsement to the
Secretary's Note to be signed on this 28th day of March, 1996.
GREAT INDEPENDENCE SHIP CO.
as Shipowner
BY: /s/ Jordan B. Allen
___________________________
Vice President
Attest:
BY: /s/ Robin Mariella
___________________________
Assistant Secretary
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