Five-Year Credit Agreement among Cox Communications, Inc. and Lender Banks, with The Chase Manhattan Bank as Administrative Agent (September 26, 2000)
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This agreement is a five-year credit facility between Cox Communications, Inc. and a group of banks, with The Chase Manhattan Bank acting as the administrative agent. It sets out the terms under which Cox Communications can borrow funds, including revolving credit loans, fees, repayment terms, and financial covenants. The agreement also details the responsibilities of the parties, conditions for borrowing, and events that could trigger default. The arrangement is designed to provide Cox Communications with flexible financing over a five-year period, subject to compliance with specified financial and operational requirements.
EX-10.2 4 g65184ex10-2.txt 5 YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT 1 EXHIBIT 10.2 FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 26, 2000 by and among COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and The Banks Party Hereto and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK as Administrative Agent for the Banks -------------------- BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION as Syndication Agent ------------------------- THE BANK OF NEW YORK and WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. as Co-Documentation Agents ------------------------- Chase Securities Inc., as Sole Advisor, Arranger and Book Manager ------------------------- 2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I Definitions 1
ARTICLE V Application of Proceeds 34 Application of Proceeds 34 3 3 ARTICLE VI Representations and Warranties 34
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6 6 LIST OF EXHIBITS The following exhibits have been omitted and will be provided supplementally to the Commission upon request. Exhibit 2.01(a) - Banks and Commitments Exhibit 2.01(g)(iv) - Eurocurrency Liabilities (Regulation D) Exhibit 6.01 - List of Subsidiaries Exhibit 6.03 - List of Actions Pending Exhibit 6.15 - Franchise Agreements Exhibit 7.01(c)(i) - Opinions of the Company's Counsel and the Company's Special FCC Counsel addressed to the Banks Exhibit 7.01(c)(ii) - Opinion of Counsel for the Banks Addressed to the Banks Exhibit 7.01(d) - Officers' Certificate Exhibit 9.01(d) - List of Liens and Security Interests Exhibit 13.02 - Addresses for Notices Exhibit 13.07(c) - Assignment and Acceptance 7 THIS FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made as of the 26th day of September 2000, is among COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (the "Company"), the BANKS party hereto, THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent for the Banks (hereinafter in such capacity called the "Administrative Agent"), BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as syndication agent and THE BANK OF NEW YORK and WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as co-documentation agents. The Company has requested the Banks to extend Commitments (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) under which the Company may obtain revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not greater than $900,000,000. The proceeds of the Borrowings hereunder will be used by the Company for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of maturing commercial paper. The Banks are willing to establish the credit facility referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the respective meanings indicated opposite each of them and all accounting terms shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistent with those followed in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.02, unless otherwise indicated: "Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the person specified. "Agreement" shall mean this Five-Year Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time. "Alternate Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Floating Rate in effect on such day; or (b) the Federal Funds Borrowing Rate in effect for such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes of this Agreement, any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Federal Funds Borrowing Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Federal Funds Borrowing Rate. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive, absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain, after reasonable efforts, the Federal Funds Borrowing Rate, the Alternate Base Rate shall be the Floating Rate until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. 8 2 "Alternate Base Rate Loans" shall mean those Loans which may be made under this Agreement and which are described in Section 2.01(d)(ii) on which the Company shall pay interest at a rate based on the Alternate Base Rate. "Alternate Currency" shall mean British pounds sterling, Japanese yen, Canadian dollars or the Euro. "Alternate Currency Borrowings" and individually "Alternate Currency Borrowing", shall mean borrowings by the Company under Section 2.04 consisting of simultaneous Loans from the Banks under each such Bank's Alternate Currency Commitment. "Alternate Currency Commitment" shall mean, subject to Section 4.02, as to each Bank, the Dollar equivalent of 55.55% of each Bank's initial Commitment (as set forth on Exhibit 2.01(a), attached hereto) or as set forth in an Assignment and Acceptance, as such Commitment (a) may be reduced from time to time pursuant to this Agreement or (b) may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance. "Alternate Currency Loans" and individually, "Alternate Currency Loan", shall mean those Loans which may be made under this Agreement and which are described in Section 2.04(a). "Alternate Currency Reference Banks" shall mean Chase and its Affiliates, Citicorp U.S.A., Inc. and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York. "Assignment and Acceptance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.07(c) hereof. "Attributable Amount" shall mean, in respect of any assets disposed of by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 8.11, the amount of Consolidated Annualized Operating Cash Flow, determined at the time of such disposition or designation, which was attributable to such assets or such Subsidiary. "Banks" shall mean the Persons listed on Exhibit 2.01(a) and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance. "Basic Subscribers" shall mean all of the following which are receiving basic cable television service provided by the CATV Systems: (a) the number of single family dwellings, plus the number of individual households in multiple dwelling units, paying at the stated basic service rate, (b) the number of equivalent bulk and commercial rate customers calculated by dividing the aggregate bulk and commercial basic service revenues by the stated basic service rate and (c) the number of courtesy and free service customers. "Borrowings" and individually, "Borrowing", shall mean Conventional Borrowings or Alternate Currency Borrowings. 9 3 "Borrowing Date" shall mean a date upon which a Borrowing is to be made under Section 2. "Business Day" shall mean a day when the Reference Banks or Alternate Currency Reference Banks, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent are open for business; provided that if the applicable Business Day relates to Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, it shall mean a day when the Reference Banks or the Alternate Currency Reference Banks, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent are open for business and banks are authorized to be open for business in London and New York; further provided that if the applicable Business Day relates to an Alternate Currency Loan, it shall additionally mean a day when banks are open for business in (i) the country of issue of the currency of such Alternate Currency Loan and (ii) Frankfurt am Main, Germany (or such principal financial center or centers in such Participating Member State or States as the Administrative Agent may from time to time nominate for this purpose). "Cash Flow Producing Assets" shall mean (a) assets other than (i) cash equivalents and other investments purchased in the ordinary course of the Company's cash management activities, (ii) office buildings and office equipment and supplies and (iii) other assets not comprising cable television systems or portions thereof and not directly employed in the cash flow-producing activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary owning a Cash Flow Producing Asset. "CATV Systems" shall mean the cable television distribution systems owned and operated, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that receive television and video signals by antenna, microwave transmission or satellite transmission and which amplify such signals and distribute them via coaxial or fiber optic cable. "CD Rate" for any Interest Period shall mean, for each CD Rate Loan comprising all or part of the relevant Conventional Borrowing, an interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the sum of: (a) the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) the per annum rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 0.01%, if such average is not such a multiple) of the bid rate determined independently by each Reference Bank at 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time), or as soon thereafter as is practicable, on the first day of such Interest Period, of a certificate of deposit dealer of recognized standing selected by each Reference Bank for the purchase at face value of its certificates of deposit in an amount approximately equal or comparable to the aggregate principal amount of such CD Rate Loans, with a maturity equal to such Interest Period, by (ii) the result obtained by subtracting from 100% all reserve (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), special deposit or similar requirements (expressed as a rate per annum) applicable (or scheduled at the time of determination to become applicable during such Interest Period) to such certificates of deposit, plus 10 4 (b) the weighted average of annual assessment rates, determined by the Administrative Agent to be in effect on the first day of such Interest Period, used to determine the then current annual assessment payable by the Reference Banks to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for such Corporation's insuring Dollar deposits of such Reference Banks in the United States. "CD Rate Loans" shall mean those Loans which may be made under this Agreement and which are described in Section 2.01(d)(i) on which the Company shall pay interest at a rate based on the CD Rate. A "Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if (a) the Cox Family and Cox Enterprises shall cease at any time to own directly or indirectly at least 50.1% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, (b) any Person or group of Persons other than the Cox Family, Cox Enterprises and Persons controlled by them shall have the right or ability, directly or indirectly, to cause the election of a majority of the directors of the Company, (c) the Cox Family shall cease at any time to own directly or indirectly at least 50.1% of the outstanding voting stock of Cox Enterprises, or (d) any Person or group of Persons other than the Cox Family shall have the right or ability, directly or indirectly, to cause the election of a majority of the directors of Cox Enterprises. "Chase" shall mean The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation having its principal offices located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017. "Commitment" shall mean as to any Bank the amount of such Bank's commitment to make Loans hereunder, as set forth beside such Bank's name on Exhibit 2.01(a) attached hereto or in any Assignment and Acceptance executed pursuant to Section 13.07(c), as such amount (a) may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance or (b) may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, and "Commitments" shall mean the Commitments of all of the Banks. "Commitment Fees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a). "Consolidated Annualized Interest Expense" shall mean four times the sum of (i) interest expense, after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to interest rate swaps, caps and floors or other similar agreements, and (ii) capitalized interest expense, in each case of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently completed fiscal quarter, all on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that interest expense shall exclude (a) any Deferred Basic Interest or Accrued Interest (as defined in Section 3 of the global notes evidencing the PRIZES) on the PRIZES until such time as such Deferred Basic Interest or Accrued Interest is paid in cash and (b) any effects on interest expense in respect of any Indexed Security arising as a result of mark-to-market entries made in respect of fluctuations in the fair value of the securities underlying such Indexed Security, or fluctuations in the fair value of any derivative financial instruments embedded in such Indexed Security. "Consolidated Annualized Operating Cash Flow" shall mean the sum of (i) four times operating income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the 11 5 most recently completed fiscal quarter (less cash dividends and other cash distributions to the holders of minority interests in the Company's Restricted Subsidiaries), before giving effect to depreciation, amortization, equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated investees and nonrecurring one-time charges and (ii) cash dividends and cash distributions paid (other than extraordinary distributions) to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the most recently completed fiscal quarter and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters by unconsolidated investees of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, all on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP. "Consolidated Debt" shall mean, as of any date and without duplication, all Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, including guaranties of indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of Property and obligations under or with respect to standby letters of credit of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that the amount of such liabilities for guaranties or standby letters of credit in the aggregate exceed $50,000,000; provided further that (a) for purposes of this definition, Debt shall not include guaranties by the Company of overdrafts of any Restricted Subsidiary which occur in the ordinary course of business and remain outstanding for a period not to exceed seven Business Days, and (b) for purposes of computing the Leverage Ratio at any time, the Consolidated Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries representing the unused proceeds of debt and equity securities issued or assets sold after the date hereof to finance acquisitions that have not yet been consummated and to refinance Debt obligations scheduled to mature in 90 days. "Conventional Borrowings" and individually, "Conventional Borrowing", shall mean Borrowings by the Company under Section 2.01(a) consisting of simultaneous Loans (other than Alternate Currency Loans) from the Banks. "Conventional Loans" and individually, "Conventional Loan", shall mean CD Rate Loans, Alternate Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans made in Dollars, pursuant to Section 2.01(a). "Counsel for the Administrative Agent" shall mean Cravath, Swaine & Moore. "Counsel for the Company" shall mean Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC. "Cox Enterprises" shall mean Cox Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation. "Cox Family" shall include those certain trusts commonly referred to as the Dayton-Cox Trust A, the Barbara Cox Anthony Atlanta Trust, the Anne Cox Chambers Atlanta Trust, the Estate of James M. Cox, Jr., Barbara Cox Anthony, Garner Anthony, Anne Cox Chambers, and the estates, executors and administrators, and children of the above-named individuals, and any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity in which the above-named trusts or individuals in the aggregate have a beneficial interest of greater than 50%. 12 6 "Debt" shall mean with respect to any Person and without duplication (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of Property in respect of which such Person is liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, or in respect of which such Person directly or indirectly assures a creditor against loss, and (ii) the capitalized portions of obligations under leases which shall have been or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases. "Default Rate" shall mean a rate per annum (for the actual number of days elapsed, based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) which shall be equal to the lesser of (i) in the case of a Conventional Loan, the Alternate Base Rate plus 1%, or the Highest Lawful Rate and (ii) in the case of an Alternate Currency Loan, the Eurocurrency Rate plus the applicable Margin Percentage plus 1%, or the Highest Lawful Rate; provided that after the end of any applicable Interest Period, if the rate provided for in clause (ii) is not available, then the Default Rate shall be the rate provided for in clause (i). "Depositary" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.03 "Discount Debentures" means the Company's Exchangeable Subordinated Discount Debentures due 2020 in an aggregate original principal amount of $1,643,617,000 issued pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement. "Discretionary Alternate Currency" shall mean any lawful currency other than Dollars which is freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. "Discretionary Borrowings" and individually, "Discretionary Borrowing", shall mean borrowings by the Company under Section 2.06 consisting of Discretionary Loans. "Discretionary Loans" and individually, "Discretionary Loan", shall mean loans made by a Bank pursuant to Section 2.06, including, without limitation, Discretionary Loans made in a Discretionary Alternate Currency. "Dollars" and "$" shall mean lawful currency of the United States of America. "EMU" means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union. "EMU Legislation" means legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency (whether known as the Euro or otherwise), being in part the implementation of the third stage of EMU. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. "Euro" means the single currency of Participating Member State of the European Union. 13 7 "Eurocurrency Loans" shall mean those Loans which may be made under this Agreement and which are described in Section 2.01(d)(iv) on which the Company shall pay interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate. "Eurocurrency Rate" for any Interest Period shall mean, for each Eurocurrency Loan comprising part of the relevant Alternate Currency Borrowing, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 am (New York, New York time) on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in the currency of such Alternate Currency Borrowing (as reflected on the applicable Telerate screen), for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, "Eurocurrency Rate" shall be the interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetical average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 0.01%, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in the relevant Alternate Currency are offered for such Interest Period by the lending office of each Alternate Currency Reference Bank to a prime bank in the London interbank market at 10:00 am (New York, New York time) on the date two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period and in an amount substantially equal to the amount of the relevant Eurocurrency Loan of such Alternate Currency Reference Bank to be outstanding during such Interest Period. "Eurodollar Event" or "Eurocurrency Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(e)(i). "Eurodollar Loans" shall mean those Loans which may be made under this Agreement and which are described in Section 2.01(d)(iii) on which the Company shall pay interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate. "Eurodollar Rate" for any Interest Period shall mean, for each Eurodollar Loan comprising part of the relevant Conventional Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the per annum rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetical average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 0.01%, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the Lending Office of each Reference Bank to a prime bank in the interbank domestic eurodollar market at 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period and in an amount substantially equal to the amount of the relevant Eurodollar Loan of such Reference Bank during such Interest Period. "Euro Unit" means the currency unit of the Euro. "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified in Section 10; provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act, and "Default" shall mean any of such events, whether or not any such requirement has been satisfied. "Excess Margin Stock" shall mean that portion of the Margin Stock owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that must be excluded from the assets subject to the restrictions of Sections 9.01 and 9.03 in order for the Margin Stock 14 8 subject to such Sections to represent less than 25% of the value of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that are subject to such Sections. "Existing Credit Agreements" shall mean (a) the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of October 9, 1997, as amended by the First Amendment dated as of September 30, 1998 and the Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 1999, among the Company, the banks party thereto, The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association), as administrative agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent and (b) the Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of October 9, 1997, as amended and restated as of September 30, 1998 and as of September 28, 1999, among the Company, the banks party thereto, The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association), as administrative agent, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as documentation agent. "FCC" shall mean the Federal Communications Commission or any successor governmental agency thereto. "Federal Funds Borrowing Rate" shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System for such day quoted by the Reference Banks to the Administrative Agent at 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) on such day. "Fitch" shall mean Fitch, Inc. "Floating Rate" shall mean, as of a particular date, the prime rate most recently determined by Chase. Without notice to the Company or any other Person, the Floating Rate shall change automatically from time to time as and in the amount by which said prime rate shall fluctuate, with each such change to be effective as of the date of each change in such prime rate. The Floating Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Chase may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Floating Rate. "Franchise Agreements" shall mean all material franchise agreements or other substantially similar agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party. "GAAP" shall mean 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 in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Majority Banks request an 15 9 amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. "Granting Bank" has the meaning specified in Section 13.07(d). "Highest Lawful Rate" shall mean the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any applicable time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on any Loan or on the other amounts which may be owing to any Bank pursuant to this Agreement under the laws applicable to such Bank and this transaction. "Homes Passed" shall mean the total of (a) the number of single family residences capable of being serviced without further line construction; (b) the number of units in multi-family residential buildings capable of being serviced without further line construction; and (c) the number of then current commercial service accounts regardless of the number of units serviced or the equivalent billing units. "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of June 27, 1995 between the Company and the Bank of New York, as Trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 12, 1999, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 6, 1999, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 14, 2000, and the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 19, 2000 (and as the same may be further supplemented from time to time). "Index Debt" shall mean senior, unsecured noncredit-enhanced, long-term Debt of the Company. "Indexed Securities" means the PHONES, the PRIZES, the Discount Debentures and any other securities of the Company issued and outstanding from time to time (a) that are accounted for as indexed debt instruments pursuant to EITF Issue No. 86-28 or (b) indexed debt instruments that contain embedded derivative financial instruments and are accounted for pursuant to FASB Statement No. 133. "Interest Payment Date" shall mean the last day of each Interest Period. "Interest Period" shall mean, with respect to each Loan made hereunder, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan and (a) in the case of CD Rate Loans, ending 30, 60, 90 or 180 days thereafter; (b) in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans, ending not less than one nor more than 90 days thereafter; and (c) in the case of Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, ending 7 days (subject to availability from each Bank) or one, two, three or six months thereafter; in each case as the Company may select in the Notice of Conventional Borrowing or the Notice of Alternate Currency Borrowing; provided, however, that (i) no Interest Period 16 10 for a Conventional Loan or an Alternate Currency Loan may be chosen that would extend beyond the Maturity Date, (ii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that with respect to Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day only if such Business Day does not fall in another month, and in the event the next succeeding Business Day falls in another month, the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan or Eurocurrency Loan shall be accelerated so that such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (iii) any Interest Period that begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last month of such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the last month of such Interest Period. In no event shall there be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect at any one time. "Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to any Bank, its principal office in the city identified with such Bank in Exhibit 13.02 hereto, or such other office or branch of such Bank, or Affiliate of such Bank located in the United States (acting on behalf of such Bank as its "Lending Office" hereunder), as it shall designate in writing from time to time to the Company, as the case may be. "Leverage Ratio" shall mean, at any time, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended to (b) Pro-forma Consolidated Annualized Operating Cash Flow; provided that (i) so long as the Company is the beneficial owner of shares or other securities constituting, or convertible into or exchangeable for the Maximum Number of Reference Shares (as defined in Section 3 of the global notes evidencing the PRIZES) with respect to the outstanding PRIZES (excluding, for purposes of such determination, any shares or other securities in respect of which any other Indexed Securities shall have been issued and shall be outstanding and excluding any portion of any shares or other securities attributable to any additional consideration payable upon any such conversion or exchange), the computation of the Leverage Ratio shall exclude the PRIZES, (ii) so long as the Company is the beneficial owner of shares or other securities constituting, or convertible into or exchangeable for 4,477,000 Reference Shares (as defined in Section 101 of the PHONES Supplemental Indenture) with respect to the outstanding PHONES (excluding, for purposes of such determination, any shares or other securities in respect of which any other Indexed Securities shall have been issued and shall be outstanding and excluding any portion of any shares or other securities attributable to any additional consideration payable upon any such conversion or exchange), the computation of the Leverage Ratio shall exclude the PHONES, and (iii) so long as the Company is the beneficial owner of shares or other securities constituting, or convertible into or exchangeable for at least the maximum number at any time of the securities underlying any other class of Indexed Securities in respect of which claims may be made by the holders of such Indexed Securities (excluding, for purposes of such determination, any shares or other securities in respect of which any other Indexed Securities shall have been issued and shall be outstanding and excluding any portion of any shares or other securities attributable to any additional consideration payable upon any conversion or exchange), the computation of the Leverage Ratio shall exclude any effects on the amount of the Indexed Securities of such class arising as a result of mark-to-market entries made in respect of fluctuations in the fair value of the securities underlying such Indexed Securities, or fluctuations in the fair value of any derivative financial instruments embedded in such Indexed Securities, but 17 11 shall in any event include the original principal amount and any accreted principal amount of the Indexed Securities of such class. "Loans" and individually, "Loan", shall mean Conventional Loans, Alternate Currency Loans and Discretionary Loans. "Majority Banks" shall mean (a) except as provided in clause (b) below, Banks having more than 50% of the aggregate Commitments, and (b) for the period after the Maturity Date until such time as the obligations under this Agreement are paid in full, and for purposes of making determinations under Article X, Banks having more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding (calculated in its Dollar equivalent). "Margin Percentage" shall mean at any date that percentage (a) to be added to the CD Rate or the Eurodollar Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as appropriate, pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(i), Section 2.01(d)(iii) or Section 2.01(d)(iv), for purposes of determining the per annum rate of interest applicable from time to time to CD Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans or Eurocurrency Loans and (b) to be used in computing the Commitment Fee pursuant to Section 4.01(a), set forth under the appropriate column below opposite the Category corresponding to the Company's corporate credit ratings by S&P, Moody's or Fitch, respectively, on such date: