FORM 10-Q
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 27, 1998
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-7534
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 84-0593263
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification
Number)
2270 South 88th Street, 80028-4309
Louisville, Colorado
(Address of principal executive (Zip Code)
offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: (303) 673-5151
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. /X/ YES / / NO
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APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock as of the latest practicable date.
COMMON STOCK ($.10 PAR VALUE) - 53,647,827 SHARES OUTSTANDING AT MAY 1, 1998.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
MARCH 27, 1998
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1 - Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheet 3
Consolidated Statement of Operations 4
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 5
Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Stockholders' Equity 6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 7
Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 12
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 - Legal Proceedings 25
Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 27
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(In Thousands of Dollars)
03/27/98
(Unaudited) 12/26/97
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash, including cash equivalents $ 416,599 $ 256,319
Short-term investments 20,701 77,275
Accounts receivable 504,587 627,981
Inventories (Note 2) 235,449 205,461
Deferred income tax assets 102,377 102,575
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Total current assets 1,279,713 1,269,611
Property, plant and equipment, at cost 301,593 305,122
Spare parts for maintenance, at cost 29,951 27,523
Deferred income tax assets 25,295 37,468
Other assets 95,018 100,293
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$1,731,570 $1,740,017
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LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Current portion of other long-term debt $ 1,993 $ 3,282
Accounts payable 105,391 103,483
Accrued liabilities 366,441 406,384
Income taxes payable 90,071 95,256
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Total current liabilities 563,896 608,405
Other long-term debt 17,793 19,109
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Total liabilities 581,689 627,514
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock, $.10 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized;
53,772,856 shares issued at March 27, 1998, and
54,004,041 shares issued at December 26, 1997 5,377 5,400
Capital in excess of par value 1,145,425 1,161,997
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) 6,953 (33,617)
Treasury stock of 137,785 shares at March 27, 1998,
and 459,448 shares at December 26, 1997 (5,660) (18,874)
Unearned compensation (2,214) (2,403)
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Total stockholders' equity 1,149,881 1,112,503
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$1,731,570 $1,740,017
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
Quarter Ended
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03/27/98 03/28/97
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Sales revenue $337,414 $297,670
Maintenance revenue 147,477 140,925
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Total revenue 484,891 438,595
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Cost of sales 169,099 165,405
Cost of maintenance 84,290 76,267
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Total cost of revenue 253,389 241,672
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Gross profit 231,502 196,923
Research and product development costs 55,973 45,699
Marketing, general, administrative and
other income and expense, net 114,822 102,538
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Operating profit 60,707 48,686
Interest income 5,792 6,962
Interest expense (1,129) (1,359)
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Income before income taxes 65,370 54,289
Provision for income taxes (24,800) (14,700)
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Net income $ 40,570 $ 39,589
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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic earnings per share $ 0.76 $ 0.65
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Weighted average shares 53,314 61,222
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Diluted earnings per share $ 0.74 $ 0.63
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Weighted average and dilutive potential shares 54,630 62,785
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands of Dollars)
Quarter Ended
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03/27/98 03/28/97
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Cash received from customers $ 605,266 $ 558,904
Cash paid to suppliers and employees (459,382) (379,541)
Interest received 5,792 6,522
Interest paid (845) (1,220)
Income taxes paid (16,786) (21,614)
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Net cash from operating activities 134,045 163,051
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Short-term investments, net 56,574 12,214
Purchase of property, plant and equipment, net (19,328) (21,178)
Other assets (959) 1,607
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Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities 36,287 (7,357)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repurchases of common stock (13,836) (17,600)
Repayments of other long-term debt (2,064) (1,919)
Proceeds from employee stock plans 8,909 7,072
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Net cash used in financing activities (6,991) (12,447)
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (3,061) (9,997)
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Increase in cash and cash equivalents 160,280 133,250
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning
of the period 256,319 388,401
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Cash and cash equivalents - end of the period $ 416,599 $ 521,651
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RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 40,570 $ 39,589
Depreciation and amortization expense 33,583 41,976
Translation loss 4,866 11,454
Other non-cash adjustments to income (3,383) 4,795
Decrease in accounts receivable 119,753 120,309
Increase in inventories (29,988) (12,878)
Increase in spare parts, net (8,572) (914)
Decrease in net deferred income tax asset 12,107 682
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities (29,698) (34,366)
Decrease in income taxes payable (5,193) (7,596)
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Net cash from operating activities $ 134,045 $ 163,051
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial
statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands of Dollars)
Retained
Capital in Earnings
Common Excess of (Accumulated Treasury Unearned
Stock Par Value Deficit) Stock Compensation Total
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Balances, December 26, 1997 $5,400 $1,161,997 $(33,617) $(18,874) $(2,403) $1,112,503
Shares issued for exercises of options
(324,886 shares issued from treasury) (2,741) 13,346 10,605
Repurchases of common stock
(225,000 shares) (23) (13,813) (13,836)
Net income 40,570 40,570
Other (18) (132) 189 39
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Balances, March 27, 1998 $5,377 $1,145,425 $ 6,953 $ (5,660) $(2,214) $1,149,881
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PREPARATION
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The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Storage Technology
Corporation and its subsidiaries (StorageTek or the Company) have been
prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission
requirements for Form 10-Q. In the opinion of management, these statements
reflect all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of results for
the periods presented, and such adjustments are of a normal, recurring
nature. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial
statements and footnotes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 26, 1997.
NOTE 2 - INVENTORIES
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Inventories consist of the following (in thousands of dollars):
03/27/98 12/26/97
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Raw materials $ 47,390 $ 32,607
Work-in-process 87,869 57,235
Finished goods 100,190 115,619
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$235,449 $205,461
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NOTE 3 - DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
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The Company has a $350,000,000 unsecured credit agreement (the Revolver)
which expires in October 2001. The credit limit available under the Revolver
will be reduced by $12,500,000 on the last day of each calendar quarter
beginning December 31, 1998. The interest rates under the Revolver depend on
the type of advance selected. The basic advance rate is no less than the
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 0.625% (6.31% as of March 27,
1998). Under the Revolver, the Company is required to comply with certain
financial and other covenants, including restrictions on the payment of cash
dividends on its common stock. As of March 27, 1998, the Company had issued
letters of credit for approximately $363,000 and had approximately
$349,637,000 of available credit under the Revolver.
The Company has a financing agreement with a bank which provides for the sale
of promissory notes in the principal amount of up to $140,000,000 at any one
time. The agreement, which expires in July 1999, provides for commitments by
the bank to purchase promissory notes denominated in a number of foreign
currencies. The notes must be repaid only to the extent of future revenue of
the Company and obligations under the agreement are not cancelable by the
Company or the bank. Transaction gains and losses related to the notes are
deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the revenue supporting the note
repayment. The promissory notes, together with accrued interest, are payable
in U.S. dollars within 40 days from the date of
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issuance and bear interest at rates no less than the LIBOR rate plus 0.35%
(6.04% as of March 27, 1998). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company
is required to comply with certain covenants which include the maintenance of
a collateral account, including cash and qualifying investments, in an amount
of no less than the outstanding promissory notes. As of March 27, 1998, the
Company had no outstanding borrowings and had committed to borrowings between
May 1998 and December 1998 in the cumulative principal amount of
approximately $237,386,000.
The Company had a financing agreement with a bank which provided for the sale
of certain U.S. and foreign based accounts receivable on a recourse basis
which expired on January 31, 1998. This agreement provided for sales of
receivables up to $40,000,000 at any one time. The selling price of the
receivables was partially determined based upon foreign currency exchange
rates, and any gains or losses on the sales were recognized within marketing,
general, administrative and other income and expense, net in the Consolidated
Statement of Operations at the time the receivables were sold. During the
first quarter of 1998, the Company sold approximately $34,924,000 of
receivables under this agreement. Gains and losses associated with
receivable sales did not have a material effect on the Company's reported
financial results after taking into consideration other transactions
associated with the Company's international operations.
NOTE 4 - RESTRUCTURING RESERVES
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During the fourth quarter of 1995, the Company adopted a formal action plan
for restructuring its enterprise and network businesses. The restructuring
was adopted in an effort to establish a more cost efficient business
structure in response to competition. Elements of the Company's
restructuring plan included focusing on its core businesses, outsourcing non-
strategic activities, rearchitecting its distribution processes and channels,
and accelerating the integration of Network Systems Corporation.
The following table summarizes the activity associated with the Company's
restructuring reserves during the three months ended March 27, 1998 (in
thousands of dollars):
Employee Lease Other
Severance Abandonments Exit Costs Total
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Balances, December 26, 1997 $14,994 $12,069 $229 $27,292
Cash payments (3,474) (288) (1) (3,763)
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Balances, March 27, 1998 $11,520 $11,781 $228 $23,529
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The remaining restructuring reserves relate principally to the Company's
plans to further integrate its sales administration organization and
rearchitect its distribution processes in the United States and Europe.
While the majority of these remaining accruals are expected to result in
future cash outflows, these outflows are not expected to have a material
effect on the Company's liquidity.
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NOTE 5 - LITIGATION
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In January 1994, Stuff Technology Partners II, a Colorado Limited Partnership
(Stuff), filed suit in Boulder County, Colorado, District Court against the
Company and certain subsidiaries. The suit alleged that the Company breached
a 1990 settlement agreement that had resolved earlier litigation between the
parties. The suit sought injunctive relief and damages in the amount of
$2,400,000,000. On December 28, 1995, the court dismissed the complaint.
Stuff appealed the dismissal to the Colorado Court of Appeals. In April
1996, the trial court stayed discovery on the Company's counterclaim for
breach of the covenant not to sue pending resolution of the appeal. In March
1997, the Court of Appeals reversed the District Court's judgment and
remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. In December
1997, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the Company's petition seeking a
reversal of this decision. A new trial date has not been set. The case is
in the discovery phase.
On June 29, 1995, Odetics, Inc. (Odetics) filed a patent infringement suit in
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the
Company alleging that the "pass-through" port in certain of the Company's
tape library products infringed U.S. Patent No. 4,779,151 (the "151 Patent").
The complaint asked the court to impose injunctive relief, treble damages in
an unspecified amount, and an award of attorney's fees and costs. In
February 1996, a jury found that the Company's products did not infringe the
151 Patent. Odetics appealed and in June 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court's ruling and remanded the
case back to the District Court for further proceedings. On March 27, 1998,
a second trial was held and a jury found that a pass-through port in certain
of the Company's tape library products willfully infringes the 151 Patent and
awarded actual damages to Odetics of $70,600,000. A post-trial hearing
commenced on May 1, 1998. At the hearing, the Court heard the parties'
several post-trial motions. On May 7, 1998, the Company received a written
order from the Court dated May 1, 1998, denying the Company's requests to
overturn the jury verdict and reduce the amount of actual damages awarded, or
to grant a new trial. The Court granted Odetics' motion for prejudgment
interest, after reducing the applied interest rate, and denied its request
for attorney's fees and costs. The Court is expected to enter a final
judgment on the jury verdict and rule on Odetics' request for enhanced
damages and a permanent injunction order against the Company against future
direct and indirect infringement of the 151 Patent in the second quarter of
1998. The Company intends to appeal the final judgment.
On December 8, 1995, Odetics filed a second patent infringement suit in the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Company.
The complaint alleges that the "cartridge access port" in certain of the
Company's tape library products also infringes the 151 Patent. The complaint
seeks injunctive relief, treble damages in an unspecified amount, and an
award of attorney's fees and costs. This case has been stayed pending the
outcome of the case filed by Odetics on June 29, 1995, which is described
above.
On July 30, 1996, the Company received Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs)
from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division concerning the
OEM agreement with IBM for mainframe online storage subsystems. The Company
received additional CIDs in 1996 and 1997. The CIDs requested production of
documents and testimony in connection with a review of the agreement for
compliance with the Sherman Act. On December 18, 1997, the DOJ filed a
complaint and a proposed settlement set forth in the consent decree with the
U.S. District
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Court for the District of Columbia. On March 20, 1998, the Court approved
the proposed settlement.
On October 3, 1995, certain former employees of the Company filed suit in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Company. The
amended suit alleges violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) between the
period of April 13, 1993, and December 31, 1996. On November 26, 1997, the
Court granted the plaintiffs' request to proceed as a collective action on
the ADEA claims and denied the plaintiffs' request to proceed as a class on
the ERISA claims. The period for joining the ADEA class action suit
terminated in March 1998. Approximately 400 persons elected to join the ADEA
class. The plaintiffs seek, among other things, compensatory damages in an
unspecified amount, including the value of back pay and benefits;
reinstatement as employees or alternatively the value of future earnings and
benefits; and exemplary or liquidated damages. The Company has filed an
answer denying both the ADEA and ERISA claims. In March 1998, the plaintiffs
filed a second request to proceed as a collective action on the ERISA claims.
The Court has not ruled on this request. A trial date has been set for
October 1999.
The Company believes it has adequate legal defenses with respect to each of
the actions cited above and intends to vigorously defend against these
actions. However, it is reasonably possible that these actions could result
in outcomes unfavorable to the Company. The Company is also involved in
various other less significant legal actions. While the Company currently
believes that the amount of the ultimate potential loss would not be material
to the Company's financial position, the outcome of these actions is
inherently difficult to predict. In the event of an adverse outcome, the
ultimate potential loss could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
financial position or reported results of operations in a particular quarter.
An unfavorable decision, particularly in patent litigation, could require
material changes in production processes and products or result in the
Company's inability to ship products or components found to have violated
third-party patent rights.
NOTE 6 - RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No.
131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information."
SFAS No. 131, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 1997, establishes new disclosure requirements for operating segments,
including products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. The
Company will adopt SFAS No. 131 for the 1998 fiscal year, but does not expect
the new accounting standard to have a material impact on the Company's
reported financial results.
In March 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued
Statement of Position (SOP) 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use." SOP 98-1, which is
effective for transactions in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998,
provides guidance on accounting for the costs of computer software developed
or obtained for internal use. The Company will adopt SOP 98-1 for the 1999
fiscal year, but does not expect the new SOP to have a material effect on its
reported financial results.
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NOTE 7 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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The Company repurchased and retired 8,000,000 shares of its common stock in
October 1997 for an initial purchase price of $431,262,000 through a
privately negotiated transaction. In April 1998, a final market price
adjustment was made resulting in an additional payment by the Company of
$86,780,000. This price adjustment will be reflected as an adjustment to
capital in excess of par value on the Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Stockholders' Equity in the second quarter of 1998.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
MARCH 27, 1998
ALL ASSUMPTIONS, ANTICIPATIONS, EXPECTATIONS AND FORECASTS CONTAINED IN THE
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT AND BUSINESS PLANS,
FINANCIAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE AND EVENTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.
THE COMPANY'S ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, SOME OF THESE RISKS ARE DETAILED BELOW IN "RISK
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS" AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS FORM 10-Q.
STATEMENTS MADE HEREIN ARE ACCURATE ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF FILING THIS FORM
10-Q WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND MAY ONLY BE RELIED UPON
AS OF THAT DATE. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION TO UPDATE INFORMATION
ON FORECASTS CONTAINED HEREIN, EXCEPT AS MAY BE OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
GENERAL
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The Company reported net income for the first quarter ended March 27, 1998,
of $40.6 million on revenue of $484.9 million, compared to net income for the
first quarter ended March 28, 1997, of $39.6 million on revenue of $438.6
million.
Revenue increased 11% during the first quarter of 1998 compared to the same
period in 1997. This increase is primarily a result of increased sales of
Nearline(R) client/server and mainframe products and increased sales of
mainframe online products. Revenue associated with network products
decreased in the first quarter of 1998 as compared to the same period in
1997. Overall gross profit margin increased to 48% during the first quarter
of 1998, compared to 45% for the same period in 1997. This increase was
principally due to cost reductions associated with increased manufacturing
volumes of mainframe online products and increased sales of higher-margin
software products.
The Company's future revenue and operating results are significantly
dependent upon the continued demand for mainframe Nearline and online
products in their traditional markets; expanding the market for and
increasing sales of mainframe Nearline products and products for the
client/server environment through the successful development and introduction
of new products and applications; expanding the marketing and distribution
channels for the Company's products; and successfully expanding the Company's
consulting services business. For discussion of these and other risk
factors, see "Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results" below.
The Company's cash balances increased $160.3 million during the first quarter
of 1998 due primarily to cash generated from operations of $134.0 million and
a decrease in short-term investments of $56.6 million. These increases were
partially offset by net investments in property, plant and equipment of $19.3
million, and the repurchase of 225,000 shares of the Company's common stock
at a cost of $13.8 million.
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The following table, stated as a percentage of total revenue, presents
Consolidated Statement of Operations information and revenue by product line,
which includes both product sales and maintenance revenue.
Quarter Ended
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Revenue:
Nearline products 65.8% 64.3%
Online products 23.8 23.7
Network and other products 10.4 12.0
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Total revenue 100.0 100.0
Cost of revenue 52.3 55.1
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Gross profit 47.7 44.9
Research and product development costs 11.5 10.4
Marketing, general, administrative and other
income and expense, net 23.7 23.4
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Operating profit 12.5 11.1
Interest income, net 1.0 1.3
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Income before income taxes 13.5 12.4
Provision for income taxes (5.1) (3.4)
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Net income 8.4% 9.0%
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REVENUE
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NEARLINE PRODUCTS
Revenue from Nearline products increased 13% in the first quarter of 1998,
compared to the same period in 1997, primarily because of increased sales of
TimberWolfTM, a family of OPENstorage tape libraries designed for
client/server attachment; and PowderHorn(R) 9310, a large-scale Automated
Cartridge System Library. Sales revenue from TimberWolf increased
substantially in the first quarter of 1998 as compared to 1997 primarily as a
result of the Company expanding the product family and its indirect
distribution channels for these products. Sales revenue from the
TimberLine(R) 9490, a 36-track cartridge subsystem, and RedWood SD-3, a high
capacity cartridge subsystem, also increased slightly in the first quarter of
1998. The increase in sales of mainframe Nearline products was primarily a
result of the Company's initiative to develop new applications for these
products.
The Company anticipates a slow growth rate in the market for mainframe tape
products as customers continue to transition to the client/server
environment. Future revenue growth for Nearline products is dependent upon
successfully developing, distributing and managing the introduction of new
Nearline products, the continued success of the Company's applications
development initiative and expanding the indirect distribution channels for
the Company's client/server products through agreements such as the original
equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Hewlett-Packard announced in the
fourth quarter of 1997. In October 1997, the Company announced the Virtual
Storage Manager (VSM), a mainframe data storage management solution designed
to improve performance, cartridge utilization, and overall storage
management. Failure to timely develop and introduce VSM and other new
Nearline products and features currently under development may negatively
impact the Company's results and long-term success. There can be no
assurance that the Company will continue to
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expand the Nearline market through its application development efforts or
that it will continue to be successful in expanding the indirect distribution
channels for its client/server Nearline products.
ONLINE PRODUCTS
Revenue from online products increased 11% in the first quarter of 1998,
compared to the same period in 1997, because of increased sales of mainframe
online products under the Company's OEM agreement with IBM. Sales of the
Company's online products targeted for the client/server market decreased
slightly in the first quarter of 1998 primarily as a result of delays in
customer purchase decisions and as a result of the Company's transition to
new indirect distribution channels. During the first quarter of 1998, the
Company announced availability of its new OPENstorage disk subsystems which
provide high-performance, high-availability storage to the client/server
environment.
Approximately 19% of the Company's total revenue during the first quarter of
1998 was derived from a worldwide non-exclusive OEM agreement under which the
Company develops and manufactures mainframe online storage products for IBM.
In December 1997, the Company entered into a new OEM agreement with IBM which
expires in December 2000. IBM is not subject to any long-term volume
purchase commitments; however, IBM does receive volume-purchase discounts
under the new OEM agreement. IBM may elect to terminate this agreement for
convenience or for cause, or upon certain instances of change in control or
the occurrence of certain other conditions. The Company may elect to
terminate the agreement for cause. There can be no assurance that the
Company will continue to realize benefits associated with the agreement. See
"Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results - Dependence on IBM," for
further discussion of the risks associated with the OEM agreement.
The Company has made significant investments in conjunction with its entrance
into the client/server disk market. Success in the client/server disk market
is critical to the Company's plans to grow revenue in the future. In
addition to successfully managing the risks associated with introducing new
products for the client/server disk market, the Company must continue to
establish new cost-effective, high-volume distribution channels for these
products. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in
its client/server disk initiative.
NETWORK AND OTHER PRODUCTS
Revenue from network and other products decreased 4% in the first quarter of
1998, compared to the same period in 1997, primarily because of continued
declines in sales from network products. This decrease was partially offset
by an increase in consulting services revenue.
GROSS PROFIT
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Overall gross profit margins increased to 48% in the first quarter of 1998,
compared to 45% for the same period in 1997. The increase was primarily the
result of increased manufacturing volumes of mainframe online products.
Gross profit on product sales increased to 50% in the first quarter of 1998,
compared to 44% for the same period in 1997. This increase is primarily a
result of cost reductions associated with increased manufacturing volumes of
mainframe online products, increased sales of higher-
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margin software products and cost reductions in the Company's manufacturing
processes. The increase in gross profit as a percent of sales was partially
offset by increased sales of lower-margin client/server tape products.
Gross profit on maintenance revenue decreased to 43% the first quarter of
1998, compared to 46% for the same period in 1997. The decline is
principally attributable to reduced margins associated with the Company's
consulting services business.
The markets for most of the Company's products are subject to intense price
competition. The Company anticipates it will continue to experience price
competition as it expands into the client/server storage market. The
Company's ability to sustain or improve product sales margins is
significantly dependent upon continued success in reducing manufacturing
costs in all of its product lines. The Company anticipates that the product
sales margins for its mainframe online products will decline during the
remainder of 1998 because of volume-purchase discounts included in the OEM
agreement with IBM. Product sales margins also may be affected by inventory
reserves and writedowns resulting from rapid technological changes and delays
in gaining market acceptance for new products. Maintenance margins may be
adversely affected in the future as a result of increased competition and
lower margins associated with the Company's consulting services business.
RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
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Research and product development expenditures increased 22% in the first
quarter of 1998, compared to the same period in 1997, and increased as a
percent of revenue to 12% in the first quarter of 1998 from 10% in 1997. The
increased investment in new products during the first quarter of 1998 was
partially offset by the receipt of additional funding for certain research
and development activities from Compaq for client/server data storage
solutions and networking products, and funding from IBM for enhancements to
the Company's mainframe online products. The Company's research and
development costs in 1998 will be affected by the level of funding received
from partners such as Compaq and IBM for the development of new products.
MARKETING, GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER
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Marketing, general, administrative and other income and expense (MG&A)
increased 12% in the first quarter of 1998 compared to the same period in
1997. The increase is primarily a result of increased investment in internal
business and financial information systems; and increased marketing expenses
associated with the Company's client/server storage initiative. MG&A for the
first quarter of 1997 also included a gain realized on the sale of accounts
receivable of approximately $5.3 million.
INTEREST INCOME AND EXPENSE
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Interest income decreased 17% in the first quarter of 1998, compared to the
same period in 1997, primarily because of a decrease in cash available for
investment. Interest expense decreased 17% in the first quarter of 1998,
compared to the same period in 1997, because of the redemption of all of the
Company's outstanding 8% Convertible Subordinated Debentures in January 1997.
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INCOME TAXES
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The Company's effective tax rate increased from 27% for the first quarter of
1997 to 38% for the first quarter of 1998. This increase is primarily
because the Company has recognized substantially all of its remaining net
deductible temporary differences, tax credit carryforwards and net operating
loss carryforwards in the United States.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109 requires that
deferred income tax assets be recognized to the extent realization of such
assets is more likely than not. Based on the currently available
information, management has determined that the Company will more likely than
not realize $127.7 million of deferred income tax assets as of March 27,
1998. The Company's valuation allowance of approximately $22.0 million as of
March 27, 1998, was established based upon the consideration of a variety of
factors, including the Company's earnings history, the number of years the
Company's operating loss and tax credits can be carried forward, the
existence of taxable temporary differences, near-term expectations, and the
highly competitive nature of the high-technology marketplace.
RESTRUCTURING
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During the fourth quarter of 1995, the Company adopted a formal action plan
for restructuring its enterprise and network businesses. The restructuring
was adopted in an effort to establish a more cost efficient business
structure in response to competition. Elements of the Company's
restructuring plan included focusing on core businesses and outsourcing non-
strategic activities, rearchitecting its distribution processes and channels,
and accelerating the integration of Network Systems Corporation.
The following table summarizes the activity associated with the Company's
restructuring reserves during the three months ended March 27, 1998 (in
thousands of dollars):
Employee Lease Other
Severance Abandonments Exit Costs Total
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Balances, December 26, 1997 $14,994 $12,069 $229 $27,292
Cash payments (3,474) (288) (1) (3,763)
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Balances, March 27, 1998 $11,520 $11,781 $228 $23,529
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The remaining restructuring reserves relate principally to the Company's
plans to further integrate its sales administration organization and
rearchitect its distribution processes in the United States and Europe.
While the majority of these remaining accruals are expected to result in
future cash outflows, these outflows are not expected to have a material
effect on the Company's liquidity.
The Company believes that its restructuring programs have eliminated certain
non-essential functions and excess costs. There can be no assurance,
however, that the Company's restructuring activities will be successful or
sufficient to allow the Company to continue to generate
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improved operating results in future periods. It is possible that changes in
the Company's business or in its industry may necessitate restructuring
charges in the future.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
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WORKING CAPITAL
During the first quarter of 1998, the Company's cash balances increased
$160.3 million. The increase in cash during the first quarter of 1998
primarily resulted from cash generated from operations of $134.0 million and
a decrease in short-term investments of $56.6 million. These increases were
partially offset by net purchases of property, plant and equipment of $19.3
million, and the repurchase of 225,000 shares of the Company's common stock
at a cost of $13.8 million. The Company has a program to repurchase up to
1.5 million shares of common stock on an annual basis. In addition, the
Company repurchased and retired 8.0 million shares of its common stock in
October 1997 for an initial purchase price of $431.3 million through a
privately negotiated transaction. In April 1998, a final market price
adjustment was made resulting in an additional payment by the Company of
$86.8 million. This price adjustment will be reflected as an adjustment to
capital in excess of par value on the Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Stockholders' Equity in the second quarter of 1998.
The current ratio increased to 2.3 as of March 27, 1998, from 2.1 as of
December 26, 1997, primarily because of an increase in cash and cash
equivalents, and a decrease in accrued liabilities. Accounts receivable
decreased from $628.0 million as of December 26, 1997, to $504.6 million as
of March 27, 1998, primarily as a result of reduced sales revenue in the
first quarter of 1998, as compared to the fourth quarter of 1997, and the
collection of a large receivable from IBM in January 1998.
AVAILABLE FINANCING LINES
The Company has a $350 million unsecured credit agreement (the Revolver)
which expires in October 2001. The credit limit available under the Revolver
will be reduced by $12.5 million on the last day of each calendar quarter
beginning December 31, 1998. The interest rates under the Revolver depend on
the type of advance selected. The basic advance rate is no less than the
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 0.625% (6.31% as of March 27,
1998). Under the Revolver, the Company is required to comply with certain
financial and other covenants, including restrictions on the payment of cash
dividends on its common stock. As of March 27, 1998, the Company had issued
letters of credit for approximately $400,000 and had approximately $349.6
million of available credit under the Revolver.
The Company has a financing agreement with a bank which provides for the sale
of promissory notes in the principal amount of up to $140 million at any one
time. The agreement, which expires in July 1999, provides for commitments by
the bank to purchase promissory notes denominated in a number of foreign
currencies. The notes must be repaid only to the extent of future revenue of
the Company and obligations under the agreement are not cancelable by the
Company or the bank. Transaction gains and losses related to the notes are
deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the revenue supporting the note
repayment. The promissory notes, together with accrued interest, are payable
in U.S. dollars within 40 days from the date of issuance and bear interest at
rates no less than the LIBOR rate plus 0.35% (6.04% as of March 27, 1998).
Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is required to comply with
certain
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covenants which include the maintenance of a collateral account, including
cash and qualifying investments, in an amount of no less than the outstanding
promissory notes. As of March 27, 1998, the Company had no outstanding
borrowings and had committed to borrowings between May 1998 and December 1998
in the cumulative principal amount of approximately $237.4 million.
The Company had a financing agreement with a bank which provided for the sale
of certain U.S. and foreign based accounts receivable on a recourse basis
which expired on January 31, 1998. This agreement provided for sales of
receivables up to $40 million at any one time. The selling price of the
receivables was partially determined based upon foreign currency exchange
rates, and any gains or losses on the sales were recognized within MG&A in
the Consolidated Statement of Operations at the time the receivables were
sold. During the first quarter of 1998, the Company sold approximately $34.9
million of receivables under this agreement. Gains and losses associated
with receivable sales did not have a material effect on the Company's
reported financial results after taking into consideration other transactions
associated with the Company's international operations.
The Company intends to continue to commit substantial resources to research
and development projects and may, from time to time, as market and business
conditions warrant, invest in or acquire complementary businesses, products
or technologies. The Company believes it has adequate working capital and
financing capabilities to meet its anticipated operating and capital
requirements for the next 12 months. Over the longer term, the Company may
choose to fund these activities through the issuance of additional equity or
debt financing. The issuance of equity or convertible debt securities could
result in dilution to the Company's stockholders. There can be no assurance
that such additional financing, if required, can be completed on terms
acceptable to the Company.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
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During the first quarter of 1998 and 1997, approximately 36% and 35%,
respectively, of the Company's revenue was generated from international
operations. In addition, a portion of the Company's domestic operations
includes sales to indirect distribution channels which have end-user
customers located outside the U.S. The Company expects that it will generate
a significant portion of its revenue from international operations in the
future. The majority of the Company's international operations involve
transactions denominated in the local currencies of countries within Western
Europe; principally Germany, France and the United Kingdom; Japan; Canada and
Australia. An increase in the exchange value of the U.S. dollar reduces the
value of revenue and profits generated by the Company's international
operations. As a result, the Company's operating and financial results can
be materially affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
In an attempt to mitigate the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, the
Company employs a hedging program which utilizes foreign currency options and
forward exchange contracts. See "Market Risk Management/Foreign Currency
Exchange Risk" below.
The Company's international business may be affected by changes in demand
resulting from localized economic, political and market conditions. For
example, in the past, the Company's business has been adversely affected by
weak economic conditions in Europe. The Company does not currently
anticipate that the economic crisis in Asia will have a material adverse
effect on the Company's future financial results.
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The Company is subject to the risks of conducting business outside the United
States, including changes in, or impositions of, legislative or regulatory
requirements, tariffs, quotas, difficulty in obtaining export licenses,
potentially adverse taxes, the burdens of complying with a variety of foreign
laws and other factors outside the Company's control. There can be no
assurances that one or more of the foregoing factors will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business or financial results in the future.
MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT/FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK
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The market risk inherent in the Company's financial instruments relate
primarily to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To mitigate the
impact of foreign currency fluctuations, the Company seeks opportunities to
reduce exposures through financing activities and utilizes foreign currency
options and forward exchange contracts to further reduce any remaining
exposures. All foreign currency options and forward exchange contracts are
authorized and executed pursuant to the Company's policies. Foreign currency
options and forward exchange contracts that are designated as, and qualify
as, hedging transactions are subject to hedge accounting treatment. The
Company does not hold or issue financial instruments, foreign currency
options or forward exchange contracts for trading purposes.
The Company has a financing agreement with a bank which provides for
commitments by the bank to purchase promissory notes denominated in a number
of foreign currencies. Transaction gains and losses related to the notes are
deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the revenue supporting the note
repayment. See "Available Financing Lines" above for further discussions of
the financing agreement.
The Company periodically utilizes foreign currency options, generally with
maturities of less than one year, to hedge a portion of its exposure to
exchange-rate fluctuations in connection with anticipated revenue from its
international operations. Gains and losses associated with the options are
deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the associated revenue at the
same time as the underlying anticipated transactions. To the extent that an
option which qualified for hedge accounting is terminated or ceases to be
effective as a hedge, any deferred gains and losses up to that point continue
to be deferred and are recognized as an adjustment to the associated revenue.
The Company also utilizes forward exchange contracts, generally with
maturities of less than two months, to hedge its exposure to exchange-rate
fluctuations in connection with anticipated monetary assets and liabilities
held in foreign currencies and anticipated revenues from its international
operations. The carrying amounts of these forward foreign exchange contracts
equal their fair value as the contracts are adjusted at each balance sheet
date for changes in exchange rates. Gains and losses on the forward
contracts used to hedge monetary assets and liabilities are recognized as
incurred within MG&A on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as
adjustments to the foreign exchange gains and losses on the translation of
net monetary assets. Gains and losses on the forward contracts used to hedge
anticipated revenue are recognized as incurred as an adjustment to revenue.
ODETICS LITIGATION
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In connection with a lawsuit filed by Odetics on June 29, 1995, in the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Company, a
jury found that the Company's pass-through
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port in certain of the Company's tape library products willfully infringes
the U.S. Patent No. 4,779,151 (the 151 Patent) and on March 27, 1998, awarded
Odetics actual damages of $70.6 million. A post-trial hearing commenced on
May 1, 1998. At the hearing, the Court heard the parties' several post-trial
motions. On May 7, 1998, the Company received a written order from the Court
dated May 1, 1998, denying the Company's requests to overturn the jury
verdict and reduce the amount of actual damages awarded, or to grant a new
trial. The Court granted Odetics' motion for prejudgment interest, after
reducing the applied interest rate, and denied its request for attorney's
fees and costs. The Court is expected to enter a final judgment on the jury
verdict and rule on Odetics' request for enhanced damages and a permanent
injunction order against the Company against future direct and indirect
infringement of the 151 Patent in the second quarter of 1998. The Company
intends to appeal the final judgment.
While the Company currently believes that the amount of the ultimate
potential loss resulting from the suit will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company's financial position or liquidity, the outcome of the
suit is inherently difficult to predict. An unfavorable decision concerning
the damages award could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
reported results of operations in the particular quarter in which the
associated accounting charge is recognized. An unfavorable decision
concerning any injunctive relief could require the Company to make material
changes to its production processes, result in its inability to ship products
found to have violated the 151 Patent, and impact its ability to provide
maintenance service on such products. While the Company believes that its
overall tape library business and customers will not be materially adversely
affected by the final outcome of the suit, if the injunctive relief sought by
Odetics is granted, the Company may be required to timely develop and deliver
to its customers a replacement for the pass-through port component. The
Company is currently developing a replacement for the pass-through port
component; however, delays in the availability of a replacement component
could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations
until the replacement component is generally available. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be successful in the timely development and
delivery to its customers of a replacement component. See below in "Risk
Factors That May Affect Future Result - Patents and Licenses", and Part II
of this Form 10-Q, Item 1- Legal Proceedings, for further discussion of risks
associated with patent litigation.
RISK FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS
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NEW PRODUCTS, MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
The Company's results of operations and competitive strength depend upon its
ability to successfully develop, manufacture, market and deliver innovative
new products and product enhancements. Short product life cycles are
inherent to the high-technology market. The Company must devote significant
resources to research and product development projects and effectively manage
the risks inherent in new product transitions. Developing new technology and
products is complex and involves uncertainties. Delays in product
development, manufacturing, or in customer purchasing decisions can make
product transitions difficult. In addition, product transitions make the
process of production and inventory planning more difficult as the Company
must accurately anticipate product mix and configuration demands, and
accurately forecast inventory levels. The Company has experienced product
development delays in the past that adversely affected the Company's
financial results and competitive
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position. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to
successfully manage the development and introduction of new products and
product enhancements in the future.
The Company historically has generated a significant portion of its revenue
and operating profits from mainframe products. The rate of growth in the
mainframe market has slowed as a result of customers shifting their storage
requirements from the mainframe to the client/server environment. The
Company's future financial results are significantly dependent upon
successfully introducing new products for the client/server environment. The
Company currently is making significant investments in research and
development activities focused on new products for the client/server markets.
The Company must also establish new cost-effective, high-volume distribution
channels for these products. There can be no assurances that the Company
will be successful in these activities.
The Company also has implemented an applications development initiative,
which is intended to develop new applications for its products. The new
applications initiative was successful in developing new markets for the
Company's mainframe Nearline products during the first quarter of 1998.
However, there can be no assurances that the Company's client/server products
and applications development activities will result in increased revenue and
profitability during the remainder of 1998.
The Company's greater dependence on indirect distribution channels, such as
OEMs and value-added resellers, will make production and inventory planning
more complex. In the event an indirect partner establishes a new
relationship with a competitor or experiences financial difficulties, the
Company's operating and financial results may be adversely affected. See
"Dependence on IBM," below, for a discussion of issues associated with the
Company's distribution channels for its mainframe online products.
DEPENDENCE ON IBM
In the first quarter of 1998, approximately 19% of the Company's total
revenue was derived from OEM sales of mainframe online products to IBM. The
Company currently anticipates that it will derive a significant portion of
its sales revenue during the remainder of 1998 from product sales to IBM.
Under the worldwide, non-exclusive OEM agreement entered into during December
1997, IBM is not subject to any long-term volume purchase commitments;
however, IBM does receive volume-purchase discounts. IBM may terminate the
agreement under certain conditions. The Company's success under the OEM
agreement is significantly dependent upon achieving certain product
development, delivery and performance milestones. The Company's success is
also dependent upon IBM continuing to successfully market the mainframe
online products, and developing and delivering to the Company disk drives for
inclusion in the products. Because of the volume-purchase discounts included
in the OEM agreement, the Company must continue to reduce costs and expenses
associated with manufacturing the products in order to achieve the expected
benefits. The OEM relationship may also cause the Company to incur
additional costs associated with unanticipated increases or decreases in
manufacturing and inventory volumes. There can be no assurances that the
Company will achieve the milestones contained in the OEM agreement or that
IBM will successfully market these products in the future.
In December 1997, the Company and IBM agreed to a settlement with the United
States Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning the Company's OEM relationship
with IBM. The terms
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of the settlement are contained in a consent decree which was approved by the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on March 20, 1998. Under
the terms of the consent decree, which expires in December 2002, the Company
must develop new distribution channels for its online products during 1998 or
the Company will be subject to limitations on its sales to IBM in the future.
The Company's current OEM agreement with IBM expires in December 2000 and IBM
has indicated that it is currently developing a competitive online product.
Failure to develop new distribution channels for the Company's mainframe
online products could adversely affect the Company's ability to sell its
mainframe online products in future periods.
COMPETITION
The markets for the Company's products and services are intensely
competitive. In the mainframe market, the Company's traditional competitors
include IBM, EMC, Fujitsu and Hitachi. In an effort to increase the rate of
revenue growth and profitability, the Company has entered the client/server
storage market. Competition in the client/server market comes from the
Company's traditional rivals, in addition to companies focused on the
client/server industry, such as Sun Microsystems, Compaq and Hewlett-Packard.
A number of the Company's competitors have significantly greater market
presence and financial resources than the Company. In addition, many of the
Company's potential customers in the client/server market purchase their
storage requirements as part of a packaged server and storage product, which
may provide a competitive advantage to the Company's rivals. The Company
expects to address this issue by providing superior storage solutions that
operate across multiple computer platforms and by establishing distribution
relationships with these competitors. There can be no assurances that the
Company will be able to successfully compete against other companies in the
mainframe and client/server market.
PATENTS AND LICENSES
The Company's patents and other proprietary rights are material assets and
key elements of the business and competitive strength. The Company protects
its proprietary information through a combination of patents, trademarks,
copyrights, confidentiality procedures, trade secret laws and licensing
arrangements. The Company's policy is to apply for patents, or other
appropriate proprietary or statutory protection in the United States and
other selected countries to establish its proprietary rights in new and
improved technology. There can be no assurances, however, that these
arrangements will successfully preclude competitors from developing products
similar to the Company's products, or that the Company's proprietary rights
will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, or that these rights
will provide significant competitive advantages. The Company also relies on
technology that is licensed from others, such as IBM. The Company is unable
to predict whether its licensing arrangements can be renewed in the future on
terms acceptable to the Company.
In order to protect and enforce its proprietary rights, from time to time the
Company has commenced legal actions against other companies. Similarly,
other companies have brought legal actions against the Company claiming
infringement of patent or other proprietary rights. Licenses or royalty
arrangements are generally offered in these situations. However, any
litigation by or against the Company, with or without merit, may result in
significant expense and divert the efforts of the Company's technical and
management personnel. In the event of a successful claim of infringement
against the Company, the Company could be required to pay substantial
damages; cease the manufacture, use and sale of infringing products; expend
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significant resources to develop non-infringing technology; or discontinue
the use of certain processes if the Company is unable to enter into royalty
arrangements. As a result of an increasingly complex and diverse competitive
environment, the Company anticipates that the volume of proprietary rights
claims will grow. There can be no assurances that litigation will not be
commenced against the Company in the future involving patents, copyrights,
trademarks or trade secrets, or that the Company will be able to obtain any
licensing, royalty or other rights on acceptable terms. The Company
currently is involved in legal proceedings involving its proprietary rights
and alleging patent infringement. See Note 5 of NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS and "Odetics Litigation" above for additional
information with respect to these legal proceedings.
VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE; EARNINGS FLUCTUATIONS
The trading price of the Company's common stock has fluctuated significantly
in the past and may fluctuate significantly in the future. Industry
conditions, new product or product development announcements by the Company
or its competitors, announced acquisitions and joint ventures by the Company
or its competitors, broad market trends unrelated to the Company's
performance, changes in revenue or earnings estimates by the investment
community, global economic conditions and foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuations are among the factors that can affect the Company's stock price.
In addition, if the Company's reported operating results are below the
expectations of stock market analysts and investors, there could be an
immediate and significant adverse effect on the trading price of the
Company's common stock.
The Company's operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and
may continue to fluctuate in the future. Fluctuations are caused by factors
such as customers' historical tendencies to make purchase decisions near the
end of the calendar year, the timing of the announcement and availability of
new products by the Company and its competitors, fluctuating foreign currency
exchange rates, changes in the mix and configuration of products sold, rapid
price erosion, the purchasing patterns of the Company's OEM partners and
global economic conditions.
SOLE SOURCE SUPPLIERS
The Company generally uses standard parts and components for its products and
believes that, in most cases, there are a number of alternative, competent
vendors for most of those parts and components. Certain of the Company's key
components and products are purchased from single suppliers that the Company
believes are currently the only manufacturers of the particular components
that meet the Company's qualification requirements and other specifications
or for which alternative sources of supply are not readily available. In
particular, a key component of the Company's tape drive heads is supplied by
Sumitomo Corporation on a sole source basis and the Company is dependent on
IBM for disk drives used in products manufactured for IBM under an OEM
agreement. Certain of the Company's suppliers have experienced occasional
technical, financial or other problems in the past that have delayed
deliveries, but without significant effect on the Company. An unanticipated
failure of any sole source supplier to meet the Company's requirements for an
extended period, or an interruption in the Company's ability to secure
comparable components, could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
revenue and operating results. In the event a sole source supplier was
unable or unwilling to continue to supply components, the Company would have
to identify and qualify other acceptable suppliers. This process could take
an extended period, and no assurance can be given that any additional
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source would become available or would be able to satisfy the Company's
production requirements on a timely basis.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE YEAR 2000
The Company's product lines include information storage systems and network
products which store, retrieve and transmit data. In order to properly
process data, the Company's products must manage and manipulate data that
includes both 20th and 21st century dates (Year 2000 Compliant). The Company
believes its current products are Year 2000 Compliant provided they have been
upgraded to include all recommended engineering changes. There can be no
assurance that the Company's current products will be Year 2000 Compliant.
In addition, the Company does not currently intend to develop modifications
to certain of its older products to make them Year 2000 Compliant and plans
to notify the affected maintenance customers of this plan. The Company's
inability to effectively manage the year 2000 risks associated with its
current and older product lines could have material adverse effects,
including increased warranty costs, customer satisfaction issues and
potential lawsuits.
The Company is currently in the process of replacing many of its internal
business and financial information systems. These systems are being replaced
by new systems which are believed to be Year 2000 Compliant. The Company is
also identifying and implementing changes to other information systems which
are not being replaced in order to make them Year 2000 Compliant. The
Company anticipates that the installation of its new information systems and
changes to its remaining information systems in order to make them Year 2000
Compliant will be substantially completed by the first half of 1999. The
Company currently does not expect that the year 2000 will cause operational
problems or result in the Company incurring material costs incremental to the
cost of the information systems projects currently underway. Delays in
implementing these internal information systems or a failure to fully
identify all year 2000 dependencies in the Company's internal information
systems could have material adverse consequences, including delays in the
delivery or sale of the Company's products, or cause the Company to incur
increased costs.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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See Part I, Item 3 - Legal Proceedings, of the Company's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 26, 1997, filed with the Commission on March 6,
1998.
On June 29, 1995, Odetics, Inc. (Odetics) filed a patent infringement suit in
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the
Company alleging that the "pass-through" port in certain of the Company's
tape library products infringed U.S. Patent No. 4,779,151 (the "151 Patent").
The complaint asked the court to impose injunctive relief, treble damages in
an unspecified amount, and an award of attorney's fees and costs. In
February 1996, a jury found that the Company's products did not infringe the
151 Patent. Odetics appealed and in June 1997, the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court's ruling and remanded the
case back to the District Court for further proceedings. On March 27, 1998,
a second trial was held and a jury found that a pass-through port in certain
of the Company's tape library products willfully infringes the 151 Patent and
awarded actual damages to Odetics of $70.6 million. A post-trial hearing
commenced on May 1, 1998. At the hearing, the Court heard the parties'
several post-trial motions. On May 7, 1998, the Company received a written
order from the Court dated May 1, 1998, denying the Company's requests to
overturn the jury verdict and reduce the amount of actual damages awarded, or
to grant a new trial. The Court granted Odetics' motion for prejudgment
interest, after reducing the applied interest rate, and denied its request
for attorney's fees and costs. The Court is expected to enter a final
judgment on the jury verdict and rule on Odetics' request for enhanced
damages and a permanent injunction order against the Company against future
direct and indirect infringement of the 151 Patent in the second quarter of
1998. The Company intends to appeal the final judgment.
On December 8, 1995, Odetics filed a second patent infringement suit in the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Company.
The complaint alleges that the "cartridge access port" in certain of the
Company's tape library products also infringes the 151 Patent. The complaint
seeks injunctive relief, treble damages in an unspecified amount, and an
award of attorney's fees and costs. This case has been stayed pending the
outcome of the case filed by Odetics on June 29, 1995, which is described
above.
On July 30, 1996, the Company received Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs)
from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division concerning the
OEM agreement with IBM for mainframe online storage subsystems. The Company
received additional CIDs in 1996 and 1997. The CIDs requested production of
documents and testimony in connection with a review of the agreement for
compliance with the Sherman Act. On December 18, 1997, the DOJ filed a
complaint and a proposed settlement set forth in the consent decree with the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. On March 20, 1998, the
Court approved the proposed settlement.
On October 3, 1995, certain former employees of the Company filed suit in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Company. The
amended suit alleges violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) between the
period of April 13, 1993, and December 31, 1996. On November 26, 1997, the
Court granted the plaintiffs' request to proceed as a collective action
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Form 10-Q
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on the ADEA claims and denied the plaintiffs' request to proceed as a class
on the ERISA claims. The period for joining the ADEA class action suit
terminated in March 1998. Approximately 400 persons elected to join the ADEA
class. The plaintiffs seek, among other things, compensatory damages in an
unspecified amount, including the value of back pay and benefits;
reinstatement as employees or alternatively the value of future earnings and
benefits; and exemplary or liquidated damages. The Company has filed an
answer denying both the ADEA and ERISA claims. In March 1998, the plaintiffs
filed a second request to proceed as a collective action on the ERISA claims.
The Court has not ruled on this request. A trial date has been set for
October 1999.
The Company believes it has adequate legal defenses with respect to each of
the actions cited above and intends to vigorously defend against these
actions. However, it is reasonably possible that these actions could result
in outcomes unfavorable to the Company. The Company is also involved in
various other less significant legal actions. While the Company currently
believes that the amount of the ultimate potential loss would not be material
to the Company's financial position, the outcome of these actions is
inherently difficult to predict. In the event of an adverse outcome, the
ultimate potential loss could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
financial position or reported results of operations in a particular quarter.
An unfavorable decision, particularly in patent litigation, could require
material changes in production processes and products or result in the
Company's inability to ship products or components found to have violated
third-party patent rights.
Information concerning these legal proceedings is also contained in Note 5 of
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS included in Part I of this Form
10-Q.
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Form 10-Q
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ITEM 6 - EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
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(a) Exhibits
10.1 Second Amended and Restated Contingent Multicurrency Note
Purchase Commitment Agreement dated as of January 15, 1998,
between the Company and Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association.
10.2* Storage Technology Corporation Amended and Restated 1987
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
10.3* Storage Technology Corporation Amended and Restated Stock
Option Plan For Non-Employee Directors.
11.0 Computation of Earnings Per Common Share.
27.0 Financial Data Schedule.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
On January 9, 1998, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K
dated December 18, 1997, regarding a proposed settlement and
consent decree concerning the resolution of the investigation of
the United States Department of Justice of a 1996 Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement between the Company and
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The Company
also disclosed that it had entered into a new OEM agreement with
IBM for mainframe disk storage products which replaces the parties'
1996 OEM agreement and expires in December 2000.
On April 7, 1998, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K
dated March 27, 1998, disclosing that on March 27, 1998, a jury
found that the pass-through port in certain of the Company's tape
library products willfully infringes U.S. Patent No. 4,779,151 held
by Odetics Inc. and awarded actual damages to Odetics Inc. of
$70,400,000. The case was initially filed by Odetics on June 29,
1995, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia. The jury verdict rendered against the Company was the
outcome of the second trial on the matter.
* Contract or compensation plan or arrangement in which directors
and/or officers participate.
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Form 10-Q
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
May 8, 1998 /s/ DAVID E. LACEY
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(Date) David E. Lacey
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 8, 1998 /s/ THOMAS G. ARNOLD
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(Date) Thomas G. Arnold
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CONTINGENT MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE
COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
DATED AS JANUARY 15, 1998
BETWEEN
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
AND
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
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ARTICLE I
TRANSFERS AND PAYMENTS.................................................2
1.01 Commitments to Sell and Purchase Notes...........................2
1.02 Procedures for Entering Into Supplements.........................2
1.03 Obligation to Sell and Purchase Notes; Notice of Borrowing;
Delivery of Notes; Payment of Purchase Price.....................5
1.04 Disbursement of Purchase Price into Collateral Account...........6
1.05 Interest on Notes................................................6
1.06 Facility Limit...................................................7
1.07 Voluntary Termination of Facility; Reduction of Facility Limit...7
1.08 Termination Date; Extension of Termination Date..................8
1.09 Early Termination or Reduction Payments..........................8
1.10 Amendment and Restatement of Existing Supplements...............10
ARTICLE II
REPAYMENT OF NOTES....................................................10
2.01 Determination Date - Calculation of Determination Date Exchange
Rate............................................................10
2.02 Maturity Date Payment Procedures; Delivery of Revenue Deficiency
Certificate; Payment of Unpaid Amounts..........................10
2.03 Netting of Payments on Certain Issuance Dates...................13
2.04 Payments and Computations, Etc..................................13
ARTICLE III
FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION.............................................13
3.01 Fees............................................................13
3.02 Yield Protection................................................14
3.03 Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate; Failure to Give Notice
of Borrowing....................................................15
3.04 Funding Losses..................................................15
3.05 Taxes, Etc......................................................16
3.06 Set-off.........................................................17
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND PURCHASES.............................17
4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness...........................17
4.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases of Notes..................18
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................19
5.01 Representations and Warranties of Borrower......................19
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL COVENANTS OF BORROWER.........................................21
6.01 Affirmative Covenants of Borrower...............................21
6.02 Negative Covenants of Borrower..................................24
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION EVENTS....................................................25
7.01 Termination Events...............................................25
7.02 Remedies........................................................27
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION; EXCULPATION..........................................29
8.01 Indemnities by Borrower.........................................29
8.02 Exculpation.....................................................30
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................30
9.01 Amendments, Waivers, Etc........................................30
9.02 Notices, Etc....................................................31
9.03 Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions...........31
9.04 Governing Law...................................................31
9.05 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.......................................32
9.06 Execution in Counterparts.......................................32
9.07 Confidentiality.................................................32
9.08 Severability of Provisions......................................34
9.09 Conflict in Agreement Documents.................................34
9.10 Legal Representation of Parties.................................35
9.11 Recording.......................................................35
9.12 Judgments.......................................................35
9.13 Submission to Jurisdiction......................................35
9.14 Integration.....................................................36
9.15 Liquidated Damages..............................................36
9.16 Waiver of Jury Trial............................................36
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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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SCHEDULE I Definitions
SCHEDULE II Purchase Dates, Related Determination Dates and
Related Maturity Dates
SCHEDULE III Amendment and Restatement of Existing Supplements
EXHIBIT 1.01 Form of Promissory Note
EXHIBIT 1.02(b) Form of Supplement
EXHIBIT 1.03(b) Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT 1.08(c) Form of Amendment
EXHIBIT 2.02(c) Form of Revenue Deficiency Certificate
EXHIBIT 4.01(e)(i)
and (ii) Form of Opinions of Counsel for Borrower
EXHIBIT 4.02(d) Form of Officer's Certificate on Purchase Date
EXHIBIT 5.01(d) Schedule of Litigation
EXHIBIT 6.01(g)(vii) Form of Compliance Certificate
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THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of January 15, 1998, is between
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), and
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BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association ("BofA").
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RECITALS
A. Borrower and BofA have entered into, and may from time to time hereafter
wish to enter into, Supplements pursuant to which Borrower has agreed, and
will hereafter agree, to issue and sell to BofA, and BofA has agreed, and
will hereafter agree, to purchase from Borrower, on the Purchase Dates
specified in such Supplements, certain Notes issued by Borrower.
B. The issuance and sale of such Notes by Borrower, and the purchase of such
Notes by BofA, are subject to the conditions set forth in that certain
Amended and Restated Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment
Agreement dated as of August 15, 1997, by and between Borrower and BofA (the
"Existing Agreement").
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C. Borrower and BofA desire to amend and restate the Existing Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the Existing Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read in its entirety as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND RELATED MATTERS
In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified:
(a) capitalized terms, "currency", and "foreign currency" are used as defined
in Schedule I;
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(b) accounting terms shall be interpreted, and accounting determinations and
computations made, in accordance with GAAP;
(c) references to any Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule refer to such
Article or Section of, or Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement, and
references in any Article, Section or definition to any subsection or clause
refer to such subsection or clause of such Article, Section or definition;
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(d) "herein", "hereof", "hereto", "hereunder" and similar terms refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or
provision of this Agreement;
(e) "including" means including without limitation, and other forms of the
verb "to include" have correlative meanings;
(f) for purposes of calculating interest, any fee, discount or any other
amount accrued over a period of time, the first day of such period shall be
included and the last day excluded;
(g) a reference to any Person includes such Person's successors and assigns,
unless such successors and assigns are not permitted by this Agreement, and
reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any
other capacity or individually;
(h) a reference to any law, rule or regulation refers to such law, rule or
regulation as amended from time to time and includes any successor law, rule
or regulation; and
(i) captions are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the
meaning of this Agreement.
ARTICLE I
TRANSFERS AND PAYMENTS
SECTION 1.01 Commitments to Sell and Purchase Notes. On the terms and
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subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, from time to time on each
Purchase Date occurring on or prior to the Termination Date, Borrower agrees
to issue and sell to BofA, and BofA agrees to purchase from Borrower,
promissory notes in the form of Exhibit 1.01 (each, a "Note"), duly completed
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and executed by Borrower to the order of BofA, each of which will be
denominated in one or more foreign currencies (or, if provided in any amended
Supplement, Dollars). Such Notes shall be in the respective principal amounts
which are specified for each of such currencies in one or more Supplements
relating to such Purchase Date which are entered into by Borrower and BofA
from time to time. If Borrower and BofA wish to denominate all or a portion
of any Note in a currency which is not listed in Annex 1 to Exhibit 1.02(b)
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hereto, they may by mutual agreement specify such currency in the applicable
Supplement. BofA and Borrower may, from time to time by mutual agreement,
amend any Supplement to provide that all or any portion of any Note will be
denominated in Dollars, by executing and delivering an appropriately
completed Amendment.
SECTION 1.02 Procedures for Entering Into Supplements.
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(a) Certain Definitions. As used herein:
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(i) "Purchase Date" means each date which is specified in a
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Supplement as a "Purchase Date", or, if any such date is not a Business Day,
the immediately succeeding Business Day, provided, that no
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Purchase Date of any Note may fall less than 28 days or more than 40 days
prior to the applicable Maturity Date for such Note.
(ii) "LIBOR Fixing Date" means, with respect to any Purchase Date,
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the third Eurodollar Business Day preceding such Purchase Date.
(iii) "Determination Date" means each date which is specified as a
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"Determination Date" in Schedule II hereto, as in effect from time
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to time, and is also designated in any Supplement as a Determination Date,
or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding
Business Day.
(iv) "Maturity Date" means each date which is specified as a
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"Maturity Date" on Schedule II hereto, as in effect from time to
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time, and is also designated in any Supplement as a Maturity Date, provided,
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that:
(A) No Maturity Date shall fall less than four Eurodollar Business Days
after the immediately preceding Determination Date, unless otherwise agreed
by Borrower and BofA, it being hereby agreed that the Determination Date
falling on December 23, 1998 will have a related Maturity Date falling on
December 24, 1998;
(B) Borrower will specify Maturity Dates so that it will at all times be in
compliance with the certifications set forth in Section 1.02(c)(v) and (vi);
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and
(C) if any Maturity Date specified by Borrower would otherwise fall on a day
that is not a Eurodollar Business Day, such Maturity Date shall fall on the
immediately preceding Eurodollar Business Day.
In the event that the date specified as a Determination Date or a Maturity
Date in Schedule II differs from the date so specified in any Supplement, the
Supplement shall control.
(b) Supplements.
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(i) Each agreement by the parties that Borrower will issue and sell to BofA,
and that BofA will purchase from Borrower, one or more Notes hereunder shall
be made pursuant to a supplement to this Agreement (a "Supplement")
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entered into by the parties hereto from time to time,
not less than 35 days prior to the then Scheduled Termination Date, in
substantially the form of Exhibit 1.02(b), specifying therein:
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(A) the aggregate principal amount, expressed in each of the applicable
foreign currencies, of the Note to be issued and sold on each Purchase Date
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specified in such Supplement (each such amount of a particular foreign
currency for a particular Purchase Date (or any Dollar amount which replaces
such foreign currency amount pursuant to any amendment to such Supplement)
being herein called a "Required Foreign Currency Amount");
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(B) the total Purchase Price in Dollars that BofA is to pay Borrower on each
Purchase Date specified in such Supplement for the Note to be purchased by
BofA on such Purchase Date pursuant to such Supplement;
(C) the Dollar portion of such total Purchase Price that is allocable to
each Required Foreign Currency Amount for each such Purchase Date pursuant to
such Supplement (each an "Allocated Purchase Price Amount"); and
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(D) the Determination Date and Maturity Date of any Note to be issued and
sold on each Purchase Date specified in such Supplement.
Subject to clause (iii), the parties may enter into more than one
------------ Supplement with respect to any Purchase Date.
(ii) If Borrower wishes to enter into a Supplement, it will deliver to BofA
by facsimile at the address specified in Section 9.02 a
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proposed Supplement, showing the Purchase Dates, Determination Dates,
Maturity Dates and applicable Required Foreign Currency Amounts requested by
Borrower for any Notes. Following BofA's receipt of such proposed Supplement,
BofA will consult with Borrower and will notify it of the Allocated Purchase
Price Amount that BofA is prepared to pay for the applicable Note on each
applicable Purchase Date in respect of each Required Foreign Currency Amount
shown on such proposed Supplement, and the total Purchase Price in Dollars
that BofA is prepared to pay on each such Purchase Date. Such Allocated
Purchase Price Amounts will be determined by BofA in good faith based on
market conditions. If BofA and Borrower agree to each such Allocated Purchase
Price Amount and total Purchase Price, they will enter into a Supplement
reflecting such agreement. Neither Borrower nor BofA will have any obligation
to agree to any proposed Allocated Purchase Price Amount or total Purchase
Price. BofA will have no obligation to notify Borrower of any Allocated
Purchase Price Amount for any Required Foreign Currency Amount proposed by
Borrower if BofA informs Borrower that such Required Foreign Currency Amount
is not freely available and commercially transferable in the relevant amount
and currency at such time or for any other relevant time or period.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither
BofA nor Borrower shall be obligated to enter into any Supplement at any time
prior to, or in the absence of, agreement by Borrower and BofA of all terms
and provisions thereof.
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(c) Certain Requirements which are Applicable to Supplements. By
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proposing or entering into any Supplement, Borrower shall be deemed to have
certified that, on the day of such proposal and the date of such Supplement:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01
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are correct on and as of the day of such proposal and the date of such
Supplement as though made on and as of such days,
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists or would
result from entering into such Supplement,
(iii) the Termination Date shall not have occurred as of the date of such
Supplement,
(iv) the latest Maturity Date under such Supplement would not fall after the
Scheduled Termination Date,
(v) assuming issuance and sale by Borrower of all Notes then outstanding or
contemplated by all Supplements then in effect, the payment by BofA of the
total Purchase Prices contemplated by such Supplements will not cause the
Aggregate Purchase Price to exceed the Facility Limit at any time, and
(vi) on the dates of such proposal and Supplement, the Borrower believes
that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will generate Dollar
Equivalent Revenue during each Period to Maturity contemplated by such
Supplement and all other Supplements then in effect which is at least equal
to the aggregate of the Dollar Equivalent Principal Amounts of all Notes
which are contemplated by all such Supplements to be outstanding during such
Periods to Maturity, and, without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower has no
reason to believe that any Unpaid Amount will exist at any time thereafter.
SECTION 1.03 Obligation to Sell and Purchase Notes; Notice of Borrowing;
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Delivery of Notes; Payment of Purchase Price.
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(a) Obligation to Sell and Purchase Notes. Subject to Section 4.02, the
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execution and delivery of any Supplement shall obligate Borrower to issue and
sell to BofA, and shall obligate BofA to purchase from Borrower, on each
Purchase Date specified in such Supplement, a Note which (A) is in the
principal amounts, and in the currencies, equal to the Required Foreign
Currency Amounts specified in such Supplement for such Purchase Date, and (B)
matures on the Maturity Date specified in such Supplement.
(b) Delivery of Notice of Borrowing. Prior to 10:00 a.m. (San
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Francisco) time, on the LIBOR Fixing Date applicable to any Purchase Date,
Borrower will deliver a Notice of
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Borrowing to BofA in the form of Exhibit 1.03(b) in respect of the Notes
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which Borrower will issue and sell to BofA on such Purchase Date pursuant to
all Supplements which are then in effect, provided, that if
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Borrower anticipates that for any reason it will not issue and sell any of
such Notes to BofA on such Purchase Date, it will notify BofA thereof in
writing in reasonable detail prior to 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on such
LIBOR Fixing Date.
(c) Delivery of Notes. Prior to 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on each
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Purchase Date, Borrower will deliver to BofA a duly completed Note in the
currencies and principal amounts required by Sections 1.02 and 1.03(a).
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Such Note may be delivered by facsimile, followed promptly by an original;
provided, that such facsimile shall be binding and effective for
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(d) Payment of Purchase Price. By 11:30 a.m. (San Francisco time) on
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each Purchase Date, BofA shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article IV, pay to Borrower in Dollars in immediately
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available funds the Aggregate Purchase Price specified for such Purchase Date
in all applicable Supplements, as such Supplements may be amended from time
to time.
SECTION 1.04 Disbursement of Purchase Price into Collateral Account.
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The Borrower will notify BofA in writing no later than 10:00 a.m. (San
Francisco time) on each LIBOR Fixing Date of the amount to be deposited in
the Collateral Account on the next succeeding Purchase Date in order to
enable the Borrower to meet its obligations under Section 6.01(h).
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SECTION 1.05 Interest on Notes.
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(a) The different portions of the principal amount of each Note may be
denominated in different foreign currencies (or, if so provided in any
amended Supplement, in Dollars), which will be set forth in Schedule I to
such Note. Interest on each Note will be payable only in Dollars,
notwithstanding the currencies in which the principal of such Note is
denominated, and will be calculated (A) prior to the Maturity Date of such
Note, on the Purchase Price thereof, and (B) on and after the Maturity Date
thereof, on the Unpaid Amount thereof.
(b) Borrower will pay interest on each Note for each day during the period
from the Purchase Date thereof until the Maturity Date thereof (the "Period
to Maturity") at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the
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Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to such Note plus (B) the
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Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, applied to the Purchase Price
of such Note, calculated according to the following formula.
Interest = PP x (ERRA + AM)
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360
WHERE:
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PP = the Purchase Price of such Note in Dollars;
ERRA = the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for the applicable Period
to Maturity; and
AM = The Applicable Margin in effect on such day.
Such interest shall be payable on the Maturity Date of such Note.
(c) Borrower further agrees to pay interest on any Note where the
circumstances specified in Section 3.03 apply, from the Purchase Date thereof
until the Maturity Date thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Reference
Rate, applied to the Purchase Price of such Note.
(d) Borrower further agrees to pay interest on any principal of (and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, interest on) any Note which is not paid
(for any reason, including, without limitation, because the Dollar Equivalent
Revenue generated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during any applicable
period is less than the principal and accrued interest on such Note) on the
Maturity Date thereof or (if earlier) on Early Termination, until such
principal or interest is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the sum
of the Reference Rate plus 2.0 percent, applied to (A) prior to the Maturity
Date of such Note, the Purchase Price thereof, and (B) on and after such
Maturity Date, the Unpaid Amount thereof.
(e) Borrower further agrees to pay interest on any amounts which are owing
by Borrower to BofA from time to time pursuant to Section 1.09, Section 3.04
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or 7.02(b) (irrespective of whether the Borrower is permitted to defer
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payment of such amounts for any reason) from the applicable Early Termination
Date or other date on which the obligation to pay such amount arises until
such amount is paid in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Reference Rate
plus 2.0 percent.
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(f) The "Applicable Margin" shall be 0.350%.
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SECTION 1.06 Facility Limit. BofA shall not be obligated to purchase
-------------- any Note on any Purchase Date to the extent that,
after giving effect to such purchase, the Aggregate Purchase Price at such
date would exceed the Facility Limit.
SECTION 1.07 Voluntary Termination of Facility; Reduction of Facility Limit
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(a) Borrower may, upon at least five days' (or ten days' in the case
of a reduction to zero) prior irrevocable written notice to BofA, permanently
reduce (including to zero) the Facility Limit; provided, that the Facility
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Limit may not at any time be reduced by Borrower to an amount that is (A)
less than the Aggregate Purchase Price then outstanding, or (B) less than
the maximum outstanding Aggregate Purchase Price which would be outstanding
at any time thereafter if all
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Notes contemplated by all Supplements then in effect were purchased by BofA
on their respective Purchase Dates.
(b) Each partial reduction of the Facility Limit pursuant to clause (a)
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shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
(c) In the event of any termination of the Facility, the parties shall make
the Early Termination Payments specified in Section 1.09.
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(d) No Note may be prepaid prior to its Maturity Date unless such Note is
accelerated following a Termination Event.
SECTION 1.08 Termination Date; Extension of Termination Date. (a) The
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"Termination Date" shall be the earliest to occur of (i) July 1, 1999
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"Scheduled Termination Date"), (ii) the last Maturity Date following the date
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of a termination of the Facility in whole pursuant to Section 1.07(a), (iii)
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the date so declared pursuant to Section 7.02, and (iv) the date that
------------ occurs automatically pursuant
to Section 7.02.
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(b) Borrower, by written notice to BofA, may from time to time request that
the Scheduled Termination Date be extended. Borrower may not make any such
request more than once in any calendar quarter. Any such request shall be
accompanied or preceded by a proposed revised Schedule II hereto, showing
----------- the proposed
additional Purchase Dates, Determination Dates and Maturity Dates which
Borrower desires to make applicable during the period of the requested
extension. No such proposal shall modify the Purchase Dates, Determination
Dates, Maturity Dates, or Required Foreign Currency Amounts which are shown
on any Supplement which is then in effect. BofA will use reasonable efforts
to notify Borrower in writing, on or before the date which is 30 days after
the receipt by BofA of such request from Borrower, as to whether BofA will
consent to such extension and, if BofA does consent to such extension in
writing, the conditions of such consent (including conditions relating to
legal documentation). If BofA shall notify Borrower that it does not consent
to such extension or if BofA fails to notify Borrower in writing of its
consent to such request within such 30 day period, BofA shall be deemed to
have not consented to such request and the Scheduled Termination Date shall
not be so extended. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the granting of
any such request shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of BofA.
(c) If BofA is willing, in its sole discretion, to extend the Scheduled
Termination Date as so requested by Borrower, the parties will enter into an
amendment hereto in the form of Exhibit 1.08(c), including an amendment to
Schedule II (collectively, an "Amendment"), to effect such
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SECTION 1.09 Early Termination or Reduction Payments. (a) If the
--------------------------------------- Termination Date occurs
prior to the Scheduled Termination Date (such occurrence being herein
referred to as an
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"Early Termination"), then the rights and obligations of Borrower to issue
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and sell to BofA, and the rights and obligations of BofA to purchase, Notes
shall terminate and be discharged in full with respect to all Purchase Dates
that have not occurred prior to the Termination Date, provided, that
--------
notwithstanding such discharge and termination, the parties will remain
obligated to make all payments set forth in this Section 1.09, and Sections
3.04, and 7.02(b). ----------- -------
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(b) Promptly following any Early Termination, the parties will make payments
to each other, as applicable, calculated as set forth in Section 3.04(a) and
(b). --------------
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(c) Upon the occurrence of an Early Termination, Borrower shall pay to BofA
or BofA shall pay to Borrower (as applicable), at the times provided below,
amounts calculated as follows (each an "Early Termination Payment"):
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(i) The date on which an Early Termination occurs is herein called the
"Early Termination Date".
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(ii) BofA will calculate the gross Dollar amount that it would pay if it
entered into forward contracts on the Early Termination Date for purchase by
BofA for Dollars of all the Required Foreign Currency Amounts which, under
all Supplements then in effect, relate to each of the Maturity Dates which
have not yet occurred prior to the Early Termination Date (other than
Maturity Dates of Notes which have been issued on or before the Early
Termination Date), in each case with value dates that are the same as such
Maturity Dates, and using rates determined by BofA in good faith based on
market conditions;
(iii) BofA will calculate the sum of all the Dollar amounts calculated in
clause (ii) that would be payable by it under all such
- ----------- forward contracts with respect to each Maturity Date.
(iv) If such aggregate Dollar amount for any Maturity Date is greater than
the sum of the applicable Purchase Prices applicable to all the Notes which
would have matured on such Maturity Date under all such applicable
Supplements (other than Notes which have been issued on or before the Early
Termination Date), Borrower will pay to BofA, within two Business Days after
any demand therefor, the discounted present value of the excess, discounted
from the applicable Maturity Date to the date on which such amount is paid at
the Eurodollar Rate.
(v) If such aggregate Dollar amount for any Maturity Date is less than the
sum of the applicable Purchase Prices applicable to all the Notes which would
have matured on such Maturity Date under all such applicable Supplements
(other than Notes which have been issued on or before the Early Termination
Date), BofA will pay to Borrower, within two Business Days after any demand
therefor, the discounted present value of the
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absolute value of the deficiency, discounted from the applicable Maturity
Date to the date on which such amount is paid at the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve
Adjusted).
To the extent that payments are to be made by both Borrower and BofA on any
day pursuant to this Section 1.09, Section 3.04, or Section 7.02(b), such
------------- ------------ ---------------
payments will be netted against each other and only the net amount will be
paid by the appropriate party. BofA will not be obligated to make any
payment to Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.09 or Section 7.02(b) until
------------ ---------------
all Obligations then due and owing have been paid in full and all Unpaid
Amounts and Non-Issuance Damage Amounts have been reduced to zero. BofA
agrees to pay Borrower interest on any amounts owing by BofA to Borrower that
are not paid pursuant to the preceding sentence for the period from: (A) the
applicable Maturity Dates from which such amounts are discounted or on which
such amounts are payable, as the case may be, to (B) the dates such amounts
are paid, at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
SECTION 1.10 Amendment and Restatement of Existing Supplements. No
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Notes are outstanding under the Existing Agreement as of the date of this
Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement, all Supplements which are
outstanding under the Existing Agreement will be amended and restated to read
in full as the Supplement attached hereto as Schedule III.
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ARTICLE II
REPAYMENT OF NOTES
SECTION 2.01 Determination Date - Calculation of Determination Date Exchange
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Rate. On each Determination Date, BofA will, after consultation with
- ----
Borrower, determine (in good faith, based on market conditions) the
Determination Date Exchange Rate applicable to each Required Foreign Currency
Amount contained in any outstanding Note that has a Maturity Date immediately
following such Determination Date. While BofA will consult with Borrower in
determining such rates of exchange, any determination by BofA of any
Determination Date Exchange Rate shall be conclusive and binding on the
parties for all purposes. Reference to the Maturity Date or any
Determination Date Exchange Rate applicable to any Note shall mean the
Maturity Date designated in the Supplement which originally created the
obligation to issue such Note, and the Determination Date Exchange Rate
applicable to such Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.02 Maturity Date Payment Procedures; Delivery of Revenue
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Deficiency Certificate; Payment of Unpaid Amounts.
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(a) On each Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay the principal amount of each
Note which matures on such Maturity Date, plus all interest accrued
----
thereon to BofA, in immediately available funds, which payment shall
discharge Borrower's obligation to pay the principal amount of and interest
on the Notes which mature on such date and interest accrued thereon,
provided, however, that, if the Borrower timely delivers to BofA a properly
- -------- -------
completed Revenue Deficiency Certificate pursuant to Section 2.02(c),
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the Borrower shall only be obligated to repay
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the principal amount of any Notes on the Maturity Date of such Notes, and
interest accrued thereon, to the extent of the aggregate Dollar Equivalent
Revenue generated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the Period to
Maturity of such Notes.
(b) In the event that the Dollar Equivalent Revenue generated by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the Period to Maturity of all Notes
which mature on any Maturity Date is less than the Dollar Equivalent
Principal Amount of such Notes plus accrued interest thereon, all payments
made by the Borrower on such Maturity Date in respect of such Notes shall be
applied first to accrued interest and then to principal thereof. Any amount
of principal remaining unpaid on such Notes after such Maturity Dates shall
be converted into Dollars at the Determination Date Exchange Rates applicable
to such Notes. The aggregate Dollar amount resulting from such conversion,
plus any unpaid interest accrued on such Notes as of such Maturity Date, is
herein referred to as the "Unpaid Amount".
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(c) Delivery of Revenue Deficiency Certificate.
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(i) If the aggregate Dollar Equivalent Revenue generated by Borrower and its
Subsidiaries during the Period to Maturity ending on any Maturity Date is
less than the aggregate Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount of all Notes
maturing on such Maturity Date, plus accrued interest thereon, then Borrower
may defer its obligation to pay such principal and interest, to the extent of
such deficiency, by delivering to BofA, prior to 9:00 a.m. (San Francisco
time) on such Maturity Date, a certificate of Borrower's chief financial
officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer in the form of Exhibit 2.02(c),
certifying that the ---------------
aggregate Dollar Equivalent Revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
generated during such Period to Maturity was less than the Dollar Equivalent
Principal Amount of all Notes maturing on such Maturity Date, plus accrued
interest thereon, and certifying the amount that will represent an Unpaid
Amount in respect of each of such Notes, pursuant to Section 2.02(b) (a
"Revenue Deficiency Certificate"). ---------------
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(ii) If Borrower does not deliver a Revenue Deficiency Certificate to BofA
before 9:00 a.m. San Francisco time on any Maturity Date, Borrower will be
deemed to have certified that the Dollar Equivalent Revenue of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries during the Period to Maturity ending on such Maturity
Date was at least equal to the Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount of all
Notes maturing on such Maturity Date plus accrued interest thereon, and
Borrower will be required on such Maturity Date to repay to BofA the
aggregate principal amount of, and interest on, all Notes maturing on such
Maturity Date.
(d) Payment of Unpaid Amounts and Non-Issuance Damages Amount.
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(i) As long as any Unpaid Amount and/or Non-Issuance Damages Amount exists,
Borrower will deliver to BofA on each succeeding date shown on Schedule II as
a "Maturity Date" and, following the last such date, on -----------
----------- the last day of each calendar month
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(or, if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business
Day) a certificate signed by Borrower's chief financial officer, treasurer or
assistant treasurer showing the aggregate Dollar Equivalent Revenue generated
by Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after the Maturity Date
or other date on which the Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance Damages Amount
arose. Concurrently with the delivery of such certificate, the Borrower will
make payments to BofA in respect of such Unpaid Amount or such Non-Issuance
Damages Amount and accrued interest thereon, to the full extent of such
Dollar Equivalent Revenue, as provided in Section 2.02(d)(ii). If the
Borrower fails to -------------------
timely deliver such certificate, it will be obligated to pay such Unpaid
Amount or Non-Issuance Damages Amount in full, together with accrued
interest, on the date such certificate is due.
(ii) If any Unpaid Amount remains following the Maturity Date of any Note,
or any Non-Issuance Damages Amount is outstanding the Borrower shall be
obligated to make a payment in respect of such Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance
Damages Amount on each date on which the Borrower is required to deliver a
certificate pursuant to Section 2.02(d)(i). The
------------------
amount of such required payment in respect of such Unpaid Amount or Non-
Issuance Damages Amount shall equal the amount of Dollar Equivalent Revenue,
generated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the period since the
previous such certificate was required to be delivered or (in the case of the
first such payment) since such Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance Damages Amount
first arose. Each such payment shall be applied first to accrued interest on
such Unpaid Amount and/or Non-Issuance Damages Amount and thereafter to pay
such Unpaid Amount and/or Non-Issuance Damages Amount in each case in the
order such amounts arose chronologically. Such obligation shall continue
past the Scheduled Termination Date which is then in effect until the first
anniversary of such Scheduled Termination Date. After such first
anniversary, the Borrower will cease to be obligated to repay any remaining
portion of such Unpaid Amount and/or Non-Issuance Damages Amount, and accrued
interest thereon, to the extent that the Dollar Equivalent Revenue generated
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, during the period from the Maturity
Date on which such Unpaid Amount and/or Non-Issuance Damages Amount arose
until such first anniversary, is less than such Unpaid Amount and/or Non-
Issuance Damages Amount plus accrued interest thereon.
(e) All Revenue Included. The parties agree that the fact that
-------------------- Revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is or
may be generated by a Subsidiary of Borrower and/or is or may be subject to
reserves, returns, allowances, warranties, claims or other Adverse Claims
shall not cause such Revenue to not be included in the Dollar Equivalent
Revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period.
(f) Rescission or Return. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
--------------------- contrary, the obligations of Borrower hereunder
shall not be considered reduced by any payment to
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BofA if, at any time, such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be returned
for any reason.
(g) Borrower's Option to Make Payment of Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuances
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Damages Amount. If any Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance Damages Amount shall
- --------------- (or would on any Maturity Date) be outstanding at any time,
Borrower may, at its option, reduce such Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance
Damages Amount to zero (or prevent such Unpaid Amount from arising on such
Maturity Date) by paying BofA such Unpaid Amount or Non-Issuance Damages
Amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
(h) Payment Currencies.
------------------ Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, it is of
the essence under this Agreement that all amounts payable to BofA hereunder
or in respect of any Notes shall be payable in Dollars as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding the currencies in which the principal amount of any Note
is denominated, all principal of any Note which is paid on or before the
Maturity Date thereof shall be paid in Dollars in an amount equal to the
Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount thereof; and
(ii) All interest, all Unpaid Amounts, all Non-Issuance Damages Amounts, and
all other amounts due hereunder shall also be paid in Dollars.
SECTION 2.03 Netting of Payments on Certain Issuance Dates. If any
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Maturity Date is also a Purchase Date, then (provided, that all
--------
conditions precedent to any purchase of a Note to be made on such date have
been fulfilled prior to 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on such date): (a)
BofA will calculate the total amounts payable by Borrower in respect of such
Maturity Date and by BofA and Borrower in respect of such Purchase Date, (b)
such payments will be netted against each other, and (c) only the net amount
will be paid by the appropriate party on such date. However, if by such time
on such date any condition precedent to payment of the Purchase Price of a
Note has not been fulfilled (including by non-receipt by BofA of any properly
completed and executed Note or other document required hereby) then no such
netting will be permitted and Borrower will be required to pay BofA on such
Maturity Date the full amount payable under Section 2.02 in
------------
respect of such Maturity Date under all Notes maturing on such Maturity Date.
Failure to pay such full amount which is due on such Maturity Date pursuant
to Section 2.02 within three Business Days after such Maturity Date
------------
shall constitute a Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(i).
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SECTION 2.04 Payments and Computations, Etc. All amounts to be paid or
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deposited (A) to or for the account of BofA by Borrower hereunder or (B) to
or for the account of Borrower by BofA hereunder, shall in each case be paid
or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 11:30 a.m.
(San Francisco time) on the day when due in Dollars in immediately available
funds (i) if to BofA, at Account No. 1233183980 at Bank of America National
Trust and Savings Association, Concord, California and (ii) if to Borrower,
at account No. 4191706 at
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Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Borrower shall pay to BofA
interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due (without giving effect
to any grace period) until paid or deposited in full at 2% per annum
---------
above the Reference Rate, payable on demand; provided, that such
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interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law. Interest and all fees hereunder shall be made on the basis
of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed.
ARTICLE III
FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION
SECTION 3.01 Fees. (a) Facility Fee. From the date hereof until the
---- ------------ Termination Date, Borrower shall pay to
BofA a facility fee ("Facility Fee") for each day in such period equal to (A)
the excess of (i) the Facility Limit over (ii) the Aggregate Purchase Price
on such day times (B) the Applicable Facility Fee Rate on such day divided by
(C) 360. Such ----------
Facility Fee shall be paid quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of
each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date.
(b) The "Applicable Facility Fee Rate" shall be .150% on any day.
----------------------------
SECTION 3.02 Yield Protection. If (a) Regulation D of the Board of
----------------
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or (b) any Regulatory Change
occurring after the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Affected Party to any tax, duty or other charge with
respect to its exercise of its rights or performance of its obligations under
any Agreement Document, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to
any Affected Party of any amounts payable to it under any Agreement Document
(except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such
Affected Party imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Affected Party's
principal executive office is located); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, or deposits or obligations with or for
the account of (or with or for the account of any affiliate of), or credit
extended by, any Affected Party; or
(iii) shall change the amount of capital maintained or required or requested
or directed to be maintained by any Affected Party; or
(iv) shall impose any other condition affecting any Affected Party in
connection with any Agreement Document;
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and the result of any of the foregoing is:
(x) to increase the cost to (or to impose a cost on) such Affected Party's
participating in the transactions contemplated in any Agreement Document,
(y) to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Affected
Party under any Agreement Document, or
(z) in the sole determination of such Affected Party, to reduce the rate of
return on the capital of such Affected Party as a consequence of its
obligations arising in connection herewith to a level below that which such
Affected Party could otherwise have achieved,
then upon written notice by the applicable Affected Party to Borrower,
Borrower shall pay directly to such Affected Party such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate it for such increased cost or such reduction.
Such written notice shall include calculations thereof in reasonable detail
and, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon
Borrower. Such amounts will be payable by the Borrower without regard to the
aggregate Revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.03 Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate; Failure to Give Notice
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of Borrowing. (a) If BofA shall have determined in good faith, that: (i)
- ------------
Dollar deposits are not available to banks such as BofA in the London
interbank eurodollar market, or (ii) by reason of circumstances affecting the
London interbank eurodollar market, adequate means do not exist for
ascertaining the applicable Eurodollar Rate, or (iii) it would be contrary to
any applicable law or regulation for the applicable interest rate to be
determined based on the Eurodollar Rate, then BofA shall promptly so notify
Borrower, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower,
and, so long as such circumstances shall continue, Borrower shall pay
interest to BofA as provided in clause (c).
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(b) In addition, if Borrower shall fail for any reason to deliver a Notice
of Borrowing to BofA prior to 10:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on the LIBOR
Fixing Date applicable to any Note, Borrower will be obligated to pay
interest on such Note calculated as provided in clause (c).
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(c) If any of the circumstances described in clause (a) or (b) above
---------- ---
are applicable on the Purchase Date of any Note, Borrower shall pay to BofA
on the Maturity Date of such Note interest on such Note, calculated for each
day during the period from such Purchase Date to such Maturity Date at a rate
per annum equal to the Reference Rate, applied to the Purchase Price of
- --------- such Note.
SECTION 3.04 Funding Losses. (a) In the event BofA shall incur any
-------------- loss or expense (including any loss or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits
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or other funds obtained by BofA in order to fund its purchase of Notes from
Borrower) as a result of:
(i) any termination of the Facility or any reduction of the Facility Limit
pursuant to Section 1.07 or the occurrence of an Early
------------ Termination, to the extent not included in the Early
Termination Payments paid pursuant to Section 1.09;
------------
(ii) the failure by Borrower to issue and sell to BofA any Note which
Borrower is required to issue and sell under the terms of this Agreement;
(iii) any failure of the Borrower to issue and sell to BofA any Note as a
result of the failure of the Borrower to meet any condition precedent to such
sale; or
(iv) the failure by Borrower, for whatever reason, to pay in full to BofA on
any Maturity Date or any date thereafter all amounts which are due on such
date under any Note pursuant to Section 2.02, or the
------------ payment by Borrower of any
amount in respect of any Note on any day other than the applicable Maturity
Date,
then, upon written notice by BofA to Borrower, Borrower shall pay directly to
BofA such amount as will reimburse BofA for such loss or expense. Such
written notice shall include calculations thereof in reasonable detail and
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on
Borrower.
(b) (i) Without limiting the foregoing, if for any reason Borrower fails on
any Purchase Date to issue and sell to BofA a Note having principal amounts
at least equal to the Required Foreign Currency Amounts applicable to such
Purchase Date (including without limitation any such failure which arises
from any failure to fulfill a condition precedent to such issuance and sale),
then on the Maturity Date which would have been applicable to such Note, if
issued, Borrower will pay to BofA as liquidated damages for BofA's loss of
profit for Borrower's breach of its agreement to issue and sell such Note for
the Purchase Price applicable thereto (or its failure to fulfill any such
condition precedent as the case may be) an amount (the "Non-Issuance Damages
-------------------
Amount") equal to the excess, if any, of: (A) the Dollar Equivalent
Principal Amount which would have been applicable to such Note, over (B) the
Purchase Price applicable to such Note. Such damages are payable in addition
to, but without duplication of, any other amounts payable by Borrower
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the sole reason for Borrower's
failure to sell such Note to BofA was that the Borrower failed to fulfill a
condition precedent to such sale because any previously issued Note had not
been paid in full as a result of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries having not
generated Dollar Equivalent Revenue equal to the Dollar Equivalent Principal
Amount thereof, such Non-Issuance Damage Amount owing by the Borrower shall
accrue interest at the rate set forth in Section 1.05(d), and
---------------
shall be payable only to the extent of Dollar Equivalent Revenue generated by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the period from the originally
scheduled Purchase Date of such Note until the first anniversary of the
Scheduled Termination Date, as set forth in Section 2.02(d). The
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first such payment of a
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Non-Issuance Damages Amount shall be made by the Borrower on the originally
scheduled Maturity Date for such Note, and subsequent damage payments shall
be made by the Borrower as set forth in Section 2.02(d) until such Non-
---------------
Issuance Damages Amount plus accrued interest at the rate set forth in
Section 1.05(d) have been paid in full (but subject to the conditions in
- --------------- Section 2.02(d)).
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(ii) If on any Maturity Date the amount set forth in clause (i) (B)
--------------
above is greater than the amount set forth in clause (i)(A) above, then,
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provided that no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have
occurred and be continuing, BofA will pay the amount of such excess to the
Borrower on such Maturity Date.
SECTION 3.05 Taxes, Etc. Borrower hereby covenants that all payments
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by Borrower to BofA in respect of any Obligation shall be made without any
set-off or counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of, any present or future Taxes now or
hereafter imposed on Borrower or BofA (as applicable) with respect to such
payments by any governmental or other authority, except to the extent that
such deduction or withholding is compelled by applicable laws, rules or
regulations. As used herein, the term "Taxes" shall include all excise and
-----
other taxes of whatever nature imposed on Borrower or BofA (as applicable)
with respect to such payments (other than taxes generally assessed on the
overall net income of BofA imposed by the jurisdiction in which BofA's
principal executive office is located), as well as all levies, imposts,
duties, charges or fees of whatever nature.
If Borrower is compelled by applicable laws, rules or regulations to make any
such deduction or withholding, Borrower will:
(a) pay to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be so
withheld or deducted;
(b) pay to BofA such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that
the net amount received by BofA, after such deduction or withholding
(including any required deduction or withholding on such additional amounts)
shall equal the amount BofA would have received had no such deduction or
withholding been made; and
(c) promptly forward to BofA an official receipt or other documentation
satisfactory to BofA evidencing such payment to such authorities.
Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against BofA with respect to any
payment made in respect of any Obligation, BofA may pay such Taxes, and
Borrower agrees promptly to pay such additional amount (including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest or expenses) as may be necessary in order
that the net amount received by BofA after the payment of such taxes
(including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount BofA
would have received had no such Taxes been asserted. Such amounts will be
payable without regard to the aggregate Revenues of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
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SECTION 3.06 Set-off. BofA is hereby authorized upon the occurrence of
------- any Termination Event, to appropriate and apply to the
payment of the Obligations owing to it (whether or not then due), subject to
Section 2.02,
- ------------ any and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of
Borrower then or thereafter maintained with BofA. To the extent that
Obligations become due and owing as a result of the generation of Revenues by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, BofA may make such appropriation and
application as, and to the extent, such Revenues are generated.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND PURCHASES
SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The effectiveness
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of this Agreement is subject to the condition precedent that BofA shall have
received the following, each in form and substance satisfactory to BofA:
(a) Original executed copies of this Agreement;
(b) Original executed copies of the Collateral Account Agreement, together
with such UCC-1 Financing Statements and other notices and filings relating
thereto as BofA may require;
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Borrower,
certifying (i) as to resolutions of Borrower's Board of Directors approving
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) as to the names
and true signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to sign this
Agreement and the other Agreement Documents to be delivered by it hereunder
(on which certificate BofA may conclusively rely until such time as BofA
shall receive from Borrower a revised certificate), (iii) that the copy of
the Certificate of Incorporation of Borrower delivered to BofA pursuant to
Section 4.01(b)(iii) of the Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment
Agreement dated as of December 12, 1996 by and between Borrower and BofA (the
"December Agreement") is a true, correct and complete copy of the Certificate
- ------------------ of Incorporation of Borrower duly filed with the Secretary
of State of its state of incorporation as in effect on the date hereof, and
(iv) that the copy of the Bylaws of Borrower delivered to BofA pursuant to
Section 4.01(b)(iv) of the December Agreement is a true, correct and complete
copy of the Bylaws of Borrower as in effect on the date hereof;
(d) A good standing certificate for Borrower issued by the Secretary of
State of its state of incorporation and dated as of a recent date;
(e) Opinions of counsel for Borrower, of Shearman & Sterling and of Lizbeth
J. Stenmark, Esquire, substantially in the forms of Exhibits 4.01(e)(i) and
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(ii), respectively.
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(f) All of the costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to Section 9.05,
if then invoiced; and
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(g) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as BofA may reasonably
request.
SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases of Notes. The
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obligation of BofA to purchase any Note and to pay the Purchase Price thereof
on any Purchase Date shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that:
(a) On any Purchase Date, after giving effect to any payments to be made
with the proceeds of the Notes to be issued on such Purchase Date, no Unpaid
Amount shall exist or continue to exist on any Note, and no Revenue
Deficiency Certificate shall have been delivered indicating that an Unpaid
Amount will be created on such Purchase Date.
(b) BofA shall have received such Note, in the principal amounts in the
applicable currencies specified in Sections 1.02 and 1.03(a), duly
------------- ------- completed and
executed on behalf of Borrower and satisfactory in form and substance to
BofA,
(c) The aggregate amount of cash and Qualifying Investment (or in the case
of Qualifying Investments, principal equivalent amount) contained in the
Collateral Account (including any proceeds of payment of the Purchase Prices
of Notes on such Purchase Date which are to be disbursed into the Collateral
Account pursuant to Section 1.04) shall be
------------ not less than the aggregate of the Purchase
Prices of all Notes which are outstanding or to be issued on such Purchase
Date.
(d) BofA shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of Borrower in the form of Exhibit 4.02(d),
and ---------------
(e) on the date of such purchase the following statements shall be true (and
Borrower, by accepting the Purchase Price, shall be deemed to have certified
that):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 are correct
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on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day,
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event (except, if
permitted by Section 7.02(e) a Change of Control
--------------- Termination Event) exists or would result from
such purchase,
(iii) after giving effect to such purchase, the Aggregate Purchase Price at
such time will not exceed the Facility Limit, and
(iv) the Termination Date shall not have occurred.
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 5.01 Representations and Warranties of Borrower. Borrower
------------------------------------------
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Borrower is validly existing as a
------------------------------ corporation in good standing under the laws
of its state of incorporation and possesses all necessary licenses and
approvals, and is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of its business requires such licenses and approvals to own its
properties and to conduct its business or in which the failure so to qualify
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Power, Authorization and Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery
------------------------------------------- and performance by Borrower of
the Agreement Documents to which it is a party (a) are within Borrower's
corporate powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, (c) do not contravene (i) Borrower's charter or by-laws, (ii) any
contractual restriction binding on or affecting Borrower or any of its
property (except where such contravention would not give rise to any Material
Adverse Effect or render any Agreement Document unenforceable against
Borrower or its creditors), or (iii) any law, rule, regulation, order,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award binding on or affecting
Borrower or its property, (d) do not result in the imposition of any Adverse
Claim on any of Borrower's material properties and (e) do not require any
authorization, approval or other action by, or notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or regulatory body or any other Person.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (A) Borrower had at all
relevant times, and now has, all necessary power, authority and legal right
to issue and sell the Notes and to incur and perform its obligations under
the Notes and the other Agreement Documents, (B) the use of funds obtained by
Borrower under this Agreement will not violate any of Regulations G, T, U and
X of the Federal Reserve Board, and (C) Borrower is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(c) Binding Obligations. This Agreement constitutes, and each Note and
-------------------- each other Agreement Document to which Borrower is a
party when duly executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Borrower enforceable against Borrower in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and general
principles of equity.
(d) Litigation. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to
---------- the best of Borrower's knowledge, threatened in any court or a
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, (i) except as set forth on Exhibit
---------
5.01(d) that relates to Borrower or any of its
- ------
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Subsidiaries or any of the properties of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
and that, if adversely determined, could create a Material Adverse Effect, or
(ii) that relates to any aspect of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e) No Material Adverse Effect. Since September 26, 1997, no event or
-------------------------- occurrence that individually or in the
aggregate is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has
occurred, other than as disclosed on Borrower's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
dated as of November 7, 1997 for the period ended September 26, 1997 and
press releases disseminated by Borrower and made available to BofA prior to
the date hereof.
(f) Accuracy of Information. All written information supplied by or on
----------------------- behalf of Borrower to BofA for purposes of or in
connection with any Agreement Document or any transaction contemplated herein
or therein is true, complete and accurate in all material respects and such
information is not incomplete by omitting to state a material fact or any
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any
material respect on the date as of which such information is dated.
(g) Taxes. Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns and
------ reports required by applicable laws, rules and regulations to have
been filed by it and has paid all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
thereby shown to be owing, except any such taxes, assessments or charges
which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set
aside on its books.
(h) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Borrower is in compliance with the
------------------------------- requirements of all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities (federal,
state, local or foreign, and including Environmental Laws, tax laws and laws
with respect to ERISA and laws, rules and regulations applicable to the
Contracts), a violation of any of which, individually or in the aggregate for
all such violations, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(i) ERISA. Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred and are
------ not reasonably expected to incur any material liability in
connection with any Plan, other than ordinary liabilities for benefits;
neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably
expected to incur any material Withdrawal Liability to any Plan; and no Plan
of Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is reasonably expected to be in
reorganization or to be terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL COVENANTS OF BORROWER
SECTION 6.01 Affirmative Covenants of Borrower. Until the first day
--------------------------------- following the Termination
Date on which all Notes and other Obligations are paid in full in cash (or,
in the
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case of Notes, Borrower has ceased to be obligated to repay each outstanding
Unpaid Amount), Borrower will:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its
-------------------------- Subsidiaries to comply, in all material
respects with all applicable laws (including Environmental Laws), rules,
regulations, permits, orders, consent decrees and judgments binding on
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, except where failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence and Name. (i) Preserve and
--------------------------------------------- maintain, and cause its
Material Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence,
rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation;
and (ii) qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction, except where the failure to maintain a
franchise or privilege or to remain qualified would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) Audits. At the expense of Borrower, upon reasonable prior notice at
------ any time and from time to time during regular business hours,
permit, and cause its Subsidiaries to permit, BofA or its agents or
representatives (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the
records of, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of, Borrower, and to
discuss matters relating to the Revenue of Borrower and its Subsidiaries or
Borrower's performance hereunder with any of the officers or employees of
Borrower, provided, that unless a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
Event -------- shall have occurred and be continuing, only one such audit
in any calendar year shall be at the expense of Borrower.
(d) Keeping of Records and Books of Revenue. Maintain at all times
--------------------------------------- accurate and complete books,
records and accounts (including, without limitation, with respect to the
Revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), in which timely entries shall
be made.
(e) Taxes. Pay and discharge, and cause its Subsidiaries to pay and
------ discharge, all taxes and governmental charges imposed upon it or
its properties, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, if
failure to pay such taxes or governmental charges could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except any such tax or charge
which is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if such
contest shall operate to stay the Material Adverse Effect of any such
nonpayment.
(f) Generation of Revenue. Use, and cause its Subsidiaries to use,
. --------------------- commercially reasonable efforts to manage its and
their business operations so that it and they will, during each Period to
Maturity which ends on a Maturity Date, generate Revenue sufficient to
cause the Borrower to be required to repay in full any and all principal
of and interest on Notes maturing on such Maturity Date.
(g) Reporting Requirements of Borrower. Furnish to BofA:
-----------------------------------
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(i) Quarterly Financials. As soon as available and in any event
-------------------- within 55 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter (except the fourth fiscal quarter of any fiscal year), consolidated
balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal
quarter and consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period commencing at
the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such fiscal
quarter, in each case in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to
year-end audit adjustments and without footnotes) by the chief financial
officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of Borrower as having been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (applied on a consistent basis).
(ii) Annual Financials. As soon as available and in any event
----------------- within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
copy of Borrower's annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor form in
substantially the same format) for such fiscal year of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, including therein a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
such fiscal year, certified in a manner acceptable to BofA by independent
public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to BofA.
Borrower acknowledges that (without limitation) BofA is relying upon the
financial statements delivered from time to time pursuant to this Agreement,
including the annual audited financials referenced in this Section;
(iii) Termination Events. Within five Business Days after Borrower
------------------ discovers the occurrence of any Termination Event
or Unmatured Termination Event continuing on the date of such statement, a
statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of such Termination
Event or Unmatured Termination Event and the action that Borrower proposes to
take with respect thereto;
(iv) ERISA Event. Promptly and in any event within ten days after
----------- a Responsible Officer of Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
knows or has reason to know that any material ERISA Event has occurred, a
statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower describing such ERISA Event
and the action, if any, that Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate proposes to
take with respect thereto;
(v) Proceedings. Promptly after a Responsible Officer of
----------- Borrower becomes aware of the commencement thereof, notice
of all actions, suits and proceedings before any court or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign, affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described
in Section 5.01(d);
---------------
(vi) SEC Reports. Promptly after the sending or filing thereof,
----------- copies of all reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K that
Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
governmental authority that may be substituted therefor;
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(vii) Compliance Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of
---------------------- the financial statements referred to in clauses
(g)(i) and (g)(ii), -------
- ------ ------- a Compliance Certificate executed by the chief
financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of Borrower; and
(viii) Other Information. Such other information respecting the
----------------- business or properties or the condition, financial
or otherwise, or operations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as BofA
may from time to time reasonably request.
BofA agrees that delivery to BofA under the Bank Credit Agreement of any of
the documents required by this clause (g) (other than clauses (g)(iii) and
---------- ----------------
(g)(vii)) shall satisfy Borrower's obligation to deliver such documents
- -------- hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, Borrower will, and
will cause its Subsidiaries to, provide to BofA additional information and
any and all of the above information more frequently to the extent requested
by BofA.
(h) Maintenance of Collateral Account.
---------------------------------
(i) Borrower agrees to:
(A) as specified in the Collateral Account Agreement, maintain the
Collateral Account at BofA;
(B) execute and deliver to BofA the Collateral Account Agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to BofA covering all cash, Cash Equivalent Investments
and other investments which are from time to time maintained in the
Collateral Account (which investments shall be in form and substance approved
by BofA at the time such Collateral Account Agreement is delivered, shall be
of the Required Credit Quality, and shall, if required by BofA, be made in
the name of BofA);
(C) (i) on each Purchase Date, deposit or maintain cash and other such
Qualifying Investments in such Collateral Account at BofA in an aggregate
amount (or, in the case of Qualifying Investments, principal equivalent
amounts) which is not less than the aggregate of the Purchase Prices of all
Notes which are outstanding or to be issued on such Purchase Date (after
giving effect to any Notes which will be repaid on such day) and (ii) not
withdraw any amounts or investments from such Collateral Account except as
permitted by the Collateral Account Agreement;
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(D) deliver to BofA such consents as may be required under the Bank Credit
Agreement (and all other agreements or instruments affecting Borrower) to the
delivery of such Collateral Account Agreement and collateral; and
(E) deliver to BofA such resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of
counsel and other documents as BofA may require with respect to
authorization, enforceability, legality, perfection, lack of conflict and
other matters required by BofA with respect to such Collateral Account
Agreement and the collateral covered thereby.
SECTION 6.02 Negative Covenants of Borrower. Until the first day
------------------------------ following the Termination Date
on which all Notes and other Obligations are paid in full in cash (or, in the
case of Notes, the Borrower has ceased to be obligated to repay each
outstanding Unpaid Amount), Borrower will:
(a) Consolidated Net Income. Not permit (i) any Consolidated Net Loss
----------------------- or Consolidated Operating Loss of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries to occur for each of any two consecutive Fiscal Quarters
(calculated as of the last day of each such Fiscal Quarter); or (ii)
Consolidated Net Loss or Consolidated Operating Loss of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any Fiscal Quarter to be greater than $25,000,000; provided
that in determining ---------
the Consolidated Net Loss or Consolidated Operating Loss for any fiscal
quarter for the purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section
-------
6.02(a) there shall be excluded the amount equal to costs and expenses
- ------- arising from or related to mergers and acquisitions consummated by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and recognized in accordance with GAAP;
provided, further, that all such amounts recognized shall be accounted for in
- --------------- the fiscal quarter in which the relevant merger or
acquisition is consummated.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 7.01 Termination Events. Each of the following events shall be
------------------ a "Termination Event" hereunder:
-----------------
(a) any amount payable by Borrower under any Note or any other Agreement
Document is not paid to the extent required by this Agreement (subject to any
limitations set forth in Section 2.02), when due hereunder,
------------- which failure continues for: (i)
three Business Days, in the case of any payment required to be made on any
Maturity Date, or (ii) except as set forth in clause (c), ten Business Days,
in the case of any other payment hereunder; ----------
(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by Borrower
under or in connection with any Agreement Document, or any other information
or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made;
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(c) Borrower: (i) shall fail on any Purchase Date to issue and sell to BofA
Notes having principal amounts equal to all Required Foreign Currency Amounts
applicable to such Purchase Date, and (ii) shall thereafter fail to make any
payment required by (but subject to the limitations set forth in) Section
3.04, and such failure to make such payment shall continue for five -----
- ---- Business Days;
(d) Borrower shall fail to perform any term, covenant or agreement contained
in Section 6.02;
-------------
(e) Borrower shall fail to perform any term, covenant or agreement contained
in Section 6.01(h), or BofA shall for any reason at any time not
--------------- have a first priority perfected security interest in the
Collateral Account and all cash, monies, and investments contained therein;
(f) Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or
agreement contained in any Agreement Document (excluding the terms, covenants
and agreements described above in Sections 7.01(a), (c), (d) and (e)), which
----------------- --- --- ---
failure continues unremedied for thirty days after written notice by BofA to
Borrower;
(g) (i) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal
of, premium or interest on, or any other amount payable in respect of, (A)
any Debt outstanding under the Bank Credit Agreement, or (B) any other Debt
outstanding in a principal or notional amount of at least $25,000,000 in the
aggregate (but excluding Debt arising hereunder) when the same becomes due
and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, redemption,
purchase, defeasance, cash collateralization, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), and such failure shall continue (x) after the applicable grace
period, if any, in the case of a non-payment of principal or (y) for five
Business Days after the applicable grace period, if any, in the case of non-
payment of any other amount, in each case specified in the agreement or
instrument relating to such Debt and shall not have been cured or waived;
(ii) any failure to make any payment or any other breach, default or other
event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument
relating to any such Debt (including the Bank Credit Agreement), if the
effect of such failure, event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the
acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt or otherwise to cause, or to
permit the holder thereof to cause, such Debt to become due and payable
(whether by required prepayment (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), purchase, redemption, defeasance, cash collateralization,
acceleration, demand or otherwise) or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or
defease such Debt shall be required to be made, prior to its scheduled
maturity, and, unless such Debt has been accelerated or otherwise has become
due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity, such failure, event or
condition continues for ten Business Days after any grace period specified in
the applicable agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or (iii) any
default, termination event, repurchase event or like event by or relating to
Borrower or any of its Affiliates shall have occurred under any agreement
(other than an Agreement Document) that involves a commitment of $25,000,000
or more and provides for (x) the sale, assignment or factoring of accounts
receivables or (y) any other structured financing or off-balance sheet
financing and, in the case of any such default,
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termination event or like event, shall have continued for the grace period,
if any, applicable thereto, and as a result (A) in the case of clause (x)
----------
next above, the obligation to purchase, take by assignment or factor such
receivables shall have been terminated or the transferee of receivables shall
have the right (with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice,
or both) to terminate such obligation or (B) in the case of clause (y) next
----------
above, the obligations of the other party or parties to such other structured
financing or off-balance sheet financing shall terminate or such other party
or parties shall have the right to terminate such obligations;
(h) A Bankruptcy Event with respect to Borrower or any of its Material
Subsidiaries shall occur;
(i) There shall occur any event which materially and adversely affects the
ability of Borrower to perform its obligations under any Agreement Document;
(j) The Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to
Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of the assets of
Borrower and such lien shall not have been released within 30 days, or the
PBGC shall, or shall indicate its intention to, file notice of a lien
pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of
Borrower or any of its Affiliates;
(k) Any Change in Control shall occur;
(l) Any judgments, decrees, or orders shall be rendered against Borrower or
any of its Material Subsidiaries in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate
and which are not, within a period of 30 days, either satisfied or stayed
pending appeal;
(m) Any Agreement Document shall (except in accordance with its terms), in
whole or in part, cease to be in full force and effect or shall be declared
to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be
contested by Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any such Person shall deny
that it has any obligation thereunder; and
(n) Any "Termination Event", as defined in the Receivables Transfer
Agreement, shall occur and be continuing, provided, that if the only such
-------- "Termination Event" is a
Change in Control Termination Event, BofA's remedies will be limited as set
forth in Section 7.02(e).
----------------
SECTION 7.02 Remedies. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event
-------- (other than a Termination Event described in Section
7.01(h) with respect to Borrower), BofA may by notice to Borrower declare the
- ------- Termination Date to have occurred. The Termination Date shall be
deemed to have occurred automatically upon the occurrence of a Termination
Event described in Section 7.01(h) with respect to Borrower.
---------------
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Termination Date as a result of the occurrence
of any Termination Event,
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(i) the commitment of BofA to purchase Notes hereunder shall terminate;
(ii) BofA may declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Notes,
all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable hereunder or under any other Agreement Documents to be immediately
due and payable, all without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower;
(iii) BofA shall compute, as liquidated damages, the Early Termination
Payment to be paid in connection with the Termination Date pursuant to
Section 1.09, together with any amounts payable to BofA
- ------------ pursuant to Section 3.04(a), and any amounts payable by Borrower
--------------- pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and such
amounts shall become ---------------
immediately due and payable by Borrower; provided, that no Early
-------- Termination Payment shall
be paid to Borrower that results from the occurrence of the Termination Date
unless and until all Unpaid Amounts and Non-Issuance Damages Amounts have
been reduced to zero and all Obligations shall have been finally and fully
paid and performed in full and in cash; and provided, further, that
notwithstanding any such -------- -------
declaration of the Termination Date, payments of principal of and interest on
Notes which are outstanding on the Termination Date, and any Unpaid Amounts
which may arise in respect thereof or any Non-Issuance Damages Amount
outstanding, shall be payable only to the extent of Dollar Equivalent
Revenues generated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as provided in
Section 2.02.
------------
(c) Upon termination of the Facility pursuant to this Section, BofA shall
have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or
otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under applicable laws,
which rights shall be cumulative.
(D) BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE OBLIGATION OF BOFA TO PURCHASE
NOTES HEREUNDER IS A "FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION", WITHIN THE MEANING OF 11
U.S.C. '365(C)(2) (1994) (OR ANY AMENDED OR SUCCESSOR VERSION THEREOF) AND
THAT BOFA, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY AND/OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN
NO MANNER WAIVES THE BENEFITS OF SUCH STATUTE OR OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
THE BANKRUPTCY CODE IN THE EVENT OF A SUBSEQUENT BANKRUPTCY OF BORROWER, BUT
THAT ANY TERMINATION OF BOFA'S OBLIGATION HEREUNDER SHALL NOT RELIEVE
BORROWER OF ANY OBLIGATION TO MAKE ANY EARLY TERMINATION PAYMENT OR OTHER
PAYMENT DUE HEREUNDER
(e) (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (A) a Termination Event under
Section 7.01(k) or (B) a Termination Event under Section 7.01(f) resulting
- --------------- ---------------
from a breach of Section 6.01(b)(i) that is caused only by a Change in
------------------ Control (each a "Change in Control
Termination Event") shall have -----------------------------
- ------ occurred, then, (but only if and so long as no other Termination Event
shall occur or be continuing) BofA's remedies with respect to such Change in
Control Termination Event shall be limited as set forth in this clause (e).
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(ii) If, following such Change in Control Termination Event, each Surviving
Entity shall have ratified and agreed to be bound by this Agreement and the
Agreement Documents to the same extent as Borrower, and shall have taken such
steps as BofA may require to continue the effectiveness and perfection of the
security interests contemplated by the Collateral Account Agreement, all by
documents in form and substance satisfactory to BofA, then BofA (A) will not
specify an Early Termination and (B) will continue to accept and pay the
Purchase Price for Notes on each Purchase Date as provided in this Agreement
and any Agreement Document, provided, that (1) all conditions precedent to
such -------- purchase and such payments that are set
forth in Section 4.02
------------ (other than the absence of a Change in Control
Termination Event) have been met, (2) the credit rating (or implied credit
rating) given by S&P to the senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced long term
debt of each Surviving Entity is not lower than the credit rating or implied
credit rating that S&P gave to such debt of Borrower immediately prior to
such Change in Control, (3) if S&P does not issue a credit rating or implied
credit rating for any such debt of any Surviving Entity, then, in the
reasonable opinion of BofA, the combined financial condition of the Surviving
Entities is not materially worse than that of Borrower prior to such Change
in Control, and (4) each Surviving Entity shall have delivered to BofA a
certificate, signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of such
Surviving Entity, certifying that such Surviving Entity believes that, during
each Period to Maturity contemplated by all Supplements which are then in
effect, such Surviving Entity will generate sufficient Revenue so that it
will be obligated to pay all Notes contemplated by such Supplements which are
scheduled to mature at the end of such Periods to Maturity.
(iii) The term "Surviving Entity" means, with respect to any Change
---------------- in Control, (A) Borrower, if Borrower
survives such Change in Control, (B) any Person with or into which Borrower
is merged or consolidated, if Borrower does not survive such Change in
Control, (C) any Person that, following such Change in Control, owns
beneficially, directly or indirectly, securities (or securities which are
convertible into such securities) representing more than 50% of the combined
voting power of all securities entitled to vote in the election of directors
of Borrower or any Person with or into which Borrower is merged or
consolidated, and (D) any Person or Persons to which all or substantially all
of Borrower's assets have been transferred.
(iv) Nothing herein shall obligate BofA to enter into any Supplement
following any Change in Control Termination Event.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION; EXCULPATION
SECTION 8.01 Indemnities by Borrower. Without limiting any other
----------------------- rights which any Indemnified Party may
have hereunder or under applicable law, Borrower hereby agrees to
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indemnify each of BofA and each of its Affiliates, each of its and their
respective successors, transferees and assigns and all of its and their
officers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents
(each an "Indemnified Party"), forthwith on demand, from and against any and
----------------- all damages, losses, claims (whether on account
of settlements or otherwise), judgments, liabilities and related costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and the
allocated costs of in-house counsel, if any (all of the foregoing being
collectively called "Indemnified Amounts") that may be incurred by or
-------------------
asserted 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 (whether or not an
Indemnified Party is a party thereto) arising out of, related to or in
connection with, any Contract, Agreement Document or the transactions
contemplated herein or therein or the use of proceeds herefrom or therefrom;
provided that no Indemnified Party
- --------- shall be indemnified under this Section
8.01 with respect to (i) matters for -------
- ---- which such Indemnified Party has been compensated pursuant to any other
provision of this Agreement or (ii) Indemnified Amounts caused by or
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified
Party as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. If any
action is brought against any Indemnified Party with respect to any Contract,
such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify Borrower in writing of the
institution of such action and Borrower shall thereupon have the right, at
its option, to elect to assume the defense of such action. If Borrower so
elects, it shall promptly assume the defense of such action, including the
employment of counsel (reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party) and
payment of expenses. Such Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by Borrower
in connection with the defense of such action or (ii) Borrower shall not have
properly employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party
to have charge of the defense of such action, in which case such fees and
expenses shall be paid by Borrower. If such Indemnified Party shall have
reasonably concluded (based upon the advice of counsel) that the
representation by one counsel of the Indemnified Party and Borrower creates a
conflict of interest for such counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be borne by Borrower and Borrower shall not have the right
to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party (but
shall retain the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of
Borrower). Anything in this Section 8.01 to the contrary notwithstanding,
------------ Borrower shall not be liable for
the fees and expense of more than one counsel for any Indemnified Party in
any jurisdiction as to any Indemnified Amounts or for any settlement of any
Indemnified Amounts effected without its written consent. All Obligations of
Borrower under this Section 8.01 shall
------------ survive the making and repayment of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
If for any reason the indemnification provided in this Section 8.01 is
------------
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified
Party harmless, then Borrower shall contribute to such Indemnified Party the
maximum amount that can be paid to such Indemnified Party as a result of such
loss, claim, damage or liability.
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SECTION 8.02 Exculpation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
----------- the contrary, no Indemnified Party shall be liable
to Borrower or any other Person in any manner in respect of any Indemnified
Amounts awarded against or incurred by Borrower, any of its Affiliates, any
of its and their respective successors, transferees and assigns or any of its
and their officers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees
and agents (each a "Borrower 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
(whether or not a Borrower Party is a party thereto) arising out of, related
to or in connection with, any Contract or Agreement Document or the
transactions contemplated herein or therein or the use of proceeds herefrom
or therefrom (collectively a "Borrower Matter") except to the extent that a
court of competent --------------- jurisdiction finally determines
that such Indemnified Amounts were caused by or resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. In no event,
however, shall the Indemnified Parties be liable for any indirect, special,
punitive, exemplary or consequential damages that may be incurred by or
asserted 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 Borrower Matter.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01 Amendments, Waivers, Etc. No amendment, modification or
------------------------ waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Agreement Document nor consent to any departure
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing
and signed by (a) Borrower and BofA (with respect to an amendment or
modification) or (b) BofA (with respect to a waiver or consent by it) or
Borrower (with respect to a waiver or consent by it), as the case may be, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose for which given. Subject to the foregoing, any
Agreement Document (including Schedule II hereto, Schedule III hereto, Annex
I to Exhibit 1.02(b), and any ----------- ------------ --------
--------------- Supplement) may be modified at any time by mutual written
consent of the parties, and, if required by BofA in its discretion as a
condition of its consent, the payment of such amendment fees as may be agreed
by the parties. No failure or delay on the part of BofA or any Indemnified
Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right hereunder 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 applicable law.
SECTION 9.02 Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
------------ provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise
stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile communication) and shall be
personally delivered or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, by facsimile
or by overnight courier, to the intended party at the address or facsimile
number of such party set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof
or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other parties
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hereto given in accordance with this Section 9.02. All such notices and
------------ communications shall be
effective, (a) if personally delivered, when received, (b) if sent by
certified mail, five Business Days after having been deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid and properly addressed, (c) if transmitted by facsimile, when
sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means, and (d) if sent by
overnight courier, two Business Days after having been given to such courier
unless sooner received by the addressee; provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing, notices and -------- communications pursuant to
Article I and Article II shall not be effective
- --------- ---------- until received.
SECTION 9.03 Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions.
-----------------------------------------------------
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower and
BofA and their respective successors and assigns, and the provisions of
Sections 3.02 and Article VIII shall inure to the benefit of
- -------------- ------------ BofA and the Indemnified Parties,
respectively, and their respective successors and assigns. Borrower shall
not assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the
prior written consent of BofA. BofA may not, without the prior written
consent of Borrower (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), assign its rights and obligations hereunder at any time to any
Person, except that BofA may, without such consent, assign any of such rights
or obligations (i) to any present or future Affiliate of BofA, and also (ii)
at any time when any Termination Event or any Unmatured Termination Event
described in Section 7.01(h) shall have occurred and be continuing, to any
--------------
Person selected by BofA. This Agreement shall create and constitute the
continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms,
and shall remain in full force and effect until the date following the
Termination Date on which any Unpaid Amount shall have been reduced to zero
and all Notes and other Obligations that have ever been outstanding hereunder
have been finally and fully paid and performed or, in the case of Notes, the
Borrower has ceased to be obligated to pay each outstanding Unpaid Amount.
The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and
warranty made by Borrower pursuant to Article V and the indemnification and
payment --------- provisions of Article VIII and
Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 9.05 shall be ------------
- ------------- ---- ---- continuing and shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.
SECTION 9.04 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
------------- CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SECTION 9.05 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to its obligations
------------------------- under Article VIII, Borrower agrees
to pay to BofA and the other ------------ Indemnified Parties
on demand:
(a) all reasonable out-of-pocket and other costs and expenses in connection
with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Agreement
Documents, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including
local counsel and the allocated costs of in-house counsel, if any) for BofA
and the other Indemnified Parties with respect thereto, and all costs and
expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses (including
local counsel and the allocated costs of in-house counsel, if any)), in
connection with the enforcement
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of the Agreement Documents, or any claim of breach of contract, breach of
warranty or any other breach of any Agreement Document or any tort claim
relating to any of the foregoing;
(b) all present and future stamp and other taxes and governmental fees and
charges payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing, recording or performance of the Agreement Documents (other
than taxes on the overall net income of the Person that is requesting payment
under this Section 9.05), and agrees to indemnify each
------------ such Person against all penalties and interest with
respect to or resulting from such taxes, charges and fees and against all
other liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or
omission to pay such taxes, charges and fees;
(c) all reasonable costs and expenses of BofA in connection with performing
any of the obligations of Borrower under or in connection with the Agreement
Documents; and
(d) all other reasonable costs and expenses and all taxes incurred by BofA
in connection with the auditing of Borrower's books relating to the
Borrower's performance of this Agreement and the Notes, and the Revenues of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, by certified public accountants at any
time, provided, that unless a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
-------- Event shall have occurred and be continuing, or any Unpaid
Amount shall exist, Borrower shall only be required to reimburse BofA for the
cost of one such audit in each calendar year.
SECTION 9.06 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
------------------------- in separate counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute one
and the same Agreement.
SECTION 9.07 Confidentiality. (a) Borrower acknowledges that BofA
--------------- regards the structure of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to be proprietary, and Borrower agrees that:
(i) it will not disclose without the prior consent of BofA (other than to
Borrower's directors, employees, auditors, counsel or affiliates
(collectively, "Borrower Representatives"), each of whom shall be
------------------------ informed by Borrower of the
confidential nature of the Information (as defined below) and of the terms of
this Section 9.07), (A) detailed information regarding, or copies of, the
------------ Agreement Documents and the attachments thereto or any
transaction specifically contemplated herein or therein, except to other
financial institutions providing services or funds to Borrower who enter into
a confidentiality agreement with respect to the Agreement Documents and the
above-described attachments and the transactions specifically contemplated
herein and therein (which agreement shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to BofA) and who agree not to copy or duplicate the structure of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise to use the
information described above that is so disclosed to them for any purpose
other than their credit evaluations of Borrower or (B) any information
regarding BofA, which information is furnished by BofA to Borrower and which
is designated by
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BofA to Borrower in writing as confidential or as not otherwise available to
the general public (the information referred to in clauses (A) and (B) is
collectively called the "Information"); provided that -----------------
-------- Borrower may disclose any such Information
as may be required or requested by or to any municipal, state, federal or
other regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over Borrower
or in order to comply with any law, order, regulation, regulatory request or
ruling applicable to Borrower;
(ii) except as provided above, it will use the Information solely to
evaluate, administer and enforce the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement Documents and to make any necessary business judgments with respect
thereto; and
(iii) upon reduction of each Unpaid Amount to zero and final payment in full
of all Obligations, it will, upon demand, return (and cause each of the
Borrower Representatives to return) to BofA all documents or other written
material received from BofA and all copies thereof made by Borrower which
contain the Information.
(b) BofA acknowledges that Borrower regards certain information with respect
to Borrower to be confidential, and BofA agrees that:
(i) it will not disclose without the prior consent of Borrower (other than
to the assignees, participants, proposed assignees, proposed participants,
directors, employees, auditors, counsel, agents or affiliates (collectively,
the "BofA Representatives") of BofA, each of
-------------------- whom shall be informed by BofA of the confidential
nature of Borrower Information (as defined below) and of the terms of this
Section 9.07), (A) any financial, business, marketing or strategic
- ------------
information with respect to Borrower which is not otherwise available to the
general public and which has been designated in writing by Borrower as
"secret" or "confidential" or which has been orally designated by Borrower as
confidential, which designation is confirmed in writing by Borrower within
seven days, (B) the identity of the parties from whom the Revenues were
generated, or (C) any other information regarding Borrower which is furnished
by Borrower to BofA and which is designated by Borrower to BofA in writing
(or orally, confirmed in writing within seven days) as "secret",
"confidential" or as not otherwise available to the general public (the
information referred to in clauses (A), (B) and
----------- ---(C) is collectively called the
"Borrower Information"); provided ---
-------------------- -------- that BofA may disclose any such Borrower
Information as may be required or requested by or to any municipal, state,
federal or other regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over
BofA or in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling
applicable to BofA;
(ii) except as set forth above, it will use Borrower Information solely for
the purpose of evaluating, administering and enforcing the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement Documents and making any necessary business
judgments with respect thereto; and
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(iii) upon reduction of each Unpaid Amount to zero and final payment in full
of all Obligations, it will, upon demand, return (and cause each of the BofA
Representatives to return) to Borrower all documents or other written
material received from Borrower in connection with clause (b)(i) above and
all copies thereof made by BofA which -------------
contain Borrower Information, provided, that BofA may keep such
-------- materials, subject to the
confidentiality provisions hereof, as required by applicable law or
regulation.
(c) This Section 9.07 shall be inoperative as to such portions of the
------------ Information or Borrower Information (as applicable)
which are or become generally available to the public or to a party to this
Agreement on a nonconfidential basis or were known to a party to this
Agreement on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure by a party to
this Agreement.
(d) In the event that Borrower or anyone to whom Borrower or any of the
Borrower Representatives transmits the Information is requested or becomes
legally compelled (by interrogatories, requests for information or documents,
subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar process) to disclose any of
the Information, Borrower will provide BofA with prompt written notice so
that BofA may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or
waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 9.07. In the event that
------------ such protective order or
other remedy is not obtained, or BofA waives compliance with the provisions
of this Section 9.07, Borrower will furnish
------------ only that portion of the Information which is legally
required to be furnished and will exercise its best efforts to obtain
reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the
Information.
(e) This Section 9.07 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
------------
SECTION 9.08 Severability of Provisions. If any covenants, agreements,
-------------------------- provisions or terms of any Agreement
Document shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable and
shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions
of or any Agreement Document.
SECTION 9.09 Conflict in Agreement Documents. If there is any conflict
------------------------------- between this Agreement and any
other Agreement Document, this Agreement and such other Agreement Document
shall be interpreted, if possible, so as to avoid or minimize such conflict
but, to the extent (and only to the extent) of such conflict, this Agreement
shall prevail and control.
SECTION 9.10 Legal Representation of Parties. This Agreement and the
------------------------------- other Agreement Documents were
negotiated by the parties with the benefit of legal representation and any
rule of construction or interpretation otherwise requiring this Agreement or
any other Agreement Document to be construed or interpreted against any party
shall not apply to any construction or interpretation hereof or thereof.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower acknowledges that
it has made an independent determination to enter into the transactions
contemplated by the Agreement Documents and has not relied on any
representation
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or other assurance by or on behalf of BofA regarding any legal, tax,
accounting or other treatment or effect of such transactions.
SECTION 9.11 Recording. Borrower understands and agrees that BofA in
--------- its sole discretion may record, on tape or otherwise,
any telephone conversation between Borrower and BofA. Borrower hereby agrees
and consents to such tape recording and waives any right Borrower may have to
object to the admissibility into evidence of such recording in any legal
proceeding between Borrower and BofA or in any other proceeding to which
Borrower is a party or in which BofA's records are subpoenaed. BofA shall
not be required to transcribe such recordings or maintain such recordings or
any transcripts thereof.
SECTION 9.12 Judgments. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if
--------- any judgment or order expressed in any currency other
than Dollars is rendered (i) for the payment of any amount owing in respect
of this Agreement, or (ii) in respect of a judgment or order of another court
for the payment of any such amount, the party seeking recovery, after
recovery in full of the aggregate amount to which such party is entitled
pursuant to the judgment or order, will be entitled to receive immediately
from the other party the amount of any shortfall of the Dollars received by
such party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency and will
refund promptly to the other party any excess of the Dollars received by such
party as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall
or such excess arises or results (A) from any variation between the rate of
exchange at which Dollars are converted into the currency of the judgment or
order for the purposes of such judgment or order and the rate of exchange at
which such party is able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in
converting the currency received into Dollars, to purchase Dollars with the
amount of the currency of the judgment or order actually received by such
party, or (B) such party not receiving (after such conversion) the full
amount of Dollars to which it is entitled hereunder. The term "rate of
exchange" includes, without limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange
payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into Dollars.
SECTION 9.13 Submission to Jurisdiction. BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
-------------------------- SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY
CALIFORNIA STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA OVER
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY AGREEMENT
DOCUMENT, AND HEREBY (A) IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH CALIFORNIA
STATE OR FEDERAL COURT; AND (B) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT
MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
SECTION 9.14 Integration. The Agreement Documents contain a final and
----------- complete integration of all prior expressions by
the parties hereto with
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respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall together
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof, superseding all prior oral or written
understandings.
SECTION 9.15 Liquidated Damages. The parties agree, in each instance
------------------ where liquidated damages are used in this
Agreement (including, without limitation, in Sections 3.04(b) and
7.02(b)(iii) hereof), that the ----------------
- ------------ determination of BofA's actual damages in such instance is
likely to be difficult, that the determination to be made pursuant to such
contractual provision is intended to be a reasonable approximation of such
actual damages undertaken in good faith, and that such a determination, in
fact, will constitute a reasonable approximation of such actual damages.
SECTION 9.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. BORROWER AND BOFA EACH HEREBY
-------------------- EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY
AGREEMENT DOCUMENT OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED
OR WHICH MAY BE DELIVERED IN THE FUTURE IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH
OR ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), ACTIONS OF EITHER OF THE PARTIES
HERETO OR ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY AGREEMENT
DOCUMENT, AND EACH OF THEM AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and BofA have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION,
as Borrower
By /s/ Mark D. McGregor
----------------------------------------------
Title Vice President and Treasurer
-----------------------------------------
2270 South 88th Street
Louisville, Colorado 80028-4308
Facsimile No.: (303) 673-2837
Attention: Treasurer
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
By /s/ Kevin McMahon
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Title Managing Director
-----------------------------------------
555 California Street, 41st Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Attention: Kevin McMahon
Facsimile No.: (415) 622-2514
EURODOLLAR OFFICE
Global Payment Operations
Domestic Account Administration,
#5693
1850 Gateway Boulevard, 4th Floor
Concord, California 94520
Attention: Lorine Stafford
Facsimile No.: (510) 603-7249
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All Notices pursuant to the Agreement, will be sent to BofA at both of the
above addresses except that Notices pursuant to Sections 1.02(b) will not be
sent to the Concord, ------- California address
listed above.
Notices Pursuant to Sections 1.02(b), 1.07,
---------------- ---- 1.09 and 2.02 will also be sent
to BofA at: ---- ----
1455 Market Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94103
Attention: Mike Bernal
Facsimile No.: (415) 622-0361
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SCHEDULE I
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DEFINITIONS
"Adverse Claim" means any lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance
- ------------- or right or claim of any Person, but excluding any of the
foregoing that arise under any Agreement Document in favor of BofA or any
other Indemnified Party.
"Affected Party" means BofA and any Person to whom BofA has assigned an
- -------------- interest in BofA's rights under the Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person directly or
- --------- indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with, such Person.
"Agreement" is defined in the Preamble.
- --------- -------- "Agreement Documents" means this
Agreement, the Collateral Account ------------------- Agreement, each
Supplement, each Note, each Deficiency Certificate, each Amendment, and all
agreements, instruments, certificates, reports and documents executed and
delivered or to be executed and delivered under or in connection with any of
the foregoing.
"Aggregate Purchase Price" means at any time the aggregate of the
- ------------------------ Purchase Prices paid by BofA to Borrower in respect
of all Notes that as of such date have not been paid in full.
"Allocated Purchase Price Amount" is defined in Section 1.02(b)(i)(C).
- ------------------------------- ---------------------
"Amendment" is defined in Section 1.08(c).
- --------- ---------------
"Applicable Facility Fee Rate" is defined in Section 3.01(b).
- ---------------------------- ---------------
"Applicable Margin" is defined in Section 1.05(f).
- ----------------- ---------------
"Bank Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of October
- --------------------- 23, 1997 among Borrower, Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, as Agent, Swingline Bank and Letter of Credit
Issuing Bank, and the other financial institutions party thereto, as amended
and supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and any
restatement, renewal or replacement thereof.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
- --------------- (11 U.S.C. ' 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
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"Bankruptcy Event" shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a
- ---------------- Person if either:
(a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application
or consent of such Person, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, dissolution, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts
(each, an "Insolvency Law"), and such
-------------- case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or
unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief in
respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under an
Insolvency Law; or
(b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under
any Insolvency Law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator or other similar official for such
Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
"BofA" is defined in the Preamble.
- ---- --------
"BofA Representatives" is defined in Section 9.07(b)(i).
- -------------------- ------------------
"Borrower" is defined in the Preamble.
- -------- --------
"Borrower Information" is defined in Section 9.07(b)(i).
- -------------------- ------------------
"Borrower Matter" is defined in Section 8.02.
- --------------- ------------
"Borrower Party" is defined in Section 8.02.
- -------------- ------------
"Borrower Representatives" is defined in Section 9.07(a)(i).
- ------------------------ ------------------
"Business Day" means a day (a) that is not Saturday or Sunday and on
- ------------ which commercial banks in San Francisco are not authorized or
required to be closed for business and (b) that is also a Eurodollar Business
Day, if the applicable Business Day is a Purchase Date or relates to the
determination of the Eurodollar Rate or any payment on any Maturity Date.
"Cash Equivalent Investments" is defined in Section 2 of the Collateral
- --------------------------- Account Agreement.
"Change in Control" means the occurrence, after the date of the
- ----------------- Agreement, of any of the following: (a) any Person or two
or more Persons acting in concert acquiring beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of securities of
Borrower (or other securities convertible into such securities) representing
50% or more of the combined voting power of all securities of Borrower
entitled to vote in the election of directors; (b) during any period of up to
12 consecutive months, commencing after the Initial Closing Date, individuals
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who at the beginning of such 12-month period were directors of Borrower
ceasing for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of
Borrower unless the Persons replacing such individuals were nominated by the
Board of Directors of Borrower; (c) any Person or two or more Persons acting
in concert acquiring by contract or otherwise, or entering into a contract or
arrangement that upon consummation will result in its or their acquisition
of, or control over, securities of Borrower (or other securities convertible
into such securities) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power
of all securities of Borrower entitled to vote in the election of directors;
(d) Borrower shall be a party to any merger or consolidation in which
Borrower is not a surviving entity or (e) Borrower shall directly or
indirectly transfer, assign, convey or lease, 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 other Person or Persons.
"Change in Control Termination Event" is defined in Section 7.02(e)(i).
- ----------------------------------- ------------------
"Collateral Account" is defined in Section 1 of the Collateral Account
- ------------------ Agreement.
"Collateral Account Agreement" means the Collateral Account Security
- ---------------------------- Agreement dated as of the date of this Agreement
between the Borrower and BofA.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form
- ---------------------- of Exhibit 6.01(g)(vii).
--------------------
"Consolidated" and any derivative thereof each means, with reference to
- ------------ the accounts or financial reports of any Person, the
consolidated accounts or financial reports of such Person and each Subsidiary
of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Contract" means an agreement or arrangement between Borrower or any
- -------- Subsidiary of Borrower and any Person, pursuant to or under which
such Person shall be obligated to make payments to Borrower or such
Subsidiary from time to time.
"Currency" means any currency which is authorized by the laws of any
- -------- nation to circulate as a medium of exchange in such nation.
"Debt" of any Person at any date means (a) all obligations, contingent
- ---- or otherwise, of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the property of such Person or only
to a portion thereof), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person in
respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto), (d) all obligations of such Person to pay
the unpaid purchase price of any property or services, (e) all obligations of
such Person as lessee under leases which under generally accepted accounting
principles would be capitalized, (f) all Debt secured by an Adverse Claim on
any property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such
Person, (g) all Guaranties by such Person, and (h) all net obligations in
respect of Hedge Contracts.
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"December Agreement" is defined in Section 4.01(c).
- ------------------ ---------------
"Determination Date" is defined in Section 1.02(a)(iii).
- ------------------ --------------------
"Determination Date Exchange Rate" in respect of any amount of a foreign
- -------------------------------- currency and any Determination Date and
Maturity Date, means the rate of exchange at which such foreign currency
amount could be converted into Dollars for value on such Maturity Date, as
determined by BofA in good faith on such Determination Date based on market
conditions.
"Dollars" means lawful money of the United States of America.
- -------
"Dollar Equivalent" means (A) as to any amount denominated in Dollars,
- ------------------ such amount, and (B) as to any amount denominated in a
foreign currency, the equivalent amount in Dollars as determined by BofA on
the basis of the Determination Date Exchange Rate (or, if no Determination
Date Exchange Rate was determined by BofA for a particular foreign currency,
another exchange rate determined by BofA in good faith for the purchase of
Dollars with such foreign currency.
"Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount" means (A) with respect to any Note
- ---------------------------------- the sum of the Dollar Equivalents of the
unpaid principal amounts of such Note, calculated in the case of foreign
currencies at the Determination Date Exchange Rates applicable to such Note,
and (B) with respect to the Required Foreign Currency Amounts applicable to
any Maturity Date under any Supplement, the sum of the Dollar Equivalents of
such Required Foreign Currency Amounts, calculated in the case of foreign
currencies at the Determination Date Exchange Rates applicable to such
Maturity Date.
"Dollar Equivalent Revenue" means, for any period, the Consolidated
- ------------------------- Revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during
such period, expressed in Dollars in accordance with GAAP.
"Early Termination" is defined in Section 1.09(a).
- ----------------- ---------------
"Early Termination Date" is defined in Section 1.09(c)(i).
- ---------------------- ------------------
"Early Termination Payment" is defined in Section 1.09(c).
- ------------------------- ---------------
"Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or foreign statute,
- ----------------- law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, duly promulgated
policy or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as
amended, and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including
any order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the environment, health,
safety or any Hazardous Material.
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"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and
----- any regulations thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person who for purposes of Title IV of ERISA
--------------- is a member of Borrower's controlled group, or under common
control with Borrower, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
"ERISA Event" means (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within
- ----------- the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice
requirement with respect thereto has been waived by the PBGC; (ii) 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);
(iii) the cessation of operations at a facility in the circumstances
described in Section 4068(f) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Borrower or an
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; (v)
the failure by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make a payment to a Plan
required under Section 302(f)(1) of ERISA; (vi) the adoption of an amendment
to a Plan requiring the provision of initial or additional security to such
Plan, pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (vii) 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 which might constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee
to administer, a Plan.
"Eurodollar Business Day" means a Business Day on which dealings in
- ----------------------- Dollars are carried on in the London eurodollar
interbank market.
"Eurodollar Office" means the office of BofA designated as such on the
- ----------------- signature page of the Agreement, or such other office or
Affiliate of BofA as BofA may from time to time specify to Borrower.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any period, a rate of interest per annum
- --------------- ---------
equal to the rate per annum (rounded upwards to the nearest whole
---------- multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such
percentage is not a multiple,) ---------
determined by BofA, at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the
Eurodollar Office in London to prime banks in the London interbank market:
(a) for purposes of calculating the interest rate applicable to any Note
pursuant to Section 1.05, two Eurodollar Business Days prior to
------------ the applicable Purchase Date for the number of days
from such Purchase Date to the Maturity Date of such Note and in an amount
equal to the Purchase Price of such Note, as applicable, and
(b) for purposes of calculating the discount on Early Termination Payments
pursuant to Section 1.09, on the date on which such payment is
------------ made, for a period equal to the number of days until
the Maturity Date on which such payment is based, as specified in Section
1.09, in an ------------
amount as specified in such Section.
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"Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted)" means, for any period, a rate per annum
- ---------------------------------- (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%, if such percentage is not a
multiple) equal to the quotient of:
(a) the applicable Eurodollar Rate; divided by
----------
(b) a percentage equal to 100% minus the maximum reserve percentage
(expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of
1/100 of 1%, if such percentage is not such a multiple) determined by BofA as
applicable on the first Business Day of such period under regulations issued
from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
any successor.
"Existing Agreement" is defined in the Recitals.
- ------------------ --------
"Facility" means BofA's commitment to purchase Notes on each Purchase
- -------- Date.
"Facility Fee" is defined in Section 3.01(a).
- ------------ ---------------
"Facility Limit" means $140,000,000, as such amount may be reduced
- -------------- pursuant to Section 1.07.
------------
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate set forth in the
- ------------------ weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any
successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(including any such successor, "H.15 (519)") on the preceding Business Day
opposite the caption "Federal Funds (Effective)"; or, if for any relevant day
such rate is not so published on any such preceding Business Day, the rate
for such day will be the arithmetic mean as determined by BofA of the rates
for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00
a.m. (New York City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of
Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by BofA.
"Fiscal Quarter" shall mean a fiscal quarter of the Borrower on a
- -------------- Consolidated basis.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency other than Dollars.
- ----------------
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
- ---- opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with
similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the accounting
profession), or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in
general use by significant segments of the U.S. accounting profession, which
are applicable to the circumstances.
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"Governmental Authority" means the United States of America, any state
- ---------------------- or other political subdivision thereof and any entity
in the United States of America or any applicable foreign jurisdiction that
exercises executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guaranty" means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any
- -------- Person guarantees, endorses, agrees to purchase or otherwise
becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement,
contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or
otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss) the indebtedness, obligation or any other liability of any other Person
(other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or
guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the shares of
any other Person.
"Hazardous Material" means (a) any hazardous substance and toxic
- ------------------ substance as such terms are presently defined or used in
'101(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. '9601(14)), in 33 U.S.C. '1251 et seq.
(Clean Water Act), or 15 -------
U.S.C. ' 2601 et seq. (Toxic Substances Control Act), (b) any
------- additional substances or materials that are now or
hereafter hazardous or toxic substances under any applicable laws relating to
any real property owned or occupied by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
and (c) as of any date of determination, any additional substances or
materials that are hereafter incorporated in or added to the definition of
"hazardous substance" or "toxic substance" for purposes of any Environmental
Law.
"Hedge Contract" means an interest rate swap, cap, floor or collar
- -------------- agreement, currency exchange agreement or similar transaction
entered into by Borrower.
"Indemnified Amounts" is defined in Section 8.01.
- ------------------- ------------
"Indemnified Party" is defined in Section 8.01.
- ----------------- ------------
"Information" is defined in Section 9.07(a)(i).
- ----------- ------------------
"Insolvency Law" is defined in the definition of "Bankruptcy Event".
- -------------- ----------------
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
- ---------------------
"LIBOR Fixing Date" is defined in Section 1.02(a)(ii).
- ----------------- -------------------
"Material Adverse Effect" means a materially adverse effect on (a) the
- ----------------------- financial condition, business, assets, operations or
prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the ability
of Borrower to perform its obligations under any Agreement Document; (c) the
ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to generate Dollar Equivalent
Revenue during each Period to Maturity in an aggregate amount which is at
least equal to the aggregate principal
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amount of and interest on all Notes which are scheduled to be outstanding
during such Period to Maturity under all applicable Supplements, or (d) the
validity or enforceability of, or collectibility of amounts payable under, or
the priority of any security interest granted under, any Agreement Document.
"Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Borrower that at any time
- ------------------- either: (a) owns or holds title to 5% or more of the
Consolidated assets of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, or (b)
accounts for 5% or more of the Consolidated revenue of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"Maturity Date" is defined in Section 1.02(a)(iv).
- ------------- -------------------
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section
- ------------------ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which Borrower 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.
"Multiple Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in
- ---------------------- Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (i) is maintained
for employees of Borrower of any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person
other than Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates or (ii) was so maintained and in
respect of which Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
"Net Loss" means, with respect to any Person for any period, negative
- -------- net income of such Person, as determined by such Person in
accordance with GAAP.
"Non-Issuance Damages Amount" is defined in Section 3.04(b).
- --------------------------- ---------------
"Note" is defined in Section 1.01.
- ---- ------------
"Notice of Borrowing" means a notice in the form of Exhibit 1.03(b)
- ------------------- ---------------
which is delivered by the Borrower to BofA.
"Obligations" means all obligations of Borrower to BofA, any assignee of
- ----------- BofA, any Indemnified Party and their respective successors,
permitted transferees and assigns, that arise under or in connection with the
Agreement Documents, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to
become due.
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"Operating Loss" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
- -------------- operating loss of such Person, as determined by such Person in
accordance with GAAP.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
- ----
"Period to Maturity" is defined in Section 1.05(b).
- ------------------ ---------------
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
- ------ business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, limited liability company, joint venture, government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Plan" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
- ----
"Purchase Date" is defined in Section 1.02(a)(i).
- ------------- ------------------
"Purchase Price" means, with respect to each Note, the aggregate of the
- -------------- amounts designated as the "Purchase Price" to be paid by BofA
on the Purchase Date applicable to such Note as specified in all Supplements.
"Qualifying Investments" is defined in Section 2 of the Collateral
- ------------------------ Account Agreement.
"Receivables Transfer Agreement" means the Multicurrency Receivables
- ------------------------------ Transfer Agreement dated as of January 29,
1996, between Borrower and BofA, as from time to time amended and
supplemented.
"Reference Rate" means a fluctuating rate of interest per annum as shall
- -------------- ----------
be 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 most recently announced from time to time by BofA
in San Francisco, California, as its "reference rate", which is a rate set by
BofA based upon various factors including BofA's costs and desired return,
general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference
point for pricing some loans that may be priced at, above or below such
announced rate; and
(b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.
---------
"Regulatory Change" means, relative to any Affected Party, (a) any
- ----------------- change in (or the adoption, implementation, phase-in or
commencement of effectiveness of) any (i) United States federal or state law
or foreign law applicable to such Affected Party; (ii) regulation,
interpretation, directive, requirement or request (whether or not having the
force of law) applicable to such Affected Party of (A) any court or
Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration of
any law referred to in clause (a)(i) or of (B) any fiscal, monetary or other
authority having ------------- jurisdiction over such Affected Party;
or (iii) GAAP or
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regulatory accounting principles applicable to such Affected Party and
affecting the application to such Affected Party of any law, regulation,
interpretation, directive, requirement or request referred to in clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above; or (b) any change in the application to such
Affected Party of any existing law, regulation, interpretation, directive,
requirement, request or accounting principles referred to in clause (a)
----------
above.
"Required Credit Quality" is defined in Section 2 of the Collateral
- ----------------------- Account Agreement.
"Required Foreign Currency Amount" is defined in Section 1.02(b)(i)(A).
- -------------------------------- ---------------------
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to any certificate, report or
- ------------------- notice to be delivered or given hereunder, unless the
context otherwise requires, the president, chief executive officer, chief
financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of any Person.
"Revenue" means, with respect to any Person for any period, revenue of
- ------- such Person, as determined by such Person in accordance with GAAP.
"Revenue Deficiency Certificate" is defined in Section 2.02(c)(i).
- ------------------------------ ------------------
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
- ---
"Scheduled Termination Date" is defined in Section 1.08(a).
- -------------------------- ---------------
"Single Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in
- -------------------- Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (i) is maintained for
employees of Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than Borrower
and its ERISA Affiliates or (ii) was so maintained and in respect of which
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of
ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means any corporation, association,
- ---------- partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock, membership
interests, or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than
corporations), is owed or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person, or
one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof.
Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, references herein to a
"Subsidiary" refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Supplement" is defined in Section 1.02(b)(i).
- ---------- ------------------
"Surviving Entity" is defined in Section 7.02(e)(iii).
- ---------------- --------------------
"Taxes" is defined in Section 3.05.
- ----- ------------
"Termination Date" is defined in Section 1.08(a).
- ---------------- ---------------
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"Termination Event" is defined in Section 7.01.
- ----------------- ------------
"Unmatured Termination Event" means any event which, with the giving of
- --------------------------- notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Termination Event.
"Unpaid Amount" is defined in Section 2.02(b).
- -------------- ---------------
"Withdrawal Liability" has the meaning given to such term under Part I
- -------------------- of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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SCHEDULE II
to the Second Amended and Restated Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase
Commitment Agreement
<TABLE>
PURCHASE DATE RELATED DETERMINATION DATE RELATED MATURITY DATE
<C> <C> <C>
1/30/98 2/20/98 2/27/98
2/27/98 3/20/98 3/27/98
4/3/98 4/24/98 5/1/98
5/1/98 5/22/98 5/29/98
5/29/98 6/19/98 6/26/98
7/2/98 7/24/98 7/31/98
7/31/98 8/21/98 8/28/98
8/28/98 9/18/98 9/25/98
9/30/98 10/23/98 10/28/98
10/28/98 11/20/98 11/25/98
11/25/98 12/23/98 12/24/98
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 1.01
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
PROMISSORY NOTE
---------------
,
---------- ------
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
("Borrower"), by this promissory note (this "Note"), hereby unconditionally
(subject only to the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Agreement described
------------ below) promises to pay to the
order of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association ("BofA"), on
(the "Maturity Date"): (a) Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount of
- -------------
the principal Required Foreign Currency Amounts, identified on Schedule I
hereto. Borrower further promises to pay ----------
interest on this Note from the date hereof until paid in full at the rates,
and calculated in the manner, provided in the Second Amended and Restated
Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated as of
January 15, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Agreement"), among Borrower and BofA.
Under certain circumstances set forth in the Agreement, if the Revenues of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during certain periods are less than the
principal and accrued interest hereon, the obligation of the Borrower to pay
the principal of and interest on this Note may be deferred or canceled in
whole or in part.
This Note is subject in all respects to all terms of the Agreement. Terms
defined in the Agreement are used herein with their defined meanings therein,
unless otherwise defined herein. This Note shall be governed by, and
construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of California (without
regard to its conflict of laws provisions).
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
-----------------------------
Title:
---------------------------
Exhibit 1.01-1
<PAGE>
SCHEDULE I
TO PROMISSORY NOTE
REQUIRED FOREIGN CURRENCY AMOUNTS
----------------------------------
Japanese Yen
------------------------
French Francs
------------------------
German Marks
------------------------
Italian Lira
------------------------
Spanish Pesetas
------------------------
UK Pounds Sterling
------------------------
Belgian Francs
------------------------
Swiss Francs
------------------------
Dutch Guilders
------------------------
Canadian Dollars
------------------------
Australian Dollars
------------------------
Swedish Krona
------------------------
Norwegian Krone
------------------------
Danish Krone
------------------------
Finnish Markka
------------------------
Austrian Schillings
------------------------
Mexican Peso
------------------------
Singapore Dollars
------------------------
Malaysian Ringgit
------------------------
[OTHER CURRENCIES, INCLUDING U.S. DOLLARS, AS AGREED BY BORROWER AND BOFA MAY
BE ADDED]
Exhibit 1.01-2
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 1.02(B)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
SUPPLEMENT
----------
THIS SUPPLEMENT (this "Supplement"), dated , 199 , is between
---------- -------- --
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, as borrower
("Borrower"), and BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as
- ----------- lender ("BofA").
----
RECITALS
A. Borrower and BofA have entered into the Second Amended and Restated
Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated as of
January 15, 1998 (as heretofore or hereafter amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time and in effect, the "Agreement"),
---------
pursuant to which Borrower agrees to issue and sell to BofA, and BofA agrees
to purchase from Borrower, promissory notes from time to time.
B. Borrower and BofA wish to designate the Purchase Dates, Determination
Dates and Maturity Dates and the Required Foreign Currency Amounts, Allocated
Purchase Price Amounts and total Purchase Prices applicable thereto set forth
in Annex I.
-------
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein and in the Agreement contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
----------- defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms by the Agreement.
Section 2. Continuing Representations and Warranties. Borrower
----------------------------------------- represents and warrants
to BofA that: (a) all of its representations and warranties contained in
Section 5.01 of the Agreement are true and correct on
------------- and as of the date of this Supplement as
though made on and as of such date, (b) no event exists that constitutes a
Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, and (c) all
certifications of Borrower set forth in Section 1.02(c) of the Agreement are
true and correct on the date hereof. ---------------
Section 3. Purchase Dates, etc. The Purchase Dates, Determination Dates
------------------- and Maturity Dates shown on Annex I are
hereby designated as Purchase -------
Dates, Determination Dates and Maturity Dates, respectively, under the
Agreement. The Required Foreign Currency Amounts, Allocated Purchase Price
Amounts and total Purchase Prices set forth on Annex I shall be applicable to
------- such Purchase Dates,
Determination Dates and Maturity Dates.
Exhibit 1.02(b)-1
<PAGE>
Section 4. Borrower hereby warrants to BofA that it believes that it and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will generate Dollar Equivalent Revenue during
each Period to Maturity for each Note contemplated by this Supplement, and
all other Supplements which are in effect as of the date hereof, which is at
least equal to the aggregate of the Dollar Equivalent Principal Amounts of
all Notes which are contemplated hereby and by all such Supplements to be
outstanding during such Periods to Maturity, and, without limiting the
foregoing, the Borrower has no reason to believe that any Unpaid Amount will
exist at any time after the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and BofA have caused this Supplement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, on the date
first above written.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
-----------------------------
Title:
----------------------------------
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
-----------------------------
Title:
----------------------------------
Exhibit 1.02(b)-2
<PAGE>
ANNEX I TO SUPPLEMENT
DATED:
Purchase Date:
Determination Date:
Maturity Date:
ALLOCATED US$ PURCHASE PRICE
REQUIRED FOREIGN CURRENCY AMOUNTS APPLICABLE TO PURCHASE DATE
- --------------------------------- ----------------------------
ATS $
AUD $
BEF $
CAD $
CHF $
DEM $
DKK $
ESP $
FIM $
FRF $
GBP $
ITL $
JPY $
MYR $
MXN $
NLG $
NOK $
SGD $
SEK $
---------------------------
TOTAL US$ PURCHASE
PRICE APPLICABLE TO
PURCHASE DATE: $
[OTHER CURRENCIES, INCLUDING U.S. DOLLARS, MAY BE ADDED OR SUBSTITUTED BY
AMENDMENT, BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES]
Exhibit 1.02(b)-3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 1.03(B)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
NOTICE OF BORROWING
--------------------
Date:
-------------------------------------
To: Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association
555 California Street, 41st Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Attention: Kevin McMahon
Facsimile No.: (415) 622-2514
Re: Storage Technology Corporation
------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Storage Technology Corporation (the "Borrower"), refers to
the Second Amended and Restated Contingent Multicurrency Note Purchase
Commitment Agreement dated as of January 15, 1998 (as amended, modified,
renewed or extended from time to time, the "Agreement"), between the Borrower
and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association ("BofA"), for full
particulars of the matters herein described. All capitalized terms used in
this Notice of Borrowing and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement. The Borrower hereby gives
you irrevocable notice, pursuant to Section 1.03(b) of the Agreement, of:
---------------
(1) the Purchase Date of the Note is , ;
----------- ---
(2) the Maturity Date of the Note is , ;
------------- -----
(3) the Purchase Price of the Note to be issued and sold on the above
Purchase Date is $ ;
-----------
(4) the amount to be deposited into the Collateral Account is $ .
------------
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:---------------------------------------
Name:
-------------------------------
Title:
---------------------------------
Exhibit 1.03(b)-1
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 1.08(C)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
------------------------------------------------
THIS AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of , 199 , is made
--------- ------- ---
to the Second Amended and Restated Contingent
Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated as of January 15,
1998 (as heretofore or hereafter amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time and in effect, the "Agreement"), between Storage Technology
Corporation ("Borrower") and ---------
-------- Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
("BofA").
---- Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms by the Agreement.
WHEREAS, Borrower and BofA desire to amend and supplement the Agreement as
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT
[DELETE/COMPLETE AS APPROPRIATE]
[Section 1.1 Amendment to Definition of "Scheduled Termination Date".
-------------------------------------------------------
Section 1.08(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended to change the Scheduled
Termination Date set forth therein to , .]
----------- -----
[SECTION 1.1] [SECTION 1.2] [Amendment to Supplement. Annex 1 to the
-----------------------
Supplement dated , to the Agreement is amended to
--------------- ------
insert in its place Annex 1 hereto.]
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties. Borrower hereby represents
------------------------------
and warrants to BofA that:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
------------------------------ warranties of Borrower contained in the
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of this Amendment as
though made on and as of such date, and
Exhibit 1.08(c)-1
<PAGE>
(b) No Termination Event. Both before and after giving effect to
-------------------- this Amendment, no event shall exist that
constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Agreement Document Pursuant to Agreement. This Amendment is
---------------------------------------- an Agreement Document
executed pursuant to the Agreement and shall be construed, administered and
applied in accordance with all of the terms and provisions of the Agreement.
Section 3.2 Successors, Transferees and Assigns. This Amendment shall
----------------------------------- be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors,
transferees and assigns.
Section 3.3 Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
------------------------- by the parties hereto in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which shall be taken together as one agreement.
Section 3.4 Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE
------------- UNDER, GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
Section 3.5 Reaffirmation of Agreement. As amended and supplemented by
-------------------------- this Amendment, the Agreement remains
in full force and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed in
all respects. From and after the date hereof, all references to the Agreement
in any agreement, instrument or document shall be references to the Agreement
as amended and supplemented hereby.
Section 3.6 Headings. The various captions in this Amendment are
-------- provided solely for convenience of reference and shall
not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Amendment.
Section 3.7 Complete Agreement. The Agreement (including this Amendment
------------------ and the Exhibits and Schedules to the
Agreement and this Amendment) and the other Agreement Documents contain the
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and supersedes all prior arrangements or
understandings with respect thereto.
Section 3.8 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this
------------ Amendment will be interpreted in such a manner as
to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Amendment is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Amendment, except to
the extent that such prohibition or invalidity would constitute a material
change in the terms of this Amendment taken as a whole.
Exhibit 1.08(c)-2
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and year first above written.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exhibit 1.08(c)-3
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ANNEX 1 TO
AMENDMENT
[COMPLETE AND ATTACH AS APPROPRIATE]
ANNEX 1 TO THE SUPPLEMENT DATED , IS AMENDED TO
----------------- ------
INSERT THE FOLLOWING REVISED ANNEX 1 IN ITS PLACE:
[INSERT REVISED ANNEX]
Exhibit 1.08(c)-4
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EXHIBIT 2.02(C)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
REVENUE DEFICIENCY CERTIFICATE
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, 199
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Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association
Attention: Kevin McMahon
Re: Revenue Deficiency Certificate
------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Contingent
Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated as of January 15,
1998 (as heretofore or hereafter amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time and in effect, the "Agreement"), between you ("BofA") and
--------- ----
Storage Technology Corporation ("Borrower"). Capitalized terms used but
-------- not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms by the Agreement.
The undersigned is the [chief financial officer] [treasurer] [assistant
treasurer] [Delete as appropriate] of Borrower. Pursuant to Section
2.02(c)(i) of the Agreement, the undersigned certifies to BofA that (A) the
Dollar Equivalent Revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries generated
during the Period to Maturity ending on the Maturity Date which fell on ----,
is less than the Dollar Equivalent Principal Amount of all Notes, plus
accrued interest thereon, maturing on such Maturity Date, and (B) $
will represent the true and ---------
correct Unpaid Amount, as calculated pursuant to Section 2.02(b) of the
--------------- Agreement.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exhibit 2.02(c)-1
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EXHIBIT 4.02(D)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE ON PURCHASE DATE
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,
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Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association
555 California Street, 41st Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Attention: Kevin McMahon
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Contingent
Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated as of January 15,
1998 (as heretofore or hereafter amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time and in effect, the "Agreement"), between you ("BofA") and
--------- ----
the undersigned ("Borrower"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
-------- defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms by the Agreement.
The undersigned is the [chief financial officer] [treasurer] [assistant
treasurer] of Borrower.
To induce you to purchase each Note or Notes on , (the
"Purchase Date"), and provide the Purchase Price therefor, on the Purchase
- ------------- Date, the undersigned hereby certifies to you that:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01
------------
of the Agreement are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on
and as of such day,
(b) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists or will
result from such purchase of a Note,
(c) after giving effect to such purchase of such Note or Notes, the
Aggregate Purchase Price will not exceed the Facility Limit, and
Exhibit 4.02(d)-1
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(d) the Termination Date has not occurred.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
-----------------------
Title:
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Exhibit 4.02(d)-2
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EXHIBIT 5.01(D)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE OF LITIGATION
----------------------
[UPDATED SCHEDULE OF LITIGATION TO BE PROVIDED BY BORROWER.]
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 6.01(G)(VII)
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINGENT
MULTICURRENCY NOTE PURCHASE COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
----------------------
To: Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association
1455 Market Street, 12th Flr.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attn: Kevin McMahon
Re: Storage Technology Corporation
------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Compliance Certificate is made and delivered pursuant to Section
6.01(g)(vii) of the Second Amended and Restated Contingent
- ------------- Multicurrency Note Purchase Commitment Agreement, dated
as of January 15, 1998 (as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed or
extended from time to time, the "Agreement"), between Storage Technology
Corporation and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, and
reference is made thereto for full particulars of the matters described
herein. All capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Agreement. This Compliance Certificate relates to the Fiscal Quarter
ending , .
---------- -----
Borrower hereby certifies that the information set forth on Annex I
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hereto (and on any additional schedules hereto setting forth further
supporting detail) is true, accurate and complete as of the end of such
accounting period.
Borrower further certifies that as of the date hereof no Termination Event or
Unmatured Termination Event exists, except as may be set forth in a separate
attachment hereto describing in detail the nature of each condition or event
constituting an exception to the foregoing statements, the period during
which it has existed and the action which Borrower is taking or proposes to
take with respect to each such condition or event.
Exhibit 6.01(g)(v11)-1
<PAGE>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Compliance Certificate
this day of , .
---- ------------ -----
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- -----------------------------
Name:
Title:
Exhibit 6.01(g)(v11)-2
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ANNEX I TO
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
<TABLE>
1. Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated Operating Income Actual Required/Permitted
--------------------------------------------------------- ------ -------------------
<C> <C> <C>
(A) Consolidated Net Income/(Loss) $ No (i) Consolidated Net Loss or Consolidated
--------- Operating Loss of the Borrower and its
(B) Consolidated Operating Income/(Loss) $ Subsidiaries to occur for each of any two
--------- consecutive Fiscal Quarters (calculated as of
the last day of each such Fiscal Quarter); or
(iii) Consolidated Net Loss or Consolidated
Operating Loss of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any Fiscal Quarter greater
than $25,000,000.
</TABLE>
Note: Provided that there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Loss
and Consolidated Operating Loss for any Fiscal Quarter the amount of costs
and expenses in respect of mergers and acquisitions consummated in such
quarter and recognized in accordance with GAAP.
Exhibit 6.01(g)(vii)-3
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1987 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
1. Recitals. On February 2, 1982, Storage Technology Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (together with its Subsidiary Corporations, hereinafter
referred to, unless the context otherwise requires, as the "Company"),
established the Storage Technology Corporation 1982 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. Such plan was subsequently amended and restated by the Board of
Directors (the "Board") on June 15, 1987 and renamed the Storage Technology
Corporation 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "1987 Plan" or the
"Plan"). Under the provisions of Paragraph 19 of the 1987 Plan, the Company
reserved the power, through its Board of Directors, to amend the Plan from
time to time, subject in certain instances to approval of the Company's
stockholders. Pursuant to that power, the Plan was amended and restated in
its entirety on December 14, 1995, effective at the time and under the
conditions set forth in Paragraph 22 below. The Plan was further amended on
each of September 23, 1997 and December 19, 1997, effective at the time and
under the conditions set forth in Paragraph 22 below.
2. Purposes. The 1987 Plan is intended to provide a method whereby
employees of the Company will have an opportunity to acquire a proprietary
interest in the Company through the purchase of shares of the $.10 par value
voting Common Stock of the Company (the "Common Stock"). It is the intention
of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan"
under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time (the "Code"). The provisions of the Plan shall, accordingly, be
construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with
the requirements of that section of the Code.
3. Definitions.
(a) "Account" means an Employee's interest in the Segregated
Account based on the contributions made thereto and the interest earned
thereon.
(b) "Base Pay" means, at the Employee's election, either: (i) an
Employee's rate of base salary (before deduction for contributions to plans
maintained pursuant to Sections 401(k) and 125 of the Code) in effect during
the Offering Period, but EXCLUDING payments for overtime, shift premium,
incentive compensation, bonuses, and other similar payments; or (ii)
Employee's rate of base salary (before deduction for contributions to plans
maintained pursuant to Sections 401(k) and 125 of the Code) in effect during
the Offering Period, EXCLUDING payments for overtime, shift premium,
incentive compensation, bonuses, and other similar payments, but INCLUDING
all payments for bonuses, incentive
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compensation and various forms of commissions. Base Pay shall also include
payments for short-term disability.
(c) "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Company's
Board of Directors or such other committee as is designated by the Board of
Directors to administer the Plan.
(d) "Employee" means any person who is a Regular Employee (per
CP-3-3-14) customarily employed for more than 20 hours per week and more than
five months in a calendar year by Storage Technology Corporation or any
Subsidiary Corporation.
(e) "Offering Commencement Date" shall mean January 1, 1991 and
each following November 1 and May 1 thereafter, unless otherwise specified by
the Committee.
(f) "Offering Periods" shall mean the period commencing January 1,
1991 and ending October 31, 1991 and thereafter the periods commencing each
November 1 and May 1 and ending on the next following April 30 and October
31, respectively. The duration of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to
Paragraphs 5 and 21 of this Plan.
(g) "Offering Termination Date" shall mean October 31, 1991 and
each following April 30 and October 31 thereafter, unless otherwise specified
by the Committee.
(h) "Segregated Accounts" shall mean the depository accounts
established by the Company and by Subsidiary Corporations for collection of
Employee contributions to the Plan.
(i) "Subsidiary Corporation" shall mean any present or future
corporation which (i) would be a subsidiary corporation with respect to the
Company as that term is defined in Section 425 of the Code, and (ii) is
designated as a participant in the Plan by the Committee described in
Paragraph 14.
4. Eligibility.
(a) Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary. An Employee
will be eligible to become a participant in each Offering Period if employed
by the Company prior to the applicable Offering Commencement Date.
(b) Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan:
(i) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee would own
stock, and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock, possessing 5%
or more of the total
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combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or
of any Subsidiary Corporation (for purposes of this Paragraph the rules
of Section 425(d) of the Code shall apply in determining stock ownership
of any Employee); or
(ii) if such option would permit his or her rights to purchase
stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its
Subsidiary Corporations to accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 of the
fair market value of the stock (determined at the time each option is
granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding; or
(iii) for shares in excess of 25,000 in respect of any
Offering Period, provided that this limitation is subject to increase or
decrease by the Committee prior to the commencement of any Offering
Period in respect of such Offering Period.
5. Plan Offerings.
(a) The Plan is authorized to issue a total of 6,100,000 shares of
Common Stock (of which 1,400,000 shares are subject to stockholder approval
at the next annual meeting of stockholders).
(b) The Plan will be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods,
with a new Offering Period commencing on each Offering Commencement Date and
ending on the next Offering Termination Date, or on such other dates as the
Committee shall determine prior to the commencement of the relevant Offering
Period, and continuing until terminated in accordance with Paragraph 19
hereof. The Committee shall have the power to change the duration of Offering
Periods (including the commencement and termination dates thereof) with
respect to future offerings without stockholder approval if such change is
announced at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the
first Offering Period to be affected.
(c) A maximum of 300,000 shares of Common Stock, plus any unsold
balances from earlier Offering Periods, shall be issued during any one
Offering Period. The maximum number of shares to be issued in respect of any
Offering Period may be increased or decreased by the Committee prior to the
commencement of the affected Offering Period within the limits of total
shares then available under the Plan.
(d) Participation in any Offering Period under the Plan shall
neither limit, nor require, participation in any other Offering Period
(except as set forth in paragraphs 4(b)(i) and 4(b)(ii) hereof).
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6. Participation.
(a) An eligible Employee may become a participant by enrolling and
authorizing payroll deductions on an Interactive Voice Response system
("IVR") in such manner as is prescribed by the Company or, if such Employee
does not have access to IVR, by completing an authorization for payroll
deduction on the form provided by the Company and filing it with the
department designated by the Company or the designated country coordinator by
the deadline established by the Company, which must precede the first day of
the Plan for which the participant enrolls.
(b) Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the
applicable Offering Commencement Date when an authorization for a payroll
deduction becomes effective and shall end on the Offering Termination Date of
the Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable unless sooner
terminated by the participant as provided in Paragraph 11.
7. Payroll Deductions.
(a) At the time a participant enrolls and authorizes payroll
deductions, the participant shall elect to have deductions made from his or
her Base Pay and deposited in a Segregated Account during the time the
Employee is a participant in an Offering Period. Deductions can be made at
the rate of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10% of Base Pay.
(b) All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be
transferred to a Segregated Account as soon as practicable. For
administrative convenience, the Company may offset amounts advanced by the
Company to pay participant withdrawals pursuant to Paragraph 11 against
amounts of payroll deductions otherwise payable into the Segregated Account.
A participant may not make any separate cash payments into the Segregated
Account. The Company shall maintain appropriate accounting records to reflect
at all times the interest and total deductions of all participants in the
Segregated Account.
(c) A participant may discontinue participation in the
Plan as provided in Paragraph 11, but no other change can be
made during an Offering Period and, specifically, a
participant may not alter the rate of payroll deductions for
that Offering Period.
8. Terms and Conditions of Options.
(a) On the applicable Offering Commencement Date, when a
participant's authorization for a payroll deduction becomes effective, the
participant shall be deemed to have been granted an option to purchase a
maximum number of shares of Common Stock, subject to the limitations pursuant
to Paragraph 4(b) above, equal to the lesser of: (a) the
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Option Price (as defined below) divided into the Employee's total deductions
under the Plan in respect of the Offering Period or (b) the Employee's
pro-rata share of all shares available for issuance under the Plan for that
Offering Period, determined pursuant to Paragraph 13, below.
(b) The option price per share (hereinafter "Option Price") of
Common Stock purchased with payroll deductions made during each Offering
Period shall be the lesser of:
(i) 85% of the closing price per share of the Common Stock as
quoted in The Wall Street Journal for the applicable Offering
Commencement Date (or on the next business date on which shares of the
Common Stock shall be traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the event
that no shares of the Common Stock shall have been traded on the
Offering Commencement Date); or
(ii) 85% of the closing price per share of the Common Stock as
quoted in The Wall Street Journal for the applicable Offering
Termination Date (or for the next preceding business date on which
shares of the Common Stock shall be traded on the New York Stock
Exchange in the event that no shares of the Common Stock shall have been
traded on the Offering Termination Date).
(c) The Committee may determine in its sole discretion from time
to time to issue fractional shares under the Plan. If the Committee
determines not to issue fractional shares, any accumulated payroll deductions
that would have been used to purchase fractional shares shall be (i)
automatically credited to each participant's Account and applied towards his
or her option to purchase shares in the next successive Offering Period, or
(ii) returned to each participant promptly following the termination of the
Offering Period, as may be determined by the Committee. Any accumulated
payroll deductions that are in excess of the limitations of Paragraph 8(a),
together with any net income of the Segregated Account allocable to each
participant, and the amount referenced in item (ii) above, shall be returned
to each participant promptly following the termination of an Offering Period.
9. Exercise of Option. Unless a participant withdraws in accordance
with Paragraph 11, his or her option to purchase Common Stock with payroll
deductions made during any Offering Period will be deemed to have been
exercised automatically on the applicable Offering Termination Date, for the
purchase of the number of full shares of Common Stock that the accumulated
payroll deductions will purchase at the applicable Option Price (but not in
excess of the number of shares for which options have been granted to the
participant pursuant to Paragraph 8(a)), and any excess in his or her Account
at that time will be returned to the participant, together with any net
income of the Segregated Account allocable to his or her Account, as provided
in Paragraph 13.
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10. Delivery. As promptly as practicable after the Offering
Termination Date of each Offering Period, the Company will deliver to a
broker designated by the Committee to hold shares for the benefit of the
participants the shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of the
participant's option. As determined by the Committee in its sole discretion
from time to time, such shares shall be delivered by physical certificates or
by means of a book entry system. A participant may instruct any such
designated broker to sell their shares at any time, subject to applicable
securities laws.
11. Withdrawal and Termination.
(a) Prior to the 15th day of the month before the applicable
Offering Termination Date, any participant may withdraw payroll deductions
and net earnings thereon credited to the participant by following the
procedures specified by the Company for effecting a withdrawal on the IVR
system or, if the participant does not have access to IVR, by giving written
notice of withdrawal to the department designated by the Company or the
designated country coordinator. As promptly as practical after the
participant's withdrawal, the payment to the participant of all the
participant's payroll deductions credited to his or her account, together
with any net earnings of the Segregated Account allocable to the
participant's Account shall be made. No further payroll deductions for such
participant will be made during such Offering Period. The Company may, for
administrative convenience, elect to pay to participants (or beneficiaries)
the amount of any withdrawals and earnings thereon and may then offset the
amount of any such payments against payroll deductions otherwise payable to
the Segregated Account. The Company may, at its option, treat any attempt to
borrow by a participant on the security of the accumulated payroll deductions
allocated to the participant's Account as an election under this Paragraph
11(a) to withdraw such amounts from the Segregated Account.
(b) A participant's withdrawal from any Offering Period will not
have any effect upon eligibility to participate in any subsequent Offering
Period or in any similar plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company.
(c) Upon termination of the participant's employment with the
Company for any reason (including retirement but excluding death or, in
certain cases, disability while in the employ of the Company) on or prior to
the last day of the last full payroll period immediately preceding an
Offering Termination Date, the payroll deductions credited to the
participant, together with any net earnings of the Segregated Account
allocable to his or her Account, will be returned to the participant, or, in
the case of a participant's death subsequent to the termination of
employment, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Paragraph 15. For
purposes of the Plan, a participant shall be considered disabled if the
Company determines that the participant is unable to perform the usual and
customary requirements of his or her job with the Company and will be unable
to do so for at least six months; provided, however, that such determination
is subject to review by the Committee at its discretion.
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(d) Upon termination of the participant's employment because of
death or disability prior to the Offering Termination Date, the participant
or the participant's beneficiary (as defined in Paragraph 15) shall have the
right to elect, by written notice given to the Company's General Counsel
prior to the expiration of the period of 90 days commencing on the date of
death or disability of the participant, and prior to the Offering Termination
Date, either
(i) to withdraw all of the payroll deductions credited to the
participant, together with any net earnings of the Segregated Account
allocable to his or her Account, or
(ii) to exercise the participant's option to purchase of
Common Stock for the then current Offering Period on the Offering
Termination Date for the purchase of the number of full shares of Common
Stock that the amount allocated to the participant's Account at the date
of the participant's death or disability will purchase at the applicable
Option Price, and any excess credited to such Account will be returned
to said participant or his or her beneficiary.
In the event that no such written notice of election shall be duly received
by the office of the Company's General Counsel within the required time
period, the participant or beneficiary shall automatically be deemed to have
elected to withdraw the payroll deductions credited to the participant,
together with the net earnings of the Segregated Account allocable to his or
her Account at the date of the participant's death or disability, and the
same will be paid promptly to said participant or beneficiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a participant's employment with the Company
and any Subsidiary Corporation terminates because of disability more than
three months prior to the Offering Termination Date, the provisions of this
Paragraph 11(d) shall not apply and the provisions of Paragraph 11(c) shall
apply to such participant.
12. Income and Accounting.
(a) Separate accounts shall not be established by the Company for
Employees who participate in the Plan. The Employee's payroll deductions
shall be transferred to the Segregated Account as soon as practical after
each pay period and credited to the participant.
(b) Each participant shall share proportionately in the income and
expense of the Segregated Account and any net income shall be taxable to the
participant, who shall be responsible for paying any income or other taxes
applicable thereto.
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13. Stock.
(a) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that shall be
made available for sale under the Plan during any Offering Period under the
Plan shall be the number of shares set forth in Paragraph 5, subject to
adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in
Paragraph 18; provided, however, that if less than the number of shares
specified in Paragraph 5 with respect to any Offering Period are purchased
during any period, the number of shares not purchased may be carried over and
made available for sale under the Plan during any subsequent Offering Period.
(For example, if only 250,000 shares were purchased during an Offering Period
under the Plan, the shares not purchased will be carried over to the next
succeeding Offering Period so that a maximum of 350,000 shares shall be made
available for purchase during the next Offering Period.) If the total number
of shares subject to options that would otherwise be exercised on any
Offering Termination Date in accordance with Paragraph 9 exceeds the maximum
number of shares available for sale, subject to adjustment as aforesaid, the
Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares available for delivery
and distribution in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as
it shall determine to be equitable, and the balance of payroll deductions
credited to each participant, together with the net earnings of the
Segregated Account allocable thereto, shall be returned to him or her as
promptly as possible.
(b) A participant will have no interest in Common Stock covered by
the participant's option until such option has been exercised. Participants
in the Plan shall have no rights as stockholders with respect to any shares
covered by the Plan until the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or
her for such shares. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in
the corporate action relating to such event, no adjustment shall be made for
dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such
stock certificate is issued.
(c) Common Stock to be delivered to a participant under the Plan
will be registered in the name of the participant.
(d) The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require as
conditions to the exercise of any option that the shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the option shall have been duly
listed, upon official notice of issuance, upon the New York Stock Exchange,
and that either
(i) a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with respect to said shares shall have become
effective, or
(ii) the participant shall have represented in form and
substance satisfactory to the Company that it is the participant's
intention to purchase for investment the shares being purchased under
such option.
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14. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan or any
Segregated Account agreement and the adoption of rules and regulations for
administering the Plan shall be made by the Committee, subject, however, at
all times to the final concurrence of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Determinations made by the Committee and approved by the Board of Directors
with respect to any matter or provision contained in the Plan shall be final,
conclusive and binding upon the Company and upon all participants, their
heirs or legal representatives. Any rules, regulations or interpretations
adopted by the Committee shall remain in full force and effect unless and
until altered, amended, or repealed by the Committee or the Board of
Directors.
15. Designation of Beneficiary. A participant may file with the
Company, pursuant to rules adopted by the Committee, a written designation of
a beneficiary who is to receive any Common Stock and/or cash pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan in the event of the participant's death. Such
designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by
written notice. Upon the death of a participant and upon receipt by the
Company of proof of the identity and existence at the participant's death of
a beneficiary validly designated by him under the Plan, the Company shall
deliver such Common Stock to such beneficiary and/or pay any cash in the
participant's Account in the Segregated Account to the beneficiary, as may be
required under the provisions of Paragraph 11(d). In the event of the death
of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under
the Plan who is living at the time of such participant's death, the Company
shall cause such cash to be paid to the person or persons or the entity duly
designated by the participant, as shown on the Company's records, as his or
her beneficiary for the proceeds of Company paid life insurance. In the
absence of such a beneficiary who is living at the time of the participant's
death, the Company shall cause such cash to be paid to the executor or
administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such executor or
administrator of the estate has been appointed (to the knowledge of the
Company), the Company, in its discretion, may cause such cash to be paid to
the spouse or to any one or more dependents of the participant as the Company
may designate. No beneficiary shall, prior to the death of the participant by
whom he or she has been designated, acquire any interest in the Common Stock
or in amounts credited to the participant's Account.
16. Transferability. Neither payroll deductions credited to a
participant, nor earnings thereon, nor any rights with regard to the exercise
of an option or to receive Common Stock under the Plan may be assigned,
transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way by the participant
otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any such
attempted assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw
funds in accordance with Paragraph 11.
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17. Ownership of ESPP Assets. All contributions paid into Segregated
Accounts shall be the property of the respective participants in the Plan and
the Company shall have no interest in such amounts while held in the
Segregated Account.
18. Effect of Changes in Capital Structure. If the outstanding shares
of Common Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind
of shares or other securities of the Company by reason of any
recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, stock dividend, combination,
or subdivision, or if the Company takes any other action of a similar nature
affecting such Common Stock (excluding, however, any reorganization under the
United States Bankruptcy Code), then the number and class of shares of Common
Stock that may thereafter be optioned, or the rights assigned thereto (in the
aggregate and to any participant), shall be adjusted accordingly and, in the
case of each option outstanding at the time of any such action, the number
and class of shares that may thereafter be purchased pursuant to such option
and the Option Price shall be adjusted, in each case to such extent and in
such manner, if at all, as may be determined by the Board upon the
recommendations of the Committee, with the approval of independent public
accountants and counsel, to be necessary to preserve unimpaired the rights of
the holder of such option.
19. Amendment or Termination. The Board of Directors of the Company
may at any time terminate or amend the Plan. No such termination can affect
options previously granted, nor may an amendment make any change in any
option theretofore granted without prior approval of the stockholders of the
Company if such approval is required under the laws or regulations
administered by the U.S. Treasury (including Section 423 of the Code), the
Securities and Exchange Commission (including Rule 16b-3), any other agency
of the U.S. Government, or the New York Stock Exchange, or any other exchange
or system on which the Company's stock is then registered or traded.
20. Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to
the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been
duly given when received by the General Counsel of the Company.
21. Dissolution, Merger or Asset Sale.
(a) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period shall
terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action,
unless otherwise provided by the Board.
(b) Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a proposed sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the
Company with or into another corporation, each option under the Plan shall be
assumed or an equivalent option shall be substituted by such successor
corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless
the Board determines, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of
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such assumption or substitution, to shorten the Offering Period then in
progress by setting a new Offering Termination Date (the "New Offering
Termination Date") or to cancel each outstanding right to purchase and refund
all sums collected from participants during the Offering Period then in
progress. If the Board shortens the Offering Period then in progress in lieu
of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the
Board shall notify each participant in writing, at least ten (10) business
days prior to the New Termination Date, that the Offering Termination Date
for the option held by the participant has been changed to the New Offering
Termination Date and that such option shall be exercised automatically on the
New Offering Termination Date, unless prior to such date the participant has
withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Paragraph 10 hereof. For
purposes of this paragraph, an option granted under the Plan shall be deemed
to be assumed if, following the sale of assets or merger, the option confers
the right to purchase, for each share of option stock subject to the option
immediately prior to the sale of assets or merger, the consideration (whether
stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the sale of assets
or merger by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held on
the effective date of the transaction (and if such holders were offered a
choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that
if such consideration received in the sale of assets or merger was not solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent (as defined in
Section 424(e) of the Code), the Board may, with the consent of the successor
corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon exercise of
the option to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its
parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by
holders of Common Stock and the sale of assets or merger.
22. Effective Date - Approval of Stockholders. The 1987 Plan was
adopted on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company by the
Compensation Committee on December 14, 1995 and approved by the stockholders
of the Company on May 30, 1996. The Plan was further amended on September
23, 1997 and December 19, 1997, and is effective on those dates, except to
the extent stockholder approval is required at the next annual meeting of
stockholders under Paragraph 19 above. Offerings may commence under the Plan
prior to approval by the stockholders but no Common Stock requiring
stockholder approval may be purchased hereunder unless and until the
requisite stockholder approval has been received.
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STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
RECITALS
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A. Pursuant to a resolution dated June 15, 1987, the Board of Directors
(the "Board") of Storage Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), adopted the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the
"Plan"). The Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company at a
meeting held October 20, 1987 (the "Original Adoption Date"). The Plan was
thereafter amended (the "First Amendment") by the Board on March 29, 1989 and
such amendment was approved by the stockholders of the Company at a meeting
held June 28, 1989, and again amended (the "Second Amendment") by the Board
on November 7, 1990 and such amendment was approved by the stockholders of
the Company at a meeting held May 29, 1991. The Plan was further amended by
the Board on July 26, 1995 and March 6, 1996 and each of these amendments was
approved by the stockholders of the Company at a meeting held May 30, 1996.
The Plan was further amended by the Board on December 19, 1997 to increase
the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan, subject to the
approval of the stockholders at the next annual meeting of stockholders.
This Amended and Restated Plan incorporates all of the above amendments,
provided that the amendments approved on December 19, 1997 are subject to the
approval of the Company's stockholders.
B. The Board reserved the right to amend the Plan from time to time with
certain restrictions and only with the approval of the stockholders with
respect to certain amendments, all as specified in the Plan. Pursuant to
such authority, the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as set forth
below, except that the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to
Section 4.1 is subject to the approval of the Company's stockholders at the
Company's next annual meeting following the Board's adoption of this Amended
Plan.
C. The purposes of the Plan are to secure for the Company the benefits
arising from capital stock ownership by its current and future non-employee
directors by providing to such directors added incentive to continue in the
service of the Company and a more direct interest in the future success of
the operations of the Company through the granting to such directors of
options ("Option" or "Options") to purchase shares of the $.10 par value
common stock of the Company (the "Stock") subject to the terms and conditions
described below.
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ARTICLE I
1 GENERAL
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1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Amended Plan, and as used herein, a
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"non-employee director" is an individual who (a) is a member of the
board of directors of the Company, and (b) is not an employee of the
Company. For purposes of this Amended Plan, an employee is an
individual whose wages are subject to the withholding of federal
income tax under section 3401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time (the "Code").
1.2 Options. The Options granted hereunder shall be options that are not
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qualified as incentive stock options under section 422A of the Code.
ARTICLE II
2 ADMINISTRATION
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2.1 The Stock Option Committee. The Amended Plan shall be administered by
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the Compensation Committee of the Board ("the Committee"), which shall
be composed in such a manner to satisfy the requirements, if any, of
Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
any successor rule ("Rule 16b-3") with respect to committees
administering formula plans that comply with Rule 16b-3 and in
accordance with the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The persons
comprising the Committee shall be appointed by and serve at the
pleasure of the Board. The Committee members shall all be members of
the Board.
2.2 Quorum. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and
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the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which
a quorum is present or participating by the means described in the
last sentence of this section 2.2, or acts approved in writing by all
members of the Committee, shall be the acts of the Committee. The
Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings. One or more members of
the Committee may participate in a meeting of the Committee by means
of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means
of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
2.3 Authority of the Committee. The Committee shall have no authority or
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discretion or power to select the participants who will receive
Options, to set the number of shares to be covered by each Option, or
to set the exercise price or the period within which the Options may
be exercised or to alter any other terms or conditions specified
herein, except in the sense of administering the Amended Plan subject
to the provisions of the Amended Plan. Subject to the foregoing
limitations, the Committee shall have authority and power to adopt
such rules and regulations and to take such action as it shall
consider
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necessary or advisable for the administration of the Amended Plan and
to construe, interpret and administer the Amended Plan and the
decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding upon the
Company, the Holders (as defined below) and all other persons. No
member of the Committee shall incur any liability by reason of any
action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Amended
Plan or any stock option agreement.
ARTICLE III
3 OPTIONS
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3.1 Participation. Each individual who was a non-employee director of the
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Company on the Original Adoption Date or who becomes such thereafter
shall receive Options to purchase Stock under the Plan on the terms
and conditions described herein.
3.2 Stock Option Agreements. Each Option granted under the Amended Plan
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shall be evidenced by a written stock option agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto, which shall be entered into by
the Company and the non-employee director to whom the Options are
granted (the "Holder"), and which shall include or conform to the
following terms and conditions, and which may include such other terms
and conditions, if any, not inconsistent therewith or with the terms
and conditions of this Amended Plan as the Committee considers
appropriate:
3.2.1 Number of Options and Grant Dates. Each non-employee director
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is entitled to receive, under the Plan, Options to purchase
shares of Stock as described below and subject to adjustment from
and after the Original Adoption Date as provided in section 4.2
hereof.
3.2.1.1 Each non-employee director who was such on October 20,
1987, has received an Option, granted as of October 20,
1987, to purchase 2,500 shares of Stock (after adjustment
for the one-for-ten reverse stock split effected on May
19, 1989) pursuant to the Plan.
3.2.1.2 Each individual who became a non-employee director of
the Company after March 29, 1989, and prior to November 7,
1990, has received an Option, granted as of his or her
election date, to purchase 2,500 shares of Stock pursuant
to the First Amendment.
3.2.1.3 Between October 20, 1987 and November 7, 1990, each
non-employee director holding an Option granted under
3.2.1.1 or 3.2.1.2 above who had, after such grant, been
elected to serve on the Board at two consecutive annual
meetings of stockholders as a non-employee director after
receipt of the Option granted under 3.2.1.1 or 3.2.1.2
above, has
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received an additional Option, granted as of such election
date, to purchase 2,500 shares of Stock.
3.2.1.4 Options granted under 3.2.1.1, 3.2.1.2 and 3.2.1.3
above will hereinafter be collectively referred to as
"Initial Options". All Initial Options shall continue to
be held pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Amended Plan.
3.2.1.5 Each non-employee director who was such on November 7,
1990, or who first becomes such after November 7, 1990,
shall receive an Option (the "New Option"), granted as of
the later to occur of November 7, 1990, or his or her
first election or appointment as a non-employee director,
to purchase a number of shares of Stock equal to 25,000
less any shares subject to the Initial Options granted to
such director.
3.2.1.6 Each non-employee director who was such on July 26,
1995 or is thereafter elected or appointed shall receive
an additional option (the "Additional Option") granted as
of the later to occur of July 26, 1995 or the third
anniversary of his or her first election or appointment as
a non-employee director, to purchase 18,000 shares of
Stock.
3.2.1.7 In the event that any grant hereunder would exceed the
number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the
Amended Plan, or is otherwise subject to stockholder
approval, then each such grant shall be conditioned on and
subject to subsequent stockholder approval to the extent
it exceeds that number of shares determined by dividing
the total number of shares remaining available for grant
under the Amended Plan on such grant date by the number of
eligible non-employee directors, or to the extent that
stockholder approval is otherwise required.
3.2.2 Price. The price at which each share of Stock covered by an
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Option may be purchased shall be the greater of 100 percent of
the fair market value of such share on the date of grant of the
Option or the par value per share. For purposes of this
determination, "fair market value" means the closing price of a
share of Stock as reported in the Wall Street Journal for the
last business day prior to the date of the grant. If no such
closing price is reported, then fair market value shall mean the
average of the high and low sale prices (or if no sale prices are
reported, the average of the high and low bid prices) as reported
by the principal regional stock exchange, or if not so reported,
as reported by NASDAQ or a quotation system of general
circulation to brokers and dealers.
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3.2.3 Service Required for Exercise.
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3.2.3.1 Each Initial Option shall be exercisable in full six
months after the date of grant, or at any time after
November 7, 1990, whichever shall occur last.
3.2.3.2 Subject to 3.2.3.5 below, for each non-employee
director who is such on November 7, 1990, such director's
New Option shall become exercisable as follows: a number
of shares equal to 5,000 less any shares subject to
Initial Options granted to such director, shall become
exercisable six months after the grant date, and the
balance shall become exercisable in four equal amounts on
the first through fourth anniversaries of such grant date.
3.2.3.3 Subject to 3.2.3.5 below, for each non-employee
director who becomes such after November 7, 1990, such
director's New Option shall become exercisable as follows:
5,000 shares shall become exercisable six months after the
grant date and the balance shall become exercisable in six
equal amounts on the first through the sixth anniversaries
of such grant date (with the first four years rounded down
to the nearest whole share, and the last two years rounded
up).
3.2.3.4 Subject to 3.2.3.5 below, each Additional Option shall
become exercisable as follows: 6,000 shares on each of
the first, second, and third anniversaries of the first
date by which all shares that are subject to New Options
held by such directors have become exercisable.
3.2.3.5 Except as set forth in this Article III, the Options
shall not be exercisable as to any shares as to which the
continuous service requirement shall not be satisfied,
regardless of the circumstances under which the Holder's
service to the Company shall be terminated. The number of
shares as to which an Option may be exercised shall be
cumulative, so that once an Option shall become
exercisable as to any shares it shall continue to be
exercisable as to such shares, until expiration or
termination of the Options as provided in the Amended
Plan.
3.2.4 Option Period. The period within which each Option may be
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exercised shall expire, in all cases, ten years from the date of
grant of the Option (the "Option Period"), unless terminated
sooner pursuant to subsection 3.2.5 below or fully exercised
prior to the end of such period.
3.2.5 Termination of Service. With respect to the exercise of such
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Option in the event that the Holder ceases to be a non-employee
director of the Company for the reasons described in this 3.2.5:
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3.2.5.1 As to all options granted before July 20, 1995, and as
to options granted on or after July 20, 1995, if the
option has not been outstanding, as of the date of the
director ceasing to be a nonemployee director, for at
least six years or such director has not been an outside
director for at least ten years, the vesting of and
expiration of the right to exercise such options shall
occur as follows:
3.2.5.1.1 Disability. If the Holder terminates his or
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her service as a director due to becoming disabled
(within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the
Code) while in a directorship of the Company or
becomes disabled during the six-month period after
his or her termination, Options vested as of the
date of termination may be exercised within twelve
months following the disability (if otherwise
within the Option Period) but will expire at the
end of such period to the extent they are not
exercised; or
3.2.5.1.2 Death. If the Holder shall die while in a
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directorship of the Company or during the six-month
period after his or her termination of service as a
director, all Options, including, but not limited
to, Options not otherwise vested may be exercised
within twelve months following such death (if
otherwise within the Option Period), but not
thereafter, by the Holder's legal representative or
representatives, or by the person or persons
entitled to do so under the Holder's last will and
testament, or if the Holder shall fail to make
testamentary disposition of his or her Options or
shall die intestate, by the person or persons
entitled to receive said Options under the laws of
descent and distribution; or
3.2.5.1.3 Other. If the directorship of a Holder is
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terminated for any reason prior to such director
reaching age 70 (other than the circumstances
specified in 3.2.5.1.1 and 3.2.5.1.2 of this
3.2.5.1) within the Option Period, the Options
vested as of the date of termination may be
exercised within six months following the date of
such termination (if otherwise within the Option
Period), but not thereafter, or
3.2.5.1.4 Retirement. If the directorship of a Holder
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is terminated for any reason after such director
reaches age 70 (other than the circumstances
specified in 3.2.5.1.1 and 3.2.5.1.2) within the
Option Period, all Options, including, but not
limited to, Options not otherwise vested may be
exercised within six
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months following the date of such termination (if
otherwise within the Option Period), but not
thereafter.
3.2.5.2 As to Options granted on or after July 20, 1995, if the
Option has been outstanding, as of the date of the
director's ceasing to be a non-employee director, for at
least six years or such director has been an outside
director for at least ten years, the vesting of and
expiration of the right to exercise such options shall
occur as follows:
3.2.5.2.1 Disability. If the Holder terminates his or
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her service as a director due to becoming disabled
(within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the
Code) while in a directorship of the Company,
Options vested as of the date of termination may be
exercised within the Option Period but will expire
at the end of such period to the extent they are
not exercised; or
3.2.5.2.2 Death. If the Holder shall die while in a
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directorship of the Company all Options, including,
but not limited to, Options not otherwise vested
may be exercised within the Option Period but not
thereafter, by the Holder's legal representative or
representatives, or by the person or persons
entitled to do so under the Holder's last will and
testament, or if the Holder shall fail to make
testamentary disposition of his or her Options or
shall die intestate, by the person or persons
entitled to receive said Options under the laws of
descent and distribution; or
3.2.5.2.3 Other. If the directorship of the Holder is
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terminated for any reason prior to such director
reaching age 70 (other than the circumstances
specified in 3.2.5.2.1 and 3.2.5.2.2 of this
3.2.5.2) within the Option Period, the Options
vested as of the date of termination may be
exercised within the Option Period, but not
thereafter; or
3.2.5.2.4 Retirement. If the directorship of the Holder
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is terminated for any reason after such director
reaches age 70 (other than the circumstances
specified in 3.2.5.2.1 and 3.2.5.2.2) within the
Option Period, all Options, including, but not
limited to, Options not otherwise vested may be
exercised within the Option Period, but not
thereafter.
3.2.6 Transferability. Each Option granted under the Plan or the
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Amended Plan shall not be transferable by the Holder except
(i) by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution,
or (ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as
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defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act, or the rules thereunder, or (iii) as may otherwise
be permitted by applicable law, including the version of Rule
16b-3 that is applicable to this Amended Plan at the time of the
transfer. Each Option shall be exercisable during the Holder's
lifetime only by the Holder or by his or her permitted
transferee(s) pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) hereof.
3.2.7 Exercise of Option. The method for exercising each Option
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granted pursuant to the Plan or the Amended Plan shall be by
delivery to the Company of written notice specifying the number
of shares with respect to which the Options are being exercised.
If requested by the Company, such notice shall contain the
Holder's representation that he or she is purchasing the Stock
for investment purposes only and his or her agreement not to sell
any Stock so purchased in any manner that is in violation of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable state law.
Such restrictions, or notice thereof, shall be placed on the
certificates representing the Stock so purchased. The purchase
of such Stock shall take place at the principal offices of the
Company within twenty days following delivery of such notice, at
which time the purchase price of the Stock shall be paid in full
in cash, by check payable to the Company's order, by delivery to
the Company of certificates representing the number of shares of
Stock then owned by the exercising Holder, the fair market value
of which, on the date of exercise, equals the purchase price of
the Stock purchased pursuant to exercise of the Options, properly
endorsed for transfer to the Company, or by a combination of such
methods of payment. A properly executed certificate or
certificates representing the Stock shall be delivered to the
Holder upon payment therefor.
ARTICLE IV
4 AUTHORIZED STOCK
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4.1 The Stock. The total number of shares of Stock as to which Options
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may be granted pursuant to the Amended Plan shall not exceed 780,000
in the aggregate (of which 250,000 shares are subject to approval by
the Company's stockholders at the next annual meeting of
stockholders), except as such number of shares shall be adjusted from
and after July 26, 1995 in accordance with the provisions of 4.2
hereof. If any outstanding Option granted under the Plan or the
Amended Plan shall expire or be terminated for any reason before the
end of the Option Period, the shares of Stock allocable to the
unexercised portion of such Option shall be available for grants
pursuant to 3.2.1.5 and 3.2.1.6 above. Fractional shares shall not be
distributed and shall remain unallocated. The Company shall at all
times during the life of any outstanding Options retain as authorized
and unissued shares or treasury shares at least the number of shares
from time to time included in the outstanding Options, or otherwise
assure itself of its ability to perform its obligations under the
Amended Plan.
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4.2 Adjustment by Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Etc. In the event that the
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outstanding shares of Stock of the Company are changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities
of the Company by reason of any recapitalization, reclassification,
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or
subdivision, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the number and
kind of shares available for grant under the Amended Plan and reserved
for issuance under any Options granted under the Plan or the Amended
Plan. Such adjustment to outstanding Options shall be made without
change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of
such Options, and a corresponding adjustment in the applicable
exercise price per share shall be made.
4.3 Rights as a Stockholder. The holder of an Option shall have no rights
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as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by an Option until
the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or her for such
shares. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Amended Plan,
no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
4.4 General Adjustment Rules. No adjustment or substitution provided for
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in this Article IV shall require the Company to sell a fractional
share under any stock option agreement and the total substitution or
adjustment with respect to each stock option agreement shall be
limited by deleting any fractional share. In the case of any such
substitution or adjustment, the exercise price per share in each such
stock option agreement shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee to
reflect the greater or lesser number of shares of Stock or other
securities into which the Stock subject to an Option may have been
changed. Adjustments under this Article IV shall be made by the
Committee, whose determination with regard thereto shall be final and
binding.
ARTICLE V
5 REORGANIZATION OR LIQUIDATION
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In case the Company is merged or consolidated with another entity and the
stockholders of the Company as of immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation own 50% or less of the voting power of the surviving
entity, or in case all or substantially all of the assets or more than
50% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company is acquired by any
other person or entity, or in case of a reorganization (other than a
reorganization under federal bankruptcy statutes) or liquidation of the
Company that is approved by the stockholders of the Company (i) any
outstanding Options shall be assumed or substituted on an equitable basis
by the merged, consolidated or otherwise reorganized corporation, person
or entity, provided that no additional benefits shall be conferred upon
the Holders as a result of such assumption or substitution, and the
excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the
Options immediately after such assumption or substitution over the
purchase price thereof is not more than the excess of the aggregate fair
market value of the shares subject to the Options immediately
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before such assumption or substitution over the purchase price thereof,
and (ii) the exercisability of all outstanding Options shall
automatically be accelerated such that the Options shall become
exercisable in full regardless of whether all conditions of exercise
relating to vesting period or length of service of a director have been
satisfied. In the event that the triggering event is an event that
requires approval of the stockholders of the Company prior to its
consummation, then the acceleration of exercisability shall be effective
upon stockholder approval of such triggering event. If the triggering
event does not require stockholder approval (such as the acquisition by a
third party of more than 50% of the outstanding stock of the Company),
then the acceleration of exercisability shall be effective upon the
occurrence of such event.
ARTICLE VI
6 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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6.1 Expiration. The Amended Plan shall terminate whenever the Board
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adopts a resolution to that effect. If not sooner terminated under
the preceding sentence, the Amended Plan shall wholly cease and expire
on March 29, 2010. After termination, no Option shall be granted
under this Amended Plan, but the Company shall continue to recognize
Options previously granted.
6.2 Amendments. The Board may from time to time amend, modify, suspend or
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terminate the Amended Plan; provided, however, that the provisions of
the Amended Plan that determine which directors may be granted
Options, the timing of the Option grants and the number of shares of
Stock subject to Options granted hereunder may not be amended more
frequently than is permitted for formula plans by Rule 16b-3.
Nevertheless, no such amendment, modification, suspension or
termination shall (a) impair any Option earlier granted under the Plan
or the Amended Plan or deprive any Holder of any shares of Stock that
he or she may have acquired through or as a result of the Plan or the
Amended Plan or (b) be made without the approval of the stockholders
of the Company if such approval is required to retain the exemption
provided by Rule 16b-3 with respect to Options granted under the Plan
or the Amended Plan.
6.3 Treatment of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of Stock pursuant to
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Options granted under the Plan or the Amended Plan shall constitute
general funds of the Company.
6.4 Effectiveness. The effective date of the Plan was October 20, 1987.
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The "Effective Date" of this Plan as amended on December 19, 1997
shall be December 19, 1997 except to the extent that stockholder
approval is required at the next annual meeting of stockholders.
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6.5 Paragraph Headings. The paragraph headings are included herein only
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for convenience, and they shall have no effect on the interpretation
of the Plan.
ADOPTED by the authority of the Board on December 19, 1997, effective as
of the Effective Date of the Amended Plan.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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FORM OF STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Office of Corporate Counsel
2270 South 88th Street
Louisville, Colorado 80028-4309
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STORAGETEK
NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
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Name:
Address:
City, State Zip:
Storage Technology Corporation (the "Company") has granted you a Stock Option
("Option") to purchase shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value per share, as
follows:
Number of Shares Subject to Option Granted:
Option Exercise Price Per Share: $
Aggregate Exercise Price of Shares: $
Option Type: Non-Qualified
Stock Option Plan ("Plan"): Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
for Nonemployee Directors
Grant Number:
Date of Grant:
Expiration Date:
This Option may be exercised by you on or prior to the earlier to occur of
(i) the Expiration Date, or (ii) such earlier date as is determined in
accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.2.5 of the Plan
following termination of service, in whole or in part, pursuant to this Stock
Option Agreement according to the following vesting schedule:
~ shares on or after ~; ~ shares on or after ~;
~ shares on or after ~; ~ on or after ~; and
~ shares on or after ~; ~ on or after ~; but prior to the
Expiration Date.
This Option may be exercised on a cumulative basis. If the Option is not
exercised to the maximum extent permitted by the above schedule, it will be
exercisable, in whole or in part, with respect to all remaining unexercised
shares at any time prior to the Expiration Date or earlier termination of
this Option.
This Option is granted under and is governed by the terms and conditions of
the Plan, which by reference is made a part of this Stock Option Agreement.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS OPTION IS YOUR AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN. Copies of the Plan are being provided with this
Stock Option Agreement. Please consult the Plan for information regarding
administration of the Plan, vesting, exercise procedures, payment of the
purchase price, effect of termination of service, non-transferability of the
Option, reorganization or liquidation of the Company, rights as a
stockholder, and other terms governing this Option. In the event of any
conflict between the terms of the Plan and any other document or
communication, the terms of the Plan will control.
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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EXHIBIT 11
<TABLE>
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
<CAPTION>
March 27, March 28,
1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
BASIC
Earnings:
Net income $40,570 $39,589
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Shares:
Weighted average shares outstanding 53,314 61,222
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Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share $ 0.76 $ 0.65
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DILUTED
Earnings:
Net income $40,570 $39,589
Adjustment for interest and amortization
of debt issue costs on 8% Convertible
Debentures, net of estimated tax effects 255
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Net income, as adjusted $40,570 $39,844
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Shares:
Weighted average shares outstanding 53,314 61,222
Dilutive effect of outstanding options (as
determined under the treasury stock method) 1,316 985
Adjustment for shares issuable upon assumed
conversion of 8% Convertible Debentures 578
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Weighted-average and dilutive
potential shares 54,630 62,785
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Earnings per share:
Diluted earnings per share $ 0.74 $ 0.63
============ ============
</TABLE>
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
EXTRACTED FROM THE COMPANY'S FORM 10-Q DATED
MARCH 27, 1998 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY
BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000094673
<NAME> STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-25-1998
<PERIOD-END> MAR-27-1998
<CASH> 416,599
<SECURITIES> 20,701
<RECEIVABLES> 504,587 <F1>
<ALLOWANCES> 0
<INVENTORY> 102,377
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,279,713
<PP&E> 301,593 <F1>
<DEPRECIATION> 0
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,731,570
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 563,896
<BONDS> 17,793
0
0
<COMMON> 5,377
<OTHER-SE> 1,144,504
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 1,731,570
<SALES> 337,414
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 484,891
<CGS> 169,099
<TOTAL-COSTS> 253,389
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 55,973
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,129
<INCOME-PRETAX> 65,370
<INCOME-TAX> 24,800
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 40,570
<DISCONTINUED> 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> 40,570
<EPS-BASIC> 0.76
<EPS-DILUTED> 0.74
<FN>
<F1> Asset values for the interim period represent
net amounts.
</FN>
</TABLE>
