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These excerpts taken from the GPS 8-K filed May 11, 2005.

CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(i) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

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(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(iv) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(v) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vii) Evidence that the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(viii) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 3-Year Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are

 

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true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(i) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such

 

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Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(iv) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(v) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vii) Evidence that the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(viii) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 3-Year Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute

 

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a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(i) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

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(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(iv) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(v) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vii) Evidence that the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(viii) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released..

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 3-Year Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are

 

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true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(i) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(ii) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such

 

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Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(iv) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(v) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vi) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(vii) Evidence that the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 3-Year Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(viii) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 3-Year Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute

 

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a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(b) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(d) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(e) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(f) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(g) Evidence that the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of

 

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the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(h) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 364-Day Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) and Section 2.10(b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

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CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(b) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(d) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(e) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

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(f) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(g) Evidence that the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(h) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 364-Day Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) and Section 2.10(b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

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CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(b) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(d) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(e) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(f) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(g) Evidence that the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

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(h) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 364-Day Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) and Section 2.10(b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

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CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE

 

SECTION 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the LC Issuer) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the LC Issuer that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The LC Issuer shall have received the following in form and substance satisfactory to the LC Issuer:

 

(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the board of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the Company approving the Agreement and each of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary Governmental Authorizations, or other necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, notices, filings or actions, with respect to this Agreement and any of the LC Facility Documents to which it is or is to be a party.

 

(b) A copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) of the jurisdiction of organization of each domestic Account Party listing the certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar Constitutive Document) of each such Account Party and each amendment thereto on file in the office of such Secretary of State (or such governmental authority) and certifying (A) that such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s certificate or articles of incorporation (or similar constitutive document) on file in its office, (B) if customarily available in such jurisdiction, that such Person has paid all franchise taxes (or the equivalent thereof) to the date of such certificate and (C) that such Person is duly organized and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(c) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each domestic Account Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Account Party authorized to sign each LC Facility Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.

 

(d) A favorable opinion of General Counsel or Associate General Counsel to the Account Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(e) A favorable opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, special New York counsel to the Account Parties, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto and as to such other matters as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

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(f) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the LC Issuer may reasonably request.

 

(g) Evidence that the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities has been entered into and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the 364-Day Agreement and each of the Other LC Facilities (except the entry into and effectiveness of this Agreement) have been satisfied or waived.

 

(h) Evidence that the security interests granted to each of Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in respect of those certain letter of credit agreements between each of such parties and the Company and dated as of June 25, 2003 have been terminated and all liens thereunder have been released.

 

(c) The Company shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the LC Issuer in connection with this Agreement.

 

(d) All amounts owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the lenders and agents under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement shall have been, paid in full, and all commitments of the lenders under the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement (except for the letters of credit issued thereunder which are to be deemed issued under this Agreement or the 364-Day Agreement) shall have been, or concurrently with the initial extension of credit made on the Effective Date shall be, terminated in accordance with the terms of the Existing Letter of Credit Agreement and all guarantees given, and security interests granted, in connection therewith shall have been terminated.

 

SECTION 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Issuance. The obligation of the LC Issuer to Issue each Letter of Credit (including the initial Letter of Credit) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Issuance the following statements shall be true (and each request for Issuance by the Company or an LC Subsidiary shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company or such LC Subsidiary that on the date of such Issuance such statements are true):

 

(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01 hereof (except the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.01(f) and 5.01(g) hereof) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Issuance, before and after giving effect to such Issuance, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty is stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Issuance or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such Issuance, which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; and

 

(c) The Issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance with the criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a) and (b) and Section 2.10(b) hereof, as the case may be.

 

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EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

8-K (8 sections)
May 11, 2005

"CONDITIONS OF ISSUANCE" elsewhere:

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