UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(MARK ONE)
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
|X| OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
|_| SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ..... TO .....
REGISTRANT, STATE OF INCORPORATION,
ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
Commission I.R.S. Employer
File No. (a Delaware Corporation Identification No.
-------- 100 Crystal A Drive ------------------
1-183 Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 23-0691590
(717) 534-6799
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
Name of each exchange on
Title of each class which registered
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Common Stock, one dollar par value New York Stock Exchange
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
Class B Common Stock, one dollar par value
(TITLE OF CLASS)
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 |_|
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. |_|
State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates
of the Registrant as of a specified date within 60 days prior to the date of
filing.
Common Stock, one dollar par value -- $4,168,640,981 as of February 28,
2000.
Class B Common Stock, one dollar par value -- $6,084,926 as of February 28,
2000. While the Class B Common Stock is not listed for public trading on
any exchange or market system, shares of that class are convertible into
shares of Common Stock at any time on a share-for-share basis. The market
value indicated is calculated based on the closing price of the Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 28, 2000.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's
classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.
Common Stock, one dollar par value -- 107,798,756 shares, as of February
28, 2000.
Class B Common Stock, one dollar par value -- 30,443,908 shares, as of
February 28, 2000.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The Corporation's Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December
31, 1999 is included as Appendix A to the Corporation's Proxy Statement for the
Corporation's 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement") and is
incorporated by reference into Part II and filed as Exhibit 13 hereto. Portions
of the Proxy Statement are incorporated by reference herein into Part III.
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Hershey Foods Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Corporation") are
engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale of consumer food products. The
Corporation produces and distributes a broad line of chocolate and non-chocolate
confectionery and grocery products.
The Corporation was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on
October 24, 1927, as a successor to a business founded in 1894 by Milton S.
Hershey.
In January 1999, the Corporation completed the sale of its U.S. pasta
business to New World Pasta, LLC. The transaction included the AMERICAN BEAUTY,
IDEAL BY SAN GIORGIO, LIGHT `N FLUFFY, MRS. WEISS, P&R, RONZONI, SAN GIORGIO and
SKINNER pasta brands along with six manufacturing plants. The Corporation
retained a 6% minority interest in the business.
The Corporation's principal product groups include: chocolate and
non-chocolate confectionery products sold in the form of bar goods, bagged items
and boxed items; and grocery products in the form of baking ingredients,
chocolate drink mixes, peanut butter, dessert toppings and beverages. The
Corporation believes it is a leader in these product groups in North America.
Operating profit margins vary considerably among individual products and brands.
Generally, such margins on chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products
are greater than those on grocery products.
In North America, the Corporation manufactures chocolate and non-chocolate
confectionery products in a variety of packaged forms and markets them under
more than 50 brands. The different packaged forms include various arrangements
of the same bar products, such as boxes, trays and bags, as well as a variety of
different sizes and weights of the same bar products, such as snack size,
standard, king size, large and giant bars. Among the principal chocolate and
non-chocolate confectionery products in the United States are: HERSHEY'S BITES
candies, HERSHEY'S classic caramels, HERSHEY'S COOKIES 'N' CREME chocolate bars,
HERSHEY'S HUGS chocolates, HERSHEY'S KISSES chocolates, HERSHEY'S KISSES WITH
ALMONDS chocolates, HERSHEY'S milk chocolate bars, HERSHEY'S milk chocolate bars
with almonds, HERSHEY'S MINIATURES chocolate bars, HERSHEY'S NUGGETS chocolates,
AMAZIN' FRUIT gummy bears fruit candy, CARAMELLO candy bars, GOOD & PLENTY
candy, HEATH toffee bar, JOLLY RANCHER candy, KIT KAT wafer bars, LUDEN'S throat
drops, MILK DUDS chocolate covered caramels, MR. GOODBAR milk chocolate bars
with peanuts, NIBS candy, PAYDAY peanut caramel bar, PETER PAUL ALMOND JOY candy
bars, PETER PAUL MOUNDS candy bars, POT OF GOLD boxed chocolates, RAIN-BLO and
SUPER BUBBLE gum, REESE'S NUTRAGEOUS candy bars, REESE'S peanut butter cups,
REESE'S PIECES candies, REESESTICKS wafer bars, ROLO caramels in milk chocolate,
SIXLETS candies, SKOR toffee bars, SYMPHONY milk chocolate bars, SWEET ESCAPES
candy bars, TASTETATIONS candy, TWIZZLERS candy, WHATCHAMACALLIT candy bars,
WHOPPERS malted milk balls, YORK peppermint pattie candy, 5TH AVENUE candy bars
and ZERO candy bars. Principal products in Canada include CHIPITS chocolate
chips, GLOSETTE chocolate-covered raisins, peanuts and almonds, OH HENRY! candy
bars, POT OF GOLD boxed chocolates, REESE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS candy, and
TWIZZLERS candy. The Corporation also manufactures, imports, markets, sells and
distributes chocolate products in Mexico under the HERSHEY'S brand name.
The Corporation manufactures and markets a line of grocery products in the
baking, beverage, peanut butter and toppings categories. Principal products in
the United States include HERSHEY'S, REESE'S and HEATH baking pieces, HERSHEY'S
drink boxes, HERSHEY'S chocolate milk mix, HERSHEY'S cocoa, HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE
SHOPPE ice cream toppings, HERSHEY'S HOT COCOA COLLECTION hot cocoa mix,
HERSHEY'S syrup and REESE'S peanut butter. HERSHEY'S chocolate milk is produced
and sold under license by certain independent dairies throughout the United
States, using a chocolate milk mix manufactured by the Corporation. Baking and
various other products are produced and sold under the HERSHEY'S and REESE'S
brand names by third parties who have been granted licenses by the Corporation
to use these trademarks.
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The Corporation's products are sold primarily to grocery wholesalers, chain
grocery stores, candy distributors, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores,
vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, concessionaires and food
distributors by full-time sales representatives, food brokers and part-time
retail sales merchandisers throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The
Corporation believes its products are sold in over 2 million retail outlets in
North America. In 1999, sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Subsidiaries amounted
to approximately 15% of the Corporation's total net sales.
In Japan, the Philippines, Korea and China, the Corporation imports and/or
markets selected confectionery and grocery products. The Corporation also
markets chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products in over 90 countries
worldwide.
The Corporation's marketing strategy is based upon the consistently
superior quality of its products, mass distribution and the best possible
consumer value in terms of price and weight. In addition, the Corporation
devotes considerable resources to the identification, development, testing,
manufacturing and marketing of new products. The Corporation utilizes a variety
of promotional programs for customers and advertising and promotional programs
for consumers. The Corporation employs promotional programs at various times
during the year to stimulate sales of certain products. Chocolate and
non-chocolate confectionery and grocery seasonal and holiday-related sales have
typically been highest during the third and fourth quarters of the year.
The Corporation recognizes that the mass distribution of its consumer food
products is an important element in maintaining sales growth and providing
service to its customers. The Corporation attempts to meet the changing demands
of its customers by planning optimum stock levels and reasonable delivery times
consistent with achievement of efficiencies in distribution. To achieve these
objectives, the Corporation has developed a distribution network from its
manufacturing plants, distribution centers and field warehouses strategically
located throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Corporation uses a
combination of public and contract carriers to deliver its products from the
distribution points to its customers. In conjunction with sales and marketing
efforts, the distribution system has been instrumental in the effective
promotion of new, as well as established, products on both national and regional
scales.
Problems with the start-up of new business systems and processes in the
areas of customer service, warehousing and order fulfillment were encountered
during the Corporation's peak shipping season in the third quarter of 1999.
These problems resulted in lost sales, longer turnaround times, significantly
increased freight and warehousing costs, and higher levels of inventories in
1999. Additionally, as a result of these problems, accounts receivable as of
December 31, 1999, included increased deductions from customer invoices and
higher past due amounts as compared to the prior year. Improvements to the
systems and processes led to a significantly improved order fulfillment process,
with reduced order cycle time and much improved fill rates on orders in the
first quarter of 2000. While customer service has not yet fully returned to
historical levels, the Corporation expects that it will continue to be enhanced
with further improvement of the systems and processes and, as the first phase of
a new 1.2 million square-foot distribution center becomes operational in the
spring of 2000, with full utilization expected during the fall 2000 shipping
season.
From time to time, the Corporation has changed the prices and weights of
its products to accommodate changes in manufacturing costs, the competitive
environment and profit objectives, while at the same time maintaining consumer
value. The last standard candy bar price increase was implemented by the
Corporation in December 1995, resulting in a wholesale price increase of
approximately 11% on its standard and king-size candy bars sold in the United
States.
The most significant raw material used in the production of the
Corporation's chocolate products is cocoa beans. This commodity is imported
principally from West African, South American and Far Eastern equatorial
regions. West Africa accounts for approximately 70% of the world's crop. Cocoa
beans are not uniform, and the various grades and varieties reflect the diverse
agricultural practices and natural conditions found in the many growing areas.
The Corporation buys a mix of cocoa beans to meet its manufacturing
requirements.
The table below sets forth annual average cocoa prices as well as the
highest and lowest monthly averages for each of the calendar years indicated.
The prices are the monthly average of the quotations at noon of the three active
futures trading contracts closest to maturity on the New York Board of Trade.
Because of the Corporation's forward purchasing practices discussed below, and
premium prices paid for certain varieties of cocoa beans, these average futures
contract prices are not necessarily indicative of the Corporation's average cost
of cocoa beans or cocoa products.
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COCOA FUTURES CONTRACT PRICES
(CENTS PER POUND)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Annual Average........ 61.2 62.1 70.0 72.7 48.8
High.................. 64.1 64.4 77.2 78.3 62.7
Low................... 58.3 57.4 59.1 65.5 39.6
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Source: International Cocoa Organization Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa
Statistics
The Federal Agricultural and Improvement Reform Act of 1996, which is a
seven-year farm bill, impacts the prices of sugar, peanuts and milk because it
sets price support levels for these commodities.
The price of sugar, the Corporation's second most important commodity for
its domestic chocolate and confectionery products, is subject to price supports
under the above referenced farm legislation. Due to import quotas and duties
imposed to support the price of sugar established by that legislation, sugar
prices paid by United States users are currently substantially higher than
prices on the world sugar market. The average wholesale list price of refined
sugar, F.O.B. Northeast, has remained relatively stable in a range of $.27
to $.35 per pound for the past ten years.
Peanut prices remained near normal levels throughout 1999, while almond
prices declined to relatively low levels due to a record crop in California.
Milk prices were extremely volatile in 1999; however, strong milk
production resulted in the average milk price dropping to a more normal level
from the historic high prices of 1998.
The Corporation attempts to minimize the effect of price fluctuations
related to the purchase of its major raw materials primarily through the forward
purchasing of such commodities to cover future manufacturing requirements
generally for periods ranging from 3 to 24 months. With regard to cocoa, sugar,
corn sweeteners, natural gas and certain dairy products, price risks are also
managed by entering into futures contracts. At the present time, active futures
contracts are not available for use in pricing the Corporation's other major raw
materials. Futures contracts are used in combination with forward purchasing of
cocoa, sugar, corn sweeteners, natural gas and certain dairy product
requirements principally to take advantage of market fluctuations which provide
more favorable pricing opportunities and to increase diversity or flexibility in
sourcing these raw materials. The Corporation's commodity procurement practices
are intended to reduce the risk of future price increases, but also may
potentially limit the Corporation's ability to benefit from possible price
decreases.
The primary effect on liquidity from using futures contracts is associated
with margin requirements for futures contracts related to cocoa, sugar, corn
sweeteners, natural gas and certain dairy products. Cash outflows and inflows
result from original margins which are "good faith deposits" established by
futures exchanges to ensure that market participants will meet their contractual
financial obligations. Additionally, variation margin payments and receipts are
required when the value of open positions is adjusted to reflect daily price
movements. The magnitude of such cash inflows and outflows is dependent upon
price coverage levels and the volatility of the markets. Historically, cash
flows related to margin requirements have not been material to the Corporation's
total working capital requirements.
The Corporation manages the purchase of forward and futures contracts by
developing and monitoring procurement strategies for each of its major
commodities. These procurement strategies, including the use of futures
contracts to hedge the pricing of cocoa, sugar, corn sweeteners, natural gas and
certain dairy products, are directly linked to the overall planning and
management of the Corporation's business, since the cost of raw materials
accounts for a significant portion of the cost of finished goods. Procurement
strategies with regard to cocoa, sugar and other major raw material requirements
are developed by the analysis of fundamentals, including weather and crop
analysis, and by discussions with market analysts, brokers and dealers.
Procurement strategies are determined, implemented and monitored on a regular
basis by senior management. Procurement activities for all major commodities are
also reported to the Board of Directors on a regular basis.
The Corporation has license agreements with several companies to
manufacture and/or sell products worldwide. Among the more significant are
agreements with affiliated companies of Cadbury Schweppes p.l.c. to manufacture
and/or market and distribute YORK, PETER PAUL ALMOND JOY and PETER PAUL MOUNDS
confectionery products worldwide as well as CADBURY and CARAMELLO confectionery
products in the United States. The Corporation's rights under these agreements
are
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extendible on a long-term basis at the Corporation's option. The license for
CADBURY and CARAMELLO products is subject to a minimum sales requirement which
the Corporation exceeded in 1999. The Corporation also has an agreement with
Societe des Produits Nestle SA, which licenses the Corporation to manufacture
and distribute KIT KAT and ROLO confectionery products in the United States. The
Corporation's rights under this agreement are extendible on a long-term basis at
the Corporation's option, subject to certain conditions, including minimum unit
volume sales. In 1999, the minimum volume requirements were exceeded. The
Corporation has an agreement with an affiliate of Huhtamaki Oy (Huhtamaki)
pursuant to which it licenses the use of certain trademarks, including GOOD &
PLENTY, HEATH, JOLLY RANCHER, MILK DUDS, PAYDAY and WHOPPERS confectionery
products worldwide. The Corporation's rights under this agreement are extendible
on a long-term basis at the Corporation's option.
YEAR 2000 ISSUES
The Corporation completed its year 2000 testing and remediation programs in
the third quarter of 1999. No significant year 2000 problems have been
encountered with the Corporation's information technology (IT) and non-IT
systems.
The Corporation also assessed year 2000 remediation issues relating to its
major business partners. All of the Corporation's major customers have been
contacted regarding year 2000 issues related to electronic data interchange. The
Corporation also contacted all of its major suppliers of ingredients, packaging,
facilities, logistics and financial services with regard to year 2000 issues. No
significant year 2000 problems have been encountered with the Corporation's
major business partners.
COMPETITION
Many of the Corporation's brands enjoy wide consumer acceptance and are
among the leading brands sold in the marketplace. However, these brands are sold
in highly competitive markets and compete with many other multinational,
national, regional and local firms, some of which have resources in excess of
those available to the Corporation.
TRADEMARKS
The Corporation owns various registered and unregistered trademarks and
service marks, and has rights under licenses to use various trademarks which are
of material importance to the Corporation's business.
BACKLOG OF ORDERS
The Corporation manufactures primarily for stock and fills customer orders
from finished goods inventories. Customer service and order fulfillment problems
associated with the start-up of new business systems and processes were
encountered during the important Back-to-School/Halloween shipping period,
causing distribution difficulties in the form of incomplete and/or delayed
shipments and selective regional/customer out of stock conditions for the
Corporation's products in certain markets. While the backlog of orders was
significant during the third quarter of 1999, such backlog was not material in
respect to total sales as of December 31, 1999.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The Corporation engages in a variety of research activities. These
principally involve development of new products, improvement in the quality of
existing products, improvement and modernization of production processes, and
the development and implementation of new technologies to enhance the quality
and value of both current and proposed product lines.
REGULATION
The Corporation's domestic plants are subject to inspection by the Food and
Drug Administration and various other governmental agencies, and its products
must comply with regulations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and
with various comparable state statutes regulating the manufacturing and
marketing of food products.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
In the past the Corporation has made investments based on compliance with
environmental laws and regulations. Such expenditures have not been material
with respect to the Corporation's capital expenditures, earnings or competitive
position.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation had approximately 13,900 full-time
and 1,400 part-time employees, of whom approximately 6,400 were covered by
collective bargaining agreements. In January 1999, a reduction of approximately
900 full-time and 30 part-time employees resulted from the completion of the
sale of the pasta business. The Corporation considers its employee relations to
be good.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Information concerning the Corporation's geographic segments is contained
in Footnote 15 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Stockholders included as
Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, which information is incorporated herein by
reference and filed as Exhibit 13 hereto.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
The nature of the Corporation's operations and the environment in which it
operates subject it to changing economic, competitive, regulatory and
technological conditions, risks and uncertainties. In connection with the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the
Corporation notes the following factors which, among others, could cause future
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, expectations
and assumptions expressed or implied herein. Many of the forward-looking
statements contained in this document may be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should,"
"planned," "estimated," and "potential" among others. Factors which could cause
results to differ include, but are not limited to: changes in the confectionery
and grocery business environment, including actions of competitors and changes
in consumer preferences; changes in governmental laws and regulations, including
income taxes; market demand for new and existing products; raw material pricing;
the Corporation's ability to fully remedy the problems and avoid the increased
costs encountered since implementing changes to the customer service,
warehousing, and order fulfillment processes and systems in the third quarter of
1999; the ability to restore customer service to historical levels; the effects
service levels and other factors have on future customer demand; and the ability
to complete construction and commence operations of new warehousing facilities
on schedule.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The following is a list of the Corporation's principal manufacturing
properties. The Corporation owns each of these properties.
UNITED STATES
Hershey, Pennsylvania - confectionery and grocery products (3
principal plants)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania - confectionery products
Oakdale, California - confectionery and grocery products
Robinson, Illinois - confectionery and grocery products
Stuarts Draft, Virginia - confectionery and grocery products
CANADA
Smiths Falls, Ontario - confectionery and grocery products
In addition to the locations indicated above, the Corporation owns or
leases several other properties used for manufacturing chocolate and
non-chocolate confectionery and grocery products and for sales, distribution and
administrative functions.
The Corporation's plants are efficient and well maintained. These plants
generally have adequate capacity and can accommodate seasonal demands, changing
product mixes and certain additional growth. The largest plants are located in
Hershey, Pennsylvania. Many additions and improvements have been made to these
facilities over the years and the plants' manufacturing equipment includes
equipment of the latest type and technology.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In January 1999, the Corporation received a Notice of Proposed Deficiency
from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to the years 1989 through 1996.
The most significant issue pertains to the Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI)
program which was implemented by the Corporation in 1989. The IRS proposed an
assessment for the disallowance of interest expense deductions associated with
the underlying life insurance policies. The total impact of the disallowance was
approximately $60.4 million, including interest as of December 31, 1999. The
Corporation may be subject to additional assessments for federal and state tax
and interest payments for years subsequent to 1996. The Corporation believes
that it has fully complied with the tax law as it relates to its COLI program
The Corporation filed a protest of the proposed deficiency with the Appeals
section of the IRS in April 1999 and continues to vigorously defend its position
on this matter. The Corporation has no other material pending legal proceedings,
other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to its business.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Information concerning the principal United States trading market for,
market prices of and dividends on the Corporation's Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock, and the approximate number of stockholders, may be found in the
section "Market Prices and Dividends" on page A-9 of the Corporation's Annual
Report to Stockholders included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement,
incorporated herein by reference and filed as Exhibit 13 hereto.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following information, for the five years ended December 31, 1999,
found in the section "Eleven-Year Consolidated Financial Summary" on pages A-33
through A-35 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Stockholders included as
Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, is incorporated herein by reference and filed
as Exhibit 13 hereto: Net Sales; Income from Continuing Operations Before
Accounting Changes; Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before
Accounting Changes - Basic (excluding Notes i, j and k); Dividends Paid on
Common Stock (and related Per Share amounts); Dividends Paid on Class B Common
Stock (and related Per Share amounts); Long-term Portion of Debt; and Total
Assets.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The section "Management's Discussion and Analysis," found on pages A-1
through A-10 of the Corporation's Annual Report to Stockholders included as
Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, is incorporated herein by reference and filed
as Exhibit 13 hereto.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The following audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation
and its subsidiaries are found at the indicated pages in the Corporation's
Annual Report to Stockholders included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement, and
such financial statements, along with the Report of the Independent Public
Accountants thereon, are incorporated herein by reference and filed as Exhibit
13 hereto.
1. Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31,
1999, 1998 and 1997. (Page A-11)
2. Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1999 and 1998.
(Page A-12)
3. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31,
1999, 1998 and 1997. (Page A-13)
4. Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended
December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997. (Page A-14)
5. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Pages A-15 through
A-30), including "Quarterly Data (Unaudited)." (Page A-30)
6. Report of Independent Public Accountants. (Page A-32)
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The names, ages, positions held with the Corporation, periods of service as
a director, principal occupations, business experience and other directorships
of nominees for director of the Corporation are set forth in the section
"Election of Directors" in the Proxy Statement. This information is incorporated
herein by reference.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2000
NAME AGE POSITIONS HELD DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS
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K. L. Wolfe..................... 61 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (1993)
J. P. Viviano (1)............... 61 Vice Chairman of the Board (1999); President and Chief Operating Officer (1993)
M. F. Pasquale.................. 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2000); Senior Vice
President, Confectionery and Grocery (1999); President, Hershey Chocolate
North America (1995)
W. F. Christ ................... 59 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (1997); Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1994)
R. Brace ...................... 56 Senior Vice President, Operations (1999); Vice President, Operations (1997);
Vice President, Manufacturing, Hershey Chocolate North America (1995)
R. M. Reese .................... 50 Senior Vice President - Public Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary (1999);
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (1995)
J. R. Canavan (2)............... 52 Vice President, Human Resources (1999)
D. W. Tacka..................... 46 Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (1995); Vice President,
Finance and Administration, Hershey Pasta Group, part of the former Hershey
Pasta and Grocery Group of which a 94% majority interest was sold in 1999
(1989)
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There are no family relationships among any of the above-named officers of
the Corporation.
(1) Mr. Viviano retired as Vice Chairman of the Board on March 1, 2000.
(2) Mr. Canavan was elected Vice President, Human Resources effective
January 1, 1999. Prior to joining the Corporation he was Vice President,
Staffing, IBM United States Corporation in New York (1998) and Vice President,
Human Resources, IBM North America (1993).
Corporate Officers and Division Presidents are generally elected each year
at the organization meeting of the Board of Directors in April.
Reporting of any inadvertent late filings of a Securities and Exchange
Commission Form 4 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, is set forth in the section of the Proxy Statement "Section 16(a)
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance."
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information concerning compensation of the five most highly-compensated
executive officers, including the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, of the Corporation individually, and compensation of directors, is set
forth in the sections "1999 Executive Compensation" and "Directors'
Compensation" in the Proxy Statement. This information is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Information concerning ownership of the Corporation's voting securities by
certain beneficial owners, individual nominees for director and by management,
including the five most highly-compensated executive officers, is set forth in
the section "Voting Securities" in the Proxy Statement. This information is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information concerning "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" is
set forth in the section "Certain Transactions and Relationships" in the Proxy
Statement. This information is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
ITEM 14(A)(1): FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries and the Report of Independent Public Accountants thereon, as
required to be filed with this report, are set forth in Item 8 of this report
and are incorporated therein by reference to specific pages of the Corporation's
Annual Report to Stockholders included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement and
filed as Exhibit 13 hereto.
ITEM 14(A)(2): FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
The following consolidated financial statement schedule of the Corporation
and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 is
filed herewith on the indicated page in response to Item 14(d):
Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Page 15)
Other schedules have been omitted as not applicable or required, or because
information required is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes
thereto.
Financial statements of the parent corporation only are omitted because the
Corporation is primarily an operating corporation and there are no significant
restricted net assets of consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries.
ITEM 14(A)(3): EXHIBITS
The following items are attached or incorporated by reference in response
to Item 14(c):
(3) Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
The Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to the Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 1988.
The By-laws, as amended and restated as of December 1, 1998, are
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3 to the Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
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(4) Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including
indentures
The Corporation has issued certain long-term debt instruments, no one
class of which creates indebtedness exceeding 10% of the total assets
of the Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
These classes consist of the following:
a. 6.7% Notes due 2005
b. 6.95% Notes due 2007
c. 6.95% Notes due 2012
d. 8.8% Debentures due 2021
e. 7.2% Debentures due 2027
f. Other Obligations
The Corporation will furnish copies of the above debt instruments to
the Commission upon request.
(10) Material contracts
a. Kit Kat and Rolo License Agreement (the "License Agreement")
between Hershey Foods Corporation and Rowntree Mackintosh
Confectionery Limited is incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 10(a) to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1980. The
License Agreement was amended in 1988 and the Amendment
Agreement is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 19
to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended July 3, 1988. The License Agreement was
assigned by Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery Limited to
Societe des Produits Nestle SA as of January 1, 1990. The
Assignment Agreement is incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 19 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1990.
b. Peter Paul/York Domestic Trademark & Technology License
Agreement between Hershey Foods Corporation and
Cadbury Schweppes Inc. (now CBI Holdings, Inc.) dated August
25, 1988, is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2(a) to
the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
September 8, 1988. This agreement was assigned by the
Corporation to its wholly owned subsidiary, Hershey
Chocolate and Confectionery Corporation.
c. Cadbury Trademark & Technology License Agreement among
Hershey Foods Corporation and Cadbury Schweppes Inc. (now
CBI Holdings, Inc.) and Cadbury Limited dated August 25,
1988, is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2(a) to the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 8,
1988.
d. The Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement among
Hershey Foods Corporation, the banks, financial institutions
and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages
thereof, and Citibank, N.A. as administrative agent, Banc
America Securities LLC as co-syndication agent, and Salomon
Smith Barney Inc, as co-syndication agent and arranger is
attached hereto and filed as Exhibit 10.1.
e. Five-Year Credit Agreement among Hershey Foods Corporation,
the banks, financial institutions and other institutional
lenders listed on the signature pages thereof, and Citibank,
N.A. as administrative agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
(now Salomon Smith Barney Inc.) and BA Securities, Inc. (now
Banc America Securities LLC) as co-syndication agents, is
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 29,
1996. The Five-Year Credit Agreement was renewed in late
1997.
f. Trademark and Technology License Agreement between Huhtamaki
and Hershey Foods Corporation dated December 30, 1996, is
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to the Corporation's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 26, 1997. This
agreement was assigned by the Corporation to its wholly owned
subsidiary, Hershey Chocolate and Confectionery Corporation.
The agreement was amended and restated in
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1999 and the Amended and Restated Trademark and Technology
License Agreement is attached hereto and filed as
Exhibit 10.2.
Executive Compensation Plans
g. The restated Key Employee Incentive Plan, incorporated by
reference from the Corporation's Proxy Statement dated March
17, 1997 and filed in connection with the April 29, 1997
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, was amended in 1999, and a
copy of the plan, as amended and restated, is attached hereto
and filed as Exhibit 10.3.
h. Hershey Foods Corporation's Restated Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 19(ii)
to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994, was amended in 1999, and a copy
of the plan, as amended and restated, is attached hereto
and filed as Exhibit 10.4.
i. Hershey Foods Corporation's Deferred Compensation Plan is
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.3 to the
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996.
j. Hershey Foods Corporation's Directors' Compensation Plan is
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10 to the Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
28, 1997.
k. Hershey Foods Corporation's Executive Benefits Protection
Plan (Group 3A), covering certain of its executive officers,
is attached hereto and filed as Exhibit 10.5.
(12) Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges statement
A computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the years
ended December 31, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995 is filed as
Exhibit 12 hereto.
(13) Annual report to security holders
The Corporation's Annual Report to Stockholders is included as
Appendix A to the Proxy Statement and is filed as Exhibit 13 hereto.
(14b) A Current Report on Form 8-K was filed on January 4, 2000 announcing
that the Corporation's sales in December 1999 will be lower than
expected, and that its earnings per share for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1999, might be below market expectations.
(21) Subsidiaries of the Registrant
A list setting forth subsidiaries of the Corporation is filed as
Exhibit 21 hereto.
(23) Consent of Independent Public Accountants
The consent to the incorporation of reports of the Corporation's
Independent Public Accountants dated January 28, 2000, is filed as
Exhibit 23 hereto.
(27) Financial Data Schedule for the period ended December 31, 1999
(required for electronic filing only).
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE CORPORATION HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED
ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: March 13, 2000 By /s/ W. F. CHRIST
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(W. F. Christ, Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Corporation and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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K. L. WOLFE Chief Executive Officer and Director March 13, 2000
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(K. L. Wolfe )
W. F. CHRIST Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer March 13, 2000
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(W. F. Christ)
D. W. TACKA Chief Accounting Officer March 13, 2000
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(D. W. Tacka)
M. F. PASQUALE Director March 13, 2000
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(M. F. Pasquale)
W. H. ALEXANDER Director March 13, 2000
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(W. H. Alexander)
R. H. CAMPBELL Director March 13, 2000
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(R. H. Campbell)
C. M. EVARTS, M.D. Director March 13, 2000
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(C. M. Evarts, M.D.)
B. GUITON HILL Director March 13, 2000
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(B. Guiton Hill)
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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J. C. JAMISON Director March 13, 2000
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(J. C. Jamison)
A. Z. LOREN Director March 13, 2000
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(A. Z. Loren)
M. J. MCDONALD Director March 13, 2000
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(M. J. McDonald)
J. M. PIETRUSKI Director March 13, 2000
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(J. M. Pietruski)
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Hershey Foods Corporation:
We have audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the
consolidated financial statements included in Hershey Foods Corporation's Proxy
Statement for its 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated by reference
in this Form 10-K, and have issued our report thereon dated January 28, 2000.
Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on those financial
statements taken as a whole. The schedule listed on page 9 in Item 14(a)(2) is
the responsibility of the Corporation's management and is presented for purposes
of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part
of the basic financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and,
in our opinion, fairly states in all material respects the financial data
required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
New York, New York
January 28, 2000
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Schedule II
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
(in thousands of dollars)
ADDITIONS
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Balance at Charged to Charged Deductions Balance
Beginning Costs and to Other from at End
Description of Period Expenses Accounts (a) Reserves of Period
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Year Ended December 31, 1999:
Reserves deducted in the
balance sheet from the
assets to which they apply:
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Accounts Receivable -Trade ........... $ 19,941 $ 2,629 $ 597 $(6,226) (b) $ 16,941
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Year Ended December 31, 1998:
Reserves deducted in the
balance sheet from the
assets to which they apply:
Accounts Receivable -Trade............ $ 15,843 $ 5,540 $ (210) $ (1,232) $ 19,941
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Year Ended December 31, 1997:
Reserves deducted in the
balance sheet from the
assets to which they apply:
Accounts Receivable -Trade............ $ 14,059 $ 2,623 $ 522 $ (1,361) $ 15,843
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(a) Includes recoveries of amounts previously written off.
(b) Includes reserves related to the Corporation's pasta business which was sold
in January 1999.
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EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 10, 1999
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
(the "INITIAL LENDERS") listed on the signature pages hereof, CITIBANK, N.A.
("CITIBANK"), as administrative agent (the "AGENT") for the Lenders (as
hereinafter defined), NATIONSBANC MONTGOMERY SECURITIES, INC., as co-syndication
agent, and SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC., as co-syndication agent and arranger (the
"CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS"), agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Company, the Lenders, Citibank, the Agent and the
Co-Syndication Agents (or their respective predecessors) have entered into a
364-Day Credit Agreement originally dated as of December 15, 1995, Amended and
Restated as of December 13, 1996, Amended and Restated as of December 12, 1997
and Amended and Restated as of December 11, 1998. The Company and the Lenders
have agreed to further amend and restate such Credit Agreement as hereinafter
set forth.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings
to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
"ADVANCE" means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Competitive
Bid Advance.
"AFFILIATE" means, as to any Person, any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person.
For purposes of this definition, the term "control" (including the
terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with")
of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
vote 5% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or
otherwise.
"AGENT'S ACCOUNT" means the account of the Agent maintained by
the Agent at Citibank with its office at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10043, Account No. 36852248, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications.
"APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to each
Lender, such Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base
Rate Advance and such Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of
a Eurodollar Rate Advance and, in the case of a Competitive Bid
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Advance, the office of such Lender notified by such Lender to the Agent
as its Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid
Advance.
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" means an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"ASSUMING LENDER" means an Eligible Assignee not previously a
Lender that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(c).
"ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT" means an agreement in substantially the
form of Exhibit D hereto by which an Eligible Assignee agrees to become
a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(c), agreeing to be bound by
all obligations of a Lender hereunder.
"BASE RATE" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in
effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be
equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by
Citibank in New York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base
rate; and
(b) 1/2 of one percent per annum above the
Federal Funds Rate.
"BASE RATE ADVANCE" means a Revolving Credit Advance that
bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(i).
"BORROWER" means the Company or any Designated Subsidiary, as
the context requires.
"BORROWING" means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day of the year on which banks are not
required or authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the
applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO
Rate Advance, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank
market.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means a change in the voting power of
Hershey Trust Company, as trustee for the Milton Hershey School (the
"HERSHEY TRUST"), such that either (A) (i) it no longer controls a
majority of the voting power of the Company's Voting Stock and (ii) at
the same time, another Person or group of Persons within the meaning of
Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
controls a percentage of the voting power of the Company's Voting Stock
in excess of the percentage controlled by the Hershey Trust or (B) it
no longer controls at least 30% of the voting power of the Company's
Voting Stock.
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"COMMITMENT" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
"COMMITMENT INCREASE" has the meaning specified in Section
2.05(c)(i).
"COMMITMENT INCREASE DATE" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05(c)(i).
"COMPETITIVE BID ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to any
Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing resulting from the
competitive bidding procedure described in Section 2.03 and refers to a
Fixed Rate Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance.
"COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of the Lenders whose
offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances as part of such
borrowing has been accepted under the competitive bidding procedure
described in Section 2.03.
"COMPETITIVE BID NOTE" means a promissory note of any Borrower
payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-2 hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of such Borrower to
such Lender resulting from a Competitive Bid Advance made by such
Lender to such Borrower.
"COMPETITIVE BID REDUCTION" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means any non-public or proprietary
information disclosed by any Borrower to the Agent or any Lender that
such Borrower indicates is to be treated confidentially, but does not
include any such information that is or becomes generally available to
the public or that is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender
on a non-confidential basis from a source other than such Borrower,
which source is not, to the best knowledge of the Agent or such Lender,
subject to a confidentiality agreement with such Borrower.
"CONSOLIDATED" refers to the consolidation of accounts in
accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, net interest expense PLUS
capitalized interest for such period, in each case determined on a
Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, interest expense MINUS
capitalized interest and interest income for such period, in each case
determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"CONVERT", "CONVERSION" and "CONVERTED" each refers to a
conversion of Revolving Credit Advances of one Type into Revolving
Credit Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.09.
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"DECLINING LENDER" has the meaning specified in Section
2.18(a)(ii).
"DEBT" means, with respect to any Person: (a) indebtedness for
borrowed money, (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments, (c) obligations to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) obligations as lessee
under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (e) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person in respect of acceptances, letters of credit
(other than trade letters of credit) or similar extensions of credit
and (f) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of,
and obligations, contingent or otherwise, to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of any other Person of the kinds referred
to in clauses (a) through (d) above.
"DEFAULT" means any Event of Default or any event that would
constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be
given or time elapse or both.
"DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY" means any corporate Subsidiary of the
Company designated for borrowing privileges under this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.08.
"DESIGNATION LETTER" means, with respect to any Designated
Subsidiary, a letter in the form of Exhibit F hereto signed by such
Designated Subsidiary and the Company.
"DISCLOSED LITIGATION" has the meaning specified in Section
3.01(b).
"DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Initial
Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending
Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or, with respect to any
other Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic
Lending Office" in the Assumption Agreement or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office
of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the
Company and the Agent.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means (a) a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender which is principally engaged in the commercial banking business,
and (b) any bank or other financial institution, or any other Person,
that has been approved in writing by the Company and the Agent as an
Eligible Assignee for purposes of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that neither the Company's nor the Agent's approval shall be
unreasonably withheld; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the Company
may withhold its approval if the Company reasonably believes that an
assignment to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to Section 9.07 will
result in the incurrence of increased costs payable by any Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.14.
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"ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION" means any administrative, regulatory or
judicial action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice,
investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating
to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Hazardous Materials
or arising from alleged injury to health, safety or the environment.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment,
decree or judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance
relating to pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety
or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to
the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of Hazardous Materials.
"ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT" means any permit, approval,
identification number, license or other authorization required under
any Environmental Law.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means any Person that for purposes of Title
IV of ERISA is a member of the Company's controlled group, or under
common control with the Company, within the meaning of Section 414 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
"ERISA EVENT" means (a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable
event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any
Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect to such event
has been waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1)
of Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such
Section) are met with a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section
4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph
(9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably
expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30
days; (b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to
a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice
of intent to terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of
ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment
referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of
operations at a facility of the Company or any ERISA affiliate in the
circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan
during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined
in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition
of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with
respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan
requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section
307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence
of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that
constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, such Plan.
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"EUROCURRENCY LIABILITIES" has the meaning assigned to that
term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
"EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE" means, with respect to any Initial
Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending
Office" opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or, with respect to any
other Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar
Lending Office" in the Assumption Agreement or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to 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 to the Company
and the Agent.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, for any Interest Period for each
Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit
Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the average (rounded to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, or if there is no
nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, then rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is
not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in U.S.
dollars are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference
Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market
at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of
such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference
Bank's Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a
period equal to such Interest Period. The Eurodollar Rate for any
Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the
same Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be determined by the Agent on the
basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by the Agent from
the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the provisions of Section 2.08.
"EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCE" means a Revolving Credit Advance
that bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii).
"EURODOLLAR RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" with respect to any
Lender for any Interest Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO
Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing means the reserve
percentage applicable during such Interest Period (or, if more than one
such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such
percentages for those days in such Interest Period during which any
such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(or any successor) for determining the reserve requirement (including,
without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal
reserve requirement) actually imposed on such Lender with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that
includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar
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Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances is determined) having a term equal
to such Interest Period.
"EVENTS OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"EXCLUDED TAXES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
"EXTENDING LENDER" has the meaning specified in Section
2.18(a)(i).
"FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period 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 for such day (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
"FINAL MATURITY DATE" means (a) the Termination Date or (b) if
the Final Maturity Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.18(b), the
date requested as the Final Maturity Date by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.18(b).
"FIXED RATE ADVANCES" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a)(i).
"GAAP" has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
"GUARANTY" means the guaranty made by the Company to the
Lenders and the Agent pursuant to Article VII.
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" has the meaning specified in Section
7.01(a).
"HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" means (a) petroleum and petroleum
products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials,
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas
and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated,
classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or
contaminant under any Environmental Law.
"INCREASING EXTENDING LENDER" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.18(a)(ii)(A).
"INCREASING LENDER" has the meaning specified in Section
2.05(c)(i).
"INSUFFICIENCY" means, with respect to any Plan, the amount,
if any, of its unfunded benefit liabilities, as defined in Section
4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
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"INTEREST PERIOD" means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing and each LIBO
Rate Advance comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO
Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance
into such Eurodollar Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the
period selected by the Borrower that requested such Borrowing pursuant
to the provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurodollar
Rate Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the
period selected by such Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six
months, as the applicable Borrower may, upon notice received by the
Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, select;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(i) such Borrower may not select any Interest
Period that ends after the Final Maturity Date then in effect;
(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for
Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Revolving
Credit Borrowing or for LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of
the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be of the same
duration;
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period
would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the
last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on
the next succeeding Business Day, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if
such extension would cause the last day of such Interest
Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last
day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding
Business Day; and
(iv) whenever the first day of any Interest Period
occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there
is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that
succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months
equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such
succeeding calendar month.
"INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
"LENDERS" means the Initial Lenders, each Assuming Lender that
shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.05(c) and each
Eligible Assignee that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section
9.07.
"LIBO RATE" means, for any Interest Period for all LIBO Rate
Advances comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, an
interest rate per annum equal to the average (rounded upward to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, or if there is no
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nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, then rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is
not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in U.S.
dollars are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference
Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market
at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of
such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to the amount
that would be such Reference Bank's respective ratable share of such
Borrowing if such Borrowing were to be a Revolving Credit Borrowing to
be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to
such Interest Period. The LIBO Rate for any Interest Period for each
LIBO Rate Advance comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing
shall be determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates
furnished to and received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period, SUBJECT,
however, to the provisions of Section 2.08.
"LIBO RATE ADVANCES" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a)(i).
"LIEN" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar
charge or encumbrance.
"MAJORITY LENDERS" means at any time Lenders owed at least 51%
of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Advances owing to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount is then
outstanding, Lenders having at least 51% of the Commitments.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" means any material adverse change in
the business, financial condition, operations, performance or principal
manufacturing properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on
(a) the business, financial condition, operations, performance or
principal manufacturing properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Agent or the
Lenders under this Agreement or any Note or (c) the ability of any
Borrower to perform its obligations (other than payment obligations)
under this Agreement or any Note.
"MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY" means, at any date of determination, a
Subsidiary of the Company that, either individually or together with
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, has total assets exceeding
$300,000,000 on such date.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or
has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an
obligation to make contributions.
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"MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN" means a single employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person
other than the Company and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so
maintained and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event
such plan has been or were to be terminated.
"NOTE" means a Revolving Credit Note or a Competitive Bid
Note.
"NOTICE OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING" has the meaning
specified in Section 2.02(a).
"NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING" has the meaning
specified in Section 2.03(a).
"OTHER TAXES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
successor).
"PERMITTED LIENS" means such of the following as to which no
enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding
shall have been commenced: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies to the extent not required to be paid
under Section 5.01(b) hereof; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as
materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's Liens
and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business; (c)
pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers' compensation
laws or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory
obligations; (d) easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on
title to real property that do not render title to the property
encumbered thereby unmarketable or materially adversely affect the use
of such property for its present purposes; (e) Liens arising under
leases or subleases granted to others that would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (f) Liens granted in connection with any
interest rate or foreign currency options, commodity contracts, futures
or similar agreements entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; and (g) Liens granted
in connection with corporate-owned life insurance programs of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
"PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, limited liability company or other entity,
or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
"PLAN" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer
Plan.
"PRE-TAX INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS" means, for any
period with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, net income (or
net loss) from operations (determined without giving effect to
extraordinary or non-recurring gains or losses) PLUS the sum of (a)
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Consolidated Net Interest Expense, (b) income tax expense and (c)
non-recurring non-cash charges (including the cumulative effect of
accounting changes, restructuring charges and gains or losses from the
sale of businesses), in each case determined on a Consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the LIFO adjustment to
the determination of Pre-Tax Income from Continuing Operations for
purposes of the quarterly financial statements and the compliance
certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(h)(i) shall be made in
accordance with the Company's best estimation.
"PROCESS AGENT" has the meaning specified in Section 9.12(a).
"REFERENCE BANKS" means Citibank, Bank of America National
Trust & Savings Association and Deutsche Bank AG New York and/or Cayman
Islands Branches, or, in the event that less than two of such Lenders
remain Lenders hereunder at any time, any other commercial bank
designated by the Company and approved by the Majority Lenders as
constituting a "Reference Bank" hereunder.
"REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
"REPLACEMENT LENDER" has the meaning specified in Section
2.18(a)(ii)(A).
"REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCE" means an advance by a Lender to any
Borrower as part of a Revolving Credit Borrowing by such Borrower and
refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of
which shall be a "TYPE" of Revolving Credit Advance).
"REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING" means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made by each of
the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
"REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE" means a promissory note of any
Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form
of Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such
Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Advances
made by such Lender to such Borrower.
"SINGLE EMPLOYER PLAN" means a single employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other
than the Company and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and
in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been
or were to be terminated.
"SUBSIDIARY" of any Person means any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more
than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of
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such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of
any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have
voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest
in the capital or profits of such limited liability company or
partnership (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at
the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by
such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more
of such Person's other Subsidiaries.
"TAXES" has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
"TERMINATION DATE" means the earlier of (a) December 8, 2000
or, if the Termination Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.18(a),
the date to which the Termination Date is extended pursuant to Section
2.18(a), and (b) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.05(a), 2.05(b) or 6.01.
"VOTING STOCK" means capital stock issued by a corporation, or
equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the
election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such
Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the
happening of such a contingency.
"WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY" has the meaning specified in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 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".
SECTION 1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) ("GAAP").
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
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SECTION 2.01. THE REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES. Each Lender
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make
Revolving Credit Advances to any Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an
aggregate amount for all Borrowers not to exceed at any time outstanding (a) the
amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on the signature pages hereof or
(b) if such Lender has become a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assumption
Agreement or has increased its Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05(c), or if
such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth
for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section
9.07(d), in each case as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.05(a)
or (b) (such Lender's "COMMITMENT"), PROVIDED that the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent
of the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding and
such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be allocated
among the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments (such deemed
use of the aggregate amount of the Commitments being a "COMPETITIVE BID
REDUCTION"). Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less,
an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate amount of a
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing requested by any Borrower exceeds the
aggregate amount of Competitive Bid Advances offered to be made by the Lenders
and accepted by such Borrower in respect of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, if
such Competitive Bid Borrowing is made on the same date and by the same Borrower
as such Revolving Credit Borrowing) and shall consist of Revolving Credit
Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders ratably according
to their respective Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment,
any Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay pursuant to Section 2.10
and reborrow under this Section 2.01.
SECTION 2.02. MAKING THE REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES. (a) Each
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than (i)
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Credit
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances or (ii) 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the day of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of
a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by any Borrower
to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by
telecopier or telex. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing (a "NOTICE
OF REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING") shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in
writing, or telecopier or telex in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto,
specifying therein the requested (w) date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing,
(x) Type of Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (y) aggregate
amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, and (z) in the case of a Revolving
Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial Interest Period
for each such Revolving Credit Advance. Each Lender shall, before (i) in the
case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) or (ii) in
the case of a Base Rate Advance, 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of
such Revolving Credit Borrowing, make available for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in same day
funds, such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After
the Agent's receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to
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the Borrower requesting the Revolving Credit Borrowing at the Agent's address
referred to in Section 9.02.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, a
Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Revolving Credit
Borrowing if the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances
shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.12.
(c) Each Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing of any Borrower
shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. In the case of any Revolving
Credit Borrowing that the related Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing specifies
is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower requesting such
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall indemnify each Lender, after receipt of a
written request by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
such request, against any loss, cost or expense actually incurred by such Lender
as a result of any failure by such Borrower to fulfill on or before the date
specified in such Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing for such Revolving Credit
Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without
limitation, any loss (other than loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense
actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Revolving Credit Advance to be
made by such Lender as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing when such
Revolving Credit Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender
prior to the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate
Advances or prior to the time of the proposed disbursement of any Revolving
Credit Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances that such Lender will not make
available to the Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available
to the Agent on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with
subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower requesting such Revolving Credit
Borrowing on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such
Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent, such
Lender and such Borrower severally agree 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 such Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest
rate applicable at the time to Revolving Credit Advances comprising such
Revolving Credit Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal
Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount,
such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Credit Advance as
part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit
Advance to be made by it as part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its
Revolving Credit Advance on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, but no
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the
Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any
Revolving Credit Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.03. THE COMPETITIVE BID ADVANCES. (a) Each Lender
severally agrees that any Borrower may make Competitive Bid Borrowings under
this Section 2.03 from time to time on any Business Day during the period from
the date hereof until the date occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date
in the manner set forth below; PROVIDED that, following the making of each
Competitive Bid Borrowing, the aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding
shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders
(computed without regard to any Competitive Bid Reduction).
(i) A Borrower may request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under
this Section 2.03 by delivering to the Agent, by telecopier or telex, a
notice of a Competitive Bid Borrowing (a "NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE BID
BORROWING"), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto,
specifying therein the requested (u) date of such proposed Competitive
Bid Borrowing, (v) aggregate amount of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, (w) interest rate basis (LIBO Rate or fixed rate) to be
offered by the Lenders, (x) in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing
consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, Interest Period of each Competitive
Bid Advance to be made as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, or in
the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing Consisting of Fixed Rate
Advances, maturity date for repayment of each Fixed Rate Advance to be
made as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing (which maturity date may
not be earlier than the date occurring 7 days after the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing or later than the earlier of (I) 180 days
after the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and (II) the
Termination Date), (y) interest payment date or dates relating thereto,
and (z) other terms (if any) to be applicable to such Competitive Bid
Borrowing, not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) (A) at least
one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify in the Notice of Competitive
Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered by the Lenders
shall be fixed rates per annum (the Advances comprising any such
Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred to herein as "FIXED RATE
ADVANCES") and (B) at least four Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall instead
specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of
interest to be offered by the Lenders are to be based on the LIBO Rate
(the Advances comprising such Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred
to herein as "LIBO RATE ADVANCES"). Each Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing of a Borrower shall be irrevocable and binding on such
Borrower. Any Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing by a Designated
Subsidiary shall be given to the Agent in accordance with the preceding
sentence through the Company on behalf of such Designated Subsidiary.
The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each request for
a Competitive Bid Borrowing received by it from a Borrower by sending
such Lender a copy of the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to
do so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances
to the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing as part of such
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proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest
specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by notifying the Agent
(which shall give prompt notice thereof to such Borrower), before 9:30
A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
Fixed Rate Advances and before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) three
Business Days before the date of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
LIBO Rate Advances, of the minimum amount and maximum amount of each
Competitive Bid Advance which such Lender would be willing to make as
part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing (which amounts may,
subject to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(a),
exceed such Lender's Commitment, if any), the rate or rates of interest
therefor and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office with respect to
such Competitive Bid Advance; PROVIDED that if the Agent in its
capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any
such offer, it shall notify such Borrower of such offer at least 30
minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of such
election is to be given to the Agent by the other Lenders. If any
Lender shall elect not to make such an offer, such Lender shall so
notify the Agent, before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date on
which notice of such election is to be given to the Agent by the other
Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and shall not, make
any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing;
PROVIDED that the failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not
cause such Lender to be obligated to make any Competitive Bid Advance
as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(iii) The Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing
shall, in turn, before 10:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of
such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive
Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances and before 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) three Business Days before the date of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid
Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, either:
(x) cancel such Competitive Bid Borrowing by
giving the Agent notice to that effect, or
(y) accept one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its
sole discretion, by giving notice to the Agent of the amount
of each Competitive Bid Advance (which amount shall be equal
to or greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or less
than the maximum amount, notified to such Borrower by the
Agent on behalf of such Lender for such Competitive Bid
Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and reject
any remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to paragraph
(ii) above by giving the Agent notice to that effect;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Borrower shall not accept any
offer in excess of the requested bid amount for any maturity.
Such Borrower shall accept the offers made by any Lender or
Lenders to make Competitive Bid Advances in order of the
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lowest to the highest rates of interest offered by such
Lenders. If two or more Lenders have offered the same interest
rate, the amount to be borrowed at such interest rate will be
allocated among such Lenders in proportion to the amount that
each such Lender offered at such interest rate.
(iv) If the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Advance
notifies the Agent that such Competitive Bid Borrowing is cancelled
pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Agent shall give prompt
notice thereof to the Lenders and such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall
not be made.
(v) If the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Advance
accepts one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders
pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, the Agent shall in turn promptly
notify (A) each Lender that has made an offer as described in paragraph
(ii) above, of the date and aggregate amount of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by such Borrower,
(B) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing, of the amount of each Competitive Bid
Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing, and (C) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid
Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, upon receipt, that
the Agent has received forms of documents appearing to fulfill the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III. Each Lender that is to
make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall, before 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received from
the Agent pursuant to clause (A) of the preceding sentence or any later
time when such Lender shall have received notice from the Agent
pursuant to clause (C) of the preceding sentence, make available for
the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the
Agent's Account, in same day funds, such Lender's portion of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the Agent of
such funds, the Agent will make such funds available to such Borrower
at the Agent's address referred to in Section 9.02. Promptly after each
Competitive Bid Borrowing the Agent will notify each Lender of the
amount of the Competitive Bid Borrowing, the consequent Competitive Bid
Reduction and the dates upon which such Competitive Bid Reduction
commenced and will terminate.
(vi) If the Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Advance
notifies the Agent that it accepts one or more of the offers made by
any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, such notice
of acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. Such
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender, after receipt of a written
request by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
such request, against any loss, cost or expense actually incurred by
such Lender as a result of any failure by such Borrower to fulfill on
or before the date specified in the related Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing for such Competitive Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions
set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss
(other than loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense actually
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incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Competitive Bid Advance
to be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing
when such Competitive Bid Advance, as a result of such failure, is not
made on such date.
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(b) Each Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate
amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and, following the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Borrower that
has borrowed through such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in compliance with
the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (a)
above.
(c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this
Section 2.03, each Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section
2.03, repay or prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this
Section 2.03.
(d) Each Borrower that has borrowed through a Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall repay to the Agent for the account of each Lender that has made
a Competitive Bid Advance, on the maturity date of such Competitive Bid Advance
(such maturity date being that specified by such Borrower for repayment of such
Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above and provided in the Competitive
Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance), the then unpaid principal
amount of such Competitive Bid Advance. A Borrower shall have no right to prepay
any principal amount of any Competitive Bid Advance without the consent of the
Lender that has made such Competitive Bid Advance or as is specified in the
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(e) Each Borrower that has borrowed through a Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Competitive
Bid Advance from the date of such Competitive Bid Advance comprising such
Competitive Bid Borrowing to the date the principal amount of such Competitive
Bid Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of interest for such Competitive Bid
Advance specified by the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance in its
notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) above,
payable on the interest payment date or dates specified by such Borrower for
such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above, as provided in the Competitive
Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), each Borrower that
has borrowed though a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall pay interest on the amount
of unpaid principal of and interest on each Competitive Bid Advance comprising
such Competitive Bid Borrowing that is owing to a Lender, payable in arrears on
the date or dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate per annum equal at all
times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such
Competitive Bid Advance under the terms of the Competitive Bid Note evidencing
such Competitive Bid Advance unless otherwise agreed in such Competitive Bid
Note.
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(f) The indebtedness of any Borrower resulting from each
Competitive Bid Advance made to such Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be evidenced by a separate Competitive Bid Note of such Borrower
payable to the order of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance.
SECTION 2.04. FEES. (a) FACILITY FEE. The Company agrees
to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee (i) on
the aggregate amount of such Lender's Commitment from the date hereof in the
case of each Initial Lender and from the effective date specified in the
Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance, as the case may be,
pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender until the
Termination Date and (ii) if the Company has extended the Final Maturity Date
pursuant to Section 2.18(b), on the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Advances payable to such Lender from the Termination Date until such
Final Maturity Date, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) at a rate per annum
equal to .055%, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each February,
May, August and November, commencing February 29, 2000, and on the Termination
Date and on any extended Final Maturity Date.
(b) AGENT'S FEES. The Company shall pay to the Agent for
its own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed in writing between
the Company and the Agent.
SECTION 2.05. TERMINATION, REDUCTION OR INCREASE OF THE
COMMITMENTS. (a) TERMINATION OR RATABLE REDUCTION BY THE COMPANY. The Company
shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days' notice to the Agent, to
terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the
respective Commitments of the Lenders, PROVIDED that each partial reduction
shall be in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and PROVIDED FURTHER that the aggregate amount of
the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an amount that is less
than the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then
outstanding. The aggregate amount of the Commitments, once reduced or terminated
as provided in this Section 2.05(a), may not be reinstated, except as provided
in Section 2.05(c) below.
(b) TERMINATION BY THE MAJORITY LENDERS UPON CHANGE OF
CONTROL. In the event that a Change of Control occurs, (i) the Agent shall at
the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the
Company given not later than 10 Business Days after receipt by the Lenders and
the Agent of notice from the Company of such Change of Control pursuant to
Section 5.01(h)(iv), declare the Commitments (determined without giving effect
to any Competitive Bid Reduction) to be terminated in whole, effective as of the
date set forth in such notice, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such date shall be no
earlier than 10 Business Days after the Company's receipt of such notice of
termination and (ii) each Borrower's right to make a Borrowing under this
Agreement shall thereupon be suspended and shall remain suspended until 10
Business Days after receipt by the Lenders and the Agent of notice from the
Company of such Change of Control pursuant to Section 5.01(h)(iv) unless the
Majority Lenders shall have exercised their right to terminate the Commitments
as provided in clause (i) of this Section 2.05(b), in which case each Borrower's
right to make a Borrowing under this Agreement shall remain suspended until the
effective date of such termination. A notice of termination pursuant to this
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Section 2.05(b) shall have the effect of accelerating the outstanding Advances
of the Lenders and the Notes of the Lenders and each Borrower shall, on or prior
to the effective date of the termination of the Commitments, prepay or cause to
be prepaid the outstanding principal amount of all Advances owing by any such
Borrower to the Lenders, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of
such payment, any facility fees or other fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to
the provisions of Section 2.04, and all other amounts payable to the Lenders
under this Agreement (including, but not limited to, any increased costs or
other amounts owing under Section 2.11 and any indemnification for Taxes under
Section 2.14). Upon such prepayment and the termination of the Commitments in
accordance with this Section 2.05(b), the obligations of the Lenders under this
Agreement shall, by the provisions hereof, be released and discharged.
(c) INCREASE BY THE COMPANY. (i) The Company may at any time,
by notice to the Agent, propose that the aggregate amount of the Commitments be
increased (each such proposed increase being a "COMMITMENT INCREASE") by up to
$250,000,000 in excess of the aggregate of the Commitments as of the Effective
Date, effective as at a date (the "COMMITMENT INCREASE DATE") that shall be
specified in such notice and that shall be (A) prior to the Termination Date and
(B) at least 15 Business Days after the date of such notice; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (w) the Company may not propose more than two Commitment Increases during
any calendar year, (x) the minimum proposed Commitment Increase for each
Commitment Increase Date shall be $50,000,000, (y) in no event shall the
aggregate amount of the Commitments at any time exceed $450,000,000 and (z) no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Commitment Increase Date
or shall result from such Commitment Increase. The Agent shall notify the
Lenders and any Eligible Assignees requested by the Company and acceptable to
the Agent as potential Assuming Lenders hereunder of the proposed Commitment
Increase promptly upon the Agent's receipt of any such notice. It shall be in
each Lender's sole discretion whether to increase its Commitment hereunder in
connection with the proposed Commitment Increase. No later than 10 Business Days
after its receipt of the Company's notice, each Lender that is willing to
increase its Commitment hereunder (each such Lender being an "INCREASING
LENDER") shall deliver to the Agent a notice in which such Lender shall set
forth the maximum increase in its Commitment to which such Lender is willing to
agree, and the Agent shall promptly provide to the Company a copy of such
Increasing Lender's notice. The Agent shall cooperate with the Company in
discussions with the Lenders and Eligible Assignees with a view to arranging the
proposed Commitment Increase through the increase of the Commitments of one or
more of the Lenders and/or the addition of one or more Eligible Assignees
acceptable to the Company and the Agent as Assuming Lenders and as parties to
this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVEr, that the minimum Commitment of each such
Assuming Lender that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to this Section
2.05(c) shall be $10,000,000; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any allocations of
Commitments shall be determined by the Company.
(ii) If agreement is reached prior to the relevant Commitment
Increase Date with any Increasing Lenders and Assuming Lenders as to a
Commitment Increase (the amount of which may be less than (subject to the
limitation set forth in clause (i)(x) of this Section 2.05(c)) but not greater
than that amount specified in the applicable notice from the Company), the
Company shall deliver, no later than one Business Day prior to the Commitment
Increase Date, a notice thereof in reasonable detail to the Agent (and the Agent
shall give notice thereof to the Lenders, including any Assuming Lenders). The
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Assuming Lenders, if any, shall become Lenders hereunder as of the Commitment
Increase Date and the Commitments of any Increasing Lenders and such Assuming
Lenders shall become or be, as the case may be, as of the Commitment Increase
Date, the amounts specified in the notice delivered by the Company to the Agent;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:
(x) the Agent shall have received on or prior to 9:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the Commitment Increase Date (A) a duly
executed Revolving Credit Note from each Borrower, dated as of the
Commitment Increase Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto for each Assuming Lender, and dated the date to which interest
on the existing Revolving Credit Note of such Borrower shall have been
paid and in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto for each
Increasing Lender, in each case in an amount equal to the Commitment of
each such Assuming Lender and each such Increasing Lender after giving
effect to such Commitment Increase, (B) a certificate of a duly
authorized officer of the Company stating that no event has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from such Commitment Increase, that
constitutes a Default, and that each of the other applicable conditions
to such Commitment Increase set forth in this Section 2.05(c) to be
fulfilled by the Company has been satisfied and (C) an opinion of
counsel for the Company in substantially the form of Exhibit H-1
hereto, dated the Commitment Increase Date (with copies for each
Lender, including each Assuming Lender);
(y) with respect to each Assuming Lender, the Agent shall have
received, on or prior to 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
Commitment Increase Date, an appropriate Assumption Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto, duly executed by such
Assuming Lender and the Company, and acknowledged by the Agent; and
(z) each Increasing Lender shall have delivered to the Agent,
on or prior to 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Commitment
Increase Date, (A) its existing Revolving Credit Note or Notes and (B)
confirmation in writing satisfactory to the Agent as to its increased
Commitment, with a copy of such confirmation to the Company.
(iii) Upon its receipt of confirmation from a Lender that it
is increasing its Commitment hereunder, together with the appropriate Revolving
Credit Note or Notes, certificate and opinion referred to in clause (ii)(x)
above, the Agent shall (A) record the information contained therein in the
Register and (B) give prompt notice thereof to the Company. Upon its receipt of
an Assumption Agreement executed by an Assuming Lender representing that it is
an Eligible Assignee, together with the appropriate Revolving Credit Note or
Notes, certificate and opinion referred to in clause (ii)(x) above, the Agent
shall, if such Assumption Agreement has been completed and is in substantially
the form of Exhibit D hereto, (x) accept such Assumption Agreement, (y) record
the information contained therein in the Register and (z) give prompt notice
thereof to the Company.
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(iv) In the event that the Agent shall not have received
notice from the Company as to such agreement on or prior to the Commitment
Increase Date or the Company shall, by notice to the Agent prior to the
Commitment Increase Date, withdraw its proposal for a Commitment Increase or any
of the actions provided for above in clauses (ii)(x) through (ii)(z) shall not
have occurred by 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Commitment Increase Date,
such proposal by the Company shall be deemed not to have been made. In such
event, any actions theretofore taken under clauses (ii)(x) through (ii)(z) above
shall be deemed to be of no effect and all the rights and obligations of the
parties shall continue as if no such proposal had been made.
(v) In the event that the Agent shall have received notice
from the Company as to such agreement on or prior to the Commitment Increase
Date and each of the actions provided for in clauses (ii)(x) through (ii)(z)
above shall have occurred by 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Commitment
Increase Date, the Agent shall notify the Lenders (including any Assuming
Lenders) of the occurrence of the Commitment Increase Date promptly and in any
event by 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such date by telecopier, telex or
cable. Each Increasing Lender and each Assuming Lender shall, before 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the Commitment Increase Date, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in
same day funds, in the case of such Assuming Lender, an amount equal to such
Assuming Lender's ratable portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then
outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate
Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase)
and, in the case of such Increasing Lender, an amount equal to the excess of (i)
such Increasing Lender's ratable portion of the Revolving Credit Borrowings then
outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate
Commitments outstanding after giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase)
over (ii) such Increasing Lender's ratable portion of the Revolving Credit
Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on its Commitment (without giving
effect to the relevant Commitment Increase) as a percentage of the aggregate
Commitments without giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase). After
the Agent's receipt of such funds from each such Increasing Lender and each such
Assuming Lender, the Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like
funds to the other Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable
Lending Offices in an amount to each other Lender such that the aggregate amount
of the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances owing to each Lender after giving
effect to such distribution equals such Lender's ratable portion of the
Revolving Credit Borrowings then outstanding (calculated based on such Lender's
Commitment as a percentage of the aggregate Commitments outstanding after giving
effect to the relevant Commitment Increase). If the Commitment Increase Date
shall occur on a date that is not the last day of the Interest Period for all
Eurodollar Rate Advances then outstanding, (a) the Company shall pay any amounts
owing pursuant to Section 9.04(d) as a result of the distributions to Lenders
under this Section 2.05(c)(v) and (b) for each Revolving Credit Borrowing
comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, the respective Revolving Credit Advances
made by the Increasing Lenders and the Assuming Lenders pursuant to this Section
2.05(c)(v) shall be Base Rate Advances until the last day of the then existing
Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.06. REPAYMENT OF REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES. Each
Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the
Final Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Advances then outstanding in respect of such Borrower.
SECTION 2.07. INTEREST ON REVOLVING CREDIT ADVANCES. (a)
SCHEDULED INTEREST. Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Revolving Credit Advance owing by such Borrower to each Lender
from the date of such Revolving Credit Advance until such principal amount shall
be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(i) BASE RATE ADVANCES. During such periods as such Revolving
Credit Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all
times to the sum of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time PLUS
(y) at all times that the aggregate principal amount of the Advance
exceeds 50% of the aggregate Commitments, 0.10% per annum, payable in
arrears quarterly on the last day of each February, May, August and
November during such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance
shall be Converted or paid in full.
(ii) EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCES. During such periods as such
Revolving Credit Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum
equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Revolving
Credit Advance to the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest
Period for such Revolving Credit Advance PLUS (y) .20% per annum PLUS
(z) at all times that the aggregate principal amount of the Advance
exceeds 50% of the aggregate Commitments, 0.10% per annum, payable in
arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest
Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that
occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first
day of such Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate
Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(b) DEFAULT INTEREST. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), each Borrower shall
pay interest on (i) the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance
owing by such Borrower to each Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred
to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, at a rate per annum equal at all times to
2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Revolving
Credit Advance pursuant to clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above and (ii) to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any interest, fee or other amount
payable hereunder by such Borrower that is not paid when due, from the date such
amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears
on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum
equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid
on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause (a)(i) above.
(c) ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCES. The
applicable Borrower shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender shall be
required under regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of
or including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid
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principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Lender to such
Borrower, from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in
full, at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the remainder obtained
by subtracting (i) the Eurodollar Rate for the applicable Interest Period for
such Advance from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a
percentage equal to 100% MINUS the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such
Lender for such Interest Period, payable on each date on which interest is
payable on such Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such
Lender and notified in reasonable detail to such Borrower through the Agent.
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SECTION 2.08. INTEREST RATE DETERMINATION. (a) Each Reference
Bank agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose of
determining each Eurodollar Rate and each LIBO Rate. If any one or more of the
Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for the
purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine such
interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the relevant Borrowers
and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for
purposes of Section 2.07(a)(i) or (ii), and the rate, if any, furnished by each
Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest rate under Section
2.07(a)(ii).
(b) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the
Majority Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest
Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority
Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate
Advances for such Interest Period (which cost each such Lender reasonably
determines in good faith is material), the Agent shall forthwith so notify each
Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to
make, or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances
shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify each Borrower and the Lenders
that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
(c) If any Borrower, in requesting a Revolving Credit
Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Advances, shall fail to select the
duration of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance
with the provisions contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section
1.01, the Agent will forthwith so notify such Borrower and the Lenders and such
Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest
Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(d) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced, by
payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than $5,000,000, such Advances shall
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate
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Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances
into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended.
(f) If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely
information to the Agent for determining the Eurodollar Rate or LIBO Rate for
any Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be, such
Eurodollar Rate or LIBO Rate shall be the interest rate per annum determined by
the Agent to be the offered rate per annum at which deposits in U.S. dollars for
a maturity comparable to the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances
or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be, appears on the Telerate Page 3750 (or
any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to
the first day of such Interest Period (the "TELERATE"); PROVIDED that if the
Telerate is not then available:
(i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the relevant Borrower and
the Lenders that the interest rate cannot be determined for such
Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be;
(ii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances, each such
Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing
Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance (or if such
Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate
Advance); and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate
Advances or LIBO Rate Advances or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances
into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall
notify each Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist.
SECTION 2.09. OPTIONAL CONVERSION OF REVOLVING CREDIT
ADVANCES. Any Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent
not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior
to the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections
2.08 and 2.12, Convert all Revolving Credit Advances of one Type comprising the
same Borrowing into Revolving Credit Advances of the other Type; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances
shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar
Rate Advances. Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions
specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Revolving
Credit Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar
Rate Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for each such
Advance. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the
relevant Borrower.
SECTION 2.10. OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS OF REVOLVING CREDIT
ADVANCES. Any Borrower may, upon notice to the Agent stating the proposed date
and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, given not later than 11:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the date of such
proposed prepayment, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, and not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day of such proposed prepayment, in the
case of Base Rate Advances, and, if such notice is given such Borrower shall,
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prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances
comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing in whole or ratably in
part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
principal amount prepaid; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (x) each partial prepayment
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, such Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the
Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 9.04(d). Each notice of
prepayment by a Designated Subsidiary shall be given to the Agent through the
Company.
SECTION 2.11. INCREASED COSTS. (a) If, after the date hereof,
due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than any change by
way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements included in the Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or
(ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Lender (whether or not
having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender
(which cost such Lender reasonably determines in good faith is material) of
agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances or
LIBO Rate Advances (excluding for purposes of this Section 2.11 any such
increased costs resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section
2.14 shall govern) and (ii) Excluded Taxes), then the Borrower of such Advances
shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender made not later than 60 days
after such Lender obtains knowledge of such increased costs (with a copy of such
demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. Each
Lender agrees that if such Lender requests compensation for any amounts owing
from a Borrower for such increased cost under this Section 2.11(a), such Lender
shall, prior to a Borrower being required to pay such increased costs, furnish
to such Borrower a certificate of a senior financial officer of such Lender
verifying that such increased cost was actually incurred by such Lender and the
amount of such increased cost and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis
therefore (with a copy of such certificate to the Agent); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such certificate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(b) If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that
compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any
central bank or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Lender
(whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of
capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or
based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder and other
commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender made not later than
60 days after such Lender obtains knowledge of such increase in capital (with a
copy of such demand to the Agent), the Company shall pay to the Agent for the
account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such corporation in
the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender reasonably
determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such
Lender's commitment to lend hereunder. Each Lender agrees that if such Lender
requests compensation for any amounts owing from the Company for such increase
in capital under this Section 2.11(b), such Lender shall, prior to a Borrower
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being required to compensate such Lender for such increase in capital, furnish
to the Company a certificate of a senior financial officer of such Lender
verifying that such increase in capital was actually required by such Lender and
the amount of such increase in capital and setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis therefore (with a copy of such certificate to the Agent); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such certificate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
(c) No Borrower shall be obligated to pay under this Section 2.11 any
amounts which relate to costs or increases of capital incurred prior to the 12
months immediately preceding the date of demand for payment of such amounts,
unless the applicable law, regulation, guideline or request resulting in such
costs or increases of capital is imposed retroactively. In the case of any law,
regulation, guideline or request which is imposed retroactively, the Lender
making demand for payment of any amount under this Section 2.11 shall notify the
related Borrower not later than 12 months from the date that such Lender should
reasonably have known (but promptly upon gaining knowledge of such increase) of
such law, regulation, guideline or request and such Borrower's obligation to
compensate such Lender for such amount is contingent upon such Lender's so
notifying such Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any failure by such Lender to
provide such notice shall not affect such Borrower's obligations under this
Section 2.11 with respect to amounts resulting from costs or increases of
capital incurred after the date which occurs 12 months immediately preceding the
date on which such Lender notified such Borrower of such law, regulation,
guideline or request.
(d) If any Lender shall subsequently recoup any costs (other than from
a Borrower) for which such Lender has theretofore been compensated by a Borrower
under this Section 2.11, such Lender shall remit to such Borrower an amount
equal to the amount of such recoupment as reasonably determined by such Lender.
SECTION 2.12. ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, if any Lender shall after the date hereof, notify the Agent
that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental
authority having jurisdiction over any Lender asserts that it is unlawful, for
any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder
to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances or to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances hereunder, (i) each Eurodollar
Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance, as the case may be, will automatically, upon
such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance or an Advance that bears interest
at the rate set forth in Section 2.07(a)(i), as the case may be, and (ii) the
obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances
or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended until the Agent shall notify each Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
SECTION 2.13. PAYMENTS AND COMPUTATIONS. (a) Each Borrower
shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes not later than 1:00 P.M.
(New York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Agent at the
Agent's Account in same day funds. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to
be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or
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facility fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.03,
2.05(c), 2.07(c), 2.11, 2.14, 2.18(a) or 9.04(cd) to the Lenders for the account
of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the
payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account
of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance
and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to
Section 9.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment
and Acceptance, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes
in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder,
and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate
adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly
between themselves. Upon any Assuming Lender becoming a Lender hereunder as a
result of the effectiveness of a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section
2.05(c), and upon the Agent's receipt of such Lender's Assumption Agreement and
recording the information contained therein in the Register, from and after the
relevant Increase Date, the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under
the Notes in respect of the interest assumed thereby to such Assuming Lender.
(b) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall
be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and all computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate or the Federal
Funds Rate and of facility fees shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a
year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the
first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest or facility fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent of an
interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(c) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be
stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of payment of interest or facility fee, as
the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if such extension would cause payment
of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances to
be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the
next preceding Business Day.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders from such
Borrower hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the
Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent
on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be
distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then
due such Lender. If and to the extent such Borrower shall not have so made such
payment in full to the Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the
date such Lender repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
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SECTION 2.14. TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by each Borrower
hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.13,
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, EXCLUDING, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes
imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of
net income taxes, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the
Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof or
by any jurisdiction in which such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) is
doing business that is unrelated to this Agreement and such net income taxes or
franchise taxes that would not have been imposed if such Lender or the Agent (as
the case may be) had not been conducting such unrelated business and, in the
case of each Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise
taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such
Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all
such excluded taxes being hereinafter referred to as "EXCLUDED TAXES" and all
such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or under the Notes being
hereinafter referred to as "TAXES"). If any Borrower shall be required by law to
deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any
Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may
be necessary so that after making all required deductions for Taxes (including
deductions for Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section
2.14) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such
Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, each Borrower agrees to pay any present or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes
or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred to
as "OTHER TAXES").
(c) Each Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent
for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any
taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.14)
imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) and any
liability for penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the
date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand
therefor; PROVIDED that such Lender shall, prior to a Borrower being required to
indemnify such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14(c), furnish to such Borrower
a certificate of a senior financial officer of such Lender verifying that such
Taxes or Other Taxes were actually incurred by such Lender and the amount of
such Taxes or Other Taxes and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis
therefor (with a copy of such certificate to the Agent), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such certificate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes,
each Borrower shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section
9.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
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In the case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes by or on behalf of any
Borrower through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on
behalf of any Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person, if such
Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, such Borrower
shall furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Agent, at such
address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent stating that such payment
is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this subsection (d) and subsection (e),
the terms "UNITED STATES" and "UNITED STATES PERSON" shall have the meanings
specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery
of this Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender and on the date of the
Assignment and Acceptance or the Assumption Agreement, as the case may be,
pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from
time to time thereafter as requested in writing by any Borrower (but only so
long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Agent and
each Borrower with two original Internal Revenue Service forms 1001 or 4224, as
appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, certifying that such Lender is exempt from or entitled to a reduced
rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or
the Notes. If the forms provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first
becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding
tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered
excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the appropriate forms
certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser
rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such
form; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at the date of the Assignment and Acceptance
or the Assumption Agreement, as the case may be, pursuant to which a Lender
assignee becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to
payments under subsection (a) in respect of United States withholding tax with
respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes
shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the
future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding
tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date.
(f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed
to provide each Borrower with the appropriate form described in Section 2.14(e)
(OTHER THAN if such failure is due to a change in law occurring subsequent to
the date on which a form originally was required to be provided, or if such form
otherwise is not required under the first sentence of subsection (e) above),
such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.14(a) or
(c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such
failure; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that should a Lender become subject to Taxes because
of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, each Borrower agrees to
take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Lender to
recover such Taxes.
(g) If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has actually and finally realized, by reason of a refund, deduction or credit of
any Taxes or Other Taxes paid or reimbursed by a Borrower pursuant to subjection
(a) or (c) above in respect of payments under the Credit Agreement or the Notes,
a current monetary benefit that it would otherwise not have obtained, and that
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would result in the total payments under this Section 2.14 exceeding the amount
needed to make such Lender whole, such Lender shall pay to such Borrower, with
reasonable promptness following the date on which it actually realizes such
benefit, an amount equal to the lesser of the amount of such benefit or the
amount of such excess, in each case net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
in securing such refund, deduction or credit.
SECTION 2.15. SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If any Lender shall
obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any
right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Credit Advances
owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.07(c), 2.11, 2.14,
2.18(a) or 9.04(d)) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the
Revolving Credit Advances obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall
forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Revolving
Credit Advances owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing
Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from
such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and
such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the
extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender's ratable
share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender's required
repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of
any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect
of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so
purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.15
may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment
(including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as
if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
SECTION 2.16. USE OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds of the Advances
shall be available (and each Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds)
solely (i) for general corporate purposes of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and (ii) for acquisitions by such Borrower that have been approved by the Board
of Directors of the corporation that is to be acquired by such Borrower.
SECTION 2.17. MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT BY A LENDER; MITIGATION. If
any Lender requests from a Borrower either payment of additional interest on
Eurodollar Rate Advances pursuant to Section 2.07(c), or reimbursement for
increased costs pursuant to Section 2.11, or payment of or reimbursement for
Taxes pursuant to Section 2.14, or if any Lender notifies the Agent that it is
unlawful for such Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its
obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 2.12, (i) such Lender will, upon three
Business Days' notice by such Borrower to such Lender and the Agent, to the
extent not inconsistent with such Lender's internal policies and applicable
legal and regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to make, fund or
maintain its Eurodollar Rate Advances through another Eurodollar Lending Office
of such Lender if (A) as a result thereof the additional amounts required to be
paid pursuant to Section 2.07(c), 2.11 or 2.14, as applicable, in respect of
such Eurodollar Rate Advances would be materially reduced or the provisions of
Section 2.12 would not apply to such Lender, as applicable, and (B) as
determined by such Lender in good faith but in its sole discretion, the making
or maintaining of such Eurodollar Rate Advances through such other Eurodollar
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Lending Office would not otherwise materially and adversely affect such
Eurodollar Rate Advances or such Lender and (ii) unless such Lender has
therefore taken steps to remove or cure, and has removed or cured (to the extent
not inconsistent with internal policies and applicable legal and regulatory
restrictions), the conditions creating such obligation to pay such additional
amounts or the circumstances described in Section 2.12, such Lender will, upon
at least five Business Days' notice from the Company to such Lender and the
Agent, assign, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section
9.07, to one or more Eligible Assignees designated by the Company all, but not
less than all, of the Revolving Credit Advances then owing to such Lender and
all, but not less than all, of such Lender's rights and obligations hereunder
(other than rights in respect of such Lender's outstanding Competitive Bid
Advance), without recourse to or warranty by, or expense to, such Lender, for a
purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of each such Advance
then owing to such Lender PLUS any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any
accrued but unpaid facility fees owing thereto and, in addition, all additional
costs reimbursements, expense reimbursements and indemnities, if any, owing in
respect of such Lender's Commitment hereunder at such time shall be paid to such
Lender.
SECTION 2.18. EXTENSION OF THE TERMINATION DATE AND THE FINAL
MATURITY DATE.. (a) EXTENSION OF THE TERMINATION DATE. (i) The Company may, at
its option, by written notice to the Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit
E-1 hereto, no earlier than 60 days and no later that 30 days prior to the
Termination Date then in effect, request that the Lenders extend such
Termination Date for an additional period of 364 days. Such request shall be
irrevocable and binding upon the Company. The Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of such request. If a Lender agrees, in its individual and sole
discretion, to so extend its Commitment (each such Lender being an "EXTENDING
LENDER"), it shall deliver to the Agent a written notice in substantially the
form of Exhibit E-2 hereto of its agreement to do so no earlier than 30 days and
no later than 25 days prior to such Termination Date and the Agent shall notify
the Company in writing of such Extending Lender's agreement to extend its
Commitment no later than 20 days prior to such Termination Date.
(ii) If any Lender does not consent, or fails to respond
within the time period set forth in clause (i) of this Section 2.18(a), to a
request by the Company for an extension of the Termination Date then in effect
(each such Lender being a "DECLINING LENDER"), the Company shall have the right
to:
(A) require any Declining Lender to assign in full its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (I) to an Extending Lender
designated by the Company that has offered to increase its Commitment
in an amount at least equal to the amount of such Declining Lender's
Commitment in its notice delivered to the Agent under subsection (a) of
this Section 2.18 (each such Extending Lender being an "INCREASING
EXTENDING LENDER") and (II) to the extent of any shortfall in the
aggregate amount of extended Commitments, to any other Person
designated by the Company and acceptable to the Agent (which acceptance
shall not be unreasonably withheld) that agrees to accept all of such
rights and obligations (each such other Person being a "REPLACEMENT
LENDER"), PROVIDED, that (w) such assignment is otherwise in compliance
with Section 9.07, (x) such Declining Lender receives payment in full
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of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances owing to such
Declining Lender, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
to the effective date of such assignment and all fees and other accrued
and unpaid amounts owing to such Declining Lender under any provision
of this Agreement (including, but not limited to, any increased costs
or other additional amounts owing under Section 2.11, and any Taxes or
Other Taxes owing under Section 2.14) as of the effective date of such
assignment, (y) with respect to any Replacement Lender, such
Replacement Lender shall have paid the applicable processing and
recordation fee required under Section 9.07(a) for such assignment and
(z) such assignment shall be effective on or prior to such Termination
Date; or
(B) subject to the giving of notice to such Declining Lender
at least five days prior to such Termination Date, pay, prepay or cause
to be prepaid, on and effective as of such Termination Date, the
aggregate principal amount of all Advances owing to such Declining
Lender, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
date of such payment, and all fees and other accrued and unpaid amounts
owing to such Declining Lender under any provision of this Agreement
(including, but not limited to, any increased costs or other additional
amounts owing under Section 2.11, and any Taxes or Other Taxes owing
under Section 2.14) as of the date of such payment or prepayment, and
terminate in whole such Declining Lender's Commitment, notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.05(a).
(iii) The Company shall, no later than one day before the
Termination Date then in effect, deliver to the Agent a notice setting forth the
Commitments of the Extending Lenders and the Replacement Lenders, if any, which
are to become or be, as the case may be, effective as of such Termination Date.
If Extending Lenders and/or Replacement Lenders provide Commitments in an
aggregate amount at least equal to 51% of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments outstanding immediately prior to such Termination Date, the Agent
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and, effective as of such
Termination Date, (A) the Termination Date shall be extended by 364 days for
such Extending Lenders and such Replacement Lenders, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the
provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 2.18, (B) each Declining Lender
shall have no further Commitment hereunder and (C) the Commitments of such
Extending Lenders and such Replacement Lenders shall become or be, as the case
may be the amounts specified in the notice delivered by the Company to the
Agent.
(b) EXTENSION OF THE FINAL MATURITY DATE. On the Termination
Date in effect at any time, if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Company may, by written notice to the Agent, request that the Final Maturity
Date be a date occurring up to the first anniversary of such Termination Date.
Such request shall be irrevocable and binding upon the Company. The Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of such request. Subject to the satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.05 as of such Termination Date, the
Final Maturity Date shall be, effective as of such Termination Date, such date
as the Company shall request pursuant to this subsection (b) of this Section
2.18. In the event that the Company shall request that the Final Maturity Date
be a date occurring up to the first anniversary of the then scheduled
Termination Date, and the Final Maturity Date shall be so extended as provided
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in this subsection (b) of this Section 2.18, the right of the Company to request
an extension of the Termination Date pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section
2.18 shall automatically terminate and any extension of the Termination Date in
effect at the time such request is made that would otherwise occur as provided
in subsection (a) of this Section 2.18 shall automatically be cancelled. The
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of any such extension of the Final
Maturity Date and any such cancellation of an extension of the Termination Date.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION 3.01. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS OF
SECTIONS 2.01 AND 2.03. Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become
effective on and as of the first date (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") on which the
following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) There shall have occurred no Material Adverse Change since
December 31, 1998 except as disclosed by the Company in writing to the
Lenders prior to the date of execution of this Agreement.
(b) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation,
litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator that (i) would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect other than the matters described on Schedule
3.01(b) hereto (the "DISCLOSED LITIGATION") or (ii) purports to affect
the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and there
shall have been no material adverse change in the status, or financial
effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, of the
Disclosed Litigation from that described on Schedule 3.01(b) hereto.
(c) All governmental and third party consents and approvals
necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall
have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are
not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law
or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the
Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse
conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) The Company shall have notified the Agent in writing
as to the proposed Effective Date.
(e) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses
of the Agent and the Lenders that shall have been invoiced as of the
Effective Date (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to
the Agent), in each case solely to the extent such fees and expenses
are required by other provisions of this Agreement to be so paid.
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(f) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be
true and the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a
certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated
the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the
Company contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the
Effective Date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that
constitutes a Default.
(g) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective
Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (except for the Revolving
Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The Revolving Credit Notes of the Company to
the order of the Lenders, respectively.
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board
of Directors of the Company approving this Agreement
(including the Commitment Increase contemplated by Section
2.05(c)) and the Notes of the Company, and of all documents
evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and such
Notes.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company certifying the names and true
signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign
this Agreement and the Notes of the Company and the other
documents to be delivered hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of Robert M. Reese, Senior
Vice President and General Counsel of the Company,
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto and as to such
other matters as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably
request.
(v) A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling,
counsel for the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent.
(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as
any Lender, through the Agent, may reasonably request prior to
the Effective Date.
SECTION 3.02. INITIAL BORROWING OF EACH DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY.
The obligation of each Lender to make an initial Advance to each Designated
Subsidiary following any designation of such Designated Subsidiary as a Borrower
hereunder pursuant to Section 9.08 is subject to the Agent's receipt on or
before the date of such Initial Advance of each of the following, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and dated such date, and (except for the
Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
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(a) The Revolving Credit Notes of such Borrower to the
order of the Lenders, respectively.
(b) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of such Borrower approving this Agreement and the Notes of
such Borrower, and of all documents evidencing other necessary
corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to
this Agreement and such Notes.
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the
officers of such Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the
Notes of such Borrower and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder.
(d) A certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the
Company, dated as of the date of such initial Advance, certifying that
such Borrower shall have obtained all governmental and third party
authorizations, consents, approvals (including exchange control
approvals) and licenses required under applicable laws and regulations
necessary for such Borrower to execute and deliver this Agreement and
the Notes of such Borrower and to perform its obligations thereunder.
(e) The Designation Letter of such Designated Subsidiary,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
(f) With respect to each Designated Subsidiary that has its
principal place of business outside of the United States of America,
evidence of the Process Agent's acceptance of its appointment pursuant
to Section 9.12(a) as the agent of such Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit G hereto.
(g) A favorable opinion of counsel to such Designated
Subsidiary, dated the date of such Initial Advance, substantially in
the form of Exhibit I hereto.
(h) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender,
through the Agent, may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH REVOLVING CREDIT
BORROWING. The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Credit Advance on
the occasion of each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be subject to the
conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have occurred and on the date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and
each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing and
the acceptance by the Borrower requesting such Revolving Credit Borrowing of the
proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing shall constitute a representation
and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements
are true):
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 4.01(except the representations set forth in the
last sentence of subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f) thereof
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(other than clause (i)(B) thereof)) are correct on and as of the date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, before and after giving effect to
such Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and, if such Borrower
is a Designated Subsidiary, the representations and warranties of such
Borrower contained in its Designation Letter are correct on and as of
the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, before and after giving
effect to such Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application of the
proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default.
SECTION 3.04. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH COMPETITIVE BID
BORROWING. The obligation of each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid
Advance on the occasion of a Competitive Bid Borrowing to make such Competitive
Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing is subject to the
conditions precedent that (a) the Agent shall have received the written
confirmatory Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing with respect thereto, (b) on or
before the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, but prior to such Competitive
Bid Borrowing, the Agent shall have received a Competitive Bid Note payable to
the order of such Lender for each of the one or more Competitive Bid Advances to
be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, in a principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advance to be
evidenced thereby and otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such
Competitive Bid Advance in accordance with Section 2.03, and (c) on the date of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each
of the giving of the applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and the
acceptance by the Borrower requesting such Competitive Bid Borrowing of the
proceeds of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall constitute a representation and
warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing
such statements are true):
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 4.01 (except the representations set forth in the
last sentence of subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f) thereof
(other than clause (i)(B) thereof)) are correct on and as of the date
of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and after giving effect to
such Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and, if such Borrower
is a Designated Subsidiary, the representations and warranties of such
Borrower contained in its Designation Letter are correct on and as of
the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and after giving
effect to such Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date,
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the
proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default, and
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(iii) no event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a
result of which the information concerning such Borrower that has been
provided to the Agent and each Lender by such Borrower in connection
herewith would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
SECTION 3.05. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSION OF THE FINAL
MATURITY DATE. The obligation of each Lender to extend the Final Maturity Date
pursuant to Section 2.18(b) shall be subject to the conditions precedent that
the Effective Date shall have occurred and on the Termination Date the following
statements shall be true (and the giving by the Company of the notice of
extension of the Final Maturity Date shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Company and each Designated Subsidiary that on the date of such
extension such statements relating to such Borrower are true):
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 4.01 (except the representations set forth in the
last sentence of subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f) thereof
(other than clause (i)(B) thereof)) are correct on and as of the date
of such extension, before and after giving effect to such extension, as
though made on and as of such date, and, the representations and
warranties of such Designated Subsidiary contained in its Designation
Letter are correct on and as of the date of such extension, before and
after giving effect to such extension, as though made on and as of such
date, and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would
result from such extension, that constitutes a Default.
SECTION 3.06. DETERMINATIONS UNDER SECTION 3.01. For purposes
of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01, each
Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer
of the Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the date that the Company,
by notice to the Lenders, designates as the proposed Effective Date, specifying
its objection thereto. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the
occurrence of the Effective Date.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement and the Notes of the Company, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby, are within the Company's
corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, and do not contravene (i) the Company's charter or by-laws or
(ii) any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the
Company, except where such contravention would not be reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body
or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes of the
Company, except for those authorizations, approvals, actions, notices
and filings (i) listed on Schedule 4.01(c) hereto, all of which have
been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and
effect and (ii) where the Company's failure to receive, take or make
such authorization, approval, action, notice or filing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) This Agreement has been, and each of the Notes of the
Company when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and
delivered by the Company. This Agreement is, and each of the Notes of
the Company when delivered hereunder will be, the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of equity.
(e) The Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1998, and the related Consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for the fiscal year then ended, accompanied by an opinion of Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, and the Consolidated
condensed balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
October 4, 1999, and the related Consolidated statements of income and
condensed cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the nine
months then ended, duly certified by the chief financial officer of the
Company, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly
present, subject, in the case of said balance sheet as at October 4,
1999, and said statements of income and cash flows for the nine months
then ended, to audit adjustments, the Consolidated financial condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the
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Consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the periods ended on such dates, all in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that said balance sheet and statements of income and
cash flows for the nine months ended as at October 4, 1999 are instead
prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Since December 31, 1998, there has
been no Material Adverse Change.
(f) (i) There is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding,
including, without limitation, any Environmental Action, affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator that (A) would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Litigation) or (B)
purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (ii) there has been no adverse change in the
status, or financial effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, of the Disclosed Litigation from that described on Schedule
3.01(b) hereto.
(g) No proceeds of any Advance will be applied in any manner
that will violate or cause any Lender to violate Regulation U or
Regulation G issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
(h) The Company is not, and immediately after the application
by the Company of the proceeds of each Advance will not be, an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, including,
without limitation, ERISA and Environmental Laws and Environmental
Permits, except where the failure to so comply would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) To the Company's knowledge, (i) all past non-compliance
with any Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits has been resolved
without ongoing obligations or costs except where the failure to so
comply would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect
and (ii) no circumstances exist that would be reasonably likely to (A)
form the basis of an Environmental Action against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their properties that would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) cause any such property
to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or
transferability under any Environmental Law that would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) No ERISA Event that would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any Plan.
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(l) Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent
annual report (Form 5500 Series) for each Plan whose "funded current
liability percentage" is less than 90% and whose "unfunded current
liability" exceeds $5,000,000 (as such terms are defined in Section
302(d)(8) of ERISA), copies of which have been filed with the Internal
Revenue Service and furnished to the Lenders, is complete and accurate
and fairly presents in all material respects the funding status of such
Plan.
(m) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has
outstanding liability with respect to, or is reasonably expected to
incur any Withdrawal Liability to, any Multiemployer Plan that would be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has been
notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated, within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA, and no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably
expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated, within the
meaning of Title IV of ERISA, where such reorganization or termination
would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Except as set forth in the financial statements referred
to in Section 4.01(e) and in Section 5.01(h), the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole have no material liability with respect
to "expected post retirement benefit obligations" within the meaning of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Advance
shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the
Company will:
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, OBLIGATIONS, ETC. Comply, and cause
each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to
include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA and Environmental
Laws as provided in Section 5.01(i), except where the failure to so
comply would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) PAYMENT OF TAXES, ETC. Pay and discharge, and cause each
of its Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become
delinquent if the failure to so pay and discharge would be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its property
and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, will by law become a Lien
upon its property; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim that is being contested in good faith and
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by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being
maintained.
(c) MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. Maintain, and cause each of its
Material Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and
reputable insurance companies or associations (or continue to maintain
self-insurance) in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar
properties in the same general areas in which the Company or such
Subsidiary operates.
(d) PRESERVATION OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE, ETC. Preserve and
maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain,
its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate
any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b) and
PROVIDED FURTHER that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of
Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
that the loss thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(e) AUTHORIZATIONS. Obtain, and cause each Designated
Subsidiary with a principal place of business outside the United States
to obtain, at any time and from time to time all authorizations,
licenses, consents or approvals (including exchange control approvals)
as shall now or hereafter be necessary or desirable under applicable
law or regulations in connection with such Designated Subsidiary's
making and performance of this Agreement and, upon the request of any
Lender, promptly furnish to such Lender copies thereof.
(f) KEEPING OF BOOKS. Keep, and cause each of its Material
Subsidiaries with a principal place of business in the United States to
keep, proper books of record and account, in which full and correct
entries in all material respects shall be made of all financial
transactions and the assets and business of the Company and each such
Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in effect from time to time.
(g) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES, ETC. Maintain and preserve, and
cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its
properties that are used in the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the
failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Furnish to the Lenders:
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(i) as soon as available and in any event within 45
days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year of the Company, Consolidated condensed balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
such quarter and Consolidated statements of income and
Consolidated condensed statements of cash flows of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of
the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such
quarter, duly certified (subject to audit adjustments) by the
chief financial officer of the Company as having been prepared
in accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and certificates of the
chief financial officer of the Company as to compliance with
the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy
of the annual report for such year for the Company and its
Subsidiaries, containing Consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year
and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each
case accompanied by an opinion of Arthur Andersen LLP or other
nationally recognized independent public accountants;
(iii) as soon as possible and in any event within
five days after the occurrence of each Default continuing on
the date of such statement, a statement of the chief financial
officer of the Company setting forth the details of such
Default and the action that the Company has taken and proposes
to take with respect thereto;
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within
three days after the occurrence of a Change of Control, notice
of such Change of Control setting forth the details of such
Change of Control;
(v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof,
copies of all reports that the Company sends to any of its
public securityholders, and copies of all reports and
registration statements that the Company or any Subsidiary
files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
national securities exchange;
(vi) (a) promptly and in any event within 20 days
after the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has actual knowledge
that an event that is an ERISA Event that has resulted or that
would be reasonably likely to result in a liability of the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate in an amount in excess of
$25,000,000 has occurred, a statement of the chief financial
officer or other authorized officer of the Company describing
such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the Company or
such ERISA Affiliate has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto and (b) on the date any records, documents or
other information must be furnished to the PBGC with respect
to any Plan pursuant to Section 4010 of ERISA, a copy of such
records, documents and information;
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(vii) promptly and in any event within three Business
Days after receipt thereof by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate, copies of each notice from the PBGC stating its
intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed
to administer any Plan, where such notice, termination or
appointment has resulted or would be reasonably likely to
result in a liability of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in
an amount in excess of $25,000,000;
(viii) promptly and in any event within 30 days after
filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Services, copies of
each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report
(Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Plan whose "funded
current liability percentage" is less than 90% and whose
"unfunded current liability" exceeds $5,000,000 (as such terms
are defined in Section 302(d)(8) of ERISA);
(ix) promptly and in any event within five Business
Days after receipt thereof by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, copies of
each notice concerning (A) the imposition of Withdrawal
Liability by any such Multiemployer Plan, (B) the
reorganization or termination, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA, of any such Multiemployer Plan or (C) the amount of
liability incurred, or that may be incurred, by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any event described in
clause (A) or (B), where such imposition, reorganization or
termination has resulted or would be reasonably likely to
result in a liability of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate in
an amount exceeding $25,000,000;
(x) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice
of all actions and proceedings before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator affecting the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of the type described in Section 4.01(f); and
(xi) such other information respecting the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Agent may
from time to time reasonably request.
(i) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Comply, and cause each
of its Subsidiaries and all lessees and other Persons operating or
occupying its properties, to comply with all applicable Environmental
Laws and Environmental Permits except where the failure to so comply
would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.02. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. So long as any Advance
shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the
Company will not:
(a) LIENS, ETC. Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of
its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with
respect to any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter
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acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any
right to receive income, other than:
(i) Permitted Liens,
(ii) purchase money Liens upon or in any real
property or equipment acquired or held by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business
to secure the purchase price of such property or equipment or
to secure Debt incurred solely for the purpose of financing
the acquisition of such property or equipment, or Liens
existing on such property or equipment at the time of its
acquisition (other than any such Liens created in
contemplation of such acquisition that were not incurred to
finance the acquisition of such property) or extensions,
renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same
or a lesser amount, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such Lien shall
extend to or cover any properties of any character other than
the real property or equipment being acquired, and no such
extension, renewal or replacement shall extend to or cover any
properties not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended,
renewed or replaced,
(iii) any assignment of any right to receive income
existing on the Effective Date and any Liens existing on the
Effective Date,
(iv) Liens on property of a Person existing at the
time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company; PROVIDED that such Liens do not
extend to any assets other than those of the Person so merged
into or consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary or
acquired by the Company or such Subsidiary,
(v) other Liens or any other assignment of any right
to receive income (in addition to the Liens and assignments
permitted under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi))
securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$450,000,000, and
(vi) the replacement, extension or renewal of any
Lien or any assignment of any right to receive income
permitted by clause (iii) or (iv) above upon or in the same
property theretofore subject thereto or the replacement,
extension or renewal (without increase in the amount or change
in any direct or contingent obligor) of the Debt secured
thereby.
(b) MERGERS, ETC. Merge or consolidate with or into, or
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of
its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person, or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except that any Subsidiary of
the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into, or dispose of
assets to, any other Subsidiary of the Company, and except that any
Subsidiary of the Company may merge into or dispose of assets to the
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Company and the Company may merge with any other Person so long as the
Company is the surviving corporation, PROVIDED, in each case, that no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
proposed transaction or would result therefrom.
(c) CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS. Make, or permit any of
its Subsidiaries to make, any material change in the nature of its
business as carried on at the date hereof.
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. If any of the following
events ("EVENTS OF DEFAULT") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) Any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any
Advance within one Business Day after the same becomes due and payable;
or any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance or make
any other payment of fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement
or any Note within three Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by any Company herein
or, if such Borrower is a Designated Subsidiary, in such Borrower's
Designation Letter, or by any Borrower in connection with this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made; or
(c) (i) The Company shall fail to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(d) or (h)(iii), (iv) or
(vi)-(ix) or 5.02, or (ii) the Company or any other Borrower shall fail
to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in
Section 5.01(h)(i), (ii), (v), (x) or (xi) if such failure shall remain
unremedied for 10 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the relevant Borrower by the Agent or any Lender, or (iii) the
Company or any other Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any
other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its
part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain
unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the relevant Borrower by the Agent or any Lender; or
(d) Any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay
any principal of or premium or interest on any Debt that is outstanding
in a principal or notional amount of at least $75,000,000 in the
aggregate (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder) of such Borrower
or such Subsidiary (as the case may be), when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement
or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or
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condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any
such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any,
specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event
or condition is to accelerate the maturity of such Debt; or any such
Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid
or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or
redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem,
purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each
case prior to the stated maturity thereof, unless the event giving rise
to such prepayment, redemption, purchase or defeasance is not related
directly to any action taken by, or the condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or
any of their respective properties; or
(e) Any Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding
shall be instituted by or against any Borrower or any of its Material
Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or
seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under
any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief
of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of
any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it),
either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a
period of 60 days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding
(including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief
against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property)
shall occur; or any Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall
take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth
above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess
of $50,000,000 shall be rendered against any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days
during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason
of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) The Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall incur, or, in the
reasonable opinion of the Majority Lenders, shall be reasonably likely
to incur liability in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate as a
result of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence of any ERISA
Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Company or any of
its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the
reorganization or termination of a Multiemployer Plan; or
(h) Any ERISA Event shall have occurred with respect to a Plan
and the sum (determined as of the date of occurrence of such ERISA
Event) of the Insufficiency of such Plan and the Insufficiency of any
and all other Plans with respect to which an ERISA Event shall have
occurred and then exist (or the liability of the Company and the ERISA
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Affiliates related to such ERISA Event) exceeds $75,000,000; or
(i) The Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been
notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred
Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount that, when
aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer
Plans by the Company and the ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability
(determined as of the date of such notification), exceeds $75,000,000;
or
(j) The Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been
notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA, and as a result of such reorganization or
termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Company and the
ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then in
reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over
the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years
of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in
which such reorganization or termination occurs by an amount exceeding
$75,000,000 in the aggregate;
then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Company and each other
Borrower, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be
terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the
request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Lenders, by notice to the
Company and each other Borrower, declare the Notes, all interest thereon and all
other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable,
whereupon the Notes, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be
forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order
for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A)
the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to such Borrower (or, if such
event has occurred in respect of the Company, to make Advances to any Borrower)
shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Notes, all such interest and all
such amounts owing by such Borrower (or, if such event has occurred in respect
of the Company, owing by all of the Borrowers) shall automatically become and be
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
SECTION 7.01. GUARANTY. For valuable consideration, receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, and to induce each Lender to make Advances to
the Designated Subsidiaries and to induce the Agent to act hereunder, the
Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to each Lender and the
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Agent the punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise, of all obligations of the Designated Subsidiaries now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement or the Notes, whether for principal, interest,
fees, indemnities, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the "GUARANTEED
OBLIGATIONS"), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Agent or any
Lender in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company's liability shall extend to all amounts
that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and that would be owed by any
Designated Subsidiary to the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement and the
Notes but for the fact that such Guaranteed Obligations are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving such Designated Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.02. GUARANTY ABSOLUTE. The Company guarantees that
the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in
effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the
Agent or any Lender with respect thereto. The obligations of the Company under
this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other
obligations of any Designated Subsidiary under this Agreement and the Notes, and
a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Company
to enforce the obligations of the Company under this Guaranty, irrespective of
whether any action is brought against any Borrower or whether any Borrower is
joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Company under this
Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and
the Company hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now or hereafter have
in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or the Notes, or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
other obligations of any Designated Subsidiary under this Agreement or
the Notes, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
departure from this Agreement or any Note, including, without
limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from
the extension of additional credit to any Designated Subsidiary or any
of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c) any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or
consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) any change, restructuring or termination of the
corporate structure or existence of any Designated Subsidiary or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(e) any failure of the Agent or any Lender to disclose to the
Company or any Designated Subsidiary any information relating to the
financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of any
Designated Subsidiary now or in the future known to the Agent or such
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Lender, as the case may be (the Company waiving any duty on the part of
the Agent or the Lenders to disclose such information); or
(f) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any
statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any
representation by the Agent or any Lender that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Designated
Subsidiary or the Company or any other guarantor or surety.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned by the Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of any Designated Subsidiary or otherwise, all as
though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 7.03. WAIVERS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. (a) The Company
hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice
with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any
requirement that the Agent or any Lender exhaust any right or take any action
against any Designated Subsidiary or any other Person, and all other notices and
demands whatsoever.
(b) The Company hereby waives any right to revoke this
Guaranty, and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and
applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
(c) The Company acknowledges that it will receive substantial
direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by
this Agreement and the Notes and that the waivers set forth in this Section 7.03
are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 7.04. SUBROGATION. The Company will not exercise any
rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any Designated Subsidiary or
any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance
or enforcement of the Company's obligations under this Guaranty or any provision
of this Agreement or the Notes, including, without limitation, any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any
right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Agent or any Lender against
such Designated Subsidiary or any other insider guarantor or any collateral,
whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract,
statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or
receive from such Designated Subsidiary or any other insider guarantor, directly
or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until
all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this
Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have
expired or terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the Company in violation
of the preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full
in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this
Guaranty and the Final Maturity Date, such amount shall be held in trust for the
benefit of the Agent and Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Agent to be
credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable
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under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and the Notes, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed
Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If
(i) the Company shall make payment to the Agent or any Lender of all or any part
of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all
other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall be paid in full in cash and
(iii) the Final Maturity Date shall have occurred, the Agent and the Lenders
will, at the Company's request and expense, execute and deliver to the Company
appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty,
necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Company of an interest
in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment by the Company.
SECTION 7.05. CONTINUING GUARANTY; ASSIGNMENTS UNDER THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full
force and effect until the later of the payment in full in cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and
the Final Maturity Date, (b) be binding upon the Company, its successors and
assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Agent and the
Lenders and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitment,
the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person,
and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in
respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case as and
to the extent provided in Section 9.07 of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.06. NO STAY. The Company agrees that, as between (a) the
Company and (b) the Lenders and the Agent, the Guaranteed Obligations of any
Designated Subsidiary guaranteed by the Company hereunder may be declared to be
forthwith due and payable as provided in Article VI hereof for purposes of this
Guaranty by declaration to the Company as guarantor notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration as against such
Designated Subsidiary and that, in the event of such declaration to the Company
as guarantor, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable by
such Designated Subsidiary), shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Company for purposes of this Guaranty.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
SECTION 8.01. AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION. Each Lender hereby
appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to
the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the
Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any
action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of
the Majority Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders
and all holders of Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Agent shall not be
required to take any action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that
is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to
each Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by any Borrower pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.02. AGENT'S RELIANCE, ETC. Neither the Agent nor any
of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this
Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (a) may treat
the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives and accepts
an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender that is the payee of
such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in
Section 9.07; (b) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for any
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c)
makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible
to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written
or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (d) shall not have any
duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of
the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of any Borrower
or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any Borrower;
(e) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (f) shall incur
no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice,
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier,
telegram or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper
party or parties.
SECTION 8.03. CITIBANK AND AFFILIATES. With respect to its
Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to it, Citibank shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its
individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking
engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Company,
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any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own
securities of the Company or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank were not
the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 8.04. LENDER CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other
Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and
such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent 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.
SECTION 8.05. INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders agree to indemnify
the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by a Borrower), ratably according to the
respective principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Notes then held by each of
them (or if no Revolving Credit Notes are at the time outstanding or if any
Revolving Credit Notes are held by Persons that are not Lenders, ratably
according to the respective amounts of their Commitments), from and against any
and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in
any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or
omitted by the Agent under this Agreement, PROVIDED that no Lender shall be
liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of
the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand
for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees)
incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of
rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent
is not reimbursed for such expenses by a Borrower.
SECTION 8.06. SUCCESSOR AGENT. The Agent may resign at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and each Borrower and may
be removed at any time with or without cause by the Majority Lenders and such
resignation or removal shall be effective upon the appointment of a successor
Agent. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders shall have the
right to appoint a successor Agent, subject to the Company's approval (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld). If no successor Agent shall have been so
appointed by the Majority Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation or the
Majority Lenders' removal of the retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on
behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a commercial
bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State
thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000,
subject to the Company's approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent,
such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the
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retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Agent,
the provisions of this Article VIII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. AMENDMENTS, ETC. No amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes, nor consent to any
departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Majority Lenders, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no amendment, waiver
or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the
following: (a) increase the Commitment of any Lender (other than as provided for
in Section 2.05(c) or Section 2.18(a)) or subject any Lender to any additional
monetary obligations, (b) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Revolving
Credit Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (c) postpone any
date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Credit
Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder (other than as provided for
under Section 2.18), (d) release the Company from any of its obligations under
Article VII or limit the liability of the Company thereunder or (e) amend or
waive this Section 9.01 or the definition of "Majority Lenders"; and PROVIDED
FURTHER that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed
by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action,
affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any Note.
SECTION 9.02. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other
communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier,
telegraphic or telex communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed
or delivered, if to the Company or to any Designated Subsidiary, at the
Company's address at Corporate Headquarters, 100 Crystal A Drive, Hershey,
Pennsylvania 17033-0810, Attention: Treasury Department, Fax No. (717) 534-6724;
if to any Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending
Office specified in the Assumption Agreement or the Assignment and Acceptance,
as the case may be, pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the Agent,
at its address at One Court Square, Seventh Floor, Long Island City, New York
11120, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications, Fax No. (718) 248-4844; or, as to any
Borrower or the Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to
the Company and the Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when
mailed, telecopied, telegraphed or telexed, be effective when deposited in the
mails, telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company or confirmed by telex
answerback, respectively, except that notices and communications to the Agent
pursuant to Article II, III or VIII shall not be effective until received by the
Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto
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to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart thereof.
SECTION 9.03. NO WAIVER; REMEDIES. No failure on the part of
any Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.04. COSTS AND EXPENSES. (a) The Company agrees to
pay or cause to be paid on demand all reasonable and documented costs and
expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Notes and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, (A)
all due diligence, syndication (including printing, distribution and bank
meetings), transportation, computer, duplication, and messenger costs and
expenses and (B) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent as to its rights and
responsibilities under this Agreement. The Company further agrees to pay or
cause to be paid on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of
the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable
counsel fees and expenses), in connection with the enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Notes and
the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent and each Lender in
connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 9.04(a).
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Agent and each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their officers,
directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") from
and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that
may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each
case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of, or in connection with
the preparation for a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding
arising out of, related to or in connection with the Notes, this Agreement, any
of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the
proceeds of the Advances whether or not such investigation, litigation or
proceeding is brought by any Borrower or the directors, shareholders or
creditors of any Borrower or an Indemnified Party or any other Person or any
Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, except to the extent such
claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from such Indemnified Party's
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice
of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving any claim, damage,
loss or liability referred to in paragraph (b) above, such Indemnified Party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any Borrower, give
written notice to such Borrower of the commencement of such action; PROVIDED
that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided in this
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Section 9.04(c) shall not relieve such Borrower of its obligations under
paragraph (b) above, except only to the extent that such Borrower actually
suffers damage solely as a result of such failure to give notice. In the event
that any such action or proceeding is brought against an Indemnified Party,
unless in such Indemnified Party's sole judgment (based on advise of counsel) a
conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and a Borrower may exist in
respect thereof, such Borrower shall be entitled to participate in and to assume
the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Party. After notice from such Borrower to such Indemnified Party of its election
to assume the defense thereof, such Borrower shall not be liable to such
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof (other than reasonable
costs of investigation). No Borrower shall consent to the entry of any dismissal
or judgment, or enter into any settlement of any pending or threatened action or
proceeding against any Indemnified Party that is or could have been a party and
for whom indemnity could have been sought under paragraph (b) above without the
consent of such Indemnified Party unless such judgment, dismissal or settlement
includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving of a release from all
liability in respect of such action or proceeding to such Indemnified Party;
PROVIDED that each Indemnified Party agrees that, if a Borrower reconfirms to
such Indemnified Party that it is indemnified from all liability in respect of
any such action or proceeding referred to in the preceding sentence, such
Indemnified Party will not enter into any settlement of any such action or
proceeding without the consent of such Borrower (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld). In addition to the foregoing, each Borrower shall not,
in assuming the defense of any Indemnified Party, agree to any dismissal or
settlement without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party if such
dismissal or settlement (A) would require any admission or acknowledgement of
culpability or wrongdoing by such Indemnified Party or (B) would provide for any
nonmonetary relief to any Persons to be performed by such Indemnified Party.
(d) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any
Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance is made by any Borrower to or for
the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for
such Advance, as a result of (i) a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section
2.03(d), 2.10, 2.12 or 2.18(a), (ii) a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section
2.05(c), (iii) acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section
6.01 or for any other reason, or (iv) by an Eligible Assignee to a Lender other
than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance upon an assignment
of rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07(a) as a
result of a demand by the Company pursuant to Section 2.17, such Borrower shall,
upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the
Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such
Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably and
actually incur as a result of such payment or Conversion, including, without
limitation, any loss (other than loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement
of any Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of such Borrower
contained in Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 9.04 shall survive the payment in full of
principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.
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SECTION 9.05. RIGHT OF SET-OFF. Upon (a) the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the making of the request
or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent
to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01,
each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust
accounts) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such
Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all
of the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement and the Note of such Borrower held by such Lender, whether or not such
Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note. Each Lender
agrees promptly to notify the relevant Borrower after any such set-off and
application, PROVIDED that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.06. BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall become
effective (other than Sections 2.01 and 2.03, which shall only become effective
upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01) when it
shall have been executed by the Company and the Agent and when the Agent shall
have been notified by each Initial Lender that such Initial Lender has executed
it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each
Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns,
except that no Borrower shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or
any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.07. ASSIGNMENTS, DESIGNATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS.
(a) Each Lender may at any time, and if demanded by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.17, shall assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Commitment, the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it and the
Revolving Credit Note or Notes held by it); provided, HOWEVER, that (i) each
such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all
rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than any right to make
Competitive Bid Advances, Competitive Bid Advances owing to it and Competitive
Bid Notes), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that,
immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the
Commitment 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 $10,000,000, (iii)
each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each such assignment
made as a result of a demand by the Company pursuant to Section 2.17 shall be
arranged by the Company after consultation with the Agent and shall be either an
assignment of all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under
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this Agreement or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made
concurrently with another such assignment or other such assignments that
together cover all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under
this Agreement, (v) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as
a result of a demand by the Company pursuant to Section 2.17 (A) so long as a
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) unless and until such Lender
shall have received one or more payments from either the Company, any other
Borrower or one or more Eligible Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal
to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to such
Lender, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such
principal amount and all other amounts payable to such Lender under this
Agreement (including, but not limited to, any amounts owing under Section 2.11
and Section 2.14), and the Company shall have satisfied all of its other
obligations under this Agreement as of the effective date of the assignment and
(C) if any such Eligible Assignee is not an existing Lender, the Company shall
have paid to the Agent a processing and recordation fee of $1,000, (vi) the
parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its
acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together
with any Revolving Credit Note subject to such assignment and, if such
assignment does not occur as a result of a demand by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.17 (in which case the Company shall pay the fee required by clause
(v)(C) of this Section 9.07(a)), a processing and recordation fee of $3,000, and
(vii) in the case of an assignment to any Affiliate of such Lender that is
engaged in the business of commercial banking, notice thereof shall have been
given to the Company and the Agent. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance
and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned 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).
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance,
the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree
with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as
provided in such Assignment 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 the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement 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 referred to in
Section 4.01(e), the most recent financial statements referred to in Section
5.01(h) and such 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, 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 confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints
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and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the
Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms
of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed
by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible
Assignee, together with any Revolving Credit Note or Notes subject to such
assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been
completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such
Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the
Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to each Borrower. Within five
Business Days after its receipt of such notice, each Borrower, at its own
expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent in exchange for the surrendered
Revolving Credit Note of such Borrower a new Revolving Credit Note to the order
of such Eligible Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment assumed by such
Eligible Assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the
assigning Lender has retained a Commitment hereunder, a new Revolving Credit
Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment
retained by it hereunder. Such new Revolving Credit Note or Notes of any
Borrower shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the surrendered Revolving Credit Note or Notes of such
Borrower, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance
and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto.
(d) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in
Section 9.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted
by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to,
each Lender from time to time (the "REGISTER"). The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and
each Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower or any
Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks
or other entities (other than any Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in or to
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it
and the Note or Notes held by it); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Lender's
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment
to any Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all
purposes of this Agreement, (iv) each Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders
shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with
such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v) no participant
under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or
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waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note, or any consent to any
departure by any Borrower therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment,
waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject
to such participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal
of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in
each case to the extent subject to such participation. Each Lender agrees that,
promptly upon selling any such participation in accordance with this Section
9.07(e), such Lender shall deliver written notice thereof to the Company.
(f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
9.07, disclose to the assignee, or participant or proposed assignee, or
participant, any information relating to the Company or any other Borrower
furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of such Borrower; PROVIDED that, prior
to any such disclosure, the assignee, or participant or proposed assignee or
participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential
Information relating to such Borrower received by it from such Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this
Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal
Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SECTION 9.08. DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES. (a) DESIGNATION. The
Company may at any time, and from time to time, by delivery to the Agent of a
Designation Letter duly executed by the Company and the respective Subsidiary
and substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, designate such Subsidiary as
a "Designated Subsidiary" for purposes of this Agreement and such Subsidiary
shall thereupon become a "Designated Subsidiary" for purposes of this Agreement
and, as such, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Borrower
hereunder. The Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each such designation
by the Company and the identity of the respective Subsidiary.
(b) TERMINATION. Upon the payment and performance in full of
all of the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement and
the Notes of any Designated Subsidiary then, so long as at the time no Notice of
Revolving Credit Borrowing or Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing in respect of
such Designated Subsidiary is outstanding, such Subsidiary's status as a
"Designated Subsidiary" shall terminate upon notice to such effect from the
Agent to the Lenders (which notice the Agent shall give promptly upon its
receipt of a request therefor from the Company). Thereafter, the Lenders shall
be under no further obligation to make any Advance hereunder to such Designated
Subsidiary.
SECTION 9.09. CONFIDENTIALITY. Neither the Agent nor any
Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person without
the consent of the relevant Borrower, other than (a) to the Agent's or such
Lender's officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and, as
contemplated by Section 9.07(f), to actual or prospective assignees and
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participants, and then only on a need-to-know and confidential basis in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) pursuant to
subpoena or other legal process or as otherwise required by law (provided that
the Person making such disclosure shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide
the Company with notice thereof), and (c) as requested or required by any state,
federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking having
jurisdiction over any Lender.
SECTION 9.10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the Notes
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New York.
SECTION 9.11. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. JURISDICTION, ETC. (a) Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction only of any New York State court or federal court of the United
States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that
all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined only in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by
law, in such federal court. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, each of the
parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Each Designated Subsidiary that
has its principal place of business outside of the United States of America
hereby agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
made upon the Company at its offices specified in Section 9.02 (the "PROCESS
AGENT") and each such Designated Subsidiary hereby irrevocably appoints the
Process Agent its authorized agent to accept such service of process, and agrees
that the failure of the Process Agent to give any notice of any such service
shall not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment
rendered in any action or proceeding based thereon. Each Borrower hereby further
irrevocably consents to the service of process in any action or proceeding in
such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties hereto by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to such Borrower at its address set forth in
Section 9.02. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party
may otherwise have to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law.
To the extent that any Designated Subsidiary has or hereafter may acquire any
immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether
through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such
Designated Subsidiary hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its
obligations under this Agreement.
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(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes
in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting
in New York City. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By /S/ WILLIAM F. CHRIST
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Title: Senior VP, CFO and
Treasurer
By /S/ ROSA C. STROH
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
IBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By /S/ ROBERT M. SPENCE
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Title: Managing Director
BANC AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Co-Syndication Agent
By /S/ J. CASEY COSGROVE
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Title: Vice President
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agent and
Arranger
By /S/ J.C.C. BYRNE, JR.
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Title: Attorney-in-fact
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COMMITMENT INITIAL LENDERS
$40,200,000 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By /S/ J. CASEY COSGROVE
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Title: Vice President
$10,000,000 CIBC, INC.
By /S/ DOMINIC SORRESSO
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Title: Executive Director
$44,800,000 CITIBANK, N.A.
By /S/ ROBERT M. SPENCE
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Title: Managing Director
$10,000,000 BANCA DI ROMA
By /S/ JAMES B. SIEGER
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Title: Vice President
By /S/ ALESSANDRO PAOLI
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
$20,000,000 DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK
AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCHES
By /S/ ALEXANDER KAROW
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Title: Assistant Vice
President
By /S/ SUSAN L. PEARSON
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Title: Director
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364-Day Credit Agreement
$25,000,000 PNC BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /S/ BRENNAN T. DANILE
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Title: Assistant Vice
President
$25,000,000 MELLON BANK, N.A.
By /S/ DONALD J. CASSIDY
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Title: First Vice President
$25,000,000 WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
By /S/ JAMES BARWIS
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Title: Vice President
$200,000,000 Total of the Commitments
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SCHEDULE I
APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Bank of America, N.A. Bank of America, N.A.
335 Madison Avenue 335 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017 New York, NY 10017
Attn: Thomas J. Somers Attn: Thomas J. Somers
Phone: 212 503-7309 Phone: 212 503-7309
Fax: 212 503-7771 Fax: 212 503-7771
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CIBC, Inc. CIBC, Inc. CIBC, Inc.
425 Lexington Avenue 11 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017 20th Floor
Attn: Dominic Sorresso New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212 856-4133 Attn: Judy Dornkowski
Fax: 212 856-3991 Phone: 212 856-3509
Fax: 212 885-4995
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CITIBANK, N.A. Citibank, N.A. Citibank, N.A.
399 Park Avenue 399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043 New York, NY 10043
Attn: Robert M. Spence Attn: Robert M. Spence
Phone: 212 559-0312 Phone: 212 559-0312
Fax: 212 793-7450 Fax: 212 793-7450
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK AND/OR Deutsche Bank AG, New York and/or Deutsche Bank AG, New York and/or
CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCHES Cayman Islands Branches Cayman Islands Branches
31 West 52nd Street 31 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10019
Attn: Belinda Wheeler Attn: Belinda Wheeler
Phone: 212-474-8372 Phone: 212-474-8372
Fax: 212-474-8212 Fax: 212-474-8212
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PNC Bank, National Association PNC Bank, National Association
1600 Market Street 1600 Market Street
MS F2 F07021 5 MS F2 F07021 5
Philadelphia, PA 19103 Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attn: Robert F, Giarnone Attn: Robert F, Giarnone
Phone: 215 585-7630 Phone: 215 585-7630
Fax: 215 585-5972 Fax: 215 585-5972
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MELLON BANK, N.A.
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WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. Wachovia Bank, N.A. Wachovia Bank, N.A.
191 Peachtree Street 191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30302 Atlanta, GA 30302
Attn: Attn:
Tel: (404) 332- Tel: (404) 332-
Fax: (404) 332- Fax: (404) 332-
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SCHEDULE 3.01(b)
DISCLOSED LITIGATION
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SCHEDULE 4.01(c)
REQUIRED AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROVALS
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EXHIBIT A-1 - FORM OF
REVOLVING CREDIT
PROMISSORY NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: December 10, 1999
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [NAME OF BORROWER], a
_________________________ corporation (the "BORROWER"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY
to the order of _________________________ (the "LENDER") for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office on the Final Maturity Date (each as defined in the
Credit Agreement referred to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the
Lender's Commitment in figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Advances (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to
below) made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Amended and Restated
364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999 among Hershey Foods
Corporation, the Lender and certain other lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A.,
as administrative agent (the "AGENT") for the Lender and such other lenders,
Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon
Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger (as amended or modified
from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein being used
herein as therein defined), outstanding on the Final Maturity Date.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Revolving Credit Advance from the date of such Revolving Credit
Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and
payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the
United States of America to Citibank, N.A., as Agent, at the Agent's Account in
same day funds. Each Revolving Credit Advance owing to the Lender by the
Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made on account of
principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer
hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this Promissory
Note.
This Promissory Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes
referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The
Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of Revolving
Credit Advances by the Lender to the Borrower and each other "Borrower"
thereunder from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the indebtedness of
the Borrower resulting from each such Revolving Credit Advance being evidenced
by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions in Sections 6.01 and 2.10,
respectively, 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 Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and
notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any
rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of
such rights.
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This promissory note shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
[NAME OF BORROWER]
By
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Title:
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AMOUNT PRINCIPAL UNPAID
OF INTEREST INTEREST PAID PRINCIPAL NOTATION
DATE ADVANCE RATE PERIOD OR PREPAID BALANCE MADE BY
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EXHIBIT A-2 - FORM OF
COMPETITIVE BID
PROMISSORY NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: _______________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [NAME OF BORROWER], a
_________________________ corporation (the "BORROWER"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY
to the order of _________________________ (the "LENDER") for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office (as defined in the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999 among Hershey Foods Corporation, the
Lender and certain other lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as
administrative agent (the "AGENT") for the Lender and such other lenders,
Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon
Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger (as amended or modified
from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"; the terms defined therein being used
herein as therein defined)), on _______________, the principal amount of
U.S.$__________.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount hereof from the date hereof until such principal amount is paid in full,
at the interest rate and payable on the interest payment date or dates provided
below:
Interest Rate: _____% per annum (calculated on the basis of a year of
_____ days for the actual number of days elapsed).
Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the
United States of America to Citibank, N.A. for the account of the Lender at the
Agent's Account in same day funds.
This Promissory Note is one of the Competitive Bid Notes
referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The
Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions in Section 6.01 for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and
notice of any kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any
rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of
such rights.
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2
This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
[NAME OF BORROWER]
By
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B-1 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING
Citibank, N.A., as Agent
for the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
One Court Square
Seventh Floor
Long Island City, New York 11120 [Date]
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, [Name of Borrower], refers to the Amended and
Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or
modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT", the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined), among Hershey Foods Corporation, certain
Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "AGENT") for
said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent,
and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger, and hereby
gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement
that the undersigned hereby requests a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the
Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information
relating to such Revolving Credit Borrowing (the "PROPOSED REVOLVING CREDIT
BORROWING") as required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement:
(i) The Business Day of the Proposed Revolving Credit
Borrowing is _______________.
(ii) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Revolving
Credit Borrowing is [Base Rate Advances] [Eurodollar Rate Advances].
(iii) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Revolving Credit
Borrowing is $_______________.
[(iv) The initial Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate
Advance made as part of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is
_____ month[s].]
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements
are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed
Revolving Credit Borrowing:
(A) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement (except the
representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection (e)
thereof and in subsection (f) thereof (other than clause (i)(B)
thereof) are correct, before and after giving effect to the Proposed
Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds
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2
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date *[and the
representations and warranties contained in the Designation Letter of
the undersigned is correct, before and after giving effect to the
Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the application of the
proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date]; and
(B) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from such Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application
of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF BORROWER]
By
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Title:
_________________
* This language should be added only if the Borrower is a Designated Subsidiary.
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EXHIBIT B-2 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING
Citibank, N.A., as Agent
for the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
One Court Square
Seventh Floor
Long Island City, New York 11120 [Date]
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, [Name of Borrower], refers to the Amended and
Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or
modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT", the terms defined therein
being used herein as therein defined), among Hershey Foods Corporation, certain
Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "AGENT") for
said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent,
and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger, and hereby
gives you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement
that the undersigned hereby requests a Competitive Bid Borrowing under the
Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth the terms on which such
Competitive Bid Borrowing (the "PROPOSED COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING") is
requested to be made:
(A) Date of Competitive Bid Borrowing ________________________
(B) Principal Amount
of Competitive Bid Borrowing ________________________
(C) [Maturity Date] [Interest Period] ** ________________________
(D) Interest Rate Basis
(LIBO Rate or Fixed Rate) ________________________
(E) Interest Payment Date(s) ________________________
______________________
** Which shall be subject to the definition of "Interest Period" and end on or
before the Final Maturity Date.
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(F) ___________________ ________________________
(G) ___________________ ________________________
(H) ___________________ ________________________
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements
are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Section 4.01 (except the representations set forth in the last sentence of
subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f) thereof (other than clause
(i)(B) thereof)) are correct, before and after giving effect to the
Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds
therefrom, as though made on and as of such date***[and the
representations and warranties contained in the Designation Letter of the
undersigned is correct, before and after giving effect to the Proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
as though made on and as of such date];
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the
proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Default;
(c) no event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a result
of which the information concerning the undersigned that has been provided
to the Agent and each Lender by the undersigned in connection with the
Credit Agreement would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact or any fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and
(d) the aggregate amount of the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing
and all other Borrowings to be made on the same day under the Credit
Agreement is within the aggregate amount of the unused Commitments of the
Lenders.
The undersigned hereby confirms that the Proposed Competitive
Bid Borrowing is to be made available to it in accordance with Section
2.03(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF BORROWER]
By
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Title:
________________
***This language should be added only if the Borrower is a Designated Subsidary.
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EXHIBIT C - FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
[Date]
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement),
Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "AGENT"),
Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon
Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger. Terms defined in the
Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
The "Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule I
hereto agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and
the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and
to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the
date hereof (other than in respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive
Bid Notes) equal to the percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of
all outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (other than in
respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid Notes). After giving
effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee's Commitment and the amount of
the Revolving Credit Advances owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and
that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the
Credit Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial
condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of
any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iv) attaches each Revolving Credit
Note of a Borrower held by the Assignor and requests that the Agent exchange
each Revolving Credit Note for a new Revolving Credit Note of such Borrower
payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the Commitment
assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto or new Revolving Credit Notes of such
Borrower payable to the order of the Assignee in an amount equal to the
Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto and the Assignor in an amount
equal to the Commitment retained by the Assignor under the Credit Agreement,
respectively, as specified on Schedule 1 hereto.
3. The Assignee (i) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) confirms that it
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has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) thereof, the most recent
financial statements referred to in Section 5.01(h) thereof and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) agrees
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor 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 the Credit Agreement; (iv) confirms that it is an
Eligible Assignee; (v) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit
Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vi) agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the
terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender;
and (vii) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required under
Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will
be delivered to the Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent pursuant to
Section 9.07 of the Credit Agreement. The effective date for this Assignment and
Acceptance (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") shall be the date of acceptance hereof by the
Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule 1 hereto.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and
after the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit
Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall,
to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights
and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and
after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit
Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes in respect of the interest assigned
hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and
facility fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee
shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement
and the Revolving Credit Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly
between themselves.
7.This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
8.This Assignment and Acceptance 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. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Assignment and Acceptance.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused
Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date specified thereon.
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Schedule 1
to
Assignment and Acceptance
Percentage interest assigned: _______%
Assignee's Commitment: $__________
Aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances $__________
assigned:
Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignee: $__________
Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignor: $__________
Effective Date ****: _______________
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
By
Title:
Dated: _______________
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
By
Title:
Dated: _______________
Domestic Lending Office:
[Address]
Eurodollar Lending Office:
[Address]
________________
**** This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery
of this Assignment and Acceptance to the Agent.
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2
Accepted and Approved this
__________ day of _______________
CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent
By
Title:
Approved this __________ day
of _______________
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By
Title:
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EXHIBIT D - FORM OF
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
Dated: ________
Hershey Foods Corporation
Corporate Headquarters
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0810
Attention: Treasury Department
Citibank, N. A.
as Agent
One Court Square
Seventh Floor
Long Island City, New York 11120
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for such Lenders (the
"AGENT"), Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and arranger. Terms defined
in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
The undersigned (the "ASSUMING LENDER") proposes to become an
Assuming Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(c) of the Credit Agreement and, in that
connection, hereby agrees that it shall become a Lender for purposes of the
Credit Agreement on [applicable Commitment Increase Date] and that its
Commitment shall as of such date be $__________.
The undersigned (i) confirms that it has received a copy of
the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred
to in Section 4.01(e) thereof, the most recent financial statements referred to
in Section 5.01(h) thereof and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assumption Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent 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 the Credit Agreement;
(iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated
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to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their
terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are
required to be performed by it as a Lender; (v) confirms that it is an Eligible
Assignee; (vi) specifies as its Applicable Lending Offices (and address for
notices) the offices set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof;
and (vii) attaches the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the
United States required under Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
The effective date for this Assumption Agreement shall be
[applicable Commitment Increase Date.] Upon delivery of this Assumption
Agreement to the Company and the Agent, and satisfaction of all conditions
imposed under Section 2.05(c) as of [date specified above], the undersigned
shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and shall have all of the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder. As of [date specified above], the Agent
shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest
assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal,
interest and facility fees) to the Assuming Lender.
This Assumption Agreement may be executed in 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Assumption Agreement.
This Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF ASSUMING LENDER]
By________________________
Name:
Title:
Domestic Lending Office (and
address for notices):
[Address]
Eurodollar Lending Office
[Address]
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Acknowledged and Agreed to:
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By______________________
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
As Agent
By______________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT E-1 -FORM OF EXTENSION REQUEST
[Date]
To the Lenders party to the
Credit Agreement referred
to below
Re: Request for Extension of Termination Date
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT," terms defined therein and not otherwise defined
herein being used herein as defined therein), among Hershey Foods Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for the
Lenders (the "AGENT"), Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as
co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and
arranger, the Company hereby requests that the Termination Date be extended for
a period of 364 days from the Termination Date now in effect, as provided in
Section 2.18(a) of the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby certifies that the following statements are
true on the date hereof, and will be true on the Termination Date now in effect:
(1) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 4.01 (except the representations set forth in the
last sentence of subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f) thereof
(other than clause (i)(B) thereof)) are correct in all material
respects on and as of such Termination Date, before and after giving
effect to the requested extension, as though made on and as of such
date;
(2) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from the requested extension that constitutes a Default; and
This notice is subject in all respects to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, is irrevocable and shall be effective only if received by the
Agent no later than [______________].*
____________
1 This date shall be no later than 30 days prior to the Termination Date then
in effect.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By
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Title
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EXHIBIT E-2 - FORM OF NOTICE OF EXTENSION
OF TERMINATION DATE
[Date]
Citibank, N.A.,
as Agent
One Court Square
Long Island City, New York 11120
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999 (as amended or modified from time to
time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT") among Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Citibank, N.A.,
as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "AGENT"), Nationsbanc Montgomery
Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as
co-syndication agent and arranger. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are
used herein with the same meaning unless otherwise defined herein.
Pursuant to Section 2.18(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Lender
named below hereby notifies the Agent as follows:
[The Lender named below desires to extend the Termination Date
with respect to its Commitment for a period of 364 days.]
[The Lender named below desires to extend the Termination Date
with respect to its Commitment for a period of 364 days and
offers to increase its Commitment to a maximum aggregate amount
of
$----------.]
[The Lender named below does NOT desire to extend the
Termination Date with respect to any of its Commitment for a
period of 364 days.]
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This notice is subject in all respects to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, is irrevocable and shall be effective only if received by the
Agent no later than [______________].**
Very truly yours,
[NAME OF LENDER]
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
______________________
2 This date shall be no later than 25 days prior to the Termination Date then
in effect.
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EXHIBIT F - FORM OF
DESIGNATION LETTER
[DATE]
To Citibank, N.A.,
as Agent for the Lenders
party to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of December 10, 1999 among Hershey Foods Corporation (the
"COMPANY"), the Lenders named therein, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent
(the"AGENT") for said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as
co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and
arranger (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"). For convenience of reference, terms used
herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Please be advised that the Company hereby designates its
undersigned Subsidiary, ____________ (the "DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY"), as a
"Designated Subsidiary" under and for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
The Designated Subsidiary, in consideration of each Lender's
agreement to extend credit to it under and on the terms and conditions set forth
in the Credit Agreement, does hereby assume each of the obligations imposed upon
a "Designated Subsidiary" and a "Borrower" under the Credit Agreement and agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Designated Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to
each Lenders as follows:
1. The Designated Subsidiary is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
__________________ and is duly qualified to transact business in all
jurisdictions in which such qualification is required.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Designated
Subsidiary of this Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and the
Notes of such Designated Subsidiary, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, are within the Designated
Subsidiary's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and do not and will not contravene (i) the
charter or by-laws of the Designated Subsidiary or (ii) law or any
contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Designated
Subsidiary.
3. This Designation Agreement and each of the Notes of the
Designated Subsidiary, when delivered, will have been duly executed and
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delivered, and this Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and each
of the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary, when delivered, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Designated
Subsidiary enforceable against the Designated Subsidiary in accordance
with their respective terms except to the extent that such enforcement
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally.
4. There is no pending or threatened action, suit,
investigation, litigation or proceeding including, without limitation,
any Environmental Action, affecting the Designated Subsidiary or any of
its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator
that (i) could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect,
or (ii) purports to effect the legality, validity or enforceability of
this Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement, any Note of the
Designated Subsidiary or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby.
5. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or administrative
or regulatory body or any other third party are required in connection
with the execution, delivery or performance by the Designated
Subsidiary of this Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement or the
Notes of the Designated Subsidiary except for such authorizations,
consents, approvals, licenses, filings or registrations as have
heretofore been made, obtained or effected and are in full force and
effect.
6. The Designated Subsidiary is not, and immediately after the
application by the Designated Subsidiary of the proceeds of each
Advance will not be, an "investment company", or an "affiliated person"
of, or "promotor" or "principal underwriter" for, an "investment
company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
Very truly yours,
HERSHEY FOODS COMPANY
By_________________________
Title:
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[THE DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY]
By__________________________
Title:
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EXHIBIT G - FORM OF
ACCEPTANCE BY PROCESS AGENT
[Letterhead of Process Agent]
[Date]
To each of the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement (as defined
below) and to Citibank, N.A.,
as Agent for said Lenders
[NAME OF DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated
364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999, among Hershey Foods
Corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Lenders named therein, Citibank, N.A., as
administrative agent (the "AGENT") for said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery
Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as
co-syndication agent and arranger (as hereafter amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"; the terms defined
therein being used herein as therein defined), and (ii) to the Designation
Letter, dated _________, pursuant to which __________ has become a Borrower
under the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 9.12(a) of the Credit Agreement,
__________ has appointed the Company (with an office on the date hereof at
Corporate Headquarters, 100 Crystal A Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0810,
United States) as Process Agent to receive on behalf of ______________ service
of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served
in any action or proceeding in any New York State or Federal court of the United
States of America sitting in New York City arising out of or relating to the
Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby accepts such appointment as Process Agent
and agrees with each of you that (i) the undersigned will not terminate or
abandon the undersigned agency as such Process Agent without at least six
months' prior notice to the Agent (and hereby acknowledges that the undersigned
has been retained for its services as Process Agent through __________), (ii)
the undersigned will maintain an office in the United States through such date
and will give the Agent prompt notice of any change of address of the
undersigned, (iii) the undersigned will perform its duties as Process Agent to
receive on behalf of ______________ service of copies of the summons and
complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding
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in any New York State or Federal court of the United States of America sitting
in New York City arising out of or relating to the Credit Agreement and (iv) the
undersigned will forward forthwith to ______________ at its address at
________________ or, if different, its then current address, copies of any
summons, complaint and other process which the undersigned receives in
connection with its appointment as Process Agent.
This acceptance and agreement shall be binding upon the
undersigned and all successors of the undersigned.
Very truly yours,
[PROCESS AGENT]
By_______________________
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EXHIBIT H - FORM OF
OPINION OF ROBERT M. REESE,
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
OF THE COMPANY
[Effective Date]
To each of the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement referred
to below and to Citibank, N.A., as
Agent for such Lenders
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section
3.01(g)(iv) of the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 10, 1999 (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among Hershey Foods Corporation (the
"COMPANY"), the Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent
(the "AGENT") for said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc., as
co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as co-syndication agent and
arranger. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein
defined.
I am the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company, and I have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the
preparation, execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement.
In that connection, I have examined:
(1) the Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes
of the Company;
(2) the documents furnished by the Company pursuant to
Article III of the Credit Agreement;
(3) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Company and all amendments thereto (the "CHARTER"); and
(4) The by-laws of the Company and all amendments thereto
(the "BY-LAWS").
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I have also examined the originals, or copies certified to my
satisfaction, of such other corporate records of the Company, certificates of
public officials and of officers of the Company, and agreements, instruments and
other documents, as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions
expressed below. In making such examinations, I have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures (other than those on behalf of the Company), the authenticity of
all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to authentic
original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified, conformed or
photographic copies. As to questions of fact material to such opinions, I have,
when relevant facts were not independently established by me, relied upon
certificates of the Company or its officers or of public officials and as to
questions of fact and law, on opinions or statements by other lawyers reporting
to me. I have assumed the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due
authorization, of the Credit Agreement by the Initial Lenders and the Agent.
My opinions expressed below are limited to the law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and, where applicable, the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and the Federal law of the United States.
Based upon the foregoing and upon such investigation as I have
deemed necessary, I am of the following opinion:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Credit Agreement and the Notes, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, are within the Company's corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and do not contravene (i) the Charter or the By-laws or (ii) any law,
rule or regulation applicable to the Company (including, without
limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction binding
on or affecting the Company or, to the best of my knowledge, contained
in any other similar document, except where such contravention would
not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Credit
Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes of the Company have been duly
executed and delivered on behalf of the Company.
3. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body
or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of the Credit Agreement and the Notes,
or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
except for the authorizations, approvals, actions, notices and filings
(i) listed on Schedule 4.01(c) to the Credit Agreement, all of which
have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and
effect and (ii) where the Company's failure to receive, take or make
such authorization, approval, action, notice or filing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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4. There (i) are no pending or, to the best of my knowledge,
threatened actions, investigations, litigations or proceedings against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator that (a) would be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Litigation) or (b)
purport to affect the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any of the Notes or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and (ii) there
has been no adverse change in the status, or financial effect on the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, of the Disclosed
Litigation from that described on Schedule 3.01(b) thereto.
This opinion letter may be relied upon by you only in
connection with the transaction being consummated pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and may not be used or relied upon by any other person for any other
purpose.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT H-2 - FORM OF OPINION
OF SIMPSON, THACHER & BARTLETT,
SPECIAL NEW YORK COUNSEL
TO THE COMPANY
[Letterhead of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett]
To each of the Lenders listed on
Schedule I hereto and to Citibank,
N.A., as Agent for such Lenders
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special New York counsel to Hershey Foods
Corporation (the "COMPANY") in connection with the preparation, execution and
delivery of the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 10, 1999 (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among the Company, the Lenders party
thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent (the "AGENT") for said Lenders,
and Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities, Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as
co-syndication agents.
This opinion is being delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(g)(v)
of the Five-Year Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or
copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Credit
Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes and the opinion of Robert M. Reese,
Vice President and General Counsel of the Company (the "COMPANY OPINION"). In
addition, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company,
certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and agreements,
instruments and other documents, and have made such other investigations, as we
have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set
forth.
For the purposes hereof, we have assumed, with your
permission, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural
persons and the authenticity and regularity of all documents examined by us. As
to questions of fact relevant to this opinion, we have relied upon, and assume
the accuracy of, certificates and oral or written statements and other
information of the Company or of its officers or of public officials and
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Credit Agreement
and assume compliance on the part of all parties to the Credit Agreement with
their covenants and agreements contained therein. We have assumed the due
execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of each of the documents
referred to above by all parties thereto.
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Based on and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the
qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
the Credit Agreement and the Notes, and the borrowings by the Company
thereunder, do not violate any present Federal or New York law, rule or
regulation known by us to be applicable to the Company (including, without
limitation, Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System).
2. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body pursuant
to any present Federal or New York law or regulation known by us to be
applicable to the Company is required for the due execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Credit Agreement and the Notes, or for the
borrowings of the Company thereunder.
3. The Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes dated
and delivered as of the date hereof are, and the other Notes when executed and
delivered under the Credit Agreement will be, legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms.
Our opinions set forth in paragraph 3 above are subject to the
effects of bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general principles of
equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
With your permission, we do not express any opinion as to:
(a) the effect of the law of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York wherein any Lender may be located or wherein
enforcement of the Credit Agreement or the Notes may be sought that
limits the rates of interest legally chargeable or enforceable.
(b) any indemnification obligations of the Company under the
Credit Agreement to the extent such obligations might be deemed to be
inconsistent with public policy.
(c) any provision of the Credit Agreement that purports to
establish an evidentiary standard for determinations by the Lenders or
the Agent.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and do not
purport to be experts on, or to express any opinions herein concerning, any law
other than the laws of the State of New York, the federal laws of the United
States of America and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. To
the extent that our opinions expressed herein involve conclusions as to matters
set forth in the Company Opinion, we have assumed without independent
investigation the correctness of the matters set forth in the Company Opinion,
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our opinions being subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations
set forth in the Company Opinion with respect thereto.
This opinion is rendered only to you and is solely for your
benefit in connection with the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement.
This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or relied upon
by or furnished to any other person, firm, or corporation for any purpose,
without our prior written consent, except that a copy may be furnished to, but
not relied upon by, an Eligible Assignee which is a prospective assignee under
the Credit Agreement.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT I - FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL
TO A DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARY
[Date]
To each of the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement
referred to below,
and to Citibank, N.A., as Agent
for said Lenders
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In my capacity as counsel to _____________________ ("DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARY"), I have reviewed that certain Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1999 (the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among Hershey
Foods Corporation (the "COMPANY"), the Lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as
administrative agent (the "AGENT") for said Lenders, Nationsbanc Montgomery
Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agent, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc., as
co-syndication agent and arranger. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are
used herein as therein defined. In connection therewith, I have also examined
the following documents:
(i) The Designation Letter (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) executed by the Designated Subsidiary.
[such other documents as counsel may wish to refer to]
I have also reviewed such matters of law and examined the
original, certified, conformed or photographic copies of such other documents,
records, agreements and certificates as I have considered relevant hereto. As to
questions of fact material to such opinions, we have, when relevant facts were
not independently established by us, relied upon certificates of the Designated
Subsidiary or of its officers or of public officials and as to questions of fact
and law, on opinions or statements by other lawyers reporting to me. I have
assumed (i) the due execution and delivery, pursuant to due authorization, of
each of the documents referred to above by all parties thereto other than the
Designated Subsidiary, (ii) the authenticity of all such documents submitted to
us as originals and (iii) the conformity to originals of all such documents
submitted to me as certified, conformed or photographic copies.
My opinions expressed below are limited to ________________
and the State of New York.
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Based upon the foregoing, and upon such investigation as I
have deemed necessary, I am of the following opinion:
1. The Designated Subsidiary (a) is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
_________________________, (b) is duly qualified in each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or in which the
conduct of its business requires it to so qualify or be licensed and
(c) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted
and as proposed to be conducted.
2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Designated
Subsidiary of its Designation Letter, the Credit Agreement and its
Revolving Credit Notes, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, are within the Designated Subsidiary's corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and do not contravene (i) any provision of the charter or by-laws or
other constituent documents of the Designated Subsidiary, (ii) any law,
rule or regulation applicable to the Designated Subsidiary or (iii) any
contractual or legal obligation or restriction binding on or affecting
the Designated Subsidiary, except where such contravention would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Designation
Letter and each Revolving Credit Note of the Designated Subsidiary has
been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Designated
Subsidiary.
3. The Designation Letter of the Designated Subsidiary, the
Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes of the Designated
Subsidiary are, and each other Note of the Designated Subsidiary when
executed and delivered under the Credit Agreement will be, legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Designated Subsidiary enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
moratorium or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally or by the application of general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and except that I express no opinion
as to (i) the subject matter jurisdiction of the District Courts of the
United States of America to adjudicate any controversy relating to the
Credit Agreement, the Designation Letter of the Designated Subsidiary
or the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary or (ii) the effect of the law
of any jurisdiction (other than the State of New York) wherein any
Lender or Applicable Lending Office may be located or wherein
enforcement of the Credit Agreement, the Designation Letter of the
Designated Subsidiary or the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary may be
sought which limits rates of interest which may be charged or collected
by such Lender.
4. There is no pending, or to the best of my knowledge,
threatened action, investigation, litigation or proceeding at law or in
equity against the Designated Subsidiary before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator that would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect or that purports to affect the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of the Designation Letter of the
Designated Subsidiary, the Credit Agreement or any Revolving Credit
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Note of the Designated Subsidiary, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby.
5. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body
or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery
and performance by the Designated Subsidiary of its Designation Letter,
the Credit Agreement or the Notes of the Designated Subsidiary except
for such authorizations, consents, approvals, actions, notices or
filings as have heretofore been made, obtained or affected and are in
full force and effect.
This opinion letter may be relied upon by you only in
connection with the transaction being consummated pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and may not be used or relied upon by any other person for any other
purpose.
Very truly yours,
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DRAFT 12/8/99
U.S. $200,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 10, 1999
Among
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION,
AS BORROWER,
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and
THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
AS INITIAL LENDERS,
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and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
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and
BANC AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENT
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and
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.,
AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENT AND ARRANGER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms................................... 1
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods............................. 12
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms........................................ 12
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances........................... 12
SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances.................... 13
SECTION 2.03. The Competitive Bid Advances............................ 14
SECTION 2.04. Fees.................................................... 19
SECTION 2.05. Termination, Reduction or Increase of the Commitments... 19
SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances.................. 22
SECTION 2.07. Interest on Revolving Credit Advances................... 23
SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination............................. 24
SECTION 2.09. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit Advances........ 25
SECTION 2.10. Optional Prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances....... 25
SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs......................................... 26
SECTION 2.12. Illegality.............................................. 27
SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations............................... 27
SECTION 2.14. Taxes................................................... 28
SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc................................ 31
SECTION 2.16. Use of Proceeds......................................... 31
SECTION 2.17. Mandatory Assignment by a Lender; Mitigation............ 31
SECTION 2.18. Extension of the Termination Date and the Final Maturity
Date.................................................. 32
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01
and 2.03............................................... 34
SECTION 3.02. Initial Borrowing of Each Designated Subsidiary..........35
SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Borrowing..36
SECTION 3.04. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Borrowing...37
SECTION 3.05. Conditions Precedent to Extension of the Final Maturity
Date............................ 38
SECTION 3.06. Determinations Under Section 3.01........................38
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company............39
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants....................................41
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants.......................................45
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default........................................46
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
SECTION 7.01. Guaranty.................................................49
SECTION 7.02. Guaranty Absolute........................................49
SECTION 7.03. Waivers and Acknowledgments..............................50
SECTION 7.04. Subrogation..............................................50
SECTION 7.05. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments under the Credit
Agreement...............................................51
SECTION 7.06. No Stay..................................................51
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
SECTION 8.01. Authorization and Action.................................52
SECTION 8.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc....................................52
SECTION 8.03. Citibank and Affiliates..................................52
SECTION 8.04. Lender Credit Decision...................................53
SECTION 8.05. Indemnification..........................................53
SECTION 8.06. Successor Agent..........................................53
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Amendments, Etc..........................................54
SECTION 9.02. Notices, Etc.............................................54
SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies......................................55
SECTION 9.04. Costs and Expenses.......................................55
SECTION 9.05. Right of Set-off.........................................57
SECTION 9.06. Binding Effect. .........................................57
SECTION 9.07. Assignments, Designations and Participations.............57
SECTION 9.08. Designated Subsidiaries..................................60
SECTION 9.09. Confidentiality..........................................61
SECTION 9.10. Governing Law............................................61
SECTION 9.11. Execution in Counterparts................................61
SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc........................................61
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SCHEDULES
Schedule I - List of Applicable Lending Offices
Schedule 3.01(b) - Disclosed Litigation
Schedule 4.01(c) - Required Authorizations and Approvals
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Competitive Bid Note
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit D - Form of Assumption Agreement
Exhibit E-1 - Form of Extension Request
Exhibit E-2 - Form of Notice of Extension of the Commitment
Exhibit F - Form of Designation Letter
Exhibit G - Form of Acceptance by Process Agent
Exhibit H - Form of Opinion of Robert M. Reese, Senior Vice President
and General Counsel to the Company
Exhibit I - Form of Opinion of Counsel to a Designated Subsidiary
EXHIBIT 10.2
NOTE: A LETTER DATED MARCH 13, 2000, REQUESTING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. INFORMATION FOR WHICH SUCH REQUEST HAS BEEN
MADE HAS BEEN DELETED FROM THIS FILING. PLACES WHERE INFORMATION HAS BEEN
DELETED ARE MARKED AS FOLLOWS: [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED]
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRADEMARK AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), made and entered into as of June 30,
1999, by and between HUHTAMAKI FINANCE B.V., a Dutch corporation, with its
principal place of business at Burgemeester Rijnderslaan 26, P.O. Box 49, 1 180
AA Amstelreen, The Netherlands (the "Licensor") and HERSHEY CHOCOLATE &
CONFECTIONERY CORPORATION (formerly Homestead, Inc.), a Delaware corporation,
with its principal place of business at 5060Ward Road, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(the "Licensee").
WHEREAS, Licensor and Licensee are parties to that certain Trademark
and Technology License Agreement dated December 30, 1996 (the "Original
Agreement") pursuant to which Licensor has licensed certain trademarks, and
certain registrations and applications therefor, used in connection with the
manufacture and sale of confectionery and other products in the Territory (as
hereinafter defined) and with which goodwill of substantial value is associated;
WHEREAS, on May 25, 1999, Huhtamaki Oyj, a Finnish corporation and the
parent company of the Licensor, entered into a separate agreement on the sale of
its gum and confectionery business to CSM nv, a Dutch corporation, and in
connection with which Licensor desires to terminate Licensee's right and license
to use the XyliFresh trademark and associated trade dress.
WHEREAS, Licensee desires to expand the territory of its right and
license to produce, market, advertise, promote, sell, distribute or offer for
sale Products (as hereinafter defined) under the Trademarks (as hereinafter
defined) to cover the area of the entire world, and, in connection therewith,
Hershey Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation and an affiliated company of the
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Licensee, desires to purchase, dismantle and remove a Jolly Rancher product line
located in Bristol, England owned by Leaf United Kingdom Ltd, an English
corporation, pursuant to a separate agreement signed as of the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, as a result of changed circumstances resulting from the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement,
Licensor and Licensee desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set
forth herein effective from and after June 30, 1999;
NOW, THEREFORE, for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. The following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings
wherever used in this Agreement:
(a) "Affiliate" of any particular Person means any other
Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular
Person, where "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly of the
power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the
ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
(b) "Annual Period" means each twelve (12) calendar month
period beginning on January 1 and ending on the subsequent December 31 during
the term of this Agreement (except in the case of the first Annual Period which
shall begin on the date hereof and end on December 31, 1999 and in the case of
the last Annual Period which shall end upon the date of termination or
expiration of this Agreement).
(c) "Effective Date" shall mean July 1, 1999.
(d) "Original Effective Date" means December 30, 1996.
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(e) "Net Sales" means (i) the sales of Products under the
Trademarks invoiced to third parties by Licensee or invoiced to third parties by
any sublicensed Affiliate of Licensee LESS any value added, general sales and
similar taxes (to the extent included in the invoiced price), sales rebates and
discounts, including rebates, commissions to wholesalers and premiums, other
price reductions and payments to customers, rebates to customers for price
differences and returns, provisions for price reductions and trade discounts;
plus (ii) the sales of confectionery Products (which shall not include any sales
of products, such as ice cream or cookies for example, in which any such
confectionery Product is an ingredient) under the Trademarks invoiced to third
parties by any third party sublicensee of Licensee or invoiced to third parties
by any third party sublicensee of any sublicensed Affiliate of Licensee less any
value added, general sales and similar taxes (to the extent included in the
invoiced price), sales rebates and discounts, including rebates, commissions to
wholesalers and premiums, other price reductions and payments to customers,
rebates to customers for price differences and returns, provisions for price
reductions and trade discounts; plus (iii) the royalties or other equivalent
payments received by Licensee or any sublicensed Affiliate of Licensee from any
third party sublicensee for sales of non-confectionery Products under the
Trademarks (which shall include any royalties or other equivalent payments for
sales of products, such as ice cream or cookies, for example, in which any
confectionery Product is an ingredient but only if and to the extent such
royalties or other equivalent payments relate to or are based upon the inclusion
of the confectionery Product in such products). If any of the Products covered
by clause (i) or the confectionery Products covered by clause (ii) above are
sold in a manner (such as a package of assorted candies for example) in which a
separate price for the Product or confectionery Product, as the case may be, is
not established, then the amount of sales to be included in Net Sales shall be
calculated on the basis of the Product's or confectionery Product's
proportionate weight or value, as appropriate in the circumstances.
(f) "Patent Rights" means all patents and patent applications
owned by or registered in the name of Licensor as of the Original Effective Date
that prior to the Original Effective Date were used in, or that otherwise relate
to, the production, manufacture, use, sale, distribution or composition of the
Products, as set forth in SCHEDULE B-1 hereto.
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(g) "Person" means any individual, a partnership, a
corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company,
a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental
entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
(h) "Products" means:
(i) the products marketed and sold as of the Original
Effective Date in the Territory by Licensor or any pre-Original
Effective Date Affiliate of Licensor and the products marketed and sold
as of the Effective Date on a global basis, excluding the Territory, by
the Licensor or any pre-Effective Date Affiliate of Licensor, which
bear or are distributed or sold under any of the Trademarks; and
(ii) any product or service in connection with which
any of the Trademarks is used and which is added to this Agreement by
Licensee in accordance with SECTION 2.4.
(i) "Purchase Agreement" means that certain Stock Purchase and
Sale Agreement, dated as of November 23, 1996 by and among Huhtamaki Oy (a
Finnish corporation and the parent of Licensor), Licensor, Hershey Holding
Corporation (then a Delaware corporation and the parent of Licensee) and Hershey
Foods Corporation (a Delaware corporation and then a second tier parent of
Licensee).
(j) "Technical Information" means the Intellectual Property
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement and other than the Trademarks), including
that set out in SCHEDULE B-2 hereto, which was owned by or registered in the
name of Licensor as of the Original Effective Date and which prior to the
Original Effective Date was used in, or which otherwise related to, the
conception, development, production, manufacture, sale or distribution of the
Products, including but not limited to the following: ingredients composition
and recipes; formulae; standards for raw materials, packaging and labeling;
quality control standards; and processes and technical descriptions for the
transformation of raw materials into finished products.
(k) "Territory" means North America (including without
limitation, the United States of America, Canada and Mexico and each of their
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possessions, territories and dependencies, including without limitation the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa),
the Caribbean, Central America and South America, and all government and
military establishments and installations thereof wherever located worldwide
provided the sale of Products first occurs in North America (as defined above),
the Caribbean, Central America or South-America. The Territory shall further
include all duty free shops located in North America (as defined above), the
Caribbean, Central America and South America.
(l) "Trade Dress" means the labels, packaging, and related
associated materials, including designs and colors, and copyrights (including
those set forth on SCHEDULE A), previously used in the Territory by Licensor or
any of its pre-Original Effective Date Affiliates or heretofore used anywhere in
the world excluding the Territory by Licensor or any of its pre-Effective Date
Affiliates in connection with or heretofore relating to the Products and any
modifications, variations or extensions thereof.
(m) "Trademarks" means the trademarks set out in SCHEDULE A
including any and all registrations and applications for registration thereof,
goodwill associated therewith and common law and all other rights appertaining
thereto throughout the world and any modifications, variations or extensions
thereof, and the Trade Dress associated therewith.
ARTICLE 2
GRANT OF RIGHTS
2.1. GRANT OF TRADEMARK LICENSE. The Licensor (for itself and its
Affiliates) does hereby grant to the Licensee, and the Licensee accepts, the
exclusive (even as to Licensor and its Affiliates) authority, right and license
to produce, market, advertise, promote, sell, distribute or offer for sale the
Products under the Trademarks on a global basis and to use the Trademarks as
trade names in connection therewith. This exclusive grant to Licensee shall
preclude each of the Licensor and its Affiliates from producing, marketing,
advertising, promoting, selling, distributing or offering for sale any product
or service under a trademark that is the same as or confusingly similar to any
of the Trademarks.
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While the exclusive grant of trademark license relating to Trademarks
became effective in the Territory on the Original Effective Date, the exclusive
grant of trademark license relating to Trademarks shall become effective on a
global basis on the Effective Date with the exception of trademarks and trade
dress associated with "Jolly Rancher" and "Milkduds" and any modifications,
variations or extensions thereof, which shall become effective on an exclusive
basis outside of the Territory on September 30, 2000 being non-exclusive outside
of the Territory from the Effective Date through September 30, 2000. From the
Effective Date through September 30, 2000, the Licensee shall retain its
exclusive (even as to Licensor and its Affiliates) authority, right and license
to produce, market, advertise, promote, sell, distribute or offer for sale the
Products under the Trademarks in the Territory and to use the Trademarks as
trade names in connection therewith under the Original Agreement.
2.2 CONSIDERATION. In consideration for the right and license herein
granted to the Licensee to use the Trademarks in connection with the Products on
a global basis, the Licensee agrees (i) to pay to the Licensor or its assignee
an amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$500,000) payable in one
installment on the Effective Date in immediately available funds by wire
transfer to an account designated by the Licensor and (ii) to convey to
Licensor, as of the Effective Date, all of its right and license to use the
trademark "XyliFresh" together with its exclusive right to use in the Territory
all Patent Rights and Technical Information related thereto, and any
modifications, variations or extensions thereof, and all of its trademark
registrations and applications therefor, and Licensee shall cancel all of its
security interests related thereto. As of the Effective Date, Licensee shall
cease any and all use of the XyliFresh trademark and trade dress (subject to
Licensee's right to dispose of inventory on hand as of the Effective Date), and
its right to use any Patent Rights and Technical Information associated
therewith, provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent Licensee from
using any Patent Rights and/or Technical Information associated with any Product
produced, marketed, advertised, promoted, sold, distributed or offered for sale
by Licensee or any sublicensed Affiliate of Licensee prior to the Effective Date
with respect to which any Patent Right and/or Technical Information associated
with XyliFresh was used ("XyliFresh Technical Information") (but no such
Technical Information relating solely and specifically to the use of Xylitol as
a sweetener in chewing gum) and with the signing of this Agreement Licensee
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shall receive a non-exclusive license to use any XyliFresh Technical
Information.
2.3. GOODWILL. The use of the Trademarks by Licensee and any of its
sublicensees and the goodwill associated therewith shall enure solely to the
benefit of the Licensor.
2.4. EXPANSION OF TRADEMARK USE BY LICENSEE. The Licensee shall have
the absolute and unconditional right, subject only to the limitations imposed by
any of the license or limitations agreements referred to on SCHEDULE A, to use
in any jurisdiction anywhere in the world any of the Trademarks in any way in
connection with the manufacturing, marketing, advertising, promoting, selling,
distributing or offering for sale of any product or service in addition to those
specified in SECTION 1.1.(H)(I). In the event of such use of a Trademark, such
product or service shall thereupon become a Product as provided for in SECTION
1.1.(H)(II) and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including but not limited to ARTICLE 4 AND 5 HEREOF, but only when such product
or service bears or has a Trademark used in connection with it and solely with
respect to the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which such use of the Trademark
occurs.
2.5. GRANT OF LICENSE TO TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND PATENT RIGHTS.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor (for itself and
its Affiliates) hereby grants to Licensee, to the extent Licensor or its
Affiliates have the right to do so, an exclusive license (even as to Licensor
and its Affiliates) to use the Technical Information and the Patent Rights on a
global basis without restriction as to use thereof by Licensee and its
Affiliates in the conduct of any and all aspects of their respective businesses.
To the extent necessary, Licensor agrees to obtain, at its expense, for use by
Licensee the aforesaid rights from Licensor's Affiliates. Licensee shall at its
expense maintain the Patent Rights.
While the exclusive license to use the Technical Information and the
Patent Rights in the Territory became effective on the Original Effective Date,
the exclusive license to use the Technical Information and Patent Rights on a
global basis shall become effective on July 1, 1999 with the exception of
Technical Information and Patent Rights associated with "Jolly Rancher" and
"Milkduds", which shall become effective on an exclusive basis on September 30,
2000 being non-exclusive outside of the Territory from the Effective Date
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through September 30, 2000.
2.6. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) During the term of this Agreement,
Licensor and its Affiliates shall, upon the reasonable request of Licensee or
its Affiliates, and subject to the availability of personnel and other
resources, make available to Licensee and its Affiliates the technical services
of Licensor's and its Affiliates' personnel to advise Licensee and its
Affiliates in the manufacture and marketing of the Products.
(b) Included in such technical services shall be the following:
(i) technical instruction and consulting with Licensee's
and its Affiliates' personnel with regard to
manufacturing the Products;
(ii) inspections and visits; and
(iii) qualitative analysis.
(c) Technical assistance shall also include, but is not
limited to, communicating information, advice and proposals with regard to
details of the manufacturing processes and techniques for the Products, advice
as to premises, purchase of machinery, installation of machinery, conditioning
of premises, warehousing, purchasing of raw materials, transportation,
packaging, shelf life, quality assurance and the like.
2.7. CONTINUED USE OF PATENT RIGHTS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION. In the
event of any termination of this Agreement, Licensee's rights hereunder with
respect to the Patent Rights and Technical Information shall continue in full
force and effect and shall not be impaired or diminished, except that Licensee's
rights with respect to the use of the Patent Rights and Technical Information
shall thereafter become non-exclusive.
2.8. NO INFRINGEMENT. Licensor (for itself and its Affiliates)
represents and warrants that the Technical Information and Patent Rights
comprise all such information and patents used heretofore by Licensor or any of
its pre-Original Effective Date Affiliates in connection with the development,
production, manufacture, distribution and sale of the Products in the Territory
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and that to its knowledge the Technical Information and Patent Rights do not
infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
2.9. BANKRUPTCY OR INSOLVENCY. (a) The rights granted to Licensee
and its Affiliates under this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to
be, for the purposes of Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, a license of
"intellectual property" rights as defined in Section 101(35A) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
Licensee, as licensee of rights under this Agreement, may fully
exercise all of its rights for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates under the
Bankruptcy Code, including, but not limited to, Licensee's rights to continue to
exercise its rights licensed hereunder.
(b) Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a first priority security
interest in the Trademarks, Patent Rights and Technical Information, together
with all good will associated therewith, to secure performance by Licensor of
its obligations under this Agreement. Licensor shall cooperate and assist
Licensee with the execution and filing of all documents necessary to perfect and
record such grant of security interest on a global basis, including without
limitation, filings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all of the
expenses associated therewith being for the account of Licensee. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no security interest is granted under this Agreement in any
Trademark, Patent Right or Technical Information where such grant would harm the
validity of any such Trademark, Patent Right or Technical Information. Licensee
agrees that it will, at its expense, terminate all security interests in the
Trademarks, if this Agreement is terminated by Licensee pursuant to the
provisions of SECTION 7.1 or if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the
provisions of SECTION 8.1(B). Licensee further agrees that in the event this
Agreement and the Trademarks, Patent Rights and Technical Information are
assigned by Licensor pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 10.3, Licensee will
release its security interest vis-a-vis Licensor provided that Licensor and such
assignee have previously taken all reasonable steps necessary, at Licensee's
expense, to put Licensee in the same secured position with respect to the
Trademarks, Patent Rights and Technical Information as Licensee was in prior to
any such assignment and Licensee further agrees to cooperate and assist Licensor
and such assignee in that regard.
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ARTICLE 3
VALIDITY AND MAINTENANCE OF TRADEMARKS
3.1. Representations and Warranties as to Trademarks. As to the
Trademarks, Licensor represents and warrants to Licensee that as of the
Effective Date:
(i) Except as limited only by Licensee's existing interest
in the Trademarks in the Territory pursuant to the
Original Agreement, Licensor is the sole and exclusive
owner of the entire right, title and interest in and
to the Trademarks in the Territory and, to the
knowledge of Licensor, Licensor is the sole and
exclusive owner of the entire right, title and
interest in and to the Trademarks outside of the
Territory;
(ii) Licensor has full right to enter into this Agreement;
(iii) The Trademarks do not infringe upon any registered or
common law trademarks in the Territory, to the
knowledge of Licensor, do not infringe upon any
registered or common law trademarks outside the
Territory and, to the knowledge of Licensor, do not
infringe or misappropriate any other proprietary
rights of any third parties;
(iv) There are not now pending or threatened any claims or
litigation and to the best of Licensor's knowledge,
information and belief no basis for any such claims
exist, which would affect the Trademarks;
(v) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE A, Licensor has
granted no other right or license permitting the
use of the Trademarks; and
(vi) To the extent so identified in SCHEDULE A each of the
Trademarks is duly registered with the appropriate
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government agencies in each country indicated on
SCHEDULE A with respect thereto and the rights therein
have not been abandoned.
3.2. NOTICE OF INFRINGEMENT AND PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS. Each of the
parties hereto agrees to give the other party written notice of any actual or
threatened infringement of the Trademarks by a third party, promptly after
information with respect to such infringement or threatened infringement comes
to its attention. Licensee is hereby given the right, but not the obligation, to
bring suit or take other action to eliminate such infringement or threatened
infringement at its own expense in the name of itself, Licensor or both itself
and Licensor, provided that Licensee shall provide prior notice to Licensor when
bringing suit or taking other action in the name of Licensor or both itself and
Licensor, and provided further that Licensee shall notify Licensor promptly
after bringing suit or taking other action in its own name. Licensee shall not
obligate Licensor for, or shall indemnify Licensor against, any costs, expenses,
attorneys' fees or other obligations in connection with any such action or
proceeding. Further, Licensor shall cooperate with Licensee at Licensee's
expense in connection with any such action or proceeding. Any damages recovered
in any such action or proceeding, less all court costs and other expenses,
including expenses incurred by Licensor, shall be for the account of Licensee.
If, after learning of an infringement of the Trademarks, Licensee chooses not to
bring suit against such infringer or take other action to eliminate such
infringement or threatened infringement, Licensor shall have the right but not
the obligation to bring an action against such infringer at its own expense and
any final award or settlement resulting therefrom shall be for the account of
Licensor.
3.3. MAINTENANCE OF TRADEMARKS. Licensee, at its own expense, shall
have primary responsibility for the maintenance of all registrations of the
Trademarks on a global basis, and shall pursue any currently pending and any
future applications for registration therefor (and shall have the right to
pursue registration of any trademark identical to a Trademark in jurisdictions
within the Territory where such registration does not exist on the Original
Effective Date or outside the Territory on the Effective Date), on behalf of the
Licensor, and, in the service thereof, shall provide Licensor with such
documentation as may be necessary to permit Licensor to execute any applications
for registrations and renewals as may be necessary with respect to such
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Trademarks (or trademarks) in the name of Licensor. If the Licensor shall fail
to take any action appropriately requested by Licensee to maintain or register a
Trademark (or trademark identical to a Trademark as provided for above),
Licensee may, after written notice to Licensor, register such Trademark (or
trademark) in its own name and thereafter promptly assign such registration to
Licensor. The parties agree to cooperate in obtaining and maintaining such
registrations, renewals and assignments, if any. All trademark rights obtained
in accordance with the provisions of this SECTION 3.3 shall be included within
the license grant of SECTION 2.1 immediately upon such acquisition and without
the requirement of any further action by Licensor or Licensee; and SCHEDULE A
hereto shall be supplemented accordingly.
3.4. MODIFICATION OF TRADEMARKS AND TRADE DRESS. Licensee shall have
the right to modify the format of the Trademarks and the Trade Dress associated
therewith if in its reasonable business judgment it determines that such
modifications are necessary or desirable. Any such modified Trademarks shall be
owned by Licensor and shall be included within the license grant of SECTION 2.1
and shall be considered a Trademark under this Agreement without the requirement
of any notice to or further action by Licensor or Licensee and SCHEDULE A hereto
shall be supplemented accordingly. Licensee shall have the right to pursue
registration in Licensor's name of any such modified Trademark in accordance
with SECTION 3.3.
ARTICLE 4
STANDARDS OF QUALITY
4.1. WARRANTY AS TO PRODUCTS. Licensee warrants to Licensor that the
Products in connection with which the Trademarks are used shall, at all times,
conform to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and shall conform in all material
respects with all laws and regulations applicable. Products will be produced,
packaged, advertised and distributed consistent with the quality standards
applied prior to the Original Effective Date by Licensor or any of its
pre-Original Effective Date Affiliates to the Products in the Territory and
consistent with the quality standards applied prior to the Effective Date by
Licensor or any of its pre-Effective Date Affiliates to the products outside the
Territory. Any new Products introduced in the Territory after the Original
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Effective Date or introduced outside of the Territory after the Effective Date
shall also be produced and packaged consistent respectively with such quality
standards. In the case of new Products which are not confectionery products,
such Products shall be produced consistent with the quality standards applied by
reputable manufacturers of such products.
4.2. INSPECTIONS AND SAMPLES. Licensee agrees that Licensor or its duly
authorized agent (PROVIDED that Licensor or such agent shall have executed a
confidentiality agreement reasonably satisfactory to Licensee) shall have the
right, on an annual basis at a time to be agreed upon by Licensor and Licensee,
to inspect the manufacturing process utilized to produce the Products under this
Agreement to ensure compliance with the quality standards set forth herein. The
inspection shall be limited to those areas of the facilities where the Products
are manufactured, and the Licensor agrees to such restrictions on such
inspections as may be required under the Licensee's contractual arrangements
with third parties. During such inspections, (i) review may be made of quality
control and manufacturing reports as may be reasonably requested, (ii) Licensor
or its duly authorized agent may take a reasonable number of representative
samples of the Products for quality audit purposes, and (iii) Licensor or its
duly authorized agent may review representative samples of promotional,
marketing and point-of-sale materials for the Products illustrating Licensee's
use of the Trademarks.
ARTICLE 5
PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS
5.1. BEST EFFORTS. Licensee shall use its best efforts commercially
reasonable in the circumstances and consistent with Licensee's marketing and
sales promotion practices to market and promote the sale and distribution of the
Products under the Trademarks in North America. It is understood and agreed
between the parties that Licensee's obligation pursuant to the foregoing
sentence shall not limit Licensee's ability to curtail or discontinue the
marketing, promotion or sale of Products, provided Licensee determines that it
is commercially reasonable to do so based on the same criteria it employs in
connection with the curtailment or discontinuance of the marketing, promotion or
sale of its own confectionery products.
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ARTICLE 6
ROYALTIES
6.1. PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES. In consideration of the right and license
herein granted to the Licensee to use the Trademarks in connection with the
Products, the Licensee agrees to pay to the Licensor, or to such other party as
the Licensor may hereafter direct to Licensee in writing, the royalties set
forth in SECTION 6.2 hereof in the amounts and manner set forth therein and in
SECTION 6.4.
6.2. ROYALTY PAYMENTS.
(a) Licensee shall pay an annual royalty as follows:
(i) [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED] for a
period commencing on the Original
Effective Date through the tenth (10th)
anniversary of the Original Effective
Date;
(ii) [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED] from the
tenth (10th) anniversary of the Original
Effective Date through the twentieth (20th)
anniversary of the Original Effective Date;
and
(iii) [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED] from the
twentieth (20th) anniversary of the Original
Effective Date until the termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
(b) In each Annual Period hereunder, Licensee shall make
quarterly royalty payments to Licensor covering Net Sales during Licensee's
accounting quarter no later than forty five (45) days after the end of each of
the first three accounting quarters and sixty (60) days after the end of
Licensee's fourth accounting quarter. The royalty payment for Net Sales during
Licensee's fourth accounting quarter shall be adjusted to properly reflect Net
Sales for the Annual Period and for purposes of the first Annual Period
hereunder (the period ending on December 31, 1999) shall take into account
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royalty payments for Net Sales made or to be made under the Original Agreement
for the period from January 1, 1999 to the Effective Date. To the extent
permitted under applicable United States securities laws, Licensee agrees that
in December (following the completion of the Licensee's and its sublicensed
Affiliates' annual marketing plans for the Products for the following fiscal
year) of each year it will advise Licensor of the amount of Licensee's and its
sublicensed Affiliates' planned aggregate sales of the Products for such fiscal
year and Licensor agrees to treat such information confidentially.
(c) [CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED]
6.3. PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES; WITHHOLDING TAXES. All royalty and interest
payments shall be made in United States dollars. Royalties not paid by Licensee
by the date specified in SECTION 6.2 shall bear interest from the date specified
for payment herein until actually paid at an interest rate equal to the prime
lending rate quoted and in effect from time to time by The Chase Manhattan
Corporation or its successor. All royalty payments which are required to be made
hereunder by the Licensee to the Licensor shall be made in immediately available
funds at a bank designated by the Licensor from time to time. All royalty
payments shall be subject to any applicable taxes, if any, which are required to
be withheld, PROVIDED that the same are forthwith remitted and evidence of such
remittance to the appropriate taxing authority is provided to the Licensor upon
request.
6.4. RECORDS AND REPORTS. At all times during the Term of this
Agreement, Licensee shall (in accordance with its customary record retention
policy) keep true, accurate and complete records of total quantities of the
Products sold and the Net Sales in sufficient detail to permit the determination
of royalties payable in respect thereof. At the time Licensee makes its
quarterly payment of royalties pursuant to SECTION 6.2, Licensee shall provide
Licensor with a royalty report for such quarter as to the royalty payments due
for that quarter. The royalty report shall state, in reasonable detail, (a) the
Net Sales for each Product, (b) total Net Sales, and (c) the amount of royalties
due for such quarter. At the request and expense of Licensor, Licensee shall
permit an independent public accountant selected by Licensor to have access to,
examine and, with the consent of Licensee (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), copy during ordinary business hours such books, records
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and accounts as may be necessary or advisable to enable such accountant to
verify or determine the royalty paid or payable under this Agreement and
Licensee shall render all reasonable assistance to such accountant in that
regard.
6.5. NO RELIEF. Nothing stated in this Article 6 shall relieve the
Licensee from making payments to the Licensor pursuant to the Original Agreement
in respect of periods preceding the Effective Date.
ARTICLE 7
TERM
7.1. TERM. This Agreement shall have an initial term of seven years and
six months commencing on the Effective Date at which time it shall replace the
Original Agreement. Thereafter, this Agreement shall be renewed automatically
without any prior notice to or action by either party or any of their respective
Affiliates, successors or assigns for periods of ten (10) years each, unless
terminated (i) by Licensee at the end of the first renewal term or any
subsequent ten (10) year renewal term on not less than six (6) months prior
notice to Licensor, or (ii) pursuant to the provisions of SECTION 8.1 (B). Upon
any such termination, all of the Trademarks shall remain the property of the
Licensor and no rights therein shall be deemed transferred to the Licensee, and
Licensee shall immediately cease all use of the Trademarks, subject to
Licensee's right to dispose of inventory on hand as of the date of termination.
ARTICLE 8
REMEDIES FOR BREACH
8.1. BREACH OF PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS BY LICENSEE.
(a) Licensor acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no right to
terminate this Agreement or any of Licensee's rights hereunder except as
expressly set forth in this SECTION 8.1.
(b) In the event of a willful breach by Licensee of its payment
obligations pursuant to ARTICLE 6 hereof, Licensor may send a written notice to
Licensee stating that it has breached its payment obligations, specifying in
detail the nature of such breach and requiring Licensee to rectify such breach.
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If such breach is not rectified by Licensee within a period of thirty (30) days
after receiving written notice from Licensor, Licensor shall be entitled to
exercise any remedies it may have hereunder, including termination of this
Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.1(b), in the event
Licensee disputes in good faith the alleged breach by disputing the amount of
royalties owed by Licensee pursuant to SECTION 6.2 hereof, such dispute shall be
resolved exclusively by arbitration pursuant to SECTION 8.3 and in accordance
with the procedures set forth therein, and shall, in no event, give rise to
Licensor's ability to terminate this Agreement. Such arbitration shall be the
sole and exclusive dispute resolution mechanism for resolving such matter, the
parties hereto voluntarily waiving for themselves and their respective
Affiliates any other rights or remedies any of them may have in any jurisdiction
to resolve such matter.
8.2. OTHER MATERIAL BREACHES.
(a) Except as set forth in SECTION 8.1, in the event one party
determines that the other party has committed a material breach of a provision
of this Agreement, such party may provide written notice to the breaching party
("Breach Notice") specifying the material breach complained of in reasonable
detail and requiring such other party to rectify such breach. The breaching
party shall then have ninety (90) days from receipt of the Breach Notice to
rectify such breach or, if such material breach is such that it cannot be
rectified within the said ninety (90) day period but is capable of being
rectified within a reasonable period of time thereafter, to begin to rectify
such breach within such ninety (90) day period and thereafter to proceed
diligently to complete the rectification of the breach within a reasonable
period. In the event that the party receiving the Breach Notice does not rectify
the breach within the time period specified in the preceding sentence, the
non-breaching party shall have the right to invoke binding arbitration pursuant
to SECTION 8.3. Such arbitration shall be the sole and exclusive dispute
resolution mechanism for resolving such matter, the parties hereto voluntarily
waiving for themselves and their respective Affiliates any other rights or
remedies any of them may have in any jurisdiction to resolve such matter.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the party receiving a
Breach Notice disputes the other party's assertion that it has committed a
material breach of this Agreement, such party shall promptly, and in any event
within thirty (30) days after receiving such Breach Notice, send written notice
of such dispute to the other party. The parties shall then commence good faith
negotiations to resolve such dispute. In the event that the parties are unable
to negotiate a resolution of such dispute within sixty (60) days of commencing
such good faith negotiations, either party shall, if it wishes to pursue such
dispute, invoke binding arbitration pursuant to SECTION 8.3. Such arbitration
shall be the sole and exclusive dispute resolution mechanism for resolving such
matter, the parties hereto voluntarily waiving for themselves and their
respective Affiliates any other rights or remedies any of them may have in any
jurisdiction to resolve such matter.
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8.3. ARBITRATION. (a) In the event arbitration is required or invoked
pursuant to SECTIONS 8.1 OR 8.2, such arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
under the auspices of the Center for Public Resources (the "CPR") in New York,
New York pursuant to the CPR's Model ADR Procedures and Practices, Rules and
Commentary for Arbitration. The arbitrators in any such arbitration shall be
persons knowledgeable in the industry with regard to the subject matter of the
arbitration. Both the foregoing agreement of the parties to arbitrate any and
all such claims, and the results, determination, finding, judgment and/or award
rendered through such arbitration, shall be final and binding on the parties
thereto and may be specifically enforced by legal proceedings in a court having
jurisdiction over the party in question. It is expressly understood and agreed
by the parties that the arbitrators in any such arbitration shall have the right
to order injunctive relief (both preliminary and permanent injunctions) and/or
payment of damages as the sole and exclusive remedy or remedies awarded to
either party in connection with matters referred to them pursuant to SECTIONS
8.1 AND 8.2 but in no event shall they have the right to order termination of
all or any part of this Agreement.
(b) Licensor shall appoint one (1) arbitrator, and Licensee one (1)
arbitrator within a term of thirty (30) days from the date arbitration is
required or invoked pursuant to SECTIONS 8.1 OR 8.2, and the two (2) arbitrators
so appointed shall appoint the third arbitrator (who shall also be knowledgeable
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in the industry with regard to the subject matter of the arbitration) within a
term of thirty (30) days from the date on which the later of the two (2)
arbitrators has been selected.
(c) If either Licensor or Licensee fails to select its arbitrator
within the term mentioned above, or in the event that the two (2) selected
arbitrators are unable or unwilling to select a third arbitrator within thirty
(30) days following the selection of the later of them, then the CPR shall
select such arbitrator (meeting the criteria set out in SECTION 8.3(B), and the
three (3) arbitrators so selected shall constitute the arbitration panel for
purposes of the dispute. The parties shall have thirty (30) days thereafter to
submit their position to the arbitrators. The arbitrators shall be instructed
and required to render their decision within thirty (30) days following
completion of the arbitration.
(d) Each party shall bear separately the cost of their respective
attorneys, witnesses and experts in connection with such arbitration and shall
jointly bear the costs of the arbitrators.
(e) The parties hereby waive any claim to any damages in the nature of
punitive, exemplary or statutory damages in excess of compensatory damages, and
the arbitration tribunal is specially divested of any power to award any damages
in the nature of punitive, exemplary or statutory damages in excess of
compensatory damages, or any form of damages in excess of compensatory damages.
(f) The arbitrators shall be the exclusive judges of relevance and
materiality. No witness or party may be required to waive any privilege
recognized by law.
(g) Unless the arbitrators shall otherwise rule in the interest of
justice, all direct or rebuttal testimony shall be submitted in the form of
sworn affidavits, provided that at the request of another party, the party
submitting the affidavit will make the affiant available for cross-examination.
If the affiant is not made available for cross-examination, the affidavit shall
not be considered as evidence by the arbitrators except if the arbitrators find
that the affiant is beyond the control of the party offering the affidavit, the
affiant is unavailable and the interests of justice require consideration of the
evidence submitted by the affiant.
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(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the
event of a breach by either party of SECTION 2.1 the other party shall be
entitled, if it so elects, to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court
of competent jurisdiction to enforce the specific performance of such party's
obligations pursuant to such section.
ARTICLE 9
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS
9.1. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS. The representations and warranties
of Licensor set forth in SECTION 3.1 hereof shall survive for a period of six
months following the Effective Date. Any other representations and
warranties set forth in this Agreement shall survive indefinitely.
ARTICLE 10
SUCCESSORS' SUBLICENSING AND ASSIGNMENT
10.1. BINDING UPON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the Licensor, its successors and
assigns, and the Licensee, its successors and assigns.
10.2. SUBLICENSING. The Licensee and any of its Affiliates who may be a
sublicensee may sublicense rights under this Agreement without notice to or the
prior written consent of Licensor PROVIDED THAT (i) a copy of such part of any
agreement pursuant to which such rights are being sublicensed as will permit the
Licensor to verify that the provisions of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this SECTION
10.2 have been complied with is delivered to Licensor prior to the commencement
of each such sublicense, (ii) the sublicensee is required to maintain standards
of quality at least equivalent to those set forth in ARTICLE 4 of this Agreement
and (iii) the Licensor shall have the same rights with respect to said
sublicensee as are contained in ARTICLE 4 of this Agreement. Without limiting
the foregoing, Licensor acknowledges and agrees that contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement Licensee will enter into a sublicense of its rights
hereunder with Hershey Foods Corporation.
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10.3. ASSIGNMENT. Licensor may assign this Agreement in its entirety
without the prior written consent of Licensee provided that any such assignment
is made only in conjunction with an assignment of the Trademarks, Patent Rights
and Technical Information to such assignee. Licensor further covenants and
agrees that it shall not assign the Trademarks, Patent Rights or Technical
Information other than in conjunction with its assignment of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to such assignee. Licensee may assign this
Agreement (other than its obligations pursuant to SECTION 6.2(C), in whole or in
part (including, without limitation, assignment of Licensee's rights and
obligations under this Agreement with respect to one or more of the Trademarks)
with respect to the United States as a whole, Canada as a whole, Mexico as a
whole, the rest of the Territory as a whole and/or the world other than the
Territory as a whole, without the prior written consent of Licensor, provided
that any such assignee enters into an agreement with Licensor, in a form
reasonably acceptable to Licensor, assuming all of Licensee's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, and provided further that (a) Hershey Foods
Corporation guarantees such assignee's performance of its obligations under this
Agreement; or (b)(i) such assignee has at the time of the assignment a net worth
of not less than $500 million (for assignees of Licensee's rights and
obligations under this Agreement in the entire Territory or in the United States
as a whole) or $200 million (for assignees of Licensee's rights and obligations
under this Agreement in Canada as a whole, Mexico as a whole, the rest of the
Territory as a whole and/or the world other than the Territory as a whole), and
(ii) Licensor, after a reasonable and prompt good faith inquiry, has not
determined that such assignee would be likely to adversely affect the good will,
public perception or value of the Trademarks, or that such assignment would
adversely affect the performance of the obligations of the licensee hereunder.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each party represents
and warrants to the other that the execution, delivery and performance by such
party of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action and all governmental consents, approvals and authorizations (except for
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any of such which are not material to such party's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement) required in connection with such execution,
delivery and performance have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
11.2. RECORDAL. The parties hereto shall cooperate in connection with
the recording of this Agreement or a summary thereof in those countries where
such recordal is requested by Licensee in accordance with applicable law.
11.3. WAIVER. Failure or delay of either party at any time to require
performance of any provisions under this Agreement shall not affect the right of
such party to require full performance thereafter and a waiver by either party
of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be taken or held to be
a waiver of any further or similar breach or as nullifying the effectiveness of
such provision. A waiver of any provision hereunder shall be effective only if
such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver is
sought to be enforced. Failure or delay on the part of either party to exercise
any right, remedy, power or privilege provided for herein shall not operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other rights, remedy, power or privilege.
11.4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement
and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and merges and supersedes all prior discussions, representations, understandings
and agreements, whether oral or in writing, between the parties with respect to
such subject matter, including without limitation, the Original Agreement;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall affect in any way the effectiveness
of the Original Agreement from December 30, 1996 to June 30, 1999. This
Agreement may be altered, modified or amended only by a written document signed
by the parties hereto.
11.5. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any clause, term or provision
hereof is determined by any court or administrative agency of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof will not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
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11.6. FORCE MAJEURE. Any delays in or failure of performance by either
party under this Agreement shall not be considered a breach hereof if such delay
or failure is occasioned by an event beyond the reasonable control of the party
affected ("force majeure"), provided that the Licensee shall continue to be
obligated to pay to the Licensor any and all amounts which it shall have duly
become obligated to pay in accordance with the terms of this Agreement prior to
the occurrence of such an event, and FURTHER PROVIDED THAT any party whose
performance is so delayed shall give prompt notice thereof to the other party
and shall use all reasonable endeavors to comply with the terms of this
Agreement as soon as possible. Force majeure in this context shall include,
without limitation, acts of government, acts of God, fires, floods, explosions,
riots, civil disturbances, strikes, insurrections, earthquakes, wars, rebellion
and epidemics.
11.7. NOTICES. Any notice referred to in this Agreement may be given
either (i) by first class certified or registered airmail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or (ii) by means of electronic recorded transmission
whereby the party giving such notice receives an immediate electronic
acknowledgment of receipt from the recipient. Any such notice shall be deemed to
be properly given and served when received. Notices shall be in English and
addressed to the parties as follows:
IF TO THE LICENSOR:
-------------------
Huhtamaki Finance B.V.
Burgemeester Rijnderslaan 26
P.O. Box 49
1 180 AA Amstelveen
The Netherlands
ATTENTION: Managing Director
---------
with a copy to:
Huhtamaki Oyj
Lansituulentie 7
02100 Espoo
Finland
ATTENTION: Vice President, Administration
---------
<PAGE>
IF TO THE LICENSEE:
------------------
Hershey Chocolate& Confectionery Corporation
5060 Ward Road
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
ATTENTION: President and Counsel
---------
with a copy to:
Hershey Foods Corporation
100 Crystal A Drive
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0810
ATTENTION: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
---------
Either party may from time to time designate by written notice to the
other party another address which it desires to be used for service of notices
hereunder in lieu of such address.
11.8. PERFORMANCE BY AFFILIATES. Where performance of Licensor's or
Licensee's duties or obligations under this Agreement requires or involves
action by any of their respective Affiliates. Licensor or Licensee, as
appropriate, shall secure such performance by such Affiliate.
11.9. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement and the legal relations between
the parties hereto shall, in all respects, be interpreted, construed and
governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference
to the choice of law principles of such laws (other than Section 5-1401 of the
New York General Obligations Law)
11.10. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. Any disputes arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively as provided in
ARTICLE 8 hereof.
11.11. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
shall be deemed to have been executed simultaneously.
<PAGE>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement, as of the day and year first above written.
HUHTAMAKI FINANCE B.V.
By:_______________________________
Name: Eero Aho
Title: Managing Director
By:_______________________________
Name: Juha Salonen
Title: Managing Director
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE &
CONFECTIONERY CORPORATION
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SCHEDULE A TO TRADEMARK AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
(CHUCKLES, GOOD'N FRUITY, GOOD&PLENTY, HEATH, JOLLY RANCHER, MILK DUDS, PAYDAY, SIXLETS, WHOPPERS, ZERO)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
COUNTRY TRADEMARK CLASSES REG. NO. REG. DATE PROPRIETOR
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U.S.
CANADA
MEXICO
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USA Chuckles 0515075 Sep 13 1949 HFBV
Good&Plenty 1289249 Aug 07 1984 HFBV
Good&Plenty and Design 1328776 Apr 02 1985 HFBV
Good'n Fruity & Design 0742450 Dec 18 1962 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 1838788 Jun 07 1994 HFBV
Good'n Fruity Fruit Design 1825329 Mar 08 1994 HFBV
Good and Plenty 0243197 Jun 12 1928 HFBV
Heath 1404302 Aug 05 1986 HFBV
Heath 1403352 Jul 29 1986 HFBV
Heath Bits 1572237 Dec 19 1989 HFBV
Heath 0793753 Aug 03 1965 HFBV
Heath 0799191 Nov 23 1965 HFBV
Heath Almond Toffee Chips 0675751 Mar 17 1959 HFBV
Heath Double Dip Almond Toffee 0673677 Feb 03 1959 HFBV
Chips
Heath English Toffee Miniatures 0782609 Dec 29 1964 HFBV
From the Makers of Heath
Toffee Crunch 0788228 Apr 13 1965 HFBV
Heath Toffee Premium 0699499 Jun 14 1960 HFBV
Original Heath 1403351 Jul 29 1986 HFBV
Soft'n Crunchy Heath 1436583 Apr 14 1987 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 2055901 Apr 22 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 0695762 Apr 05 1960 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 1923903 Oct 03 1995 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 1923904 Oct 03 1995 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 1684586 Apr 28 1992 HFBV
JR&Design 1174430 Oct 20 1981 HFBV
JR and Design 1821292 Feb 15 1994 HFBV
JR and Design 1843021 Jul 05 1994 HFBV
JR and Design 1880538 Feb 28 1995 HFBV
JR and Design 1877705 Feb 07 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 1307327 Nov 27 1984 HFBV
Payday 0370705 Sep 05 1939 HFBV
Payday 1448756 Jul 21 1987 HFBV
Sixlets 1023366 Oct 21 1975 HFBV
Six 6 Lets 0644531 Apr 23 1957 HFBV
Whoppers 0965678 Aug 07 1973 HFBV
<PAGE>
Zero 0284982 Jul 14 1931 HFBV
Zero 1677789 Mar 03 1992 HFBV
Zero 1268127 Feb 21 1984 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Canada Chuckles 38130 HFBV
Chuckles 164092 HFBV
Good'n Fruity & Design 214013 HFBV
Good&Plenty 43049 HFBV
Heath 713264 Application HFBV
Heath&Design 7131251 Application HFBV
Jolly Rancher 253159 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Design 806453 Application HFBV
Jolly Rancher 252228 HFBV
JR Jolly Rancher 476066 May 12 1997 HFBV
Milk Duds 382784 HFBV
Payday 180150 HFBV
Payday 155125 HFBV
Whoppers 164110 Leaf Canada,
Inc.
Zero Design 179572 HFBV
Zero Design 174381 HFBV
Chuckle 39240 Jan 28 1926 HFBV
Chuckles Canadian Jells 157169 Jun 07 1968 HFBV
Heath (Oval) Design 187955 Jan 19 1973 HFBV
Heath Sensations 432746 Sep 02 1994 HFBV
Super Crunch Heath & Design 210960 Jan 06 1976 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Mexico Chuckles & Design 443047 Leaf, Inc.
Good&Plenty 417351 Leaf, Inc.
Good'n Fruity 429720 Leaf, Inc.
Heath&Design 422668 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 420571 Leaf, Inc.
JR&Design 408947 Leaf, Inc.
Milk Duds 421140 Leaf, Inc.
Payday and Design 406888 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 421139 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 364539 Leaf, Inc.
Zero and Design 406889 Leaf, Inc.
Ranchers 463706
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
CENTRAL &
SOUTH
AMERICA
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- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Argentina Heath 1501739 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 1584485 Dec 15 1995 Leaf, Inc.
Milk Duds 1562946 May 31 1991 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 1619604 Oct 23 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 1994518 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 1990881 Application Leaf, Inc.
<PAGE>
Zero 1639897 Jul 30 1997 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Bolivia Heath 62579-C Nov 19 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 3155 Application Leaf, Inc.
Payday 62575-C Nov 19 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 62577-C Nov 19 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 62578-C Nov 19 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 62576-C Nov 19 1996 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Brazil Good'n Fruity 818635525 Application Leaf, Inc.
Heath 819116343 Application Leaf, Inc.
Heath &Design 818775297 Jun 23 1998 Leaf, Inc.
JR Jolly Rancher 818763981 Application Leaf, Inc.
Payday 818635517 Application Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 818886390 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 818723505 Sep 30 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Zero&Design 818763990 Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Chile Heath 459915 Apr 16 1996 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 393517 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 318583 HFBV
Sixlets 528129 Nov 23 1998 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 235965 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 316112 Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Colombia Jolly Rancher 182524 Aug 31 1995 Leaf, Inc.
Milk Duds 169863 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 9421346 Application Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 94040774 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 94040775 Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Costa Rica Heath 95035 Apr 03 1996 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 95036 Apr 03 1996 HFBV
Payday 95497 Jul 31 1996 HFBV
Sixlets 104318 Oct 23 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 95049 Apr 03 1996 HFBV
Zero 95046 Apr 03 1996 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Dominican Republic Heath 81702 Jan 15 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 81701 Jan 15 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 81697 Jan 15 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets Application Leaf, Inc.
Zero 81700 Jan 15 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Ecuador Heath 258697 Nov 14 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 258796 Nov 14 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 155197 Jul 22 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 74367 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 258596 Nov 14 1996 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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<PAGE>
El Salvador Chuckles 222, Book 57 Jul 1 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 69, Book 67 Jan 23 1998 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 21, Book 68 Jan 27 1998 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 2026-95 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 2016-95 Application Leaf, Inc.
Zero 2017-95 Application Leaf, Inc.
Heath 70, Book 67 Jan 23 1998 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Guatemala Jolly Rancher 085185 Mar 19 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 84279 Mar 20 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 84280 Mar 20 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 90380 May 05 1998 Leaf, Inc.
Zero Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Haiti Heath 114/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 111/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 107/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 109/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 110/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 108/108 Mar 25 1997 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Honduras Heath 68664 Apr 30 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 69085 Jul 24 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 69086 Jul 24 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 3139/96 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 68385 Apr 11 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 3140/96 Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Panama Heath 76890 Oct 11 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 76888 Oct 11 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 042001 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 037310 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 037312 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 041999 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Peru Heath 017735 Jul 27 1995 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 035471 Apr 30 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 026419 Apr 24 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets Apr 11 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 023353 Jan 12 1996 Leaf, Inc.
Zero 021539 Dec 04 1995 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Trinidad Heath 25127 Application Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 25130 Application Leaf, Inc.
Payday 25134 Application Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 25132 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 25131 Application Leaf, Inc.
Zero 25133 Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Uruguay JR Jolly Rancher 285260 Jul 14 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Payday 277567 Application Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 277566 Oct 30 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 279866 Application Leaf, Inc.
Zero 284850 Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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<PAGE>
Venezuela Chuckles 72170-F Leaf, Inc.
Good&Plenty & Device 86151F Leaf, Inc.
Heath 873995 Application Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 2716-96 Application Leaf, Inc.
Payday 873895 Application Leaf, Inc.
Sixlets 874095 Application Leaf, Inc.
Whoppers 12597-95 Application Leaf, Inc.
Zero Application Leaf, Inc.
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
AFRICA
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
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Egypt Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Feb 26 1997 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Morocco Good&Plenty & Device 30 25168 Jul 18 1974 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
South Africa Good'n Fruity Pending HFBV
Good&Plenty & Device Pending HFBV
Whoppers 79/6922
Heath 30 Pending HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 Pending HFBV
Milk Duds 30 Pending HFBV
Sixlets 30 Pending HFBV
Whoppers 30 79/6922 May 14 1982 HFBV
Zero 30 Pending HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
MIDDLE EAST
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Brunei Whoppers 9231
Jolly Rancher 30 22339 Mar 20 1996 Leaf Group BV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Israel Chuckles 30 110848 Apr 05 1998 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 110852 Apr 05 1998 HFBV
Payday 30 110854 Apr 05 1998 HFBV
Sixlets 30 110855 Apr 05 1998 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
<PAGE>
- ------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Kuwait Good&Plenty & Device 6763
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
OAPI Chuckles 30 Pending HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 Pending HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 Pending HFBV
Heath 30 Pending HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 Pending HFBV
Milk Duds 30 Pending HFBV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
Sixlets 30 Pending HFBV
Whoppers 30 Pending HFBV
Zero 30 Pending HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Saudi Arabia Chuckles 30 435/82 May 23 1998 HFBV
Heath 30 434/65 May 06 1998 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 435/84 May 23 1998 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 434/64 May 23 1998 HFBV
Payday 30 435/87 May 23 1998 HFBV
Sixlets 30 418/44 May 23 1998 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
United Arab Chuckles 30 18776 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
Emirates Good&Plenty 30 18774 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 18775 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 Pending HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 18771 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 19898 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
Sixlets 30 Pending HFBV
Zero 30 18773 Mar 31 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
EUROPE
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Armenia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Austria Good&Plenty & Design 30 79753 Apr 28 1975 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Azerbaidjan Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jan 23 1996 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Belarus Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
<PAGE>
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Belgium Chuckles 30 602309 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 604102 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 604101 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Heath 30 603508 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 527821 (Ben.) Feb 19 1993 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 572958 (Ben.) May 29 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 603507 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Payday 30 603511 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Sixlets 30 603510 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 602311 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 090664 (Ben.) Dec 15 1971 Leaf Limited
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Bosnia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Herzegovina
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Bulgaria Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Croatia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Czech Republic Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Denmark Good&Plenty & Design 163275
Milk Duds 06.371/1989
Whoppers 341/81
Jolly Rancher 30 7592/94 Nov 11 1994 Leaf Group BV
Jolly Rancher 30 5096/95 Jul 28 1995 Leaf Group BV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Estonia Milk Duds 30 24140 Aug 22 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 22896 Mar 21 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Finland Milk Duds 30 106549 Feb 20 1990 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 134712 Nov 21 1994 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 204418 Feb 14 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
<PAGE>
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
France Chuckles 30 1745551 Jan 10 1991 HFBV
Good&Plenty & Design 30 1283320 Sep 05 1984 HFBV
Whoppers 30 1513721 Feb 09 1989 HFBV
Whoppers 30 1502771 Dec 09 1988 Leaf Limited
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Germany Chuckles 30 936700 Oct 17 1975 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Hungary Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Georgia Jolly Rancher 30 4543 Feb 06 1997 Leaf Group BV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Greece Good&Plenty & Device 53147
Jolly Rancher 30 113776 Dec 19 1995 Leaf Group BV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 125254 Dec 17 1997 Leaf Group BV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Ireland Jolly Rancher 30 160666 Mar 16 1993 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 172858 Jun 01 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Italy Good&Plenty & Device 30 311509 Sep 23 1974 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Kazakstan Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Kyrgyzstan Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Latvia Milk Duds 30 M-38574 Oct 20 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Lithuania Jolly Rancher 30 Pending HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Luxembourg Chuckles 30 602309 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 604102 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 604101 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Heath 30 603508 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 527821 (Ben.) Feb 19 1993 HFBV
<PAGE>
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 527958 (Ben.) May 29 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 603507 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Payday 30 603511 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Sixlets 30 603510 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 602311 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 090664 (Ben.) Dec 15 1971 Leaf Limited
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Macedonia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Moldova Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Netherlands Chuckles 30 602309 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 604102 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 604101 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Heath 30 603508 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 527821 (Ben.) Feb 19 1993 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 572958 (Ben.) May 29 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 603507 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Payday 30 603511 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Sixlets 30 603510 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 602311 (Ben.) Dec 30 1996 HFBV
Whoppers 30 090664 (Ben.) Dec 15 1971 Leaf Limited
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Norway Good&Plenty & Device 30 187906 Jan 08 1998 HFBV
Good&Plenty & Design 30 100993 Sep 19 1978 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 135511 Feb 16 1989 HFBV
Chuckles 30 187466 Dec 18 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 187905 Jan 08 1998 HFBV
Heath 30 186170 Nov 20 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 164637 Sep 22 1994 HFBV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 172892 May 02 1996 HFBV
Payday 30 186709 Nov 20 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 186708 Nov 20 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 187467 Dec 18 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Poland Milk Duds 30 105888 Nov 30 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Portugal Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Romania Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
<PAGE>
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Russia Milk Duds 151489 Apr 10 1997 Leaf, Inc.
Milk Duds 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 151488 Apr 10 1997 Leaf, Inc.
(Cyrillic)
Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Slovak Rep. Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
- -------------------- -------------------------------- --------- ---------------- ---------------- -----------------
Slovenia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
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Spain Good'n Fruity 30 811791 Jul 06 1977 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Oct 10 1997 HFBV
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Sweden Good&Plenty & Device 151584
Milk Duds 30 215404 Jan 05 1990 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 262286 Dec 02 1994 Leaf Group BV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 312192 Apr 26 1996 Leaf Group BV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
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Switzerland Good &Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty & Device 30 404629 Jan 21 1993 HFBV
Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jun 28 1993 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
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Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
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Tajikistan Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
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Turkey Chuckles 30 Pending HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 Pending HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 Pending HFBV
Heath 30 Pending HFBV
Milk Duds 30 Pending HFBV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
Sixlets 30 184150 Apr 30 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 Pending HFBV
Zero 30 Pending HFBV
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Turkmenistan Jolly Rancher 30 Pending Leaf Group BV
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Ukraine Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997
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United Kingdom Milk Duds 30 881111 Jun 23 1965 Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 30 1508985 Aug 06 1992 Leaf Group BV
Jolly Rancher & Device 30 2022662 Jun 01 1995 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 2055901 Apr 22 1997 HFBV
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Uzbekistan Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
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Yugoslavia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
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ASIA
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Cambodia Jolly Rancher 30 6832 Feb 06 1996 Leaf Group BV
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China Whoppers 30 293139 Jul 20 1987 HFBV
Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jan 23 1996 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
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Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
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Hong Kong Chuckles 30 1726/1998 Apr 14 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 B10737/1998 Apr 14 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 B10008/1998 Apr 16 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 1731/1998 Apr 14 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 7511/1997 Dec 20 1995 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 7276/1998 Jul 21 1998 HFBV
Payday 30 1729/1998 Apr 14 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 1728/1998 Apr 14 1997 HFBV
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India Jolly Rancher 30 Pending Leaf Group BV
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Indonesia Good&Plenty 30 412702 May 28 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 408121 Dec 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 382142 Jan 11 1996 Leaf Group BV
Milk Duds 30 408122 Dec 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 408123 Dec 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 412704 May 28 1997 HFBV
Zero 30 408127 Dec 12 1997 HFBV
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Japan Heath (Japanese) 30 2257870 Aug 30 1990 HFBV
Heath (English) 30 2257869 Aug 30 1990 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 4069590 Oct 17 1997 HFBV
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Laos Jolly Rancher 30 4498 May 28 1996 HFBV
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Macao Jolly Rancher 30 21 Jun 13 1996 Leaf Group BV
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Malaysia Whoppers MA/733/91
Jolly Rancher 30 Pending Leaf Group BV
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Mongolia Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Sep 05 1995 HFBV
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Nepal Jolly Rancher 30 11409/052 Mar 01 1996 Leaf Group BV
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Pakistan Jolly Rancher 30 Pending Leaf Group BV
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Philippines Good&Plenty 30 Pending HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 Pending HFBV
Heath Pending
Jolly Rancher 30 Pending HFBV
Milk Duds 30 Pending HFBV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
Sixlets 30 Pending HFBV
Whoppers 30 Pending HFBV
Zero 30 Pending HFBV
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Sarawak Whoppers 19698
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Singapore Whoppers 80273
Chuckles 30 Pending HFBV
Heath 30 4562/97 Apr 17 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 467/96 Jan 15 1996 Leaf Group BV
Payday 30 Pending HFBV
Zero 30 4557/97 Apr 17 1997 HFBV
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Sri Lanka Jolly Rancher 30 Pending Leaf Group BV
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South Korea Heath 30 159844 Sep 23 1988 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 360430 Apr 22 1997 Leaf Group BV
Sixlets 30 421327 Sep 15 1998 HFBV
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Thailand Chuckles 30 72687 Apr 09 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 72688 Apr 09 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 60291 Jun 20 1996 Leaf Group BV
Payday 30 332086 Apr 09 1997 HFBV
Zero 30 Pending HFBV
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Taiwan Chuckles 30 789797 Dec 16 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 789792 Dec 16 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 742157 Dec 16 1996 Leaf Group BV
Milk Duds 30 796817 Feb 16 1998 HFBV
Payday 30 789793 Dec 16 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 789794 Dec 16 1997 HFBV
Zero 30 806534 Jun 16 1998 HFBV
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Vietnam Chuckles 30 676026 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Good&Plenty 30 676595 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 676597 (IR) Jun 27 1997 HFBV
Heath 30 676092 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 604681 (IR) Jan 23 1996 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 676090 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 676104 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 676096 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
Whoppers 30 676028 (IR) Jun 12 1997 HFBV
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OCEANIA
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Australia Chuckles 30 246581 Mar 04 1971 HFBV
Heath ? Application Leaf, Inc.
Jolly Rancher 30 209273 Apr 06 1967 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 209274 Apr 06 1967 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 735247 May 23 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 731171 Apr 02 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 731169 Apr 02 1997 HFBV
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New Zealand Chuckles 30 010371 Mar 01 1971 HFBV
Jolly Rancher 30 204847 Sep 18 1990 HFBV
Whoppers 30 176082 Nov 20 1987 HFBV
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Good&Plenty 30 274933 Aug 15 1997 HFBV
Good'n Fruity 30 275456 Apr 15 1997 HFBV
Milk Duds 30 273522 Mar 06 1997 HFBV
Payday 30 273523 Mar 06 1997 HFBV
Sixlets 30 273524 Mar 06 1997 HFBV
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</TABLE>
UNREGISTERED TRADEMARK
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CHOO CHOO CHARLIE AND DESIGN
COPYRIGHTS
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Kk 179,128 Issued 2/11/1964 Renewed 2/21/1992 Renewal #602 185
Title: Milk chocolate covered english toffee miniatures
Author: L.S. Heath & Sons, Inc.
Kk 3471 Issued 1/5/1941 Renewed 3/28/1968 Renewal #432 857
Title: Lable - Heath Toffee-Ettes
Author: Bayard E. Heath
No. 15988 Issued 9/1/1936 Renewed 9/4/1963 Renewal #322 471
Title: Heath English Toffee
Author: L.S. Heath & Sons, Inc.
VA 595 683 Issued 11/5/1993
Title: Good `N Fruity Candy Box Package
Author: Leaf, Inc.
Renewal Due: 11/5/2003
LIMITATIONS/LICENSE AGREEMENTS
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[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELTED]
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SCHEDULE B-1
PATENT RIGHTS
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1. United States Patent Number 5,139,797
Granted August 18, 1992
Inventors: Robert Huzinec, Terry Schindeldecker
2. United States Patent Application
Serial Number 081543,422
Applied for October 16, 1995
Inventors: Dee Brown, Robert Huzinec, Tom Kearns, Mark Norton,
Terry Schindeldecker
SCHEDULE B-2
UNPATENTED TECHNOLOGY AND KNOW HOW
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[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION DELETED]
EXHIBIT 10.3
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
KEY EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of June 9, 1999)
1.
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
Hershey Foods Corporation (the "Corporation") hereby establishes the Key
Employee Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to provide
to selected key employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (as
defined below), upon whose efforts the Corporation is dependent for the
successful conduct of its business, further incentive to continue and
increase their efforts as employees and to remain in the employ of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries.
The Plan continues the Annual Incentive Program ("AIP"), with certain
modifications, as in effect under the Corporation's Management Incentive
Plan ("MIP") established in 1975 and as amended thereafter, pursuant to
which participants are entitled to receive cash awards based on achievement
of performance goals during annual performance cycles. The Plan also
continues the Long-Term Incentive Program ("LTIP") portion of the MIP with
certain modifications. In addition to performance stock units ("Performance
Stock Units"), the LTIP portion now also includes nonqualified stock
options for the purchase of Common Stock ("Options"); stock appreciation
rights ("SARs"); and restricted stock units ("Restricted Stock Units").
As used herein, (i) the term "Subsidiary Corporation" shall mean any
present or future corporation which is or would be a "subsidiary
corporation" of the Corporation as defined in Section 424 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), and (ii) the term "Corporation" defined
above shall refer collectively to Hershey Foods Corporation and its
Subsidiary Corporations unless the context indicates otherwise.
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2. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
The aggregate number of shares which may be covered by Performance Stock
Units, Options, SARs and Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the
LTIP portion of the Plan is 6.5 million (6,500,000) shares of the
Corporation's Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value (the "Common Stock"), subject
to adjustment in accordance with Section 12 below. The shares issued under
this Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares
held by the Corporation or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof or
shares acquired by the Corporation through open market purchases (whether
made before or after any exercise of Options(s) or the granting of stock
compensation hereunder) or otherwise. In addition to shares of Common Stock
actually issued or distributed under the Plan, there shall be deemed to
have been issued a number of shares equal to (i) the number of shares of
Common Stock in respect of which optionees utilize the manner of exercise
of, and payment for, Options as provided in Paragraph 7II(g) of this Plan,
and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock which is equivalent in value
to any cash amounts distributed upon payment of Performance Stock Units,
SARs or Restricted Stock Units. For purposes of determining the charge to
be made pursuant to subpart (ii) against the shares of Common Stock subject
to the Plan, the value of a share of Common Stock shall be its Fair Market
Value as defined in Paragraph 4 when awards are made with respect to
Performance Stock Units, upon exercise of SARs, and upon expiration of the
applicable restriction period of Restricted Stock Units. Any shares
subject under the Plan to Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs or
Restricted Stock Units which, for any reason, expire or terminate or are
forfeited or surrendered shall again be available for issuance under the
Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation and Executive
Organization Committee (the "Committee"), or any successor committee,
appointed by and consisting solely of members of the Board of Directors
(the "Board") of the Corporation, each of whom qualifies as both a
"nonemployee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 or its successor
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and an
"outside director" within the
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meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Committee members shall not be
eligible to participate in the Plan. The Board may from time to time
remove and appoint members of the Committee in substitution for, or in
addition to, members previously appointed and may fill vacancies, however
caused, in the Committee. The Committee may adopt such rules and
regulations as it deems useful in governing its affairs. Any action of the
Committee with respect to the administration of the Plan shall be taken
by majority vote at a Committee meeting or written consent of all
Committee members.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
authority: (i) to construe and interpret Plan provisions; (ii) to define
the terms used in the Plan; (iii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan; (iv) to select particular employees to
participate in the Plan, (v) to determine the terms, conditions, form and
amount of grants, distributions or payments made to each participant,
including conditions upon and provisions for vesting, exercise and
acceleration of any grants, distributions or payments; (vi) upon the
request of a participant in the Plan, to approve and determine the duration
of leaves of absence which may be granted to the participant without
constituting a termination of his or her employment for purposes of the
Plan; and (vii) to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for
the administration and operation of the Plan. The Committee shall have the
right to impose varying terms and conditions with respect to each grant or
award. All determinations and interpretations made by the Committee shall
be final, binding and conclusive on all participants and on their legal
representatives and beneficiaries.
4. FAIR MARKET VALUE
As used in the Plan (unless a different method of calculation is required
by applicable law, and except as otherwise specifically provided in any
Plan provision), "Fair Market Value" on or as of any date shall mean (i)
the closing price of the Common Stock as reported in the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Transactions Report (or any other consolidated
transactions reporting system which subsequently may replace such Composite
Transactions Report) for the New York Stock Exchange trading day
immediately preceding such date, or if there are
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no sales on such date, on the next preceding day on which there were sales,
or (ii) in the event that the Common Stock is no longer listed for
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, an amount determined in
accordance with standards adopted by the Committee.
5. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
Key employees of the Corporation or of any of its Subsidiary Corporations,
including officers and directors who are regular employees but not members
of the Committee, who in the opinion of the Committee are in a position to
contribute significantly to the success of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation, division or operating unit thereof, shall be
eligible for selection to participate in the Plan. In making this selection
and in determining the form and amount of grants, distributions and
payments under the Plan, the Committee shall take into account the duties
of the respective employees, their present and potential contributions to
the success of the Corporation or any Subsidiary Corporation, division or
operating unit thereof, and such other factors as the Committee may deem
relevant in connection with accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. An
employee who has been selected to participate may, if he or she is
otherwise eligible, receive more than one grant from time to time, and may
be granted any combination of contingent target grants under the AIP or
under the LTIP components of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.
6. ANNUAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
The Committee may from time to time, subject to the provisions of the Plan
and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine,
establish contingent target grants for those eligible employees it selects
to participate in the AIP. Each such contingent grant may be, but need not
be, evidenced by a written instrument, and shall be determined in relation
to the participant's level of responsibility in the Corporation and the
competitive compensation practices of other major businesses, and such
other factors as are deemed appropriate by the Committee.
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(a) Awards actually earned by and paid to AIP participants ("AIP Awards")
will be based primarily upon achievement of performance goals over a
one-year performance cycle as approved by the Committee.
(b) The Committee, within the limits of the Plan, shall have full authority
and discretion to determine the time or times of establishing
contingent target grants; to select from among those eligible the
employees to receive awards; to review and certify the achievement of
performance goals; to designate levels of awards to be earned in
relation to levels of achievement of performance goals; to adopt such
financial and nonfinancial performance or other criteria for the
payment of awards as it may determine from time to time; to make
awards; and to establish such other measures as may be necessary to
achieve the objectives of the Plan. The financial or non-financial
performance goals established by the Committee may be based upon one or
more of the following: earnings per share, return on net assets, market
share, control of costs, net sales, cash flow, economic value-added
measures, sales growth, earnings growth, stock price, return on equity,
improvements in financial ratings, regulatory compliance, achievement
of balance sheet or income statement objectives, or any other objective
goals established by the Committee (the "Performance Factors").
(c) Aggregate annual AIP Awards shall not exceed six (6%) percent of the
excess of Before-Tax Income (defined for these purposes as Net Income
plus provision for Federal, state and local income taxes and interest
expense on long-term debt, but after consideration of the cost of the
cost of the Plan) over sixteen (16%) percent of Total Invested Capital
(defined for these purposes as Stockholders' Equity plus Long-Term
Debt plus Deferred Income Taxes) determined as the average of such
Total Invested Capital at the beginning of the year and the end of
each calendar quarter of such year. The maximum amount any participant
can receive as an AIP Award for any calendar year shall not exceed
$2,100,000.
(d) AIP Awards as earned under the terms of the Plan shall be paid in cash
and may exceed or be less than the contingent target grants, provided
that payments do not exceed the
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maximum permitted cost of the AIP calculated pursuant to subparagraph
(c) above. Payment shall normally be made as soon as possible
following the close of the year, but payment of all or any portion
may be deferred by participants with the approval of the Committee.
7. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM
The LTIP consists of the following four components:
I. PERFORMANCE STOCK UNITS
The Committee may, subject to the provisions of the Plan and such other
terms and conditions as the Committee may determine, grant Performance
Stock Units to reflect the value of contingent target grants
established for each eligible employee selected for participation. Each
grant of Performance Stock Units may be, but need not be, evidenced by
a written instrument. Such contingent target grants shall be determined
in relation to the employee's level of responsibility in the
Corporation or any Subsidiary Corporation, division or operating unit
thereof, and the competitive compensation practices of other major
businesses.
(a) Awards actually earned by and paid to holders of Performance Stock
Units ("PSU Awards") will be based upon achievement of performance
goals over performance cycles as approved by the Committee. Such
performance cycles each shall cover such period of time, not
exceeding five years, as the Committee from time to time shall
determine.
(b) The Committee, within the limits of the Plan, shall have full
authority and discretion to determine the time or times of
establishing contingent target grants and the granting of
Performance Stock Units; to select from among those eligible the
employees to receive PSU Awards; to review and certify the
achievement of performance goals; to designate levels of awards to
be earned in relation to levels of achievement of
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performance goals; to adopt such financial and nonfinancial
performance or other criteria for the payment of PSU Awards as it
may determine from time to time; to make awards; and to establish
such other measures as may be necessary to the objectives of the
Plan. The performance goals established by the Committee may be
based on one or more of the Performance Factors.
(c) Payments of PSU Awards shall be made in shares of Common Stock or
partly in cash as the Committee in its sole discretion shall
determine and shall be charged against the shares available under
the LTIP portion of the Plan as provided in Paragraph 2; provided,
however, that no fractional shares shall be issued and any such
fraction will be eliminated by rounding downward to the nearest
whole share. In any case in which actual payment of a PSU Award is
deferred as provided below, a charge will be made against the
available shares for the number of shares equivalent to the dollar
amount of the deferred PSU Award.
(d) PSU Awards as earned under the terms of the Plan may exceed or be
less than the contingent target grants. Payment shall normally be
made as soon as possible following the close of the year, but
payment of all or any portion may be deferred by participants with
the approval of the Committee.
(e) The maximum amount a participant can receive as a PSU Award in any
calendar year is $2,430,000.
II. STOCK OPTIONS
The Committee may, from time to time, subject to the provisions of the
Plan and such other terms and conditions as it may determine, grant
nonqualified Options to purchase shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation to employees eligible to participate in the Plan. Each
grant of an Option shall be on such terms and conditions and be in such
form as the Committee may from time to time approve, subject to the
following:
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(a) The exercise price per share with respect to each Option shall be
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but shall not
be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as
of the date of the grant of the Option.
(b) Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable, in such
installments and for such periods, as shall be provided by the
Committee at the time of granting, but in no event shall any
Option granted extend for a period in excess of ten years from the
date of grant.
(c) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by Options
granted to a participant for any calendar year shall not exceed
250,000.
(d) Among other conditions that may be imposed by the Committee, if
deemed appropriate, are those relating to (i) the period or
periods and the conditions of exercisability of any Option; (ii)
the minimum periods during which grantees of Options must be
employed, or must hold Options before they may be exercised; (iii)
the minimum periods during which shares acquired upon exercise
must be held before sale or transfer shall be permitted; (iv)
conditions under which such Options or shares may be subject to
forfeiture; and (v) the frequency of exercise or the minimum or
maximum number of shares that may be acquired at any one time.
(e) Exercise of an Option shall be by written notice stating the
election to exercise in the form and manner determined by the
Committee.
(f) The purchase price upon exercise of any Option shall be paid in
full by making payment (i) in cash; (ii) in whole or in part by
the delivery of a certificate or certificates of shares of Common
Stock of the Corporation, valued at its then Fair Market Value; or
(iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii).
(g) Notwithstanding subparagraph (e) above, any optionee may make
payment of the Option price through a simultaneous exercise of his
or her Option and sale of the
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shares thereby acquired pursuant to a brokerage arrangement
approved in advance by the Committee to assure its conformity with
the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(h) The Committee may require the surrender of outstanding Options
as a condition to the grant of new Options.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or of any Option
agreement between the Corporation and an employee, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control, each outstanding Option held by
a participant who is an employee of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation or who retired while employed by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary Corporation shall become fully
vested and exercisable notwithstanding any vesting schedule or
installment schedule relating to the exercisability of such Option
contained in the applicable Option agreement or otherwise
established at the time of grant of the Option.
(j) For purposes of this Plan, a "Change in Control" means:
(1) Individuals who, on June 8, 1999, constitute the Board (the
"Incumbent Directors") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board, provided that any person
becoming a director subsequent to June 8, 1999, whose election
or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board
(either by specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement
of the Corporation in which such person is named as nominee
for director, without written objection to such nomination)
shall be an Incumbent Director; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the
Corporation as a result of an actual or threatened election
contest (as described in Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act)
("Election Contest") or other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any
person (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act) ("Person") other than the Board ("Proxy
Contest"), including by
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reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any
Election Contest or Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an
Incumbent Director; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that
a director who has been approved by the Hershey Trust while it
beneficially owns more than 50% of the combined voting power
of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
(the "Outstanding Corporation Voting Power") shall
be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; or
(2) The acquisition or holding by any Person of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d) under the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder) of shares of the Common Stock and/or the Class B
Common Stock of the Corporation representing 25% or more of
either (i) the total number of then outstanding shares of both
Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the Corporation (the
"Outstanding Corporation Stock") or (ii) the Outstanding
Corporation Voting Power; provided that, at the time of such
acquisition or holding of beneficial ownership of any such
shares, the Hershey Trust does not beneficially own more than
50% of the Outstanding Corporation Voting Power; and provided,
further, that any such acquisition or holding of beneficial
ownership of shares of either Common Stock or Class B Common
Stock of the Corporation by any of the following entities
shall not by itself constitute such a Change in Control
hereunder: (i) the Hershey Trust; (ii) any trust established
by the Corporation or by any Subsidiary Corporation for the
benefit of the Corporation and/or its employees or those of a
Subsidiary Corporation; (iii) any employee benefit plan (or
related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or
any Subsidiary Corporation; (iv) the Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation or (v) any underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities;
or
(3) The approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of any
merger, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or
other form of business combination (a "Business Combination")
if, following consummation of such
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Business Combination, the Hershey Trust does not beneficially
own more than 50% of the total voting power of all
outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors
of (x) the surviving entity or entities (the "Surviving
Corporation") or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent
corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial
ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of
the then outstanding voting securities eligible to elect
directors of the Surviving Corporation; or
(4) The approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of (i) any
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation, other than to a corporation (the
"Acquiring Corporation") if, following consummation of such
sale or other disposition, the Hershey Trust beneficially owns
more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding
voting securities eligible to elect directors (x) of the
Acquiring Corporation or (y) if applicable, the ultimate
parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial
ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors
of the Acquiring Corporation, or (ii) a liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation.
For purposes of this Plan, "Hershey Trust" means either or both of (a)
the Hershey Trust Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, as Trustee for
the Milton Hershey School, or any successor to the Hershey Trust
Company as such trustee, and (b) the Milton Hershey School, a
Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation.
(k) For purposes of this Plan, a "Potential Change in Control" means:
(1) The Hershey Trust by action of any of the Board of Directors
of Hershey Trust Company; the Board of Managers of Milton
Hershey School; the Investment Committee of the Hershey Trust;
and/or any of the officers of Hershey Trust Company or Milton
Hershey School (acting with authority) undertakes
consideration of any action the taking of which would lead to
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a Change in Control as defined herein, including, but not
limited to consideration of (i) an offer made to the Hershey
Trust to purchase any number of its shares in the Corporation
such that if the Hershey Trust accepted such offer and sold
such number of shares in the Corporation the Hershey Trust
might no longer have more than 50% of the Outstanding
Corporation Voting Power, (ii) an offering by the Hershey
Trust of any number of its shares in the Corporation for sale
such that if such sale were consummated the Hershey Trust
might no longer have more than 50% of the Outstanding
Corporation Voting Power or (iii) entering into any agreement
or understanding with a person or entity that would lead to a
Change in Control; or
(2) The Board approves a transaction described in subsection (2),
(3) or (4) of the definition of a Change in Control contained
in subparagraph (j) of Paragraph 7II hereof.
(l) In the event that a transaction which would constitute a Change in
Control if approved by the stockholders of the Corporation is to
be submitted to such stockholders for their approval, each
participant who is an employee and who holds an Option granted
under the Plan at the time scheduled for the taking of such vote,
whether or not then exercisable, shall have the right to receive a
notice at least ten (10) business days prior to the date on which
such vote is to be taken. Such notice shall set forth the date on
which such vote of stockholders is to be taken, a description of
the transaction being proposed to stockholders for such approval,
a description of the provisions of subparagraph (i) of Paragraph
7II of the Plan and a description of the impact thereof on such
participant in the event that such stockholder approval is
obtained. Such notice shall also set forth the manner in which and
price at which all Options then held by each such participant
could be exercised upon the obtaining of such stockholder
approval.
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III.STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
The Committee may, from time to time, subject to the provisions of the
Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may
determine, grant SARs to employees eligible to participate in the Plan.
SARs may, but need not be evidenced by an agreement executed by
the Corporation and the holder, and shall be subject to such terms
and conditions consistent with the Plan as the Committee shall impose
from time to time, including the following:
(a) SARs may, but need not, relate to Options granted under the Plan,
as the Committee shall determine from time to time. In no event
shall any SARs granted extend for a period in excess of ten years
from the date of grant.
(b) A holder shall exercise his or her SARs by giving written notice
of such exercise in the form and manner determined by the
Committee, and the date upon which such written notice is received
by the Corporation shall be the exercise date for the SARs.
(c) A holder of SARs shall be entitled to receive upon exercise the
excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at the
time of exercise over the Fair Market Value of a share at the time
the SARs were granted, multiplied by the number of shares with
respect to which the SARs relate.
(d) In the sole discretion of the Committee, the amount payable to the
holder upon exercise of SARs may be paid either in Common Stock or
in cash or in a combination thereof. To the extent paid in Common
Stock, the value of the Common Stock that shall be distributed
shall be the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock upon
exercise of the SARs as provided in Paragraph 2; provided,
however, that no fractional shares shall be issued and any such
fraction will be eliminated by rounding downward to the nearest
whole share.
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(e) In the sole discretion of the Committee, SARs related to specific
Options may be exercisable only upon surrender of all or a portion
of the related Option, or may be exercisable, in whole or in part,
only at such times and to the extent that the related Option is
exercisable, and the number of shares purchasable pursuant to the
related Option may be reduced to the extent of the number of
shares with respect to which the SARs are exercised.
(f) In lieu of receiving payment at the time of exercise of SARs,
payment of all or any portion may be deferred by the participant
with the approval of the Committee.
(g) The maximum number of SARs granted to a participant during any
calendar year shall not exceed 250,000.
IV. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
The Committee may, from time to time, subject to the provisions of the
Plan and such other terms and conditions as it may determine, grant
Restricted Stock Units to employees eligible to participate in the
Plan. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units may be, but need not be
evidenced by a written instrument. The grant of Restricted Stock Units
shall state the number of Restricted Stock Units covered by the grant,
and shall contain such terms and conditions and be in such form as the
Committee may from time to time approve, subject to the following:
(a) Each Restricted Stock Unit shall be equivalent in value to a share
of Common Stock.
(b) Vesting of each grant of Restricted Stock Units shall require the
holder to remain in the employment of the Corporation or a
Subsidiary Corporation for a prescribed period (a "Restriction
Period"). The Committee shall determine the Restriction Period or
Periods which shall apply to the shares of Common Stock covered by
each grant of Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise
determined by the Committee and provided in the written instrument
granting the Restricted Stock Units, and except as otherwise
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provided in Paragraph 8, all Restricted Stock Units granted to a
participant under the Plan shall terminate upon termination of the
participant's employment with the Corporation or any Subsidiary
Corporation before the end of the Restriction Period or Periods
applicable to such Restricted Stock Units, and in such event the
holder shall not be entitled to receive any payment with respect
to those Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may also, in its
sole discretion, establish other terms and conditions for the
vesting of Restricted Stock Units, including conditioning vesting
on the achievement of one or more of the Performance Factors.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or of any written
instrument granting Ristricted Stock Units, upn the occurrence of
a Change in Control as defined in subparagraph (j) of Paragraph
7II hereof, all restrictions on Ristricted Stock Units held by a
participant who is an employee of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation shall lapse.
(c) Upon expiration of the Restriction Period or Periods applicable to
each grant of Restricted Stock Units, the holder shall, without
payment on his part, be entitled to receive payment in an amount
equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common
Stock covered by such grant upon such expiration. Such payment may
be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock equal to the number of
Restricted Stock Units with respect to which such payment is made,
or in any combination thereof, as the Committee in its sole
discretion shall determine. Any payment in cash shall reduce the
number of shares of Common Stock available under the Plan as
provided in Paragraph 2, to the extent of the number of Restricted
Stock Units to which such payment relates. Further upon such
expiration, the holder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment
in an amount equal to each cash dividend the Corporation would
have paid to such holder during the term of those Restricted Stock
Units as if the holder had been the owner of record of the shares
of Common Stock covered by such Restricted Stock Units on the
record date for the payment of such dividend.
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(d) In lieu of receiving payment at the time of expiration of the
Restriction Period or Periods, payment of all or any portion may
be deferred by the participant with the approval of the Committee.
(e) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which
Restricted Stock Units may be granted to a participant for any
calendar year shall not exceed 50,000.
8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Upon termination of employment with the Corporation of any participant,
such participant's rights with respect to any contingent target grants
under the AIP, or any Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs or Restricted
Stock Units granted under the LTIP, shall be as follows:
(a) In the event that the participant is terminated or discharged by the
Corporation for any reason, the participant's rights and interests
under the Plan shall immediately terminate upon notice of termination
of employment. Upon the occurrence of a Potential Change in Control (as
defined in subparagraph (k) of Paragraph 7II hereof) and for a period
of one year thereafter, and upon the occurrence of a Change in Control
(as defined in subparagraph (j) of Paragraph 7II hereof), the following
special provisions and notice requirements shall be applicable in the
event of the termination of the employment of any participant holding
an Option under the Plan: (i) in no event may a notice of termination
of employment be issued to such a participant unless at least ten (10)
business days prior to the effective date of such termination the
participant is provided with a written notice of intent to terminate
the participant's employment which sets forth in reasonable detail the
reason for such intent to terminate, the date on which such termination
is to be effective, and a description of the participant's rights under
this Plan and under the agreements granting such Option or Options,
including the fact that no such Option may be exercised after such
termination has become effective and the manner, extent and price at
which all Options then held by such participant may be exercised; and
(ii) such notice of intent to terminate a participant's employment
shall not be considered a "notice of termination of employment" for
purposes of the first sentence of this Paragraph 8 (a). This Paragraph
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8 (a) is intended only to provide for a requirement of notice to
terminate upon the occurrence of the events set forth herein and shall
not be construed to create an obligation of continued employment or a
contract of employment in any manner or to otherwise affect or limit
the Corporation's ability to terminate the employment of any
participant holding an Option under the Plan.
(b) If a participant terminates employment with the Corporation as the
result, in the sole judgment of the Committee, of his or her becoming
totally disabled (in which event termination will be deemed to occur on
the date the Committee makes such determination), or if a participant
should die or (except as to Restricted Stock Units) retire while
employed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiary Corporations, then
the participant or, as the case may be, the person or persons to whom
the participant's interest under the Plan shall pass by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution (the "Estate"), shall have the
following rights:
(i) the grantee of a contingent AIP grant or the Estate shall be
entitled to receive payment of an AIP award as, and to the extent,
determined by the Committee;
(ii) if the holder of Performance Stock Units shall have been employed
for at least two-thirds of the related performance cycle prior to
the date of termination or death, then, except as otherwise
provided in the written instrument (if any) evidencing the
Performance Stock Units, and subject to any further adjustments
the Committee may make in its absolute discretion, the participant
or the Estate shall be entitled to receive payment of a PSU Award
upon the expiration of the related performance cycle, provided
that such award shall be adjusted by multiplying the
amount thereof by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
number of full and partial calendar months between the date
of the beginning of each such performance cycle and the date of
termination or death, and the denominator of which shall be the
number of full and partial calendar months from the date of the
beginning of the performance cycle to the end of the said
performance cycle;
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(iii)except as otherwise provided in the terms and conditions of the
stock option or SAR grant, the holder or the Estate shall be
entitled to exercise (provided any vesting requirement has been
satisfied as of the date of exercise) any Option or SAR for a
period of five years (three years in the case of options or SARs
granted prior to 1997) from such date of death, total disability
or retirement, or for such longer period as the Committee may
determine in the case of financial hardship or other unusual
circumstances (subject to the maximum exercise period for Options
and SARs specified in Paragraph 7II(b) and 7III(a) hereof,
respectively);
(iv) except as otherwise provided in the written instrument evidencing
the Restricted Stock Units, upon death or termination due to total
disability the holder or the Estate shall be entitled to receive
payment in respect of the Restricted Stock Units, provided that
such Units shall be adjusted by multiplying the amount thereof by
a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of full and
partial calendar months between the date of grant of such Units
and the date of death or termination, and the denominator of which
shall be the number of full and partial calendar months from the
date of the grant to the end of the Restriction Period. Upon
retirement, the participant's rights with respect to Restricted
Stock Units shall immediately terminate.
(c) In the event of resignation by the participant, the participant's
rights and interests under the Plan shall immediately terminate upon
such resignation; provided, however, that the Committee shall have the
absolute discretion to review the reasons and circumstances of the
resignation and to determine whether, alternatively, and to what
extent, if any, the participant may continue to hold any rights or
interests under the Plan.
(d) A transfer of a participant's employment without an intervening period
from the Corporation to a Subsidiary Corporation or vice versa, or from
one Subsidiary Corporation to another, shall not be deemed a
termination of employment.
(e) The Committee shall be authorized to make all determinations and
calculations required by this Paragraph 8, including any determinations
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necessary to establish the reason for terminations of employment for
purposes of the Plan, which determinations and calculations shall be
conclusive and binding on any affected participants and Estates.
9. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
No Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs or Restricted Stock Units
(hereinafter collectively an "Interest") granted pursuant to the Plan shall
be exercisable or realized in whole or in part, and the Corporation shall
not be obligated to sell, distribute or issue any shares subject to any
such Interest, if such exercise and sale would, in the opinion of counsel
for the Corporation, violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or
other Federal or state statutes having similar requirements). Each Interest
shall be subject to the further requirement that, if at any time the Board
of Directors shall determine in its discretion that the listing or
qualification of the shares relating or subject to such Interest under any
securities exchange requirements or under any applicable law, or the
consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such
Interest or the distribution or issue of shares thereunder, such Interest
may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing,
qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained
free of any condition not acceptable to the Board of Directors.
Interests may be subject to restrictions as to resale or other disposition
and to such other provisions as may be appropriate to comply with Federal
and state securities laws and stock exchange requirements, and the exercise
of any Interest or entitlement to payment thereunder may be contingent upon
receipt from the holder (or any other person permitted by this Plan to
exercise any Interest or receive any distribution hereunder) of a
representation that at the time of such exercise it is his or her then
present intention to acquire the shares being distributed for investment
and not for resale.
10. NONTRANSFERABILITY
Unless otherwise approved by the Committee, contingent AIP grants,
Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs and Restricted Stock Units granted
under the Plan to an employee shall
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be nonassignable and shall not be transferable by him or her otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be
exercisable, during the employee's lifetime, only by the employee or the
employee's guardian or legal representative.
11. DISCLAIMER OF RIGHTS
No provision in the Plan or any contingent target AIP grants, Performance
Stock Units, Options, SARs or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to
the Plan shall be construed to confer upon the participant any right to be
employed by the Corporation or by any Subsidiary Corporation, or to
interfere in any way with the right and authority of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation either to increase or decrease the compensation of
the participant at any time, or to terminate any relationship of employment
between the participant and the Corporation or any of its Subsidiary
Corporations.
Participants under the Plan shall have none of the rights of a stockholder
of the Corporation with respect to shares subject to Performance Stock
Units, Options, SARs or Restricted Stock Units unless and until such shares
have been issued to him or her.
12. STOCK ADJUSTMENTS
In the event that the shares of Common Stock, as presently constituted,
shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares
of stock or other securities of the Corporation or of another corporation
(whether by reason of merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock split, combination of shares or otherwise), or if
the number of such shares of Common Stock shall be increased through the
payment of a stock dividend, or a dividend on the shares of Common Stock of
rights or warrants to purchase securities of the Corporation shall be made,
then there shall be substituted for or added to each share available under
and subject to the Plan as provided in Paragraph 2 hereof, and to the
limitations set forth in Paragraphs 7II (c); 7III (g) and 7IV (e), and each
share theretofore appropriated or thereafter subject or which may become
subject to Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs or Restricted Stock Units
under the Plan, the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities
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into which each outstanding share of Common Stock shall be so changed or
for which each such share shall be exchanged or to which each such share
shall be entitled, as the case may be. Outstanding Options and SARs also
shall be appropriately amended as to price and other terms as may be
necessary to reflect the foregoing events. In the event there shall be any
other change in the number or kind of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, or of any stock or other securities into which the Common Stock
shall have been changed or for which it shall have been exchanged, then if
the Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion, determine that such
change equitably requires an adjustment in the shares available under and
subject to the Plan, or in any Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs or
Restricted Stock Units theretofore granted or which may be granted under
the Plan, such adjustments shall be made in accordance with such
determination.
No fractional shares of Common Stock or units of other securities shall be
issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from
any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward
to the nearest whole share or unit.
13. TAXES
The Corporation shall be entitled to withhold the amount of any tax
attributable to any amounts payable or shares of Common Stock deliverable
under the Plan. The person entitled to any such delivery, whether due to
the settlement of PSUs, the exercise of an Option or SAR, or the vesting of
Restricted Stock Units, or any other taxable event may, by notice to the
Corporation, elect to have such withholding satisfied by a reduction of the
number of shares otherwise so deliverable (a "Stock Withholding Election"),
or by delivery of shares of Stock already owned by the Participant, with
the amount of shares subject to such reduction or delivery to be calculated
based on the Fair Market Value on the date of such taxable event. Reporting
Persons may make a Stock Withholding Election only in accordance with the
methods then permitted under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission
interpretations.
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14. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, provided such adoption is approved by the stockholders,
within twelve months of adoption by the Board of Directors. Contingent
target AIP grants, Performance Stock Units, Options, SARs and Restricted
Stock Units under this Plan, granted before approval of the Plan by the
stockholders, shall be granted subject to such approval and shall not be
exercisable or payable before such approval.
The Board of Directors at any time may terminate the Plan, but such
termination shall not alter or impair any of the rights or obligations
under any contingent target AIP grants, Performance Stock Units, Options,
SARs or Restricted Stock Units theretofore granted under the Plan unless
the affected participant shall so consent.
15. PRIOR PLAN
Effective upon the adoption of this Plan by the Board of Directors, no
additional grants of contingent target grants under the AIP or of
Performance Stock Units shall be made under the MIP; provided, that any
payments of AIP awards or deferrals thereof made with respect to prior
grants of contingent AIP awards, any prior grants of any LTIP Units, and
any payments of LTIP awards or deferrals thereto made with respect to such
prior grants, shall not be affected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent the remaining shares reserved for use under the LTIP portion of the
MIP are insufficient for any LTIP awards under performance cycles that
began prior to January 1, 1987, shares available under this Plan may be
used for such purpose.
16. APPLICATION OF FUNDS
The proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of capital stock
pursuant to Options will be used for general corporate purposes.
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17. NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION OR SAR
The granting of an Option or SAR shall impose no obligation upon the
optionee to exercise such Option or SAR.
18. AMENDMENT
The Board of Directors by majority vote, at any time and from time to time,
may amend the Plan in such respects as it shall deem advisable, to conform
to any change in any applicable law or in any other respect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may not be terminated or amended in
a manner adverse to the interests of any participant (without the consent
of the participant) either: (a) after a Potential Change in Control occurs
and for one (1) year following the cessation of a Potential Change in
Control, or (b) for a two-year period beginning as of the date of a Change
in Control (the "Coverage Period"). Upon the expiration of the Coverage
Period, subparagraph (l) of Paragraph 7II of the Plan and Paragraph 8 (a)
of the Plan may not be amended in any manner that would adversely affect
any participant without the consent of the participant.
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EXHIBIT 10.4
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED (1999)
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
EFFECTIVE June 9, 1999
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED (1999)
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
1. PURPOSE OF PLAN. The purpose of the Amended and Restated (1999)
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (hereinafter called the "Plan") is to
obtain for Hershey Foods Corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation") all
of the benefits which flow from maintaining a strong management team by
providing to executive and upper level management employees the means to
continue their attained standard of living during retirement and by offering
benefits that will assist in attracting executive and upper level management
employees of outstanding ability. The Plan is an amendment to and restatement
(as amended) of the Hershey Foods Corporation Amended and Restated Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time which was in effect from
November 1, 1994 to June 8, 1999.
2. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases as used in
the Plan shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context:
a. "Cause" means the willful engaging by the
Participant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and
demonstrably injurious to the Corporation.
For purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act, on the part
of the Participant, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or omitted
to be done, by the Participant in bad faith and without reasonable belief that
the Participant's action or omission was in the best interest of the
Corporation. Any act or failure to act, based upon prior approval given by the
Board or upon the instruction or with the approval of the Chief Executive
Officer or the Participant's superior or based upon the advice of counsel for
the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be
done, by the Participant in good faith and in the best interest of the
Corporation.
b. "Committee" means the Compensation and Executive
Organization Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Board").
c. "Deferred Retirement Date" means the first day of the month
following a Participant's termination of employment with the Corporation
provided such termination occurs after his Normal Retirement Date.
d. "Disability" or "Disabled", for purposes of this Plan,
shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1.16 of the Retirement Plan,
as such section may be amended from time to time.
e. "Early Retirement Date" means the first day of any month
following a Participant's termination of employment with the Corporation which
is coincident with or
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following a Participant's fifty-fifth (55th) birthday and prior to the
Participant's Normal Retirement Date.
f. "Final Average Compensation" means the sum of (1) the
highest annual average of a Participant's basic salary paid or accrued over any
thirty-six (36) consecutive month period during his last ten (10) years of
employment with the Corporation and (2) the highest annual average of his annual
awards under the Annual Incentive Program (hereinafter called the "AIP") of the
Corporation's Key Employee Incentive Plan ("KEIP") paid or accrued over any five
(5) consecutive calendar years during his last ten (10) years of employment with
the Corporation. If a Participant dies, retires, or suffers a Disability during
a calendar year and only a partial AIP award is made for that year, for purposes
of the Plan, his AIP award for such year will be considered to equal the award
actually made divided by the fraction of such year that he was employed by the
Corporation prior to his death, retirement or Disability. If a Participant
otherwise terminates employment with the Corporation during a calendar year, his
AIP award for that year for purposes of the Plan will be considered to be zero
(0), regardless of whether any AIP award is actually made for that year.
g. "GATT Interest Rate" means, for purposes of this Plan, for
any specific month, the annual interest rate on 30-year Treasury securities as
specified by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in revenue
rulings, notices or other guidance, published in the Internal Revenue Service
Bulletin, decreased by the percentage applicable to such month as set forth on
Schedule I attached hereto.
h. "Lump Sum Interest Rate" means, as of any specific date:
(x) after January 1, 1998 and prior to January 1,
2000 the sum of one twelfth (1/12th) of each PBGC Interest Rate for the
twelve months preceding such date;
(y) after December 31, 1999 and prior to January 1,
2001, the sum of one-twelfth (1/12th) of each GATT Interest Rate for
November 1999 and each month thereafter to and including the second
month preceding the month during which such date occurs plus, if the
number of months for which a GATT Interest Rate is determined as
described is less than twelve, the sum of one-twelfth (1/12th) of each
PBGC Interest Rate for December 1999 and each preceding month in
reverse chronological order until the total number of months for which
a GATT Interest Rate and/or a PBGC Interest Rate has been determined
equals twelve; and
(z) after December 31, 2000, the sum of one twelfth
(1/12th) of each GATT Interest Rate for the twelve consecutive months
beginning with the thirteenth (13th) month preceding the month during
which such date occurs.
i. "Normal Retirement Date" means, for the purposes of this
Plan, the first day of the month nearest a Participant's sixty-fifth (65th)
birthday, except that if his birthday is
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equally near the first of two calendar months, the first day of the month prior
to his sixty-fifth (65th) birthday shall be his Normal Retirement Date.
j. "PBGC Interest Rate" means, for any specific month, the
interest rate used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for such month
for purposes of valuing immediate annuities for terminating single employer
plans with insufficient assets to pay guaranteed benefits.
k. "Participant" means an employee of the Corporation who is
eligible to receive a benefit under the Plan in accordance with the provisions
of Paragraph 3 (I.E., has attained age 55, has ten (10) Years of Service and has
participated in the performance share unit portion of the KEIP for at least five
(5) of his last ten (10) years of employment with the Corporation).
l. "Retirement Plan" means the Corporation's Retirement Plan,
amended and restated effective January 1, 1989, as in effect from time to time
and any successor plan thereto.
m. "Years of Service", for purposes of this Plan, shall have
the same meaning as provided in Section 1.56 of the Retirement Plan, as such
section may be amended from time to time.
3. ELIGIBILITY. An employee of the Corporation will be eligible to
receive a benefit pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan if, at the time of his
termination of employment with the Corporation, such employee (i) is at least 55
years of age, (ii) has ten (10) Years of Service, and (iii) has participated in
the performance share unit portion of the KEIP for at least five (5) of his last
ten (10) years of employment with the Corporation. No Participant shall be
entitled to receive any benefits under the Plan if his employment with the
Corporation is terminated for Cause. Notwithstanding the above, an employee
whose employment is terminated with the Corporation prior to his Normal
Retirement Date for reason of Disability will be treated as provided for in
Paragraph 4.c.
4. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
a. Normal Retirement Benefit. An employee who qualifies as a
Participant, and who retires (or whose employment is otherwise terminated, other
than for Cause) on or after his Normal Retirement Date shall be entitled under
the Plan to receive a normal retirement benefit which shall be an annual
benefit, payable in monthly installments, equal to:
(1) the product of three and two-thirds percent
(3 2/3%) of his Final Average Compensation and his Years of Service
not in excess of fifteen (15) Years of Service;
reduced by:
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(2) one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant's
retirement benefit under the Retirement Plan and any other
tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan maintained by the
Corporation or any affiliate thereof or any defined benefit pension
plan maintained by any other entity, payable as a life annuity
commencing at his Normal Retirement Date or his Deferred Retirement
Date if he retires after his Normal Retirement Date, regardless of
whether such benefit payment is in that form or begins at that time;
and
(3) one hundred percent (100%) of the primary social
security benefit to which the Participant would be entitled on his
Normal Retirement Date or his Deferred Retirement Date if he retires
after his Normal Retirement Date regardless of whether he receives any
portion of such primary Social Security benefit on such date.
Payment of such benefit shall commence on his Normal Retirement Date if
he retires (or otherwise has his employment terminated, other than for Cause) on
such date and on his Deferred Retirement Date if he retires (or otherwise has
his employment terminated, other than for Cause) after his Normal Retirement
Date.
b. Early Retirement Benefit. An employee who qualifies as a
Participant, and who retires (or whose employment is otherwise terminated, other
than for Cause) on or after his Early Retirement Date and prior to his Normal
Retirement Date shall be entitled under the Plan to receive an early retirement
benefit which shall be an annual benefit payable in monthly installments, equal
to:
(1) the product of three and two-thirds percent
(3 2/3%) of his Final Average Compensation and his Years of Service not in
excess of fifteen (15) Years of Service;
reduced by:
(2) one hundred percent (100%) of his retirement
benefit under the Retirement Plan and any other tax-qualified defined
benefit pension plan maintained by the Corporation or any affiliate
thereof or any defined benefit pension plan maintained by any other
entity, payable as a life annuity commencing at his Early Retirement
Date or the first date thereafter on which such benefits would be
payable if they are not payable on his Early Retirement Date regardless
of whether such benefit payment is in that form or begins at that time;
and
(3) one hundred percent (100%) of the primary Social
Security benefit to which the Participant would be entitled on his
Early Retirement Date or the first date thereafter on which such
benefits would be payable if they are not payable on his Early
Retirement Date regardless of whether he receives any portion of such
primary Social Security benefit on such date; and
(4) the product of (a) the difference between (1) and
the sum of (2) and (3), (b) five-twelfths of a percent (5/12%), and (c)
the number of complete
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calendar months by which the Participant's date of termination of
employment precedes his sixtieth (60th) birthday.
Payment of such benefit shall commence on the first day of the month
coincident with the Participant's retirement or other termination of employment,
other than for Cause.
c. Disability Retirement Benefit. If an employee who is an
active participant in the performance share unit portion of the KEIP suffers a
Disability prior to his Normal Retirement Date and while employed by the
Corporation, the period of his Disability will be recognized as Years of Service
and as years of participation in the performance share unit portion of the KEIP
under the Plan. If such Disability continues to his Normal Retirement Date, for
purposes of the Plan, he will retire on that date and will be entitled to a
normal retirement benefit calculated in accordance with Paragraph 4.a.
commencing on that date. In calculating the benefit under Paragraph 4.a., the
Participant's Final Average Compensation shall be equal to his annual base
compensation immediately prior to his Disability plus the average of his AIP
earned during the three (3) years immediately prior to the commencement of his
Disability.
d. Pre-Retirement Death Benefit. If a Participant dies before
his employment by the Corporation terminates, his designated beneficiary(ies),
or his estate if he has not designated any beneficiary or beneficiaries in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee, shall receive within
ten (10) days of the Participant's death a death benefit equal to the lump sum
present value of one hundred percent (100%) of the retirement benefit that would
have been payable to the Participant under Paragraphs 4.a. or 4.b. (including
the spousal survivor benefit payable pursuant to Paragraph 4.e. with respect to
any Participant survived by a spouse) if he had retired on the date of his
death. The lump sum present value of the retirement benefit shall be calculated
using: (x) for each Participant who was a Participant on January 1, 1998, (i)
the 83 GAM mortality tables; and (ii) an interest rate equal to the sum of
one-twelfth (1/12th) of each PBGC Interest Rate for the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the date of the Participant's death; and (y) for each
Participant who first became a Participant after January 1, 1998, (i) the
prevailing commissioner's standard mortality table (described in Section
807(d)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time)
used to determine reserves for group annuity contracts issued on the date of the
Participant's death (without regard to any other subparagraph for such Section
807(d)(5)) that is prescribed by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service in revenue rulings, notices, or other guidance published in the Internal
Revenue Bulletin; and (ii) an interest rate equal to the Lump Sum Interest Rate
as of the date of the Participant's death.
e. Post-Retirement Death Benefit. If a Participant who is
receiving monthly retirement benefits under this Plan following his termination
of employment by the Corporation dies, his surviving spouse, if he is survived
by a spouse, shall be entitled to receive a death benefit which shall be a
monthly payment for the spouse's life, beginning on the first day of the month
following the Participant's death, equal to:
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(1) fifty percent (50%) of the monthly retirement
benefit to which the Participant was entitled under the Plan prior to
his death;
reduced by:
(2) the monthly annuity value of any life insurance
provided by the Corporation or any affiliate thereof for retired
employees that is in excess of post-retirement group term life
insurance regularly provided by the Corporation or any affiliate
thereof.
5. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Committee is charged with the
administration of the Plan. It shall have full power and authority to construe
and interpret the Plan. Its decisions shall be final, conclusive and binding on
all parties. Subject to Paragraph 10 of this Plan, the Committee shall also have
the power, in its sole discretion, at any time (i) to waive, in whole or in
part, application of any of the eligibility requirements of Paragraph 3 or of
the benefit reduction factors in Paragraph 4.a. and 4.b. and (ii) to determine
the timing and form of payment of any benefit under the Plan, in the case of any
individual Participant or other employee of the Corporation participating in, or
who has participated in, the performance share unit portion of the KEIP.
6. OPTIONAL FORMS OF PAYMENT. In lieu of the monthly retirement benefit
(including the spousal survivor benefit payable pursuant to Paragraph 4.e.
hereof) payable pursuant to Paragraph 4.a. or 4.b. hereof to a Participant (and
his surviving spouse) who retires (or whose employment is terminated other than
for Cause) after August 2, 1994 (such benefit payable to a Participant and/or
his surviving spouse is herein referred to for purposes of this Paragraph 6 as
the "Applicable Retirement Benefit"), such Participant may elect to receive the
following form of benefit payment:
A lump sum cash payment, payable to the Participant within ten (10)
days after the Participant's date of retirement (or the Participant's date of
termination of employment other than for Cause), equal to the actuarial present
value of the Applicable Retirement Benefit, calculated using: (x) for each
Participant who was a Participant on January 1, 1998, (i) the 83 GAM mortality
tables; and (ii) an interest rate equal to one twelfth (1/12th) of each PBGC
Interest Rate for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of the
Participant's retirement (or the Participant's date of termination of employment
other than for Cause), calculated in accordance with the Corporation's practices
for determining retirement benefits; and (y) for each Participant who first
became a Participant after January 1, 1998 (i) the prevailing commissioner's
standard mortality table (described in Section 807(d)(5)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time) used to determine reserves
for group annuity contracts issued on the date of the Participant's retirement
(or the Participant's date of termination of employment other than for Cause)
(without regard to any other subparagraph for such Section 807(d)(5)) that is
prescribed by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in revenue
rulings, notices, or other guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin;
and (ii) an interest rate equal to the Lump Sum Interest Rate as of the date of
the Participant's retirement.
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Prior to March 1, 1998, any such election must be made at least one hundred
(180) days prior to the date that the Applicable Retirement Benefit payments
would otherwise become payable. After February 28, 1998, any such election must
be made by those Participants designated by the Committee from time to time at
least two (2) years and by all other Participants at least one (1) year prior to
the date that the Applicable Retirement Benefit payments would otherwise become
payable.
7. PAYMENT UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
a. Any former employee or the surviving spouse of an employee
or former employee who is receiving a benefit under Paragraphs 4.a., 4.b., 4.d.
or 4.e. hereof (or pursuant to the terms of any version of this Plan) at the
time of a Change in Control (collectively or individually, "SERP Recipient")
shall receive, in lieu of the future monthly retirement benefit (including the
spousal survivor benefit in the case of a benefit under Paragraph 4.a. or 4.b.)
to which he is entitled (such future benefit payable to the SERP Recipient is
herein referred to for purposes of this paragraph 7.a as the "Future Retirement
Benefit"), a lump sum cash payment, payable to the SERP Recipient, as
applicable, within ten (10) days after a Change in Control (or such later date
that is forty-five (45) days after the notice required by the following
provisions of this Paragraph 7.a. is provided to the applicable SERP Recipient),
equal to the actuarial present value of his Future Retirement Benefit,
calculated using: (i) the 83 GAM mortality tables; and (ii) an interest rate
equal to the PBGC Interest Rate as of the date of the Change of Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this
Paragraph 7.a. shall not apply with respect to a SERP Recipient unless such SERP
Recipient consents to the application of this Paragraph 7.a. within thirty (30)
days after the date the SERP Recipient receives written notice of the terms of
this Paragraph 7.a., as provided for by the following sentence. The Corporation
shall provide each SERP Recipient, a written notice of the terms of this
Paragraph 7.a. and the consent requirement contained herein not later than five
(5) days after the earliest of (x) the occurrence of a Potential Change in
Control, (y) the date that the Corporation provides notice to its stockholders
that a vote on a transaction which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in
Control will be submitted to the Corporation's stockholders for approval, or (z)
the occurrence of a Change of Control.
b. For purposes of Paragraphs 7 and 10, a "Change in
Control" means:
(1) Individuals who, on June 8, 1999, constitute the
Board (the "Incumbent Directors") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a
director subsequent to June 8, 1999, whose election or nomination for
election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent
Directors then on the Board (either by specific vote or by approval of
the proxy statement of the Corporation in which such person is named as
nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination)
shall be an Incumbent Director; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a director of the Corporation as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in
Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act) ("Election Contest") or other
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents
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by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board ("Proxy Contest"),
including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any
Election Contest or Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an Incumbent
Director; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that a director who has been
approved by the Hershey Trust while it beneficially owns more than
50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Power") shall be
deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(2) The acquisition or holding by any Person of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d) under the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of
shares of the Common Stock and/or the Class B Common Stock of the
Corporation representing 25% or more of either (i) the total number of
then outstanding shares of both Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
of the Corporation (the "Outstanding Company Stock") or (ii) the
Outstanding Company Voting Power; provided that, at the time of such
acquisition or holding of beneficial ownership of any such shares, the
Hershey Trust does not beneficially own more than 50% of the
Outstanding Company Voting Power; and provided, further, that any such
acquisition or holding of beneficial ownership of shares of either
Common Stock or Class B Common Stock of the Corporation by any of the
following entities shall not by itself constitute such a Change in
Control hereunder: (i) the Hershey Trust; (ii) any trust established by
the Corporation or by any Subsidiary for the benefit of the Corporation
and/or its employees or those of a Subsidiary; (iii) any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary; (iv) the Corporation or any Subsidiary
or (v) any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an
offering of such securities;
(3) The approval by the stockholders of the
Corporation of any merger, reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation or other form of business combination (a "Business
Combination") if, following consummation of such Business Combination,
the Hershey Trust does not beneficially own more than 50% of the total
voting power of all outstanding voting securities eligible to elect
directors of (x) the surviving entity or entities (the "Surviving
Corporation") or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation
that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of more than 50%
of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation; or
(4) The approval by the stockholders of the
Corporation of (i) any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, other than to a
corporation (the "Acquiring Corporation") if, following consummation of
such sale or other disposition, the Hershey Trust beneficially owns
more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting
securities eligible to elect directors (x) of the Acquiring Corporation
or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or
indirectly has beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities eligible to
elect directors of the Acquiring Corporation, or (ii) a liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation.
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c. For purposes of Paragraphs 7 and 10, a "Potential Change
in Control" means:
(1) The Hershey Trust by action of any of the Board
of Directors of Hershey Trust Company; the Board of Managers of Milton
Hershey School; the Investment Committee of the Hershey Trust; and/or
any of the officers of Hershey Trust Company or Milton Hershey School
(acting with authority) undertakes consideration of any action the
taking of which would lead to a Change in Control as defined herein,
including, but not limited to consideration of (i) an offer made to the
Hershey Trust to purchase any number of its shares in the Corporation
such that if the Hershey Trust accepted such offer and sold such number
of shares in the Corporation the Hershey Trust might no longer have
more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Voting Power, (ii) an offering
by the Hershey Trust of any number of its shares in the Corporation for
sale such that if such sale were consummated the Hershey Trust might no
longer have more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Voting Power or
(iii) entering into any agreement or understanding with a person or
entity that would lead to a Change in Control; or
(2) the Board approves a transaction described in
subsection (2), (3) or (4) of the definition of a Change in Control
contained in Paragraph 7.b.
d. For purposes of this Paragraph 7: (i) "Hershey Trust" means
either or both of (a) the Hershey Trust Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, as
Trustee for the Milton Hershey School, or any successor to the Hershey Trust
Company as such trustee, and (b) the Milton Hershey School, a Pennsylvania
not-for-profit corporation; (ii) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (iii)
"Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as
modified and used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d) thereof; and (iv) "Subsidiary"
shall mean any corporation controlled by the Corporation, directly or
indirectly.
8. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. Nothing contained in the Plan and no action
taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall create or be construed to
create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation
and the Participant, his spouse or any other person. No person other than the
Corporation shall by virtue of the provisions of the Plan have any interest in
such assets. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments
from the Corporation under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the
right of any unsecured general creditor of the Corporation. The right of the
Participant or any other person to the payment of benefits under the Plan shall
not be assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered; such payments and the right
thereto are expressly declared to be non-assignable and nontransferable. No
payments hereunder shall be subject to the claim of the creditors of the
Participant nor of any other person entitled to payments hereunder. Any payments
required to be made pursuant to the Plan to a person who is under a legal
disability may be made by the Corporation to or for the benefit of such person
in such of the following ways as the Committee shall determine:
a. directly to such person.
b. to the legal representative of such person.
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c. to a near relative of such person to be used for such
person's benefit.
d. directly in payment of expenses of support,
maintenance or education of such person.
The Corporation shall not be required to see to the
application by any third party of any payments made pursuant to the Plan.
9. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. This Amended and Restated (1999)
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan shall be effective June 9, 1999 and
Participants who become eligible to retire under the Plan on or after that date
shall be entitled to the benefits provided hereunder.
10. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Board of
Directors of the Corporation may, at any time, suspend or terminate the Plan.
The Board may also from time to time, amend the Plan in such respects as it may
deem advisable in order that benefits provided hereunder may conform to any
change in law or in other respects which the Board deems to be in the best
interest of the Corporation. No such suspension, termination or amendment of the
Plan shall adversely affect any right of any person who is a Participant at the
time of such suspension, termination or amendment or his beneficiary(ies),
estate or surviving spouse, as applicable, to receive benefits under the Plan in
accordance with its provisions in effect immediately prior to such suspension,
termination or amendment without the consent of such Participant,
beneficiary(ies), estate or surviving spouse. Any benefits payable under the
terms of the Plan at the time of any suspension, termination or amendment of the
Plan shall remain in effect according to their original terms, or such alternate
terms as may be in the best interests of both parties and agreed to by the
Participant or his beneficiaries, estate or surviving spouse, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Plan may not be terminated or amended in
any manner that is adverse to the interests of a Participant or the surviving
spouse of a Participant without the consent of the Participant or surviving
spouse, as applicable, either: (i) after a Potential Change in Control occurs
and for one (1) year following the cessation of the Potential Change in Control,
or (ii) for a two year period beginning on the date of a Change in Control (the
"Coverage Period"); and (b) no termination of this Plan or amendment hereof in a
manner adverse to the interests of any Participant (without the consent of the
Participant or surviving spouse) shall be effective if such termination or
amendment occurs (i) at the request of a third party who has taken steps
reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, or (ii) in connection with
or in anticipation of a Change of Control. After the Coverage Period, the Plan
may not be amended or terminated in any manner that would adversely affect the
entitlement of a Participant or his surviving spouse (without the consent of the
Participant or surviving spouse) to benefits that have accrued hereunder. For
purposes of the immediately preceding two sentences of this Paragraph 10,
"Participant" shall include any employee of the Corporation participating in the
performance share unit portion of the KEIP (regardless of whether any such
employee meets the other eligibility requirements of Paragraph 3) at the time
(a) the Coverage Period commences and thereafter or (b) his employment is
terminated or the Plan is amended (i) at the request of a third party who has
taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control, or (ii) in
connection with or in anticipation of a Change of Control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hershey Foods Corporation has caused this Hershey
Foods Corporation Amended and Restated (1999) Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan to be executed as of this 9th day of June, 1999.
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Kenneth L. Wolfe
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Kenneth L. Wolfe
Chief Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE I
to
AMENDED AND RESTATED (1999)
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
November 1999 1.850% January 2002 0.848%
December 1999 1.811% February 2002 0.809%
March 2002 0.771%
January 2000 1.773% April 2002 0.732%
February 2000 1.734% May 2002 0.694%
March 2000 1.696% June 2002 0.655%
April 2000 1.657% July 2002 0.617%
May 2000 1.619% August 2002 0.578%
June 2000 1.580% September 2002 0.540%
July 2000 1.542% October 2002 0.501%
August 2000 1.503% November 2002 0.463%
September 2000 1.465% December 2002 0.424%
October 2000 1.426%
November 2000 1.388% January 2003 0.385%
December 2000 1.349% February 2003 0.347%
March 2003 0.308%
January 2001 1.310% April 2003 0.270%
February 2001 1.272% May 2003 0.231%
March 2001 1.233% June 2003 0.193%
April 2001 1.195% July 2003 0.154%
May 2001 1.156% August 2003 0.116%
June 2001 1.118% September 2003 0.077%
July 2001 1.079% October 2003 0.039%
August 2001 1.041% November 2003 and each
September 2001 1.002% succeeding month 0.000%
October 2001 0.964%
November 2001 0.925%
December 2001 0.887%
EXHIBIT 10.5
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE BENEFITS PROTECTION PLAN
(GROUP 3A)
The Hershey Foods Corporation Executive Benefits Protection Plan (Group
3A), as set forth herein, is intended to help attract and retain qualified
management employees and maintain a stable work environment by making provision
for the protection of covered employees in connection with a Change in Control
as set forth herein.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
As hereinafter used, the following words shall have the meanings set
forth below.
1.1 AIP means the Annual Incentive Program under the KEIP.
1.2 ANNUAL BASE SALARY means with respect to an Executive the
higher of:
1.2.1 his highest annual base salary in effect during the
one (1) year period preceding a Change in Control; or
1.2.2 his highest annual base salary in effect during the one
year period preceding his Date of Termination.
For purposes of the foregoing, salary reduction elections pursuant to Sections
125 and 401(k) of the Code shall not be taken into account.
1.3 ANNUAL BONUS means with respect to an Executive the highest of:
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1.3.1 the average of the three highest bonuses paid or
payable, including any bonus or portion thereof which has been earned but
deferred, to him by the Company in respect of the five fiscal years (or such
shorter period during which he has been employed by the Company or eligible to
receive any bonus payment) immediately preceding the fiscal year in which a
Change in Control occurs (annualized for any fiscal year during such period
consisting of less than twelve full months or with respect to which he has been
employed by the Company or eligible to receive a bonus for less than twelve full
months);
1.3.2 the bonus paid or payable (annualized as described
above), including any bonus or portion thereof which has been earned but
deferred, to him by the Company in respect of the most recently completed fiscal
year prior to the Change in Control;
1.3.3 the bonus paid or payable (annualized as described
above), including any bonus or portion thereof which has been earned or deferred
for the most recently completed fiscal year preceding his Date of Termination;
and
1.3.4 his 100% target bonus award amount for the year
including his Date of Termination.
For purposes herein, only payments under the AIP, as well as payments under any
successor or replacement substitute plan, shall be treated as bonus payments.
1.4 BASE AMOUNT shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code.
1.5 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.6 CAUSE means with respect to an Executive:
1.6.1 his willful and continued failure to substantially
perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from
incapacity due to physical or mental
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illness), after a written demand forsubstantial performance is delivered to him
by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company which specifically
identifies the manner in which the Board or Chief Executive Officer believes
that the Executive has not substantially performed his duties; or
1.6.2 his willfully engaging in illegal conduct or gross
misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company.
For purposes of this Section 1.6, no act or failure to act, on the part of an
Executive, shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done,
by him in bad faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission
was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon
prior approval given by the Board or upon the instruction or with the approval
of the Chief Executive Officer or an Executive's superior or based upon the
advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or
omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of
the Company. The cessation of employment of an Executive shall not be deemed to
be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to him a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters
of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held
for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to him and he is given an
opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that,
in the good faith opinion of the Board, he is guilty of the conduct described in
Subsection 1.6.1 or 1.6.2 above, and specifying the particulars thereof in
detail.
1.7 CLRP means the Hershey Foods Corporation Compensation Limit
Replacement Plan and any successor or replacement plan thereof.
1.8 CHANGE IN CONTROL means:
1.8.1 individuals who, on June 8, 1999, constitute the Board
(the "Incumbent Directors") cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent
to June 8, 1999, whose election or nomination for
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election was approved by avote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors
then on the Board (either by specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement
of the Company in which such person is named as nominee for director, without
written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the
Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in
Rule 14a-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"))
("Election Contest") or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of any person (as such term is defined in Section
3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) ("Person") other than the Board ("Proxy Contest"), including by
reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or
Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; and PROVIDED FURTHER,
HOWEVER, that a director who has been approved by the Hershey Trust while it
beneficially owns more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Power") shall be deemed
to be an Incumbent Director;
1.8.2 the acquisition or holding by any Person of beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of shares of the Common Stock
and/or the Class B Common Stock of the Company representing 25% or more of
either (i) the total number of then outstanding shares of both Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Stock") or (ii)
the Outstanding Company Voting Power; provided that, at the time of such
acquisition or holding of beneficial ownership of any such shares, the Hershey
Trust does not beneficially own more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Voting
Power; and provided, further, that any such acquisition or holding of beneficial
ownership of shares of either Common Stock or Class B Common Stock of the
Company by any of the following entities shall not by itself constitute such a
Change in Control hereunder: (i) the Hershey Trust; (ii) any trust established
by the Company or by any Subsidiary for the benefit of the Company and/or its
employees or those of a Subsidiary; (iii) any employee benefit plan (or related
trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary; (iv) the
Company or any Subsidiary or (v) any underwriter temporarily holding securities
pursuant to an offering of such securities;
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1.8.3 the approval by the stockholders of the Company of any
merger, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or other form of
business combination (a "Business Combination") if, following consummation of
such Business Combination, the Hershey Trust does not beneficially own more than
50% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting securities eligible to
elect directors of (x) the surviving entity or entities (the "Surviving
Corporation") or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that
directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities eligible to elect
directors of the Surviving Corporation; or
1.8.4 the approval by the stockholders of the Company of (i)
any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, other than to a corporation (the "Acquiring Corporation") if, following
consummation of such sale or other disposition, the Hershey Trust beneficially
owns more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting
securities eligible to elect directors (x) of the Acquiring Corporation or (y)
if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has
beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Acquiring
Corporation, or (ii) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
1.9 CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
1.10 COMPANY means Hershey Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
1.11 COVERAGE PERIOD means the period commencing on the date on which
a Change in Control occurs and ending on the date which is the second
anniversary thereof.
1.12 DATE OF TERMINATION has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.2 hereof.
1.13 DEFERRAL ELECTION means with respect to an Executive each of his
elections to defer all or any part of any of his AIP or PSU awards as permitted
under the Deferred Compensation Plan or any deferral arrangements in effect
prior to the effective date thereof.
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1.14 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN means the Hershey Foods Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan and any successor or replacement plan thereof.
1.15 DISABILITY means with respect to an Executive his absence from
his duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive
business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness
which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the
Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or his legal
representative (such agreement as to acceptability not to be withheld
unreasonably), provided that such absence shall constitute Disability only
if the Executive is entitled to long-term disability benefits for the period
of his disability after such 180 day period at lest equal to 70% of the
greater of his base salary as of the first day of such 180 day period or his
Annual Base Salary.
1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE means June 8, 1999.
1.17 EXECUTIVE means each person who is listed on Schedule I hereto,
as it may be amended from time to time pursuant to Article 7 hereof.
1.18 EXCISE TAX means any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of
the Code.
1.19 GOOD REASON means with respect to an Executive:
1.19.1 the assignment to him of any duties inconsistent in any
respect with his position (including status, offices, titles and reporting
relationships), authority, duties or responsibilities immediately prior to
either the Potential Change in Control which precedes the Change in Control or
the Change in Control or any other action by the Company which results in a
diminution in any respect in such position, authority, duties or
responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and
inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company
promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive;
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1.19.2 a reduction by the Company in his annual base salary as
in effect, as applicable, on the Effective Date or as the same may be increased
from time to time, or on the date he first becomes an Executive if he was not an
Executive on the Effective Date or as the same may be increased from time to
time;
1.19.3 the Company's requiring him to be based at any office
or location that is more than 35 miles from his office or location immediately
prior to either the Potential Change in Control which precedes the Change in
Control or the Change in Control;
1.19.4 the Company's requiring him to travel on Company
business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to
either the Potential Change in Control which precedes the Change in Control or
the Change in Control;
1.19.5 the failure by the Company, without his consent, to pay
to him any portion of his current compensation, or to pay to him any portion of
an installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation program
of the Company within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due;
1.19.6 the failure by the Company to continue in effect any
compensation plan in which he participates immediately prior to either the
Potential Change in Control preceding the Change in Control or the Change in
Control which is material to his total compensation, including but not limited
to the KEIP, the CLRP, and the SERP, as applicable, or any substitute or
alternative plans adopted prior to either such Potential Change in Control or
Change in Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing
substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the
failure by the Company to continue the Executive's participation therein (or in
such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable,
both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of his
participation relative to other participants, as existed at the time of such
Potential Change in Control or Change in Control;
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1.19.7 the failure by the Company to continue to provide him
with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by him under any of the
Company's pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, disability or
other welfare plans in which he was participating at the time of either the
Potential Change in Control preceding the Change in Control or the Change in
Control, the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive him of any material
fringe benefit enjoyed by him at the time of such Potential Change in Control or
Change in Control, or the failure by the Company to provide him with the number
of paid vacation days to which he is entitled on the basis of years of service
with the Company in accordance with the Company's normal vacation policy in
effect at the time of such Potential Change in Control or Change in Control;
1.19.8 any purported termination by the Company of his
employment after a Change in Control otherwise than in accordance with the
termination procedures of Sections 4.1 through 4.4 hereof;
1.19.9 any material failure by the Company to comply with and
satisfy any of its obligations under this Plan after a Potential Change in
Control that is followed within one (1) year by a Change in Control; or
1.19.10 any material failure by the Company to comply with and
satisfy any of its obligations under any grantor trust established by the
Company to provide itself with a source of funds to assist itself in satisfying
its liabilities under this Plan after (i) a Change in Control described in
Subsection 1.8.1, clause (ii) of Subsection 1.8.4, or clause (i) of Subsection
1.8.4 other than a sale or other disposition to a corporation; (ii) a Change in
Control described in Subsection 1.8.2 if during the Coverage Period, Incumbent
Directors, as described in Subsection 1.8.1, cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority of the Board; (iii) a Change in Control described in
Subsection 1.8.3 if, at any time during the Coverage Period, Incumbent
Directors, as described in Subsection 1.8.1, do not constitute at least a
majority of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation; or (iv) a
Change in Control described in clause (i) of Subsection 1.8.4 involving a sale
or other disposition to a corporation if, at any time during the Coverage
Period,
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Incumbent Directors, as described in Subsection 1.8.1, do not constitute at
least a majority of the board of directors of such corporation.
For purposes of this Plan, any good faith determination of Good Reason made by
the Executive shall be conclusive.
1.20 HERSHEY PENSION PLAN means the Hershey Foods Corporation
Retirement Plan and any successor or replacement plan thereof.
1.21 HERSHEY TRUST means either or both of (a) the Hershey Trust
Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, as Trustee for the Milton Hershey School,
or any successor to the Hershey Trust Company as such trustee, and (b) the
Milton Hershey School, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation.
1.22 HIGHEST PSU AMOUNT means with respect to an Executive the
highest of:
1.22.1 the average of the cash values of the three highest PSU
awards paid or payable, including any PSU award or portion thereof which has
been earned but deferred, to him by the Company in respect of the five fiscal
years (or such shorter period during which he has been employed by the Company
or eligible to receive a PSU award) immediately preceding the fiscal year in
which the Change in Control occurs;
1.22.2 the cash value of the PSU award paid or payable,
including any PSU award or portion thereof which has been earned but deferred,
to him by the Company in respect of the most recently completed fiscal year
prior to the Change in Control;
1.22.3 the cash value of the PSU award paid or payable,
including any PSU award or portion thereof which has been earned but deferred,
to him by the Company for the most recently completed fiscal year preceding his
Date of Termination; and
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1.22.4 the cash value of his 100% target PSU award for the
year including his Date of Termination (each such PSU award being valued at the
higher of (i) the highest closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the New
York Stock Exchange during the period running from sixty (60) days prior to the
Change in Control until the Executive's Date of Termination, and (ii) if the
Change in Control involves a transaction in which an offer is made to purchase
shares of Common Stock from the Company's stockholders, the price at which such
offer is made).
1.23 KEIP means the Hershey Foods Corporation Key Employee Incentive
Plan and any successor or replacement plan thereof.
1.24 NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 4.1 hereof.
1.25 MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE means age sixty-five (65) in the case of
an Executive who has served for a minimum of two (2) years at a high level
executive or high policy-making position and who is entitled to a
nonforfeitable, immediate, annual employer-provided retirement benefit from any
source, which is at least equal to a benefit, computed as a life annuity, of at
least $44,000 per year (or such other amount as may be provided by future
legislation). In the case of all other Executives, there shall be no Mandatory
Retirement Age.
1.26 PLAN means the Hershey Foods Corporation Executive Benefits
Protection Plan (Group 3A), as set forth herein, as amended from time to time.
1.27 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR means the person appointed by the Company's
Chief Executive Officer from time to time to administer the Plan.
1.28 POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL means the occurrence of any of the
following:
1.28.1 the Hershey Trust by action of any of the Board of
Directors of Hershey Trust Company; the Board of Managers of Milton Hershey
School; the Investment Committee
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of the Hershey Trust; and/or any of theofficers of Hershey Trust Company or
Milton Hershey School (acting with authority) undertakes consideration of any
action the taking of which would lead to a Change in Control as defined herein,
including, but not limited to consideration of (1) an offer made to the Hershey
Trust to purchase any number of its shares in the Company such that if the
Hershey Trust accepted such offer and sold such number of shares in the Company
the Hershey Trust might no longer have more than 50% of the Outstanding Company
Voting Power, (2) an offering by the Hershey Trust of any number of its shares
in the Company for sale such that if such sale were consummated the Hershey
Trust might no longer have more than 50% of the Outstanding Company Voting Power
or (3) entering into any agreement or understanding with a person or entity that
would lead to a Change in Control;
or
1.28.2 the Board approves a transaction described in
Subsection 1.8.2, 1.8.3 or 1.8.4 of the definition of a Change in Control
contained herein.
1.29 SERP means the Hershey Foods Corporation Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan and any successor or replacement plan thereof.
1.30 SEVERANCE BENEFITS has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.2 hereof.
1.31 SUBSIDIARY means any corporation controlled by the Company,
directly or indirectly.
1.32 VESTED CURRENT BONUS AMOUNT shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
1.33 VESTED CURRENT PSU AMOUNT shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.2 hereof.
1.34 VESTED DEFERRED BONUS AMOUNT shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
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1.35 VESTED DEFERRED PSU AMOUNT shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.2 hereof.
1.36 VESTED PENSION BENEFIT shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.3 hereof.
1.37 VESTED PENSION AMOUNT shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.3 hereof.
1.38 WELFARE BENEFITS shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Subsection 3.2.2 hereof.
ARTICLE 2
VESTING OR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BENEFITS
IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL
2.1 VESTING OF AIP BENEFITS; PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. Upon the occurrence
of a Change in Control:
2.1.1 each Executive shall have a vested and nonforfeitable
right hereunder to receive in cash an amount equal to the sum of:
2.1.1.1 the greater of (x) the 100% target award
amount of all then outstanding contingent target AIP grants made to him under
the KEIP, and (y) the amount that would have been payable to him under such
contingent target AIP grants as of the end of the applicable award period
calculated using as the applicable performance factors, his and the Company's
actual performance on an annualized basis as of the date of the Change in
Control (the greater of (x) and (y) is herein referred to as the "Vested
Current Bonus Amount"); and
2.1.1.2 the value of all AIP Awards, as defined in
the KEIP ("AIP Awards") previously earned by him for which payment has been
deferred ("Deferred AIP
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Awards") (this value, calculated as of the date of payment to the Executive and
taking into account his selection of Investment Options as defined in the
Deferred Compensation Plan and his Deferral Elections applicable thereto is
herein referred to as the "Vested Deferred Bonus Amount");
2.1.2 the Company shall, within five (5) business days
following the Change in Control, pay to each Executive a lump sum cash payment
equal to his Vested Current Bonus Amount; and
2.1.3 the Company shall, on the later of (i) the first day of
January of the year first following the year during which the Change in Control
occurs and (ii) the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the Change in
Control, pay to each Executive a lump sum cash payment equal to his Vested
Deferred Bonus Amount attributable to his Deferred AIP Awards not previously
paid to him in accordance with any of his applicable Deferral Elections if prior
to the Change in Control, he elects, in his sole discretion, to receive such
lump sum cash payment at such time.
2.2 VESTING OF PSU BENEFITS; PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. Upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control:
2.2.1 each Executive shall have a vested and nonforfeitable
right hereunder to receive in cash an amount equal to the sum of:
2.2.1.1 the 100% target award amount of the
contingent target Performance Stock Unit ("PSU") grants, if any, made to him
under the KEIP for the cycle ending in the year of the Change in Control valued
at the higher of (i) the highest closing price of the Company's Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange during the sixty (60) day period preceding and
including the date of the Change in Control, and (ii) if the Change in Control
involves a transaction in which an offer is made to purchase shares of Common
Stock from the Company's stockholders, the price at which such offer is made
("Vested Current PSU Amount"); and
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2.2.1.2 the value of all PSU Awards, as defined in
the KEIP ("PSU Awards"), previously earned by the Executive for which payment
has been deferred ("Deferred PSU Awards"), where, for purposes of calculating
the value of the Executive's Deferred PSU Awards ("Vested Deferred PSU Amount")
as of the date of payment to him (whether in accordance with his election as
described in Subsection 2.2.3, his election as described in Subsection 3.4.3, or
in the absence of any such election in accordance with his applicable Deferral
Elections), all components of his Deferred PSU Awards that are denominated in
shares of the Company's Common Stock shall be valued at the higher of (i) the
highest closing price of the Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange during the sixty (60) day period preceding and including the date of
the Change in Control, and (ii) if the Change in Control involves a transaction
in which an offer is made to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company's
stockholders, the price at which such offer is made and investment credits shall
be applied thereto and to all components of such Deferred PSU Awards that are
not denominated in shares of the Company's Common Stock in accordance with the
provisions of the Deferred Compensation Plan from the date of the Change in
Control to the date of payment to the Executive in accordance with his selection
of Investment Options as defined in the Deferred Compensation Plan.;
2.2.2 the Company shall, within five (5) business days
following the Change in Control, pay to each Executive a lump sum cash payment
equal to his Vested Current PSU Amount; and
2.2.3 the Company shall, on the later of (i) the first day of
January of the year first following the year during which the Change in Control
occurs and (ii) the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the Change in
Control, pay to each Executive a lump sum cash payment equal to his Vested
Deferred PSU Amount attributable to his Deferred PSU Awards not previously paid
to him in accordance with any of his applicable Deferral Elections if prior to
the Change in Control, he elects, in his sole discretion, to receive such lump
sum cash payment at such time.
2.3 VESTED PENSION AMOUNT. Upon the occurrence of a Change in
Control:
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2.3.1 each Executive who either is a participant in the SERP
on the date of the Change in Control or was a participant in the SERP on the
date of the Potential Change in Control preceding the Change in Control shall
have a vested and nonforfeitable right hereunder to receive in cash an amount
equal to the actuarial present value (as determined in accordance with
Subsection 2.3.1.3 hereof) of the monthly retirement benefit (including the
spousal survivor benefit) to which he and his spouse would be entitled under
Section 4 of the SERP if he retired as of the date of the Change in Control,
taking into account Subsections 2.3.1.1 and 2.3.1.2 hereof (the amount of such
monthly retirement benefits for him and his spouse being herein referred to as
such Executive's "SERP Benefit", the actuarial present value of such SERP
Benefit being herein referred to as such Executive's "Vested Pension Benefit"
and the Vested Pension Benefit plus all investment credits applied thereto in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.5 hereof being herein referred to as
"Vested Pension Amount"), where:
2.3.1.1 for purposes of determining such Executive's
SERP Benefit as of the date of a Change in Control, he shall: (i) be credited
for all purposes under the SERP with additional Years of Service (as defined in
the SERP) equal to the lesser of three (3) or the number of years (including
fractions thereof) from the date of the Change in Control until he would attain
Mandatory Retirement Age if applicable to him; (ii) be credited for purposes of
Section 3 of the SERP (and not for the purposes of any other provision of the
SERP, including but not limited to Section 4) with additional Years of Service
(as defined in the SERP) equal to the excess, if any, of ten (10) over his
actual number of Years of Service (including fractions thereof) completed as of
the date of the Change in Control; (iii) be deemed for the purposes of Section 3
of the SERP (and not for the purposes of any other provision of the SERP) to
have five (5) years of participation in the performance share unit portion of
the KEIP during his last ten (10) years of employment with the Company
regardless of his actual years of participation in the performance share unit
portion of the KEIP at the time of the Change in Control; (iv) be deemed for all
purposes under the SERP (including but not limited to clause (4) of Section 4.b
of the SERP) to have his age increased by three (3) years (or such lesser number
of years (including fractions) until he would attain Mandatory Retirement Age if
applicable to him); and (v) be deemed to have been paid his Annual Base Salary
and Annual Bonus for three (3) additional
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years (or such lesser number of years (including fractions) until he would
attain Mandatory Retirement Age if applicable to him) for purposes of
calculating "Final Average Compensation" in Section 2.f. of the SERP;
2.3.1.2 if such Executive has not yet attained age
fifty-five (55) (after increasing his age by three (3) years as provided in the
preceding Subsection 2.3.1.1), he shall upon the occurrence of the Change in
Control be deemed nevertheless to have attained age fifty-five (55), provided,
however, the reduction factor prescribed by clause (4) of Section 4.b of the
SERP shall still be given effect in calculating his SERP Benefit, with his age
being increased by three (3) years as provided in Subsection 2.3.1.1 hereof;
2.3.1.3 the actuarial present value of such
Executive's SERP Benefit, as determined in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.3 shall be determined using: (i) the 83 GAM
mortality tables; and (ii) an interest rate equal to 100% of the interest rate
that would be used (as of the date of the Change in Control) by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation for purposes of determining the present value of a
lump sum distribution on plan termination; and (iii) the date of the Change in
Control as the date on which payment of the Executive's SERP Benefit is to
commence and as the date as of which the actuarial present value of such SERP
Benefit is calculated; and
2.3.2 each Executive who neither is a participant
in the SERP on the date of the Change in Control nor was a participant in the
SERP on the date of the Potential Change in Control preceding the Change in
Control shall have a vested and nonforfeitable right hereunder to receive in
cash an amount equal to the sum of:
2.3.2.1 a lump sum cash amount equal to the
actuarial equivalent of the excess of (x) the retirement pension (determined as
a straight life annuity commencing at Normal Retirement Age, as defined in the
Hershey Pension Plan) which he would have accrued under the terms of the Hershey
Pension Plan (as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control),
determined as if he were fully vested thereunder and had accumulated thirty-six
(36) additional months of service credit thereunder during each of which he will
be deemed to have been paid
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one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of his highest annual rate of compensation
as an employee of the Company and his Annual Bonus (but in no event shall he be
deemed to have accumulated additional months of service credit after he would
have attained Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable) over (y) the retirement
pension (determined as a straight life annuity commencing at Normal Retirement
Age) which he has accrued pursuant to the terms of the Hershey Pension Plan as
of the date of the Change in Control; and
2.3.2.2 if he is a participant in the CLRP, a lump
sum cash amount ("CLRP Benefit") equal to his Excess Account, as defined in the
CLRP (as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) determined as if
he were fully vested thereunder and had accumulated thirty-six (36) additional
months of service credit thereunder during each of which he will be deemed to
have been paid one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of his highest annual rate of
compensation as an employee of the Company and his Annual Bonus, but in no event
shall he be deemed to have accumulated additional months of service credit after
he would have attained Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable (the sum of the
amounts described in Subsections 2.3.2.1 and 2.3.2.2 is herein referred to as
such Executive's "Vested Pension Benefit" and the Vested Pension Benefit plus
all, if any, investment credit applied thereto in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.5 hereof is herein referred to as such Executive's "Vested Pension
Amount").
For purposes of this Subsection 2.3.2, "actuarial equivalent" amounts shall be
determined using the same methods and assumptions prescribed under the Hershey
Pension Plan immediately prior to the Change in Control.
2.4 PAYMENT OF VESTED PENSION AMOUNT UPON TIMELY ELECTION. The
Company shall, on the later of (i) the first day of January of the year first
following the year during which the Change in Control occurs and (ii) the
one-hundred twentieth (120th) day following the Change in Control, pay to each
Executive a lump sum cash payment equal to his Vested Pension Amount plus
interest thereon at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from
the date of the Change in Control to the date of payment if, prior to the Change
in Control, he elects, in his sole discretion, to receive such lump sum cash
payment at such time.
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2.5 CONVERSION OF VESTED PENSION BENEFIT TO DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN ACCOUNT IN ABSENCE OF SECTION 2.4 ELECTION. In the event the
Executive makes no election under Section 2.4 hereof, an amount equal to his
Vested Pension Benefit shall be credited to him under the Deferred Compensation
Plan and subject to the provisions of this Subsection 2.5, the provisions of the
Deferred Compensation Plan shall apply thereto as if such amount were a Deferred
AIP Award. Within ten (10) days of the Change in Control the Executive shall
select one or more Investment Options as defined in the Deferred Compensation
Plan to be effective with respect to such amount and thereafter may change his
selection of such Investment Options in accordance with the provisions of the
Deferred Compensation Plan. Investment credits shall be applied to the amount of
his Vested Pension Benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Deferred
Compensation Plan from the date of the Change in Control to the date of payment
to the Executive in accordance with his selection of such Investment Options. If
the Executive makes no election under Section 2.4 hereof and does not select one
or more Investment Options as defined in the Deferred Compensation Plan within
ten (10) days of the Change in Control in accordance with the provisions of the
second sentence of this Section 2.5, investment credits shall be applied to the
amount of his Vested Pension Benefit from the date of the Change in Control to
the earlier of the date he makes a selection of Investment Options with respect
thereto in accordance with the provisions of the Deferred Compensation Plan and
the date of payment in accordance with the latest of his pre-Change in Control
selections of Investment Options relating to his Deferred AIP Awards or Deferred
PSU Awards, if any. If there are no such pre-Change in Control selections of
Investment Options, then investment credits shall be applied in accordance with
the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence by treating the Hershey
Fixed Income Fund Investment Option under the Deferred Compensation Plan as his
latest pre-Change in Control selection of Investment Options. Within ten (10)
days of the Change in Control the Executive shall make a Deferral Election with
respect to his Vested Pension Amount. If the Executive makes no election under
Section 2.4 hereof and makes no Deferral Election within ten (10) days of the
Change in Control in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, then
for purposes hereof he will be considered to have made a Deferral Election under
the Deferred Compensation Plan to have his Vested Pension Amount paid to him,
his designated beneficiaries or his estate, as applicable, in accordance with
the latest of his pre-Change in Control Deferral
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Elections relating to his Deferred AIP Awards or Deferred PSU Awards, if any. If
there are no such pre-Change in Control Deferral Elections, then for purposes
hereof he will be considered to have made a Deferral Election under the Deferred
Compensation Plan to have his Vested Pension Amount paid to him, his designated
beneficiaries or his estate, as applicable, on the first day of the month
following his termination of employment by the Company. His Vested Pension
Amount shall be paid to him in accordance with the Deferral Election described
in the preceding three sentences, as applicable, or any subsequent Deferral
Election with respect thereto permitted in accordance with the provisions of the
Deferred Compensation Plan.
2.6 SERP OR CLRP AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding any provision of
the SERP, CLRP, or Deferred Compensation Plan, none of the SERP, CLRP, or
Deferred Compensation Plan may be terminated or amended in any manner that is
adverse to the interests of any Executive without his consent either: (i) after
a Potential Change in Control occurs and for one (1) year following the
cessation of the Potential Change in Control, or (ii) after a Change in Control.
Any termination or amendment of the SERP, CLRP, or Deferred Compensation Plan in
a manner adverse to the interests of an Executive within one (1) year prior to a
Potential Change in Control shall not be given effect for purposes of Section
2.3 or Section 2.5 hereof.
ARTICLE 3
EXECUTIVE BENEFITS AND RIGHTS
UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
3.1 GENERAL TERMINATION RIGHTS AND BENEFITS. If an Executive's
employment by the Company is terminated at any time after a Change in Control
for any reason (whether by him or the Company), the Company shall pay to him the
payments described in Subsections 3.1.1 through 3.1.7 below.
3.1.1 PREVIOUSLY EARNED SALARY. The Company shall pay his full
salary to him through his Date of Termination at the highest rate in effect
during the period between the Potential Change in Control preceding the Change
in Control and the date the Notice of Intent to Terminate is given, together
with all compensation and benefits payable to him through the Date
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of Termination under the terms of any compensation or benefit plan, program or
arrangement maintained by the Company during such period.
3.1.2 PREVIOUSLY EARNED BENEFITS. The Company shall pay his
normal post-termination compensation and benefits to him as such payments become
due. Such post-termination compensation and benefits shall be determined under,
and paid in accordance with the Company's retirement, insurance, pension,
welfare and other compensation or benefit plans, programs and arrangements.
3.1.3 PAYMENT OF VESTED CURRENT BONUS AMOUNT. Except to the
extent that the Company has previously paid or concurrently pays to him all or a
portion of his Vested Current Bonus Amount pursuant to Section 2.1, Subsection
3.1.1 or Subsection 3.1.2 hereof, the Company shall pay to him a lump sum cash
payment equal to his Vested Current Bonus Amount.
3.1.4 PAYMENT OF VESTED DEFERRED BONUS AMOUNT. Except to the
extent that the Company has previously paid or concurrently pays to him all or a
portion of his Vested Deferred Bonus Amount pursuant to Section 2.1, Subsection
3.1.1 or Subsection 3.1.2 hereof, the Company shall pay to him a lump sum cash
payment equal to his Vested Deferred Bonus Amount.
3.1.5 PAYMENT OF VESTED CURRENT PSU AMOUNTS. Except to the
extent that the Company has previously paid or concurrently pays to him all or a
portion of his Vested Current PSU Amount pursuant to Section 2.2, Subsection
3.1.1 or Subsection 3.1.2 hereof, the Company shall pay to him a lump sum cash
payment equal to his Vested Current PSU Amount.
3.1.6 PAYMENT OF VESTED DEFERRED PSU AMOUNTS. Except to the
extent that the Company has previously paid or concurrently pays to him all or a
portion of his Vested Deferred PSU Amount pursuant to Section 2.2, Subsection
3.1.1 or Subsection 3.1.2 hereof, the Company shall pay to him a lump sum cash
payment equal to his Vested Deferred PSU Amount.
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3.1.7 PAYMENT OF VESTED PENSION AMOUNT. Except to the extent
that the Company has previously paid or concurrently pays to him his Vested
Pension Amount, the Company shall pay to him a lump-sum cash payment equal to
his Vested Pension Amount.
3.2 SEVERANCE BENEFITS. In addition to the payments provided for by
Section 3.1 hereof, the Company shall pay to an Executive the payments described
in Subsections 3.2.1 through 3.2.4 below (the "Severance Benefits") in
accordance with such Subsections upon termination of his employment with the
Company (i) during the Coverage Period, unless such termination is (a) by the
Company for Cause, (b) by reason of his death or Disability or after his
Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable, or (c) by him without Good Reason; or
(ii) prior to his Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable, but during the 13th
full calendar month of the Coverage Period for any reason other than his death
or Disability.
3.2.1 LUMP-SUM SEVERANCE PAYMENT. In lieu of any further
salary payments to him for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, the
Company shall pay to him a lump sum severance payment, in cash, equal to three
(3) (or, if less, the number of years, including fractions, from the Date of
Termination until he would have reached Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable)
times the sum of (a), (b) and (c) where (a) equals his Annual Base Salary, (b)
equals his Annual Bonus and (c) equals his Highest PSU Amount.
3.2.2 CONTINUED BENEFITS. For a thirty-six (36) month period
(or, if less, the number of months from the Date of Termination until he would
have reached Mandatory Retirement Age, if applicable) after the Date of
Termination, the Company shall provide him with life insurance, health,
disability and other welfare benefits ("Welfare Benefits") substantially similar
in all respects to those which he was receiving immediately prior to the Notice
of Termination on substantially the same terms and conditions, including
contributions required from him for such benefits (without giving effect to any
reduction in such benefits subsequent to the Potential Change in Control
preceding the Change in Control or the Change in Control, which reduction
constitutes or may constitute Good Reason); provided that if he cannot continue
to participate in the Company plans providing Welfare Benefits, the Company
shall otherwise provide such benefits on the same after-tax basis as if
continued participation had been
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permitted. The Executive shall be entitled to elect to change his level of
coverage and/or his choice of coverage options (such as Executive only or family
medical coverage) with respect to the Welfare Benefits to be provided by the
Company to him to the same extent that actively employed executives of the
Company are permitted to make such changes; provided, however, that in the event
of any such changes he shall pay the amount of any cost increase that would
actually be paid by an actively employed executive of the Company by reason of
such actively employed executive making the same change in level of coverage or
coverage options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Executive
becomes reemployed with another employer and becomes eligible to receive welfare
benefits form such employer, the Welfare Benefits described herein shall be
secondary to such benefits, but only to the extent that the Company reimburses
him for any increased cost and provides any additional benefits necessary to
give him the Welfare Benefits provided hereunder.
3.2.3 OUTSTANDING AWARDS. If an Executive's Date of
Termination occurs within the Coverage Period and during any calendar year
following the calendar year during which a Change in Control occurs, he shall be
entitled to a lump sum cash payment with respect to each outstanding contingent
target AIP and PSU grant under the KEIP or any similar types of grants under any
replacement plans or programs equal to the sum of :
3.2.3.1 the sum of the product of (x) and (y)for
each then outstanding contingent target PSU grant under the KEIP (or similar
types of grants under any replacement plan or program) for the applicable award
period that includes his Date of Termination, where (x) is an amount equal to
the 100% target award amount of such outstanding contingent target PSU grant and
(y) is a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days from and
including the first day of the award period applicable to such outstanding
contingent target PSU grant that includes the Executive's Date of Termination
until (and including) his Date of Termination and the denominator of which is
the number of days in the award period applicable to such outstanding contingent
target PSU grant; and
3.2.3.2 the sum of the product of (x) and (y) for
each then outstanding contingent target AIP grant made to him under the KEIP (or
similar types of grants under any
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replacement plans or programs) for the applicable award period that includes his
Date of Termination, where (x) is an amount equal to the greater of (A) the 100%
target award amount of such outstanding contingent target AIP grant, and (B) the
amount that would have been payable to him under such contingent target AIP
grant as of the end of the applicable award period, calculated utilizing as the
applicable performance factors his and the Company's actual performance on an
annualized basis as of his Date of Termination, and (y) is a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of days from and including the first day of the
award period applicable to such outstanding contingent AIP grant that includes
his Date of Termination until (and including) his Date of Termination and the
denominator of which is the number of days in such applicable award period.
Contingent target PSU grants under the KEIP or a similar type of grant under a
replacement plan or program shall be valued at the highest closing price of the
Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange during the period running
from sixty (60) days prior to the Change in Control until the Executive's Date
of Termination.
3.2.4 RELOCATION ALLOWANCE. In the event that an Executive
relocates following his Date of Termination and during the Coverage Period at
the request of a successor employer, the Company shall pay to him a relocation
allowance of $75,000; provided, however, that any such payment shall be reduced
by any payments received by him from such successor employer for the purpose of
reimbursing him for costs of relocation. The Company shall pay him such
relocation allowance within five (5) business days after delivery of his written
request and may condition the payment of the relocation allowance upon his
agreeing in writing to report to the Company any such payments from any
successor employer and agreeing in writing to reimburse to the Company any
amounts received from the Company pursuant to this Subsection 3.2.4 that should
have been so reduced.
3.3 GROSS-UP PAYMENT. In the event that an Executive becomes entitled
to the Severance Benefits or any other benefits or payments under this Plan
(other than pursuant to this Section 3.3), or the KEIP by reason of the
accelerated vesting of stock options thereunder (together, the "Total
Benefits"), and in the event that any of the Total Benefits will be subject to
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the Excise Tax, the Company shall pay to him an additional amount (the "Gross-Up
Payment") such that the net amount retained by him, after deduction of any
Excise Tax on the Total Benefits and any federal, state and local income tax,
Excise Tax and FICA and Medicare withholding taxes upon the payment provided for
by this Section 3.3, shall be equal to the Total Benefits.
For purposes of determining whether any of the Total Benefits will be
subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) any other
payments or benefits received or to be received by an Executive in connection
with a Change in Control or his termination of employment (whether pursuant to
the terms of this Plan or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the
Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Person
affiliated with the Company or such Person) shall be treated as parachute
payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all excess
parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) shall be treated as
subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel ("Tax Counsel")
selected by the Company's independent auditors and acceptable to the Executive,
such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute
parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part)
represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the
meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the Base Amount, or are
otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the Total Benefits
which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser
of (A) the total amount of the Total Benefits reduced by the amount of such
Total Benefits that in the opinion of Tax Counsel are not parachute payments, or
(B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section
280G(b)(1) (after applying clause (i), above), and (iii) the value of any
non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the
Company's independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the
Gross-Up Payment, an Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at
the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in
which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the
highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of his residence on
the Date of Termination, net of the reduction in federal income taxes which
could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes (calculated by
assuming that any reduction under Section 68 of the Code in the amount of
itemized deductions allowable to him
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applies first to reduce the amount of such state and local income taxes that
would otherwise be deductible by him).
In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less
than the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of termination of an
Executive's employment, he shall repay to the Company, at the time that the
amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of the
Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus that portion of the
Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax, federal, state and local income
taxes and FICA and Medicare withholding taxes imposed on the portion of the
Gross-Up Payment being repaid by him to the extent that such repayment results
in a reduction in Excise Tax, FICA and Medicare withholding taxes and/or
federal, state or local income taxes) plus interest on the amount of such
repayment at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. The Company
may require an Executive to agree in writing to the repayment obligation imposed
by the preceding sentence as a condition to receiving the Gross-Up Payment. In
the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into
account hereunder at the time of the termination of an Executive's employment
(including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be
determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an
additional Gross-Up Payment, determined as previously described, to him in
respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties or additions payable by him
with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is
finally determined.
3.4 TIMING OF PAYMENTS. The payments provided for:
3.4.1 in Subsections 3.1.1, 3.1.3, 3.1.5, 3.2.1 and 3.2.3, and
in Section 3.3 hereof shall be made to an Executive not later than the fifth
(5th) day following his Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the
amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day the
Company shall pay to the Executive on such day an estimate, as determined in
good faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay
the remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided in
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from the fifth (5th) day following the Date of
Termination to the payment of such remainder) as soon as the amount thereof can
be determined
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but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day after the Date of
Termination. In the event that the amount of the estimated payments exceeds the
amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a
loan by the Company to the Executive, payable on the fifth (5th) business day
after demand by the Company (together with interest at the rate provided in
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from the fifth (5th) day following the Date of
Termination to the payment of such remainder);
3.4.2 in Subsection 3.1.4 hereof shall be made to an Executive
on the later of (i) the first day of January of the year first following the
year during which his Date of Termination occurs and (ii) the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day following his Date of Termination if prior to his Date of
Termination he elects, in his sole discretion, to receive his previously unpaid
Deferred AIP Awards at such time. In the event the Executive makes such election
and the amount of the payment described in Subsection 3.1.4 cannot be finally
determined on or before the later of such one hundred twentieth (120th) day or
January 1, as applicable, the Company shall pay to the Executive on such one
hundred twentieth (120th) day or January 1, as applicable, an estimate, as
determined in good faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payment
and shall pay the remainder of such payment (together with interest at the rate
provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from such one hundred twentieth
(120th) day or January 1, as applicable, to the payment of such remainder) as
soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the
thirtieth (30th) day after such one hundred twentieth (120th) day or January 1,
as applicable. In the event that the amount of the estimated payment exceeds the
amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a
loan by the Company to the Executive, payable on the fifth (5th) business day
after demand by the Company (together with interest at the rate provided in
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
following the Date of Termination or January 1, as applicable, to the payment of
such remainder). In the event the Executive makes no such election, his
previously unpaid Deferred AIP Awards shall be paid in accordance with each of
his applicable Deferral Elections;
3.4.3 in Subsection 3.1.6 shall be made to an Executive on the
later of (i) the first day of January of the year first following the year
during which his Date of Termination
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occurs and (ii) the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following his Date of
Termination if prior to his Date of Termination he elects, in his sole
discretion, to receive his previously unpaid Deferred PSU Awards at such time.
In the event the Executive makes such election and the amount of the payment
provided for in Subsection 3.1.6 cannot be finally determined on or before the
later of such one hundred twentieth (120th) day or January 1, as applicable, the
Company shall pay to the Executive on such one hundred twentieth (120th) day or
January 1, as applicable, an estimate, as determined in good faith by the
Company, of the minimum amount of such payment and shall pay the remainder of
such payment (together with interest at the rate provided in Section
1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code from such one hundred twentieth (120th) day or January
1, as applicable, to the payment of such remainder) as soon as the amount
thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth (30th) day
after such one hundred twentieth (120th day or January 1, as applicable. In the
event that the amount of the estimated payment exceeds the amount subsequently
determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company
to the Executive, payable on the fifth (5th) business day after demand by the
Company (together with interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of
the Code from the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the Date of
Termination or January 1, as applicable, to the payment of such remainder).
3.4.4 in Subsection 3.1.7 shall be made to him on the later of
(i) the first day of January following his Date of Termination and (ii) the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day following his Date of Termination if, prior to his
Date of Termination, he elects, in his sole discretion, to receive such payment
at such time. In the event the Executive makes no such election, then his Vested
Pension Amount shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.5
3.5 REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL COSTS. The Company shall pay to an Executive
all legal fees and expenses incurred by him as a result of a termination of his
employment which entitles him to any payments under this Plan (including all
such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any Notice
of Intent to Terminate under Section 4.3 hereof or in seeking to obtain or
enforce any right or benefit provided by this Plan or in connection with any tax
audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section
4999 of the Code to any
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payment or benefit provided hereunder). Such payments shall be made within five
(5) business days after delivery of his respective written requests for payment
accompanied by such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company
reasonably may require.
3.6 EXECUTIVES' COVENANT. The Company may condition the payment of the
amounts and provision of the benefits described in Article 3 of the Plan to an
Executive upon his providing to the Company a written agreement that, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Plan, in the event of a Potential Change in
Control, he will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (a) a
date which is nine months after the date of such Potential Change in Control,
(b) the date of a Change in Control, (c) the date of his termination of his
employment for Good Reason (determined by treating the Potential Change in
Control for this purpose as a Change in Control in applying the definition of
Good Reason) or by reason of death or Disability, (d) the termination by the
Company of his employment for any reason or (e) his attaining age sixty-five
(65).
ARTICLE 4
TERMINATION PROCEDURES AND
COMPENSATION DURING DISPUTE
4.1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE. After a Change in Control, any
purported termination of an Executive's employment (other than by reason of
death) must be preceded by a written Notice of Intent to Terminate from him to
the Company or the Company to him, as applicable, in accordance with Section
8.17 hereof. For purposes of this Plan, a Notice of Intent to Terminate shall
mean a notice which shall indicate the notifying party's opinion regarding the
specific provisions of this Plan that will apply upon such termination and shall
set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a
basis for the application of the provisions so indicated. Further, a Notice of
Intent to Terminate for Cause is required to include a copy of a resolution duly
adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the
entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board which was called and
held for the purpose of considering such termination (after reasonable notice to
the Executive and an
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opportunity for him, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board)
finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, he was guilty of conduct
set forth in Subsection 1.6.1 or 1.6.2 herein, and specifying the particulars
thereof in detail.
4.2 DATE OF TERMINATION. Date of Termination , with respect to any
purported termination of an Executive's employment after a Change in Control,
shall mean (except as provided in Section 4.3 hereof) (a) if his employment is
terminated by reason of his death, his date of death (b) if his employment is
terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of Intent to Terminate
is given (provided that he shall not have returned to the full-time performance
of his duties during such thirty (30) day period), and (c) if his employment is
terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the Notice of Intent to
Terminate (which (i) in the case of a termination by the Company, shall not be
less than thirty (30) days, except in the case of a termination for Cause in
which case it shall not be less than ten (10) days, provided that the Company
may require him to not report to work during such ten (10) day period and (ii)
in the case of a termination by an Executive, shall not be less than fifteen
(15) days nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively, from the date such Notice
of Intent to Terminate is given).
4.3 DISPUTE CONCERNING TERMINATION. If within fifteen (15) days after
any Notice of Intent to Terminate is given (within eight (8) days in the case of
a termination for Cause by the Company), or, if later, prior to the Date of
Termination (as determined without regard to this Section 4.3), the person
receiving such Notice of Intent to Terminate notifies the person giving such
notice that a dispute exists concerning the termination or the provisions of
this Plan that apply to such termination, the Date of Termination shall be the
date on which the dispute is finally resolved, either by mutual written
agreement of the parties to such dispute or by a final judgment, order or decree
of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with respect to
which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has been
perfected); provided, however, that the Date of Termination shall be extended by
a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the person
giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable
diligence.
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4.4 COMPENSATION DURING DISPUTE. If a purported termination of an
Executive's employment occurs following a Change in Control and such termination
or the provisions of this Plan that apply upon such termination is disputed in
accordance with Section 4.3 hereof (including a dispute as to the existence of
good faith and/or reasonable diligence thereunder), the Company shall continue
to pay the Executive the full compensation (including, but not limited to,
salary) at his Annual Base Salary and continue his participation in all
compensation plans required to be maintained hereunder and continue to provide
to him the Welfare Benefits provided for in Subsection 3.2.2 hereof until the
dispute is finally resolved in accordance with Section 4.3 hereof. Amounts paid
under this Section 4.4 are in addition to all other amounts due under this Plan
(other than those due under Subsection 3.1.1 hereof) and shall not be offset
against or reduce any other amounts due under this Plan.
ARTICLE 5
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
5.1 AUTHORITY TO PLAN ADMINISTRATOR. The Plan shall be interpreted,
administered and operated by the Plan Administrator, subject to the express
provisions of the Plan.
5.2 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Plan Administrator may delegate any of
his duties hereunder to such person or persons from time to time as he may
designate.
5.3 ENGAGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES. The Plan Administrator is empowered,
on behalf of the Plan, to engage accountants, legal counsel and such other
personnel as he deems necessary or advisable to assist him in the performance of
his duties under the Plan. The functions of any such persons engaged by the Plan
Administrator shall be limited to the specified services and duties for which
they are engaged, and such persons shall have no other duties, obligations or
responsibilities under the Plan. Such persons shall exercise no discretionary
authority or discretionary control respecting the management of the Plan. All
reasonable expenses thereof shall be borne by the Company.
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ARTICLE 6
CLAIMS
6.1 CLAIMS PROCEDURE. Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be filed
with the Plan Administrator. If any Executive or other payee claims to be
entitled to a benefit under the Plan and the Plan Administrator determines that
such claim should be denied in whole or in part, the Plan Administrator shall
notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will be written
in a manner calculated to be understood by such person and will contain (a)
specific reasons for the denial, (b) specific reference to pertinent Plan
provisions, (c) a description of any additional material or information
necessary for such person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary, and (d) information as to the steps to be
taken if the person wishes to submit a request for review. Such notification
will be given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Plan
Administrator. If such notification is not given within such period, the claim
will be considered denied as of the last day of such period and such person may
request a review of his claim.
6.2 REVIEW PROCEDURE. Within 60 days after the date on which a person
receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if applicable, within 60 days
after the date on which such denial is considered to have occurred) such person
(or his duly authorized representative) may (a) file a written request with the
Plan Administrator for a review of his denied claim and of pertinent documents
and (b) submit written issues and comments to the Plan Administrator. The Plan
Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such
notification will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by such
person and will contain specific reasons for the decision as well as specific
references to pertinent Plan provisions. The decision on review will be made
within 60 days after the request for review is received by the Plan
Administrator. If the decision on review is not made within such period, the
claim will be considered denied.
6.3 CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES NOT MANDATORY. The claims procedure
and review procedure provided for in this Article 6 are provided for the use and
benefit of Executives who
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may choose to use such procedures, but compliance with the provisions of this
Article 6 is not mandatory for any Executive claiming benefits under the Plan.
It shall not be necessary for any Executive to file a claim with the Plan
Administrator or to exhaust the procedures and remedies provided for by this
Article 6 prior to bringing any legal claim or action, or asserting any other
demand, for payments or other benefits to which he claims entitlement hereunder.
ARTICLE 7
PLAN MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION
The Plan may be amended or terminated by resolution of the Board at any
time; provided, however, that: (a) Schedule I hereto may be amended at any time
and in any manner by resolution of the Compensation Committee of the Board upon
recommendation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer; and (b) Schedule I
hereto may be amended at any time by the Company's Chief Executive Officer to
delete any one or more persons therefrom. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) the
Plan may not be terminated or amended in a manner adverse to the interests of
any Executive, without his consent (including the amendment of Schedule I hereto
to delete him therefrom) (i) after a Potential Change in Control occurs and for
one (1) year following the cessation of a Potential Change in Control, or (ii)
for the two-year period following consummation of the transaction(s) resulting
from or in the Change in Control; and (b) no termination of this Plan or
amendment hereof in a manner adverse to the interests of any Executive, without
his consent (including the amendment of Schedule I hereto to delete him
therefrom), shall be effective if such termination or amendment occurs (i) at
the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect
a Change in Control or (ii) in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in
Control or Potential Change in Control. For this purpose, the cessation of a
Potential Change in Control occurs if a Change in Control has not occurred
within one year following the Potential Change in Control. In the event that the
termination of this Plan by the Company or an amendment hereof in a manner
adverse to the interests of any Executive (without his consent) occurs within
six (6) months prior to a Potential Change in Control or a Change in Control,
there shall be a presumption that the conditions of subclauses (i) and (ii) of
clause (b) of the next preceding sentence shall have been met. Upon the
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expiration of the Coverage Period, the Plan may not be amended in any manner
which would adversely affect the rights which any Executive has at that time to
receive any and all payments or benefits pursuant to Articles 2, 3, and 4 by
reason of a Change in Control which has theretofore occurred or by reason of a
termination of his employment during the Coverage Period, and the Company's
obligations to make such payments and provide such benefits shall survive any
termination of the Plan.
ARTICLE 8
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 TERMINATIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF CHANGE IN CONTROL. An Executive's
employment shall be deemed to have been terminated by the Company without Cause
during the Coverage Period if his employment is terminated by the Company
without Cause prior to a Change in Control or Potential Change in Control and
such termination of employment (a) was at the request of a third party who had
indicated an intention to take or had taken steps reasonably calculated to
effect a Change in Control, or (b) otherwise arose in connection with or in
anticipation of a Change in Control and (c) in either case, a Change in Control
does occur which may involve such third party (or a party competing with such
third party to effectuate a Change in Control). An Executive shall be deemed to
have terminated his employment for Good Reason during the Coverage Period if he
terminates his employment with Good Reason prior to a Change in Control or
Potential Change in Control if the circumstance or event which constitutes Good
Reason (a) occurred at the request of a third party who had indicated an
intention to take or had taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in
Control, or (b) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of a
Change in Control, and (c) in either case, a Change in Control does occur which
may involve such third party (or a party competing with such third party to
effectuate a Change in Control). In the event of a termination of employment
described in this Section 8.1, the Executive shall be entitled to all payments
and other benefits to which he would have been entitled had such termination
occurred during the Coverage Period (other than salary pursuant to Subsection
3.1.1 hereof for any period after the actual date of termination) and he shall
be entitled to an additional payment in an amount which shall compensate him to
the
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extent that he was deprived by such termination of the opportunity prior to
termination of employment to exercise any stock options granted to him under the
KEIP (including any such stock options that were not exercisable at the time of
his termination of employment) at the highest market price of the Company's
Common Stock reached in connection with the Change in Control or Potential
Change in Control if a Potential Change in Control shall occur and not be
followed by a Change in Control within twelve (12) months of the Potential
Change in Control. In the event that the termination of employment of an
Executive as described in this Section 8.1 occurs following a Potential Change
in Control or within six (6) months prior to a Change in Control, there shall be
a presumption that clauses (a) and (b) of the first two sentences of this
Section 8.1 shall have been met.
8.2 BURDEN. In any proceeding (regardless of who initiates such
proceeding) in which the payment of Severance Benefits or other compensation or
benefits under this Plan is at issue, (i) the burden of proof as to whether
Cause exists for purposes of this Plan shall be upon the Company and (ii) in the
event that the last sentence of Section 8.1 applies, the Company shall have the
burden to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that a termination of
employment has not been made in anticipation of a Change in Control as
contemplated by Section 8.1.
8.3 NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in the Plan shall be
deemed to give any Executive the right to be retained in the employ of the
Company, or to interfere with the right of the Company to discharge him at any
time and for any lawful reason, with or without notice, subject in all cases to
the terms of this Plan.
8.4 NO ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS. Except as otherwise provided herein or
by law, no right or interest of any Executive under the Plan shall be assignable
or transferable, in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or
otherwise, including without limitation by execution, levy, garnishment,
attachment, pledge or in any manner; no attempted assignment or transfer thereof
shall be effective; and no right or interest of any Executive under the Plan
shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation or liability of such
Executive.
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8.5 DEATH. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by an Executive's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If an Executive shall
die while any amount would still be payable to him hereunder (other than amounts
which, by their terms, terminate upon his death) if he had continued to live,
all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance
with the terms of this Plan to the executors, personal representatives or
administrators of his estate.
8.6 INCOMPETENCY. Any benefit payable to or for the benefit of an
Executive, if legally incompetent or incapable of giving a receipt therefor,
shall be deemed paid when paid to his guardian or to the party providing or
reasonably appearing to provide for his care, and such payment shall fully
discharge the Company, the Plan Administrator and all other parties with respect
thereto.
8.7 REDUCTION OF BENEFITS BY LEGALLY REQUIRED BENEFITS. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, if the Company is obligated by
law or by contract (other than under this Plan) to pay severance pay, a
termination indemnity, notice pay, or the like, to an Executive or if the
Company is obligated by law or by contract to provide advance notice of
separation ("Notice Period") to an Executive, then any Severance Benefits
payable to him hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of any such severance
pay, termination indemnity, notice pay or the like, as applicable, and by the
amount of any pay received during any Notice Period; provided however, that the
period following a Notice of Intent to Terminate shall not be considered a
Notice Period.
8.8 ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of the Plan shall be held
invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provisions hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if
such provisions had not been included.
8.9 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective
Date and shall remain in effect unless and until terminated by the Board,
subject to the requirements of Article 7 hereof.
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8.10 NO MITIGATION. The Company agrees that, if an Executive's
employment by the Company is terminated during the Coverage Period, the
Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to
reduce any amounts payable to him by the Company pursuant to this Plan. Further,
the amount of any payment or benefit provided for under this Plan (other than to
the extent provided in Subsections 3.2.2 and 3.2.4) shall not be reduced by any
compensation earned by him as a result of employment by another employer, by
retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by him to
the Company, or otherwise.
8.11 SUCCESSORS. In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any
successor to the Company, the Company shall be obligated to require any
successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation,
operation of law, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business
and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform the
Company's obligations under this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent
that the Company would be required to perform them if no such succession had
taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement
prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall entitle each Executive
to compensation and benefits from the Company in the same amount and on the same
terms as he would be entitled to hereunder if he were to terminate his
employment for Good Reason during the Coverage Period.
8.12 CONSENT TO CANCELLATION OF AWARDS AND REDUCTION OF SERP BENEFIT.
The Company may condition the payment to an Executive of his Vested Current
Bonus Amount, Vested Current PSU Amount, Vested Deferred Bonus Amount and/or
Vested Deferred PSU Amount upon his providing a written consent to the
cancellation of the applicable contingent target AIP and PSU grants and AIP and
PSU Awards for which payment has been deferred on which his Vested Current Bonus
Amount, Vested Current PSU Amount, Vested Deferred Bonus Amount and/or Vested
Deferred PSU Amount is based and in lieu of which such amounts are paid. The
Company may condition the payment to an Executive of his Vested Pension Amount
or the providing of any benefit or payment under Section 2.5 or Subsection 3.4.4
hereof upon his providing a written consent to, as applicable, (i) the reduction
of the benefit to be paid under the SERP (whether in the form of a monthly
payment to him and his surviving spouse or
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as a lump sum) such reduction to be in the amount of the SERP Benefit which was
used in the calculation of his Vested Pension Benefit or the amount of any
payments or benefits provided under Subsection 3.4.4, or (ii) the reduction of
his Excess Account under the CLRP, such reduction to be in the amount of the
CLRP Benefit which was used in the calculation of his Vested Pension Benefit.
8.13 EMPLOYMENT BY SUBSIDIARY. For purposes of this Plan, an Executive
who is employed by a Subsidiary shall be treated as if employed by the Company
and his entitlement to benefits hereunder shall be determined as if he were
employed by the Company. For such purpose, the Subsidiary shall be treated as if
it were an unincorporated division of the Company.
8.14 WAIVER. No waiver by an Executive at any time of any breach of the
terms of this Plan, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Plan
to be performed by the Company shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar
provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
8.15 WITHHOLDING TAXES. Any payments to an Executive provided for
hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under
federal, state or local law and any additional withholding to which he has
agreed.
8.16 CONSTRUCTION. The headings and captions herein are provided for
reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and
shall not be employed in the construction of the Plan. Neither the gender nor
the number (singular or plural) of any word shall be construed to exclude
another gender or number when a different gender or number would be appropriate.
8.17 NOTICES. Any notice or other communication required or permitted
pursuant to the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered or mailed by United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid,
addressed to the intended recipient at his last known address (which in the case
of an Executive shall be the address specified by him in any written notice
provided to the Company in accordance with this Section 8.17).
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8.18 STATUTORY CHANGES. All references to sections of the Exchange
Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to
such sections.
8.19 GOVERNING LAW. This Plan shall be construed and enforced
according to the laws of the State of Delaware to the extent not preempted by
Federal law, which shall otherwise control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be adopted as of
the 8th day of June, 1999.
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Kenneth L. Wolfe
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Kenneth L. Wolfe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT 12
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
For the Years Ended December 31, 1999,1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995,
(in thousands of dollars except for ratios)
(Unaudited)
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Earnings:
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Income from continuing operations before
income taxes and accounting changes ..................... $727,874(a) $ 557,006 $ 553,955 $ 479,737(b) $465,953(c)
Add (Deduct):
Interest on indebtedness................................. 77,300 88,648 79,138 52,036 47,568
Portion of rents representative of the interest factor(d) 15,162 13,197 10,592 8,618 8,176
Amortization of debt expense............................. 486 462 412 234 97
Amortization of capitalized interest..................... 3,884 3,856 3,496 3,359 3,183
Earnings as adjusted................................... $ 824,706 $ 663,169 $ 647,593 $ 543,984 $ 524,977
Fixed Charges:
Interest on indebtedness................................... $77,300 $ 88,648 $ 79,138 $ 52,036 $ 47,568
Portion of rents representative of the interest factor(d).. 15,162 13,197 10,592 8,618 8,176
Amortization of debt expense............................... 486 462 412 234 97
Capitalized interest....................................... 1,214 2,547 1,883 1,534 1,957
Total fixed charges.................................... $ 94,162 $ 104,854 $ 92,025 $ 62,422 $ 57,798
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.............................. 8.76 6.32 7.04 8.71 9.08
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NOTES:
(a) Includes a gain on the disposal of pasta business of $243.8 million.
(b) Includes a loss on the disposal of businesses of $35.4 million.
(c) Includes a restructuring credit of $.2 million.
(d) Portion of rents representative of the interest factor consists of
one-third of rental expense for operating leases.
EXHIBIT 13
HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OPERATING RESULTS
The Corporation's sales decreased in 1999, following a record performance in
1998. During the two-year period, net sales decreased at a compound annual
rate of 4%. The sales decrease reflected the divestiture of the Corporation's
pasta business in January 1999 and reduced 1999 shipments in the United States
of confectionery and grocery products, which more than offset higher sales for
core confectionery and grocery brands in 1998. The reduction in shipments
resulted primarily from difficulties in order fulfillment (customer service,
warehousing, and shipping) encountered since the start-up of a new integrated
information system and new business processes during the third quarter of
1999. The sales decrease was partially offset by incremental sales from the
introduction of new confectionery products, and to a lessor extent, sales
increases in the Canadian and Mexican markets.
The Corporation's income increased in 1999 reflecting the gain on the sale
of the Corporation's pasta business. Excluding the $165.0 million after-tax
gain on the sale of the pasta business, net income decreased in 1999 following
a record performance in 1998. During the two-year period, net income decreased
at a compound annual rate of 6%. The decrease in net income reflected the
divestiture of the pasta business and sales decline in 1999, and a lower gross
margin over the two-year period, partly the result of higher costs associated
with the order fulfillment difficulties noted above. These items were
partially offset by lower levels of selling and marketing, administrative and
interest expenses.
The following divestiture occurred during the period:
. January 1999--The completion of the sale of a 94% majority interest of the
Corporation's U.S. pasta business to New World Pasta, LLC. The transaction
included the AMERICAN BEAUTY, IDEAL BY SAN GIORGIO, LIGHT 'N FLUFFY, MRS.
WEISS, P&R, RONZONI, SAN GIORGIO and SKINNER pasta brands, along with six
manufacturing plants. In the first quarter of 1999, the Corporation received
cash proceeds of $450.0 million, retained a 6% minority interest and
recorded a gain of approximately $243.8 million before tax, $165.0 million
or $1.17 per share--diluted after tax, as a result of the transaction.
Net Sales
Net sales decreased $464.7 million or 10% in 1999 following an increase in
1998 of $133.4 million or 3%. The decrease in 1999 was primarily a result of
the divestiture of the Corporation's pasta business, resulting in a sales
reduction of $343.8 million, and sales decreases in the United States of core
confectionery and grocery products. Sales of confectionery and grocery
products declined in the first quarter of 1999 primarily as a result of the
December 1998 buy-in on promotions of regular count and vending items. Sales
decreases in the third and fourth quarters were primarily the result of
problems encountered since the July start-up of new business systems and
processes. These sales declines were partially offset by incremental sales
from the introduction of new confectionery products, increased export sales in
international markets and sales increases in the Corporation's Canadian and
Mexican markets. The increase in 1998 was primarily a result of incremental
sales from the introduction of new confectionery products and increased sales
volume for core confectionery and grocery products in North America. These
increases were offset somewhat by a decline in sales in the Corporation's
Asian and Russian markets and the impact of currency exchange rates in the
Canadian and Mexican markets, in addition to higher levels of confectionery
unsalables and lower sales of pasta products.
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales as a percent of net sales increased from 57.9% in 1997 to
59.2% in 1998, and to 59.3% in 1999. The decrease in gross margin in 1999
reflected lower profitability resulting from the mix of confectionery items
sold in 1999 compared with sales during 1998, primarily related to lower sales
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the more profitable standard bars. Higher freight and distribution costs,
reflecting increased costs related to the implementation of new business
systems and processes and distribution center capacity constraints, and higher
depreciation expense as a percent of sales, also contributed to the lower
gross margin. These cost increases were offset partially by selling price
increases in the Corporation's Canadian and Mexican markets and decreased
costs for packaging materials and certain raw materials. The decrease in gross
margin in 1998 was principally the result of higher costs for certain major
raw materials, primarily milk and cocoa, labor and overhead, higher shipping
and distribution costs and the mix of non-chocolate and chocolate
confectionery items sold in 1998 compared to 1997. These cost increases were
partially offset by lower costs for certain raw materials and improved
manufacturing efficiencies, including significant improvements in plants
acquired with the Leaf confectionery business in December 1996, from an
affiliate of Huhtamaki Oy.
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses decreased by 9% in 1999,
reflecting lower expenses resulting from the divestiture of the pasta
business, reduced marketing expenses for core confectionery brands and lower
administrative expenses. These decreases were offset partially by increased
spending associated with the introduction of new products and international
exports, in addition to higher amortization expense for capitalized software.
Excluding the divestiture of the pasta business, advertising and promotion
expense was essentially equal to the prior year as a percent of sales.
Selling, marketing and administrative costs decreased by 1% in 1998, as
reduced marketing expenses for existing brands, lower selling expenses in
international markets and lower administrative expenses were only partially
offset by higher marketing expenses associated with the introduction of new
products.
During the first quarter of 1999, the Corporation changed its retiree
medical plan to eliminate coverage for all eligible hourly employees under age
45, to be replaced by annual contributions into the Employee Savings Stock
Investment and Ownership Plan (ESSIOP). The change applied primarily to U.S.
hourly employees working in Pennsylvania. This change resulted in the
recognition of a $15.4 million pre-tax gain in 1999, excluding contributions
to the ESSIOP. Effective December 1998, all U.S. full-time salaried employees,
and all non-union hourly plant employees working outside Hershey, Pennsylvania
under age 45 were eligible for the ESSIOP contributions, resulting in the
recognition of a $13.0 million pre-tax gain in 1998.
Interest Expense, Net
Net interest expense in 1999 was $11.4 million below the prior year,
primarily as a result of lower short-term interest expense as a portion of the
proceeds from the sale of the pasta business and positive cash flow was used
to reduce short-term borrowings. Net interest expense in 1998 exceeded the
prior year by $9.4 million, primarily as a result of increased borrowings
associated with the purchase of Common Stock from the Hershey Trust Company,
as Trustee for the benefit of Milton Hershey School (Milton Hershey School
Trust), partially offset by lower interest expense reflecting reduced average
short-term borrowings.
Provision for Income Taxes
The Corporation's effective income tax rate was 39.3%, 38.8% and 36.8% in
1997, 1998 and 1999, respectively. Excluding the provision for income taxes
associated with the gain on the sale of the pasta business, the effective
income tax rate was 39.0% in 1999. The rate decreased from 39.3% in 1997 to
38.8% in 1998 primarily due to changes in the mix of the Corporation's income
among various tax jurisdictions.
Net Income
Net income increased $119.4 million in 1999, reflecting an after-tax gain of
$165.0 million on the sale of the Corporation's pasta business. Excluding the
gain, net income decreased $45.6 million or 13%
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in 1999, following an increase of $4.6 million or 1% in 1998. Excluding the
gain on the sale of the pasta business, net income as a percent of net sales
was 7.4% in 1999, 7.7% in 1998 and 7.8% in 1997.
FINANCIAL POSITION
The Corporation's financial position remained strong during 1999. The
capitalization ratio (total short-term and long-term debt as a percent of
stockholders' equity, short-term and long-term debt) was 50% as of December
31, 1999 and 54% as of December 31, 1998. The ratio of current assets to
current liabilities was 1.8:1 as of December 31, 1999, and 1.4:1 as of
December 31, 1998. The lower capitalization ratio as of December 31, 1999, and
the higher ratio of current assets to current liabilities primarily reflected
the use of a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the pasta business to
reduce short-term borrowings.
Assets
Total assets decreased $57.4 million or 2% as of December 31, 1999,
primarily as a result of the divestiture of the pasta business and lower
accounts receivable, substantially offset by increases in inventories and cash
and cash equivalents.
Current assets increased by $146.0 million or 13% reflecting increased
inventories, cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses and other current
assets. An increase in inventories of $109.0 million primarily reflected
higher raw material and finished goods inventories. The increase in cash and
cash equivalents resulted from higher cash collections from customers in
December compared to the prior year and year 2000 contingency plans. A
decrease in accounts receivable reflected lower sales and increased
collections from customers in December, as well as a reduction of accounts
receivable with extended payment terms as of December 31, 1999.
As of December 31, 1999, accounts receivable included increased deductions
from customer invoices and higher past due amounts as compared to the prior
year. These increases were primarily the result of shipping, billing and
processing difficulties encountered during the third and fourth quarters
associated with the July start-up of the new integrated information system and
new business processes. The Corporation has made substantial progress in
resolving these problems, clearing open deductions and collecting past due
receivables.
Property, plant and equipment was lower than the prior year primarily due to
the divestiture of the pasta business and depreciation expense of $135.6
million, partially offset by capital additions of $115.4 million. The increase
in other non-current assets was primarily associated with the capitalization
of software.
Liabilities
Total liabilities decreased by $113.8 million or 5% as of December 31, 1999,
primarily reflecting a reduction of short-term borrowings and the divestiture
of the pasta business, partially offset by an increase in accrued income
taxes. The decrease in short-term debt of $136.7 million resulted from the use
of a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the pasta business and positive
cash flow to repay commercial paper borrowings. The increase in accrued income
taxes of $54.7 million primarily reflected the income tax provision on the
gain on sale of the pasta business.
Capital Structure
The Corporation has two classes of stock outstanding, Common Stock and Class
B Common Stock (Class B Stock). Holders of the Common Stock and the Class B
Stock generally vote together without regard to class on matters submitted to
stockholders, including the election of directors, with the
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Common Stock having one vote per share and the Class B Stock having ten votes
per share. However, the Common Stock, voting separately as a class, is
entitled to elect one-sixth of the Board of Directors. With respect to
dividend rights, the Common Stock is entitled to cash dividends 10% higher
than those declared and paid on the Class B Stock.
LIQUIDITY
Historically, the Corporation's major source of financing has been cash
generated from operations. The Corporation's income and, consequently, cash
provided from operations during the year are affected by seasonal sales
patterns, the timing of new product introductions, business acquisitions and
divestitures, and price increases. Chocolate, confectionery and grocery
seasonal and holiday-related sales have typically been highest during the
third and fourth quarters of the year, representing the principal seasonal
effect. Generally, seasonal working capital needs peak during the summer
months and have been met by issuing commercial paper.
Over the past three years, cash requirements for share repurchases, capital
expenditures, capitalized software additions and dividend payments exceeded
cash provided from operating activities and proceeds from the sale of the
pasta business by $102.9 million. Total debt, including debt assumed,
increased during the period by $119.6 million. Cash and cash equivalents
increased by $56.7 million during the period.
The Corporation anticipates that capital expenditures will be in the range
of $150 million to $170 million per annum during the next several years as a
result of continued modernization of existing facilities and capacity
expansion to support new products and line extensions. As of December 31,
1999, the Corporation's principal capital commitments included manufacturing
capacity expansion, modernization and efficiency improvements.
In January 1999, the Corporation implemented the first phase of an
enterprise-wide integrated information system in the United States. The first
phase of system implementation included new business systems and processes
related to purchasing, accounts payable, fixed assets, the general ledger,
production reporting, and tracking of plant inventories. The start-up of the
second phase of system implementation began in July 1999 and included systems
and processes in the areas of sales order and billing, transportation planning
and management, electronic data interchange communications with warehouses,
finished goods inventories, accounts receivable and tracking of marketing
promotions. As of December 31, 1999, approximately $98.8 million of
capitalized software and hardware and $13.2 million of expenses were incurred
for the enterprise-wide information system and related projects. Total
commitments for these systems are expected to be approximately $115 million to
$120 million, including incremental costs to resolve problems encountered with
new business systems and processes. These expenditures were financed with cash
provided from operations and short-term borrowings.
In July 1999, the Corporation entered into an operating lease agreement for
an amount not to exceed $65 million for the purpose of financing construction
costs of a warehouse and distribution facility located on land owned by the
Corporation near Hershey, Pennsylvania. Under the agreement, the lessor pays
for the construction costs and thereafter leases the facility to the
Corporation. The lease term is six years, including the construction period.
The lease may be extended at the Corporation's option for up to four renewal
periods of five years each. The lease provides for a substantial residual
guarantee and includes an option to purchase the facility at original cost.
The first phase of the distribution center is expected to open in the second
quarter of 2000.
During 1999, 5,478,379 shares of Common Stock were repurchased for $318.0
million under share repurchase programs, including 1,579,779 shares purchased
from the Milton Hershey School Trust for $100.0 million. Under share
repurchase programs which began in 1993, a total of 15,339,498 shares of
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Common Stock have been repurchased for approximately $605.6 million. Of the
shares repurchased, 528,000 shares were retired, 1,320,781 shares were
reissued to satisfy stock options obligations, Supplemental Retirement
Contributions and employee stock ownership trust (ESOP) obligations and the
remaining 13,490,717 shares were held as Treasury Stock as of December 31,
1999. Additionally, the Corporation has purchased a total of 28,000,536 shares
of its Common Stock to be held as Treasury Stock from the Milton Hershey
School Trust for $1.0 billion. As of December 31, 1999, a total of 41,491,253
shares were held as Treasury Stock and $24.4 million remained available for
repurchases of Common Stock under the program approved by the Corporation's
Board of Directors in February 1999. In October 1999, the Corporation's Board
of Directors approved an additional share repurchase program authorizing the
repurchase of up to $200 million of the Corporation's Common Stock.
In March 1997, the Corporation issued $150 million of 6.95% Notes under a
November 1993 Form S-3 Registration Statement. In August 1997, the Corporation
filed another Form S-3 Registration Statement under which it could offer, on a
delayed or continuous basis, up to $500 million of additional debt securities.
Also in August 1997, the Corporation issued $150 million of 6.95% Notes due
2012 and $250 million of 7.2% Debentures due 2027 under the November 1993 and
August 1997 Registration Statements. Proceeds from the debt issuance were used
to repay a portion of the short-term borrowings associated with the purchase
of Common Stock from the Milton Hershey School Trust. As of December 31, 1999,
$250 million of debt securities remained available for issuance under the
August 1997 Registration Statement. Proceeds from any offering of the $250
million of debt securities available under the shelf registration may be used
for general corporate requirements which include reducing existing commercial
paper borrowings, financing capital additions and share repurchases, and
funding future business acquisitions and working capital requirements.
As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation maintained a committed credit
facility agreement with a syndicate of banks in the amount of $500.0 million
which could be borrowed directly or used to support the issuance of commercial
paper. The Corporation has the option to increase the credit facility by $1.0
billion with the concurrence of the banks. In December 1999, the short-term
credit facility agreement was renewed for a total of $200 million and the
long-term committed credit facility agreement remained in effect for $300
million, expiring in December 2002. The credit facilities may be used to fund
general corporate requirements, to support commercial paper borrowings and, in
certain instances, to finance future business acquisitions. The Corporation
also had lines of credit with domestic and international commercial banks of
$25.0 million and $23.0 million as of December 31, 1999 and 1998,
respectively.
Cash Flow Activities
Cash provided from operating activities totaled $1.2 billion during the past
three years. Over this period, cash used by or provided from accounts
receivable and inventories has tended to fluctuate as a result of sales during
December and inventory management practices. The change in cash required for
or provided from other assets and liabilities between the years was primarily
related to commodities transactions, the timing of payments for accrued
liabilities, including income taxes, and variations in the funding status of
pension plans.
Investing activities included capital additions and a business divestiture.
Capital additions during the past three years included the purchase of
manufacturing equipment, and expansion and modernization of existing
facilities. In 1999, the Corporation's pasta business was sold for $450
million in cash.
Financing activities included debt borrowings and repayments, payment of
dividends, the exercise of stock options, incentive plan transactions and the
repurchase of Common Stock. During the past three years, short-term borrowings
in the form of commercial paper or bank borrowings were used to
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fund seasonal working capital requirements, share repurchase programs and
purchases of Common Stock from the Milton Hershey School Trust. The proceeds
from the issuance of long-term debt were used to reduce short-term borrowings.
During the past three years, a total of 15,802,718 shares of Common Stock have
been repurchased for $841.8 million, including 11,480,769 shares purchased
from the Milton Hershey School Trust for $600.0 million. Cash requirements for
incentive plan transactions were $57.5 million during the past three years,
substantially offset by cash received from the exercise of stock options of
$52.6 million. Cash used by incentive plan transactions in 1997 and 1998
reflected purchases of the Corporation's Common Stock in the open market to
repurchase Common Stock issued for stock options exercises. Beginning in early
1998, shares of treasury stock were reissued for stock options exercises.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND MARKET RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Corporation utilizes certain derivative instruments, including interest
rate swaps and forward agreements, foreign currency forward exchange contracts
and commodity futures contracts, to manage interest rate, currency exchange
rate and commodity market price risk exposures. The interest rate swaps and
forward agreements, and foreign currency contracts are entered into for
periods consistent with related underlying exposures and do not constitute
positions independent of those exposures. Commodity futures contracts are
entered into for varying periods and are intended and effective as hedges of
anticipated raw material purchases. The Corporation does not hold or issue
derivative instruments for trading purposes and is not a party to any
instruments with leverage or prepayment features. In entering into these
contracts, the Corporation has assumed the risk which might arise from the
possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. The
Corporation does not expect any losses as a result of counterparty defaults.
The information below summarizes the Corporation's market risks associated
with long-term debt and derivative instruments outstanding as of December 31,
1999. This information should be read in conjunction with Note 1, Note 5, Note
7 and Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Long-Term Debt
The table below presents the principal cash flows and related interest rates
by maturity date for long-term debt as of December 31, 1999. The fair value of
long-term debt was determined based upon quoted market prices for the same or
similar debt issues.
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Maturity Date
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There- Fair
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 after Total Value
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Long-term Debt $2,440 $712 $838 $17,133 $136 $859,394 $880,653 $856,856
Fixed Rate 6.4% 2.0% 2.0% 4.4% 2.0% 7.2% 7.1%
</TABLE>
Interest Rate Swaps and Forward Agreements
In order to minimize its financing costs and to manage interest rate
exposure, the Corporation, from time to time, enters into interest rate swap
agreements. In October 1999, the Corporation entered into an interest rate
swap agreement to effectively convert $200 million of 6.7% Notes Due 2005
(Notes) to variable rate debt. The interest rate swap agreement is cancelable
at the sole discretion of the counterparty effective April 2, 2001. At the
same time, the Corporation entered into forward interest rate agreements to
fix the interest rate on the Notes at 5.8% through April 2, 2001.
Subsequently, if the counterparty chooses not to cancel the agreement, the
interest rate on the Notes would be variable based on the London InterBank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) until expiration on October 1, 2005.
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As of December 31, 1998, the Corporation had agreements outstanding with an
aggregate notional amount of $75.0 million maturing in September 1999 to
effectively convert a portion of its floating rate commercial paper borrowings
to fixed rate debt. As of December 31, 1998, interest rates payable were at a
weighted average fixed rate of 6.3% and interest rates receivable averaging
5.2% were based on 30-day commercial paper composite rates. Any interest rate
differential on interest rate swaps and forward agreements is recognized as an
adjustment to interest expense over the term of each agreement. The
Corporation's risk related to interest rate swap and forward agreements is
limited to the cost of replacing such agreements at prevailing market rates.
The potential loss in fair value of interest rate swaps and forward agreements
resulting from a hypothetical near-term adverse change in market rates of ten
percent was not material as of December 31, 1999 and 1998.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
The Corporation enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge
transactions primarily related to firm commitments to purchase equipment,
certain raw materials and finished goods denominated in foreign currencies,
and to hedge payment of intercompany transactions with its non-domestic
subsidiaries. These contracts reduce currency risk from exchange rate
movements.
Foreign exchange forward contracts are intended and effective as hedges of
firm, identifiable, foreign currency commitments. In accordance with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, Foreign Currency Translation, these
contracts meet the conditions for hedge accounting treatment and accordingly,
gains and losses are deferred and accounted for as part of the underlying
transactions. Gains and losses on terminated derivatives designated as hedges
are accounted for as part of the originally hedged transaction. Gains and
losses on derivatives designated as hedges of items which mature, are sold or
terminated, are recorded currently in income.
As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation had foreign exchange forward
contracts maturing in 2000 and 2001 to purchase $18.0 million in foreign
currency, primarily euros and British sterling, and to sell $31.2 million in
foreign currency, primarily Canadian dollars and Japanese yen, at contracted
forward rates.
As of December 31, 1998, the Corporation had foreign exchange forward
contracts maturing in 1999 and 2000 to purchase $10.5 million in foreign
currency, primarily British sterling and Dutch gilders, and to sell $9.6
million in Japanese yen at contracted forward rates.
The fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts was estimated by
obtaining quotes for future contracts with similar terms, adjusted where
necessary for maturity differences. As of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the fair
value of foreign exchange forward contracts approximated the contract value.
The potential loss in fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts
resulting from a hypothetical near-term adverse change in market rates of ten
percent was not material as of December 31, 1999 and 1998.
Commodity Price Risk Management
The Corporation's most significant raw materials include cocoa, sugar, milk,
peanuts and almonds. The Corporation attempts to minimize the effect of future
price fluctuations related to the purchase of these raw materials primarily
through forward purchasing to cover future manufacturing requirements,
generally for periods from 3 to 24 months. With regard to cocoa, sugar, corn
sweeteners, natural gas and certain dairy products, price risks are also
managed by entering into futures contracts. At the present time, active
futures contracts are not available for use in pricing the Corporation's other
major raw materials. Futures contracts are used in combination with forward
purchasing of cocoa, sugar, corn sweetener, natural gas and certain dairy
product requirements principally to take advantage of market fluctuations
which provide more favorable pricing opportunities and to increase
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diversity or flexibility in sourcing these raw materials and energy
requirements. The Corporation's commodity procurement practices are intended
to reduce the risk of future price increases, but also may potentially limit
the ability to benefit from possible price decreases.
The cost of cocoa beans and the prices for the related commodity futures
contracts historically have been subject to wide fluctuations attributable to
a variety of factors, including the effect of weather on crop yield, other
imbalances between supply and demand, currency exchange rates, political
unrest in producing countries and speculative influences. Cocoa prices have
declined recently as additional production, spurred by higher prices of the
mid 1990's, has come on stream and as the economic difficulties in eastern
Europe, particularly Russia, and Southeast Asia, have negatively impacted
demand. During 2000, these negative demand influences could continue to keep
cocoa futures prices contained. The Corporation's costs during 2000 will not
necessarily reflect market price fluctuations because of its forward
purchasing practices, premiums and discounts reflective of relative values,
varying delivery times, and supply and demand for specific varieties and
grades of cocoa beans.
Commodities Futures Contracts
In connection with the purchasing of cocoa, sugar, corn sweeteners, natural
gas and certain dairy products for anticipated manufacturing requirements, the
Corporation enters into commodities futures contracts as deemed appropriate to
reduce the effect of price fluctuations. In accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 80, Accounting for Futures Contracts, these
futures contracts meet the hedge criteria and are accounted for as hedges.
Accordingly, gains and losses are deferred and recognized in cost of sales as
part of the product cost. Gains and losses on futures designated as hedges of
anticipated purchases which are no longer likely to occur are recorded
currently in income.
Exchange traded futures contracts are used to fix the price of physical
forward purchase contracts. Cash transfers reflecting changes in the value of
futures contracts are made on a daily basis and are included in other current
assets or accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Such cash
transfers will be offset by higher or lower cash requirements for payment of
invoice prices of raw materials and energy requirements in the future. Futures
being held in excess of the amount required to fix the price of unpriced
physical forward contracts are effective as hedges of anticipated purchases.
The following sensitivity analysis reflects the market risk of the
Corporation to a hypothetical adverse market price movement of ten percent,
based on the Corporation's net commodity positions at four dates spaced
equally throughout the year. The Corporation's net commodity positions consist
of the excess of futures contracts held over unpriced physical forward
contracts for the same commodities, relating to cocoa, sugar, corn sweeteners
and natural gas. Inventories, priced forward contracts and estimated
anticipated purchases not yet contracted for were not included in the
sensitivity analysis calculations. A loss is defined, for purposes of
determining market risk, as the potential decrease in fair value or the
opportunity cost resulting from the hypothetical adverse price movement. The
fair values of net commodity positions were based upon quoted market prices or
estimated future prices including estimated carrying costs corresponding with
the future delivery period.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended
December 31, 1999 1998
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In millions of dollars Market Risk Market Risk
Fair (Hypothetical Fair (Hypothetical
Value 10% Change) Value 10% Change)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
---------------------------------
Highest long position $147.7 $14.8 $134.9 $13.5
Lowest long position 54.3 5.4 45.6 4.6
Average position (long) 111.0 11.1 76.3 7.6
</TABLE>
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Sensitivity analysis disclosures represent forward-looking statements which
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those presently anticipated or projected. The
important factors that could affect the sensitivity analysis disclosures
include significant increases or decreases in market prices reflecting
fluctuations attributable to the effect of weather on crop yield, other
imbalances between supply and demand, currency exchange rates, political
unrest in producing countries and speculative influences in addition to
changes in the Corporation's hedging strategies.
MARKET PRICES AND DIVIDENDS
Cash dividends paid on the Corporation's Common Stock and Class B Stock were
$136.7 million in 1999 and $129.0 million in 1998. The annual dividend rate on
the Common Stock was $1.04 per share, an increase of 8% over the 1998 rate of
$.96 per share. The 1999 dividend represented the 25th consecutive year of
Common Stock dividend increases.
On February 9, 2000, the Corporation's Board of Directors declared a
quarterly dividend of $.26 per share of Common Stock payable on March 15,
2000, to stockholders of record as of February 25, 2000. It is the
Corporation's 281st consecutive Common Stock dividend. A quarterly dividend of
$.235 per share of Class B Stock also was declared.
Hershey Foods Corporation's Common Stock is listed and traded principally on
the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HSY."
Approximately 128.6 million shares of the Corporation's Common Stock were
traded during 1999. The Class B Stock is not publicly traded.
The closing price of the Common Stock on December 31, 1999, was $47 7/16.
There were 43,265 stockholders of record of the Common Stock and the Class B
Stock as of December 31, 1999.
The following table shows the dividends paid per share of Common Stock and
Class B Stock and the price range of the Common Stock for each quarter of the
past two years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dividends Paid Common Stock
Per Share Price Range*
-------------- -------------------
Common Class B
Stock Stock High Low
------ ------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1999
1st Quarter $ .24 $ .2175 $64 7/8 $54 1/8
2nd Quarter .24 .2175 59 1/2 48 13/16
3rd Quarter .26 .2350 61 7/16 48 1/2
4th Quarter .26 .2350 54 3/16 45 3/4
------ -------
Total $ 1.00 $ .9050
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1998
1st Quarter $ .22 $ .2000 $73 3/8 $59 11/16
2nd Quarter .22 .2000 76 3/8 67 3/16
3rd Quarter .24 .2175 72 5/16 60 1/2
4th Quarter .24 .2175 75 13/16 60 3/4
------ -------
Total $ .92 $ .8350
====== =======
</TABLE>
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* NYSE-Composite Quotations for Common Stock by calendar quarter.
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RETURN MEASURES
Operating Return on Average Stockholders' Equity
The Corporation's operating return on average stockholders' equity was 27.6%
in 1999. Over the most recent five-year period, the return has ranged from
22.2% in 1995 to 36.0% in 1998. For the purpose of calculating operating
return on average stockholders' equity, earnings is defined as net income,
excluding the after-tax restructuring activities in 1995, the after-tax loss
on the disposal of businesses in 1996 and the after-tax gain on the sale of
the pasta business in 1999.
Operating Return on Average Invested Capital
The Corporation's operating return on average invested capital was 14.8% in
1999. Over the most recent five-year period, the return has ranged from 17.8%
in 1996 to 14.8% in 1999. Average invested capital consists of the annual
average of beginning and ending balances of long-term debt, deferred income
taxes and stockholders' equity. For the purpose of calculating operating
return on average invested capital, earnings is defined as net income,
excluding the after-tax restructuring activities in 1995, the after-tax loss
on disposal of businesses in 1996, the after-tax gain on the sale of the pasta
business in 1999, and the after-tax effect of interest on long-term debt.
YEAR 2000 ISSUES
The Corporation completed its year 2000 testing and remediation programs in
the third quarter of 1999. No significant year 2000 problems have been
encountered with the Corporation's information technology (IT) and non-IT
systems. The total cost of testing and remediation of the Corporation's IT and
non-IT systems not being replaced by the integrated information system project
was approximately $6.0 million.
The Corporation also assessed year 2000 remediation issues relating to its
major business partners. All of the Corporation's major customers have been
contacted regarding year 2000 issues related to electronic data interchange.
The Corporation also contacted all of its major suppliers of ingredients,
packaging, facilities, logistics and financial services with regard to year
2000 issues. No significant year 2000 problems have been encountered with the
Corporation's major business partners.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
The nature of the Corporation's operations and the environment in which it
operates subject it to changing economic, competitive, regulatory and
technological conditions, risks and uncertainties. In connection with the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, the Corporation notes the following factors which, among others, could
cause future results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements,
expectations and assumptions expressed or implied herein. Many of the forward
looking statements contained in this document may be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should,"
"planned," "estimated," and "potential" among others. Factors which could
cause results to differ include, but are not limited to: changes in the
confectionery and grocery business environment, including actions of
competitors and changes in consumer preferences; changes in governmental laws
and regulations, including income taxes; market demand for new and existing
products; raw material pricing; the Corporation's ability to fully remedy the
problems and avoid the increased costs encountered since implementing changes
to the customer service, warehousing, and order fulfillment processes and
systems in the third quarter of 1999; the ability to restore customer service
to historical levels; the effects service levels and other factors have on
future customer demand; and the ability to complete construction and commence
operations of new warehousing facilities on schedule.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars except per
share amounts
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net Sales $3,970,924 $4,435,615 $4,302,236
---------- ---------- ----------
Costs and Expenses:
Cost of sales 2,354,724 2,625,057 2,488,896
Selling, marketing and administrative 1,057,840 1,167,895 1,183,130
Gain on sale of business (243,785) -- --
---------- ---------- ----------
Total costs and expenses 3,168,779 3,792,952 3,672,026
---------- ---------- ----------
Income before Interest and Income Taxes 802,145 642,663 630,210
Interest expense, net 74,271 85,657 76,255
---------- ---------- ----------
Income before Income Taxes 727,874 557,006 553,955
Provision for income taxes 267,564 216,118 217,704
---------- ---------- ----------
Net Income $ 460,310 $ 340,888 $ 336,251
========== ========== ==========
Net Income Per Share--Basic $ 3.29 $ 2.38 $ 2.25
========== ========== ==========
Net Income Per Share--Diluted $ 3.26 $ 2.34 $ 2.23
========== ========== ==========
Cash Dividends Paid Per Share:
Common Stock $ 1.00 $ .920 $ .840
Class B Common Stock .905 .835 .760
</TABLE>
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 118,078 $ 39,024
Accounts receivable--trade 352,750 451,324
Inventories 602,202 493,249
Deferred income taxes 80,303 58,505
Prepaid expenses and other 126,647 91,864
----------- -----------
Total current assets 1,279,980 1,133,966
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net 1,510,460 1,648,058
Intangibles Resulting from Business Acquisitions 450,165 530,464
Other Assets 106,047 91,610
----------- -----------
Total assets $ 3,346,652 $ 3,404,098
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 136,567 $ 156,937
Accrued liabilities 292,497 294,415
Accrued income taxes 72,159 17,475
Short-term debt 209,166 345,908
Current portion of long-term debt 2,440 89
----------- -----------
Total current liabilities 712,829 814,824
Long-term Debt 878,213 879,103
Other Long-term Liabilities 330,938 346,769
Deferred Income Taxes 326,045 321,101
----------- -----------
Total liabilities 2,248,025 2,361,797
----------- -----------
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, shares issued: none in 1999 and
1998 -- --
Common Stock, shares issued: 149,506,964 in 1999
and 149,502,964 in 1998 149,507 149,503
Class B Common Stock, shares issued: 30,443,908 in
1999 and 30,447,908 in 1998 30,443 30,447
Additional paid-in capital 30,079 29,995
Unearned ESOP compensation (22,354) (25,548)
Retained earnings 2,513,275 2,189,693
Treasury--Common Stock shares, at cost: 41,491,253
in 1999 and 36,804,157 in 1998 (1,552,708) (1,267,422)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (49,615) (64,367)
----------- -----------
Total stockholders' equity 1,098,627 1,042,301
----------- -----------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 3,346,652 $ 3,404,098
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these
balance sheets.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash Flows Provided from (Used by)
Operating Activities
Net income $ 460,310 $ 340,888 $ 336,251
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided from operations:
Depreciation and amortization 163,308 158,161 152,750
Deferred income taxes (8,336) 82,241 16,915
Gain on sale of business, net of tax of
$78,769 (165,016) -- --
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of
effects from business divestiture:
Accounts receivable--trade 77,918 (90,493) (68,479)
Inventories (136,535) 12,276 (33,538)
Accounts payable (8,742) 10,005 12,967
Other assets and liabilities (55,224) (124,118) 85,074
Other, net -- 745 4,018
--------- --------- ---------
Net Cash Provided from Operating Activities 327,683 389,705 505,958
--------- --------- ---------
Cash Flows Provided from (Used by)
Investing Activities
Capital additions (115,448) (161,328) (172,939)
Capitalized software additions (25,394) (42,859) (29,100)
Proceeds from divestiture 450,000 -- --
Other, net 13,526 9,284 21,368
--------- --------- ---------
Net Cash Provided from (Used by) Investing
Activities 322,684 (194,903) (180,671)
--------- --------- ---------
Cash Flows Provided from (Used by)
Financing Activities
Net change in short-term borrowings (136,742) (36,543) (217,018)
Long-term borrowings 1,696 -- 550,000
Repayment of long-term debt (393) (25,187) (15,588)
Cash dividends paid (136,728) (129,044) (121,546)
Exercise of stock options 18,878 19,368 14,397
Incentive plan transactions -- (22,458) (35,063)
Repurchase of Common Stock (318,024) (16,151) (507,654)
--------- --------- ---------
Net Cash (Used by) Financing Activities (571,313) (210,015) (332,472)
--------- --------- ---------
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash
Equivalents 79,054 (15,213) (7,185)
Cash and Cash Equivalents as of January 1 39,024 54,237 61,422
--------- --------- ---------
Cash and Cash Equivalents as of December 31 $ 118,078 $ 39,024 $ 54,237
========= ========= =========
Interest Paid $ 77,049 $ 89,001 $ 64,937
Income Taxes Paid 218,665 123,970 181,377
</TABLE>
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Accumulated
Class B Additional Unearned Treasury Other Total
Preferred Common Common Paid-in ESOP Retained Common Comprehensive Stockholders'
Stock Stock Stock Capital Compensation Earnings Stock Income (Loss) Equity
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of
dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance as of
January 1, 1997 $ -- $ 149,472 $ 30,478 $ 42,432 $ (31,935) $ 1,763,144 $ (759,695) $ (32,875) $ 1,161,021
-----------
Comprehensive
income (loss)
Net income 336,251 336,251
Other
comprehensive
income (loss):
Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments (9,368) (9,368)
-----------
Comprehensive
income 326,883
Dividends:
Common Stock,
$.84 per share (98,390) (98,390)
Class B Common
Stock, $.76 per
share (23,156) (23,156)
Conversion of
Class B Common
Stock into
Common Stock 13 (13) --
Incentive plan
transactions (879) (879)
Exercise of
stock options (8,200) (512) (8,712)
Employee stock
ownership trust
transactions 499 3,194 3,693
Repurchase of
Common Stock (507,654) (507,654)
---- --------- -------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balance as of
December 31,
1997 -- 149,485 30,465 33,852 (28,741) 1,977,849 (1,267,861) (42,243) 852,806
-----------
Comprehensive
income (loss)
Net income 340,888 340,888
Other
comprehensive
income (loss):
Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments (18,073) (18,073)
Minimum pension
liability
adjustments,
net of tax
benefit (4,051) (4,051)
-----------
Comprehensive
income 318,764
Dividends:
Common Stock,
$.92 per share (103,616) (103,616)
Class B Common
Stock, $.835
per share (25,428) (25,428)
Conversion of
Class B Common
Stock into
Common Stock 18 (18) --
Incentive plan
transactions (985) (985)
Exercise of
stock options (3,375) 16,590 13,215
Employee stock
ownership trust
transactions 503 3,193 3,696
Repurchase of
Common Stock (16,151) (16,151)
---- --------- -------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balance as of
December 31,
1998 -- 149,503 30,447 29,995 (25,548) 2,189,693 (1,267,422) (64,367) 1,042,301
-----------
Comprehensive
income (loss)
Net income 460,310 460,310
Other
comprehensive
income (loss):
Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments 10,701 10,701
Minimum pension
liability
adjustments,
net of tax
benefit 4,051 4,051
-----------
Comprehensive
income 475,062
Dividends:
Common Stock,
$1.00 per share (109,175) (109,175)
Class B Common
Stock, $.905
per share (27,553) (27,553)
Conversion of
Class B Common
Stock into
Common Stock 4 (4) --
Incentive plan
transactions 2 2
Exercise of
stock options (458) 32,738 32,280
Employee stock
ownership
trust/benefits
transactions 540 3,194 3,734
Repurchase of
Common Stock (318,024) (318,024)
---- --------- -------- -------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balance as of
December 31,
1999 $-- $ 149,507 $ 30,443 $ 30,079 $ (22,354) $ 2,513,275 $ (1,552,708) $ (49,615) $ 1,098,627
==== ========= ======== ======== ========= =========== ============ ========= ===========
</TABLE>
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these
statements.
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Significant accounting policies employed by the Corporation are discussed
below and in other notes to the consolidated financial statements. Certain
reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the 1999
presentation.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany accounts
and transactions.
Use of Estimates
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, the
disclosure of contingent assets and 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,
particularly for accounts receivable and certain current and long-term
liabilities.
Revenue Recognition
Sales are recorded at the time products are shipped and risk of loss is
transferred.
Cash Equivalents
All highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months
or less are classified as cash equivalents.
Commodities Futures Contracts
In connection with the purchasing of cocoa, sugar, corn sweeteners, natural
gas and certain dairy products for anticipated manufacturing requirements, the
Corporation enters into commodities futures contracts as deemed appropriate to
reduce the effect of price fluctuations. In accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 80, Accounting for Futures Contracts, these
futures contracts meet the hedge criteria and are accounted for as hedges.
Accordingly, gains and losses are deferred and recognized in cost of sales as
part of the product cost. Gains and losses on futures designated as hedges of
anticipated purchases which are no longer likely to occur are recorded in
income currently.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation of buildings,
machinery and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives.
Intangibles Resulting from Business Acquisitions
Intangible assets resulting from business acquisitions principally consist
of the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair value of the net assets of
businesses acquired (goodwill). Goodwill was $431.7 million and $508.0 million
as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. The decrease in goodwill
primarily reflected the divestiture of the Corporation's pasta business in
January 1999.
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Goodwill is amortized on a straight-line basis over 40 years. Other intangible
assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives.
The Corporation periodically evaluates whether events or circumstances have
occurred indicating that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be
recoverable. When factors indicate that goodwill should be evaluated for
possible impairment, the Corporation uses an estimate of the acquired
business' undiscounted future cash flows compared to the related carrying
amount of net assets, including goodwill, to determine if an impairment loss
should be recognized.
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets resulting from business
acquisitions was $121.6 million and $132.3 million as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, respectively. The decrease in accumulated amortization reflected the
divestiture of the Corporation's pasta business in January 1999.
Comprehensive Income
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income (SFAS
No. 130). SFAS No. 130 establishes standards for reporting and display of
comprehensive income and its components. SFAS No. 130 requires that an
enterprise (a) classify items of other comprehensive income by their nature in
a financial statement and (b) display the accumulated balance of other
comprehensive income separately from retained earnings and additional paid-in
capital in the equity section of a statement of financial position.
Results of operations for foreign entities are translated using the average
exchange rates during the period. For foreign entities, assets and liabilities
are translated to U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the
balance sheet date. Resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a
component of other comprehensive income (loss), "Foreign Currency Translation
Adjustments."
A minimum pension liability adjustment is required when the actuarial
present value of accumulated pension plan benefits exceeds plan assets and
accrued pension liabilities, less allowable intangible assets. Minimum pension
liability adjustments, net of income taxes, are recorded as a component of
other comprehensive income (loss), "Minimum Pension Liability Adjustments, net
of tax benefit."
Comprehensive income (loss) is reported on the Consolidated Statements of
Stockholders' Equity and accumulated other comprehensive (loss) is reported on
the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
The Corporation enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge
transactions primarily related to firm commitments to purchase equipment,
certain raw materials and finished goods denominated in foreign currencies,
and to hedge payment of intercompany transactions with its non-domestic
subsidiaries. These contracts reduce currency risk from exchange rate
movements.
Foreign exchange forward contracts are intended and effective as hedges of
firm, identifiable, foreign currency commitments. Accordingly, gains and
losses are deferred and accounted for as part of the underlying transactions.
Gains and losses on terminated derivatives designated as hedges are accounted
for as part of the originally hedged transaction. Gains and losses on
derivatives designated as hedges of items which mature, are sold or
terminated, are recorded currently in income. In entering into these contracts
the Corporation has assumed the risk which might arise from the possible
inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. The
Corporation does not expect any losses as a result of counterparty defaults.
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License Agreements
The Corporation has entered into license agreements under which it has
access to certain trademarks and proprietary technology, and manufactures
and/or markets and distributes certain products. The rights under these
agreements are extendible on a long-term basis at the Corporation's option
subject to certain conditions, including minimum sales levels, which the
Corporation has met. License fees and royalties, payable under the terms of
the agreements, are expensed as incurred.
Research and Development
The Corporation expenses research and development costs as incurred.
Research and development expense was $26.7 million, $28.6 million and $27.5
million in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Advertising
The Corporation expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense
was $164.9 million, $187.5 million and $202.4 million in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively. Prepaid advertising as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, was $5.8
million and $12.1 million, respectively.
Computer Software
In 1997, the Corporation began capitalizing certain costs of computer
software developed or obtained for internal use. The amount capitalized as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, was $82.2 million and $69.3 million, respectively.
If such costs were capitalized in prior years, the effect would not have been
material. Software assets are classified as other non-current assets and are
amortized over periods up to five years. Accumulated amortization of
capitalized software was $15.1 million and $2.8 million as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, respectively.
2.DIVESTITURE
In January 1999, the Corporation completed the sale of a 94% majority
interest of its U.S. pasta business to New World Pasta, LLC. The transaction
included the AMERICAN BEAUTY, IDEAL BY SAN GIORGIO, LIGHT 'N FLUFFY, MRS.
WEISS, P&R, RONZONI, SAN GIORGIO and SKINNER pasta brands, along with six
manufacturing plants. In the first quarter of 1999, the Corporation received
cash proceeds of $450.0 million, retained a 6% minority interest and recorded
a gain of approximately $243.8 million before tax, $165.0 million or $1.17 per
share--diluted after tax, as a result of the transaction. Net sales for the
pasta business were $29.3 million, $373.1 million, and $386.2 million for
1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net income for the pasta business was $1.5
million, $25.9 million and $25.2 million for 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively.
3.RENTAL AND LEASE COMMITMENTS
Rent expense was $45.5 million, $39.6 million and $31.8 million for 1999,
1998 and 1997, respectively. Rent expense pertains to all operating leases,
which were principally related to certain administrative buildings,
distribution facilities and transportation equipment. In July 1999, the
Corporation entered into an operating lease agreement for an amount not to
exceed $65 million for the purpose of financing construction costs of a
warehouse and distribution facility located on land owned by the Corporation
near Hershey, Pennsylvania. Under the agreement, the lessor pays for the
construction costs and thereafter leases the facility to the Corporation. The
lease term is six years, including the construction period. The lease may be
extended at the Corporation's option for up to four renewal periods of five
years each. The lease provides for a substantial residual guarantee and
includes an option to purchase the facility at original cost. The first phase
of the distribution center is expected to open in the second quarter of 2000.
Future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable
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operating leases with a remaining term in excess of one year as of December
31, 1999, were: 2000, $18.5 million; 2001, $19.7 million; 2002, $18.9 million;
2003, $18.3 million; 2004, $18.1 million; 2005 and beyond, $42.9 million.
4.DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 133). SFAS No. 133 establishes accounting and
reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument be recorded in
the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value.
SFAS No. 133 requires that changes in the derivative's fair value be
recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are
met. Special accounting for qualifying hedges allows a derivative's gains and
losses to offset related results on the hedged item in the income statement,
and requires that a company must formally document, designate, and assess the
effectiveness of transactions that receive hedge accounting.
SFAS No. 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000,
but may be implemented as of the beginning of any fiscal quarter after
issuance. Retroactive application is not permitted. SFAS No. 133 must be
applied to (a) derivative instruments and (b) certain derivative instruments
embedded in hybrid contracts that were issued, acquired, or substantively
modified after December 31, 1997. Changes in accounting methods will be
required for derivative instruments utilized by the Corporation to hedge
commodity price, foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate risks. Such
derivatives currently include, but are not limited to, commodity futures
contracts, foreign exchange forward contracts, and interest rate swaps and
forward agreements.
The Corporation anticipates the adoption of SFAS No. 133 as of January 1,
2001. As of December 31, 1999, net deferred losses on derivatives of
approximately $38.2 million after tax would have been reported as a component
of other comprehensive loss and classified as accumulated other comprehensive
loss on the consolidated balance sheets upon adoption of SFAS No. 133. The
adoption of SFAS No. 133 is not expected to have a material impact on the
Corporation's results of operations.
5.FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts of financial instruments including cash and cash
equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term debt
approximated fair value as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, because of the
relatively short maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of long-
term debt, including the current portion, was $880.7 million as of December
31, 1999, compared to a fair value of $856.9 million based on quoted market
prices for the same or similar debt issues. The carrying value of long-term
debt, including the current portion, was $879.2 million as of December 31,
1998, compared to a fair value of approximately $1.0 billion.
As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation had foreign exchange forward
contracts maturing in 2000 and 2001 to purchase $18.0 million in foreign
currency, primarily euros and British sterling, and to sell $31.2 million in
foreign currency, primarily Canadian dollars and Japanese yen, at contracted
forward rates.
As of December 31, 1998, the Corporation had foreign exchange forward
contracts maturing in 1999 and 2000 to purchase $10.5 million in foreign
currency, primarily British sterling and Dutch gilders, and to sell $9.6
million in Japanese yen at contracted forward rates.
The fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts is estimated by
obtaining quotes for future contracts with similar terms, adjusted where
necessary for maturity differences. As of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the fair
value of foreign exchange forward contracts approximated the contract value.
The Corporation does not hold or issue financial instruments for trading
purposes.
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In order to minimize its financing costs and to manage interest rate
exposure, the Corporation, from time to time, enters into interest rate swap
agreements. In October 1999, the Corporation entered into an interest rate
swap agreement to effectively convert $200 million of 6.7% Notes Due 2005
(Notes) to variable rate debt. The interest rate swap agreement is cancelable
at the sole discretion of the counterparty effective April 2, 2001. At the
same time, the Corporation entered into forward interest rate agreements to
fix the interest rate on the Notes at 5.8% through April 2, 2001.
Subsequently, if the counterparty chooses not to cancel the agreement, the
interest rate on the Notes would be variable based on the London InterBank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) until expiration on October 1, 2005.
As of December 31, 1998, the Corporation had agreements outstanding with an
aggregate notional amount of $75.0 million maturing in September 1999 to
effectively convert a portion of its floating rate commercial paper borrowings
to fixed rate debt. As of December 31, 1998, interest rates payable were at a
weighted average fixed rate of 6.3% and interest rates receivable averaging
5.2% were based on 30-day commercial paper composite rates. Any interest rate
differential on interest rate swaps and forward agreements is recognized as an
adjustment to interest expense over the term of each agreement. The
Corporation's risk related to interest rate swap and forward agreements is
limited to the cost of replacing such agreements at prevailing market rates.
6.INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest expense, net consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Long-term debt and lease obligations $66,323 $67,538 $48,737
Short-term debt 12,191 23,657 32,284
Capitalized interest (1,214) (2,547) (1,883)
------- ------- -------
Interest expense, gross 77,300 88,648 79,138
Interest income (3,029) (2,991) (2,883)
------- ------- -------
Interest expense, net $74,271 $85,657 $76,255
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</TABLE>
7.SHORT-TERM DEBT
Generally, the Corporation's short-term borrowings are in the form of
commercial paper or bank loans with an original maturity of three months or
less. As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation maintained a committed credit
facility agreement with a syndicate of banks in the amount of $500.0 million
which could be borrowed directly or used to support the issuance of commercial
paper. The Corporation has the option to increase the credit facility by $1.0
billion with the concurrence of the banks. In December 1999, the short-term
credit facility agreement was renewed for a total of $200 million and the
long-term committed credit facility agreement remained in effect for $300
million, expiring in December 2002. The credit facilities may be used to fund
general corporate requirements, to support commercial paper borrowings and, in
certain instances, to finance future business acquisitions.
The Corporation also maintains lines of credit arrangements with domestic
and international commercial banks, under which it could borrow in various
currencies up to approximately $25.0 million and $23.0 million as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, at the lending banks' prime commercial
interest rates or lower.
The Corporation had combined domestic commercial paper borrowings, and
short-term foreign bank loans against its credit facilities and lines of
credit of $209.2 million as of December 31, 1999, and
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$345.9 million as of December 31, 1998. The weighted average interest rates on
short-term borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, were 5.8%
and 5.2%, respectively.
The credit facilities and lines of credit were supported by commitment fee
arrangements. The average fee during 1999 was less than .1% per annum of the
commitment. The Corporation's credit facility agreements contain a financial
covenant which requires that a specified interest and fixed charge ratio be
maintained. These agreements are also subject to other representations and
covenants which do not materially restrict the Corporation's activities. The
Corporation is in compliance with all covenants included in the credit
facility agreements. There were no significant compensating balance agreements
which legally restricted these funds.
As a result of maintaining a consolidated cash management system, the
Corporation maintains overdraft positions at certain banks. Such overdrafts,
which were included in accounts payable, were $28.3 million and $57.0 million
as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
8.LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
6.7% Notes due 2005 $200,000 $200,000
6.95% Notes due 2007 150,000 150,000
6.95% Notes due 2012 150,000 150,000
8.8% Debentures due 2021 100,000 100,000
7.2% Debentures due 2027 250,000 250,000
Other obligations, net of unamortized debt discount 30,653 29,192
-------- --------
Total long-term debt 880,653 879,192
Less--current portion 2,440 89
-------- --------
Long-term portion $878,213 $879,103
======== ========
</TABLE>
In October 1999, the Corporation entered into an interest rate swap
agreement to effectively convert $200 million of 6.7% Notes due 2005 to
variable rate debt. The interest rate swap agreement is cancelable at the sole
discretion of the counterparty effective April 2, 2001. At the same time, the
Corporation entered into forward interest rate agreements to fix the interest
rate on the Notes at 5.8% through April 2, 2001. Subsequently, if the
counterparty chooses not to cancel the agreement, the interest rate on the
Notes would be variable based on LIBOR until expiration on October 1, 2005.
Aggregate annual maturities during the next five years are: 2000, $2.4
million; 2001, $.7 million; 2002, $.8 million; 2003, $17.1 million; and $.1
million in 2004. The Corporation's debt is principally unsecured and of equal
priority. None of the debt is convertible into stock of the Corporation. The
Corporation is in compliance with all covenants included in the related debt
agreements.
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9. INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes was as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal $256,054 $119,706 $177,145
State 15,998 10,498 20,252
Foreign 3,848 3,673 3,392
-------- -------- --------
Current provision for income taxes 275,900 133,877 200,789
-------- -------- --------
Deferred:
Federal (23,271) 73,422 9,370
State 16,280 10,568 5,103
Foreign (1,345) (1,749) 2,442
-------- -------- --------
Deferred provision for income taxes (8,336) 82,241 16,915
-------- -------- --------
Total provision for income taxes $267,564 $216,118 $217,704
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</TABLE>
The tax effects of the significant temporary differences which comprised the
deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
- -------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Post-retirement benefit obligations $ 84,305 $ 87,954
Accrued expenses and other reserves 103,232 96,843
Accrued trade promotion reserves 34,708 28,118
Other 23,054 21,530
-------- --------
Total deferred tax assets 245,299 234,445
-------- --------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation 289,369 308,074
Other 201,672 188,967
-------- --------
Total deferred tax liabilities 491,041 497,041
-------- --------
Net deferred tax liabilities $245,742 $262,596
======== ========
Included in:
Current deferred tax assets, net $ 80,303 $ 58,505
Non-current deferred tax liabilities, net 326,045 321,101
-------- --------
Net deferred tax liabilities $245,742 $262,596
======== ========
</TABLE>
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The following table reconciles the Federal statutory income tax rate with
the Corporation's effective income tax rate:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Federal statutory income tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
Increase (reduction) resulting from:
State income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefits 2.3 3.0 3.4
Non-deductible acquisition costs .6 .9 .9
Utilization of capital loss carryforwards (.9) -- --
Other, net (.2) (.1) --
---- ---- ----
Effective income tax rate 36.8% 38.8% 39.3%
==== ==== ====
</TABLE>
In January 1999, the Corporation received a Notice of Proposed Deficiency
from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to the years 1989 through
1996. The most significant issue pertains to the Corporate Owned Life
Insurance (COLI) program which was implemented by the Corporation in 1989. The
IRS proposed an assessment for the disallowance of interest expense deductions
associated with the underlying life insurance policies. The total impact of
the disallowance was approximately $60.4 million, including interest as of
December 31, 1999. The Corporation may be subject to additional assessments
for federal and state tax and interest payments for years subsequent to 1996.
The Corporation believes that it has fully complied with the tax law as it
relates to its COLI program. The Corporation filed a protest of the proposed
deficiency with the Appeals section of the IRS in April 1999 and continues to
vigorously defend its position on this matter.
10.PENSION AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
The Corporation's policy is to fund domestic pension liabilities in
accordance with the minimum and maximum limits imposed by the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and Federal income tax laws,
respectively. Non-domestic pension liabilities are funded in accordance with
applicable local laws and regulations. Plan assets are invested in a broadly
diversified portfolio consisting primarily of domestic and international
common stocks and fixed income securities. Other benefits include health care
and life insurance provided by the Corporation under two post-retirement
benefit plans.
Effective December 31, 1998, the Corporation adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 132, Employers' Disclosures about Pension and Other
Post-Retirement Benefits (SFAS No. 132). The provisions of SFAS No. 132 revise
employers' disclosures about pension and other post-retirement benefit plans.
It does not change the measurement or recognition of these plans.
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A summary of the changes in benefit obligations and plan assets as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998 is presented below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pension Benefits Other Benefits
------------------- --------------------
December 31, 1999 1998 1999 1998
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Change in benefits obligation
Benefits obligation at beginning of
year $ 692,422 $602,081 $ 251,040 $ 206,695
Service cost 31,050 27,621 3,803 4,452
Interest cost 41,781 41,855 13,813 13,524
Amendments 16,404 (440) (11,092) (17,427)
Actuarial (gain) loss (93,537) 72,944 (32,285) 54,698
Divestiture/Acquisition (8,648) -- -- (1,799)
Other 3,185 (2,440) 222 (228)
Benefits paid (54,947) (49,199) (10,991) (8,875)
--------- -------- --------- ---------
Benefits obligation at end of year 627,710 692,422 214,510 251,040
--------- -------- --------- ---------
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at
beginning of year 628,041 566,810 -- --
Actual return on plan assets 74,511 91,338 -- --
Divestiture (5,993) -- -- --
Employer contribution 6,253 20,634 10,991 8,875
Other 2,834 (1,542) -- --
Benefits paid (54,947) (49,199) (10,991) (8,875)
--------- -------- --------- ---------
Fair value of plan assets at end of
year 650,699 628,041 -- --
--------- -------- --------- ---------
Funded status 22,989 (64,381) (214,510) (251,040)
Unrecognized transition obligation (308) (91) -- --
Unrecognized prior service cost 49,046 35,854 (24,842) (33,202)
Unrecognized net actuarial (gain)
loss (105,839) 6,164 26,085 59,589
Intangible asset -- (1,261) -- --
Accumulated other comprehensive
income -- (6,750) -- --
Prior service cost recognized due
to curtailment -- -- 17,034 12,991
Unrecognized prior service cost due
to amendment -- -- (11,105) (6,924)
--------- -------- --------- ---------
(Accrued) benefits cost $ (34,112) $(30,465) $(207,338) $(218,586)
========= ======== ========= =========
Weighted-average assumptions
Discount rate 7.5% 6.4% 7.5% 6.4%
Expected long-term rate of return
on assets 9.5 9.5 N/A N/A
Rate of increase in compensation
levels 4.8 4.8 N/A N/A
</TABLE>
For measurement purposes, a 6% annual rate of increase in the per capita
cost of covered health care benefits was assumed for 2000 and future years.
As of December 31, 1999, for pension plans with accumulated benefit
obligations in excess of plan assets, the related projected benefit obligation
and accumulated benefit obligation were $36.4 million and $35.0 million,
respectively, with no plan assets.
As of December 31, 1998, for pension plans with accumulated benefit
obligations in excess of plan assets, the related projected benefit
obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets
were $81.1 million, $66.9 million and $22.7 million, respectively.
A minimum pension liability adjustment is required when the actuarial
present value of accumulated plan benefits exceeds plan assets and accrued
pension liabilities. In 1999, accrued pension
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liabilities exceeded the actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits
because the discount rate used to determine the present value of accumulated
benefits increased from 6.4% to 7.5% and a plan amendment shifted benefits
from an unfunded pension plan to a funded plan. Accordingly, a minimum pension
liability adjustment of $4.1 million, initially recorded in other
comprehensive income in 1998, was reversed in 1999, net of deferred income
taxes of $2.7 million.
A summary of the components of net periodic benefits cost for the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 is presented below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Pension Benefits Other Benefits
------------------ ------------------
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1999 1998
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Components of net periodic benefits
cost
Service cost $ 31,050 $ 27,621 $ 3,803 $ 4,452
Interest cost 41,781 41,855 13,813 13,524
Expected return on plan assets (57,836) (53,399) -- --
Amortization of prior service cost 2,956 2,941 (2,293) (2,986)
Recognized net actuarial loss 341 717 1,042 --
Other -- -- 54 9
-------- -------- -------- --------
Corporate sponsored plans 18,292 19,735 16,419 14,999
Multi-employer plans 698 1,571 -- --
Administrative expenses 287 796 -- --
-------- -------- -------- --------
Net periodic benefits cost $ 19,277 $ 22,102 $ 16,419 $ 14,999
======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
The Corporation has two post-retirement benefit plans. The health care plan
is contributory, with participants' contributions adjusted annually, and the
life insurance plan is non-contributory. During the first quarter of 1999, for
all eligible employees under age 45, the Corporation provided annual
contributions into the Employee Savings Stock Investment and Ownership Plan
(ESSIOP) instead of providing coverage under the current retiree medical plan.
This change resulted in the immediate recognition of a $15.4 million pre-tax
gain which is not included above as a component of net periodic benefits
costs. The changes applied primarily to U.S. hourly employees working in
Pennsylvania.
Effective December 1998, all U.S. full-time salaried employees, and all non-
union hourly plant employees working outside Hershey, PA under age 45 were
eligible for the ESSIOP contributions. This change resulted in the immediate
recognition of a $13.0 million pre-tax gain which is not included above as a
component of net periodic benefits cost in 1998.
Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the
amounts reported for the health care plans. A one percentage point change in
assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 Percentage Point 1 Percentage Point
Increase (Decrease)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Effect on total service and interest
cost components $ 954 $ (829)
Effect on post-retirement benefit
obligation 11,152 (9,999)
</TABLE>
11.EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP TRUST
The Corporation's employee stock ownership trust (ESOP) serves as the
primary vehicle for contributions to its existing ESSIOP for participating
domestic salaried and hourly employees. The ESOP was funded by a 15-year 7.75%
loan of $47.9 million from the Corporation. During 1999 and 1998, the ESOP
received a combination of dividends on unallocated shares and contributions
from the
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Corporation equal to the amount required to meet its principal and interest
payments under the loan. Simultaneously, the ESOP allocated to participants
159,176 shares of Common Stock each year. As of December 31, 1999, the ESOP
held 980,992 allocated shares and 1,114,224 unallocated shares. All ESOP
shares are considered outstanding for income per share computations.
The Corporation recognized net compensation expense equal to the shares
allocated multiplied by the original cost of $20 1/16 per share less dividends
received by the ESOP on unallocated shares. Compensation expense related to
the ESOP for 1999, 1998 and 1997 was $1.6 million, $1.0 million, and $1.4
million, respectively. Dividends paid on unallocated ESOP shares were $1.2
million in both 1999 and 1998 and $1.3 million in 1997. The unearned ESOP
compensation balance in stockholders' equity represented deferred compensation
expense to be recognized by the Corporation in future years as additional
shares are allocated to participants.
12.CAPITAL STOCK AND NET INCOME PER SHARE
As of December 31, 1999, the Corporation had 530,000,000 authorized shares
of capital stock. Of this total, 450,000,000 shares were designated as Common
Stock, 75,000,000 shares as Class B Common Stock (Class B Stock), and
5,000,000 shares as Preferred Stock, each class having a par value of one
dollar per share. As of December 31, 1999 a combined total of 179,950,872
shares of both classes of common stock had been issued of which 138,459,619
shares were outstanding. No shares of the Preferred Stock were issued or
outstanding during the three-year period ended December 31, 1999.
Holders of the Common Stock and the Class B Stock generally vote together
without regard to class on matters submitted to stockholders, including the
election of directors, with the Common Stock having one vote per share and the
Class B Stock having ten votes per share. However, the Common Stock, voting
separately as a class, is entitled to elect one-sixth of the Board of
Directors. With respect to dividend rights, the Common Stock is entitled to
cash dividends 10% higher than those declared and paid on the Class B Stock.
Class B Stock can be converted into Common Stock on a share-for-share basis
at any time. During 1999, 1998 and 1997, a total of 4,000 shares, 18,000
shares, and 13,000 shares, respectively, of Class B Stock were converted into
Common Stock.
Hershey Trust Company, as Trustee for the benefit of Milton Hershey School
(Milton Hershey School Trust), as institutional fiduciary for estates and
trusts unrelated to Milton Hershey School, and as direct owner of investment
shares, held a total of 12,929,073 shares of the Common Stock, and as Trustee
for the benefit of Milton Hershey School, held 30,306,006 shares of the Class
B Stock as of December 31, 1999, and was entitled to cast approximately 77% of
the total votes of both classes of the Corporation's common stock. The Milton
Hershey School Trust must approve the issuance of shares of Common Stock or
any other action which would result in the Milton Hershey School Trust not
continuing to have voting control of the Corporation.
During 1999, 5,478,379 shares of Common Stock were repurchased for $318.0
million, including 1,579,779 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock
purchased from the Milton Hershey School Trust for $100.0 million. A total of
15,339,498 shares of Common Stock have been repurchased for approximately
$605.6 million under share repurchase programs which were approved by the
Corporation's Board of Director's in 1993, 1996 and 1999. Of the shares
repurchased, 528,000 shares were retired, 1,320,781 shares were reissued to
satisfy stock options obligations, Supplemental Retirement Contributions and
ESOP obligations and the remaining 13,490,717 shares were held as Treasury
Stock as of December 31, 1999. In August 1997, the Corporation purchased
9,900,990 shares of its Common Stock to be held as Treasury Stock from the
Milton Hershey School Trust for $500.0 million and in August 1995, 18,099,546
shares were purchased from the Milton Hershey School Trust for $500.0 million.
A total of 41,491,253 shares were held as Treasury Stock as of December 31,
1999.
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Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share were computed based on the weighted
average number of shares of the Common Stock and the Class B Stock outstanding
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands except per share amounts
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net income $460,310 $340,888 $336,251
======== ======== ========
Weighted average shares--basic 140,031 143,446 149,174
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options 1,260 2,008 1,727
Performance and restricted stock units 9 109 115
-------- -------- --------
Weighted average shares--diluted 141,300 145,563 151,016
======== ======== ========
Net income per share--basic $ 3.29 $ 2.38 $ 2.25
======== ======== ========
Net income per share--diluted $ 3.26 $ 2.34 $ 2.23
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
For the year ended December 31, 1999, 1.8 million stock options were not
included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because the exercise
price was higher than the average market price of the Common Stock for the
year and therefore, the effect would have been antidilutive.
13.STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
The long-term portion of the Key Employee Incentive Plan (Incentive Plan),
provides for grants of stock-based compensation awards to senior executives
and key employees of one or more of the following: non-qualified stock options
(fixed stock options), performance stock units, stock appreciation rights and
restricted stock units. The Incentive Plan also provides for the deferral of
performance stock unit awards by participants. As of December 31, 1999, 15.3
million shares were authorized for grants under the long-term portion of the
Incentive Plan.
In 1996, the Corporation's Board of Directors approved a world-wide, broad-
based employee stock option program, called HSY Growth. HSY Growth provides
all eligible employees with a one-time grant of 100 non-qualified stock
options. Under HSY Growth, over 1.2 million options were granted on January 7,
1997.
The Corporation applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related Interpretations, in
accounting for the Incentive Plan and HSY Growth. Accordingly, no compensation
cost has been recognized for its fixed stock option grants. Had compensation
cost for the Corporation's stock-based compensation plans been determined
based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards under the Incentive Plan
and HSY Growth consistent with the method of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, the Corporation's
net income and net income per share would have been reduced to the pro forma
amounts indicated below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December
31, 1999 1998 1997
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars except per share
amounts
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net income As reported $460,310 $340,888 $336,251
Pro forma 449,986 329,621 330,710
Net income per share--Basic As reported $ 3.29 $ 2.38 $ 2.25
Pro forma 3.21 2.30 2.22
Net income per share--Diluted As reported $ 3.26 $ 2.34 $ 2.23
Pro forma 3.18 2.26 2.19
</TABLE>
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using
a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average
assumptions used for grants in 1999, 1998 and 1997,
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respectively: dividend yields of 1.4%, 1.6% and 1.9%, expected volatility of
23%, 21% and 20%, risk-free interest rates of 4.9%, 5.9% and 6.2%, and
expected lives of 6.5 years, 6.5 years and 5.7 years.
Fixed Stock Options
The exercise price of each option equals the market price of the
Corporation's Common Stock on the date of grant. Under the Incentive Plan,
options are granted in January and generally vest at the end of the second
year and have a maximum term of ten years. Options granted under the HSY
Growth program vest at the end of the fifth year and have a term of ten years.
A summary of the status of the Corporation's fixed stock options as of
December 31, 1999, 1998, and 1997, and changes during the years ending on
those dates is presented below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1999 1998 1997
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Weighted- Weighted- Weighted-
Average Average Average
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Fixed Options Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Outstanding at beginning
of year 7,665,270 $38.91 6,713,920 $31.73 5,902,220 $27.40
Granted 197,450 $59.24 1,739,050 $61.22 1,485,250 $44.64
Exercised (701,596) $26.80 (751,600) $25.78 (656,350) $21.94
Forfeited (255,200) $52.16 (36,100) $52.61 (17,200) $33.06
--------- --------- ---------
Outstanding at end of
year 6,905,924 $40.23 7,665,270 $38.91 6,713,920 $31.73
========= ========= =========
Options exercisable at
year-end 4,015,624 $29.78 4,480,670 $28.45 3,013,670 $24.38
========= ========= =========
Weighted-average fair
value of options
granted during the year
(per share) $ 17.23 $ 18.30 $ 11.66
========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
The following table summarizes information about fixed stock options
outstanding as of December 31, 1999:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Weighted-
Average
Number Remaining Weighted- Number Weighted-
Range of Exercise Outstanding as Contractual Average Exercisable as of Average
Prices of 12/31/99 Life in Years Exercise Price 12/31/99 Exercise Price
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$17 11/16-26 1/2 1,769,674 3.6 $23.86 1,769,674 $23.86
$33 1/16-44 1/2 3,324,050 6.4 $37.64 2,227,650 $34.26
$49 1/8-63 11/16 1,812,200 8.1 $60.96 18,300 $56.25
--------- ---------
$17 11/16-63 11/16 6,905,924 6.1 $40.23 4,015,624 $29.78
========= =========
</TABLE>
Performance Stock Units
Under the long-term portion of the Incentive Plan, each January the
Corporation grants selected executives and other key employees performance
stock units whose vesting is contingent upon the achievement of certain
performance objectives. If at the end of three-year performance cycles,
targets for financial measures of earnings per share, economic value added and
free cash flow are met, the full number of shares are awarded to the
participants. The performance scores can range from 0% to 150% of the targeted
amounts. The compensation amount (credited to) charged against income for the
performance-based plan was $(1.9) million, $6.6 million and $9.1 million for
1999, 1998, and 1997, respectively. The compensation credit in 1999 resulted
from a partial achievement of the current year
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cycle objectives, expectation of partially achieving the target objectives for
the 2000 cycle and the lower stock price. The compensation cost associated
with the long-term portion of the Incentive Plan is recognized ratably over
the three-year term based on the year-end market value of the stock.
Performance stock units and restricted stock units granted for potential
future distribution were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the years ended December 31, 1999 1998 1997
-------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Shares granted 48,550 48,150 95,250
Weighted-average fair value at date of grant $59.48 $61.54 $45.17
</TABLE>
Deferred performance stock units, deferred directors' fees and accumulated
dividend amounts totaled 383,366 shares as of December 31, 1999.
No stock appreciation rights were outstanding as of December 31, 1999.
14.SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
Accounts Receivable--Trade
In the normal course of business, the Corporation extends credit to
customers which satisfy pre-defined credit criteria. The Corporation believes
that it has little concentration of credit risk due to the diversity of its
customer base. Receivables, as shown on the consolidated balance sheets, were
net of allowances and anticipated discounts of $16.9 million and $19.9 million
as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Inventories
The Corporation values the majority of its inventories under the last-in,
first-out (LIFO) method and the remaining inventories at the lower of first-
in, first-out (FIFO) cost or market. LIFO cost of inventories valued using the
LIFO method was $469.2 million and $342.9 million as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, respectively, and all inventories were stated at amounts that did not
exceed realizable values. Total inventories were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
-----------------------------------------
In thousands of
dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Raw materials $270,711 $209,963
Goods in process 49,412 44,336
Finished goods 365,575 322,125
-------- --------
Inventories at FIFO 685,698 576,424
Adjustment to LIFO (83,496) (83,175)
-------- --------
Total inventories $602,202 $493,249
======== ========
</TABLE>
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Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment balances included construction in progress of
$76.6 million and $96.6 million as of December 31, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. Major classes of property, plant and equipment were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
----------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Land $ 50,830 $ 30,871
Buildings 484,768 541,181
Machinery and equipment 2,036,670 2,130,735
----------- -----------
Property, plant and equipment, gross 2,572,268 2,702,787
Accumulated depreciation (1,061,808) (1,054,729)
----------- -----------
Property, plant and equipment, net $ 1,510,460 $ 1,648,058
=========== ===========
</TABLE>
Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Payroll, compensation and benefits $ 98,527 $ 87,666
Advertising and promotion 71,233 67,916
Other 122,737 138,833
-------- --------
Total accrued liabilities $292,497 $294,415
======== ========
</TABLE>
Other Long-term Liabilities
Other long-term liabilities were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
December 31, 1999 1998
-----------------------------------------------------
In thousands of dollars
<S> <C> <C>
Accrued post-retirement benefits $194,563 $206,345
Other 136,375 140,424
-------- --------
Total other long-term liabilities $330,938 $346,769
======== ========
</TABLE>
15.SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Corporation operates in a single consumer foods line of business,
encompassing the manufacture, distribution and sale of confectionery and
grocery products. Consolidated net sales represented primarily sales of
confectionery products. The Corporation's principal operations and markets are
located in the United States. The Corporation also manufactures, markets,
sells and distributes confectionery and grocery products in Canada and Mexico,
imports and/or markets selected confectionery products in Japan, the
Philippines, Korea and China, and markets confectionery products in over 90
countries worldwide.
Net sales and long-lived assets of businesses outside of the United States
were not significant. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Subsidiaries exceeded
10% of total net sales and amounted to approximately $605.3 million, $619.1
million and $529.6 million in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
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16.QUARTERLY DATA (Unaudited)
Summary quarterly results were as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year 1999 First Second Third Fourth
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of
dollars except per share amounts
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $ 945,152 $853,239 $1,066,695 $1,105,838
Gross profit 382,988 340,443 432,653 460,116
Net income 224,670(a) 50,055 87,578 98,007
Net income per share--Basic(b) 1.58 .36 .63 .71
Net income per share--Diluted(b) 1.57 .35 .62 .70
<CAPTION>
Year 1998 First Second Third Fourth
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In thousands of
dollars except per share amounts
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net sales $1,098,076 $880,399 $1,217,237 $1,239,903
Gross profit 445,736 357,684 510,632 496,506
Net income 75,433 47,965 107,533 109,957
Net income per share--Basic .53 .33 .75 .77
Net income per share--Diluted(b) .52 .33 .74 .76
</TABLE>
- --------
(a) Net income for the first quarter and year 1999 included an after-tax gain
on the sale of the Corporation's pasta business of $165.0 million. Net
income per share was similarly impacted.
(b) Quarterly income per share amounts do not total to the annual amounts due
to changes in weighted average shares outstanding during the year.
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Hershey Foods Corporation is responsible for the financial statements and
other financial information contained in this report. The Corporation believes
that the financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles appropriate under the circumstances to reflect
in all material respects the substance of applicable events and transactions.
In preparing the financial statements, it is necessary that management make
informed estimates and judgments. The other financial information in this
annual report is consistent with the financial statements.
The Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls designed
to provide reasonable assurance that financial records are reliable for
purposes of preparing financial statements and that assets are properly
accounted for and safeguarded. The concept of reasonable assurance is based on
the recognition that the cost of the system must be related to the benefits to
be derived. The Corporation believes its system provides an appropriate
balance in this regard. The Corporation maintains an Internal Audit Department
which reviews the adequacy and tests the application of internal accounting
controls.
The financial statements have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, whose appointment was ratified by stockholder
vote at the stockholders' meeting held on April 27, 1999. Their report
expresses an opinion that the Corporation's financial statements are fairly
stated in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, and they
have indicated to us that their audit was performed in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which are designed to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, consisting
solely of non-management directors, meets regularly with the independent
public accountants, internal auditors and management to discuss, among other
things, the audit scopes and results. Arthur Andersen LLP and the internal
auditors both have full and free access to the Audit Committee, with and
without the presence of management.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
of Hershey Foods Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hershey
Foods Corporation (a Delaware Corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows
and stockholders' equity for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1999, appearing on pages A-11 through A-30. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Hershey Foods Corporation
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1999 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
/s/ Arthur Andersen
New York, New York
January 28, 2000
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HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION
ELEVEN-YEAR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL SUMMARY
All dollar and share amounts in thousands except
market price and per share statistics
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
10-Year
Compound
Growth Rate 1999 1998 1997
----------- -------------- --------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Summary of Operations
Net Sales 5.1 % $ 3,970,924 4,435,615 4,302,236
-------------- --------------- -------------
Cost of Sales 4.9 % $ 2,354,724 2,625,057 2,488,896
Selling, Marketing and
Administrative 4.9 % $ 1,057,840 1,167,895 1,183,130
Non-recurring
Credits/(Charges)(o) $ 243,785 -- --
Interest Expense, Net 13.8 % $ 74,271 85,657 76,255
Provision for Income
Taxes 8.5 % $ 267,564 216,118 217,704
-------------- --------------- -------------
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes 10.4 % $ 460,310 340,888 336,251
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes $ -- -- --
-------------- --------------- -------------
Net Income 10.4 % $ 460,310 340,888 336,251
============== =============== =============
Income Per Share:(a)
From Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes
--Basic 13.2 % $ 3.29(i) 2.38 2.25
--Diluted 13.1 % $ 3.26 2.34 2.23
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes
--Basic and Diluted $ -- -- --
Net Income--Basic 13.2 % $ 3.29(i) 2.38 2.25
Net Income--Diluted 13.1 % $ 3.26 2.34 2.23
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--Basic(a) 140,031 143,446 149,174
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--
Diluted(a) 141,300 145,563 151,016
Dividends Paid on
Common Stock 7.0 % $ 109,175 103,616 98,390
Per Share(a) 10.5 % $ 1.00 .920 .840
Dividends Paid on Class
B Common Stock 10.5 % $ 27,553 25,428 23,156
Per Share(a) 10.5 % $ .905 .835 .760
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes as
a Percent of Net Sales 7.4%(c) 7.7% 7.8%
Depreciation 9.5 % $ 135,574 138,489 135,016
Advertising 3.1 % $ 164,894 187,505 202,408
Promotion 4.4 % $ 395,849 469,709 451,580
Payroll 4.6 % $ 534,854 563,045 524,827
Year-end Position and
Statistics
Capital Additions (3.3)% $ 115,448 161,328 172,939
Total Assets 6.3 % $ 3,346,652 3,404,098 3,291,236
Long-term Portion of
Debt 15.1 % $ 878,213 879,103 1,029,136
Stockholders' Equity (.2)% $ 1,098,627 1,042,301 852,806
Operating Return on
Average Stockholders'
Equity(b) 27.6% 36.0% 33.4%
Operating Return on
Average Invested
Capital(b) 14.8% 17.4% 17.5%
Full-time Employees 13,900 14,700 14,900
Stockholders' Data(a)
Outstanding Shares of
Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock
at Year-end 138,460 143,147 142,932
Market Price of Common
Stock at Year-end 10.2 % $ 47 7/16 62 3/16 61 15/16
Range During Year $64 7/8-45 3/4 76 3/8-59 11/16 63 7/8-42 1/8
</TABLE>
- --------
See Notes to the Eleven-Year Consolidated Financial Summary on page A-35.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
--------------- ----------- -------------- --------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Summary of Operations
Net Sales 3,989,308 3,690,667 3,606,271 3,488,249 3,219,805
--------------- ----------- -------------- --------------- --------------
Cost of Sales 2,302,089 2,126,274 2,097,556 1,995,502 1,833,388
Selling, Marketing and
Administrative 1,124,087 1,053,758 1,034,115 1,035,519 958,189
Non-recurring
Credits/(Charges)(o) (35,352) 151 (106,105) 80,642 --
Interest Expense, Net 48,043 44,833 35,357 26,995 27,240
Provision for Income
Taxes 206,551 184,034 148,919 213,642 158,390
--------------- ----------- -------------- --------------- --------------
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes 273,186 281,919 184,219 297,233 242,598
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes -- -- -- (103,908) --
--------------- ----------- -------------- --------------- --------------
Net Income 273,186 281,919 184,219 193,325 242,598
=============== =========== ============== =============== ==============
Income Per Share:(a)
From Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes
--Basic 1.77(j) 1.70(k) 1.06(l) 1.65(m) 1.34
--Diluted 1.75 1.69 1.05 1.65 1.34
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes
--Basic and Diluted -- -- -- (.58) --
Net Income--Basic 1.77(j) 1.70(k) 1.06(l) 1.07(m) 1.34
Net Income--Diluted 1.75 1.69 1.05 1.07 1.34
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--Basic(a) 154,334 166,036 174,367 179,929 180,775
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--
Diluted(a) 155,690 166,721 174,740 180,495 181,160
Dividends Paid on
Common Stock 93,884 91,190 89,660 84,711 77,174
Per Share(a) .760 .685 .625 .570 .515
Dividends Paid on Class
B Common Stock 20,879 18,900 17,301 15,788 14,270
Per Share(a) .685 .620 .5675 .5175 .4675
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes as
a Percent of Net Sales 7.7%(d) 7.6% 7.3%(e) 7.4%(f) 7.5%
Depreciation 119,443 119,438 114,821 100,124 84,434
Advertising 174,199 159,200 120,629 130,009 137,631
Promotion 429,208 402,454 419,164 444,546 398,577
Payroll 491,677 461,928 472,997 469,564 433,162
Year-end Position and
Statistics
Capital Additions 159,433 140,626 138,711 211,621 249,795
Total Assets 3,184,796 2,830,623 2,890,981 2,855,091 2,672,909
Long-term Portion of
Debt 655,289 357,034 157,227 165,757 174,273
Stockholders' Equity 1,161,021 1,082,959 1,441,100 1,412,344 1,465,279
Operating Return on
Average Stockholders'
Equity(b) 27.5% 22.2% 18.5% 17.8% 17.3%
Operating Return on
Average Invested
Capital(b) 17.8% 17.1% 15.6% 15.0% 14.4%
Full-time Employees 14,000 13,300 14,000 14,300 13,700
Stockholders' Data(a)
Outstanding Shares of
Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock
at Year-end 152,942 154,532 173,470 175,226 180,373
Market Price of Common
Stock at Year-end 43 3/4 32 1/2 24 3/16 24 1/2 23 1/2
Range During Year 51 3/4-31 15/16 33 15/16-24 26 3/4-20 9/16 27 15/16-21 3/4 24 3/16-19 1/8
<CAPTION>
1991 1990 1989
-------------- --------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Summary of Operations
Net Sales 2,899,165 2,715,609 2,420,988
-------------- --------------- ---------------
Cost of Sales 1,694,404 1,588,360 1,455,612
Selling, Marketing and
Administrative 814,459 776,668 655,040
Non-recurring
Credits/(Charges)(o) -- 35,540 --
Interest Expense, Net 26,845 24,603 20,414
Provision for Income
Taxes 143,929 145,636 118,868
-------------- --------------- ---------------
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes 219,528 215,882 171,054
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes -- -- --
-------------- --------------- ---------------
Net Income 219,528 215,882 171,054
============== =============== ===============
Income Per Share:(a)
From Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes
--Basic 1.21 1.19(n) .95
--Diluted 1.21 1.19 .95
Net Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Changes
--Basic and Diluted -- -- --
Net Income--Basic 1.21 1.19(n) .95
Net Income--Diluted 1.21 1.19 .95
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--Basic(a) 180,767 180,766 180,824
Weighted Average Shares
Outstanding--
Diluted(a) 181,112 180,987 180,984
Dividends Paid on
Common Stock 70,426 74,161(g) 55,431
Per Share(a) .470 .495(g) .370
Dividends Paid on Class
B Common Stock 12,975 13,596(g) 10,161
Per Share(a) .425 .445(g) .3325
Income from Continuing
Operations Before
Accounting Changes as
a Percent of Net Sales 7.6% 7.2%(h) 7.1%
Depreciation 72,735 61,725 54,543
Advertising 117,049 146,297 121,182
Promotion 325,465 315,242 256,237
Payroll 398,661 372,780 340,129
Year-end Position and
Statistics
Capital Additions 226,071 179,408 162,032
Total Assets 2,341,822 2,078,828 1,814,101
Long-term Portion of
Debt 282,933 273,442 216,108
Stockholders' Equity 1,335,251 1,243,537 1,117,050
Operating Return on
Average Stockholders'
Equity(b) 17.0% 16.6% 16.1%
Operating Return on
Average Invested
Capital(b) 13.8% 13.4% 13.2%
Full-time Employees 14,000 12,700 11,800
Stockholders' Data(a)
Outstanding Shares of
Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock
at Year-end 180,373 180,373 180,373
Market Price of Common
Stock at Year-end 22 3/16 18 3/4 17 15/16
Range During Year 22 1/4-17 9/16 19 13/16-14 1/8 18 7/16-12 3/8
</TABLE>
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Notes to the Eleven-Year Consolidated Financial Summary
(a) All shares and per share amounts have been adjusted for the two-for-one
stock split effective September 13, 1996.
(b) Operating Return on Average Stockholders' Equity and Operating Return on
Average Invested Capital have been computed using Net Income, excluding
the 1993 Net Cumulative Effect of Accounting Changes, and the after-tax
impacts of the 1990 Restructuring Gain, Net, the 1993 Gain on Sale of the
Investment Interest in Freia Marabou a.s (Freia), the 1994 Restructuring
Charge, the net 1995 Restructuring Credit, the 1996 Loss on Sale of
Businesses, and the 1999 Gain on Sale of Business.
(c) Calculated percent excludes the 1999 Gain on Sale of Business. Including
the gain, Income from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes as a
Percent of Net Sales was 11.6%.
(d) Calculated percent excludes the 1996 Loss on Sale of Businesses. Including
the loss, Income from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes as a
Percent of Net Sales was 6.8%.
(e) Calculated percent excludes the 1994 Restructuring Charge. Including the
charge, Income from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes as a
Percent of Net Sales was 5.1%.
(f) Calculated percent excludes the 1993 Gain on Sale of Investment Interest
in Freia. Including the gain, Income from Continuing Operations Before
Accounting Changes as a Percent of Net Sales was 8.5%.
(g) Amounts included a special dividend for 1990 of $11.2 million or $.075 per
share of Common Stock and $2.1 million or $.0675 per share of Class B
Common Stock.
(h) Calculated percent excludes the 1990 Restructuring Gain, Net. Including
the gain, Income from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes as a
Percent of Net Sales was 7.9%.
(i) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1999 included a $1.18 per share
gain on the sale of the pasta business. Excluding the impact of this gain,
Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic would have been $2.11.
(j) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1996 included a $.23 per share
loss on the sale of the Gubor and Sperlari businesses. Excluding the
impact of this loss, Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before
Accounting Changes--Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic would have been
$2.00.
(k) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1995 included a net $.01 per
share credit associated with adjustments to accrued restructuring
reserves. Excluding the impact of this net credit, Income Per Share from
Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--Basic and Net Income Per
Share--Basic would have been $1.69.
(l) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1994 included a $.46 per share
restructuring charge. Excluding the impact of this charge, Income Per
Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--Basic and Net
Income Per Share--Basic would have been $1.52.
(m) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1993 included a $.23 per share
gain on the sale of the investment interest in Freia. Excluding the impact
of this gain, Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before
Accounting Changes--Basic would have been $1.43.
(n) Income Per Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--
Basic and Net Income Per Share--Basic for 1990 included an $.11 per share
Restructuring Gain, Net. Excluding the impact of this gain, Income Per
Share from Continuing Operations Before Accounting Changes--Basic and Net
Income Per Share--Basic would have been $1.08.
(o) Includes the Gain on Sale of Business in 1999; Loss on Sale of Businesses
in 1996; Restructuring Credit in 1995; Restructuring Charge in 1994; Gain
on Sale of Investment Interest in 1993 and Restructuring Gain, Net in
1990.
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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT
The following is a listing of Subsidiaries of the Corporation, their
jurisdictions of incorporation, and the name under which they do business. Each
is wholly owned. Certain subsidiaries are not listed since, considered in the
aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute a significant
subsidiary as of December 31, 1999. Certain subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 of
the Corporation's 1998 Form 10-K were merged or divested during 1999.
JURISDICTION OF
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY INCORPORATION
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Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation Delaware
Hershey Chocolate of Virginia, Inc. Delaware
EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation of our reports dated January 28, 2000, included or incorporated by
reference in this Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, into the
Corporation's previously filed Registration Statements on Forms S-8 and S-3,
(File No. 333-25853, File No.333-33507, File No. 33-45431, File No. 33-45556,
and File No. 333-52509).
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
New York, New York
March 13, 2000
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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM HERSHEY
FOODS CORPORATIO'S CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1999
AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1999 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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BALANCE IS NET OF RESERVES FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND CASH DISCOUNTS.
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TOTAL INCLUDES THE GAIN ON THE SALE OF BUSINESS OF $243,785.
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EXCLUDING THE GAIN ON SALE OF BUSINESS, NET INCOME WAS $295,294, OR $2.11
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