Credit Agreement – FedEx Corp., Citicorp USA Inc., Bank of America N.A., Bank One, Commerzbank A.G., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Co., Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Chase Manhattan Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
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$750,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
September 28, 2001
among
FEDEX CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
CITICORP USA, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
BANK ONE, NA, COMMERZBANK A.G.,
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
as Co-Documentation Agents,
The Several Lenders Party Hereto,
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS..........................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings ..................14
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally..........................................14
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP...................................15
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS........................................................15
SECTION 2.01. Commitments..............................................15
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.....................................15
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings..................................16
SECTION 2.04. Funding of Borrowings....................................16
SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections.......................................17
SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.................18
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.....................19
SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans......................................19
SECTION 2.09. Fees.....................................................20
SECTION 2.10. Interest.................................................20
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest...............................21
SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs..........................................21
SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments...................................22
SECTION 2.14. Taxes....................................................23
SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment;
Sharing of Set-offs......................................24
SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders...........25
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....................................26
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers.....................................26
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability............................26
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.....................26
SECTION 3.04. Financial Statements.....................................27
SECTION 3.05. Taxes....................................................27
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.....................27
SECTION 3.07. Subsidiaries.............................................27
SECTION 3.08. ERISA....................................................27
SECTION 3.09. Accuracy of Information..................................28
SECTION 3.10. Regulation U.............................................28
SECTION 3.11. Compliance with Laws and Agreements......................28
SECTION 3.12. Properties; Liens........................................28
SECTION 3.13. Investment and Holding Company Status....................28
SECTION 3.14. Citizenship..............................................28
SECTION 3.15. Status as Air Carrier....................................29
SECTION 3.16. Pari Passu...............................................29
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS.........................................................29
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date...........................................29
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event........................................30
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS...............................................31
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information...............31
SECTION 5.02. Use of Proceeds..........................................32
SECTION 5.03. Notice of Material Events...............................32
SECTION 5.04. Existence; Conduct of Business...........................32
SECTION 5.05. Citizenship and Regulatory Certificates..................32
SECTION 5.06. Payment of Taxes.........................................32
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws.....................................33
SECTION 5.08. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.....................33
SECTION 5.09. Books and Records; Inspection Rights.....................33
SECTION 5.10. Leverage.................................................33
SECTION 5.11. Fixed Charge Coverage....................................33
SECTION 5.12. Guarantee Agreement......................................33
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS.................................................34
SECTION 6.01. Liens....................................................34
SECTION 6.02. Restricted Investments...................................36
SECTION 6.03. Merger and Consolidation.................................36
SECTION 6.04. Sales of Assets..........................................37
SECTION 6.05. Loans, Advances and Investments..........................38
SECTION 6.06. Contingent Liabilities...................................38
SECTION 6.07. Negative Covenants in Subsidiary Agreements..............39
SECTION 6.08. Sales of Unrestricted Margin Stock.......................39
SECTION 6.09. Subsidiary Indebtedness..................................40
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT.................................................40
ARTICLE VIII THE AGENTS.......................................................42
SECTION 8.01. Appointment..............................................42
SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties.....................................43
SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions...................................43
SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent.........................43
SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default........................................43
SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders.................44
SECTION 8.07. Indemnification..........................................44
SECTION 8.08. Agent in Its Individual Capacity.........................44
SECTION 8.09. Successor Administrative Agent...........................45
SECTION 8.10. Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent................45
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS......................................................45
SECTION 9.01. Amendments and Waivers...................................45
SECTION 9.02. Notices..................................................46
SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...........................47
SECTION 9.04. Survival of Representations and Warranties...............47
SECTION 9.05. Payment of Expenses and Taxes............................47
SECTION 9.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments...48
SECTION 9.07. Adjustments; Set-off.....................................51
SECTION 9.08. Counterparts.............................................51
SECTION 9.09. Severability.............................................51
SECTION 9.10. Integration..............................................52
SECTION 9.11. GOVERNING LAW............................................52
SECTION 9.12. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers......................52
SECTION 9.13. Acknowledgements.........................................52
SECTION 9.14. Release of Guarantors....................................53
SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality..........................................53
SECTION 9.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL....................................53
SECTION 9.17. Waiver...................................................53
SECTION 9.18. Interest Rate Limitation.................................53
SECTION 9.19. Headings.................................................54
SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 2.01 - Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 3.06 - Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.07 - Significant Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.01(c) - Compliance Calculations
Schedule 5.12 - Subsidiary Guarantors
EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A - Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit B - Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit C - Form of Guarantee Agreement
Exhibit D - Form of Opinion of Borrower's General Counsel
Exhibit E - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit F - Form of Exemption Certificate
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 28, 2001, among FEDEX
CORPORATION, the LENDERS party hereto, THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Administrative Agent, CITICORP USA, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Co-Syndication Agents and BANK ONE, NA, COMMERZBANK A.G., BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as
Co-Documentation Agents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"ADJUSTED LIBO RATE" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest
Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
"ADJUSTED NET INCOME" means, for any period on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, the income (loss) before income taxes of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period MINUS, to the extent included in
determining such income (loss) for such period, any net loss or gain realized in
connection with any sale or disposition of any asset (other than in the ordinary
course of business).
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means The Chase Manhattan Bank, in its capacity
as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
"AFFILIATE" means, 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.
"AGENTS" means the collective reference to the Co-Syndication Agents,
the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.
"AGGREGATE EXPOSURE": with respect to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to (a) until the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of such
Lender's Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the amount of such
Lender's Commitment then in effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated,
the amount of such Lender's Loans then outstanding.
"AGGREGATE EXPOSURE PERCENTAGE": with respect to any Lender at any
time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender's Aggregate Exposure
at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
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"AGREEMENT" means this Five-Year Credit Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"ALTERNATE BASE RATE" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to
the higher of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day or (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate
Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to
any assignments.
"APPLICABLE RATE" means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or
Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the
case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption
"ABR Spread", Eurodollar Spread" or "Facility Fee Rate", as the case may be,
based upon the ratings by Moody's and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date
to the Index Debt:
SCHEDULE 3.06
DISCLOSED MATTERS
(SEE SECTION 3.06)
NONE
SCHEDULE 3.07
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
(SEE SECTION 3.07)
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1 Federal Express Canada Ltd. is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Federal
Express Corporation.
2 American Freightways, Inc. is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FedEx Freight
System, Inc.
3 Viking Freight, Inc. is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of FedEx Freight System,
Inc.
SCHEDULE 5.01(c)
COMPLIANCE CALCULATIONS
(SEE SECTION 5.01(c))
SEE ATTACHED
FEDEX CORPORATION
COMPLIANCE CALCULATIONS
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENTS, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2001
IN THOUSANDS OF US$
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SECTION 5.10
LEVERAGE TEST
* Capitalized Operating Lease Value is the present value of Aircraft
Leases discounted at 12.5%.
** The Defined Capitalization Ratio is Total Defined Debt to Total
Defined Capitalization.
FEDEX CORPORATION
COMPLIANCE CALCULATIONS
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENTS, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2001
IN THOUSANDS OF US$
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SECTION 5.11
FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE TEST
* Consolidated Cash Flow is the sum of Adjusted Net Income, Interest and
Rent Expense.
** Total Fixed Charges is the sum of Interest Expense and Rent Expense.
The Ratio is calculated on a rolling 12-month basis to eliminate
seasonality.
SCHEDULE 5.12
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of
September 28, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “CREDIT AGREEMENT”), among FEDEX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the “BORROWER”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time
to time parties to this Agreement (the “LENDERS”), THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a
New York banking corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”), CITICORP USA, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Co-Syndication Agents, and BANK ONE, NA, COMMERZBANK A.G., BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC as
Co-Documentation Agents, the undersigned hereby delivers this Borrowing Request.
The Borrower hereby requests that a [Eurodollar / ABR] Loan be made in
the aggregate principal amount of _____________ on ____ __, 200_ [with an
Interest Period of ___ months].
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
(a) The representations and warranties made by the Borrower in or
pursuant to the Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date
hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof; and
(b) No Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof or
after giving effect to the Loans requested to be made on such date.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
The Borrower agrees that if prior to the time of the borrowing
requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and
correct in all material respects at such time as if then made, it will
immediately so notify the Administrative Agent. Except to the extent, if any,
that prior to the time of the borrowing requested hereby the Administrative
Agent shall receive written notice to the contrary from the Borrower, each
matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified as true
and correct in all material respects at the date of such borrowings as if then
made.
Please wire transfer the proceeds of the borrowing as directed by the
Borrower on the attached Schedule 1.
The Borrower has caused this Borrowing Request to be executed and
delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by
the undersigned Financial Officer this ___ day of ________, 200_.
FEDEX CORPORATION
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
Pursuant to subsection 2.05(b) of the Five-Year Credit Agreement,
dated as of September 28, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “CREDIT AGREEMENT”), among FEDEX CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “BORROWER”), the several banks and other financial institutions
from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “LENDERS”), THE CHASE MANHATTAN
BANK, a New York banking corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity,
the “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”), CITICORP USA, INC. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Co-Syndication Agents, and BANK ONE, NA, COMMERZBANK A.G., BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC as
Co-Documentation Agents, this represents the Borrower’s request to convert or
continue Loans as follows:
1 Date of conversion/continuation: __________________
2. Amount of Loans being converted/continued: $________________
3. Type of Loans being converted/continued:
/ / a. Eurodollar Loans
/ / b. ABR Loans
4. Nature of conversion/continuation:
/ / a. Conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar ABR Loans
/ / b. Conversion of Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans
/ / c. Continuation of Eurodollar Loans as such
5. Interest Periods:
If Loans are being continued as or converted to Eurodollar
Loans, the duration of the new Interest Period that commences
on the conversion/ continuation date:
________________ month(s)
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In the case of a conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Loans,
the undersigned officer, to the best of his or her knowledge, on behalf of the
Borrower, certifies that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Credit Agreement.
DATED: FEDEX CORPORATION
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By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY (this “GUARANTY”) is made as of the 28th day of September,
2001, by each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “INITIAL
GUARANTORS”, and together with each Subsidiary which becomes a party to this
Agreement by executing an Addendum hereto in the form attached as Annex I, the
“GUARANTORS”) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, FedEx Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “BORROWER”), The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”), and certain Lenders have entered into a certain
Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2001 (as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “CREDIT
AGREEMENT”), providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for
extensions of credit to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the initial extensions of credit by
the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that each of the Guarantors execute and
deliver this Guaranty, whereby each of the Guarantors shall guarantee the
payment when due, subject to SECTION 8 hereof, of any and all of the
Obligations; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the financial and other support that the
Borrower has provided, and such financial and other support as the Borrower may
in the future provide, to the Guarantors, and in order to induce the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, each of the
Guarantors is willing to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the Guarantors
represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall be deemed to
have been renewed at the time of each borrowing by the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement) that:
(a) It is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
other commercial entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
formation and has all requisite authority to conduct its
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business as a foreign Person in each jurisdiction in which its business is
conducted, except where the failure to have such requisite authority would
not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) It has the power and authority and legal right to execute and
deliver this Guaranty and to perform its obligations hereunder. The
execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty and the performance by it of
its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper proceedings,
and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and
subject also to the availability of equitable remedies if equitable
remedies are sought.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty, nor the
consummation by it of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance
by it with the terms and provisions hereof, will violate any law, rule,
regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on
it or its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws, limited
liability company or partnership agreement or the provisions of any
indenture, instrument or material agreement to which it is a party or is
subject, or by which it, or its property, is bound, or conflict with or
constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien in, of or on its property pursuant to the term of any such
indenture, instrument or material agreement. No order, consent, approval,
license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by, any governmental authority, is required
to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by it of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of, this Guaranty.
SECTION 3. THE GUARANTY. Subject to SECTION 8 hereof, each of the
Guarantors hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors
and severally, the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, (the foregoing,
subject to the provisions of SECTION 8 hereof, being referred to collectively as
the “GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS”). Upon failure by the Borrower to pay punctually
any such amount, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand
pay such amount at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement
or the relevant Loan Document, as the case may be. Each of the Guarantors hereby
agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guaranty
of payment and is not a guaranty of collection.
SECTION 4. GUARANTY UNCONDITIONAL. Subject to SECTION 8 hereof, the
obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall be unconditional and
absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be
released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(a) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver
or release of or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part
thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any
obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure
or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating
thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations;
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(b) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any
such amendment which may increase the amount of the Obligations guaranteed
hereby;
(c) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver,
subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any
collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any
other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part
thereof, or any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to
the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or
invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(d) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence,
structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or
other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other guarantor of
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective assets or any
resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any
other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the
Guarantors may have at any time against the Borrower, any other guarantor
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with
any unrelated transactions, PROVIDED that nothing herein shall prevent the
assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(f) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or
any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any
agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or
unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other guarantor
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law or
regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other
guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(g) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to
perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights
to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;
(h) the election by, or on behalf of, any one or more of the Lenders,
in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United
States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) (the “BANKRUPTCY CODE”), of the
application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(i) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Borrower, as
debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(j) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all
or any portion of the claims of any of the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
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(k) the failure of any other Guarantor to sign or become party to this
Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or
(l) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the
Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person or any other
circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this SECTION
4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 5. DISCHARGE ONLY UPON PAYMENT IN FULL; REINSTATEMENT IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.14 of the Credit
Agreement, each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full
force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full
and the Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired.
If at any time any payment of any portion of the Obligations is rescinded or
must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations
hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such
payment had been due but not made at such time.
SECTION 6. GENERAL WAIVERS. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives
acceptance hereof, presentment, demand or action on delinquency, protest, the
benefit of any statutes of limitations and, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any
time any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower, any other guarantor
of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.
SECTION 7. SUBORDINATION OF SUBROGATION. Until the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments under the Credit Agreement
shall have terminated or expired, the Guarantors (i) shall have no right of
subrogation with respect to such Obligations and (ii) waive any right to enforce
any remedy which the Lenders or the Administrative Agent now have or may
hereafter have against the Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any
part of the Obligations or any other Person, and the Guarantors waive any
benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to secure the payment or performance of
all or any part of the Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the
Lenders. Should any Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to
exercise its subrogation rights, each Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably
(a) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation,
reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that the
Guarantor may have to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the
Obligations and (b) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor
or accommodation co-obligor until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full
in cash. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is
intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall not limit
or otherwise affect such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforceability
of this Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their
respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the
waivers and agreements set forth in this SECTION 7.
SECTION 8. LIMITATION. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to
the contrary, each Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty (which liability is
in any event in addition to amounts for which such entity may be primarily
liable) shall be limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of
determination the greater of:
(a) the net amount of all Loans advanced to the Borrower under this
Agreement and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the
benefit of, such Guarantor; and
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(b) the amount which could be claimed by the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders from such Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering such
claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law
after taking into account, among other things, such Guarantor’s right of
contribution and indemnification from each other Guarantor under SECTION 9.
SECTION 9. CONTRIBUTION WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS.
(a) To the extent that any Guarantor shall make a payment under this
Guaranty (a “GUARANTOR PAYMENT”) which, taking into account all other
Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other
Guarantor, exceeds the amount which such Guarantor would otherwise have
paid if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such
Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that such Guarantor’s “Allocable
Amount” (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the
Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor
Payment, THEN, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the
Obligations and termination or expiration of the Commitments under the
Credit Agreement, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution
and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other
Guarantor for the amount of such excess, PRO RATA based upon their
respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor
Payment.
(b) As of any date of determination, the “ALLOCABLE AMOUNT” of any
Guarantor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could
then be recovered from such Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering
such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer
Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.
(c) This SECTION 9 is intended only to define the relative rights of
the Guarantors and nothing set forth in this SECTION 9 is intended to or
shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to
pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and
indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor to which
such contribution and indemnification is owing.
(e) The rights of the indemnifying Guarantors against other Guarantors
under this SECTION 9 shall be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible
payment of the Obligations and the termination or expiration of the
Commitments under the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 10. STAY OF ACCELERATION. If acceleration of the time for payment
of any of the Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to
acceleration under the terms of the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document
shall nonetheless be payable by each of the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on
demand by the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 11. NO WAIVERS. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Credit
Agreement, and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of
any rights or remedies provided by law.
SECTION 12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and
permitted assigns and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under
the Credit Agreement, or the other Loan Documents in accordance with the
respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the
indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This
Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective
successors and assigns.
SECTION 13. CHANGES IN WRITING. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision
hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in
writing signed by each of the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent with the
consent of the Lenders required for such change, waiver, discharge or
termination pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW. ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN ANY GUARANTOR AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO,
OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH,
THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND WHETHER ARISING IN
CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INTERNAL LAWS (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL.
(a) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B), EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG
THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE RESOLVED
EXCLUSIVELY BY STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, BUT THE PARTIES
HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A
COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES IN ALL
DISPUTES BROUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (A) ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE
TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT CONSIDERING THE DISPUTE.
(b) OTHER JURISDICTIONS. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AGREES THAT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY INDEMNITEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
PROCEED AGAINST SUCH GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTY IN A COURT IN ANY LOCATION TO
ENABLE SUCH PERSON TO (1) OBTAIN PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH GUARANTOR OR
(2) ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER
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ENTERED IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON. EACH OF THE GUARANTORS AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT
ASSERT ANY PERMISSIVE COUNTERCLAIMS IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY SUCH PERSON TO
ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF SUCH PERSON. EACH OF THE
GUARANTORS WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COURT IN
WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS COMMENCED A PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION (B).
(c) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT
EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES
AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE
DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN
ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS GUARANTY WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY.
(d) ADVICE OF COUNSEL. EACH OF THE PARTIES REPRESENTS TO EACH OTHER
PARTY HERETO THAT IT HAS DISCUSSED THIS AGREEMENT AND, SPECIFICALLY, THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 15, WITH ITS COUNSEL.
SECTION 16. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.
SECTION 17. TAXES, EXPENSES OF ENFORCEMENT, ETC. All payments required to
be made by any of the Guarantors hereunder shall be made without setoff or
counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or
on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties or other
charges of whatsoever nature imposed by any government or any political or
taxing authority thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any of the Guarantors is
required by law to make such deduction or withholding, such Guarantor shall
forthwith pay to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, such
additional amount as results in the net amount received by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, as applicable, equaling the full amount which would have
been received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, had no
such deduction or withholding been made. The Guarantors also agree to reimburse
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any reasonable costs, internal
charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which
attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) paid or
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the
collection and enforcement of amounts due under the Loan Documents, including
without limitation this Guaranty.
SECTION 18. SETOFF. At any time after all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations have become due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise), each
Lender and the Administrative Agent may, without notice to any Guarantor and
regardless of the acceptance of any security or collateral
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for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply toward the payment of all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due
from such Lender or the Administrative Agent to any Guarantor, and (ii) any
moneys, credits or other property belonging to any Guarantor, at any time held
by or coming into the possession of such Lender or the Administrative Agent or
any of their respective affiliates.
SECTION 19. FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Each Guarantor hereby assumes
responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the
Borrower and any and all endorsers and/or other Guarantors of all or any part of
the Guaranteed Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk
of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, that diligent
inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the Lenders
or the Administrative Agent shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of
information known to any of them regarding such condition or any such
circumstances. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent, in its sole
discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such
information to a Guarantor, such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be
under no obligation (i) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular
business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or
banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (iii) to make any other or
future disclosures of such information or any other information to such
Guarantor.
SECTION 20. SEVERABILITY. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or
invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such
provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.
SECTION 21. MERGER. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of each of
the Guarantors with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be
contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent
oral agreements, between the Guarantor and any Lender or the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION 22. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Guaranty may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one
agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Guaranty by signing
any such counterpart.
SECTION 23. HEADINGS. Section headings in this Guaranty are for convenience
of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of
this Guaranty.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be
duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
[GUARANTORS]
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I TO GUARANTY
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ANNEX I TO GUARANTY
FORM OF ADDENDUM
Reference is hereby made to the Guaranty (the “GUARANTY”) made as of the
28th day of September, 2001 by each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I thereto
(collectively, the “INITIAL GUARANTORS”, together with each Significant
Subsidiary which has become a party thereto and with the undersigned, the
“GUARANTORS”) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, under the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Guaranty. By its
execution below, the undersigned [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR], a __________________,
agrees to become, and does hereby become, a Guarantor under the Guaranty and
agrees to be bound by such Guaranty as if originally a party thereto. By its
execution below, the undersigned represents and warrants as to itself that all
of the representations and warranties contained in SECTION 2 of the Guaranty are
true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR], a ____________________has
executed and delivered this Addendum counterpart to the Guaranty as of this __
day of ________, 200_.
[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 28, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “CREDIT AGREEMENT”), among FedEx Corporation (the “BORROWER”), the
Lenders party thereto and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent for
the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”), CITICORP USA, INC.
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and BANK ONE, NA,
COMMERZBANK A.G., BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY and THE ROYAL BANK OF
SCOTLAND PLC as Co-Documentation Agents. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement.
The Assignor identified on Schedule l hereto (the “ASSIGNOR”) and the
Assignee identified on Schedule l hereto (the “ASSIGNEE”) agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee
without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably
purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor,
as of the Effective Date (as defined below), the interest described in
Schedule 1 hereto (the “ASSIGNED INTEREST”) in and to the Assignor’s rights
and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit
facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1
hereto (individually, an “ASSIGNED FACILITY”; collectively, the “ASSIGNED
FACILITIES”), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth
on Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with
respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than
that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being
assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any
such adverse claim and (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes
no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower,
any of its Affiliates or any other obligor or the performance or observance
by the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other obligor of any of their
respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto.
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized
to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (b) confirms that it has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 3.04 thereof and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and
Acceptance; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the
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Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or
document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e)
agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and
will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the
terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a
Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the United States, its obligation pursuant to Section 2.14(d) of
the Credit Agreement.
4. The effective date of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be the
Effective Date of Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “EFFECTIVE
DATE”). Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will
be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance by it and recording
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as
of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the
Administrative Agent, be earlier than five Business Days after the date of
such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent).
5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date,
the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned
Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other
amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued subsequent to the
Effective Date.
6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to
the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and
under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions thereof
and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and
Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations
under the Credit Agreement.
7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and
Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective
duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.
Schedule 1
to Assignment and Acceptance with respect to the
Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2001
among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto,
the Co-Documentation Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents,
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent
Name of Assignor: _______________________
Name of Assignee: _______________________
Effective Date of Assignment: _________________
[Name of Assignee] [Name of Assignor]
By: _________________________ By: _________________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Accepted for Recordation Required Consents (if any):
in the Register:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as FEDEX CORPORATION, as Borrower
Administrative Agent
By: _________________________
By: _________________________ Name:
Name: Title:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Administrative Agent
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to the Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 28, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “CREDIT AGREEMENT”), among FedEx Corporation (the “BORROWER”), the
Lenders party thereto, the Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Syndication Agents
named therein and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement. ______________________ (the “NON-U.S. LENDER”) is
providing this certificate pursuant to Section 2.14(d) of the Credit Agreement.
The Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents and warrants that:
1. The Non-U.S. Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the
Loans in respect of which it is providing this certificate.
2. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” for purposes of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In
this regard, the Non-U.S. Lender further represents and warrants that:
(a) the Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to regulatory or other
legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction; and
(b) the Non-U.S. Lender has not been treated as a bank for
purposes of any tax, securities law or other filing or submission made to any
Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification
for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements.
3. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a 10-percent shareholder of the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code.
4. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation
receiving interest from a related person within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
certificate.
[NAME OF NON-U.S. LENDER]
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
Date: ____________________
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