UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
 
R
Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
or
 
 
o
Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from  __________ to __________
 
 
 
Commission file number 1-3950
 
Ford Motor Company
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
38-0549190
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
One American Road, Dearborn, Michigan
48126
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
313-322-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark if the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   R    No   o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes   R    No   o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.   Large accelerated filer R      Accelerated filer o      Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes  o    No   R
 
As of April 24, 2014, Ford had outstanding 3,883,406,273 shares of Common Stock and 70,852,076 shares of Class B Stock.  
  


Exhibit Index begins on page


 








FORD MOTOR COMPANY
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2014

 
Table of Contents
 
Page
 
Part I - Financial Information
 
 
Item 1
Financial Statements
 
 
Consolidated Income Statement
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
 
 
Sector Income Statement
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
 
Sector Balance Sheet
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
 
 
Condensed Sector Statement of Cash Flows
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Equity
 
 
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Item 2
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
 
Results of Operations
 
 
Automotive Sector
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
 
Production Volumes
 
 
Outlook
 
 
Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted
 
 
Other Financial Information
 
Item 3
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
 
Automotive Sector
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 
Item 4
Controls and Procedures
 
 
 
 
 
 
Part II - Other Information
 
 
Item 1
Legal Proceedings
 
Item 6
Exhibits
 
 
Signature
 
 
Exhibit Index
 

i


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Financial Statements.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
(in millions, except per share amounts)
 
For the periods ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
First Quarter
 
(unaudited)
Revenues
 
 
 
Automotive
$
33,876

 
$
33,858

Financial Services
2,000

 
1,791

Total revenues
35,876

 
35,649

 
 
 
 
Costs and expenses
 

 
 

Automotive cost of sales
31,021

 
30,005

Selling, administrative, and other expenses
3,372

 
3,124

Financial Services interest expense
678

 
706

Financial Services provision for credit and insurance losses
39

 
40

Total costs and expenses
35,110

 
33,875

 
 
 
 
Automotive interest expense
208

 
206

 
 
 
 
Automotive interest income and other income/(loss), net (Note 13)
214

 
245

Financial Services other income/(loss), net (Note 13)
68

 
96

Equity in net income of affiliated companies
419

 
214

Income before income taxes
1,259

 
2,123

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes (Note 15)
270

 
511

Net income
989

 
1,612

Less: Income/(Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
1

Net income attributable to Ford Motor Company
$
989

 
$
1,611

 
 
 
 
AMOUNTS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMMON AND CLASS B STOCK (Note 16)
Basic income
$
0.25

 
$
0.41

Diluted income
0.24

 
0.40

 
 
 
 
Cash dividends declared
0.125

 
0.10



CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in millions)
 
For the periods ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
First Quarter
 
(unaudited)
Net income
$
989

 
$
1,612

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax (Note 12)
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation
(235
)
 
(366
)
Derivative instruments
92

 
97

Pension and other postretirement benefits
183

 
591

Total other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax
40

 
322

Comprehensive income
1,029

 
1,934

Less: Comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
1

Comprehensive income attributable to Ford Motor Company
$
1,029

 
$
1,933


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

1

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
SECTOR INCOME STATEMENT
(in millions)
 
For the periods ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
First Quarter
 
(unaudited)
AUTOMOTIVE
 
 
 
Revenues
$
33,876

 
$
33,858

Costs and expenses
 
 
 
Cost of sales
31,021

 
30,005

Selling, administrative, and other expenses
2,476

 
2,481

Total costs and expenses
33,497

 
32,486

 
 
 
 
Interest expense
208

 
206

 
 
 
 
Interest income and other income/(loss), net (Note 13)
214

 
245

Equity in net income of affiliated companies
412

 
209

Income before income taxes — Automotive
797

 
1,620

 
 
 
 
FINANCIAL SERVICES
 

 
 

Revenues
2,000

 
1,791

Costs and expenses
 
 
 
Interest expense
678

 
706

Depreciation on vehicles subject to operating leases
706

 
483

Operating and other expenses
190

 
160

Provision for credit and insurance losses
39

 
40

Total costs and expenses
1,613

 
1,389

 
 
 
 
Other income/(loss), net (Note 13)
68

 
96

Equity in net income of affiliated companies
7

 
5

Income before income taxes — Financial Services
462

 
503

 
 
 
 
COMPANY
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
1,259

 
2,123

Provision for/(Benefit from) income taxes (Note 15)
270

 
511

Net income
989

 
1,612

Less: Income/(Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
1

Net income attributable to Ford Motor Company
$
989

 
$
1,611


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

2

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(in millions)
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
(unaudited)
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
12,983

 
$
14,468

Marketable securities
23,546

 
22,100

Finance receivables, net (Note 3)
77,773

 
77,481

Other receivables, net
12,088

 
9,828

Net investment in operating leases
20,024

 
19,984

Inventories (Note 5)
8,874

 
7,708

Equity in net assets of affiliated companies
3,982

 
3,679

Net property
28,447

 
27,616

Deferred income taxes
13,134

 
13,468

Other assets
6,231

 
5,847

Total assets
$
207,082

 
$
202,179

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

Payables
$
22,209

 
$
19,531

Other liabilities and deferred revenue (Note 7)
40,141

 
40,886

Debt (Note 9)
117,004

 
114,688

Deferred income taxes
590

 
598

Total liabilities
179,944

 
175,703

 
 
 
 
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (Note 11)
331

 
331

 
 
 
 
EQUITY
 

 
 

Capital stock
 

 
 

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3,924 million shares issued of 6 billion authorized)
39

 
39

Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share (71 million shares issued of 530 million authorized)
1

 
1

Capital in excess of par value of stock
21,547

 
21,422

Retained earnings
23,882

 
23,386

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (Note 12)
(18,190
)
 
(18,230
)
Treasury stock
(506
)
 
(506
)
Total equity attributable to Ford Motor Company
26,773

 
26,112

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests
34

 
33

Total equity
26,807

 
26,145

Total liabilities and equity
$
207,082

 
$
202,179

 
The following table includes assets to be used to settle liabilities of the consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”).  These assets and liabilities are included in the consolidated balance sheet above.  See Note 6 for additional information on our VIEs.
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
(unaudited)
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
2,768

 
$
4,198

Finance receivables, net
44,443

 
45,796

Net investment in operating leases
9,592

 
8,116

Other assets
1

 
5

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
Other liabilities and deferred revenue
$
73

 
$
88

Debt
38,983

 
40,728


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

3

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
SECTOR BALANCE SHEET (in millions)  
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
ASSETS
(unaudited)
Automotive
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
4,533

 
$
4,959

Marketable securities
20,729

 
20,157

Total cash and marketable securities
25,262

 
25,116

Receivables, less allowances of $133 and $132
5,742

 
5,641

Inventories (Note 5)
8,874

 
7,708

Deferred income taxes
1,582

 
1,574

Net investment in operating leases
978

 
1,384

Other current assets
1,462

 
1,034

Total current assets
43,900

 
42,457

Equity in net assets of affiliated companies
3,849

 
3,546

Net property
28,222

 
27,492

Deferred income taxes
13,312

 
13,436

Other assets
2,508

 
2,824

Non-current receivable from Financial Services
720

 
724

Total Automotive assets
92,511

 
90,479

Financial Services
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
8,450

 
9,509

Marketable securities
2,817

 
1,943

Finance receivables, net (Note 3)
83,310

 
80,816

Net investment in operating leases
19,046

 
18,600

Equity in net assets of affiliated companies
133

 
133

Other assets
3,475

 
3,149

Receivable from Automotive
317

 
907

Total Financial Services assets
117,548

 
115,057

Intersector elimination
(1,037
)
 
(1,631
)
Total assets
$
209,022

 
$
203,905

LIABILITIES
 

 
 

Automotive
 

 
 

Payables
$
20,598

 
$
18,035

Other liabilities and deferred revenue (Note 7)
16,438

 
16,537

Deferred income taxes
340

 
267

Debt payable within one year (Note 9)
2,086

 
1,257

Current payable to Financial Services
317

 
907

Total current liabilities
39,779

 
37,003

Long-term debt (Note 9)
13,623

 
14,426

Other liabilities and deferred revenue (Note 7)
21,636

 
22,089

Deferred income taxes
431

 
430

Total Automotive liabilities
75,469

 
73,948

Financial Services
 

 
 

Payables
1,611

 
1,496

Debt (Note 9)
101,295

 
99,005

Deferred income taxes
1,759

 
1,627

Other liabilities and deferred income (Note 7)
2,067

 
2,260

Payable to Automotive
720

 
724

Total Financial Services liabilities
107,452

 
105,112

Intersector elimination
(1,037
)
 
(1,631
)
Total liabilities
181,884

 
177,429

 
 
 
 
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (Note 11)
331

 
331

 
 
 
 
EQUITY
 

 
 

Capital stock
 

 
 

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3,924 million shares issued of 6 billion authorized)
39

 
39

Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share (71 million shares issued of 530 million authorized)
1

 
1

Capital in excess of par value of stock
21,547

 
21,422

Retained earnings
23,882

 
23,386

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (Note 12)
(18,190
)
 
(18,230
)
Treasury stock
(506
)
 
(506
)
Total equity attributable to Ford Motor Company
26,773

 
26,112

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests
34

 
33

Total equity
26,807

 
26,145

Total liabilities and equity
$
209,022

 
$
203,905

The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

4

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(in millions)
 
For the periods ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
First Quarter
 
(unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations
 
 
 
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
$
2,220

 
$
211

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations
 
 
 
Capital spending
(1,516
)
 
(1,483
)
Acquisitions of finance receivables and operating leases
(11,646
)
 
(10,389
)
Collections of finance receivables and operating leases
8,983

 
8,255

Purchases of securities
(15,291
)
 
(38,953
)
Sales and maturities of securities
13,780

 
38,761

Cash change due to initial consolidation of businesses

 
9

Settlements of derivatives
(72
)
 
(217
)
Other
100

 
166

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(5,662
)
 
(3,851
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations
 

 
 

Cash dividends
(493
)
 
(392
)
Purchases of Common Stock

 
(10
)
Changes in short-term debt
(1,023
)
 
(1,428
)
Proceeds from issuance of other debt
11,773

 
11,242

Principal payments on other debt
(8,287
)
 
(7,548
)
Other
18

 
103

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
1,988

 
1,967

 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
(31
)
 
(166
)
 
 
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
$
(1,485
)
 
$
(1,839
)
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at January 1
$
14,468

 
$
15,659

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(1,485
)
 
(1,839
)
Cash and cash equivalents at March 31
$
12,983

 
$
13,820


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

5

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED SECTOR STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(in millions)
 
For the periods ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
First Quarter
 
Automotive
 
Financial Services
 
Automotive
 
Financial Services
 
(Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
$
2,026

 
$
1,698

 
$
721

 
$
1,110

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities of continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital spending
(1,506
)
 
(10
)
 
(1,471
)
 
(12
)
Acquisitions of finance receivables and operating leases (excluding wholesale and other)

 
(11,008
)
 

 
(9,947
)
Collections of finance receivables and operating leases (excluding wholesale and other)

 
8,983

 

 
8,255

Net change in wholesale and other receivables

 
(2,142
)
 

 
(2,062
)
Purchases of securities
(10,969
)
 
(4,322
)
 
(29,697
)
 
(9,256
)
Sales and maturities of securities
10,341

 
3,439

 
29,740

 
9,021

Cash change due to initial consolidation of businesses

 

 
9

 

Settlements of derivatives
47

 
(119
)
 
(177
)
 
(40
)
Investing activity (to)/from Financial Services
11

 

 
(129
)
 

Other
36

 
64

 
147

 
19

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(2,040
)

(5,115
)

(1,578
)

(4,022
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities of continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash dividends
(493
)
 

 
(392
)
 

Purchases of Common Stock

 

 
(10
)
 

Changes in short-term debt
140

 
(1,163
)
 
(240
)
 
(1,188
)
Proceeds from issuance of other debt
75

 
11,698

 
2,059

 
9,183

Principal payments on other debt
(190
)
 
(8,097
)
 
(823
)
 
(6,725
)
Financing activity to/(from) Automotive

 
(11
)
 

 
129

Other
53

 
(35
)
 
43

 
60

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
(415
)
 
2,392

 
637

 
1,459

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
3

 
(34
)
 
(38
)
 
(128
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
$
(426
)

$
(1,059
)

$
(258
)

$
(1,581
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at January 1
$
4,959

 
$
9,509

 
$
6,247

 
$
9,412

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(426
)
 
(1,059
)
 
(258
)
 
(1,581
)
Cash and cash equivalents at March 31
$
4,533


$
8,450


$
5,989


$
7,831


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

6

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
(in millions, unaudited)
 
Equity/(Deficit) Attributable to Ford Motor Company
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Stock
 
Cap. in
Excess of
Par Value 
of Stock
 
Retained Earnings/
(Accumulated Deficit)
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) (Note 12)
 
Treasury Stock
 
Total
 
Equity/(Deficit)
Attributable
to Non-controlling Interests
 
Total
Equity/
(Deficit)
Balance at December 31, 2013
$
40

 
$
21,422

 
$
23,386

 
$
(18,230
)
 
$
(506
)
 
$
26,112

 
$
33

 
$
26,145

Net income

 

 
989

 

 

 
989

 

 
989

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax

 

 

 
40

 

 
40

 

 
40

Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impacts)

 
143

 

 

 

 
143

 

 
143

Treasury stock/other 

 
(18
)
 

 

 

 
(18
)
 
1

 
(17
)
Cash dividends declared

 

 
(493
)
 

 

 
(493
)
 

 
(493
)
Balance at March 31, 2014
$
40

 
$
21,547

 
$
23,882

 
$
(18,190
)
 
$
(506
)
 
$
26,773

 
$
34

 
$
26,807

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
40

 
$
20,976

 
$
17,778

 
$
(22,858
)
 
$
(292
)
 
$
15,644

 
$
42

 
$
15,686

Net income

 

 
1,611

 

 

 
1,611

 
1

 
1,612

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax

 

 

 
322

 

 
322

 

 
322

Common stock issued (including share-based compensation impacts)

 
118

 

 

 

 
118

 

 
118

Treasury stock/other 

 

 

 

 
(10
)
 
(10
)
 

 
(10
)
Cash dividends declared

 

 
(392
)
 

 

 
(392
)
 

 
(392
)
Balance at March 31, 2013
$
40

 
$
21,094

 
$
18,997

 
$
(22,536
)
 
$
(302
)
 
$
17,293

 
$
43

 
$
17,336


The accompanying notes are part of the financial statements.

7

ITEM 1. Financial Statements (Continued)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Table of Contents
Footnote
 
Page
Note 1
Presentation
Note 2
Fair Value Measurements
Note 3
Financial Services Sector Finance Receivables
Note 4
Financial Services Sector Allowance for Credit Losses
Note 5
Inventories
Note 6
Variable Interest Entities
Note 7
Other Liabilities and Deferred Revenue
Note 8
Retirement Benefits
Note 9
Debt
Note 10
Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities
Note 11
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
Note 12
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
Note 13
Other Income/(Loss)
Note 14
Employee Separation Actions and Exit and Disposal Activities
Note 15
Income Taxes
Note 16
Amounts Per Share Attributable to Ford Motor Company Common and Class B Stock
Note 17
Segment Information
Note 18
Commitments and Contingencies



8

Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1.  PRESENTATION

Our financial statements are presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and instructions to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. We show certain of our financial statements on both a consolidated and a sector basis for our Automotive and Financial Services sectors. Intercompany items have been eliminated in both the consolidated and sector balance sheets. Where the presentation of these intercompany eliminations or consolidated adjustments differs between the consolidated and sector financial statements, reconciliations of certain line items are explained below in this Note or in related footnotes.

In the opinion of management, these unaudited financial statements reflect a fair statement of the results of operations and financial condition of Ford Motor Company, its consolidated subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiary for the periods and at the dates presented.  The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full year.  Reference should be made to the financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (“2013 Form 10-K Report”).  For purposes of this report, “Ford,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or similar references mean Ford Motor Company, our consolidated subsidiaries, and our consolidated VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiary, unless the context requires otherwise. 

We reclassified certain prior year amounts in our consolidated financial statements to conform to current year presentation.

Change in accounting. We provide medical, life, and income benefits to hourly and salary employees when they become disabled. As of January 1, 2014, we changed our accounting policy for these benefits from an event-driven model to a service-accrual model, such that our obligation now includes an estimated cost to be incurred for individuals who are disabled at the time of measurement (which was the amount recorded under our previous policy) as well as an amount that considers the probability that active employees will become disabled in the future. We believe this change in accounting method is preferable because it better aligns the recognition of expense with the periods in which the Company receives the benefit of the employees’ services, and will allow for better comparability with the method used by other companies in our industry.
We have retroactively applied this change in accounting method to all prior period amounts. As of December 31, 2012, the cumulative effect of the change decreased Total equity by $303 million and increased Other liabilities and deferred revenue by $468 million , as well as increased Deferred income taxes by $165 million . As of December 31, 2013, the cumulative effect of the change decreased Total equity by $271 million and increased Other liabilities and deferred revenue by $424 million , as well as increased Deferred income taxes by $153 million . The effect of this change was immaterial on income statement and statement of cash flow amounts for the interim period ended March 31, 2014 , and had no impact for the interim period ended March 31, 2013 .
 
Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Income Taxes - Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. On January 1, 2014, we adopted the new accounting standard that requires an unrecognized tax benefit to be presented as a decrease in a deferred tax asset where a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists and certain criteria are met. The new accounting standard is consistent with our prior practice, thus the adoption did not impact our consolidated financial statements.

Foreign Currency Matters - Parent's Accounting for Cumulative Translation Adjustment. On January 1, 2014, we adopted the new accounting standard that clarifies the applicable guidance for a parent company's accounting for the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income upon derecognition of certain subsidiaries or groups of assets within a foreign entity or of an investment in a foreign entity. The new accounting standard is consistent with our prior practice, thus the adoption did not impact our consolidated financial statements.

Liabilities - Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements. On January 1, 2014, we adopted the new accounting standard that provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements. The adoption of this accounting standard did not impact our consolidated financial statements or financial statement disclosures.



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1.  PRESENTATION (Continued)

Reconciliations between Consolidated and Sector Financial Statements

Sector to Consolidated Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities. The difference between the total assets and total liabilities as presented on our sector balance sheet and consolidated balance sheet is the result of netting deferred income tax assets and liabilities. The reconciliation between the totals for the sector and consolidated balance sheets was as follows (in millions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Sector balance sheet presentation of deferred income tax assets
 
 
 
Automotive sector current deferred income tax assets
$
1,582

 
$
1,574

Automotive sector non-current deferred income tax assets
13,312

 
13,436

Financial Services sector deferred income tax assets (a)
180

 
184

Total
15,074

 
15,194

Reclassification for netting of deferred income taxes
(1,940
)
 
(1,726
)
Consolidated balance sheet presentation of deferred income tax assets
$
13,134

 
$
13,468

 
 
 
 
Sector balance sheet presentation of deferred income tax liabilities
 

 
 

Automotive sector current deferred income tax liabilities
$
340

 
$
267

Automotive sector non-current deferred income tax liabilities
431

 
430

Financial Services sector deferred income tax liabilities
1,759

 
1,627

Total
2,530

 
2,324

Reclassification for netting of deferred income taxes
(1,940
)
 
(1,726
)
Consolidated balance sheet presentation of deferred income tax liabilities
$
590

 
$
598

__________
(a)
Financial Services deferred income tax assets are included in Financial Services Other assets on our sector balance sheet.


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1.  PRESENTATION (Continued)

Sector to Consolidated Cash Flow . We present certain cash flows from wholesale and other receivables, interest supplements and residual support, and the acquisition of intersector debt differently on our sector and consolidated statements of cash flows. The reconciliation between totals for the sector and consolidated cash flows for the periods ended March 31 was as follows (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Automotive net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
$
2,026

 
$
721

Financial Services net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
1,698

 
1,110

Total sector net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
3,724

 
1,831

Reclassifications between investing and operating cash flows
 

 
 

Purchases/Collections of wholesale receivables (a)
(2,028
)
 
(1,844
)
Purchases/Collections of other receivables (b)
(114
)
 
(218
)
Payments of interest supplements and residual support (c)
638

 
442

Consolidated net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
$
2,220

 
$
211

 
 
 
 
Automotive net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
$
(2,040
)
 
$
(1,578
)
Financial Services net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(5,115
)
 
(4,022
)
Total sector net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(7,155
)
 
(5,600
)
Reclassifications between investing and operating cash flows
 

 
 

Purchases/Collections of wholesale receivables (a)
2,028

 
1,844

Purchases/Collections of other receivables (b)
114

 
218

Payments of interest supplements and residual support (c)
(638
)
 
(442
)
Reclassifications between investing and financing cash flows
 
 
 
Elimination of investing activity to/(from) Financial Services in consolidation
(11
)
 
129

Consolidated net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
$
(5,662
)
 
$
(3,851
)
 
 
 
 
Automotive net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
$
(415
)
 
$
637

Financial Services net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
2,392

 
1,459

Total sector net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
1,977

 
2,096

Reclassifications between investing and financing cash flows
 

 
 

Elimination of investing activity to/(from) Financial Services in consolidation
11

 
(129
)
Consolidated net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
$
1,988

 
$
1,967

 __________
(a)
In addition to the cash flow from vehicles sold by us, the cash flow from wholesale finance receivables (being reclassified between investing and operating) includes dealer financing by Ford Credit of used and non-Ford vehicles. One hundred percent of cash flows from these wholesale finance receivables have been reclassified for consolidated presentation as the portion of these cash flows from used and non-Ford vehicles is impracticable to separate.
(b)
Includes cash flows of other receivables purchased/collected by the Financial Services sector from certain divisions and subsidiaries of the Automotive sector.
(c)
Payments from Automotive sector to Ford Credit on behalf of the retail customer that represent interest supplements and residual support.














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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1.  PRESENTATION (Continued)

Venezuelan Operations

On February 13, 2013, the Venezuelan government effected a devaluation of the bolivar, from an exchange rate of 4.3  bolivars to the U.S. dollar to an exchange rate of 6.3 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. This resulted in a remeasurement loss of $186 million in the first quarter of 2013.

Based on changes to Venezuelan currency exchange rate mechanisms in the first quarter of 2014, we changed the exchange rate we used to remeasure our Venezuelan subsidiary’s financial statements in U.S. dollars. At March 31, 2014 , we used the exchange rate determined by periodic auctions for U.S. dollars conducted under Venezuela’s Complementary System of Foreign Currency Administration (“SICAD I”). At March 31, 2014 , the SICAD I exchange rate we used was 10.8 bolivars to the U.S. dollar.

Requests for U.S. dollars by our Venezuelan subsidiary for previously imported materials and spare parts will continue through the Commission for the Administration of Foreign Exchange (“CADIVI”) and the National Center for Foreign Commerce (“CENCOEX”) system, where the contracted rate is presently 6.3 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. However, as a result of a recent exchange agreement between the Central Bank of Venezuela and the Venezuelan government, we believe any future remittances for dividend payments that occur would be transacted at the SICAD I exchange rate. Accordingly, because the equity of our Venezuelan subsidiary would be realized through dividends, the SICAD I exchange rate represents a more realistic exchange rate at which to remeasure the U.S. dollar value of the assets, liabilities, and results of our Venezuelan subsidiary in our consolidated financial statements.

This change in exchange rates resulted in a remeasurement loss of $316 million in the first quarter of 2014 ( $310 million related to our Automotive sector and $6 million related to our Financial Services sector). As indicated, the SICAD I exchange rate is determined by periodic auctions and therefore the potential exists for it to change significantly in future quarters. The SICAD I exchange rate has ranged between 10 and 11.8 bolivars to the U.S. dollar since the beginning of 2014.
 
At March 31, 2014 , we had a bolivar denominated net monetary position of $415 million , including $433 million of bolivar denominated cash and cash equivalents. A further devaluation from an exchange rate of 10.8 bolivars to the U.S. dollar would result in an additional balance sheet remeasurement loss.

At March 31, 2014 , our investment in our Venezuelan subsidiary (which includes undistributed earnings) was $552 million . Also, at March 31, 2014 , it had $307 million of U.S. dollar currency exchange requests pending with and in transit to the governmental controlled currency exchanges, including $296 million payable to other Ford consolidated affiliates.

In March 2014, the Venezuelan government introduced an additional auction-based foreign exchange system
(SICAD II). The Venezuelan government has indicated that all industry sectors will be able to access SICAD II and its use will not be restricted as to purpose. The SICAD II exchange rate is expected to be published daily and has ranged between 49 and 51.9 bolivars to the U.S. dollar since being introduced.

The operating environment in Venezuela continues to be challenging. Foreign exchange control regulations have affected our Venezuelan operation’s ability to pay dividends and obligations denominated in U.S. dollars and are constraining parts availability and our ability to maintain normal production. Price controls and a very limited and uneven supply of foreign currency to support production, have adversely affected our business and results of operations. These and other restrictions could limit our ability to benefit from our investment and maintain a controlling interest in our Venezuelan subsidiary.



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Cash equivalents, marketable securities, and derivative financial instruments are presented on our financial statements on a recurring basis at fair value, while other assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, such as when we have an asset impairment.

Fair Value Measurements

In measuring fair value, we use various valuation methodologies and prioritize the use of observable inputs. The use of observable and unobservable inputs and their significance in measuring fair value are reflected in our fair value hierarchy assessment.

Level 1 - inputs include quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable
Level 2 - inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments and observable inputs such as interest rates, currency exchange rates, and yield curves
Level 3 - inputs include data not observable in the market and reflect management judgment about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the instruments

We review the inputs to the fair value measurements to ensure they are appropriately categorized within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers into and transfers out of the hierarchy levels are recognized as if they had taken place at the end of the reporting period.

Valuation Methodologies

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Included in Cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash, and which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value due to interest rate, quoted price, or penalty on withdrawal. A debt security is classified as a cash equivalent if it meets these criteria and if it has a remaining time to maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition . Amounts on deposit and available upon demand, or negotiated to provide for daily liquidity without penalty, are classified as Cash and cash equivalents . Time deposits, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts that meet the above criteria are reported at par value on our balance sheet and are excluded from the tables below.

Marketable Securities . Investments in securities with a maturity date greater than three months at the date of purchase and other securities for which there is more than an insignificant risk of change in value due to interest rate, quoted price, or penalty on withdrawal are classified as Marketable securities . We generally measure fair value using prices obtained from pricing services. Pricing methodologies and inputs to valuation models used by the pricing services depend on the security type (i.e., asset class). Where possible, fair values are generated using market inputs including quoted prices (the closing price in an exchange market), bid prices (the price at which a buyer stands ready to purchase), and other market information. For fixed income securities that are not actively traded, the pricing services use alternative methods to determine fair value for the securities, including quotes for similar fixed-income securities, matrix pricing, discounted cash flow using benchmark curves, or other factors. In certain cases, when market data are not available, we may use broker quotes to determine fair value.

An annual review is performed on the security prices received from our pricing services, which includes discussion and analysis of the inputs used by the pricing services to value our securities. We also compare the price of certain securities sold close to the quarter end to the price of the same security at the balance sheet date to ensure the reported fair value is reasonable.  

Realized and unrealized gains and losses and interest income on our marketable securities are recorded in Automotive interest income and other income/(expense), net and Financial Services other income/(loss), net . Realized gains and losses are measured using the specific identification method. 

We have entered into repurchase agreements with certain counterparties where we are the transferee. These agreements allow us to offset our entire gross exposure in the event of default or breach of contract.  The gross value of these assets and liabilities reflected on our balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was $312 million and $228 million , respectively.



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

Derivative Financial Instruments. Our derivatives are over-the-counter customized derivative transactions and are not exchange traded. We estimate the fair value of these instruments using industry-standard valuation models such as a discounted cash flow. These models project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to a present value using market-based expectations for interest rates, foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, and the contractual terms of the derivative instruments. The discount rate used is the relevant interbank deposit rate (e.g., LIBOR) plus an adjustment for non-performance risk. The adjustment reflects the full credit default swap (“CDS”) spread applied to a net exposure, by counterparty, considering the master netting agreements and any posted collateral. We use our counterparty’s CDS spread when we are in a net asset position and our own CDS spread when we are in a net liability position. In certain cases, market data is not available and we use broker quotes and models (e.g., Black-Scholes) to determine fair value. This includes situations where there is lack of liquidity for a particular currency or commodity or when the instrument is longer dated.

Finance Receivables. We measure finance receivables at fair value for purposes of disclosure (see Note 3) using internal valuation models. These models project future cash flows of financing contracts based on scheduled contract payments (including principal and interest). The projected cash flows are discounted to present value based on assumptions regarding credit losses, pre-payment speed, and applicable spreads to approximate current rates. Our assumptions regarding pre-payment speed and credit losses are based on historical performance. The fair value of finance receivables is categorized within Level 3 of the hierarchy.

On a nonrecurring basis, we also measure at fair value retail contracts greater than 120 days past due or deemed to be uncollectible , and individual dealer loans probable of foreclosure. We use the fair value of collateral, adjusted for estimated costs to sell, to determine the fair value of our receivables. The collateral for a retail receivable is the vehicle financed, and for dealer loans is real estate or other property.

The fair value of collateral for retail receivables is calculated based on the number of contracts multiplied by the loss severity and the probability of default percentage, or the outstanding receivable balances multiplied by the average recovery value percentage to determine the fair value adjustment.

The fair value of collateral for dealer loans is determined by reviewing various appraisals, which include total adjusted appraised value of land and improvements, alternate use appraised value, broker's opinion of value, and purchase offers. The fair value adjustment is calculated by comparing the net carrying value of the dealer loan and the estimated fair value of collateral.

The fair value of retail and dealer loans measured on a non-recurring basis was $55 million and $61 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively. Changes in the significant unobservable inputs will not materially affect the fair value of these loans. The fair value adjustment recorded to expense for these receivables was $19 million and $25 million for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively.

Debt. We measure debt at fair value for purposes of disclosure (see Note 9) using quoted prices for our own debt with approximately the same remaining maturities, where possible. Where quoted prices are not available, we estimate fair value using discounted cash flows and market-based expectations for interest rates, credit risk, and the contractual terms of the debt instruments. For certain short-term debt with an original maturity date of one year or less, we assume that book value is a reasonable approximation of the debt’s fair value. The fair value of debt is categorized within Level 2 of the hierarchy.


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)

Input Hierarchy of Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables categorize the fair values of items measured at fair value on a recurring basis on our balance sheet (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Automotive Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash equivalents – financial instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
9

 
$

 
$
9

U.S. government-sponsored enterprises

 
109

 

 
109

 

 
24

 

 
24

Non-U.S. government

 

 

 

 

 
200

 

 
200

Non-U.S. government agencies (a)

 
165

 

 
165

 

 

 

 

Total cash equivalents – financial instruments (b)

 
274

 

 
274

 

 
233

 

 
233

Marketable securities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government
4,029

 

 

 
4,029

 
3,752

 

 

 
3,752

U.S. government-sponsored enterprises

 
5,311

 

 
5,311

 

 
6,596

 

 
6,596

Non-U.S. government agencies (a)

 
6,848

 

 
6,848

 

 
5,423

 

 
5,423

Corporate debt

 
2,634

 

 
2,634

 

 
2,623

 

 
2,623

Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed

 
296

 

 
296

 

 
295

 

 
295

Equities
294

 

 

 
294

 
341

 

 

 
341

Non-U.S. government

 
1,284

 

 
1,284

 

 
1,115

 

 
1,115

Other liquid investments (c)

 
33

 

 
33

 

 
12

 

 
12

Total marketable securities
4,323

 
16,406

 

 
20,729

 
4,093

 
16,064

 

 
20,157

Derivative financial instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange contracts

 
517

 

 
517

 

 
557

 

 
557

Commodity contracts

 
24

 
3

 
27

 

 
22

 
1

 
23

Total derivative financial instruments (d)

 
541

 
3

 
544

 

 
579

 
1

 
580

Total assets at fair value
$
4,323

 
$
17,221

 
$
3

 
$
21,547

 
$
4,093

 
$
16,876

 
$
1

 
$
20,970

Liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange contracts
$

 
$
329

 
$

 
$
329

 
$

 
$
399

 
$

 
$
399

Commodity contracts

 
12

 

 
12

 

 
17

 
2

 
19

Total derivative financial instruments (d)

 
341

 

 
341

 

 
416

 
2

 
418

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$
341

 
$

 
$
341

 
$

 
$
416

 
$
2

 
$
418

 __________
(a)
Includes notes issued by non-U.S. government agencies, as well as notes issued by supranational institutions.
(b)
Excludes time deposits, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, and other cash equivalents reported at par value on our balance sheet totaling $2.6 billion and $2.7 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively, for the Automotive sector. In addition to these cash equivalents, our Automotive sector also had cash on hand totaling $1.6 billion and $2 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively.
(c)
Includes certificates of deposit and time deposits subject to changes in value.
(d)
See Note 10 for additional information regarding derivative financial instruments.

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Continued)
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Financial Services Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash equivalents – financial instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-U.S. government
$

 
$
75

 
$

 
$
75

 
$

 
$
24

 
$

 
$
24

Total cash equivalents – financial instruments (a)

 
75

 

 
75

 

 
24

 

 
24

Marketable securities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government
794

 

 

 
794

 
418

 

 

 
418

U.S. government-sponsored enterprises

 
340

 

 
340

 

 
25

 

 
25

Non-U.S. government agencies (b)

 
303

 

 
303

 

 
128

 

 
128

Corporate debt

 
1,246

 

 
1,246

 

 
1,273

 

 
1,273

Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed

 
41

 

 
41

 

 
43

 

 
43

Non-U.S. government

 
93

 

 
93

 

 
56

 

 
56

Total marketable securities
794

 
2,023

 

 
2,817

 
418

 
1,525

 

 
1,943

Derivative financial instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts

 
663

 

 
663

 

 
584

 

 
584

Foreign currency exchange contracts

 
4

 

 
4

 

 
1

 

 
1

Cross-currency interest rate swap contracts

 
1

 

 
1

 

 

 

 

Total derivative financial instruments (c)

 
668

 

 
668

 

 
585

 

 
585

Total assets at fair value
$
794

 
$
2,766

 
$

 
$
3,560

 
$
418

 
$
2,134

 
$

 
$
2,552

Liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
$

 
$
284

 
$

 
$
284

 
$

 
$
305

 
$

 
$
305

Foreign currency exchange contracts

 
21

 

 
21

 

 
25

 

 
25

Cross-currency interest rate swap contracts

 
165

 

 
165

 

 
176

 

 
176

Total derivative financial instruments (c)

 
470

 

 
470

 

 
506

 

 
506

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$
470

 
$

 
$
470

 
$

 
$
506

 
$

 
$
506

 __________
(a)
Excludes time deposits, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts reported at par value on our balance sheet totaling $6.2 billion and $6.7 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively. In addition to these cash equivalents, we also had cash on hand totaling $2.1 billion and $2.8 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively.
(b)
Includes notes issued by non-U.S. government agencies, as well as notes issued by supranational institutions.
(c)
See Note 10 for additional information regarding derivative financial instruments.
 
 
 
 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3.  FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FINANCE RECEIVABLES

Our Financial Services sector finance receivables primarily relate to Ford Credit, but also include the Other Financial Services segment and certain intersector eliminations.

Our Financial Services sector segments our finance receivables into North America and International "consumer" and "non-consumer" portfolios.  The receivables are generally secured by the vehicles, inventory, or other property being financed.

Finance receivables are recorded at the time of origination or purchase at fair value and are subsequently reported at amortized cost, net of any allowance for credit losses.
Consumer Portfolio.  Receivables in this portfolio include products offered to individuals and businesses that finance the acquisition of Ford and Lincoln vehicles from dealers for personal or commercial use.  Retail financing includes retail installment contracts for new and used vehicles and direct financing leases with retail customers, government entities, daily rental companies, and fleet customers.

Non-Consumer Portfolio. Receivables in this portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers.  The products include:

Dealer financing – wholesale loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory, also known as floorplan financing, and loans to dealers to finance working capital and improvements to dealership facilities, finance the purchase of dealership real estate, and finance other dealer programs. Wholesale financing is approximately 95% of our dealer financing
Other – primarily related to the sale of parts and accessories to dealers

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3.  FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FINANCE RECEIVABLES (Continued)
Finance receivables, net were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
North
America
 
International
 
Total Finance Receivables
 
North
America
 
International
 
Total Finance Receivables
Consumer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail financing, gross
$
40,687

 
$
11,354

 
$
52,041

 
$
40,902

 
$
10,797

 
$
51,699

Less: Unearned interest supplements
(1,252
)
 
(249
)
 
(1,501
)
 
(1,255
)
 
(247
)
 
(1,502
)
Consumer finance receivables
39,435

 
11,105

 
50,540

 
39,647

 
10,550

 
50,197

Non-Consumer
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Dealer financing
23,110

 
8,820

 
31,930

 
22,072

 
7,833

 
29,905

Other
810

 
364

 
1,174

 
732

 
339

 
1,071

Non-Consumer finance receivables
23,920

 
9,184

 
33,104

 
22,804

 
8,172

 
30,976

Total recorded investment
$
63,355

 
$
20,289

 
$
83,644

 
$
62,451

 
$
18,722

 
$
81,173

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recorded investment in finance receivables
$
63,355

 
$
20,289

 
$
83,644

 
$
62,451

 
$
18,722

 
$
81,173

Less:  Allowance for credit losses
(258
)
 
(76
)
 
(334
)
 
(280
)
 
(77
)
 
(357
)
Finance receivables, net (a)
$
63,097

 
$
20,213

 
$
83,310

 
$
62,171

 
$
18,645

 
$
80,816

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net finance receivables subject to fair value (b)
 
 
 
 
$
81,601

 
 
 
 
 
$
79,149

Fair value
 
 
 
 
83,268

 
 
 
 
 
80,838

__________
(a)
At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , Finance receivables, net on the consolidated balance sheet were $77.8 billion and $77.5 billion , respectively. The balance is comprised of Financial Services sector finance receivables of $83.3 billion and $80.8 billion , respectively, net of $5.5 billion and $3.3 billion , respectively, of receivables purchased by Financial Services sector from Automotive sector, which are reclassified to Other receivables, net.
(b)
At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , excludes $1.7 billion and $1.7 billion , respectively, of certain receivables (primarily direct financing leases) that are not subject to fair value disclosure requirements.

Excluded from finance receivables at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , was $184 million and $196 million , respectively, of accrued uncollected interest, which we report in Other assets on the balance sheet.

Included in the recorded investment in finance receivables at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were North America consumer receivables of $20.4 billion and $21.8 billion and non-consumer receivables of $18.9 billion and $18.9 billion , respectively, and International consumer receivables of $6.4 billion and $5.9 billion and non-consumer receivables of $5.6 billion and $5 billion , respectively, that secure certain debt obligations. The receivables are available only for payment of the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions; they are not available to pay the other obligations of our Financial Services sector or the claims of Ford Credit’s other creditors. Ford Credit holds the right to receive the excess cash flows not needed to pay the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions (see Notes 6 and 9).





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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3.  FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FINANCE RECEIVABLES (Continued)

Aging

For all finance receivables, we define “past due” as any payment, including principal and interest, that is at least 31 days past the contractual due date . The recorded investment of consumer receivables greater than 90 days past due and still accruing interest was $11 million and $14 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively. The recorded investment of non-consumer receivables greater than 90 days past due and still accruing interest was $21 million and $21 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively.

The aging analysis of our finance receivables balances were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
North America
 
International
 
Total
 
North America
 
International
 
Total
Consumer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31-60 days past due
$
583

 
$
50

 
$
633

 
$
715

 
$
39

 
$
754

61-90 days past due
56

 
15

 
71

 
88

 
17

 
105

91-120 days past due
15

 
7

 
22

 
18

 
9

 
27

Greater than 120 days past due
32

 
26

 
58

 
37

 
26

 
63

Total past due
686

 
98

 
784

 
858

 
91

 
949

Current
38,749

 
11,007

 
49,756

 
38,789

 
10,459

 
49,248

Consumer finance receivables
39,435

 
11,105

 
50,540

 
39,647

 
10,550

 
50,197

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Consumer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total past due
28

 
55

 
83

 
49

 
40

 
89

Current
23,892

 
9,129

 
33,021

 
22,755

 
8,132

 
30,887

Non-Consumer finance receivables
23,920

 
9,184

 
33,104

 
22,804

 
8,172

 
30,976

Total recorded investment
$
63,355

 
$
20,289

 
$
83,644

 
$
62,451

 
$
18,722

 
$
81,173


Credit Quality

Consumer Portfolio . When originating all classes of consumer receivables, we use a proprietary scoring system that measures the credit quality of the receivables using several factors, such as credit bureau information, consumer credit risk scores (e.g., FICO score), and contract characteristics. In addition to our proprietary scoring system, we consider other individual consumer factors, such as employment history, financial stability, and capacity to pay.
    
Subsequent to origination, we review the credit quality of retail financing based on customer payment activity. As each customer develops a payment history, we use an internally-developed behavioral scoring model to assist in determining the best collection strategies which allows us to focus collection activity on higher-risk accounts. These models are used to refine our risk-based staffing model to ensure collection resources are aligned with portfolio risk. Based on data from this scoring model, contracts are categorized by collection risk. Our collection models evaluate several factors, including origination characteristics, updated credit bureau data, and payment patterns.

Credit quality ratings for consumer receivables are based on aging. Refer to the aging table above.

Consumer receivables credit quality ratings are as follows:

Pass current to 60 days past due
Special Mention – 61 to 120 days past due and in intensified collection status
Substandard greater than 120 days past due and for which the uncollectible portion of the receivables has already been charged-off, as measured using the fair value of collateral






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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3.  FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FINANCE RECEIVABLES (Continued)

Non-Consumer Portfolio . We extend credit to dealers primarily in the form of lines of credit to purchase new Ford and Lincoln vehicles as well as used vehicles. Payment is required when the dealer has sold the vehicle. Each non-consumer lending request is evaluated by taking into consideration the borrower’s financial condition and the underlying collateral securing the loan. We use a proprietary model to assign each dealer a risk rating. This model uses historical dealer performance data to identify key factors about a dealer that we consider most significant in predicting a dealer’s ability to meet its financial obligations. We also consider numerous other financial and qualitative factors of the dealer’s operations including capitalization and leverage, liquidity and cash flow, profitability, and credit history with ourselves and other creditors. A dealer’s risk rating does not reflect any guarantees or a dealer owner’s net worth.

Dealers are assigned to one of four groups according to risk ratings as follows:

Group I – strong to superior financial metrics
Group II – fair to favorable financial metrics
Group III – marginal to weak financial metrics
Group IV – poor financial metrics, including dealers classified as uncollectible

We suspend credit lines and extend no further funding to dealers classified in Group IV.

We regularly review our model to confirm the continued business significance and statistical predictability of the factors and update the model to incorporate new factors or other information that improves its statistical predictability. In addition, we regularly audit dealer inventory and dealer sales records to verify that the dealer is in possession of the financed vehicles and is promptly paying each receivable following the sale of the financed vehicle. The frequency of on-site vehicle inventory audits depends on the dealer’s risk rating. Under our policies, on-site vehicle inventory audits of low-risk dealers are conducted only as circumstances warrant in North America and at least annually internationally, and audits of higher-risk dealers are conducted with increased frequency based on risk ratings worldwide. We perform a credit review of each dealer at least annually and adjust the dealer’s risk rating, if necessary.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The credit quality of non-consumer receivables is evaluated based on our internal dealer risk rating analysis. A dealer has the same risk rating for its entire dealer financing regardless of the type of financing.

The credit quality analysis of our dealer financing receivables was as follows (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
North America
 
International
 
Total
 
North America
 
International
 
Total
Dealer Financing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group I
$
19,464

 
$
5,907

 
$
25,371

 
$
18,357

 
$
5,051

 
$
23,408

Group II
3,306

 
2,258

 
5,564

 
3,289

 
2,092

 
5,381

Group III
330

 
602

 
932

 
424

 
649

 
1,073

Group IV
10

 
53

 
63

 
2

 
41

 
43

Total recorded investment
$
23,110

 
$
8,820

 
$
31,930

 
$
22,072

 
$
7,833

 
$
29,905


Impaired Receivables. Impaired consumer receivables include accounts that have been rewritten or modified in reorganization proceedings pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that are considered to be troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”), as well as all accounts greater than 120 days past due . Impaired non-consumer receivables represent accounts with dealers that have weak or poor financial metrics or dealer financing that has been modified in TDRs. The recorded investment of consumer receivables that were impaired at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was $424 million , or 0.8% of consumer receivables, and $435 million , or 0.9% of consumer receivables, respectively. The recorded investment of non-consumer receivables that were impaired at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was $92 million , or 0.3% of non-consumer receivables, and $71 million , or 0.2% of the non-consumer receivables, respectively. Impaired finance receivables are evaluated both collectively and specifically. See Note 4 for additional information related to the development of our allowance for credit losses.




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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3.  FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR FINANCE RECEIVABLES (Continued)

Non-Accrual Receivables. The accrual of revenue is discontinued at the earlier of the time a receivable is determined to be uncollectible, at bankruptcy status notification, or greater than 120 days past due . Accounts may be restored to accrual status only when a customer settles all past-due deficiency balances and future payments are reasonably assured. For receivables in non-accrual status, subsequent financing revenue is recognized only to the extent a payment is received. Payments are generally applied first to outstanding interest and then to the unpaid principal balance.

The recorded investment of consumer receivables in non-accrual status was $220 million , or 0.4% of our consumer receivables at March 31, 2014 , and $238 million , or 0.5% of consumer receivables at December 31, 2013 . The recorded investment of non-consumer receivables in non-accrual status was $54 million , or 0.2% of our non-consumer receivables at March 31, 2014 , and $41 million , or 0.1% of non-consumer receivables at December 31, 2013 .

Troubled Debt Restructurings. A restructuring of debt constitutes a TDR if we grant a concession to a borrower for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties that we otherwise would not consider. Consumer and non-consumer receivables that have a modified interest rate below market rate or that were modified in reorganization proceedings pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, except non-consumer receivables that are current with minimal risk of loss, are considered to be TDRs. We do not grant concessions on the principal balance of our receivables. If a receivable is modified in a reorganization proceeding, all payment requirements of the reorganization plan need to be met before remaining balances are forgiven. The outstanding recorded investment at time of modification for consumer receivables that are considered to be TDRs was $50 million , or 0.1% of consumer receivables and $55 million , or 0.1% of consumer receivables during the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. The annualized subsequent default rate of TDRs that were previously modified in TDRs within the last twelve months and resulted in repossession for consumer receivable was 6.4% and 6.3% of TDRs at March 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. There were no non-consumer receivables involved in TDRs during the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 .

Finance receivables involved in TDRs are specifically assessed for impairment. An impairment charge is recorded as part of the provision to the allowance for credit losses for the amount that the recorded investment of the receivable exceeds its estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is based on either the present value of the expected future cash flows of the receivable discounted at the contract’s original effective interest rate, or, for receivables where foreclosure is probable, the fair value of the collateral adjusted for estimated costs to sell. The allowance for credit losses related to all active consumer TDRs was $23 million and $22 million at March 31, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. The allowance for credit losses related to all active non-consumer TDRs was de minimis at March 31, 2014 and 2013 .


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 4. FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

Following is an analysis of the allowance for credit losses related to finance receivables for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter 2014
 
Consumer
 
Non-Consumer
 
Total
Allowance for credit losses
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
327

 
$
30

 
$
357

Charge-offs
(75
)
 
(2
)
 
(77
)
Recoveries
34

 
5

 
39

Provision for credit losses
23

 
(7
)
 
16

Other (a)
(2
)
 
1

 
(1
)
Ending balance
$
307

 
$
27

 
$
334

 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of ending balance of allowance for credit losses

 

 
 

 
 

Collective impairment allowance
$
284

 
$
24

 
$
308

Specific impairment allowance
23

 
3

 
26

Ending balance
307

 
27

 
334

 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of ending balance of finance receivables
 

 
 

 
 

Collectively evaluated for impairment
50,116

 
33,012

 
83,128

Specifically evaluated for impairment
424

 
92

 
516

Recorded investment
50,540

 
33,104

 
83,644

 
 
 
 
 
 
Ending balance, net of allowance for credit losses
$
50,233

 
$
33,077

 
$
83,310

__________
(a)
Represents amounts related to translation adjustments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter 2013
 
Consumer
 
Non-Consumer
 
Total
Allowance for credit losses
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
360

 
$
29

 
$
389

Charge-offs
(80
)
 
(1
)
 
(81
)
Recoveries
39

 
1

 
40

Provision for credit losses
28

 
(2
)
 
26

Other (a)
(5
)
 

 
(5
)
Ending balance
$
342

 
$
27

 
$
369

 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of ending balance of allowance for credit losses

 

 
 

 
 

Collective impairment allowance
$
320

 
$
26

 
$
346

Specific impairment allowance
22

 
1

 
23

Ending balance
342

 
27

 
369

 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of ending balance of finance receivables
 

 
 

 
 

Collectively evaluated for impairment
47,015

 
29,502

 
76,517

Specifically evaluated for impairment
418

 
66

 
484

Recorded investment
47,433

 
29,568

 
77,001

 
 
 
 
 
 
Ending balance, net of allowance for credit losses
$
47,091

 
$
29,541

 
$
76,632

__________
(a)
Represents amounts related to translation adjustments.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 5.  INVENTORIES

All inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost for a substantial portion of U.S. inventories is determined on a last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) basis. LIFO was used for 27% and 20% of total inventories at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively. Cost of other inventories is determined by costing methods that approximate a first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) basis.

Inventories were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Raw materials, work-in-process, and supplies
$
4,027

 
$
3,613

Finished products
5,818

 
5,058

Total inventories under FIFO
9,845

 
8,671

Less: LIFO adjustment
(971
)
 
(963
)
   Total inventories
$
8,874

 
$
7,708


NOTE 6.  VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

VIEs of Which We are Not the Primary Beneficiary

We have invested in joint ventures that are considered VIEs and in which the power to direct economically significant activities is shared with the joint venture partner. Our investments in the joint ventures are accounted for as equity method investments and are included in Equity in net assets of affiliated companies . Our maximum exposure to any potential losses associated with these joint ventures is limited to our equity investment, and is $354 million and $336 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively.

VIEs of Which We are the Primary Beneficiary

Through Ford Credit, we securitize, transfer, and service financial assets associated with consumer finance receivables, operating leases, and wholesale loans. Our securitization transactions typically involve the legal transfer of financial assets to bankruptcy remote special purpose entities. The third-party investors in these securitization entities have legal recourse only to the assets securing the debt and do not have recourse to us, except for the customary representation and warranty provisions. In addition, the cash flows generated by the assets are restricted only to pay such liabilities. We generally retain economic interests in the asset-backed securitization transactions, which are retained in the form of senior or subordinated interests, cash reserve accounts, residual interests, and servicing rights. For accounting purposes, we are precluded from recording the transfers of assets in securitization transactions as sales.

In most cases, the bankruptcy remote special purpose entities meet the definition of VIEs for which we have determined we have both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity's performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity that could be significant, and would therefore also be consolidated. We account for all securitization transactions as if they were secured financing and therefore the assets, liabilities and related activity of these VIEs are consolidated in our financial results and are included in amounts presented on the face of our consolidated balance sheet and in the related footnotes.

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 7.  OTHER LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED REVENUE

Other liabilities and deferred revenue were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Automotive Sector
 
 
 
Current
 
 
 
Dealer and dealers’ customer allowances and claims
$
7,986

 
$
7,730

Deferred revenue
2,592

 
2,817

Employee benefit plans
1,719

 
1,706

Accrued interest
194

 
262

Other postretirement employee benefits (“OPEB”)
384

 
387

Pension (a)
353

 
327

Other
3,210

 
3,308

Total Automotive other liabilities and deferred revenue
16,438

 
16,537

Non-current
 

 
 

Pension (a)
8,847

 
9,288

OPEB
5,435

 
5,502

Dealer and dealers’ customer allowances and claims
2,367

 
2,028

Deferred revenue
2,516

 
2,534

Employee benefit plans
1,218

 
1,213

Other
1,253

 
1,524

Total Automotive other liabilities and deferred revenue
21,636

 
22,089

Total Automotive sector
38,074

 
38,626

Financial Services Sector
2,067

 
2,260

Total
$
40,141

 
$
40,886

__________
(a)
Balances at March 31, 2014 reflect net pension liabilities at December 31, 2013 , updated for service and interest cost, expected return on assets, separation expense, actual benefit payments, and cash contributions. The discount rate and rate of expected return assumptions are unchanged from year-end 2013 .


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 8.  RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Defined Benefit Plans - Expense

The pre-tax expense for our defined benefit pension and OPEB plans for the periods ended March 31 was as follows (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
Pension Benefits
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Plans
 
Non-U.S. Plans
 
Worldwide OPEB
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Service cost
$
127

 
$
152

 
$
118

 
$
122

 
$
13

 
$
16

Interest cost
498

 
478

 
300

 
287

 
67

 
65

Expected return on assets
(678
)
 
(724
)
 
(379
)
 
(349
)
 

 

Amortization of:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Prior service costs/(credits)
39

 
43

 
14

 
17

 
(57
)
 
(71
)
(Gains)/Losses
51

 
195

 
148

 
173

 
24

 
40

Separation programs/other

 
1

 
16

 
9

 
1

 

(Gains)/Losses from curtailments and settlements

 

 
14

 

 

 

Net expense/(income)
$
37

 
$
145

 
$
231

 
$
259

 
$
48

 
$
50

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pension Plan Contributions

In 2014, we expect to contribute $1.5 billion from Automotive cash and cash equivalents to our worldwide funded pension plans (most of which are mandatory contributions), and to make $400 million of benefit payments to participants in unfunded plans, for a total of $1.9 billion . In the first quarter of 2014, we contributed $500 million to our worldwide funded pension plans and made $100 million of benefit payments to participants in unfunded plans.





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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 9.  DEBT

The carrying value of debt was $117 billion and $114.7 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively. The following table details the carrying value of our debt by Automotive sector and Financial Services sector (in millions):
Automotive Sector
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Debt payable within one year
 
 
 
Short-term
$
677

 
$
562

Long-term payable within one year
 

 
 

U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (“ATVM”) Incentive Program
591

 
591

EIB Credit Facilities
552

 

Unamortized (discount)/premium
5

 

Other debt
261

 
104

Total debt payable within one year
2,086

 
1,257

Long-term debt payable after one year
 

 
 

Public unsecured debt securities
6,634

 
6,799

Unamortized (discount)/premium
(147
)
 
(148
)
Convertible notes
883

 
908

Unamortized (discount)/premium
(98
)
 
(110
)
DOE ATVM Incentive Program
4,276

 
4,424

EIB Credit Facilities
749

 
1,295

Other debt
1,327

 
1,255

Unamortized (discount)/premium
(1
)
 
3

Total long-term debt payable after one year
13,623

 
14,426

Total Automotive sector
$
15,709

 
$
15,683

Fair value of Automotive sector debt (a)
$
17,672

 
$
17,301

 
 
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 

 
 

Short-term debt
 

 
 

Asset-backed commercial paper
$
1,331

 
$
3,364

Other asset-backed short-term debt
1,972

 
1,963

Floating rate demand notes
5,513

 
5,319

Commercial paper
2,464

 
2,003

Other short-term debt
2,522

 
2,345

Total short-term debt
13,802

 
14,994

Long-term debt
 

 
 

Unsecured debt
 

 
 

Notes payable within one year
5,575

 
4,475

Notes payable after one year
39,906

 
38,914

Asset-backed debt
 

 
 

Notes payable within one year
17,425

 
17,337

Notes payable after one year
24,478

 
23,273

Unamortized (discount)/premium
(81
)
 
(91
)
Fair value adjustments (b)
190

 
103

Total long-term debt
87,493

 
84,011

Total Financial Services sector
$
101,295

 
$
99,005

Fair value of Financial Services sector debt (a)
$
104,501

 
$
102,399

__________
(a)
The fair value of debt includes $504 million and $377 million of Automotive sector short-term debt and $10.5 billion and $9.7 billion of Financial Services sector short-term debt at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , respectively, carried at cost which approximates fair value. All debt is categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. See Note 2 for additional information.
(b)
Adjustments related to designated fair value hedges of unsecured debt.

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

In the normal course of business, our operations are exposed to global market risks, including the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, certain commodity prices, and interest rates. To manage these risks, we enter into various derivatives contracts:

Foreign currency exchange contracts, including forwards and options, that are used to manage foreign exchange exposure;
Commodity contracts, including forwards and options, that are used to manage commodity price risk;
Interest rate contracts including swaps, caps, and floors that are used to manage the effects of interest rate fluctuations; and
Cross-currency interest rate swap contracts that are used to manage foreign currency and interest rate exposures on foreign-denominated debt.
 
Our derivatives are over-the-counter customized derivative transactions and are not exchange-traded. We review our hedging program, derivative positions, and overall risk management strategy on a regular basis.

Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedge Accounting. Derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value and presented on a gross basis.
 
We have elected to apply hedge accounting to certain derivatives. Derivatives that are designated in hedging relationships are evaluated for effectiveness using regression analysis at the time they are designated and throughout the hedge period.
 
Some derivatives do not qualify for hedge accounting; for others, we elect not to apply hedge accounting. Regardless, we only enter into transactions that we believe will be highly effective at offsetting the underlying economic risk.

Cash Flow Hedges. Our Automotive sector has designated certain forward contracts as cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions with exposure to foreign currency exchange and commodity price risks.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges is deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) and is recognized in Automotive cost of sales when the hedged item affects earnings. The ineffective portion is reported in Automotive cost of sales in the period of measurement. Our policy is to de-designate foreign currency exchange cash flow hedges prior to the time forecasted transactions are recognized as assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and report subsequent changes in fair value through Automotive cost of sales . If it becomes probable that the originally-forecasted transaction will not occur, the related amount included in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) is reclassified and recognized in earnings. The majority of our cash flow hedges mature in two years or less.

Fair Value Hedges. Our Financial Services sector uses derivatives to reduce the risk of changes in the fair value of debt. We have designated certain receive-fixed, pay-float interest rate swaps as fair value hedges of fixed-rate debt. The risk being hedged is the risk of changes in the fair value of the hedged debt attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. If the hedge relationship is deemed to be highly effective, we record the changes in the fair value of the hedged debt related to the risk being hedged in Financial Services debt with the offset in Financial Services other income/(loss), net . The change in fair value of the related derivative (excluding accrued interest) also is recorded in Financial Services other income/(loss), net. Net interest settlements and accruals on fair value hedges are excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness and are reported in Interest expense . The cash flows associated with fair value hedges are reported in Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities on our statement of cash flows. 

Hedge ineffectiveness is the difference between the change in fair value of the derivative instrument and the change in fair value of the hedged item attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Ineffectiveness is recorded directly to income.

When a fair value hedge is de-designated, or when the derivative is terminated before maturity, the fair value adjustment to the hedged debt continues to be reported as part of the carrying value of the debt and is amortized over its remaining life.



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Continued)

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments. Our Automotive sector reports changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments through Automotive cost of sales . Cash flows associated with non-designated or de-designated derivatives are reported in Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities on our statements of cash flows.

Our Financial Services sector reports net interest settlements and accruals and changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps not designated as hedging instruments in Financial Services other income/(loss) net . Foreign currency revaluation on accrued interest along with gains and losses on foreign exchange contracts and cross currency interest rate swaps are reported in Financial Services other income/(loss) net . Cash flows associated with non-designated or de-designated derivatives are reported in Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities on our statements of cash flows .

Normal Purchases and Normal Sales Classification. We have elected to apply the normal purchases and normal sales classification for physical supply contracts that are entered into for the purpose of procuring commodities to be used in production over a reasonable period in the normal course of our business.

Income Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes by hedge designation the pre-tax gains/(losses) recorded in Other comprehensive income/(loss) (“OCI”), reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) (“AOCI”) to income and/or recognized directly in income for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter 2014
 
First Quarter 2013
 
Gains/(Losses) Recorded
in OCI
 
Gains/(Losses)
Reclassified
from AOCI
to Income
 
Gains/(Losses) Recognized
in Income
 
Gains/(Losses) Recorded
in OCI
 
Gains/(Losses)
Reclassified
from AOCI
to Income
 
Gains/(Losses) Recognized
in Income
Automotive Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange and commodity contracts
$
130

 
$
68

 
$

 
$
55

 
$
(72
)
 
$
(3
)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Foreign currency exchange contracts
 

 
 

 
$
(44
)
 
 

 
 

 
$
12

Commodity contracts
 

 
 

 
(12
)
 
 

 
 

 
(42
)
Total
 

 
 

 
$
(56
)
 
 

 
 

 
$
(30
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Fair value hedges
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest rate contracts
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net interest settlements and accruals excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness
 

 
 

 
$
69

 
 

 
 

 
$
61

Ineffectiveness (a)
 

 
 

 
5

 
 

 
 

 
(6
)
Total
 

 
 

 
$
74

 
 

 
 

 
$
55

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest rate contracts
 

 
 

 
$
(18
)
 
 

 
 

 
$
1

Foreign currency exchange contracts
 

 
 

 
(5
)
 
 

 
 

 
81

Cross-currency interest rate swap contracts
 

 
 

 
(5
)
 
 

 
 

 
138

Total
 

 
 

 
$
(28
)
 
 

 
 

 
$
220

__________
(a)
For the first quarter of 2014 and 2013 , hedge ineffectiveness reflects change in fair value on derivatives of $105 million gain and $91 million loss, respectively, and change in value on hedged debt attributable to the change in benchmark interest rate of $100 million loss and $85 million gain, respectively.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Continued)

Balance Sheet Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes the notional amount and estimated fair value of our derivative financial instruments (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Notional
 
Fair Value of
Assets
 
Fair Value of
Liabilities
 
Notional
 
Fair Value of
Assets
 
Fair Value of
Liabilities
Automotive Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange and commodity contracts
$
17,400

 
$
402

 
$
169

 
$
16,238

 
$
413

 
$
189

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency exchange contracts
13,780

 
115

 
160

 
11,599

 
144

 
210

Commodity contracts
2,952

 
27

 
12

 
3,006

 
23

 
19

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
16,732

 
142

 
172

 
14,605

 
167

 
229

Total Automotive sector derivative financial instruments
$
34,132

 
$
544

 
$
341

 
$
30,843

 
$
580

 
$
418

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value hedges
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
$
18,637

 
$
338

 
$
175

 
$
18,778

 
$
360

 
$
179

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
66,917

 
325

 
109

 
69,863

 
224

 
126

Foreign currency exchange contracts
2,271

 
4

 
21

 
2,410

 
1

 
25

Cross-currency interest rate swap contracts
2,927

 
1

 
165

 
2,620

 

 
176

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
72,115

 
330

 
295

 
74,893

 
225

 
327

Total Financial Services sector derivative financial instruments
$
90,752

 
$
668

 
$
470

 
$
93,671

 
$
585

 
$
506

 
Notional amounts are presented on a gross basis. The notional amounts of the derivative financial instruments do not represent amounts exchanged by the parties and, therefore, are not a direct measure of our exposure to the financial risks described above. The amounts exchanged are calculated by reference to the notional amounts and by other terms of the derivatives, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, or commodity volumes and prices.

On our sector balance sheet, derivative assets are reported in Other current assets and Other assets for our Automotive sector and in Other assets for our Financial Services sector. Derivative liabilities are reported in Payables and Other liabilities and deferred revenue for our Automotive sector and in Other liabilities and deferred revenue for our Financial Services sector.





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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Continued)

Counterparty Risk and Collateral

The use of derivatives exposes us to the risk that a counterparty may default on a derivative contract. We establish exposure limits for each counterparty to minimize this risk and provide counterparty diversification. Substantially all of our derivative exposures are with counterparties that have an investment grade rating. The aggregate fair value of our derivative instruments in asset positions on March 31, 2014 was $1.2 billion , representing the maximum loss that we would recognize at that date if all counterparties failed to perform as contracted. We enter into master agreements with counterparties that may allow for netting of exposures in the event of default or termination of the counterparty agreement due to breach of contract.

The gross and net amounts of derivative assets and liabilities were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Fair Value of Assets
 
Fair Value of Liabilities
 
Fair Value of Assets
 
Fair Value of Liabilities
Automotive Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross derivative amounts recognized in balance sheet
$
544

 
$
341

 
$
580

 
$
418

Gross derivative amounts not offset in the balance sheet that are eligible for offsetting
(317
)
 
(317
)
 
(359
)
 
(359
)
Net amount
$
227

 
$
24

 
$
221

 
$
59

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross derivative amounts recognized in balance sheet
$
668

 
$
470

 
$
585

 
$
506

Gross derivative amounts not offset in the balance sheet that are eligible for offsetting
(305
)
 
(305
)
 
(296
)
 
(296
)
Net amount
$
363

 
$
165

 
$
289

 
$
210


We may receive or pledge cash collateral with certain counterparties based on our net position with regard to foreign currency and commodity derivative contracts, which is reported in Other assets or Payables on our consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , we did not receive or pledge any cash collateral.

We include an adjustment for non-performance risk in the measurement of fair value of derivative instruments. Our adjustment for non-performance risk is relative to a measure based on an unadjusted inter-bank deposit rate (e.g., LIBOR). For our Automotive sector, at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , our adjustment decreased derivative assets by $1 million and $1 million , respectively, and decreased derivative liabilities by $1 million and $1 million , respectively. For our Financial Services sector, at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 , our adjustment increased derivative assets by $2 million and $2 million , respectively, and decreased derivative liabilities by $12 million and $25 million , respectively. See Note 2 for more detail on valuation methodologies.


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 11. REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST

AutoAlliance International, Inc. (“AAI”) is a 50 / 50 joint venture between Ford and Mazda Motor Corporation (“Mazda”) that owns an automobile assembly plant in Flat Rock, Michigan. On September 1, 2012, we granted to Mazda a put option to sell and received a call option to purchase from Mazda the 50% equity interest in AAI that is held by Mazda (“the Option”). The Option is exercisable at a price of $339 million and is recorded as a redeemable noncontrolling interest in the mezzanine section of our balance sheet. As a result of an amendment, Mazda’s share in AAI is now redeemable by Ford or Mazda for a three -year period commencing in the fourth quarter of 2014, instead of September 1, 2015. The change in timing does not change the Option exercise price. The following table summarizes the change in our carrying value of the redeemable noncontrolling interest for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Beginning balance
$
331

 
$
322

Accretion to the redemption value of noncontrolling interest (recognized in Interest expense)
3

 
2

Payments (a)
(3
)
 

Ending balance
$
331

 
$
324

__________
(a)
Represents a return of Mazda's investment in AAI that we are contractually obligated to pay as long as they retain their ownership in AAI.


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 12.  ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)

The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of AOCI attributable to Ford Motor Company for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Foreign currency translation
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
(1,746
)
 
$
(1,245
)
Net gains/(losses) on foreign currency translation (net of tax of $53 and $0)
(235
)
 
(357
)
Reclassifications to net income (a)

 
(9
)
Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax
(235
)
 
(366
)
Ending balance
$
(1,981
)
 
$
(1,611
)
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments (b)
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
40

 
$
(175
)
Net gains/(losses) on derivative instruments (net of tax benefit of $48 and tax of $7)
178

 
48

Reclassifications to net income (net of tax of $18 and $23) (c)
(86
)
 
49

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax
92

 
97

Ending balance
$
132

 
$
(78
)
 
 
 
 
Pension and other postretirement benefits
 
 
 
Beginning balance
$
(16,524
)
 
$
(21,438
)
Prior service cost arising during the period

 

Net gains/(losses) arising during the period (net of tax benefit of $3 and $0)
(10
)
 

Amortization of prior service costs/(credits) included in net income (net of tax benefit of $5 and $7) (d)
1

 
(4
)
Amortization of (gains)/losses included in net income (net of tax of $72 and $121) (d)
165

 
287

Translation impact on non-U.S. plans
27

 
308

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax
183

 
591

Ending balance
$
(16,341
)
 
$
(20,847
)
 
 
 
 
Total AOCI ending balance at March 31
$
(18,190
)
 
$
(22,536
)
__________
(a)
The accumulated translation adjustments related to an investment in a foreign subsidiary are reclassified to net income upon sale or upon complete or substantially complete liquidation of the entity and are recognized in Automotive interest income and other income/(loss), net or Financial Services other income/(loss), net.
(b)
We expect to reclassify existing net gains of $197 million from Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) to Automotive cost of sales during the next twelve months as the underlying exposures are realized.
(c)
Gains/(losses) on cash flow hedges are reclassified from AOCI to income when the hedged item affects earnings and is recognized in Automotive cost of sales. See Note 10 for additional information.
(d)
These AOCI components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. See Note 8 for additional information.



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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 13.  OTHER INCOME/(LOSS)

Automotive Sector

The following table summarizes amounts included in Automotive interest income and other income/(loss), net for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Interest income
$
70

 
$
44

Realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on cash equivalents and marketable securities
(33
)
 
75

Gains/(Losses) on changes in investments in affiliates
1

 
(12
)
Gains/(Losses) on extinguishment of debt
(5
)
 
(18
)
Royalty income
154

 
113

Other
27

 
43

Total
$
214

 
$
245


Financial Services Sector

The following table summarizes amounts included in Financial Services other income/(loss), net for the periods ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Interest income (investment-related)
$
11

 
$
14

Realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on cash equivalents and marketable securities
3

 
1

Insurance premiums earned
32

 
29

Other
22

 
52

Total
$
68

 
$
96


NOTE 14.  EMPLOYEE SEPARATION ACTIONS AND EXIT AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES

We record costs associated with voluntary separations at the time of employee acceptance, unless the acceptance requires explicit approval by the Company. We record costs associated with involuntary separation programs when management has approved the plan for separation, the affected employees are identified, and it is unlikely that actions required to complete the separation plan will change significantly. When a plan of separation requires approval by or consultation with the relevant labor organization or government, the costs are recorded after the required approval or consultation process is complete. Costs associated with benefits that are contingent on the employee continuing to provide service are accrued over the required service period.

Automotive Sector

Business Restructuring - Europe

In October 2012, we committed to commence a transformation plan for our Europe operations. As part of this plan, we closed two manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom in 2013 and are in the process of closing our assembly plant in Genk, Belgium at the end of 2014. The Genk closure was subject to an information and consultation process with employee representatives, which was completed in June 2013. The costs related to these closures were recorded beginning in the second quarter of 2013.


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 14.  EMPLOYEE SEPARATION ACTIONS AND EXIT AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES ( Continued )

Separation-related costs, recorded in Automotive cost of sales and Selling, administrative and other expenses , include both the costs associated with voluntary separation programs in the United Kingdom and involuntary employee actions at Genk, as well as payments to suppliers. The following table summarizes the separation-related activity (excluding $6 million of pension-related changes in accruals) recorded in Other liabilities and deferred revenue , for the period ended March 31 (in millions):
 
First Quarter 2014
Beginning balance
$
497

Changes in accruals
112

Payments
(22
)
Foreign currency translation
1

Ending balance
$
588


Our current estimate of total separation-related costs for the U.K. and Genk facilities is approximately $1 billion , excluding approximately $200 million of pension-related costs. The separation related costs not yet recorded will be expensed as the employees and suppliers continue to support Genk plant operations.

NOTE 15. INCOME TAXES

For interim tax reporting we estimate one single effective tax rate for tax jurisdictions not subject to a valuation allowance, which is applied to the year-to-date ordinary income/(loss). Tax effects of significant unusual or extraordinary items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate calculation and recognized in the interim period in which they occur.

NOTE 16.  AMOUNTS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMMON AND CLASS B STOCK

We present both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts in our financial reporting.  Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to Common and Class B Stock holders by the weighted-average number of Common and Class B Stock outstanding for the period.  Diluted EPS reflects the maximum potential dilution that could occur from our share-based compensation, including “in-the-money” stock options and unvested restricted stock units, and conversion into Ford Common Stock of our outstanding convertible notes.  Potential dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation if they have an anti-dilutive effect in the period.

Basic and diluted income per share were calculated using the following (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Basic and Diluted Income Attributable to Ford Motor Company
 
 
 
Basic income
$
989

 
$
1,611

Effect of dilutive 2016 Convertible Notes (a)
12

 
13

Effect of dilutive 2036 Convertible Notes (a) (b)

 

Diluted income
$
1,001

 
$
1,624

 
 
 
 
Basic and Diluted Shares
 

 
 

Basic shares (average shares outstanding)
3,946

 
3,923

Net dilutive options
48

 
49

Dilutive 2016 Convertible Notes
100

 
97

Dilutive 2036 Convertible Notes (b)

 
3

Diluted shares
4,094

 
4,072

__________
(a)
As applicable, includes interest expense, amortization of discount, amortization of fees, and other changes in income or loss that would result from the assumed conversion.
(b)
In December 2013, we elected to terminate the conversion rights of holders under the 2036 Convertible Notes in accordance with their terms effective as of the close of business on January 21, 2014. As a result, any remaining 2036 Convertible Notes after January 21, 2014 cannot be converted to shares and are no longer dilutive. 

 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 17.  SEGMENT INFORMATION

We have changed our Automotive sector reportable segments to establish a fifth Automotive segment — Middle East & Africa — which includes South Africa and markets that were previously direct export markets in the Middle East and Africa. Previously, South Africa results were included in Asia Pacific Africa and direct export markets were reflected in the results of the producing region or segment. We have realigned reporting of our direct export markets on a geographic basis. Results for prior periods are presented on the same basis.

Our Automotive sector is comprised of the following segments:    North America, South America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific.    Included in each segment, described below, are the associated costs to develop, manufacture, distribute, and service vehicles and parts.

North America segment primarily includes the sale of Ford- and Lincoln-brand vehicles and related service parts and accessories in North America.   

South America segment primarily includes the sale of Ford-brand vehicles and related service parts and accessories in South America.

Europe segment primarily includes the sale of Ford-brand vehicles, components, and related service parts and accessories in Europe, Turkey, and Russia.

Middle East & Africa segment primarily includes the sale of Ford- and Lincoln-brand vehicles and related service parts and accessories in the Middle East & Africa region.

Asia Pacific segment primarily includes the sale of Ford-brand vehicles and related service parts and accessories in the Asia Pacific region.

Automotive segment results are presented on a “where-sold,” absolute-cost basis, which reflects the profit/(loss) on the sale within the segment in which the ultimate sale is made to our external customer.    This presentation generally eliminates the effect of legal entity transfer prices within the Automotive sector for vehicles, components, and product engineering.   


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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 17.  SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

Key operating data for our business segments for the periods ended or at March 31 were as follows (in millions):
 
Automotive Sector
 
Operating Segments
Reconciling Items
 
 

 
 North
America
 
 South
America
 

Europe
 
Middle East & Africa
 
 Asia
Pacific
 
Other
Automotive
 
Special
Items
 
Total
First Quarter 2014
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
20,445

 
$
1,891

 
$
7,754

 
$
1,155

 
$
2,631

 
$

 
$

 
$
33,876

Income/(Loss) before income taxes
1,500

 
(510
)
 
(194
)
 
54

 
291

 
(222
)
 
(122
)
 
797

Total assets at March 31
59,656

 
7,071

 
15,898

 
1,264

 
8,622

 

 

 
92,511

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter 2013
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
21,493

 
$
2,308

 
$
6,569

 
$
1,279

 
$
2,209

 
$

 
$

 
$
33,858

Income/(Loss) before income taxes
2,392

 
(218
)
 
(425
)
 
47

 
(28
)
 
(125
)
 
(23
)
 
1,620

Total assets at March 31
52,370

 
6,980

 
20,628

 
1,119

 
7,105

 

 

 
88,202

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Services Sector
 
Company
 
Operating Segments
 
Reconciling Item
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ford
Credit
 
Other
Financial
Services
 
Elims
 
Total
 
Elims (a)
 
Total
First Quarter 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Revenues
$
2,076

 
$
35

 
$
(111
)
 
$
2,000

 
$

 
$
35,876

Income/(Loss) before income taxes
499

 
(37
)
 

 
462

 

 
1,259

Total assets at March 31
118,364

 
5,532

 
(6,348
)
 
117,548

 
(2,977
)
 
207,082

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First Quarter 2013
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Revenues
$
1,854

 
$
60

 
$
(123
)
 
$
1,791

 
$

 
$
35,649

Income/(Loss) before income taxes
507

 
(4
)
 

 
503

 

 
2,123

Total assets at March 31
105,936

 
7,285

 
(7,174
)
 
106,047

 
(2,280
)
 
191,969

__________
(a)
Includes intersector transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business and deferred tax netting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 18.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments and contingencies consist primarily of guarantees and indemnifications, litigation and claims, and warranty.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

Guarantees and indemnifications are recorded at fair value at their inception. We regularly review our performance risk under these arrangements, and in the event it becomes probable we will be required to perform under the guarantee or indemnification, the amount of probable payment is recorded.

We guarantee debt and lease obligations of certain joint ventures, as well as certain financial obligations of outside third parties, including suppliers, to support our business and economic growth. Expiration dates vary through 2033, and guarantees will terminate on payment and/or cancellation of the obligation. A payment by us would be triggered by failure of the joint venture or other third party to fulfill its obligation covered by the guarantee. In some circumstances, we are entitled to recover from the third party amounts paid by us under the guarantee. However, our ability to enforce these rights is sometimes stayed until the guaranteed party is paid in full, and may be limited in the event of insolvency of the third party or other circumstances.

In the ordinary course of business, we execute contracts involving indemnifications standard in the industry and indemnifications specific to a transaction, such as the sale of a business. These indemnifications might include and are not limited to claims relating to any of the following: environmental, tax, and shareholder matters; intellectual property rights; power generation contracts; governmental regulations and employment-related matters; dealer, supplier, and other commercial contractual relationships; and financial matters, such as securitizations. Performance under these indemnities generally would be triggered by a breach of terms of the contract or by a third-party claim. While some of these indemnifications are limited in nature, many of them do not limit potential payment. Therefore, we are unable to estimate a maximum amount of future payments that could result from claims made under these unlimited indemnities.

The maximum potential payments and the carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities were as follows (in millions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Maximum potential payments
$
652

 
$
659

Carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities
4

 
5


Litigation and Claims

Various legal actions, proceedings, and claims (generally, “matters”) are pending or may be instituted or asserted against us. These include but are not limited to matters arising out of alleged defects in our products; product warranties; governmental regulations relating to safety, emissions, and fuel economy or other matters; government incentives; tax matters; alleged illegal acts resulting in fines or penalties; financial services; employment-related matters; dealer, supplier, and other contractual relationships; intellectual property rights; environmental matters; shareholder or investor matters; and financial reporting matters. Certain of the pending legal actions are, or purport to be, class actions. Some of the matters involve or may involve claims for compensatory, punitive, or antitrust or other treble damages in very large amounts, or demands for field service actions, environmental remediation programs, sanctions, loss of government incentives, assessments, or other relief, which, if granted, would require very large expenditures.

The extent of our financial exposure to these matters is difficult to estimate. Many matters do not specify a dollar amount for damages, and many others specify only a jurisdictional minimum. To the extent an amount is asserted, our historical experience suggests that in most instances the amount asserted is not a reliable indicator of the ultimate outcome.

Litigation and claims are accrued when losses are deemed probable and reasonably estimable. In evaluating matters for accrual and disclosure purposes, we take into consideration factors such as our historical experience with matters of a similar nature, the specific facts and circumstances asserted, the likelihood of our prevailing, and the severity of any potential loss. We reevaluate and update our accruals as matters progress over time.
  

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Item 1. Financial Statements (Continued)    

FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 18.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

For the majority of matters, which generally arise out of alleged defects in our products, we establish an accrual based on our extensive historical experience with similar matters, and we do not believe that there is a reasonably possible outcome materially in excess of our accrual.

For the remaining matters, where our historical experience with similar matters is of more limited value (i.e., “non-pattern matters”), we evaluate matters primarily based on the individual facts and circumstances. For non-pattern matters, we evaluate whether there is a reasonable possibility of a material loss in excess of any accrual that can be estimated. Our estimate of reasonably possible loss in excess of our accruals for all material matters currently reflects indirect tax and customs matters, for which we estimate the aggregate risk to be a range of up to a bout $3 billion .

As noted, the litigation process is subject to many uncertainties, and the outcome of individual litigated matters is not predictable with assurance. Our assessments are based on our knowledge and experience, but the ultimate outcome of any matter could require payment substantially in excess of the amount that we have accrued and/or disclosed.

Warranty

Estimated warranty costs are accrued for at the time the vehicle is sold to a dealer. Included in warranty cost accruals are the costs for basic warranty coverages and field service actions (i.e., safety recalls, emission recalls, and other product campaigns) on products sold. These costs are estimates based primarily on historical warranty claim experience. Warranty accruals accounted for in Other liabilities and deferred revenue for the periods ended March 31 were as follows (in millions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Beginning balance
$
3,927

 
$
3,656

Payments made during the period
(578
)
 
(583
)
Changes in accrual related to warranties issued during the period
502

 
502

Changes in accrual related to pre-existing warranties
456

 
7

Foreign currency translation and other
(8
)
 
(30
)
Ending balance
$
4,299

 
$
3,552


Excluded from the table above are costs accrued for customer satisfaction actions.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Ford Motor Company

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Ford Motor Company and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2014 , and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows and the consolidated statement of equity for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 . These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

The accompanying sector balance sheets and the related sector statements of income and of cash flows are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the review procedures applied in the review of the basic financial statements.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 , and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein), and in our report dated February 18, 2014, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. As discussed in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated interim financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for its disability benefits. The accompanying December 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheet reflects the cumulative impact of this change.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Detroit, Michigan
May 1, 2014



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ITEM 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Our first quarter 2014 pre-tax results and net income were as follows:
 
First Quarter
 
 
 
2014
 
Better/(Worse)
2013
 
Memo:
Full Year 2013
 
(Mils.)
 
(Mils.)
 
(Mils.)
Income
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-tax results (excl. special items)
$
1,381

 
$
(765
)
 
$
8,608

Special items
(122
)
 
(99
)
 
(1,568
)
Pre-tax results (incl. special items)
1,259

 
(864
)
 
7,040

     (Provision for)/Benefit from income taxes
(270
)
 
241

 
135

Net income
989


(623
)
 
7,175

           Less: Income/(Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
(1
)
 
(7
)
Net income attributable to Ford
$
989

 
$
(622
)
 
$
7,182


Net income includes certain items (“special items”) that we have grouped into “Personnel and Dealer-Related Items” and “Other Items” to provide useful information to investors about the nature of the special items. The first category includes items related to our efforts to match production capacity and cost structure to market demand and changing model mix and therefore helps investors track amounts related to those activities. The second category includes items that we do not generally consider to be indicative of our ongoing operating activities, and therefore allows investors analyzing our pre-tax results to identify certain infrequent significant items that they may wish to exclude when considering the trend of ongoing operating results.

As detailed in Note 17 of the Notes to the Financial Statements, we allocate special items to a separate reconciling item, as opposed to allocating them among the operating segments and Other Automotive, reflecting the fact that management excludes these items from its review of operating segment results for purposes of measuring segment profitability and allocating resources among the segments.
    
The following table details Automotive sector pre-tax special items in each category:
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
 
(Mils.)
 
(Mils.)
Personnel and Dealer-Related Items
 
 
 
Separation-related actions (a)
$
(122
)
 
$
(8
)
Other Items
 

 
 

Ford Romania consolidation loss

 
(15
)
Total Special Items
$
(122
)
 
$
(23
)
__________
(a)
Primarily related to separation costs for personnel at the Genk and U.K. facilities.

Discussion of Automotive sector, Financial Services sector, and Company results of operations below is on a pre-tax basis and excludes special items unless otherwise specifically noted. References to records by Automotive segments are since at least 2000 when we began reporting specific segment results.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The chart below shows first quarter 2014 pre-tax results by sector:
Both sectors — Automotive and Financial Services — contributed to the Company’s first quarter 2014 pre-tax profit of $1.4 billion. Compared with first quarter 2013, the decline is primarily explained by the Automotive sector. Within Automotive, lower results in North and South America were offset partially by an improvement of nearly $600 million from the other Automotive regions. Compared with fourth quarter 2013, Company pre-tax profit was $63 million higher, more than explained by Financial Services.

AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

In general, we measure year-over-year change in Automotive pre-tax operating profit for our total Automotive sector and reportable segments using the causal factors listed below, with revenue and cost variances calculated at present-year volume and mix and exchange:

Market Factors :
Volume and Mix - primarily measures profit variance from changes in wholesale volumes (at prior-year average margin per unit) driven by changes in industry volume, market share, and dealer stocks, as well as the profit variance resulting from changes in product mix, including mix among vehicle lines and mix of trim levels and options within a vehicle line
Net Pricing - primarily measures profit variance driven by changes in wholesale prices to dealers and marketing incentive programs such as rebate programs, low-rate financing offers, and special lease offers

Contribution Costs - primarily measures profit variance driven by per-unit changes in cost categories that typically vary with volume, such as material costs (including commodity and component costs), warranty expense, and freight and duty costs

Other Costs - primarily measures profit variance driven by absolute change in cost categories that typically do not have a directly proportionate relationship to production volume. These include mainly structural costs, described below, as well as all other costs, which include items such as litigation costs and costs related to our after-market parts, accessories, and service business. Structural costs include the following cost categories:
Manufacturing and Engineering - consists primarily of costs for hourly and salaried manufacturing- and engineering-related personnel, plant overhead (such as utilities and taxes), new product launch expense, prototype materials, and outside engineering services
Spending-Related - consists primarily of depreciation and amortization of our manufacturing and engineering assets, but also includes asset retirements and operating leases

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Advertising and Sales Promotions - includes costs for advertising, marketing programs, brand promotions, customer mailings and promotional events, and auto shows
Administrative and Selling - includes primarily costs for salaried personnel and purchased services related to our staff activities and selling functions, as well as associated information technology costs
Pension and OPEB - consists primarily of past service pension costs and other postretirement employee benefit costs

Exchange - primarily measures profit variance driven by one or more of the following: (i) impact of gains or losses arising from transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the locations, including currency transactions, (ii) effect of remeasuring income, assets, and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries using U.S. dollars as the functional currency, or (iii) results of our foreign currency hedging activities

Net Interest and Other
Net Interest - primarily measures profit variance driven by changes in our Automotive sector’s centrally-managed net interest, which consists of interest expense, interest income, fair market value adjustments on our cash equivalents and marketable securities portfolio (excluding our investment in Mazda), and other adjustments
Other - consists of fair market value adjustments to our investment in Mazda, as well as other items not included in the causal factors defined above

Total Automotive. The charts below detail first quarter key metrics and the change in the first quarter of 2014 pre-tax results compared with the first quarter of 2013 by causal factor. Beginning with the first quarter of 2014, we are reporting global and total regional industry volume (in terms of seasonally-adjusted annual selling rate or SAAR) and market share data to improve transparency and reflect the markets covered by each of our automotive segments, as shown below under “Change in Automotive Segments.” Automotive operating margin is defined as Automotive pre-tax results, excluding special items and Other Automotive, divided by Automotive revenue.
As shown above, wholesale volume increased by 6%, compared with a year ago. Automotive revenue was unchanged. The higher volume is more than explained by higher industry volumes in all regions except South America, improved market share in Asia Pacific, and a favorable change in dealer stocks. Global industry SAAR is estimated at 86.5 million units, up over 3 percent from a year ago. Our global market share is estimated at 6.9 percent, unchanged from a year ago. Operating margin was 3.4%, down 1.8 percentage points from a year ago, and Automotive pre-tax profit was $919 million, down $724 million. Lower results in North and South America more than explain the change in both metrics.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

As shown above, first quarter 2014 results include several significant adverse factors that, although not special items, we do not consider to be representative of the underlying run-rate of our business.

In North America, these factors total about $500 million. They include a $400 million increase in warranty reserves for field service actions, including safety recalls and other product campaigns, related to 2008 through 2013 models, as well as expense for 2001 through 2005 models. We also experienced premium freight and labor costs of about $100 million during the quarter related to the harsh winter weather in the United States, which disrupted our operations, as well as those of many of our suppliers.

In South America, we saw significant currency devaluations across our major markets during the first quarter. In addition to the operating effect of these exchange rate movements, we recorded charges of about $400 million related to the one-time, balance sheet impact of these changes. Included is $310 million related to the Venezuela bolivar.

In total, these factors reduced pre-tax profit by about $900 million or the equivalent of 17 cents per share. They also account for a year-over-year decline in Company pre-tax profit of $700 million, as shown in the memo. While similar factors could occur in the future, it is unusual for items like these to occur in this magnitude in the same quarter. Isolating these factors provides a better understanding of what we believe to be the underlying run-rate of the Company and our North and South America segments.



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The year-over-year decline of $724 million in Automotive pre-tax profit for the first quarter of 2014, compared with first quarter of 2013, is fully explained by the warranty and premium weather-related costs in North America and the balance sheet exchange effects in South America. All other factors effectively offset one another.

Total costs and expenses for our Automotive sector for first quarter 2014 and 2013 were $33.5 billion and $32.5 billion, respectively, a difference of $1 billion. An explanation of the change is shown below (in billions):
 
 
2014
Lower/(Higher)
2013
 
 
First Quarter
Explanation of change:
 
 
Volume and mix, exchange, and other
 
$
(0.3
)
Contribution costs (a)
 
 

Commodity costs (incl. hedging)
 

Material costs excluding commodity costs
 
0.3

Warranty/Freight
 
(0.5
)
Other costs (a)
 
 

Structural costs
 
(0.4
)
Other
 

Special items
 
(0.1
)
Total
 
$
(1.0
)
_________
(a)
Our key cost change elements are measured primarily at present-year exchange; in addition, costs that vary directly with volume, such as material, freight and warranty costs, are measured at present-year volume and mix.  Excludes special items.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Change in Automotive Segments. As more fully described in Note 17 of the Notes to the Financial Statements, we have changed our Automotive sector reportable segments, as shown below.
Effective this quarter, we are reporting results for Middle East & Africa, our new Automotive segment that was formed to facilitate an increased focus on this important growth region. To allow comparison, we have revised prior year financials and physicals for each of our other segments to align with this new reporting structure. Total Automotive sector results are not impacted by this change.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Results by Automotive Segment. Details by segment of Income before income taxes for the first quarter 2014 are shown below.
North America reported a solid first quarter result, notwithstanding the factors discussed earlier, while Asia Pacific’s profit was a record for any quarter. Europe cut its loss by more than half from a year ago and by nearly two-thirds from fourth quarter 2013. The Automotive operations outside North America improved $265 million from a year ago, notwithstanding the larger loss in South America mainly due to the factors discussed above.

The change in Other Automotive from a year ago is more than explained by an unfavorable fair value adjustment of our investment in Mazda.

For the full year, we now expect net interest expense to be about $700 million, a $100 million improvement from our prior guidance reflecting higher interest income.


46

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

North America Segment. The charts below detail first quarter key metrics and the change in the first quarter of 2014 pre-tax results compared with the first quarter of 2013 by causal factor.
North America’s first quarter pre-tax profit continued to be driven by robust industry sales, our strong product line-up, continued discipline in matching production to demand, and a lean cost structure — even as we continue to invest for future growth.

Wholesale volume and revenue declined 2% and 5%, respectively, in the first quarter. The volume decrease is more than explained by lower market share, which reflected planned reductions in daily rental sales and lower small car retail share. This was offset, in part, by higher industry sales, including a U.S. SAAR of 16 million units that was 400,000 units higher than a year ago, and a favorable change in dealer stocks. The decline in revenue mainly reflects the lower wholesale volume, unfavorable mix, lower net pricing, and the adverse effect of a weaker Canadian dollar. Operating margin was 7.3%, down 3.8 percentage points from last year, and pre-tax profit was $1.5 billion, about $900 million lower than last year’s record profit. The adverse impact of $500 million associated with the warranty reserve and weather-related premium costs, as noted earlier, is worth 2.5 percentage points of operating margin.

47

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The first quarter 2014 decline in pre-tax profit compared with the first quarter of 2013 is more than explained by unfavorable market factors and higher costs. The unfavorable volume and mix is primarily explained by planned reductions in daily rental sales and lower small car share, as well as unfavorable series mix and option take rates ahead of the launch of our new products. Net pricing is lower mainly due to Fusion and Escape, which had low levels of incentives a year ago due to the launch of these models. The higher costs are more than explained by the unfavorable $500 million related to the factors previously discussed. As shown in the memo, pre-tax profit was lower than in fourth quarter 2013, more than explained by unfavorable market factors, including higher incentive spending, unfavorable product mix, and lower industry volume.

We continue to expect North America full year 2014 pre-tax profit to be lower than 2013 and operating margin to range from 8% to 9%.


48

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

South America Segment. The charts below detail first quarter key metrics and the change in the first quarter of 2014 pre-tax results compared with the first quarter of 2013 by causal factor.

In South America, we are continuing to execute our strategy of expanding our product line-up and progressively replacing legacy products with global One Ford offerings. Now, however, we also are dealing with slower GDP growth in our larger markets, weaker currencies, high inflation, as well as political and social turmoil in some countries.

In the first quarter, wholesale volume and revenue decreased from a year ago by 8% and 18%, respectively. The lower volume is more than explained by a 200,000-unit decline from last year’s SAAR of 5.9 million units. This includes the impact of import restrictions in Argentina and lower production in Venezuela resulting from limited availability of U.S. dollars. The revenue decline is primarily explained by unfavorable exchange and unfavorable volume and mix, offset partially by higher net pricing. Operating margin was negative 27%, down significantly, and pre-tax loss was $510 million, a deterioration of $292 million. The balance sheet exchange effects discussed earlier account for about 75% of the quarterly loss.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The decline is explained by unfavorable exchange, higher costs, mainly associated with economics-related effects caused by high local inflation, and lower volume, mainly due to a weaker industry. Although net pricing was substantial, including some pricing associated with new products, it was not enough to offset the currency and inflation-related effects. As shown in the memo, pre-tax results deteriorated compared with fourth quarter 2013, more than explained by unfavorable exchange.

For the full year 2014, we now expect South America to incur a larger loss than in 2013. Based on our present assumptions, we expect the rest of the year to be about breakeven to a small loss.


50

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Europe Segment. The charts below detail first quarter key metrics and the change in the first quarter of 2014 pre-tax results compared with the first quarter of 2013 by causal factor.

In Europe we continued to implement our transformation plan and remain on track to achieve profitability in 2015.

Wholesale volume and revenue improved from a year ago, up 11% and 18%, respectively. The volume increase is more than explained by higher industry volumes, reflecting a SAAR of 14.5 million units for the Europe 20 markets (i.e., our traditional 19 markets as listed in our 2013 Form 10-K Report, plus Romania), up over one million units, as well as favorable changes in dealer stocks and higher market share for Europe 20, reflecting improved share for Mondeo and Kuga. The increase in revenue mainly reflects the higher volume and favorable exchange. Operating margin was a negative 2.5%, an improvement of 4 percentage points from a year ago, and the pre-tax loss was $194 million, a $231 million improvement. The first quarter 2014 loss includes $76 million of restructuring costs.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Pre-tax results in the first quarter 2014 improved, reflecting lower costs, favorable market factors, and favorable exchange. This was offset partially by lower joint venture results and royalties in Russia and Turkey, included in other. As shown in the memo below the chart, pre-tax results improved compared with fourth quarter 2013, with most factors favorable.

We are very pleased with the start to the year by our operations in Europe and the progress the team continues to make in implementing our transformation plan, notwithstanding external headwinds in Russia and Turkey. As a result, our full year guidance for Europe is unchanged. We expect results to improve in 2014, compared with 2013.


52

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Middle East & Africa Segment. The chart below details first quarter key metrics.

In the first quarter, we wholesaled 51,000 vehicles in the region, 3,000 fewer units than a year ago. Revenue was $1.2 billion, $100 million lower. The lower volume reflects lower dealer stock increases. The lower revenue is more than explained by the lower volume and unfavorable exchange, primarily due to a weaker South Africa rand. Operating margin was 4.7%, up 1 percentage point from a year ago, and pre-tax profit was $54 million, up $7 million.

Our full year guidance for Middle East & Africa remains unchanged — we expect results to be about breakeven.


53

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Asia Pacific Segment. The charts below detail first quarter key metrics and the change in the first quarter of 2014 pre-tax results compared with the first quarter of 2013 by causal factor.

Our strategy in Asia Pacific continues to be to grow aggressively with an expanding portfolio of One Ford products with manufacturing hubs in China, India, and ASEAN.

First quarter 2014 wholesale volume was up 32%, and net revenue, which excludes our China joint ventures, grew 19%. Our China wholesale volume, not shown, was up 45% in the quarter. The higher volume in the region reflects mainly improved market share. Higher industry volume also contributed. We estimate the first quarter SAAR for the region at 38.9 million units, up 1.9 million units from a year ago, explained by China. Our first quarter market share was 3.4%, seven-tenths of a percentage point higher than a year ago. This was driven by China where our market share improved nine-tenths of a percentage point to a record 4.5%, reflecting continued strong sales of EcoSport, Kuga, and Mondeo. Higher revenue is more than explained by favorable mix and the higher volume. Operating margin was 11.1%, up 12.4 percentage points from a year ago, and pre-tax profit was $291 million, up $319 million. Strong results in China drove the region’s record profit.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

First quarter 2014 pre-tax profits improved from last year, more than explained by favorable volume and mix and higher royalties from our joint ventures, included in other. Higher costs, including investment for future growth, were a partial offset. As shown in the memo, Asia Pacific pre-tax results improved from fourth quarter 2013, primarily explained by lower costs.

For the full year 2014, we now expect Asia Pacific to earn a higher pre-tax profit than a year ago, improved from our prior guidance of about equal.


55

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

As shown in the total Company discussion above, we present our Financial Services sector results in two segments, Ford Credit and Other Financial Services. Ford Credit, in turn, has two operations, North America and International.

In general, we measure period-to-period changes in Ford Credit’s pre-tax results using the causal factors listed below:

Volume:
Volume primarily measures changes in net financing margin driven by changes in average finance receivables and net investment in operating leases at prior period financing margin yield (defined below in financing margin).
Volume changes are primarily driven by the volume of new and used vehicle sales and leases, the extent to which Ford Credit purchases retail installment sale and lease contracts, the extent to which Ford Credit provides wholesale financing, the sales price of the vehicles financed, the level of dealer inventories, Ford-sponsored special financing programs available exclusively through Ford Credit, and the availability of cost-effective funding for the purchase of retail installment sale and lease contracts and to provide wholesale financing.

Financing Margin:
Financing margin variance is the period-to-period change in financing margin yield multiplied by the present period average receivables. Financing margin yield equals revenue, less interest expense and scheduled depreciation for the period, divided by average receivables for the same period.
Financing margin changes are driven by changes in revenue and interest expense. Changes in revenue are primarily driven by the level of market interest rates, cost assumptions in pricing, mix of business, and competitive environment. Changes in interest expense are primarily driven by the level of market interest rates, borrowing spreads, and asset-liability management.

Credit Loss:
Credit loss measures changes in the provision for credit losses. For analysis purposes, management splits the provision for credit losses primarily into net charge-offs and the change in the allowance for credit losses.
Net charge-off changes are primarily driven by the number of repossessions, severity per repossession, and recoveries. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are primarily driven by changes in historical trends in credit losses and recoveries, changes in the composition and size of Ford Credit’s present portfolio, changes in trends in historical used vehicle values, and changes in economic conditions. For additional information on the allowance for credit losses, refer to the “Critical Accounting Estimates - Allowance for Credit Losses” section of Item 7 of Part II of our 10-K Report.

Lease Residual:
Lease residual measures changes to residual performance. For analysis purposes, management splits residual performance primarily into residual gains and losses, and the change in accumulated supplemental depreciation.
Residual gain and loss changes are primarily driven by the number of vehicles returned to Ford Credit and sold, and the difference between the auction value and the depreciated value of the vehicles sold. Changes in accumulated supplemental depreciation are primarily driven by changes in Ford Credit’s estimate of the number of vehicles that will be returned to it and sold, and changes in the estimate of the expected auction value at the end of the lease term. For additional information on accumulated supplemental depreciation, refer to the “Critical Accounting Estimates - Accumulated Depreciation on Vehicles Subject to Operating Leases” section of Item 7 of Part II of our 10-K Report.

Other:
Primarily includes operating expenses, other revenue, and insurance expenses.
Changes in operating expenses are primarily driven by salaried personnel costs, facilities costs, and costs associated with the origination and servicing of customer contracts.
In general, other revenue changes are primarily driven by changes in earnings related to market valuation adjustments to derivatives (primarily related to movements in interest rates) and other miscellaneous items.



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Ford Credit. The chart below details the change in first quarter 2014 pre-tax results compared with first quarter 2013 by causal factor:

The higher volume reflected increases in nearly all products: leasing in North America, and both consumer and non-consumer finance receivables in all geographic segments. The increases in leasing and consumer finance receivables reflect improved Ford Credit financing share as a result of changes in Ford’s marketing programs. The increase in non-consumer finance receivables is due to higher dealer stocks.

The unfavorable residual performance primarily reflected revised depreciation due to expectations of lower auction values in the North America lease portfolio.

Ford Credit’s pre-tax profit was higher than fourth quarter 2013 explained primarily by favorable lease residual performance due to higher auction values, as well as lower operating costs included in Other. These factors are consistent with normal seasonality.

For the full year, we now expect Ford Credit’s pre-tax profit to be about equal to or higher than 2013. This reflects improved financing margin performance. We continue to expect Ford Credit’s managed receivables at year-end to be about $110 billion, managed leverage to continue in the range of 8:1 to 9:1, and distributions to be about $250 million.



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Ford Credit’s receivables, including finance receivables and operating leases, were as follows (in billions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Net Receivables
 
 
 
Finance receivables - North America
 
 
 
Consumer - Retail financing
$
40.7

 
$
40.9

Non-Consumer
 

 
 

Dealer financing (a)                                                                                               
23.2

 
22.1

  Other
1.0

 
1.0

Total finance receivables - North America (b)
64.9

 
64.0

Finance receivables - International
 
 
 
Consumer - Retail financing
11.3

 
10.8

Non-Consumer
 
 
 
Dealer financing (a)                                                                                           
9.3

 
8.3

Other
0.4

 
0.4

Total finance receivables - International (b)
21.0

 
19.5

Unearned interest supplements                                                                                                
(1.5
)
 
(1.5
)
Allowance for credit losses                                                                                                
(0.3
)
 
(0.4
)
Finance receivables, net                                                                                              
84.1

 
81.6

Net investment in operating leases (b)                                                                                             
18.8

 
18.3

Total net receivables
$
102.9

 
$
99.9

 
 

 
 

Managed Receivables
 
 
 
Total net receivables
$
102.9

 
$
99.9

Unearned interest supplements and residual support
3.1

 
3.1

Allowance for credit losses
0.4

 
0.4

Other, primarily accumulated supplemental depreciation
0.1

 

Total managed receivables
$
106.5

 
$
103.4

__________
(a)
Dealer financing primarily includes wholesale loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory.
(b)
At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, includes consumer receivables before allowance for credit losses of $26.8 billion and
$27.7 billion, respectively, and non-consumer receivables before allowance for credit losses of $24.5 billion and $23.9 billion, respectively, that have been sold for legal purposes in securitization transactions but continue to be reported in Ford Credit’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, includes net investment in operating leases before allowance for credit losses of $9.6 billion and $8.1 billion, respectively, that have been included in securitization transactions but continue to be reported in Ford Credit’s financial statements. The receivables and net investment in operating leases are available only for payment of the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions; they are not available to pay Ford Credit’s other obligations or the claims of its other creditors. Ford Credit holds the right to receive the excess cash flows not needed to pay the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions.

Managed receivables at March 31, 2014 increased from year-end 2013, primarily driven by increases in non-consumer finance receivables in North America and International .







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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Credit Losses. The charts below detail (i) quarterly trends of charge-offs (credit losses, net of recoveries), (ii) loss-to-receivables (“LTR”) ratios (charge-offs on an annualized basis divided by average end-of-period (“EOP”) managed receivables), (iii) credit loss reserve, and (iv) Ford Credit’s credit loss reserve as a percentage of EOP managed receivables:

Year-over-year charge-offs were up $7 million. Quarter-over-quarter charge-offs were unchanged. The LTR ratio was equal to both the same period a year ago and the prior quarter. The LTR ratio of 20 basis points is still well below the 10-year average of 54 basis points.

The credit loss reserve was $358 million, down $31 million from a year ago, reflecting the continuation of low losses.

In purchasing retail finance and operating lease contracts, Ford Credit uses a proprietary scoring system that classifies contracts using several factors, such as credit bureau information, consumer credit risk scores (e.g., FICO score), and contract characteristics. In addition to Ford Credit’s proprietary scoring system, it considers other factors, such as employment history, financial stability, and capacity to pay. At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, Ford Credit classified between 5% and 6% of the outstanding U.S. retail finance and operating lease contracts in its portfolio as high risk at contract inception. For additional information, see “Critical Accounting Estimates - Allowance for Credit Losses” section of Item 7 of Part II of our 10-K Report.

Residual Risk. Ford Credit is exposed to residual risk on operating leases and similar balloon payment products where the customer may return the financed vehicle to Ford Credit. Residual risk is the possibility that the amount Ford Credit obtains from returned vehicles will be less than its estimate of the expected residual value for the vehicle. Ford Credit estimates the expected residual value by evaluating recent auction values, return volumes for its leased vehicles, industry-wide used vehicle prices, marketing incentive plans, and vehicle quality data. Changes in expected residual values impact the depreciation expense, which is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease. For additional information, see “Critical Accounting Estimates - Accumulated Depreciation on Vehicles Subject to Operating Leases” section of Item 7 of Part II of our 10-K Report.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

U.S. Ford and Lincoln Brand Operating Lease Experience. The following charts show return volumes and auction values at constant first quarter 2014 vehicle mix for vehicles returned in the respective periods. The U.S. operating lease portfolio accounted for about 88% of Ford Credit’s total net investment in operating leases at March 31, 2014.

Lease return volumes in the first quarter of 2014 were 34,000 units higher than the same period last year, primarily reflecting higher lease placements in 2011 and 2012 compared with prior years. The first quarter lease return rate was 82%, up 13 percentage points compared with the same period last year, primarily reflecting a higher percent of vehicles with a lease-end purchase price above market value.

In the first quarter of 2014, Ford Credit’s auction performance was mixed. Compared to the prior year, 24-month average auction values decreased about $600, while 36-month average auction values increased about $300. The differences in Ford Credit’s 24-month and 36-month auction value trends primarily reflect vehicle content and segment mix. In addition, the trends were influenced by the non-recurrence of the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the first quarter of 2013, which positively affected later-model vehicle auction prices (primarily 24-month contracts). Both Ford Credit’s 24-month and 36-month auction values increased significantly from the fourth quarter of 2013, consistent with normal seasonality.

Ford Credit’s worldwide net investment in operating leases was $18.8 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2014, up about $500 million from year-end 2013, and up $4.1 billion from a year ago.


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Automotive Sector

Our Automotive liquidity strategy includes ensuring that we have sufficient liquidity available with a high degree of certainty throughout the business cycle by generating cash from operations and maintaining access to other sources of funding. We target to have an average ongoing Automotive gross cash balance of about $20 billion. We expect to have periods when we will be above or below this amount due to (i) future cash flow expectations such as for pension contributions, debt maturities, capital investments, or restructuring requirements, (ii) short-term timing differences, and (iii) changes in the global economic environment. In addition, we also target to maintain a revolving credit facility for our Automotive business of up to about $10 billion to protect against exogenous shocks. Our revolving credit facility is discussed below.

We assess the appropriate long-term target for total Automotive liquidity, comprised of Automotive gross cash and the revolving credit facility, to be about $30 billion, which is an amount we believe is sufficient to support our business priorities and to protect our business. Our Automotive gross cash and Automotive liquidity targets could be reduced over time based on improved operating performance and changes in our risk profile.
For a discussion of risks to our liquidity, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2013 Form 10-K Report, as well as Note 18 of the Notes to the Financial Statements regarding commitments and contingencies that could impact our liquidity.

Automotive Gross Cash. Automotive gross cash includes cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, net of any securities-in-transit. Automotive gross cash is detailed below as of the dates shown (in billions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
March 31,
2013
Cash and cash equivalents
$
4.5

 
$
5.0

 
$
6.0

Marketable securities
20.7

 
20.1

 
18.2

Total cash and marketable securities
25.2

 
25.1

 
24.2

Securities-in-transit (a)

 
(0.3
)
 

Automotive gross cash
$
25.2

 
$
24.8

 
$
24.2

__________
(a)
The purchase or sale of marketable securities for which the cash settlement was not made by period-end and a payable or receivable was recorded on the balance sheet.

Our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities are held primarily in highly liquid investments, which provide for anticipated and unanticipated cash needs. Our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities primarily include U.S. Department of Treasury obligations, federal agency securities, bank time deposits with investment-grade institutions, corporate investment-grade securities, commercial paper rated A-1/P-1 or higher, and debt obligations of a select group of non-U.S. governments, non-U.S. governmental agencies, and supranational institutions. The average maturity of these investments ranges from about 90 days to up to about one year, and is adjusted based on market conditions and liquidity needs. We monitor our cash levels and average maturity on a daily basis. Of our total Automotive gross cash at March 31, 2014, 86% was held by consolidated entities domiciled in the United States.

In managing our business, we classify changes in Automotive gross cash into operating-related and other items (which includes the impact of certain special items, contributions to funded pension plans, certain tax-related transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, capital transactions with the Financial Services sector, dividends paid to shareholders, and other—primarily financing-related). Our key liquidity metrics are operating-related cash flow (which best represents the ability of our Automotive operations to generate cash), Automotive gross cash, and Automotive liquidity. Automotive gross cash and liquidity as of the dates shown were as follows (in billions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
March 31,
2013
Automotive gross cash
$
25.2

 
$
24.8

 
$
24.2

Available credit lines
 

 
 

 
 

Revolving credit facility, unutilized portion
10.7

 
10.7

 
9.5

Local lines available to foreign affiliates, unutilized portion
0.7

 
0.7

 
0.8

Automotive liquidity
$
36.6

 
$
36.2

 
$
34.5





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We believe the cash flow analysis reflected in the table below is useful to investors because it includes in operating-related cash flow elements that we consider to be related to our Automotive operating activities (e.g., capital spending) and excludes cash flow elements that we do not consider to be related to the ability of our operations to generate cash. This differs from a cash flow statement prepared in accordance with GAAP and differs from Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities , the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Changes in Automotive gross cash are summarized below (in billions):
 
First Quarter
 
2014
 
2013
Automotive gross cash at end of period
$
25.2

 
$
24.2

Automotive gross cash at beginning of period
24.8

 
24.3

Change in Automotive gross cash
$
0.4

 
$
(0.1
)
 
 
 
 
Automotive income before income taxes (excluding special items)
$
0.9

 
$
1.6

Capital spending
(1.5
)
 
(1.5
)
Depreciation and tooling amortization
1.0

 
1.0

Changes in working capital (a)
1.7

 
0.4

Other/Timing differences (b)
(0.9
)
 
(0.8
)
Automotive operating-related cash flows
1.2

 
0.7

 
 
 
 
Separation payments

 
(0.1
)
Net receipts from Financial Services sector (c)
0.2

 
0.3

Other

 
0.2

Cash flow before other actions
1.4

 
1.1

 
 
 
 
Changes in debt

 
1.0

Funded pension contributions
(0.5
)
 
(1.8
)
Dividends/Other items
(0.5
)
 
(0.4
)
Change in Automotive gross cash
$
0.4

 
$
(0.1
)
_________
(a)
Working capital comprised of changes in receivables, inventory, and trade payables.
(b)
Primarily expense and payment timing differences for items such as pension and OPEB, compensation, marketing, warranty, and timing differences between unconsolidated affiliate profits and dividends received. Also includes other factors, such as the impact of tax payments and vehicle financing activities between Automotive and FSG sectors.
(c)
Primarily distributions from Ford Holdings (Ford Credit’s parent) and tax payments received from Ford Credit.

With respect to “Changes in working capital,” in general we carry relatively low Automotive sector trade receivables compared with our trade payables because the majority of our Automotive wholesales are financed (primarily by Ford Credit) immediately upon sale of vehicles to dealers, which generally occurs at the time the vehicles are gate-released shortly after being produced. In addition, our inventories are lean because we build to order, not for inventory. In contrast, our Automotive trade payables are based primarily on industry-standard production supplier payment terms generally ranging between 30 days to 45 days. As a result, our cash flow tends to improve as wholesale volumes increase, but can deteriorate significantly when wholesale volumes drop sharply. In addition, these working capital balances generally are subject to seasonal changes that can impact cash flow. For example, we typically experience cash flow timing differences associated with inventories and payables due to our annual summer and December shutdown periods, when production, and therefore inventories and wholesale volumes, are usually at their lowest levels, while payables continue to come due and be paid. The net impact of this typically results in cash outflows from changes in our working capital balances during these shutdown periods.
    

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Shown below is a reconciliation between financial statement Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities and operating-related cash flows (calculated as shown in the table above), as of the dates shown (in billions):
 
 
 
 
 
Memo:
 
First Quarter
 
Full Year
 
2014
 
2013
 
2013
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
$
2.0

 
$
0.7

 
$
7.7

Items included in operating-related cash flows
 

 
 

 
 

Capital spending
(1.5
)
 
(1.5
)
 
(6.6
)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options
0.1

 

 
0.3

Net cash flows from non-designated derivatives

 
(0.2
)
 
(0.3
)
Items not included in operating-related cash flows
 

 
 

 
 

Separation payments

 
0.1

 
0.3

Funded pension contributions
0.5

 
1.8

 
5.0

Tax refunds, tax payments, and tax receipts from affiliates
(0.2
)
 
(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
Other
0.3

 
0.1

 

Operating-related cash flows
$
1.2

 
$
0.7

 
$
6.1


Credit Agreement . At March 31, 2014, lenders under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 24, 2009, as further amended (the “revolving credit facility”), had commitments totaling $10.7 billion with a November 30, 2017 maturity date. At March 31, 2014, the utilized portion of the revolving credit facility was $80 million, representing amounts utilized as letters of credit.

On April 30, 2014, we and the lenders under the revolving credit facility agreed to amend the facility and entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of that date (the “amended revolving credit facility”), a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Report. Under the amended revolving credit facility, lenders have commitments to us totaling $12.2 billion, with about $9 billion maturing on April 30, 2019 and about $3 billion maturing on April 30, 2017. The amended revolving credit facility is unsecured and free of material adverse change conditions to borrowing, restrictive financial covenants (for example, interest or fixed charge coverage ratio, debt-to-equity ratio, and minimum net worth requirements), and credit rating triggers that could limit our ability to obtain funding. The amended revolving credit facility contains a liquidity covenant that requires us to maintain a minimum of $4 billion in aggregate of domestic cash, cash equivalents, and loaned and marketable securities and/or availability under the amended revolving credit facility. If our senior, unsecured, long-term debt does not maintain at least two investment grade ratings from Fitch, Moody’s, and S&P (each as defined under “Company” below), the guarantees of certain subsidiaries will be required.

At April 30, 2014, the utilized portion of the amended revolving credit facility was $71 million, representing amounts utilized as letters of credit.

Also on April 30, 2014, we designated Ford Credit as a subsidiary borrower under the amended revolving credit facility, which enables Ford Credit to borrow directly under the facility. Any such borrowings by Ford Credit would be guaranteed by us. Separately, at the same time, we and Ford Credit entered into a Relationship Agreement dated April 30, 2014 that, among other things, limits to $2 billion the amount Ford Credit may borrow under the amended revolving credit facility, allocates that amount of commitments to Ford Credit on an irrevocable and exclusive basis to support its liquidity, and requires Ford Credit to reimburse us for the proportionate costs of that amount of commitments under the facility. A copy of the Relationship Agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Report. As a result of this arrangement, beginning April 30, 2014, of the $12.2 billion of total commitments under the amended revolving credit facility, we will reflect $10.2 billion in Automotive liquidity and $2 billion in Ford Credit liquidity.

U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturer (“ATVM”) Incentive Program. In September 2009, we entered into a Loan Arrangement and Reimbursement Agreement (“Arrangement Agreement”) with the DOE, under which we borrowed through multiple draws $5.9 billion to finance certain costs for fuel-efficient, advanced-technology vehicles. At March 31, 2014 , an aggregate of $4.9 billion was outstanding. The principal amount of the ATVM loan bears interest at a blended rate based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve at the time each draw was made (with the weighted-average interest rate on all such draws being about 2.3% per annum). The ATVM loan is repayable in equal quarterly installments of $148 million, which began in September 2012 and will end in June 2022.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

European Investment Bank (“EIB”) Credit Facilities.  On December 21, 2009, Ford Romania, our operating subsidiary in Romania, entered into a credit facility for an aggregate amount of €400 million (equivalent to $552 million at March 31, 2014 ) with the EIB (the “EIB Romania Facility”), and on July 12, 2010, Ford Motor Company Limited, our operating subsidiary in the United Kingdom (“Ford of Britain”), entered into a credit facility for an aggregate amount of £450 million (equivalent to $749 million at March 31, 2014 ) with the EIB (the “EIB United Kingdom Facility”).  The facilities were fully drawn at March 31, 2014 .  Loans under the EIB Romania Facility and the EIB United Kingdom Facility bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.44% and 4% per annum, respectively, and mature on March 31, 2015 and September 11, 2015, respectively.  Proceeds of loans drawn under the EIB Romania Facility have been used to fund upgrades to a vehicle plant in Romania, and proceeds of loans drawn under the EIB United Kingdom Facility have been used to fund costs for the research and development of fuel-efficient engines and commercial vehicles with lower emissions, and upgrades to an engine manufacturing plant in the United Kingdom.  The loans under each facility are non-amortizing loans secured by respective guarantees from the governments of Romania and the United Kingdom for approximately 80% and from us for approximately 20% of the outstanding principal amounts.  Ford Romania and Ford of Britain have each pledged fixed assets, receivables and/or inventory to the governments of Romania and the United Kingdom as collateral, and we have pledged 50% of the shares of Ford Romania to the government of Romania and guaranteed Ford of Britain’s obligations to the government of the United Kingdom. 

Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Ex-Im”) and Private Export Funding Corporation (“PEFCO”) Secured Revolving Loan. At March 31, 2014 , this working capital facility, which supports vehicle exports from the United States, was fully drawn at $300 million. The facility was renewed on June 15, 2013 and will renew annually until June 15, 2015, provided that no payment or bankruptcy default exists and Ex-Im continues to have a perfected security interest in the collateral, which consists of vehicles in transit in the United States to be exported to Canada, Mexico, and other select markets.

Other Automotive Credit Facilities. At March 31, 2014 , we had $836 million of local credit facilities available to non-U.S. Automotive affiliates, of which $88 million had been utilized.

Net Cash. Our Automotive sector net cash calculation as of the dates shown was as follows (in billions):
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31, 2013
Automotive gross cash
$
25.2

 
$
24.8

Less:
 

 
 

Long-term debt
13.6

 
14.4

Debt payable within one year
2.1

 
1.3

Total debt
15.7

 
15.7

Net cash
$
9.5

 
$
9.1


Total debt at March 31, 2014 remained unchanged from December 31, 2013, primarily reflecting a $200 million affiliate debt increase, offset by one quarterly installment payment on the ATVM loan which totaled about $150 million and other debt retirements during the quarter. We continue to expect to reduce Automotive debt levels to about $10 billion by mid-decade. We plan to achieve this reduction by using cash from operations to make quarterly installment payments on the ATVM loan, repay the EIB loan at maturity, and take other debt reduction actions, such as causing conversions of and redeeming our outstanding convertible debt, and repurchasing other outstanding debt securities.

Liquidity Sufficiency . One of the four key priorities of our One Ford plan is to finance our plan and improve our balance sheet, while at the same time having resources available to grow our business. The actions described above are consistent with this priority. Based on our planning assumptions, we believe that we have sufficient liquidity and capital resources to continue to invest in new products that customers want and value, transform and grow our business, pay our debts and obligations as and when they come due, pay a sustainable dividend, and provide protection within an uncertain global economic environment.

Based on improved near-term cash flows and the identification of additional opportunities for profitable growth, we plan to increase the ongoing amount of capital spending to support product development, growth, restructuring, and infrastructure to about $7.5 billion annually with variation by year. This compares to our 2013 capital spending of $6.6 billion.

We will continue to work to strengthen further our balance sheet and improve our investment grade ratings; the amount of incremental capital required to do this will diminish over time as we achieve our target debt levels and fully fund and de-risk our global funded pension plans.


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Financial Services Sector

Ford Credit

Funding Overview. Ford Credit’s funding strategy remains focused on diversification, and it plans to continue accessing a variety of markets, channels, and investors.

The chart below details the trends in the funding of Ford Credit’s managed receivables:

At the end of the first quarter of 2014, managed receivables were $106   billion, and Ford Credit ended the quarter with about $11 billion in cash. Securitized funding was 42% of managed receivables .

Ford Credit is projecting 2014 year-end managed receivables of about $110 billion and securitized funding as a percentage of managed receivables in the range of 36% to 40%. This percentage will continue to decline going forward.


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Public Term Funding Plan. The following table illustrates Ford Credit’s planned issuances for full-year 2014, its public term funding issuances through April 30, 2014, and its funding issuances for full-year 2013 and 2012 (in billions), excluding short-term funding programs:

 
Public Term Funding Plan
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Full-Year
Forecast
 
Through
April 30
 
Full-Year
2013
 
Full-Year
2012
Unsecured
$ 9-12
 
$
4

 
$
11

 
$
9

Securitizations (a)
12-15
 
5

 
14

 
14

Total
$ 21-27
 
$
9

 
$
25

 
$
23

__________
(a)
Includes Rule 144A offerings.

Through April 30, 2014, Ford Credit completed $9 billion of public term funding in the United States, Canada, and Europe, including about $4 billion of unsecured debt and $5 billion of securitizations.

For 2014, Ford Credit projects full-year public term funding in the range of $21 billion to $27 billion, consisting of $9   billion to $12   billion of unsecured debt and $12 billion to $15 billion of public securitizations. These are unchanged from prior guidance.

Liquidity. The following table illustrates Ford Credit’s liquidity programs and utilization (in billions):
 
March 31,
 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Liquidity Sources (a)
 
 
 
Cash (b)
$
10.7

 
$
10.8

Unsecured credit facilities
1.6

 
1.6

FCAR bank lines
1.6

 
3.5

Conduit / Bank Asset-Backed Securitizations (“ABS”)
30.8

 
29.4

Total liquidity sources
$
44.7

 
$
45.3

 
 
 
 
Utilization of Liquidity
 
 
 
Securitization cash (c)
$
(3.1
)
 
$
(4.4
)
Unsecured credit facilities
(0.4
)
 
(0.4
)
FCAR bank lines
(1.3
)
 
(3.3
)
Conduit / Bank ABS
(16.6
)
 
(14.7
)
Total utilization of liquidity
(21.4
)
 
(22.8
)
Gross liquidity
23.3

 
22.5

Capacity in excess of eligible receivables
(0.7
)
 
(1.1
)
Liquidity available for use
$
22.6

 
$
21.4

__________
(a)
FCAR and conduits subject to availability of sufficient assets and ability to obtain derivatives to manage interest rate risk; FCAR commercial paper must be supported by bank lines equal to at least 100% of the principal amount; conduits include committed securitization programs.
(b)
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (excludes marketable securities related to insurance activities).
(c)
Securitization cash is to be used only to support on-balance sheet securitization transactions.

At March 31, 2014, Ford Credit had $44.7 billion of committed capacity and cash diversified across a variety of markets and platforms. The utilization of its liquidity totaled $21.4 billion at quarter end, compared with $22.8 billion at year-end 2013. The decrease of $1.4 billion reflects lower securitization cash.

Ford Credit ended the quarter with gross liquidity of $23.3 billion. Capacity in excess of eligible receivables was $0.7 billion. This provides a funding source for future originations and flexibility to transfer capacity among markets and asset classes where most needed. Total liquidity available for use continues to remain strong at $22.6   billion at quarter end, $1.2 billion higher than year-end 2013. Ford Credit is focused on maintaining liquidity levels that meet its business and funding requirements through economic cycles.


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Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Marketable Securities.  At March 31, 2014, Ford Credit’s cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (excluding marketable securities related to insurance activities) totaled $10.7 billion, compared with $10.8 billion at year-end 2013.  In the normal course of its funding activities, Ford Credit may generate more proceeds than are required for its immediate funding needs.  These excess amounts are maintained primarily as highly liquid investments, which provide liquidity for its short-term funding needs and give it flexibility in the use of its other funding programs.  Ford Credit’s cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities are held primarily in highly liquid investments, which provide for anticipated and unanticipated cash needs.  Ford Credit’s cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (excluding marketable securities related to insurance activities) primarily include U.S. Treasury obligations, federal agency securities, bank time deposits with investment-grade institutions and non-U.S. central banks, corporate investment-grade securities, A-1/P-1 (or higher) rated commercial paper, debt obligations of a select group of non-U.S. governments, non-U.S. government agencies, supranational institutions, and money market funds that carry the highest possible ratings.  The maturity of these investments ranges from about 90 days to up to about one year and is adjusted based on market conditions and liquidity needs.  Ford Credit monitors its cash levels and average maturity on a daily basis.  Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities include amounts to be used only to support Ford Credit’s securitization transactions of $3.1 billion and $4.4 billion at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Ford Credit’s substantial liquidity and cash balance have provided it the opportunity to selectively call and repurchase its unsecured and asset-backed debt through market transactions. In the first quarter of 2014, Ford Credit called an aggregate principal amount of $195 million (of which none were maturing in 2014) of its unsecured debt.

Committed Liquidity Programs . Ford Credit and its subsidiaries, including FCE Bank plc (“FCE”), have entered into agreements with a number of bank-sponsored asset-backed commercial paper conduits (“conduits”) and other financial institutions. Such counterparties are contractually committed, at Ford Credit’s option, to purchase from Ford Credit eligible retail or wholesale assets or to purchase or make advances under asset-backed securities backed by retail financing, operating leases, or wholesale financing assets for proceeds of up to $30.8 billion ($20.5 billion of retail financing, $6.0 billion of wholesale financing, and $4.3 billion of operating lease assets) at March 31, 2014, of which $5.8 billion are commitments to FCE. These committed liquidity programs have varying maturity dates, with $28.4 billion (of which $5.4 billion relates to FCE commitments) having maturities within the next twelve months and the remaining balance having maturities in 2015 and 2016 . Ford Credit plans to achieve capacity renewals to protect its global funding needs, optimize capacity utilization, and maintain sufficient liquidity.
 
Ford Credit’s ability to obtain funding under these programs is subject to having a sufficient amount of assets eligible for these programs as well as its ability to obtain interest rate hedging arrangements for certain securitization transactions. Ford Credit’s capacity in excess of eligible receivables protects it against the risk of lower than planned renewal rates. At March 31, 2014, $16.6 billion of these commitments were in use. These programs are free of material adverse change clauses, restrictive financial covenants (for example, debt-to-equity limitations and minimum net worth requirements), and generally, credit rating triggers that could limit Ford Credit’s ability to obtain funding. However, the unused portion of these commitments may be terminated if the performance of the underlying assets deteriorates beyond specified levels. Based on Ford Credit’s experience and knowledge as servicer of the related assets, Ford Credit does not expect any of these programs to be terminated due to such events.

Credit Facilities . At March 31, 2014, Ford Credit and its majority-owned subsidiaries had $1.6 billion of contractually committed unsecured credit facilities with financial institutions, including FCE’s £720 million (equivalent to $1.2 billion at March 31, 2014) syndicated credit facility (the “FCE Credit Agreement”), which matures in 2016. At March 31, 2014, $1.2 billion was available for use. The FCE Credit Agreement contains certain covenants, including an obligation for FCE to maintain its ratio of regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets at no less than the applicable regulatory minimum, and for the support agreement between FCE and Ford Credit to remain in full force and effect (and enforced by FCE to ensure that its net worth is maintained at no less than $500 million). In addition to customary payment, representation, bankruptcy, and judgment defaults, the FCE Credit Agreement contains cross-payment and cross-acceleration defaults with respect to other debt.

At March 31, 2014, FCAR’s bank liquidity facilities available to support FCAR’s asset-backed commercial paper, subordinated debt, or its purchase of Ford Credit’s asset-backed securities totaled $1.6 billion, down from $3.5 billion at December 31, 2013. This reduction has been offset by increases in other committed liquidity programs, leaving Ford Credit’s total sources of liquidity largely unchanged. Ford Credit recently completed the wind down of its FCAR program. Ford Credit began repurchasing asset-backed securities in early 2014 and completed the process in April. No FCAR commercial paper remains outstanding, and all FCAR bank liquidity facilities have been terminated. In October 2013, Ford Credit established a two-year syndicated committed asset-backed liquidity facility. The facility, along with growth in other asset-backed private capacity, offsets the liquidity effects of winding down the FCAR program.


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As described above under “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Automotive Sector,” on April 30, 2014, we designated Ford Credit as a subsidiary borrower under the amended revolving credit facility and entered into a Relationship Agreement that, among other things, allocates and limits to $2 billion the amount Ford Credit may borrow under the amended revolving credit facility to grow its overall liquidity, supporting growth and expanded funding programs.

Leverage. Ford Credit uses leverage, or the debt-to-equity ratio, to make various business decisions, including evaluating and establishing pricing for finance receivable and operating lease financing, and assessing its capital structure. Ford Credit refers to its shareholder’s interest as equity.
 
The following table shows the calculation of Ford Credit’s financial statement leverage (in billions, except for ratios):
 
March 31,
 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Total debt (a)
$
101.0

 
$
98.7

Equity
10.8

 
10.6

Financial statement leverage (to 1)
9.3

 
9.3

__________
(a)
Includes debt issued in securitization transactions and payable only out of collections on the underlying securitized assets and related enhancements. Ford Credit holds the right to receive the excess cash flows not needed to pay the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions.

The following table shows the calculation of Ford Credit’s managed leverage (in billions, except for ratios):
 
March 31,
 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Total debt (a)
$
101.0

 
$
98.7

Adjustments for cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (b)
(10.7
)
 
(10.8
)
Adjustments for derivative accounting (c)
(0.2
)
 
(0.2
)
Total adjusted debt
$
90.1

 
$
87.7

 
 
 
 
Equity
$
10.8

 
$
10.6

Adjustments for derivative accounting (c)
(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
Total adjusted equity
$
10.5

 
$
10.3

Managed leverage (to 1) (d)
8.6

 
8.5

__________
(a)
Includes debt issued in securitization transactions and payable only out of collections on the underlying securitized assets and related enhancements. Ford Credit holds the right to receive the excess cash flows not needed to pay the debt issued by, and other obligations of, the securitization entities that are parties to those securitization transactions.
(b)
Excludes marketable securities related to insurance activities.
(c)
Primarily related to market valuation adjustments to derivatives due to movements in interest rates.  Adjustments to debt are related to designated fair value hedges and adjustments to equity are related to retained earnings.
(d)
Equals total adjusted debt over total adjusted equity.

Ford Credit plans its managed leverage by considering prevailing market conditions and the risk characteristics of its business. At March   31,   2014, Ford Credit’s managed leverage was 8.6:1, compared with 8.5:1 at December   31,   2013.


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Company

Equity. At March 31, 2014 , Total equity attributable to Ford Motor Company was $26.8 billion, an increase of $661 million compared with December 31, 2013 . The increase reflects favorable changes in Retained earnings , related to first quarter 2014 Net income attributable to Ford Motor Company of $989 million, offset partially by cash dividends declared of $493 million; favorable changes in Capital in excess of par value of stock, related to compensation-related equity issuances of $125 million; and favorable changes in Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) of $40 million.

Credit Ratings. Our short-term and long-term debt is rated by four credit rating agencies designated as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:

DBRS Limited (“DBRS”);
Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”);
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”); and
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”).

In several markets, locally-recognized rating agencies also rate us. A credit rating reflects an assessment by the rating agency of the credit risk associated with a corporate entity or particular securities issued by that entity. Rating agencies’ ratings of us are based on information provided by us and other sources. Credit ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold securities, and are subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Each rating agency may have different criteria for evaluating company risk and, therefore, ratings should be evaluated independently for each rating agency. Lower credit ratings generally result in higher borrowing costs and reduced access to capital markets.

There has been one action taken by these NRSROs since the filing of our 2013 Form 10-K Report: on April 22, 2014, Fitch affirmed its ratings for Ford and Ford Credit and improved the outlook for both to positive from stable.

The following chart summarizes certain of the credit ratings and outlook presently assigned by these four NRSROs:

 
NRSRO RATINGS
 
Ford
 
Ford Credit
 
NRSROs
 
Issuer
Default /
Corporate /
Issuer Rating
 
Long-Term Senior Unsecured
 
Outlook / Trend
 
Long-Term Senior Unsecured
 
Short-Term
Unsecured
 
Outlook / Trend
 
Minimum Long-Term Investment Grade Rating
DBRS
BBB (low)
 
BBB (low)
 
Stable
 
BBB (low)
 
R-3
 
Stable
 
BBB (low)
Fitch
BBB-
 
BBB-
 
Positive
 
BBB-
 
F3
 
Positive
 
BBB-
Moody’s
N/A
 
Baa3
 
Stable
 
Baa3
 
P-3
 
Stable
 
Baa3
S&P *
BBB-
 
BBB-
 
Stable
 
BBB-
 
NR
 
Stable
 
BBB-
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*
S&P assigns FCE a long-term senior unsecured credit rating of BBB, a one-notch higher rating than Ford and Ford Credit, with a negative outlook. The negative outlook reflects the negative trend S&P has assigned to U.K. banking industry risk.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

PRODUCTION VOLUMES (a)

Our first quarter 2014 production volumes and second quarter 2014 projected production volumes are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
2014
 
 
First Quarter
Actual
 
Second Quarter
Forecast
 
 
Units
 
O/(U) 2013
 
Units
 
O/(U) 2013
North America
 
774
 
(10)
 
810
 
(10)
South America
 
94
 
(17)
 
105
 
(29)
Europe
 
382
 
(4)
 
405
 
4
Middle East & Africa
 
17
 
2
 
20
 
3
Asia Pacific
 
346
 
75
 
360
 
64
  Total
 
1,613
 
46
 
1,700
 
32
__________     
(a) Includes production of Ford and JMC brand vehicles produced by our unconsolidated affiliates.

In the first quarter, total company production was about 1.6 million units, 46,000 units higher than a year ago. This is 3,000 units higher than our most recent guidance.

We expect second quarter production to be 1.7 million units, up 32,000 units from a year ago, more than explained by higher volume in Asia Pacific. Compared with the first quarter, our second quarter production is forecasted to be up 87,000 units.



Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

OUTLOOK

Business Environment

We project global economic growth to be in the 2.5% to 3% range, and global industry sales to be about 85 million to 90 million units. U.S. economic growth is projected to be in the 2.5% to 3% range, with industry sales still supported by replacement demand as a result of the older age of vehicles on the road. Near-term conditions have shown signs of improvement after some weakness in January and February data. In South America, Brazil’s economy is slowing due to higher interest rates put in place to contain inflation, while the situation in Argentina and Venezuela remains volatile with both economies facing unclear economic policy direction. In Europe, an economic recovery is underway. For 2014, we expect gross domestic product growth of about 1% in the Euro Area and 2% to 2.5% in the United Kingdom. The European Central Bank left its policy interest rate unchanged at a 0.25% in April and indicated that it will keep rates low for an extended period. The Bank of England also indicated that it will keep rates low until economic growth reduces excess capacity in the U.K. economy. And in Asia Pacific, China’s economic growth is expected to be slightly below 7.5% with several challenges, including excess capacity and excess debt. The government intends to be more focused on structural reforms and is willing to accept lower growth within a reasonable range of 7.5%. Growth in India is expected to improve modestly to about 5% from last year as high inflation and high interest rates remain impediments to stronger growth. Overall, despite challenges in the emerging markets, we expect global economic growth to continue in 2014.

2014 Key Metrics — Business Units

Our profit outlook for our business units, along with our outlook for net interest expense, is as follows:
 
 
 
 
Memo:
 
2013
 
2014 Full Year
 
2014
 
Full Year
 
Compared with 2013
 
First Quarter
 
 
Results
 
Plan
 
Outlook
 
Results
 
 
(Mils.)
 
 
 
 
 
(Mils.)
 
Automotive (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North America (b)
$
8,809

 
 
Lower
 
On Track
 
$
1,500

 
 
- Operating Margin
10.2

%
 
8 - 9%
 
On Track
 
7.3

%
 
South America
$
(33
)
 
 
About Equal
 
Lower
 
$
(510
)
 
 
Europe
(1,442
)
 
 
Better
 
On Track
 
(194
)
 
 
Middle East & Africa
(69
)
 
 
About Breakeven
 
On Track
 
54

 
 
Asia Pacific
327

 
 
About Equal
 
Higher
 
291

 
 
Net Interest Expense
(801
)
 
 
About Equal
 
About $(700) million
 
(163
)
 
 
Ford Credit
$
1,756

 
 
About Equal
 
About Equal/Higher
 
$
499

 
__________     
(a) Excludes special items
(b) Full year 2013 North America pre-tax results include a $39 million favorable revision related to a change in accounting for U.S. and Canada employee disability benefits

Except for South America, the outlook for each of our business units is improved or unchanged.




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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

2014 Planning Assumptions and Key Metrics

Based on the current economic environment, our planning assumptions and key metrics for 2014 include the following:
 
 
Memo:
 
 
2013
 
2014
 
2014
 
 
Full Year
 
Full Year
 
First Quarter
 
 
Results
 
Plan
 
Outlook
 
Results
 
Planning Assumptions (Mils.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Industry Volume (a) -- U.S.
15.9

 
 
16.0 - 17.0
 
On Track
 
16.0

 
 
                                 -- Europe 20
13.8

 
 
13.5 - 14.5
 
14.0 - 15.0
 
14.5

 
 
                                 -- China
22.2

 
 
22.5 - 24.5
 
On Track
 
22.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key Metrics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Automotive (Compared with 2013):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  - Revenue (Bils.)
$
139.4

 
 
About Equal
 
On Track
 
$
33.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  - Operating Margin (b)
5.4

%
 
Lower
 
On Track
 
3.4

%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  - Operating-Related Cash Flow (Bils.) (c)
$
6.1

 
 
Substantially Lower
 
On Track
 
$
1.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ford Credit (Compared with 2013):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  - Pre-Tax Profit (Bils.)
$
1.8

 
 
About Equal
 
About Equal/Higher
 
$
0.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  - Pre-Tax Profit (Bils.) (c)
$
8.6

 
 
$7 - $8 Billion
 
On Track
 
$
1.4

 
__________     
(a)
Based, in part, on estimated vehicle registrations; includes medium and heavy trucks
(b)
Automotive operating margin is defined as Automotive pre-tax results, excluding special items and Other Automotive, divided by Automotive revenue
(c)
Excludes special items; reconciliation to GAAP provided in “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” above

For 2014, we continue to expect industry volume, including medium and heavy trucks, to range from 16 million to 17 million units in the United States, and from 22.5 million to 24.5 million units in China. We now expect industry volume for our Europe 20 markets to range from 14 million to 15 million units, reflecting improved economic growth prospects and replacement demand.

In terms of our financial performance, we continue to expect Automotive revenue to be about equal to 2013; Automotive operating margin to be lower than 2013; and Automotive operating-related cash flow to be substantially lower than 2013. This includes capital spending of about $7.5 billion to support new or significantly refreshed products and capacity actions.

We now expect Ford Credit pre-tax profit to be about equal to or higher than 2013.

We continue to expect our pre-tax profit, excluding special items, to be in the $7 billion to $8 billion range as we continue to create innovative products such as the all-new F-150. We also continue to expect our full-year operating effective tax rate to be about 35%.

Overall, we expect 2014 to be a solid year for Ford Motor Company and a critical next step forward in implementing our One Ford plan to continue delivering profitable growth for all.

ONE FORD PLAN

We remain focused on delivering the key aspects of the One Ford plan, which are unchanged:
Aggressively restructure to operate profitably at the current demand and changing model mix;
Accelerate development of new products our customers want and value;
Finance our plan and improve our balance sheet; and
Work together effectively as one team, leveraging our global assets.



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Risk Factors

Statements included or incorporated by reference herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on expectations, forecasts, and assumptions by our management and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated, including, without limitation:

Decline in industry sales volume, particularly in the United States or Europe, due to financial crisis, recession, geopolitical events, or other factors; 
Decline in Ford’s market share or failure to achieve growth;
Lower-than-anticipated market acceptance of Ford’s new or existing products;
Market shift away from sales of larger, more profitable vehicles beyond Ford’s current planning assumption, particularly in the United States;
An increase in or continued volatility of fuel prices, or reduced availability of fuel;
Continued or increased price competition resulting from industry excess capacity, currency fluctuations, or other factors;
Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, and interest rates;
Adverse effects resulting from economic, geopolitical, or other events;
Economic distress of suppliers that may require Ford to provide substantial financial support or take other measures to ensure supplies of components or materials and could increase costs, affect liquidity, or cause production constraints or disruptions;
Work stoppages at Ford or supplier facilities or other limitations on production (whether as a result of labor disputes, natural or man-made disasters, tight credit markets or other financial distress, production constraints or difficulties, or other factors);
Single-source supply of components or materials;
Labor or other constraints on Ford’s ability to maintain competitive cost structure;
Substantial pension and postretirement health care and life insurance liabilities impairing liquidity or financial condition;
Worse-than-assumed economic and demographic experience for postretirement benefit plans (e.g., discount rates or investment returns);
Restriction on use of tax attributes from tax law “ownership change;”  
The discovery of defects in vehicles resulting in delays in new model launches, recall campaigns, or increased warranty costs;
Increased safety, emissions, fuel economy, or other regulations resulting in higher costs, cash expenditures, and/or sales restrictions;
Unusual or significant litigation, governmental investigations, or adverse publicity arising out of alleged defects in products, perceived environmental impacts, or otherwise;
A change in requirements under long-term supply arrangements committing Ford to purchase minimum or fixed quantities of certain parts, or to pay a minimum amount to the seller (“take-or-pay” contracts);
Adverse effects on results from a decrease in or cessation or clawback of government incentives related to investments;
Inherent limitations of internal controls impacting financial statements and safeguarding of assets;
Cybersecurity risks to operational systems, security systems, or infrastructure owned by Ford, Ford Credit, or a third-party vendor or supplier;  
Failure of financial institutions to fulfill commitments under committed credit and liquidity facilities;
Inability of Ford Credit to access debt, securitization, or derivative markets around the world at competitive rates or in sufficient amounts, due to credit rating downgrades, market volatility, market disruption, regulatory requirements, or other factors;
Higher-than-expected credit losses, lower-than-anticipated residual values, or higher-than-expected return volumes for leased vehicles;
Increased competition from banks or other financial institutions seeking to increase their share of financing Ford vehicles; and
New or increased credit, consumer, or data protection or other regulations resulting in higher costs and/or additional financing restrictions.

We cannot be certain that any expectation, forecast, or assumption made in preparing forward-looking statements will prove accurate, or that any projection will be realized. It is to be expected that there may be differences between projected and actual results. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of their initial issuance, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. For additional discussion, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2013 Form 10-K report for additional discussion, as updated by subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ISSUED BUT NOT YET ADOPTED

There are no applicable accounting standards issued but not yet adopted to report this period.

OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The interim financial information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods ended
March 31, 2014  and 2013 has not been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC"). In reviewing such information, PwC has applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for reviews of interim financial information. Readers should restrict reliance on PwC’s reports on such information accordingly. PwC is not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 for its reports on interim financial information, because such reports do not constitute "reports" or "parts" of registration statements prepared or certified by PwC within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.

ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Automotive Sector
 
Foreign Currency Risk. The net fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts (including adjustments for credit risk), as of March 31, 2014 , was an asset of $188 million compared with an asset of $158 million as of December 31, 2013 . The potential decrease in fair value from a 10% adverse change in the underlying exchange rates, in U.S. dollar terms, would be $2.1 billion at March 31, 2014 , compared with $2 billion at December 31, 2013 .

Commodity Price Risk.   The net fair value of commodity forward and option contracts (including adjustments for credit risk) as of March 31, 2014 was an asset of $15 million, compared with an asset of $4 million as of December 31, 2013 . The potential decrease in fair value from a 10% adverse change in the underlying commodity prices, in U.S. dollar terms, would be $63   million at March 31, 2014 , compared with $70   million at December 31, 2013 .

Financial Services Sector
  
Interest Rate Risk . To provide a quantitative measure of the sensitivity of Ford Credit’s pre-tax cash flow to changes in interest rates, Ford Credit uses interest rate scenarios that assume a hypothetical, instantaneous increase or decrease of one percentage point in all interest rates across all maturities (a “parallel shift”), as well as a base case that assumes that all interest rates remain constant at existing levels . The differences in pre-tax cash flow between these scenarios and the base case over a twelve-month period represent an estimate of the sensitivity of Ford Credit’s pre-tax cash flow . Under this model, Ford Credit estimates that at March 31, 2014 , all else constant, such an increase in interest rates would increase its pre-tax cash flow by $37 million over the next twelve months, compared with an increase of $63 million at December 31, 2013 . In reality, interest rate changes are rarely instantaneous or parallel and rates could move more or less than the one percentage point assumed in Ford Credit’s analysis. As a result, the actual impact to pre-tax cash flow could be higher or lower than the results detailed above.

ITEM 4.  Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Alan Mulally, our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), and Bob Shanks, our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), have performed an evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), as of March 31, 2014, and each has concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the CEO and CFO to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  Legal Proceedings.

OTHER MATTERS

Apartheid Litigation (as previously reported on page 28 of our 2013 Form 10-K Report). As previously reported, we are a defendant in purported class action lawsuits seeking unspecified damages on behalf of South African citizens who suffered violence and oppression under South Africa’s apartheid regime. The lawsuits allege that the defendant companies aided and abetted the apartheid regime and its human rights violations. In August 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals remanded the cases to the District Court with instructions to dismiss, but on April 17, 2014, the District Court ruled that plaintiffs may move for leave to file an amended complaint.

ITEM 6. Exhibits.

Please see exhibit index below.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Ford has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

By:
/s/ Stuart Rowley
 
Stuart Rowley, Vice President and Controller
 
(principal accounting officer)
 
 
Date:
May 1, 2014



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EXHIBIT INDEX
Designation
 
Description
 
Method of Filing
Exhibit 10.1
 
Tenth Amendment dated April 30, 2014 to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006, as amended and restated as of November 24, 2009, and as further amended, including the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 10.2
 
Relationship Agreement between Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit LLC dated April 30, 2014.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 12
 
Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 15
 
Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated May 1, 2014, relating to financial information.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 18
 
Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated May 1, 2014, relating to change in accounting principle.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 31.1
 
Rule 15d-14(a) Certification of CEO.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 31.2
 
Rule 15d-14(a) Certification of CFO.
 
Filed with this Report.
Exhibit 32.1
 
Section 1350 Certification of CEO.
 
Furnished with this Report.
Exhibit 32.2
 
Section 1350 Certification of CFO.
 
Furnished with this Report.
Exhibit 101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document.
 
*
Exhibit 101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 
*
Exhibit 101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 
*
Exhibit 101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 
*
Exhibit 101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 
*
Exhibit 101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
 
*
__________
* Submitted electronically with this Report in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S-T.




















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Exhibit 10.1







TENTH AMENDMENT
TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
The Subsidiary Borrowers from Time to Time Parties Thereto,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Thereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of December 15, 2006
as Amended and Restated as of November 24, 2009,
amended by the Fifth Amendment dated as of March 31, 2011,
amended by the Sixth Amendment dated as of September 28, 2011,
amended by the Seventh Amendment dated as of March 15, 2012,
amended by the Eighth Amendment dated as of July 3, 2012 and
amended by the Ninth Amendment dated as of April 30, 2013.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as Bookrunner and Lead Arranger
BARCLAYS CAPITAL,
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS LLC,
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
RBS SECURITIES INC.,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Bookrunners and Lead Arrangers
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL,
BNP PARIBAS,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS LLC,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents




TENTH AMENDMENT dated as of April 30, 2014 (this “ Amendment Agreement ”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006 and amended and restated as of November 24, 2009 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”) among Ford Motor Company (the “ Company ”), the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) from time to time party thereto, the several lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), and the other agents parties thereto. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Company has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to which (a) all existing Revolving Lenders will agree to (i) increase or maintain, as applicable, the amount of their existing 2017 Revolving Commitments, (ii) extend, to April 30, 2019, the maturity of a portion of their existing (or increased) 2017 Revolving Commitments and (iii) shorten, to April 30, 2017, the maturity of a portion of their existing (or increased) 2017 Revolving Commitments, (b) certain financial institutions not currently Revolving Lenders will become Revolving Lenders with (i) 2017 Revolving Commitments maturing on April 30, 2017 and (ii) 2019 Revolving Commitments maturing on April 30, 2019 and (c) certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended; and
WHEREAS, in order to effect the foregoing, the Company and the other parties hereto desire to amend and restate, as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 3 below), the Existing Credit Agreement and to enter into certain other agreements set forth herein, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section1 . Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date:
(a) the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement set forth as Annex I hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended and restated, the “ Credit Agreement ”);
(b) Exhibit T (Form of Compliance Certificate) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit T hereto;
(c) Schedule 1.1A (Commitments) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to reflect (i) the elections made by the Revolving Lenders party hereto that elect, on their respective signature pages hereto, to (A) increase or maintain, as applicable, the amount of their existing 2017 Revolving Commitments as provided on such signature pages and in the instructions thereto, (B) extend the Revolving Termination Date in respect of a portion of their existing (or increased) 2017 Revolving Commitments (with respect to the portion so extended, each an “ Extending Lender ”) to April 30, 2019 and (C) shorten the Revolving Termination Date in respect

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of a portion of their existing (or increased) 2017 Revolving Commitments (with respect to the portion so shortened, each a “ Shortening Lender ”) to April 30, 2017 and (ii) the addition of the additional financial institutions party hereto as (A) 2017 Revolving Lenders with new 2017 Revolving Commitments and (B) 2019 Revolving Lenders with 2019 Revolving Commitments (each, a “ New Revolving Lender ”), in each case in the amounts set forth on their respective signature pages hereto. Each Revolving Lender party hereto hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to compile such modified Schedule 1.1A (Commitments) reflecting such elections, increases and additions, and attach such modified Schedule 1.1A (Commitments) to the Credit Agreement;
(d) Schedule 1.1D (Initial Subsidiary Guarantors) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on Schedule 1.1D hereto; and
(e) Schedule 1.1G (Pricing Grid) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on Schedule 1.1G hereto.
Except as set forth above, all schedules and exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement, in the forms thereof in effect immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date, will continue to be schedules and exhibits to the Credit Agreement.
Section 2 . Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent, the Extending Lenders, the Shortening Lenders and the New Revolving Lenders to enter into this Amendment Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Extending Lenders, the Shortening Lenders and the New Revolving Lenders that:
(a)      (i) The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment Agreement, has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Amendment Agreement and (ii) this Amendment Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
(b)      As of the Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment Agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c)      Each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
Section 3 . Effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement and the amendment and

3


restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of the Credit Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (the date on which all of such conditions shall first be satisfied, the “ Amendment Effective Date ”):
(a)      The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Company, the Required Lenders, each Extending Lender, each Shortening Lender, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, each Swingline Lender and each New Revolving Lender.
(b)      The Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, dated the Amendment Effective Date, of (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York counsel to the Company, and (ii) an assistant general counsel of the Company, in each case addressed to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender as to matters previously agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(c)      The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Company, for the account of (i) each Revolving Lender, a fee in an amount equal to 0.06% of the lesser of (x) such Revolving Lender’s (or its affiliates’) aggregate Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement on the Amendment Effective Date and (y) such Revolving Lender’s (or its affiliates’) existing Revolving Commitments (after giving effect to any assignments of existing 2017 Revolving Commitments to such Lender (or its affiliates), but without giving effect to any assignments of existing 2017 Revolving Commitments by such Lender (or its affiliates), in each case on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date) immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date and (ii) each Revolving Lender, a fee in an amount equal to 0.225% of such Revolving Lender’s aggregate Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement on the Amendment Effective Date in excess of the amount referred to in clause (i) for such Revolving Lender.
Section 4 . Effect of this Amendment Agreement.
(a)      Except as expressly set forth herein or in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect, except in each case as amended, restated, replaced and superseded hereby or by the Credit Agreement, or any instruments executed in connection herewith or therewith. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Company to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances.
(b)      On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import, and each reference to the “Credit Agreement” in any other Loan Document shall be deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement. This Amendment Agreement shall

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constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 5 . Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6 . Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.
Section 7 . Counterparts . This Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
Section 8 . Headings . The headings of this Amendment Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers or representatives as of the day and year first above written.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
By:
/s/ Marion B. Harris
Name: Marion B. Harris
Title: Assistant Treasurer


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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent

By:
/s/ Robert P. Kellas
Name: Robert P. Kellas
Title: Executive Director



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ANNEX I


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
The Subsidiary Borrowers from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of December 15, 2006
as Amended and Restated as of November 24, 2009 and
as further Amended and Restated as of April 30, 2014.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as Bookrunner and Lead Arranger
BARCLAYS CAPITAL,
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS LLC,
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
RBS SECURITIES INC.,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Bookrunners and Lead Arrangers
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL,
BNP PARIBAS,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS LLC,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Co-Syndication Agents



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1

 
1.1
Defined Terms
1

 
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions
30

 
1.3
Conversion of Foreign Currencies
31

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
31

 
2.1
[Reserved.]
31

 
2.2
Reduction or Increase of Revolving Commitments
31

 
2.3
[Reserved.]
31

 
2.40
Domestic Revolving Commitments
31

 
2.50
Procedure for Domestic Revolving Loan Borrowing
32

 
2.60
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments
33

 
2.70
Procedure for Multicurrency Revolving Loan Borrowing
33

 
2.80
Canadian Revolving Commitments
34

 
2.90
Procedure for Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowing
34

 
2.10
Procedure for Canadian Acceptances
35

 
2.11
Swingline Commitment
40

 
2.12
Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans
40

 
2.13
New or Successor Swingline Lender; Swingline Commitments
42

 
2.14
Competitive Bid Procedure
43

 
2.15
Facility Fees, etc
44

 
2.16
Termination, Reduction or Reallocation of Revolving Commitments
45

 
2.17
Optional Prepayments
46

 
2.18
Mandatory Prepayments
47

 
2.19
Conversion and Continuation Options
48

 
2.20
Limitations on Eurocurrency Tranches
49

 
2.21
Interest Rates and Payment Dates
49

 
2.22
Computation of Interest and Fees
50

 
2.23
Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Illegality
50

 
2.24
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments; Evidence of Debt
53

 
2.25
Requirements of Law
55

 
2.26
Taxes
56

 
2.27
Indemnity
59

 
2.28
Change of Applicable Lending Office
59

 
2.29
Replacement/Termination of Lenders
59

 
2.30
New Local Facilities
61

 
2.31
[Reserved.]
61

 
2.32
Incremental Revolving Commitments/Facilities
61

 
2.33
Revolving Termination Date Extension
63

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
63

 
3.1
L/C Commitment
63

 
3.2
Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit
64

 
3.3
Fees and Other Charges
64

 
3.4
L/C Participations
64

 
3.5
Reimbursement Obligation of the Company
66

 
3.6
Obligations Absolute
66




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3.7
Letter of Credit Payments
67

 
3.8
Applications
67

 
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
67

 
3.10
Collateral
67

 
3.11
New Issuing Lenders; L/C Commitments
67

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
68

 
4.1
Financial Condition
68

 
4.2
No Change
68

 
4.3
Existence
68

 
4.4
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
68

 
4.5
No Legal Bar
68

 
4.6
Litigation
69

 
4.7
No Default
69

 
4.8
[Reserved.]
69

 
4.9
Intellectual Property
69

 
4.10
Federal Regulations
69

 
4.11
ERISA
69

 
4.12
Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
69

 
4.13
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors
69

 
4.14
Sanctions
69

 
4.15
Environmental Laws
70

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
70

 
5.1
[Reserved.]
70

 
5.2
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
70

SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
71

 
6.1
Company Financial Statements
71

 
6.2
[Reserved.]
71

 
6.3
Compliance Certificates
71

 
6.4
Maintenance of Business; Existence
71

 
6.5
Maintenance of Property; Insurance
71

 
6.6
Notices
72

 
6.7
New Guarantee
72

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
72

 
7.1
[Reserved.]
72

 
7.2
Available Liquidity
72

 
7.3
Liens.
72

 
7.4
[Reserved.]
73

 
7.5
Asset Sale Restrictions
73

 
7.6
[Reserved.]
73

 
7.7
Fundamental Changes
73

 
7.8
Negative Pledge
74

 
7.9

Sales and Leasebacks

74


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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
75

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
77

 
9.1
Appointment
77

 
9.2
Delegation of Duties
78

 
9.3
Exculpatory Provisions
78

 
9.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent
78

 
9.5
Notice of Default
78

 
9.6
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
79

 
9.7
Indemnification
79

 
9.8
Agent in Its Individual Capacity
79

 
9.9
Successor Administrative Agent
80

 
9.10
Bookrunners, Lead Arrangers, Documentation Agents and Syndication Agents
80

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
80

 
10.1
Amendments and Waivers
80

 
10.2
Notices
82

 
10.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
84

 
10.4
Survival of Representations and Warranties
84

 
10.5
Payment of Expenses and Taxes
84

 
10.6
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
85

 
10.7
Adjustments; Set‑off; Revolver Allocation
89

 
10.8
Counterparts
90

 
10.9
Severability
90

 
10.10
Integration
90

 
10.11
GOVERNING LAW
90

 
10.12
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers
90

 
10.13
Judgment
91

 
10.14
Acknowledgements
91

 
10.15
Releases of Guarantees
92

 
10.16
Confidentiality
92

 
10.17
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
92

 
10.18
USA Patriot Act
93




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SCHEDULES:
1.1A
Commitments
1.1D
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors
1.1F
Principal Trade Names
1.1G
Pricing Grid
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
    
EXHIBITS:
C
Form of Guarantee
G
Form of Discount Note
H
Form of Drawing Notice
I
Form of Competitive Bid Request
J
Form of Competitive Bid
K
Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter
L
Form of Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice
O
Form of Assignment and Assumption
R
Form of Joinder Agreement
S-1
Form of Addendum (Revolver)
T
Form of Compliance Certificate
U-2
Form of Revolving Note
V
Form of New Guarantee Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
 

    
        
    
        
        
            
    



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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of December 15, 2006 and amended and restated as of November 24, 2009 and as further amended and restated as of April 30, 2014, among FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein) from time to time parties hereto, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties hereto (the “ Lenders ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent.
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1     Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section  1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

2005 10-K ”: as defined in Section  4.1.
2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Canadian Revolving Loans (including Acceptance Equivalent Loans) and accept Acceptances in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
2017 Canadian Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
2017 Canadian Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment or that holds 2017 Canadian Revolving Loans or Acceptances made pursuant to a 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment.
2017 Canadian Revolving Loans ”: Canadian Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitments.
2017 Canadian Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2017 Canadian Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2017 Canadian Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2017 Canadian Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2017 Canadian Revolving Facility.
2017 Domestic Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Domestic Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2017 Domestic Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
2017 Domestic Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.

 

 

2017 Domestic Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitment or that holds 2017 Domestic Revolving Loans.
2017 Domestic Revolving Loans ”: Domestic Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments.
2017 Domestic Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2017 Domestic Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after the 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2017 Domestic Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility.
2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
2017 Multicurrency Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
2017 Multicurrency Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or that holds 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
2017 Multicurrency Revolving Loans ”: Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
2017 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
2017 Revolving Commitments ”: the 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments, the 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
2017 Revolving Facility ”: the 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility, the 2017 Canadian Revolving Facility or the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
2017 Revolving Lenders ”: 2017 Domestic Revolving Lenders, 2017 Canadian Revolving Lenders and 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders.
2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Canadian Revolving Loans (including Acceptance Equivalent Loans) and accept Acceptances in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the

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heading “2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
2019 Canadian Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
2019 Canadian Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment or that holds 2019 Canadian Revolving Loans or Acceptances made pursuant to a 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment.
2019 Canadian Revolving Loans ”: Canadian Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitments.
2019 Canadian Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2019 Canadian Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2019 Canadian Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2019 Canadian Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2019 Canadian Revolving Facility.
2019 Domestic Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Domestic Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2019 Domestic Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
2019 Domestic Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
2019 Domestic Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitment or that holds 2019 Domestic Revolving Loans.
2019 Domestic Revolving Loans ”: Domestic Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments.
2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2019 Domestic Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2019 Domestic Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility.
2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

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2019 Multicurrency Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
2019 Multicurrency Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or that holds 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
2019 Multicurrency Revolving Loans ”: Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
2019 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage ”: as to any 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
2019 Revolving Commitments ”: the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments, the 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
2019 Revolving Facility ”: the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility, the 2019 Canadian Revolving Facility or the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
2019 Revolving Lenders ”: 2019 Domestic Revolving Lenders, 2019 Canadian Revolving Lenders and 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders.
ABR ”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the highest of (a)(i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day or (ii) in the case of Canadian Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the US Base Rate (Canada) in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate for a one-month Interest Period determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating ABR, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be the Eurocurrency Screen Rate as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the US Base Rate (Canada), the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the US Base Rate (Canada), the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, respectively.
ABR Loans ”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
Acceptance ”: a Draft drawn by a Canadian Borrower on a Canadian Revolving Lender conforming to the requirements of Section 2.10 and accepted by such Canadian Revolving Lender in accordance with Section 2.10(c). As the context shall require, “Acceptance” shall also have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.10(j).
Acceptance Equivalent Loan ”: an advance made under this Agreement by a Canadian Revolving Lender evidenced by a Discount Note.
Acceptance Exposure ”: at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate face amount of the outstanding Acceptances and Acceptance Equivalent Loans at such time. The Acceptance

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Exposure of any Canadian Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Canadian Revolving Percentage of the aggregate Acceptance Exposure at such time.
Acceptance Fee ”: has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(m).
Acceptance Obligation ”: in respect of each Acceptance, the obligation of the relevant Canadian Borrower to pay to the Canadian Revolving Lender that accepted such Acceptance the face amount thereof as required by Section 2.10(e).
Addendum ”: a Master Addendum, Credit Reallocation Agreement and Amendment Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit S-1.
Additional Subsidiary Guarantor ”: each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) (a) that has Consolidated Total Assets with a Net Book Value in excess of $500,000,000 and (b) with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor directly or indirectly owns 80% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Stock of such Subsidiary and the remaining Capital Stock of which is not publicly held.
Administrative Agent ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and, with respect to the Canadian Revolving Facility, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Toronto Branch), together with any of its successors.
Affected Foreign Currency ”: as defined in Section 2.23.
Agents ”: the collective reference to the Collateral Trustee and the Administrative Agent.
Aggregate Exposure ”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit 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.
Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Amendment Agreement ”: the Fourth Amendment dated as of November 24, 2009 with respect to this Agreement.
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date ”: as defined in the Amendment Agreement.
Applicable Available Domestic Revolving Commitments ”: the Available Domestic Revolving Commitments in respect of 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments.
Applicable Domestic Revolving Lenders ”: the 2019 Domestic Revolving Lenders.

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Applicable Lending Office ”: for any Lender, with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower, such Lender’s office, branch or affiliate designated for Acceptances, Acceptance Equivalent Loans, Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans, Canadian Base Rate Loans, L/C Participations, Competitive Loans, Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit, as applicable, as notified to the Administrative Agent and the Company or as otherwise specified in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, any of which offices may, subject to Section 2.26, be changed by such Lender upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Company.
Applicable Margin ”: the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading in the Pricing Grid.
Application ”: an application, in such form as an Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.
Approved Fund ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Assignee ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Assignment and Assumption ”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit O.
Attributable Debt ”: as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable, at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent (discounted from the respective due dates thereof at the rate of 9.5% per annum) required to be paid by such person under such lease during the remaining term thereof. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the total amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, but may exclude amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
Available Canadian Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitment of such Class then in effect minus (b) such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then outstanding.
Available Domestic Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment of such Class then in effect minus (b) such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then outstanding.
Available Liquidity ”: as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Total Available Revolving Commitments (including any unused commitment under any Incremental Revolving Facility or any Permitted Additional Senior Facility) plus (b) “automotive gross cash” reported in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC (excluding such amounts held or owned by Foreign Subsidiaries).
Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving

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Commitment of such Class then in effect minus (b) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then outstanding.
Bankruptcy Code ”: the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
Bankruptcy Law ”: each of the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
Benefitted Lender ”: as defined in Section 10.7(a).
Board ”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Borrowing Date ”: any Business Day specified by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower as a date on which the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
Brazilian Real ”: the lawful currency of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Business Day ”: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York City are permitted to close; provided , however , that when used in connection with (a) a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits or deposits in any Optional Currency, as applicable, in the London Interbank market, (b) a Canadian Revolving Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for business in Toronto, Canada, (c) a Multicurrency Revolving Loan denominated in Euros, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET Day and (d) any other Optional Currency, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks in the principal financial center of the country of such Optional Currency are not open for general business.
CAM Exchange ”: as defined in Section 10.7.
CAM Percentage ”: at any date, as to any Revolving Lender of any Class, the percentage which the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class of such Revolving Lender as of such date (before any termination thereof on such date) constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class of all Revolving Lenders as of such date (before any termination thereof on such date).
Canadian Base Rate ”: the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest publicly announced by the Administrative Agent (or any Applicable Lending Office thereof) from time to time as its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar denominated commercial loans made in Canada; and
(b) the CDOR Rate for a one month period, plus 0.5%.

Canadian Base Rate Loans ”: Revolving Loans bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Base Rate.

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Canadian Borrower ”: any Subsidiary Borrower that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
Canadian Dollars ” and “ C$ ”: the lawful money of Canada.
Canadian Revolving Commitment ”: any 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitment or 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitment.
Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Revolving Loans of such Class denominated in Dollars held by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) then outstanding, (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Revolving Loans of such Class denominated in Canadian Dollars held by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Acceptance Exposure with respect to such Class.
Canadian Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
Canadian Revolving Lender ”: any 2017 Canadian Revolving Lender or 2019 Canadian Revolving Lender.
Canadian Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.8(a).
Canadian Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender at any time, the 2017 Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or the 2019 Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as applicable.
Capital Stock ”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
CDOR Rate ”: on any day, with respect to a particular term as specified herein, the average annual rate for such term applicable to banker’s acceptances in Canadian Dollars displayed and identified as such on the “ Reuters screen CDOR page ” at approximately 10:00 A.M. Toronto time on such day ( provided that if such rates do not appear on the Reuters screen CDOR page, then the CDOR Rate shall be the average of the rate quotes for banker’s acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars with such term received by the Administrative Agent at approximately 10:00 A.M. Toronto time on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) from two or more Schedule I Lenders).
CDOR Screen Rate ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Eurocurrency Base Rate”.
Change in Tax Law ”: as defined in Section 2.26.
Change of Control ”: the occurrence of either (a) more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company being held by a Person or Persons (other than Permitted Holders) who “act as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities” of the Company within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or (b) Continuing Directors ceasing to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company.
Chinese Renminbi ”: the lawful currency of the People's Republic of China.

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Class ”: as to any Revolving Commitment, whether such Revolving Commitment is a 2017 Revolving Commitment or a 2019 Revolving Commitment, as to any Revolving Extension of Credit, whether such Revolving Extension of Credit is outstanding under a 2017 Revolving Commitment or under a 2019 Revolving Commitment, as to any Revolving Facility, whether such Revolving Facility is a 2017 Revolving Facility or a 2019 Revolving Facility, as to any Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan, whether such Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan was made pursuant to a 2017 Revolving Commitment or a 2019 Revolving Commitment and as to any Revolving Lender, whether such Revolving Lender is a 2017 Revolving Lender or a 2019 Revolving Lender.
Closing Date ”: December 15, 2006.
Code ”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral Trustee ”: Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2006, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust Company, and any successor thereof under such Collateral Trust Agreement and, as the context may require, any co-trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of such Collateral Trust Agreement.
Collateralized ”: secured by cash collateral arrangements and/or backstop letters of credit entered into on terms and in amounts reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Lender; the terms “Collateralize” and “Collateralization” shall have correlative meanings.
Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the Revolving Commitments of such Lender.
Commonly Controlled Entity ”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is part of a group that includes the Company and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
Competitive Bid ”: an offer by a Revolving Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.14.
Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter ”: a notification made by the Company pursuant to Section 2.14 in the form of Exhibit K.
Competitive Bid Rate ”: with respect to any Competitive Bid (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus (or minus) the Margin and (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of interest per annum, in each case specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
Competitive Bid Request ”: a request made pursuant to Section 2.14 in the form of Exhibit I.
Competitive Loan ”: a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.14.
Compliance Certificate ”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit T.
Conduit Lender ”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided , that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender

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shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
Consolidated Total Assets ”: at any date, with respect to any Person, the amount set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet (or the equivalent) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Total Automotive Assets ”: at any date, the consolidated total automotive assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant to Section 6.1.
Consolidated Net Tangible Automotive Assets ”: the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Company’s automotive assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities and (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, plus (b) the Company’s equity in the net assets of its financial services subsidiaries after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, in each case as set forth in the most recent financial statements the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Continuing Director ”: at any date, an individual (a) who is a member of the board of directors of the Company on the Closing Date, (b) who has been elected as a member of such board of directors with a majority of the total votes of Permitted Holders that were cast in such election voted in favor of such member or (c) who has been nominated to be a member of such board of directors by a majority of the other Continuing Directors then in office.
Contractual Obligation ”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Currency ”: Dollars, Canadian Dollars or any Optional Currency.
Debt ”: as defined in Section 7.8.
Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Defaulting Lender ”: means, at any time, a Lender (i) that has defaulted in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, (ii) that has, or the Parent Company of which has, notified the Administrative Agent or the Company, or has stated publicly, that it will not comply with any such funding obligation hereunder, (iii) that has, for three or more Business Days, failed to confirm in writing to the Company, in response to a written request of the Company after the Company has a reasonable basis to believe such Lender will not comply with its funding obligations hereunder, that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or (iv) with respect to which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing.

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Discount Note ”: a non-interest bearing, non-negotiable promissory note of a Canadian Borrower denominated in Canadian Dollars, issued by such Canadian Borrower to a Canadian Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit G.
Discount Proceeds ”: for any Acceptance issued hereunder, an amount calculated on the applicable date of issuance by multiplying (a) the face amount of the Acceptance by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) one by (ii) the sum of one plus the product of (A) the Discount Rate applicable to the Acceptance and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the term of the Acceptance and the denominator of which is 365, with the quotient being rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and .00005 being rounded up.
Discount Rate ”: with respect to any Acceptance, (a) for a Canadian Revolving Lender which is a Schedule I Lender, the CDOR Rate (for the applicable term) and (b) for other Canadian Revolving Lenders, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent as being the arithmetic average (rounded upwards to the nearest multiple of 0.01%) of the discount rates for the applicable term, calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days, of the Schedule II/III Reference Lenders established in accordance with their normal practices at or about 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the issuance date of such Acceptance, provided that the Discount Rate of such other Lenders shall not exceed for any issue the Discount Rate established pursuant to (a) above plus 0.10% per annum.
Disposition ”: with respect to any property, any sale, transfer or other disposition thereof; and the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.
Dollar Equivalent ”: on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to an amount denominated in any other currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with normal banking industry practice using the Exchange Rate on the date of determination of such equivalent. In making any determination of the Dollar Equivalent (for purposes of calculating the amount of Loans to be borrowed from the respective Lenders on any date or for any other purpose), the Administrative Agent shall use the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower delivers a request for Revolving Loans or on such other date upon which a Dollar Equivalent is required to be determined pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. As appropriate, amounts specified herein as amounts in Dollars shall be or include any relevant Dollar Equivalent amount.
Dollars ” and “ $ ”: the lawful money of the United States.
Domestic Revolving Commitment ”: any 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitment or 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitment.
Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) (i) in the case of any 2017 Domestic Revolving Lender, zero and (ii) in the case of any 2019 Domestic Revolving Lender, such Lender’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s applicable Domestic Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans of such Class then outstanding.
Domestic Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.

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Domestic Revolving Lender ”: any 2017 Domestic Revolving Lender or 2019 Domestic Revolving Lender.
Domestic Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
Domestic Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender at any time, the 2017 Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or the 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as applicable.
Domestic Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary Borrower ”: any Subsidiary Borrower which is a Domestic Subsidiary.
Draft ”: a depository bill issued in accordance with the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) or a bill of exchange in the form used from time to time by each Canadian Revolving Lender, respectively, in connection with the creation of Acceptances in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10 and payable in Canadian Dollars.
Drawing Notice ”: as defined in Section 2.10(c).
Environmental Laws ”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, provincial, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health, the environment or natural resources, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
ERISA ”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Euro ” and “ ”: the official currency of the European Union.
Eurocurrency Base Rate ”: means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan for any applicable currency (other than Swedish Kroner and Canadian Dollars) and for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for the relevant currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion ( provided , that the Administrative Agent shall have generally selected such page for similarly situated borrowers)) (in each case, the “ Eurocurrency Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, on the first day of) such Interest Period, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Swedish Kroner for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the offered rates for deposits in Swedish Kroner with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the display designated as STIBOR on Reuters (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion ( provided , that the Administrative Agent

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shall have generally selected such page for similarly situated borrowers)) (in each case, the “ STIBOR Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., Stockholm time, three Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period or (c) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars for any Interest Period, the annual rate of interest determined with reference to the arithmetic average of the discount rate quotations of all institutions listed in respect of the relevant Interest Period for Canadian Dollar-denominated bankers’ acceptances displayed and identified as such on the “Reuters Screen CDOR Page” as defined in the International Swap Dealer Association, Inc. definitions, as modified and amended from time to time (or, in the event such rates do not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion ( provided , that the Administrative Agent shall have generally selected such page for similarly situated borrowers)) (in each case, the “ CDOR Screen Rate ”), at approximately 10:00 a.m., Toronto time, on such day and, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as adjusted by the Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m., Toronto local time, to reflect any error in the posted rate of interest or in the posted average annual rate of interest); provided that if the Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) with respect to the applicable currency then the Eurocurrency Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Eurocurrency Competitive Loan ”: any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate.
Eurocurrency Loans ”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.
Eurocurrency Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurocurrency Base Rate
1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

; provided that with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, the Eurocurrency Rate shall mean the Eurocurrency Base Rate.
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender is subject, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and as such shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Eurocurrency Screen Rate ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Eurocurrency Base Rate”.

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Eurocurrency Tranche ”: the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans under a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
Event of Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Exchange Act ”: the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Rate ”: for any day with respect to any currency (other than Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day on the applicable Reuters currency page with respect to such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters currency page, the Exchange Rate with respect to such currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the London Interbank market or other market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day for the purchase of Dollars with such currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided , however , that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Excluded Subsidiary ”: collectively (a) FMCC and each Subsidiary thereof, (b) Ford Motor Land Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and each Subsidiary thereof, (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (d) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (e) subject to Section 6.7(c), any Subsidiary that is a bona fide joint venture and (f) any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company.
Existing Letters of Credit ”: as defined in Section 3.9.
Existing Notes ”: the senior unsecured notes of the Company issued pursuant to the Existing Notes Indentures.
Existing Notes Indentures ”: collectively, (a) the Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1992, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, and (b) the Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2002, between the Company and The Bank of New York (as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee.
Extending Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.33.
Facility ”: each of (a) (i) the 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility ”) and (ii) the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility ” and, together with the 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility, the “ Domestic Revolving Facilities ” and each a “ Domestic Revolving Facility ”), (b) (i) the 2017 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2017 Canadian Revolving Facility ”) and (ii) the 2019 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2019 Canadian Revolving Facility ” and, together with the 2017 Canadian Revolving Facility, the “ Canadian Revolving Facilities ” and each a “ Canadian Revolving Facility ”), (c) (i) the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2017 Multicurrency Revolving

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Facility ”) and (ii) the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Facility ” and, together with the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Facility, the “ Multicurrency Revolving Facilities ” and each a “ Multicurrency Revolving Facility ”), (d) any New Local Facility and (e) the Incremental Revolving Commitments (other than any Revolving Commitment Increase) and the extensions of credit thereunder as provided in any Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice (each, an “ Incremental Revolving Facility ” and together with the Domestic Revolving Facilities, the Canadian Revolving Facilities, the Multicurrency Revolving Facilities and any New Local Facility, the “ Revolving Facilities ” and each a “ Revolving Facility ”).
Facility Fee Rate ”: the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading in the Pricing Grid.
Federal Funds Effective Rate ”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Payment Date ”: (a) the 15 th day of each March, June, September and December (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and (b) the last day of the final Fee Payment Period.
Fee Payment Period ”: initially the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the initial Fee Payment Date, and thereafter each period commencing on and including a Fee Payment Date to but excluding the succeeding Fee Payment Date (except that the final Fee Payment Period shall end on the date on which all Revolving Commitments have terminated and the Revolving Extensions of Credit have been reduced to zero).
Fitch ”: Fitch Investors Service, L.P. and its successors.
Fixed Rate Loan ”: a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a fixed rate per annum specified by the Revolving Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
FMCC ”: Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Ford Canada ”: Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, a company organized under the laws of Ontario.
Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower ”: any Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company ”: a Subsidiary substantially all of the Net Book Value of whose assets consists of Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries.
Funded Debt ”: all Debt having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or having a maturity of less than 12 months but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from the date of such balance sheet at the option of the borrower thereof.

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Funding Office ”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office with respect to any Facility or Facilities by written notice to the Company and the Lenders.
GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Company and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Company’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.
Governmental Authority ”: any federal, state, provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any federal, state or municipal court, in each case whether of the United States or foreign.
Guarantee ”: the Guarantee Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
Guarantee Obligation ”: shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Guarantee Reinstatement Date ”: the first date following May 23, 2012 or any Guarantee Release Date on which the Index Debt fails to maintain at least two of the following three ratings: at least Baa3 by Moody’s, at least BBB- by Fitch and/or at least BBB- by S&P.
Guarantee Release Date ”: the first date following any Guarantee Reinstatement Date on which the Index Debt has at least two of the following three ratings: at least Baa3 by Moody’s, at least BBB- by Fitch and/or at least BBB- by S&P.
Impacted Interest Period ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Eurocurrency Base Rate”.
Incremental Lender ”: any Lender designated by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent and (i) in the case of a Revolving Commitment Increase with respect to the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility, each Material Swingline Lender and Material Issuing Lender of such Class at such time and (ii) in the case of a Revolving Commitment Increase with respect to the 2017 Domestic Revolving Facility, each Material Swingline Lender of such Class at such time (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld), any other bank, financial institution or other Person which becomes a signatory to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice and each Lender which has made, or acquired pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with Section 10.6, an Incremental Revolving Commitment.
Incremental Revolving Commitment ”: as to each Incremental Lender, in respect of any Revolving Commitment Increase or Incremental Revolving Facility, the obligation of such Incremental

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Lender on and after the applicable Revolving Commitment Increase Date or Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date to make Incremental Revolving Loans under the relevant Revolving Facility in a principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the heading “Incremental Revolving Commitment” opposite such Incremental Lender’s name on the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice.
Incremental Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility.”
Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice ”: a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit L.
Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date ”: as to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the date (which shall be a Business Day) specified in the related Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice as the first date on which Incremental Revolving Loans will be made available thereunder.
Incremental Revolving Loan Maturity Date ”: as to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the maturity date specified in the Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice relating thereto.
Incremental Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.32(b).
Indebtedness ”: of any Person at any date, all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money.
Index Debt ”: senior, unsecured, long-term Indebtedness of the Company.
Initial Subsidiary Guarantor ”: each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1D.
Insolvency Proceeding ”: each of the following, in each case with respect to the Company or any other Loan Party or any property or Indebtedness of the Company or any other Loan Party: (a)(i) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law or any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, (ii) any case or proceeding seeking receivership, liquidation, reorganization, winding up or other similar case or proceeding, (iii) any case or proceeding seeking arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of any debt and (iv) any case or proceeding seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other similar official and (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges with respect to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
Interest Payment Date ”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan) or Canadian Base Rate Loan, the 15 th day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurocurrency Loan, Eurocurrency Competitive Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less or any Money Market Rate Loan, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan or Eurocurrency Competitive Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Fixed Rate Loan, the maturity date of such Loan and (e) as to any Loan (other than any

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Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan but including any Swingline Loan that is an ABR Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.
Interest Period ”: (a) as to any Eurocurrency Loan or Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Loan and ending one, two, three or six (or, if agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility, nine or twelve) months (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, one, two or three weeks) thereafter, as selected by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in its notice of borrowing, Competitive Bid Request or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Loan and ending one, two, three or six (or, if agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility, nine or twelve) months thereafter, as selected by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, (b) as to any Money Market Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Money Market Rate Loan, and ending on a date agreed upon by the Company or the relevant Domestic Subsidiary Borrower and the Swingline Lender which is at least one and not more than 10 Business Days after the making of such Money Market Rate Loan and (c) with respect to a Fixed Rate Loan, the period (which shall be not less than seven days or more than 360 days) commencing on the Borrowing Date thereof and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(A) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of Revolving Loans or Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(B) the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date then in effect; and
(C) in the case of Revolving Loans or Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

Interpolated Rate ” means, at any time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the applicable Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the applicable Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
Issuing Lender ”: each Lender or any Applicable Lending Office thereof that has an L/C Commitment, in the capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit.
judgment currency ”: as defined in Section 10.13.

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L/C Commitment ”: as to any Lender (or Applicable Lending Office thereof), the obligation of such Person to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3 (including any Existing Letters of Credit issued by such Lender) in an aggregate Outstanding Amount at any time not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “L/C Commitment” opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 1.1A, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to Section 3.11.
L/C Obligations ”: at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit.
L/C Participants ”: the collective reference to all the 2019 Domestic Revolving Lenders (other than any Issuing Lender).
L/C Sublimit ”: $1,500,000,000; provided that, from time to time, the Company may increase the L/C Sublimit by notice to the Administrative Agent.
Lender Insolvency Event ”: with respect to any Lender, that such Lender or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its Parent Company, or such Lender or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment. For the avoidance of doubt, a Lender that participates in a government support program will not be considered to be the subject of a proceeding of the types described in this definition solely by reason of its participation in such government support program.
Lenders ”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided , that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
Letter of Credit ”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
Letter of Credit Fee ”: as defined in Section 3.3.
Lien ”: any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, charge, statutory deemed trust, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance.
Loan ”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including any Acceptance).
Loan Documents ”: (i) this Agreement, the Guarantee, the Notes and each Joinder Agreement, (ii) during any New Guarantee Period, the New Guarantee and (iii) any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.
Loan Parties ”: the Company, each Subsidiary Borrower and any New Guarantor.
Local Facility Amendment ”: as defined in Section 2.30.
Local Screen Rate ”: the STIBOR Screen Rate or the CDOR Screen Rate, as applicable.
Majority Facility Lenders ”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of any Revolving Facility, at any time after all of the Revolving Commitments thereunder shall have expired

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or terminated, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate amount of Revolving Extensions of Credit thereunder).
Majority Revolving Lenders ”: the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit).
Manufacturing Subsidiary ”: a Subsidiary of the Company which owns or leases a Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property.
Margin ”: as to any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the margin to be added (or subtracted) from the Eurocurrency Base Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified in the Competitive Bid relating to such Loan.
Material Adverse Effect ”: a material adverse effect on (a) the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
Material Issuing Lender ”: any Issuing Lender with an L/C Commitment of $250,000,000 or more.
Material Swingline Lender ”: any Swingline Lender with a Swingline Commitment of $250,000,000 or more.
Money Market Rate ”: for any day, a fixed rate per annum as agreed between any Swingline Lender and the Company pursuant to Section 2.12.
Money Market Rate Loans ”: Swingline Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Money Market Rate.
Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment ”: any 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment.
Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Multicurrency Revolving Loans of such Class held by such Lender then outstanding.
Multicurrency Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
Multicurrency Revolving Lender ”: any 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Lender or 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Lender.
Multicurrency Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.6(a).
Multicurrency Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any time, the 2017 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or the 2019 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as applicable.

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Net Book Value ”: with respect to any asset of any Person (a) other than accounts receivable, the gross book value of such asset on the balance sheet of such Person, minus depreciation in respect of such asset on such balance sheet and (b) with respect to accounts receivable, the gross book value thereof, minus any specific reserves attributable thereto.
New Guarantee ”: a Guarantee Agreement to be executed and delivered by (a) each Principal Domestic Subsidiary and (b) each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor that is then a Domestic Subsidiary and not a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, pursuant to Section 6.7(a) upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Reinstatement Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit V.
New Guarantee Period ”: a period from and including the 30 th day after any Guarantee Reinstatement Date to but excluding the following Guarantee Release Date, if any.
New Guarantee Requirement Period ”: a period from and including any Guarantee Reinstatement Date to but excluding the following Guarantee Release Date, if any.
New Guarantor ”: at any time, a Subsidiary that is a party to a New Guarantee at such time.
New Local Facility ”: as defined in Section 2.30.
New Local Facility Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.30.
Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.10(i).
Non-Excluded Taxes ”: as defined in Section 2.26(a).
Non-Extending Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.33.
Non-U.S. Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.26(d).
Notes ”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
Notice of Acceleration ”: either (i) a notice delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Company pursuant to clause (B) of Section 8 or (ii) the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under clause (A) of Section 8.
Obligations ”: collectively, the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans, Acceptance Obligations and Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrowers (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and Post-Petition Interest) to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, banker’s acceptance or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, prepayment premiums, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders that are required to be paid by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Borrowers pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

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OFAC ”: as defined in Section 4.14.
Optional Currency ”: at any time, Euro, Pounds Sterling, Swedish Kroner and such other currencies which are freely convertible into Dollars and are freely traded and available in the London interbank eurocurrency market with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Facility Lenders under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility of the applicable Class (or, in the case of Letters of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender).
original currency ”: as defined in Section 10.13.
Other Taxes ”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Outstanding Amount ”: (a) with respect to Indebtedness, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof, (b) with respect to banker’s acceptances, letters of credit or letters of guarantee, the aggregate undrawn, unexpired face amount thereof plus the aggregate unreimbursed drawn amount thereof, (c) with respect to hedging obligations, the aggregate amount recorded by the Company or any Subsidiary as its termination liability thereunder, (d) with respect to cash management obligations or guarantees, the aggregate maximum amount thereof (i) that the relevant cash management provider is entitled to assert as such as agreed from time to time by the Company or any Subsidiary and such provider or (ii) the principal amount of the Indebtedness being guaranteed or, if less, the maximum amount of such guarantee set forth in the relevant guarantee and (e) with respect to any other obligations, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof.
Parent Company ”: with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
Participant ”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
Participant Register ”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).
PBGC ”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Permitted Additional Senior Facilities ”: additional revolving credit facilities of (or guaranteed by) the Company and any Indebtedness incurred (or other extensions of credit made) thereunder satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 2.32 with respect to the establishment of an Incremental Revolving Facility; provided that (a) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the establishment of such facility, together with a description of the material terms and conditions thereof or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and such terms and conditions shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Company within such period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (b) such facility is established pursuant to a separate agreement or instrument with the lenders thereof.

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Permitted Holders ”: holders of the Company’s Class B Stock on the Closing Date and other holders of such Capital Stock from time to time; provided that such holders satisfy the qualifications set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) of subsection 2.2 of Article Fourth of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the Closing Date.
Permitted Liens ” means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges and utility charges, in each case that are not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company in conformity with GAAP;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business;

(c) permits, servitudes, licenses, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances imposed by applicable law or incurred in the ordinary course of business or minor imperfections in title to real property that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
 
(d) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights) granted to others that do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and licenses of trademarks and intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business;

(e) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business or statutory Liens imposed in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security or pension benefits or Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, tenders, sales, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money), statutory obligations, and surety, appeal, customs or performance bonds and similar obligations, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments;

(g) purchase money Liens on property (other than shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness) existing at the time of acquisition (including acquisition through amalgamation, merger or consolidation) or to secure the payment of any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after, the acquisition of such property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure Indebtedness provided, or guaranteed, by a Governmental Authority to finance research and development, limited in each case to the property purchased (or developed) with the proceeds thereof;

(h) Liens in existence on the Closing Date; provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement);


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(i) Liens on property or Capital Stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided however , that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided further , however , that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary;

(j) Liens on property at the time the Company or a Subsidiary acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further , however , that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary;

(k) any Lien securing the renewal, refinancing, replacing, refunding, amendment, extension or modification, as a whole or in part, of any indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by clause (g), (h), (i), (j), (o) and (x) of this definition or this paragraph (k) without any change in the assets subject to such Lien

(l) any Lien arising out of claims under a judgment or award rendered or claim filed so long as such judgments, awards or claims do not constitute an Event of Default;

(m) any Lien consisting of rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by any statutory provision;

(n) Liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts held at such banks or financial institutions or over investment property held in a securities account, as the case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling and/or interest set-off arrangements in respect of such bank accounts or securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;
 
(o) [Reserved];

(p) [Reserved];

(q) Liens in favor of lessors pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions to the extent the Disposition of the assets subject to any such sale and leaseback transaction is permitted under this Agreement;

(r) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary owing to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor;

(s) Liens under industrial revenue, municipal or similar bonds;

(t) Liens on securities accounts (other than Liens to secure Indebtedness);

(u) statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which any assets of the Company or any such Subsidiaries are subject;

(v) a Lien granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a landlord to secure the payment of arrears of rent in respect of leased properties in the Province of Quebec leased

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from such landlord, provided that such Lien is limited to the assets located at or about such leased properties;
 
(w) servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other agreements with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the property and assets of the Company consisting of real property, provided same are complied with; and

(x) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses securing obligations or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that the Outstanding Amount of all such obligations and liabilities shall not exceed, at any time, 7.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Automotive Assets at such time.

Person ”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Plan ”: at a particular time, any employee pension benefit plan (other than a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Post-Petition Interest ”: all interest (or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges) accruing or that would have accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, irrespective of whether a claim for post-filing or petition interest (or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges) is allowed in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
Pounds Sterling ” and “ £ : the lawful money of the United Kingdom.
Pricing Grid ”: as set forth on Schedule 1.1G.
Prime Rate ”: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with extensions of credit to borrowers).
Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property ”: any plant in the United States owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, the gross book value (without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made exceeds 0.5% of Consolidated Net Automotive Tangible Assets and more than 75% of the total production measured by value (as determined by any two of the following: the Chairman of the Board of the Company, its President, any Executive Vice President of the Company, any Group Vice President of the Company, any Vice President of the Company, its Treasurer or its Controller) of which in the last fiscal year prior to said date (or such lesser period prior thereto as the plant shall have been in operation) consisted of one or more of the following: cars or trucks or related parts and accessories or materials for any of the foregoing. In the case of a plant not yet in operation or of a plant newly converted to the production of a different item or items, the total production of such plant and the composition of such production for purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be the Company’s best estimate (determined as aforesaid) of what the actual total production of such plant and the composition of such production will be in the 12 months following the date as of which the determination is being made.

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Principal Domestic Subsidiary ”: a Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) (a) that has Consolidated Total Assets with a Net Book Value in excess of $500,000,000 as of the most recent audited annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 and (b) with respect to which the Company directly or indirectly owns 80% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Stock of such Domestic Subsidiary and the remaining Capital Stock of which is not publicly held.
Principal Trade Names ”: each of the trademarks listed under the heading “Principal Trade Names” on Schedule 1.1F and all other Trademarks consisting of or containing any of the trademarks listed under the heading “Principal Trade Names” on Schedule 1.1F or any variation or simulation thereof.
Refunded Swingline Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.12.
Register ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
Regulation U ”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
Reimbursement Date ”: as defined in Section 3.5
Reimbursement Obligation ”: the obligation of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
Required Lenders ”: at any time, Lenders with Aggregate Exposures constituting a majority of the Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders.
Requirements of Law ”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By‑Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to and binding upon such Person and any of its property, and to which such Person and any of its property is subject.
Responsible Officer ”: the chief executive officer, president, chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or, for purposes of Section 6.6 only, the secretary of the Company.
Revolving Commitment Increase ”: as defined in Section 2.32.
Revolving Commitment Increase Date ”: as to any Revolving Commitment Increase, the date (which shall be a Business Day) specified in the related Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice as the date on such Revolving Commitment Increase shall be effective.
Revolving Commitment Period ”: with respect to the Commitments of any Class, the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date applicable to such Class.
Revolving Commitments ”: the Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments. To the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, the “Revolving Commitments” shall, to the extent appropriate, include commitments under such Facilities.

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Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Class of Multicurrency Revolving Commitments. To the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving Extensions of Credit” shall, to the extent appropriate, include the Outstanding Amount of any extensions of credit under such Facilities.
Revolving Facility ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Facility”.
Revolving Lenders ”: Domestic Revolving Lenders, Canadian Revolving Lenders and Multicurrency Revolving Lenders. To the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving Lenders” shall, to the extent appropriate, include any Lender under such Facilities.
Revolving Loans ”: Domestic Revolving Loans, Canadian Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Revolving Loans. To the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving Loans” shall, to the extent appropriate, include Loans made under such Facilities.
Revolving Note ”: as defined in Section 2.24(i).
Revolving Obligations ”: as defined in Section 10.7.
Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Lender in respect of any Revolving Facility, the applicable Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender, the applicable Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender or the applicable Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender. To the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, the “Revolving Percentage” of any Lender in respect of such Facility shall be determined on a comparable basis.
Revolving Termination Date ”: as to any Lender, with respect to 2017 Revolving Commitments, initially April 30, 2017 and with respect to 2019 Revolving Commitments, initially April 30, 2019, in each case as such date for such Lender may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.33.
S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and its successors.
Sale and Leaseback Transaction ”: as defined in Section 7.9.
Sanctioned Country ”: as defined in Section 4.14.
Schedule I Lender ”: Canadian Revolving Lenders that are banks named in Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada).
Schedules II/III Reference Lenders ”: Canadian Revolving Lenders that are banks named in Schedule II or Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada), and to be agreed between the Company and the Administrative Agent.
Screen Rate ”: with respect to any period, the Eurocurrency Screen Rate or the Local Screen Rate, as applicable.

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SDN List ”: as defined in Section 4.14.
SEC ”: the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.
Significant Guarantor ”: on any date of determination, each Subsidiary Guarantor (a) whose total assets at the last day of the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 were equal to or greater than 10% of the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Automotive Assets at such date plus (ii) the equity value of the Capital Stock of FMCC owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company as reflected in the most recent financial statements of FMCC filed with the SEC or (b) for the purpose of any particular representation, covenant or default in this Agreement, that, when combined with each other Subsidiary Guarantor that has breached such representation or covenant or is the subject of such default, would constitute a Significant Guarantor under the foregoing clause (a).
Significant New Guarantor ”: on any date of determination, each New Guarantor (a) whose total assets at the last day of the four fiscal quarters ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 were equal to or greater than 10% of the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Automotive Assets at such date plus (ii) the equity value of the Capital Stock of FMCC owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company as reflected in the most recent financial statements of FMCC filed with the SEC or (b) for the purpose of any particular representation, covenant or default in this Agreement, that, when combined with each other New Guarantor that has breached such representation or covenant or is the subject of such default, would constitute a Significant New Guarantor under the foregoing clause (a).
Specified Currency Loan ”: means each Revolving Loan denominated in Kroner or any other currency that is not a “Standard Specified Currency” as defined in the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
STIBOR Screen Rate ”: as defined in the definition of the term “Eurocurrency Base Rate”.
Subsidiary ”: with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (whether now existing or hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the Voting Stock is, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
Subsidiary Borrower ”: any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(d) until such time as such Subsidiary Borrower is removed as a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(d).
Subsidiary Guarantor ”: each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and each other Subsidiary (including any joint venture) that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.7 or otherwise.
Swingline Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.11 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Swingline

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Commitment” opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1A, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to Section 2.13.
Swingline Lender ”: each Lender that has a Swingline Commitment, in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans.
Swingline Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.11.
Swingline Participation Amount ”: as defined in Section 2.12.
Swingline Sublimit ”: $2,000,000,000.
Syndication Agents ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
TARGET Day ”: any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
Taxes ”: means any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar tax, charges or assessments.
Tenth Amendment Effective Date ”: April 30, 2014.
Third Quarter 2006 10-Q ”: as defined in Section 4.1.
Total 2017 Revolving Commitments ”:      at any time, the aggregate Revolving Commitments outstanding under the 2017 Revolving Facilities then in effect.
Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit outstanding under the 2017 Revolving Facilities at such time.
Total 2019 Revolving Commitments ”:      at any time, the aggregate Revolving Commitments outstanding under the 2019 Revolving Facilities then in effect.
Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit outstanding under the 2019 Revolving Facilities at such time.
Total Available Revolving Commitments ”: at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect, over (b) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
Total Canadian Revolving Commitments ”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect.
Total Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Canadian Revolving Lenders at such time.
Total Domestic Revolving Commitments ”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Domestic Revolving Commitments then in effect.

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Total Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Domestic Revolving Lenders at such time.
Total Revolving Commitments ”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of (a) the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders at such time plus (b) Competitive Loans at such time.
Trademark ”: trademarks, trade names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, and all registrations and recordations thereof and all rights to obtain such renewals and extensions.
Transferee ”: any Assignee or Participant.
Type ”: (a) as to any Revolving Loan or Acceptance, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan (or, in the case of any Acceptance or Canadian Revolving Loan made in Canadian Dollars, a Canadian Base Rate Loan, Acceptance or Acceptance Equivalent Loan), (b) as to any Competitive Loan, its nature as a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan and (c) as to any Swingline Loan, its nature as a Money Market Loan or an ABR Loan.
UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code.
United States ”: the United States of America.
US Base Rate (Canada) ”: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch as its reference rate in effect at its principal office in Toronto, Canada for determining rates applicable to Dollar denominated commercial loans in Canada (the US Base Rate (Canada) not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch in connection with extensions of credit to borrowers).
Voting Stock ”: with respect to any Person, such Person’s Capital Stock having the right to vote for election of directors (or the equivalent thereof) of such Person under ordinary circumstances.
1.2     Other Definitional Provisions . (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
 
(b)      As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented,

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restated or otherwise modified from time to time and (vi) references to any Person shall include its successors and assigns.
(c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto) and not to any particular provision of this Agreement (or the Schedules and Exhibits hereto), and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

1.3     Conversion of Foreign Currencies .
 
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any amount as required hereby, and a determination thereof by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Loan Party in any document delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.3 or 7.8, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness in a currency other than Dollars, the Dollar Equivalent thereof shall be determined based on the Exchange Rate in effect at the time such Indebtedness was incurred.

(c) The Administrative Agent may set up appropriate rounding off mechanisms or otherwise round-off amounts hereunder to the nearest higher or lower amount in whole Dollar or cent to ensure amounts owing by any party hereunder or that otherwise need to be calculated or converted hereunder are expressed in whole Dollars or in whole cents, as may be necessary or appropriate.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

2.1    [Reserved.]
  
2.2     Reduction or Increase of Revolving Commitments . (a) The Revolving Commitments under each Revolving Facility as in effect immediately prior to the Tenth Amendment Effective Date shall remain in effect until the Tenth Amendment Effective Date. Immediately following the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, the Revolving Commitments set forth in Schedule 1.1A under the heading “Following the Tenth Amendment” shall take effect, and all Revolving Extensions of Credit by Lenders with 2019 Revolving Commitments shall automatically become Revolving Extensions of Credit under the corresponding 2019 Revolving Facilities.

(b)    [Reserved.]

(c)    [Reserved.]

2.3    [Reserved.]
  
2.4     Domestic Revolving Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Domestic Revolving Lender of any Class severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“ Domestic Revolving Loans ”) of such Class in Dollars to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period applicable to such Class; provided

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that, after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the applicable Class do not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class, (ii) [Reserved], (iii) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (iv) (A) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments then in effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of any Class the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower may use the Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class by borrowing, prepaying the Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Domestic Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.19.
 
(b)      The Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding Domestic Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving Termination Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.
2.5     Procedure for Domestic Revolving Loan Borrowing . The Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower may borrow under any Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Company or the relevant Domestic Subsidiary Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of ABR Loans, specifying (i) the amount, Class and Type of Domestic Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period(s) therefor. If no election as to the Type of a Domestic Revolving Loan is specified in any such notice, then the requested borrowing shall be an ABR Loan. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount equal to $50,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate Available Domestic Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than $50,000,000, such lesser amount) or a whole multiple of $10,000,000 in excess thereof; provided , that the Swingline Lender holding Swingline Loans of any Class may request, on behalf of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, borrowings under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class that are ABR Loans in other amounts pursuant to Section 2.12. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Domestic Revolving Lender holding Domestic Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class of such notice. Each Domestic Revolving Lender holding Domestic Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books of such office or such other account as the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Domestic Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

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2.6      Multicurrency Revolving Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender of any Class severally agrees to make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) revolving credit loans (“ Multicurrency Revolving Loans ”) of such Class in Dollars or any Optional Currency to the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Canadian Borrower) from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period applicable to such Class; provided that, after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the applicable Class do not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of such Class, (ii) [Reserved], (iii) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (iv) (A) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments then in effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of any Class the Company and any relevant Foreign Subsidiary Borrower may use the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of such Class by borrowing, prepaying the Multicurrency Revolving Loans of such Class in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Multicurrency Revolving Loans shall be Eurocurrency Loans as notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.7 and 2.19.

(b)    The Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving Termination Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.

2.7     Procedure for Multicurrency Revolving Loan Borrowing . The Company and any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Canadian Borrower) may borrow under any Class of Multicurrency Revolving Commitments during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Company or the relevant Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 12:00 Noon, London time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, specifying (a) the amount, Class and Currency of Multicurrency Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (b) the requested Borrowing Date and (c) the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period(s) therefor. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of 10,000,000 of the relevant Currency and no less than an amount which is equal to the Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than $50,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Multicurrency Revolving Lender holding Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class of such notice. Each Multicurrency Revolving Lender holding Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class will make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M., London time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books of such office or such other account as the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Multicurrency Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

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2.8     Canadian Revolving Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Canadian Revolving Lender of any Class severally agrees to make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) revolving credit loans (“ Canadian Revolving Loans ”) of such Class in Dollars to the Company and in Dollars or Canadian Dollars to any Canadian Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period applicable to such Class; provided that, after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the applicable Class does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class, (ii) [Reserved], (iii) the Total Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iv) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments of such Class then in effect and (v) (A) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments then in effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of any Class the Company and any Canadian Borrower may use the Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class by borrowing, prepaying the Canadian Revolving Loans of such Class in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Canadian Revolving Loans shall be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans (if denominated in Dollars) or Canadian Base Rate Loans (if denominated in Canadian Dollars) or any combination thereof as notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.9 and 2.19.
 
(b)      The Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving Termination Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.
2.9     Procedure for Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowing . The Company and any Canadian Borrower may borrow under any Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 12:00 Noon, New York City Time, on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans, specifying (i) the amount, Class, Type and Currency of Canadian Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date, and (iii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. If no election as to the Type of a Canadian Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars is specified in any such notice, then the requested borrowing shall be an ABR Loan. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Canadian Revolving Commitments of any Class in Dollars shall be in an amount equal to $50,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Canadian Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than $50,000,000, such lesser amount). Each borrowing under the Canadian Revolving Commitments of any Class in Canadian Dollars shall be in an amount equal to C$25,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate Available Canadian Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than C$25,000,000, such lesser amount) or a whole multiple of C$5,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company or any Canadian Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Canadian Revolving Lender holding Canadian Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class of such notice. Each Canadian Revolving Lender holding Canadian Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class will make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such Canadian Borrower in funds immediately

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available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower on the books of such office or such other account as the Company or relevant Canadian Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

2.10     Procedure for Canadian Acceptances . (a) Acceptance Commitment . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Canadian Revolving Lender of any Class severally agrees that each Canadian Borrower may issue, under such Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments, Acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars, in minimum denominations of C$25,000,000 and in whole multiples of C$5,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Canadian Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than C$25,000,000, such lesser amount), each in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.10 from time to time until the Revolving Termination Date applicable to such Class; provided , that after giving effect to the issuance of such Acceptance and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Available Canadian Revolving Commitment of the applicable Class of any Canadian Revolving Lender of such Class shall not be less than zero, (ii) the Total Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iii)  [Reserved], (iv) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (v) (A) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided , further , that at all times the outstanding aggregate face amount of all Acceptances made by the Applicable Lending Offices of a Canadian Revolving Lender under the applicable Canadian Revolving Facility shall equal its applicable Canadian Revolving Percentage of the outstanding face amount of all Acceptances made by the Applicable Lending Offices of all Canadian Revolving Lenders of such Class. For purposes of this Agreement, the full face value of an Acceptance, without discount, shall be used when calculations are made to determine the Outstanding Amount of a Canadian Revolving Lender’s Acceptances; provided that in computing the face amount of Acceptances outstanding, the face amount of an Acceptance in respect of which the Acceptance Obligation has been prepaid by a Canadian Borrower and received by the Canadian Revolving Lender that created the same in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not be included.

(b)     Terms of Acceptance . Each Draft shall be accepted by the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender, upon the written request of a Canadian Borrower given in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.10, by the completion and acceptance by such Applicable Lending Office of a Draft (i) payable in Canadian Dollars, drawn by a Canadian Borrower on the Applicable Lending Office in accordance with this Agreement, to the order of the Applicable Lending Office and (ii) maturing prior to the Revolving Termination Date in respect of the applicable Class on a Business Day not less than one month nor more than six months after the date of such Draft (and in periods of one month, two months, three months or, if available, six months, as selected by a Canadian Borrower), excluding days of grace, all as specified in a Drawing Notice to be delivered under paragraph (c) of this Section 2.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all requests for issuances of Acceptances and all selections of periods and maturity dates of Acceptances shall be made pursuant to such elections so that no more than 10 different Acceptance maturity dates shall be outstanding at any one time.

(c)     Drawing Notice and Discount of Acceptances . (i) With respect to each requested acceptance of Drafts, a Canadian Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent a notice of drawing (each, a “ Drawing Notice ”), substantially in the form of Exhibit H (which

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shall be irrevocable and may be by telephone confirmed in writing within one Business Day) to be received prior to 10:00 A.M., Toronto time, at least two Business Days prior to the date of the requested acceptance, specifying:

(A) the date on which such Drafts are to be accepted;

(B) the Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments under which such Draft has been requested;
(C) the aggregate face amount of such Drafts;

(D) the maturity date of such Acceptances; and

(E) whether the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class must purchase or arrange for the purchase of the Acceptances.

The Company hereby represents and warrants that there are no Acceptances outstanding on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date.
(ii)    Upon receipt of a Drawing Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class of the contents thereof and of such Canadian Revolving Lender’s ratable share of the Acceptances requested thereunder. The aggregate face amount of the Drafts to be accepted by Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall be determined by the Administrative Agent by reference to the respective Canadian Revolving Commitments of the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class; provided that, if the face amount of an Acceptance which would otherwise be accepted by the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class is not C$5,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, the face amount shall be increased or reduced by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, to C$1,000,000, or the nearest integral multiple thereof, as appropriate.

(iii)    On each date upon which Acceptances are to be accepted, the Administrative Agent shall advise the relevant Canadian Borrower of the applicable Discount Rate for the Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class. Not later than 10:00 A.M., Toronto time, on such date each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5.2, and subject to the Applicable Lending Office of each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender of the applicable Class making Acceptance Equivalent Loans pursuant to paragraph (i) of this Section 2.10, (A) on the basis of the information supplied by the Administrative Agent, as aforesaid, complete a Draft or Drafts of the relevant Canadian Borrower by filling in the Class, amount, date and maturity date thereof in accordance with the applicable Drawing Notice, (B) duly accept such Draft or Drafts, (C) offer to purchase such Acceptance or Acceptances at the applicable Discount Rate, (D) give the Administrative Agent facsimile or telex notice of such Applicable Lending Office’s acceptance of such Draft or Drafts and confirming the Discount Rate at which it discounted the Acceptance or Acceptances and the amount paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Canadian Borrower and (E) remit to the Administrative Agent in Canadian Dollars in immediately available funds an amount equal to the Discount Proceeds. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such sums from the Applicable Lending Offices of the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall make the aggregate amount thereof available to such Canadian Borrower.

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(iv)    Each extension of credit hereunder through the acceptance of Drafts shall be made simultaneously and pro rata by the Applicable Lending Office of each of the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class in accordance with their respective Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class.

(d)     Sale of Acceptances . A Canadian Borrower shall agree to sell, and the Applicable Lending Offices of the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class shall purchase or arrange for the purchase of, all of the Acceptances in the market and each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall provide to the Administrative Agent the Discount Proceeds for the account of such Canadian Borrower. The Acceptance Fee in respect of such Acceptances may, at the option of the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class, be set off against the Discount Proceeds payable by such Applicable Lending Office of such Canadian Revolving Lender hereunder.

(e)     Acceptance Obligation . The relevant Canadian Borrower is obligated, and hereby unconditionally agrees, to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class the face amount of each Acceptance created by such Applicable Lending Office in accordance with a Drawing Notice on the maturity date thereof, or on such earlier date as may be required pursuant to provisions of this Agreement. With respect to each Acceptance which is outstanding hereunder, the relevant Canadian Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M., Toronto time, two Business Days prior to the maturity date of such Acceptance (which notice shall be irrevocable) of its intention to either (x) issue Acceptances on such maturity date to provide for the payment of such maturing Acceptance and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Drawing Notice with respect thereto or (y) repay the maturing Acceptances on the maturity date. Any repayment of an Acceptance must be made at or before 2:00 P.M. (Toronto time) on the maturity date of such Acceptance. If the relevant Canadian Borrower fails to provide such notice to the Administrative Agent or fails to repay the maturing Acceptances, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on such maturity date, the relevant Canadian Borrower’s obligations in respect of the maturing Acceptances shall be deemed to have been converted on the maturity date thereof into a Canadian Base Rate Loan of the applicable Class in an amount equal to the face amount of the maturing Acceptances. Each Canadian Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of any amounts due to the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in respect of any Acceptances of such Canadian Borrower accepted by such Applicable Lending Office under this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of those Acceptances being held, at the maturity thereof, by that Applicable Lending Office in its own right and each Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if that Applicable Lending Office, as holder, sues such Canadian Borrower on those Acceptances for payment of the amounts payable by such Canadian Borrower thereunder.

(f)     Supply of Drafts and Power of Attorney . To enable the Applicable Lending Offices of the Canadian Revolving Lenders to accept Drafts in the manner specified in this Section 2.10, each Canadian Borrower hereby appoints the Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf, in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary by such Applicable Lending Office, blank forms of its Acceptances. In this respect, it is each Canadian Revolving Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of Acceptances for acceptance under this Agreement. Each Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees that all Acceptances signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall bind such Canadian Borrower as fully and effectually as if

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signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of such Canadian Borrower; provided , that such acts in each case are to be undertaken in accordance with such Canadian Revolving Lender’s obligations under this Agreement. Each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to issue such Acceptances endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Applicable Lending Office; provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of Acceptances required to be accepted by such Applicable Lending Office. Drafts drawn by a Canadian Borrower to be accepted as Acceptances shall be signed by a duly authorized officer or officers of such Canadian Borrower or by its attorney-in-fact including any attorney in fact appointed pursuant to this Section 2.10(f). Each Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes and requests each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in accordance with each Drawing Notice received from such Canadian Borrower to take the measures with respect to a Draft or Drafts of such Canadian Borrower then in possession of such Applicable Lending Office specified in paragraph (c) (iii) of this Section 2.10. In case any authorized signatory of such Canadian Borrower whose signature shall appear on any Draft shall cease to have such authority before the acceptance of a Draft with respect to such Draft, the obligations of a Canadian Borrower hereunder and under such Acceptance shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes as if such authority had remained in force until such creation. The Administrative Agent and each Canadian Revolving Lender shall be fully protected in relying upon any instructions received from a Canadian Borrower (orally or otherwise) without any duty to make inquiry as to the genuineness of such instructions. The Administrative Agent and each Canadian Revolving Lender shall be entitled to rely on instructions received from any Person identifying himself (orally or otherwise) as a duly authorized officer of a Canadian Borrower and shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, delays or interruptions in the transmission of such instructions.

(g)     Exculpation . No Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall be responsible or liable for its failure to accept a Draft if the cause of such failure is, in whole or in part, due to the failure of a Canadian Borrower to provide the Drafts or the power of attorney described in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.10 to such Applicable Lending Office on a timely basis nor shall any Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender be liable for any damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any such Draft except loss or improper use arising by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Applicable Lending Office.

(h)     Rights of Canadian Revolving Lender as to Acceptances . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall have any responsibility as to the application of the proceeds by a Canadian Borrower of any discount of any Acceptances. For greater certainty, each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender may, at any time, purchase Acceptances issued by a Canadian Borrower and may at any time and from time to time hold, sell, rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all Acceptances accepted and/or purchased by it.

(i)     Acceptance Equivalent Loans . Whenever a Canadian Borrower delivers a Drawing Notice to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement requesting the Canadian Revolving Lenders of any Class to accept Drafts, an Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of such Class which cannot or does not as a matter of policy accept Drafts (a “ Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender ”) shall, in lieu of accepting Drafts, make an Acceptance Equivalent Loan. On each date on which Drafts are to be accepted, subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the acceptance of Drafts, any Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender of the applicable Class that makes an Acceptance Equivalent Loan, upon delivery by a Canadian Borrower of an executed Discount Note payable to the order of such Non-Acceptance Canadian

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Lender, will remit to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of such Canadian Borrower the Acceptance equivalent discount proceeds in respect of the Discount Notes issued by such Canadian Borrower to the Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender. Each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender may agree, in lieu of receiving any Discount Notes, that such Discount Notes may be uncertificated and the applicable Acceptance Equivalent Loan shall be evidenced by a loan account which such Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender shall maintain in its name, and reference to such uncertificated Discount Notes elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to include reference to the relevant Acceptance Equivalent Loan or loan account, as applicable.

(j)     Terms Applicable to Discount Notes . The term “Acceptance” when used in this Agreement shall be construed to include Discount Notes and all terms of this Agreement applicable to Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount Notes evidencing Acceptance Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context be necessary (except that no Discount Note may be sold, rediscounted or otherwise disposed of by the Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender making Acceptance Equivalent Loans). For greater certainty:

(A)    a Discount Note shall mature and be due and payable on the same date as the maturity date for Acceptances specified in the applicable Drawing Notice;

(B)    an Acceptance Fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and shall be calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the Acceptance Fee in respect of an Acceptance;

(C)    a discount applicable to a Discount Note shall be calculated in the same manner and at the Discount Rate that would be applicable to Acceptances accepted by a Schedule II/ III Reference Lender pursuant to the applicable Drawing Notice;

(D)    an Acceptance Equivalent Loan made by a Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender will be considered to be part of a Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender’s outstanding Acceptances for all purposes of this Agreement; and

(E)    a Canadian Borrower shall deliver Discount Notes to each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender and grants to each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender a power of attorney in respect of the completion and execution of Discount Notes, each in accordance with Section 2.10(f).

(k)     Prepayment of Acceptances and Discount Notes . No Acceptance or Discount Note may be repaid or prepaid prior to the maturity date of such Acceptance or Discount Note, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.18(e) or Section 8.

(l)     Depository Bills and Notes Act . At the option of the Canadian Borrowers and any Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender, Acceptances and Discount Notes under this Agreement to be accepted by such Applicable Lending Office may be issued in the form of depository bills and depository notes, respectively, for deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada). All depository bills and depository notes so issued shall be governed by the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) and the provisions of this Section 2.10.

(m)     Acceptance Fee . Each Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender a fee (the “ Acceptance Fee ”) in advance and in

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Canadian Dollars, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans which are Eurocurrency Loans, on the date of acceptance of each Acceptance. All Acceptance Fees shall be calculated on the face amount of the Acceptance issued and computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the term thereof and a year of 365 days. The Acceptance Fee shall be in addition to any other fees payable to each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in connection with the issuance or discounting of such Acceptance. The discount rate for Acceptance Fees shall be calculated under terms customary to the practice of the Applicable Lending Offices of Canadian Revolving Lenders and shall be based upon a year of 365 days and the term of such Acceptance.

2.11     Swingline Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Swingline Lender of any Class agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class from time to time during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line loans (“ Swingline Loans ”) in Dollars to the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans of any Class made by such Swingline Lender outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment of such Class of such Swingline Lender then in effect (notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans of the applicable Class outstanding at any time, when aggregated with any Swingline Lender’s other outstanding Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class, may exceed such Lender’s Swingline Commitment of such Class then in effect), (ii) the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not request any Swingline Loan of any Class if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate amount of the Available Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class would be less than zero and (iii) after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (A) [Reserved], (B) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments at such time, (C) (1) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (2) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (D) the Outstanding Amount of all Swingline Loans shall not exceed the Swingline Sublimit. During the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of any Class, the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment in respect of such Class by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

(b)    The Swingline Loans may from time to time be (i) ABR Loans, (ii) Money Market Rate Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Company and notified to and, in the case of any Money Market Rate Loan, consented to by the relevant Swingline Lender in accordance herewith.

(c)    The Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay to the relevant Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan advanced by such Swingline Lender on the earliest of (i) the date that is ten Business Days after the date of such advance, (ii) the applicable Revolving Termination Date then in effect and (iii) the Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.

2.12     Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans . (a) Whenever the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower desires that a Swingline Lender of any Class make Swingline Loans of such Class it shall give such Swingline Lender telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by such Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount, Class and Type of Swingline Loan to be borrowed, (ii) with respect to any Money Market Rate Loan, the length of the Interest Period therefor and (iii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period). Prior to any such notice, the Company or the

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relevant Subsidiary Borrower may request a quote from the relevant Swingline Lender as to the Money Market Rate that would apply to such Swingline Loan if it were to be a Money Market Rate Loan for the Interest Period specified by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, and such Swingline Lender shall promptly notify the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower whether it is willing to make a Money Market Rate Loan and, if applicable, provide such a quote for such Interest Period. If the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower accepts such rate, such Swingline Loan shall be a Money Market Rate Loan for such Interest Period bearing interest at such rate. The relevant Swingline Lender shall promptly confirm such quote with respect to the Money Market Rate Loan to be made in writing. Each borrowing under the Swingline Commitment of any Class shall be in an amount equal to $25,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, such Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loan to be made by such Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower with the Administrative Agent or such other account as the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent in writing on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds. Such Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan in the period commencing on the first Business Day after it receives written notice from the Administrative Agent that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 5.2 shall not on such date be satisfied, and ending when such conditions are satisfied. The Administrative Agent shall immediately notify the Swingline Lender upon becoming aware that such conditions in Section 5.2 are thereafter satisfied. Such Swingline Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 have been satisfied in connection with the making of any Swingline Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Swingline Lender may at any time and from time to time enter into agreements which provide for procedures for soliciting, extending and funding Swingline Loans to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower which differ from those specified herein.

(b)    Each Swingline Lender of any Class, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower (each of which hereby irrevocably directs each Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Day’s notice given by such Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request each Domestic Revolving Lender of such Class to make, and each Domestic Revolving Lender of such Class hereby agrees to make, a Domestic Revolving Loan of such Class, in an amount equal to such Domestic Revolving Lender’s 2017 Domestic Revolving Percentage or 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage, as the case may be, of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans of the applicable Class advanced by such Swingline Lender (the “ Refunded Swingline Loans ”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay such Swingline Lender. Each Domestic Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall make the amount of such Domestic Revolving Loan of the applicable Class available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Domestic Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Swingline Lender for application by such Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans.

(c)    If prior to the time a Domestic Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.12(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Company or if for any other reason, as determined by a Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Domestic Revolving Loans of the applicable Class may not be made as contemplated by Section 2.12(b), each Domestic Revolving Lender of the

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applicable Class shall, on the date such Domestic Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.12(b), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans of the applicable Class by paying to the relevant Swingline Lender an amount (the “ Swingline Participation Amount ”) equal to (i) such Domestic Revolving Lender’s 2017 Domestic Revolving Percentage or 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage, as the case may be, times (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans of the applicable Class advanced by such Swingline Lender(s) then outstanding that were to have been repaid with such Domestic Revolving Loans, and any Swingline Loans that are Money Market Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on such date.

(d)    Whenever, at any time after a Swingline Lender has received from any Domestic Revolving Lender such Lender’s Swingline Participation Amount, such Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the applicable Swingline Loans, such Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans advanced by such Swingline Lender(s) then due); provided , however , that in the event that such payment received by a Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Domestic Revolving Lender will return to such Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by such Swingline Lender.

(e)    Each Domestic Revolving Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 2.12(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.12(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Domestic Revolving Lender or the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

(f)    The Company hereby represents and warrants that there are no Swingline Loans outstanding on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date.

2.13     New or Successor Swingline Lender; Swingline Commitments . The Company may (a) terminate the Swingline Commitment of any Swingline Lender for any reason upon not less than three Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Swingline Lender, (b) add additional Swingline Lenders (with the consent of such Lenders) and (c) increase (with the consent of such Lender) or decrease the Swingline Commitment of any existing Swingline Lender at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Section  2.13. If the Company shall decide to add a new Swingline Lender under this Agreement, then the Company may appoint from among the Domestic Revolving Lenders a new Swingline Lender, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), whereupon such Lender shall become a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the rights, powers and duties of a Swingline Lender hereunder. Upon the termination of the Swingline Commitments of a Swingline Lender, the Company shall pay to the terminated Swingline Lender all principal and accrued interest on outstanding Swingline Loans owing to such terminated Swingline Lender. The acceptance of

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any appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the increase of the Swingline Commitment of any existing Swingline Lender, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such Swingline Lender in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, such Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor lender of Swingline Loans shall become a “Swingline Lender” hereunder or such increased Swingline Commitment shall become effective. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of any addition of a Swingline Lender, or any increased Swingline Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.13.

2.14     Competitive Bid Procedure .    (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of any Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments the Company may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans of the applicable Class in Dollars; provided that, after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) [Reserved], (ii) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (iii) (A) the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments at such time. To request Competitive Bids, the Company shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) by delivery of a Competitive Bid Request not later than 12:00 Noon New York City time (A) four Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, or (B) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans. Each such Competitive Bid Request shall specify (1) the amount (which shall be a minimum of $50,000,000) and Type and Class of the requested Competitive Loans, (2) the requested Borrowing Date and (3) the requested Interest Period applicable thereto; provided that the Company may request offers to make Competitive Loans for more than one Interest Period or for multiple Types and Classes of Competitive Loans in a single Competitive Bid Request.

(b)    Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request conforming to the requirements of this Section (but, in any event, no later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time, on the date of receipt thereof), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class of the details thereof, inviting the Revolving Lenders of such Class to submit Competitive Bids.

(c)    Each Revolving Lender of the applicable Class (or any Applicable Lending Office of such Lender) may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to the Company in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Revolving Lender must be in the form of Exhibit J and must be received by the Administrative Agent at its office specified in Section 10.2 not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, or 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to Exhibit J may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable if such bid is rejected. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Loans requested by the Company) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof. A Competitive Bid may set forth up to five separate offers by a quoting Lender with respect to each Interest Period

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specified in a Competitive Bid Request. A Competitive Bid submitted pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be irrevocable.

(d)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly (and, in any event, by no later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time (i) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (ii) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans) notify the Company of the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such Competitive Bid and, as soon as practical thereafter, shall provide the Company with a copy of all Competitive Bids (including rejected bids).

(e)    Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph, the Company may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter to the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive Bid not later than 10:30 A.M., New York City time (x) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (y) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans; provided that (i) the failure of the Company to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Company shall not accept a Competitive Bid of a particular Type made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Company rejects a Competitive Bid for Loans of such Type made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by the Company shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Loans specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Company may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made (as nearly as possible) pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid with such amounts rounded (as nearly as possible) to integral multiples of $1,000,0000, in a manner determined by the Company, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan made by a Lender unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000. A notice given by the Company pursuant to this paragraph shall be irrevocable.

(f)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly (and, in any event, by 11:00 A.M., New York City time (i) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (ii) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans) notify each bidding Lender whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.

(g)    If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the Company at least one half of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section.

(h)    The Company shall repay each outstanding Competitive Loan on the last day of the Interest Period therefor.

2.15     Facility Fees, etc . (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender of any Class a facility fee for the period from and including the

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Closing Date (or such later date as such Lender shall become a Lender hereunder) to the day on which all Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class of such Lender have been paid in full and the Revolving Commitments of such Class of such Lender have been terminated, computed at the Facility Fee Rate for such Class on the average daily amount of the Revolving Commitments of such Class of such Lender (whether used or unused) or, if such Revolving Commitments of such Class have been terminated, on the daily average Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class of such Lender during the related Fee Payment Period for which payment is made, payable in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.

(b)    The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent.

2.16     Termination, Reduction or Reallocation of Revolving Commitments . (a) The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments under any Revolving Facility or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments under any Revolving Facility; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments, the Total 2017 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total 2017 Revolving Commitments, the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments, or the Revolving Extensions of Credit under any Revolving Facility would exceed the Revolving Commitments under such Revolving Facility. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $250,000,000, or a whole multiple of $25,000,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently such Revolving Commitments under such Facility then in effect. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be irrevocable; provided , that a notice to terminate any Revolving Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change of Control, in which case, such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the revocation of a termination notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section  2.27 for any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence thereof.

(b)    The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to require Revolving Lenders under either Canadian Revolving Facility and/or either Multicurrency Revolving Facility to reallocate their Revolving Commitments thereunder to the Domestic Revolving Facility of the corresponding Class; provided that, after giving effect to any such reallocation, the aggregate Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under the Canadian Revolving Commitments of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class and the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of such Class. Any such reallocation shall be in an amount equal to $25,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any such reallocation shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of Lenders under the applicable Canadian Revolving Facility or the applicable Multicurrency Revolving Facility, as applicable, pro rata in accordance with their existing Revolving Commitment under such Facility at such time and increase each such Revolving Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment of the corresponding Class by such amount; provided that if such reallocation would result in amounts being payable by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower to any Lender under Section 2.25 or Section 2.26, such Lender shall change its Applicable Lending Office to avoid such result. On the date of any such reallocation, (i) each relevant Revolving

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Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine are necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such increased Domestic Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class and the application of such amounts to prepay Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class of other relevant Domestic Revolving Lenders of such Class, the Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class to be held ratably by all Domestic Revolving Lenders of such Class in accordance with their respective Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all outstanding Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Domestic Revolving Lenders of such Class the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27 as a result of such prepayment.

(c)    The Company may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Revolving Lenders, request that one or more of the Revolving Lenders under either Domestic Revolving Facility reallocate a portion of their respective Domestic Revolving Commitments under such Domestic Revolving Facility to the Canadian Revolving Facility of the corresponding Class or the Multicurrency Revolving Facility of the corresponding Class, as the case may be; provided that, after giving effect to any such reallocation and any prepayment of the Domestic Revolving Loans of the applicable Class (which may include a non pro rata prepayment of the Domestic Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class agreeing to such reallocation), the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class shall not exceed the Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class. Each notice from the Company pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall set forth the requested amount and Class of such reallocation and date of such reallocation (which shall be at least three Business Days after the date of such request) and shall also set forth the agreement of the relevant Domestic Revolving Lenders to such reallocation. Domestic Revolving Lenders of any Class agreeing to reallocate a portion of their Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class to such other Revolving Facility of such Class shall have such portion of their Domestic Revolving Commitment of such Class reallocated as provided in such notice. On the date of any such reallocation, (i) each relevant Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine is necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such reallocation and the application of such amounts to prepay Revolving Loans under the relevant Revolving Facility or Facilities, the Revolving Loans under each Revolving Facility to be held ratably by all Revolving Lenders under such Facility in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments under such Revolving Facility after giving effect to such reallocation, (ii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans under the relevant Facility or Facilities and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Revolving Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27 as a result of such prepayment(s). Notwithstanding anything in this clause (c) to the contrary, no Domestic Revolving Lender shall be obligated to transfer any portion of its Domestic Revolving Commitments to a Canadian Revolving Facility or a Multicurrency Revolving Facility unless such Revolving Lender agrees.

2.7     Optional Prepayments . The Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, and no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the day of such prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans, which notice shall specify the applicable Facility and the date and amount of prepayment and

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whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans; provided , that (a) if a Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.27 and (b) no Competitive Loan may be prepaid without the consent of the Lender thereof except for any prepayment in connection with a Change of Control or in order to cure an Event of Default; provided , further , that such notice to prepay the Loans delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change of Control, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by further notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the revocation of a prepayment notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.27 for any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans that are ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans shall be in an integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the Currency of such Loan and no less than the Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000. Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof.

2.18     Mandatory Prepayments . (a) [Reserved.]

(b)    [Reserved.]

(c)    On each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Multicurrency Revolving Facility as of the last day of the related Fee Payment Period. If, as of the last day of any Fee Payment Period, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under either Multicurrency Revolving Facility exceeds the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Commitments under such Multicurrency Revolving Facility then in effect by 5% or more, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within five Business Days of such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay Multicurrency Revolving Loans under such Multicurrency Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Multicurrency Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(c) shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.

(d)    On each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Domestic Revolving Facility (based on the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in a Currency other than Dollars as of the last day of the related Fee Payment Period). If, as of the last day of any Fee Payment Period, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under either Domestic Revolving Facility exceeds the aggregate Domestic Revolving Commitments under such Domestic Revolving Facility then in effect by 5% or more, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within five Business Days of such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay Domestic Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans under such Domestic Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to, or Collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount such that the Domestic Revolving Credit Exposures

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under the applicable Domestic Revolving Facility attributable to Letters of Credit is Collateralized in an amount equal to, such excess; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Domestic Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(d) shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.
 
(e)    On each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Canadian Revolving Facility as of the last day of the related Fee Payment Period. If, as of the last day of any Fee Payment Period, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under either Canadian Revolving Facility exceeds the aggregate Canadian Revolving Commitments under such Canadian Revolving Facility then in effect by 5% or more, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within five Business Days of such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay Canadian Revolving Loans under such Canadian Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Canadian Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(e) shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.

2.19     Conversion and Continuation Options . (a) The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans that is not made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto shall be subject to Section  2.27. The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that no ABR Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower thereof.

(b)    Any Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period(s) to be applicable to such Loans; provided that no Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations (and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company within a reasonable amount of time of any such determination); and provided , further , that if the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph such Loan shall be automatically continued as a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan, as applicable, on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period and, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan, shall have an Interest Period of the same duration as such expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice (or any such automatic continuation), the

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Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower thereof.

2.20     Limitations on Eurocurrency Tranches . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurocurrency Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that no more than 30 Eurocurrency Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time with respect to the Revolving Facilities.

2.21     Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b)    Each Eurocurrency Competitive Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Base Rate applicable to such Loan plus (or minus, as applicable) the Margin.

(c)    Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(d)    Each Canadian Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(e)    Each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate applicable to such Loan.

(f)    Each Money Market Rate Loan shall bear interest during the Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Money Market Rate applicable to such Loan.

(g)    (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% per annum or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the applicable Domestic Revolving Facility plus 2% per annum, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any facility fee, Letter of Credit Fee or Acceptance Fee payable hereunder in respect of any Facility shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans, as applicable under the relevant Facility unless such overdue amount is denominated in an Optional Currency, in which case such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate then applicable under this Agreement to Multicurrency Revolving Loans of the applicable Class denominated in such Optional Currency plus 2% per annum (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under (x) for any Revolving Lender, the applicable Class of Domestic Revolving Facility (y) [Reserved] and (z) for the Administrative Agent, the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility, in each case plus 2% per annum), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non‑payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).


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(h)    Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

2.22     Computation of Interest and Fees . (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that (i) with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate or the US Base Rate (Canada) or Canadian Base Rate Loans or Acceptance Equivalent Loans, the interest thereon and all Acceptance Fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be, except in the case of Acceptances or rates calculated based on the CDOR Rate) day year for the actual days elapsed, (ii) interest and fees payable with respect to Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed and (iii) interest and fees payable with respect to Multicurrency Loans denominated in any other Optional Currency shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed to the extent consistent with market practice. For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars and a 365 day year in respect of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars or any other period of time less than a calendar year) are equivalent to the rates so determined multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 360 or 365, as applicable, or such other period of time, respectively. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR, Canadian Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b)    Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, deliver to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section  2.22(a).

2.23     Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Illegality . (a) If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:
(i) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period, or

(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurocurrency Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period, or

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(iii) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) that deposits in the applicable Currency are not generally available in the applicable market (any Optional Currency affected by the circumstances described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) is referred to as an “ Affected Foreign Currency ”);

the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice (followed promptly by written notice) thereof to the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (A) pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.23(a) in respect of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars, then (1) any Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (2) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility shall be continued as ABR Loans and (iii) any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans and (B) in respect of any Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, then (1) any Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall not be made and (2) any outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency shall be converted into Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars. Until such relevant notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility or Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars.
(b)    If prior to a borrowing by way of the issuance of Acceptances, the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the relevant Canadian Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant money market, there is no market for Acceptances, then:

(i)    the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice (followed promptly by written notice) thereof to the Company and each Canadian Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter, and

(ii)    the right of a Canadian Borrower to request an issuance of Acceptances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent determines that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist and the Administrative Agent so notifies the Canadian Borrowers and the affected Lenders,

(iii)    any Acceptances requested to be issued at such time shall not be issued and any notice relating to such Acceptances shall be deemed to be a notice requesting a borrowing by way of Canadian Base Rate Loans (as if such notice were given pursuant to Section 2.9). Until such relevant notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Acceptances will be issued, nor shall the Company or any Canadian Borrower have the right to convert Canadian Base Rate Loans to Acceptances.

(c)    If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans or to accept and purchase Acceptances as contemplated by this Agreement, such Lender shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, the Company and any affected Subsidiary Borrower describing the relevant provisions of such Requirement of Law

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(and, if the Company shall so request, provide the Company with a memorandum or opinion of counsel of recognized standing (as selected by such Lender) as to such illegality), following which, (i) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, (A) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurocurrency Loans, continue such Eurocurrency Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans shall forthwith be cancelled, (B) such Lender’s outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars shall be converted automatically on the last day of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans (or within such earlier period as shall be required by law) to ABR Loans and (C) such Lender’s outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in any Optional Currency shall be paid in full on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans (or within such earlier period as shall be required by law) and (ii) in respect of Acceptances, (A) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to issue or accept Acceptances shall forthwith be cancelled and (B) the full face amount of such Lender’s outstanding Acceptances shall be repaid in full on the then current maturity dates with respect to such Acceptances (or within such earlier period as shall be required by law) or, if not so repaid, then the full face amount thereof shall be converted to Canadian Base Rate Loans.

If any such conversion or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower whose Loan is converted or prepaid shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.27.
(d)    If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents would obligate any Canadian Borrower to make any payment of interest with respect to any of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit or other amount payable to the Administrative Agent or any Canadian Revolving Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law or would result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving Lender of interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under any applicable law, including the Criminal Code (Canada)) then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rates shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by any applicable law or so result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving Lender of interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:

(i)     first , by reducing the amount or rates of interest required to be paid to the Administrative Agent or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender under Section 2.21; and
 
(ii)     thereafter , by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Administrative Agent or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender which would constitute interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit for purposes of any applicable law, including Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
  
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if the Administrative Agent or any Canadian Revolving Lender shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, including section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada) and the Interest Act (Canada), then the applicable Canadian Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender, to obtain reimbursement from the Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the

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Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving Lender to such Canadian Borrower. Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 2.23(d) shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that any Canadian Revolving Commitment remains outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in or construed by any applicable law, including the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall, if they relate to a specific period of time, be pro-rated over that period of time and otherwise be pro-rated over the period from the Closing Date to the applicable Revolving Termination Date and for the purpose of the Criminal Code (Canada), in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes of such determination.
2.24     Pro Rata Treatment and Payments; Evidence of Debt . (a) Each borrowing of Revolving Loans under any Facility by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower from the Lenders under such Facility hereunder and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders under any Facility shall be made pro rata according to the respective Revolving Percentages of the relevant Lenders in such Facility except to the extent required or permitted pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.14, 2.16(b), 2.16(c), 2.29. 2.30 and 2.33.

(b)    [Reserved.]

(c)    Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans under any Revolving Facility shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans under such Revolving Facility then held by the Revolving Lenders under such Revolving Facility except to the extent required or permitted pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.16(b), 2.16(c), 2.29, 2.30 and 2.33. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, each such payment shall be paid in the relevant currency in which such Revolving Loan was made.

(d)    All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Lenders, at the Funding Office, in the applicable Currency and in immediately available funds, except that payment of fronting fees owing to any Issuing Lender shall be made directly to the relevant Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the applicable Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans and the Eurocurrency Competitive Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan or a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(e)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company or

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any Subsidiary Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon, (A) in the case of amounts denominated in Dollars, at a rate up to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (B) in the case of amount denominated in any other Currency, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount, in each case for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon (A) in the case of amounts denominated in Dollars, at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, (B) in the case of amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars, at the rate per annum applicable to Canadian Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility or (C) in the case of amounts denominated in any other Currency, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount, on demand, from the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower.

(f)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower hereunder that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, (A) in the case of amounts denominated in Dollars, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate and (B) in the case of amounts denominated in other Currencies, such amount with interest thereon at a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower.

(g)    [Reserved.]

(h)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  2.24, while a Notice of Acceleration is in effect, all payments and distributions by the Administrative Agent on account of Obligations shall be applied (except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Majority Facility Lenders under each Facility adversely effected thereby and, in the case of clause (vi), the Company) in the following order:

(i)     first , to pay Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent;

(ii)     second , to pay Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements or indemnities then due to the Lenders and Issuing Lenders;


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(iii)     third , to pay interest then due and payable in respect of all Obligations;

(iv)     fourth , to pay or prepay principal payments (and, when applicable, to provide cash collateral) for all Obligations;

(v)     fifth , to pay all other Obligations; and

(vi)     sixth , as directed by the Company.

provided , however , that if sufficient funds are not available to fund all payments to be made in respect of any of the Obligations set forth in any of clauses (i) through (v) above, the available funds being applied with respect to any such Obligation (unless otherwise specified in such clause) shall be allocated to the payment of such Obligations ratably, based on the proportion of the Administrative Agent’s, each Lender’s and each Issuing Lender’s interest in the aggregate outstanding Obligations described in such clauses.
(i)    Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary Borrower will promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower evidencing any Revolving Loans of such Lender, substantially in the forms of Exhibit U-2 (a “ Revolving Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount.

2.25     Requirements of Law . Except with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed exclusively by Section  2.26 of this Agreement and except with respect to Competitive Loans to which this Section 2.25 shall be inapplicable:

(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the Closing Date:

(i) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate; or

(ii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay such Lender, within 15 Business Days of receipt of notice from the relevant Lender as described below, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled (including a reasonably detailed calculation of such amounts).

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(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the Closing Date shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within 15 Business Days after submission by such Lender to the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor (together with a reasonably detailed description and calculation of such amounts), the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.

(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Company and the relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.26     Taxes . (a) All payments made by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement (other than in respect of any Competitive Loans as to which this Section 2.26(a) shall not apply) shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding (a) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and (b) any branch profit taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other Governmental Authority. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, (i) the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (as applicable) shall make such deductions and shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws and (ii) the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender hereunder shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided , however , that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any such amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes except to the extent that any change in applicable law, treaty or governmental rule,

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regulation or governmental authorization after the time such Lender (including any new or successor Swingline Lender, Issuing Lender or Administrative Agent) becomes a party to this Agreement (“ Change in Tax Law ”), shall result in an increase in the rate of any deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, in respect of payments to such Lender hereunder, but only to the extent of such increase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes that are attributable to such Person’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section  2.26 except as such failure relates to a Change in Tax Law rendering such Person legally unable to comply.

(b)    In addition, the Company or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes over to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c)    Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest, additions to tax, expenses or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure; provided , however , no such indemnification obligation shall arise if the failure to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due arose solely from or was caused solely by, directly or indirectly, any breach of any representation or covenant in this Agreement by the applicable Lender or the Administrative Agent. The indemnification payment under this Section 2.26(c) shall be made within 30 days after the date the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the case may be) makes a written demand therefor (together with a reasonably detailed calculation of such amounts).

(d)    Each Lender (or Transferee) (i) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “ Non‑U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non‑U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a statement substantially in the form of a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non‑U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) that is a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two properly completed and duly executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). Thereafter, each Lender shall, to the extent it is legally able to do so, deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender at any other time prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the Company. If any Commitment is reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16(b), then the relevant Revolving Lender (to whom such Commitment has been reallocated) shall deliver, on the effective date of

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such reallocation, all such forms that it is legally able to deliver. In the event of a Change in Tax Law, each Lender shall deliver all such forms that it is legally able to deliver, including any form claiming a reduced rate of U.S. federal withholding tax on payments by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and any other Loan Document. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Company at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Company (and any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose).
 
(e)    With respect to each Subsidiary Borrower, a Lender or Transferee shall deliver to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prior to the first date any payment is due to be paid from or by such Subsidiary Borrower to it hereunder, any form or certificate required in order that any payment by such Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to such Lender may be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed on such payment under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary Borrower is incorporated or organized. If any Commitment is reallocated in accordance with Section 2.16(c), then the relevant Revolving Lender (to whom such Commitment has been reallocated) shall deliver on the effective date of such reallocation, all such forms that it is legally able to deliver, including any form claiming a reduced rate of non-U.S. withholding tax on payments made by the relevant Subsidiary Borrower to such Revolving Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In the event of a Change in Tax Law after the date such Subsidiary Borrower makes the first payment, a Lender or Transferee shall deliver all such required forms that it is legally able to deliver, including any form claiming a reduced rate of non-U.S. withholding tax on payments by such Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(f)    [Reserved.]

(g)    If the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower or with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.26, it shall pay over such refund to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 2.26 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided , that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to (i) interfere with the right of the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it sees fit, (ii) obligate the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to claim any tax refund, (iii) require the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes or any computation in respect thereof which it deems in its sole discretion to be confidential) to the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) require the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to do anything that would in its sole discretion prejudice its ability to

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benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.

(h)    Each Assignee shall be bound by this Section 2.26.

(i)    The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.27     Indemnity . The Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any actual loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans after the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurocurrency Loans after the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans (or the conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan into a Loan of a different Type) on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.29. Such indemnification may include an amount up to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurocurrency market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Company and the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by any Lender (together with a reasonably detailed calculation of such amounts) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error and shall be payable within 30 days of receipt of any such notice. The agreements in this Section 2.27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans hereunder.

2.28     Change of Applicable Lending Office . Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.25 or 2.26(a) with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another Applicable Lending Office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding or minimizing the consequences of such event; provided , that such designation is made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, do not cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer any material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided , further , that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a).

2.29     Replacement/Termination of Lenders . (a) The Company shall be permitted to replace with a replacement financial institution or terminate the Commitments and repay any outstanding Loans of any Lender that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a), (ii) fails to give its consent for any amendment or waiver requiring the consent of 100% of the Lenders or all affected Lenders (and such Lender is an affected Lender) or 100% of the Lenders under a particular Facility and for which Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of the Loans and/or Commitments required for such vote have consented or (iii) fails to give its consent to an extension of any Revolving Termination Date to which the Majority Facility Lenders under the applicable Revolving Facility have

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consented; provided that (A) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (B) the replacement financial institution or the Company, as applicable, shall purchase or repay, at par plus accrued interest and accrued fees thereon, all Loans owing to such replaced or terminated Lender on or prior to the date of replacement or termination, (C) the Company shall be liable to such replaced or terminated Lender under Section 2.27 if any Eurocurrency Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased or repaid other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (D) any replacement financial institution, if not a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (E) any replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 ( provided that the Company shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (F) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Company shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a), as the case may be and (G) any such replacement, termination and/or repayment shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

(b)    (i) The unfunded amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Lender that becomes a Defaulting Lender shall be automatically terminated (and the facility fees payable thereon pursuant to Section 2.15(a) shall cease to accrue) on the date that is 30 days after such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, unless the Company has waived the termination of all of such Revolving Commitments, or any part of such Revolving Commitments to the extent such Defaulting Lender has sold participations therein pursuant to Section 10.6(c), in each case prior to such date (such date of termination, the “ Termination Date ”), and (ii) any funded amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Lender that becomes a Defaulting Lender shall be terminated and repaid on the Termination Date or from time to time as the Company determines to repay the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender, which it shall be permitted to do on a non-pro rata basis, notwithstanding Section 2.24; provided that to the extent that any termination under clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.29(b) would cause the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of any (x) 2017 Domestic Revolving Lender to exceed the 2017 Domestic Revolving Commitments of such 2017 Domestic Revolving Lender or (y) 2019 Domestic Revolving Lender to exceed the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments of such 2019 Domestic Revolving Lender, the Company shall repay 2017 Domestic Revolving Loans or 2019 Domestic Revolving Loans, as the case may be, so as to eliminate such excess. In the case of either clause (i) or (ii), the Company may, at its option, replace, in whole or in part, any such Revolving Lender with one or more replacement financial institutions (which agree to act as such) with aggregate Revolving Commitments not to exceed the Revolving Commitment that was terminated; provided that (A) if such Revolving Lender is being replaced or terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 2.29(b), the replacement financial institution or the Company, as applicable, shall purchase or repay, at par plus accrued interest and accrued fees thereon, those Loans owing to such replaced or terminated Lender that the Company elects to purchase or repay (or cause to be purchased or repaid, as applicable) on the date of such replacement or termination, and the Company shall be liable to such replaced or terminated Lender under Section 2.27 if any Eurocurrency Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased or repaid other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (B) any replacement financial institution, if not a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) any replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Company shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (D) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Company shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a), as the case may be, and (E) any such replacement, termination and/or repayment shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

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2.30     New Local Facilities . (a) The Company may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders, request the Revolving Lenders to designate a portion of their respective Revolving Commitments under any Revolving Facility to make Revolving Extensions of Credit denominated in one or more of Dollars, Brazilian Real, Chinese Renminbi and any Optional Currency pursuant to a newly established sub-facility or sub-facilities under any Revolving Facility or a separate revolving facility (each, a “New Local Facility”); provided that (i) both at the time of any such request and upon the effectiveness of any Local Facility Amendment referred to below, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; provided further that no Lender shall be required to make Revolving Extensions of Credit in excess of its Revolving Commitment, and (ii) after giving effect to any such New Local Facility, the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Canadian Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments. Each New Local Facility shall be in a minimum Dollar Equivalent amount of $100,000,000. Each notice from the Company pursuant to this Section 2.30 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant New Local Facility and the Revolving Facility or Facilities designated by the Company to be reduced as a result of the establishment of such New Local Facility. Revolving Lenders wishing to designate a portion of their Revolving Commitments under a designated Facility to a New Local Facility (each, a “ New Local Facility Lender ”) shall have such portion of their Revolving Commitment under such Facility designated to such New Local Facility on a pro rata basis in accordance with the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the other New Local Facility Lenders; provided that no Lender may so reallocate its Revolving Commitments to a New Local Facility if such reallocation would result in amounts being payable by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower under Section 2.25 or Section 2.26 unless such Lender changes its Applicable Lending Office to avoid such a result or the Company otherwise consents. The designation of Revolving Commitments to any New Local Facility shall be made pursuant to an amendment (each, a “ Local Facility Amendment ”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each New Local Facility Lender. Notwithstanding anything in this Section  2.30 to the contrary, no Revolving Lender shall be obligated to transfer any portion of its Revolving Commitments to a New Local Facility unless it so agrees.
  
(b)    Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.1(a), any Local Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Company, to implement the provisions of this Section, a copy of which shall be made available to each Lender.
 
2.31    [Reserved.]
 
2.32     Incremental Revolving Commitments/Facilities . (a) The Company may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent that certain of the Lenders designated by the Company and/or that additional lenders shall be added to this Agreement as Incremental Lenders with Commitments for the purpose of either increasing the existing Revolving Commitments under any 2017 Revolving Facility or 2019 Revolving Facility (a “ Revolving Commitment Increase ”) or establishing an Incremental Revolving Facility by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Revolving Activation Notice signed by such Lenders or such additional lenders and specifying (i) the respective Incremental Revolving Commitments of such Incremental Lenders, (ii) the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility Closing Date or Revolving Commitment Increase Date, and (iii) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility (A) the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Maturity Date, (B) the Currency or Currencies or Brazilian Real or Chinese Renminbi available under such Incremental Revolving Facility, (C) the borrower(s) thereunder (which may be the Company and any

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Subsidiary Borrowers), (D) the Applicable Margin and other fees applicable to Incremental Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit to be made available under such Incremental Revolving Facility, and (E) any additional terms applicable to such Incremental Revolving Facility, including the borrowing procedures related thereto (in each case, as agreed between the Company and the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Loans), and otherwise duly completed; provided that (1) after giving effect to such Revolving Commitment Increase or Incremental Revolving Facility (including the incurrence of any Incremental Revolving Loans on the applicable Revolving Commitment Increase Date or Incremental Revolving Facility Closing Date and use of proceeds thereof), (x) no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing, (y) [Reserved] and (z) the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed $15,000,000,000, (2) the Incremental Revolving Loan Maturity Date applicable to such Incremental Revolving Facility shall be no earlier than the Revolving Termination Date for the 2017 Revolving Commitments then in effect, and (3) if any terms added to such Incremental Revolving Facility pursuant to the foregoing clause (E) (other than in respect respect of interest rates, fees, call features or premiums) are less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement at such time, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall have entered into amendments to this Agreement to include such additional terms for the benefit of all Lenders hereunder.

(b)    Each Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make revolving credit loans (each, an “ Incremental Revolving Loan ”) to the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time on or after the Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date or Revolving Commitment Increase Date specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time up to but not exceeding the amount of the Incremental Revolving Commitment of such Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.32 shall be construed to obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice.

(c)    On any Revolving Commitment Increase Date with respect to any Revolving Facility of any Class, in the event any Revolving Loans of such Class under the relevant Facility of such Class are then outstanding, (i) each relevant Incremental Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine are necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such increased Revolving Commitments and the application of such amounts to prepay Revolving Loans of such Class under the relevant Facility of such Class of other relevant Revolving Lenders under the relevant Facility of such Class, the Revolving Loans of such Class under the relevant Facility of such Class to be held ratably by Revolving Lenders of such Class under the relevant Facility of such Class in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments under the relevant Facility of such Class after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Class under the relevant Facility of such Class and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Revolving Lenders of such Class the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27 as a result of such prepayment.

(d)    Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.1(a), the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to enter into any amendments to this Agreement that the Administrative Agent believes are necessary to appropriately include, or provide for the integration of, any Revolving Commitment Increase or any Incremental Revolving Facility under this Agreement and matters required by clause (3) of the proviso to Section 2.32(a).

        

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2.33     Revolving Termination Date Extension . (a) The Company may at any time and from time to time, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request a one-year or two-year extension of the Revolving Termination Date with respect to the 2017 Revolving Facilities or the 2019 Revolving Facilities, as the case may be, and, at the Company’s option, amend the Applicable Margins for the applicable Revolving Facilities in connection with such request; provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such request. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender under the applicable Revolving Facilities thereof. Each Revolving Lender under such Revolving Facilities shall respond to such request in writing within 30 calendar days after such request and any failure of a Revolving Lender to respond shall be deemed to be a denial of such request. If the Majority Facility Lenders with respect to such Revolving Facilities agree to such extension, the Revolving Termination Date with respect to such Revolving Facilities shall be extended to the date specified in the Company’s extension request and with the amended Applicable Margin, if any, specified in such extension request subject, with respect to each Non-Extending Lender, to the provisions of Section 2.33(b).

(b)    If any Revolving Lender under the 2017 Revolving Facilities or the 2019 Revolving Facilities, as the case may be, does not consent to any extension request pursuant to Section 2.33(a) (a “ Non-Extending Lender ”) but the Majority Facility Lenders with respect to such Revolving Facilities agree to such extension (each such Lender, an “ Extending Lender ”), then (i) the Revolving Termination Date for each Extending Lender in respect of such Revolving Facilities shall be extended to the date specified in the Company’s extension request and, if applicable, the Applicable Margins amended with respect to the Extending Lenders only and (ii) the Revolving Commitments of each Non-Extending Lender and the existing Applicable Margins shall, subject to the terms of Section 2.29, continue until the Revolving Termination Date for such Non-Extending Lender in effect prior to such extension.

(c)    Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.1(a), the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to enter into any amendments to this Agreement that the Administrative Agent believes are necessary to appropriately reflect, or provide for the integration of, any extension of a Revolving Termination Date or change in Applicable Margins pursuant to this Section 2.33.

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT

3.1     L/C Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the Applicable Domestic Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit and, with the consent of such Issuing Lender, letters of guarantee (each a “Letter of Credit”) for the account of the Company, any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower or any other Subsidiary on any Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period in respect of the 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments in such form as may be reasonable and customary for the purpose thereof; provided that (i) no Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (A) the Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender would exceed such Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment then in effect, (B) the aggregate amount of the Applicable Available Domestic Revolving Commitments would be less than zero, (C) the Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit would exceed the L/C Sublimit then in effect, (D) [Reserved], (E) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or (F) the Total 2019 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total 2019 Revolving Commitments and (ii) the Company shall be a co-applicant, and jointly and severally liable with respect to, each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Borrower. Each Letter of Credit shall (x) be denominated in Dollars or, if agreed by the Issuing Lender, any Optional Currency and (y)

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expire no later than the date that is one year after the latest Revolving Termination Date in effect at the time such Letter of Credit is issued (or such later date as the relevant Issuing Lender shall agree).

(b)    No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

3.2     Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit . The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may from time to time request that any Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any Application, the relevant Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the relevant Issuing Lender and the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower. The relevant Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof. The relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof). No Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit in the period commencing on the first Business Day after it receives written notice from the Administrative Agent that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 5.2 shall not on such date be satisfied, and ending when such conditions are satisfied. The Administrative Agent shall immediately notify the Issuing Lenders upon becoming aware that such conditions in Section 5.2 are thereafter satisfied. The Issuing Lenders shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 have been satisfied in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit.

3.3     Fees and Other Charges . The Company will pay a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for the account of each L/C Participant with respect to its 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage of the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit during each Fee Payment Period at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurocurrency Loans under the applicable Domestic Revolving Facility, shared ratably among the 2019 Domestic Revolving Lenders, payable in arrears for each Fee Payment Period on the related Fee Payment Date. In addition, the Company shall pay a fronting fee in an amount agreed separately with each Issuing Lender on the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender (other than any Existing Letter of Credit) during each Fee Payment Period, payable in arrears for each Fee Payment Period on the related Fee Payment Date. For the purposes of the foregoing calculations, the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency for any Fee Payment Period shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letter of Credit (expressed in the Optional Currency in which such Letter of Credit is denominated) by (ii) the Exchange Rate for each such Optional Currency in effect on the first Business Day of the related Fee Payment Period or by such other method that the Administrative Agent and the Company may agree.

3.4     L/C Participations . (a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account

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and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued, and the amount of each draft paid, by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Company or other applicant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage, in each case of the Dollar Equivalent amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed (calculated, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, as of the Reimbursement Date therefor). Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against any Issuing Lender, the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

(b)    If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to any Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to any Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the relevant Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility. A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(c)    Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Company or other applicant or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided , however , that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.

(d)    Each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees that, on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, such L/C Participant’s undivided interest in respect of Letters of Credit then outstanding, and unreimbursed drafts paid under any Letter of Credit, shall be redetermined as if such outstanding Letters of Credit had been issued as of such date and shall be equal to such L/C

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Participant’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations in respect of such Letters of Credit as of such date. If a draft is paid on any date thereafter under any Letter of Credit issued by any Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Company or other applicant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s 2019 Domestic Revolving Percentage then in effect of the Dollar Equivalent amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed; provided , however , that at no time shall such L/C Participant’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit in respect of the 2019 Domestic Revolving Facility exceed its 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, the redetermination provided for in this Section 3.4(d) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2.

3.5     Reimbursement Obligation of the Company . If any draft is paid under any Letter of Credit, the Company or other applicant shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount of the draft so paid, not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives notice of payment of such draft (such date, the “ Reimbursement Date ”). Each such payment shall be made to the relevant Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars or the applicable Optional Currency and in immediately available funds; provided that, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, if such payment, or obligation to make such payment, in an Optional Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or any Domestic Revolving Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or any similar tax that would not be payable if such payment were paid or required to be paid in Dollars, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall, at its option, (A) pay the amount of such tax to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Lender or the relevant Lender or (B) pay the Dollar Equivalent of such draft (calculated as of the Reimbursement Date); provided , further that if such payment is not made on the applicable Reimbursement Date the obligation to pay such draft shall be permanently converted into an obligation to pay the Dollar Equivalent amount of such draft (calculated as of such Reimbursement Date). Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the Reimbursement Date until payment in full at the rate set forth in Section 2.21(g).

3.6     Obligations Absolute . The obligations of the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Company and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 of the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender. The Company and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall be binding on the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower.

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3.7     Letter of Credit Payments . If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the relevant Issuing Lenders to the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

3.8     Applications . To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

3.9     Existing Letters of Credit . On and as of the Closing Date the letters of credit and letters of guarantee set forth on Schedule 3.9 (the “ Existing Letters of Credit ”) will constitute Letters of Credit under this Agreement and for the purposes hereof will be deemed to have been issued for the account of the Company on the Closing Date and each issuer thereof shall be deemed to be an Issuing Lender hereunder solely for the purposes of Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.10 (whether or not such issuer is otherwise an Issuing Lender hereunder).
 
3.10     Collateral . The Company may at its option at any time and from time to time Collateralize any Letter of Credit (with the consent of the relevant Issuing Lender). In addition, on or prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date in respect of 2019 Domestic Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Company shall (or shall cause the relevant Subsidiary to) Collateralize any Letter of Credit with an expiration date occurring after such Revolving Termination Date. Any Letter of Credit that is Collateralized as provided in this Section 3.10 shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder effective on the date of such Collateralization and, accordingly, the rights and obligations of Domestic Revolving Lenders in respect thereof (including pursuant to Section 3.4) shall terminate.

3.11     New Issuing Lenders; L/C Commitments . (a) The Company may from time to time (i) terminate any Issuing Lender as an Issuing Lender hereunder (on a prospective basis only) for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender, (ii) add additional Issuing Lenders hereunder and (iii) increase or decrease the L/C Commitment of any existing Issuing Lender. If the Company shall decide to add a new Issuing Lender under this Agreement, then the Company may appoint from among the 2019 Revolving Lenders (or an Applicable Lending Office thereof) a new Issuing Lender, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), whereupon such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder, and the term “Issuing Lender” shall mean such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. The acceptance of any appointment as an Issuing Lender hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or an increase of the L/C Commitment of any existing Issuing Lender, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new issuer of Letters of Credit or existing Issuing Lender, as applicable, in a form reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Lender, the Company and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall become an “Issuing Lender” hereunder or such increased L/C Commitment shall become effective. After the termination of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the terminated Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement or termination, but shall not issue additional Letters of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of any replacement or addition of an Issuing Lender, or any changed L/C Commitment pursuant to this Section 3.11.
    

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(b)    Any Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by an Applicable Lending Office thereof, in which case, such Applicable Lending Office shall be an “Issuing Lender” hereunder.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit and make other extensions of credit hereunder the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender that:
4.1     Financial Condition . The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2005 (the “ 2005 10-K ”) and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006 (the “ Third Quarter 2006 10-Q ”), each as amended on or before the Closing Date and filed with the SEC, present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of, and for, (a) the twelve-month period ended on December 31, 2005 and (b) the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006, respectively; provided that the foregoing representation shall not be deemed to have been materially incorrect if, in the event of a subsequent restatement of such financial statements, the changes reflected in such restatement(s) are not materially adverse to the rights and interests of the Lenders under the Loan Documents (taking into account the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at such time).

4.2     No Change . Between the date of filing with the SEC of the Third Quarter 2006 10-Q and the Closing Date, there has been no development or event which has had a Material Adverse Effect.

4.3     Existence . Each Loan Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has the power and authority to conduct the business in which it is engaged and (c) is duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified and in good standing, except to the extent all failures with respect to the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c) could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.4     Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance thereof and has duly executed and delivered each Loan Document to which it is a party and each such Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

4.5     No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party, except to the extent all such violations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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4.6     Litigation . Except as set forth, or contemplated, in the 2005 10-K, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of the Company for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 filed with the SEC, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of the Company for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 filed with the SEC, the Third Quarter 2006 10-Q or the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated December 5, 2006 filed with the SEC, no litigation, investigation, proceeding or arbitration is pending, or to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened against the Company or any Significant Guarantor as of the Closing Date that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.7     No Default . As of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any Significant Guarantor is in default under any of its material Contractual Obligations, except where such default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
4.8    [Reserved.]

4.9     Intellectual Property . As of the Closing Date, the Company and each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor own, or are licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to own or be licensed could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.10     Federal Regulations . No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.

4.11     ERISA . Each Plan, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all material provisions of ERISA and all material applicable provisions of the Code, except to the extent that all failures to be in compliance could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.12     Investment Company Act; Other Regulations . No Loan Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
  
4.13     Initial Subsidiary Guarantors . As of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, the information set forth on Schedule 1.1D is true and correct in all material respects.

4.14     Sanctions . The Company has implemented and maintains in effect corporate policies reasonably designed to promote compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective employees with applicable laws administered by and regulations promulgated or issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is included on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (the “ SDN List ”) maintained by OFAC or has a physical place of business, or is organized or resident, in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria. The Company and its Subsidiary Borrowers will not knowingly use the proceeds of the Loans to fund any activities or business (i) of or with any individual or entity that is included on the SDN List or (ii) in, or with the government of, any country that is the subject of comprehensive territorial sanctions administered by OFAC (a “ Sanctioned Country ”), except in the case of (i) or (ii), to the extent licensed or otherwise authorized under U.S. law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any country, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, or Syria, shall no longer be the subject of comprehensive territorial sanctions administered by OFAC, then it shall not be considered a Sanctioned Country for purposes hereof and the provisions of this Section 4.14 shall no longer apply with respect to that country.
        

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4.15     Environmental Laws . The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1    [Reserved.]
 
5.2     Conditions to Each Extension of Credit . The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan and the agreement of any Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit (or amendment thereto increasing the face amount thereof) requested to be made or issued by it on any date (including its initial extension of credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as of the date of such Loan or the date of any request to issue (or amend to increase the face amount of) such Letter of Credit:

(a) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties made by the Company in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (including those set forth in Sections 4.2, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9 and 4.13), in which case, such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(b) No Event of Default . No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date, before and after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date and the use of proceeds thereof.

(c) No Pro Forma Default . No Default shall be continuing after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date and the use of proceeds thereof; provided that, if any Default has occurred and is continuing on such date prior to the application of such proceeds, the Company shall have identified such Default in the request for such extension of credit and shall have represented to the Administrative Agent in such request that the proceeds of such extension of credit shall be used to cure such Default prior to such Default becoming an Event of Default.

(d) [Reserved.]

(e) No Subsidiary Borrower Bankruptcy Events . With respect to any Loan made to or Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary Borrower, (i) such Subsidiary Borrower shall not have (A) commenced any case, proceeding or other action under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (1) seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (2) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or (B) made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall not be commenced against such Subsidiary Borrower any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 90 days.

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Each borrowing, or issuance of a Letter of Credit (or amendment thereto increasing the face amount thereof) hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or the date of such issuance of a Letter of Credit, that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit or Acceptance remains outstanding or any Loan, Reimbursement Obligations, interest or fee payable hereunder is owing to any Lender:
6.1     Company Financial Statements . The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, audited annual financial statements and unaudited quarterly financial statements of the Company within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or, if the Company is not required to file annual financial statements or unaudited quarterly financial statements with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then within 15 days after the Company would be required to file the same with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act if it had a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange); provided , that the foregoing time period shall automatically be extended to the earlier of (a) the date that is five days prior to the date of the occurrence of any “event of default” (or any comparable term) under any of the Existing Notes as a result of the failure by the Company to provide annual or quarterly financial statements to the extent required under the related Existing Notes Indenture and (b) in the case of audited annual financial statements, within 240 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year, and in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, within 220 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year; provided , further , that such financial statements shall be deemed to be delivered upon the filing with the SEC of the Company’s Form 10-K or Form 10-Q for the relevant fiscal period.

6.2    [Reserved.]
 
6.3     Compliance Certificates . The Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, a Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer (i) stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such certificate, except as specified in such certificate, and (ii) unless the Total Available Revolving Commitment (including any unused commitment under any Incremental Revolving Facility or any Permitted Additional Senior Facility) is equal to or greater than $4,000,000,000, containing a calculation of Available Liquidity as of the last day of the fiscal period covered by such financial statements.

6.4     Maintenance of Business; Existence . The Company will continue to engage primarily in the automotive business and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights necessary for the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.5     Maintenance of Property; Insurance . The Company will, and will cause each Significant Guarantor to, maintain, as appropriate, with insurance companies that the Company believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Company believes (in the good faith judgment of management of the Company) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and

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with such risk retentions) as the Company believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) are reasonable in light of the size and nature of its business.

6.6     Notices . Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of the Company becoming aware thereof, the Company will give notice to the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Company or the relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

6.7     New Guarantee . (a) Within 30 days after any Guarantee Reinstatement Date, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent the New Guarantee, executed and delivered by (i) each Principal Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor that is then a Domestic Subsidiary and not a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, together with customary secretary’s certificates, resolutions and legal opinions.

(b)    During any New Guarantee Requirement Period, within 30 days after the formation or acquisition of any Principal Domestic Subsidiary (or the making of a single investment or a series of related investments having a value (determined by reference to Net Book Value, in the case of an investment of assets) of $500,000,000 or more in the aggregate by the Company or a Principal Domestic Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, in a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that is not a Principal Domestic Subsidiary that results in such Domestic Subsidiary becoming a Principal Domestic Subsidiary), the Company shall (or shall cause the relevant Subsidiary to), unless a Guarantee Release Date shall have occurred prior to such 30 th day, cause such Principal Domestic Subsidiary (or Domestic Subsidiary receiving such investment(s)) to become a party to the New Guarantee.

(c)    The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, during any New Guarantee Requirement Period, to cause any domestic joint venture that is an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to clause (e) of the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary” but that would otherwise be a Principal Domestic Subsidiary and in which the Company directly or indirectly owns at least 80% of the voting or economic interest, to become a New Guarantor (it being understood that such efforts shall not require any economic or other significant concession with respect to the terms of such joint venture arrangements).

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

The Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit or Acceptance remains outstanding or any Loan, Reimbursement Obligations, interest or fee payable hereunder is owing to any Lender:
7.1    [Reserved.]
 
7.2     Available Liquidity . The Company shall not permit Available Liquidity to be less than $4,000,000,000 at any time.

7.3     Liens . (a) [Reserved.]

(b)    The Company will not, and will not permit (i) any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor that is then a Domestic Subsidiary and not a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company or (ii) any Principal Domestic Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its assets except Permitted Liens.
        

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7.4    [Reserved.]

7.5     Asset Sale Restrictions .
 
(a)    [Reserved.]

(b)    [Reserved.]

(c)    [Reserved.]

(d)     Ford Motor Credit . The Company shall not permit any Disposition or issuance of the Capital Stock of FMCC that results in the Company owning, directly or indirectly, less than 49% of the outstanding Capital Stock of FMCC.

(e)    [Reserved.]

(f)     Principal Trade Names . The Company shall not Dispose of any Principal Trade Name.

(g)    [Reserved.]

(h)    [Reserved.]

(i)    [Reserved.]

(j)    A ll or Substantially All Assets . The Company shall not, nor shall it permit its Significant Guarantors to, Dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted under Section 7.7(a).

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.5 to the contrary, any Disposition described in this Section 7.5 shall be permitted if such Disposition is to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor. In addition it is understood that the Company and its Subsidiaries may otherwise Dispose of their assets except to the extent expressly restricted pursuant to this Section 7.5 and Sections 7.7 and 7.9.
7.6    [Reserved.]
 
7.7     Fundamental Changes . (a) The Company will not merge or consolidate with any other Person unless no Default or Event of Default is continuing after giving effect to such transaction and (i) it shall be the continuing entity or (ii) (A) the Person formed by or surviving such merger or consolidation shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Loan Documents pursuant to a supplement or amendment to this Agreement and each other Loan Document reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (B) during any New Guarantee Period, each New Guarantor reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents and (C) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and consistent with the opinions delivered on the Closing Date with respect to the Company.

(b)    No Significant Guarantor shall merge or consolidate with any other Person unless (i) the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing entity or (ii) in connection with an asset sale permitted by Section 7.5.
        

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7.8     Negative Pledge . The Company will not itself, and will not permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed (notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed being herein called “ Debt ”), secured by pledge of, or mortgage or lien on, any Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property of the Company or any Manufacturing Subsidiary, or any shares of stock of or Debt of any Manufacturing Subsidiary (such mortgages, pledges and liens being hereinafter called “Pledge” or “Pledges”), without effectively providing that the Obligations (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company or of such Manufacturing Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the Obligations) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Debt, so long as such secured Debt shall be so secured, unless, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such secured Debt so secured plus all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Automotive Assets; provided , however , that this Section 7.8 shall not apply to Debt secured by:

(a)    Pledges of property of, or on any shares of stock of or Debt of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Manufacturing Subsidiary;

(b)    Pledges in favor of the Company or any Manufacturing Subsidiary;

(c)    Pledges in favor of any governmental body to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;

(d)    Pledges of property, shares of stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure any Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after, the acquisition of such property or shares or Debt for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof; and

(e)    any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Pledge referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (d), inclusive; provided , however , that such extension, renewal or replacement Pledge shall be limited to all or a part of the same property, shares of stock or Debt that secured the Pledge extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).

7.9     Sales and Leasebacks . The Company will not itself, and it will not permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor (not including the Company or any Manufacturing Subsidiary) or to which any such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by the Company or a Manufacturing Subsidiary for a period, including renewals, in excess of three years of any Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Manufacturing Subsidiary to such lender or investor or to any person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property (herein referred to as a “ Sale and Leaseback Transaction ”) unless either:

(a)    the Company or such Manufacturing Subsidiary could create Debt secured by a mortgage pursuant to Section 7.8 on the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property to be leased in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Obligations; or
    

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(b)    the Company, within 120 days after the sale or transfer shall have been made by the Company or by a Manufacturing Subsidiary, applies an amount equal to the greater of:

(i) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property leased pursuant to such arrangement; or

(ii) the fair market value of the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property so leased at the time of entering into such arrangement (as determined by any two of the following: the Chairman of the Board of the Company, its President, any Executive Vice President of the Company, any Group Vice President of the Company, any Vice President of the Company, its Treasurer or its Controller);

to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company; provided , however , that the amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company shall be reduced by the principal amount of Funded Debt voluntarily retired by the Company within 120 days after such sale.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the Company (or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan, any Acceptance Obligation or any Acceptance Equivalent Loan when due, (ii) any interest, facility fee, Letter of Credit Fee, Acceptance Fee or any Reimbursement Obligation hereunder for a period of five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable or (iii) any other amount due and payable under any Loan Document for 30 days after receipt of notice of such failure by the Company from the Administrative Agent (other than, in the case of amounts in this clause (iii), any such amount being disputed by the Company in good faith); or

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company in any Loan Document or any certified statement furnished by the Company, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made or furnished; or

(c) the Company or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor shall default in the observance or performance of (i) its agreements in Section 6.1, (ii) its agreements in Section 7.2 for a period of 20 consecutive days or (iii) any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and, with respect to clause (iii) only, such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof to the Company from the Administrative Agent; or

(d) the Company or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness or any Guarantee Obligation in respect of Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation, in each case beyond the period of grace, if any; provided , that a default, event or condition described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (d) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (d) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness or any such Guaranty Obligation the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000,000; or

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(e) any Permitted Additional Senior Facilities or any other Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the Company or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor with an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $1,000,000,000 or more shall have been accelerated by the holders thereof as a result of a default thereunder; or

(f) (i) the Company, FMCC, Ford Canada or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor shall (A) commence any case, proceeding or other action under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (1) seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (2) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or (B) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company, FMCC, Ford Canada or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 90 days; or

(g) (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any amortization period has been sought and rejected under Section 412 of the Code; (ii) any Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings under ERISA; (iii) the PBGC shall have terminated a Plan or appointed a trustee to administer any Plan; (iv) any Plan shall have an accumulated funding deficiency which has not been waived; or (v) the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred a liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code; and (b) any of the foregoing has had a Material Adverse Effect; or

(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered in the United States against the Company or, during any New Guarantee Period, any Significant New Guarantor that is not vacated, discharged, satisfied, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days, and involves a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) of either (a) $100,000,000 or more, in the case of any single judgment or decree or (b) $200,000,000 or more in the aggregate; or

(i) [Reserved.]

(j) the guarantee of the Company contained in the Guarantee or, during any New Guarantee Period, the guarantee of any Significant New Guarantor under the New Guarantee, shall cease to be in full force and effect; or

(k) the occurrence of a Change of Control;

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in paragraph (f) above with respect to the Company, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans and Acceptances (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required

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Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company declare the Revolving Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company, declare the Loans and Acceptances (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit (calculated, in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in Optional Currencies, at the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the date of acceleration). Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower.
Whenever the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement shall have become immediately due and payable in accordance with clause (A) or clause (B) above, each Specified Currency Loan shall be converted automatically into Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on date the Loans shall become so due and payable; provided , further that any Specified Currency Loan held by any Lender that is not paid in full on the Revolving Termination Date for such Lender shall be converted automatically into Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on such Revolving Termination Date.
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

9.1     Appointment . (a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

(b)    [Reserved.]

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9.2     Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in‑fact selected by it with reasonable care.

9.3     Exculpatory Provisions . Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys‑in‑fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

9.4     Reliance by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, e-mail, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified in this Agreement) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified in this Agreement), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

9.5     Notice of Default . The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified in this Agreement); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but

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shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

9.6     Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders . Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys‑in‑fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys‑in‑fact or affiliates.

9.7     Indemnification . The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

9.8     Agent in Its Individual Capacity . Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it and any other extension of credit made by it hereunder, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

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9.9     Successor Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Company. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Company shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld and, which consent, shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Company shall have occurred and be continuing), appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9.10     Bookrunners, Lead Arrangers, Documentation Agents and Syndication Agents . None of the Syndication Agents or any of the bookrunners, lead arrangers, documentation agents or the agent identified on the cover page to this Agreement shall have any duties or responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in their respective capacities as such.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1     Amendments and Waivers . (a) Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1 or as otherwise expressly provided herein. The Required Lenders and the Company (on its own behalf and as agent on behalf of any other Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document) may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company (on its own behalf and as agent on behalf of any Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document ) may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided , however , that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

(A) forgive or reduce any principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, Acceptance or any Reimbursement Obligation (for the purpose of clarity each of the foregoing not to include any waiver of a mandatory prepayment), reduce the stated

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rate of any interest, fee or prepayment premium payable hereunder (except in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

(B) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 10.1 without the written consent of such Lender;
 
(C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or consent to the assignment or transfer by or release of the Company of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents), in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;

(D) effect any amendment, modification or waiver that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payment of Lenders under any Revolving Facility differently from Lenders under any other Revolving Facility without the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Revolving Facility adversely affected thereby;

(E) [Reserved];

(F) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders under such Facility or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Revolving Lenders without the written consent of all Revolving Lenders;

(G) after the Closing Date, amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 5.2 without the written consent of the Majority Revolving Lenders,

(H) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 in a manner adverse to the Administrative Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent;

(I) [Reserved];
 
(J) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.13 without the written consent of each Swingline Lender;

(K) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the written consent of each Issuing Lender; or

(L) [Reserved];
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

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(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), without the consent of the Required Lenders, but subject to any consent required by paragraphs (A) through (K) above, (i) the terms of any Facility may be amended, modified or waived in any manner that does not adversely affect the rights or obligations of Lenders under any other Facility with the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Company may amend, modify or supplement any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights or obligations of any Lender or Issuing Lender.

(c)    [Reserved.]

(d)    In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended after the Closing Date without consent of the Lenders, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, as follows:

(i) to designate (w) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company as a Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, (x) any Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof as a Canadian Borrower, (y) any Foreign Subsidiary organized or domiciled under the laws of the United Kingdom, Sweden or Germany as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility and (z) any Subsidiary of the Company as a Subsidiary Borrower under a New Local Facility or any Incremental Revolving Facility upon (A) ten Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent (such notice to contain the name, primary business address and taxpayer identification number of such Subsidiary), (B) the execution and delivery by the Company, such Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent of a Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit R (each, a “ Joinder Agreement ”), providing for such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Borrower, (C) the agreement and acknowledgement by the Company and, during any New Guarantee Period, each New Guarantor, that the Guarantee or the New Guarantee, as applicable, covers the Obligations of such Subsidiary, (D) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of corporate or other applicable resolutions, other corporate or other applicable documents, certificates and legal opinions in respect of such Subsidiary reasonably equivalent to comparable documents delivered on the Closing Date and (E) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of any documentation or other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and necessary to satisfy obligations of the Lenders described in Section 10.18 or any applicable “know your customer” or other anti-money laundering Requirement of Law; and

(ii) to remove any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower upon (A) execution and delivery by the Company to the Administrative Agent of a written notification to such effect, (B) repayment in full of all Loans made to such Subsidiary Borrower, (C) repayment in full of all other amounts owing by such Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (D) the deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent of an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of such Subsidiary Borrower (calculated, in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in Optional Currencies, at the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the date of removal) (it being agreed that any such repayment shall be in accordance with the other terms of this Agreement).

10.2     Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or

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three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice or electronic transmission, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Company and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
Company:
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126
Attention: Treasurer
Telecopy: 313-322-3359
Telephone: 313-322-3533
with a copy to:
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126
Attention: Secretary
Telecopy: 313-248-8713
Telephone: 313-323-2130
Administrative Agent for all
notices:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, Floor 03
Newark, DE, 19713-2107
Attention: Christine Angus
Telecopy: 302-634-4250
Telephone: 302-634-8647
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10179
Attention: Robert P. Kellas
Telecopy: 212-270-5100
Telephone: 212-270-3560
with a further copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Attention: Andrew J. Yoon
Telecopy: (212) 310-8007
Telephone: (212) 310-8689
Administrative Agent for
notices with respect to
the Multicurrency
Revolving Facility:
J.P. Morgan Europe Limited
25 Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London E14 5JP
United Kingdom
Attention: Loan Agency
Telecopy: 44 207 777 2360
Telephone: 44 207 134 8208

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Administrative Agent for
notices with respect to
the Canadian Revolving
Facility:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2, Floor 03
Newark, DE, 19713-2107
Attention: Christine Angus
Telecopy: 302-634-4250
Telephone: 302-634-8647
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall not be effective until received.
Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 or 3 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
10.3     No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.4     Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

10.5     Payment of Expenses and Taxes . The Company agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out‑of‑pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, the syndication of the Facilities, the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any amendment or waiver with respect thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the reasonable fees and disbursements of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include each jurisdiction where a Subsidiary Borrower is organized) to be shared by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee, (ii) filing and recording fees and expenses and (iii) the charges of Intralinks, (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee for all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of one primary counsel to the Administrative Agent, which counsel shall act on behalf of all Lenders (and if necessary or advisable one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include each jurisdiction where a Subsidiary Borrower is organized) to be shared by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee) and, in the event of any conflict of interest, if necessary or advisable one additional local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the Collateral Trustee and one additional primary counsel (and if necessary or advisable one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) to represent all Lenders (other than the Administrative Agent), (c) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each

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Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent for, and hold each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent, their respective affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents, controlling persons and trustees (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than with respect to taxes not specifically provided for herein, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 2.26 or with respect to the costs, losses or expenses which are of the type covered by Section 2.25 or Section 2.27) with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), provided , that the Company shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of the Loan Documents by, such Indemnitee, any of its affiliates or its or their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents, controlling persons or trustees. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee unless the same shall have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of the Loan Documents by, such Indemnitee, any of its affiliates or its or their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents, controlling persons or trustees. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable not later than 30 Business Days after the party to whom such amount is owed has provided a statement or invoice therefor, setting forth in reasonable detail, the amount due and the relevant provision of this Section 10.5 under which such amount is payable by the Company. For purposes of the preceding sentence, it is understood and agreed that the Company may ask for reasonable supporting documentation to support any request to reimburse or pay out of pocket expenses, legal fees and disbursements and that the grace period to pay any such amounts shall not commence until such supporting documentation has been received by the Company. Statements payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to the Company at the address of the Company set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Company in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

10.6     Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of an Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) other than pursuant to Section 7.7, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company or

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any Subsidiary Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b)    (i)      Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) (ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans and/or Acceptances at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A)    with respect to any Revolving Facility:

(1) the Company;

(2) the Administrative Agent;

(3) each Material Issuing Lender at such time; and

(4) each Material Swingline Lender at such time;

provided , that none of the foregoing consents in relation to any Revolving Facility shall be required for an assignment to a Revolving Lender or, in the case of the Company only, if an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing.
(B)    [Reserved.]

(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
 
(A)    except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $10,000,000 unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

(B)    the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
 
(C)    the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.

For the purposes of this Section 10.6, “ Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the

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Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 and 10.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv)    The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of and interest on the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Issuing Lender and any Swingline Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v)    Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c)    (i)      Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans and/or Acceptances owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (D) no later than January 31 of each year, such Lender shall provide the Company with a written description of each participation of Loans, Acceptances and/or Commitments by such Lender during the prior year (it being understood that any failure to provide notice shall not render the participation invalid). Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 10.1(a) and (2) directly affects

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such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c) (ii) of this Section, the Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.25, 2.26 and 2.27 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, and subject to paragraph (c) (ii) of this Section, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 10.7(a) as though it were a Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.6, each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all or any part of its Loans, Commitments or other Obligations to one or more lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing requirements.

(ii)    A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.25 or 2.26 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any funds directly from the Company in respect of Sections 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 or 10.7 unless such Participant shall have provided to Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company, such information as is required to be recorded in the Register pursuant to paragraph (b) (iv) above as if such Participant were a Lender. Any Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.26 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.26(d) and (e) as though it were a Lender.

(iii)    Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent required pursuant to Section10.6(c) or to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d)    Any Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e)    The Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.

(f)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the

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Company or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section10.6(b). Each of the Company, each Subsidiary Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

10.7     Adjustments; Set‑off; Revolver Allocation . (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “ Benefitted Lender ”) shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set‑off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash in Dollars from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

(b)    In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon all amounts owing hereunder becoming due and payable (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

(c)    In the case of the Revolving Lenders of any Class, at any time when a Notice of Acceleration is in effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.24, each payment received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Obligations of each Loan Party owing to any Revolving Lender of such Class or, in the case of any 2019 Revolving Lenders, any Issuing Lender (as to the Revolving Lenders of any Class, the “ Revolving Obligations ” of such Class), and each distribution made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of Revolving Obligations of such Class, shall be distributed to the Revolving Lenders of such Class pro rata in accordance with their respective CAM Percentages of such Class. Any direct payment received by a Revolving Lender of any Class at any time when a Notice of Acceleration is in effect, including

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by way of set-off, in respect of the Revolving Obligations of such Class shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Revolving Lenders of such Class in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing sentence. In furtherance of the forgoing and in order to effect the allocation of payments and distributions provided for in this paragraph (c), on the date of each such payment or distribution, each Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall be deemed to have sold and purchased participations in the Revolving Obligations of such Class and the unfunded Revolving Commitments of such Class under each Revolving Facility of such Class such that, following such deemed exchange, each Revolving Lender of the applicable Class holds, directly or through its Applicable Lending Office, an interest in each one of the Revolving Loans of such Class and other extensions of credit under any Revolving Facility of such Class (including, in the case of 2019 Revolving Lenders, L/C Obligations), and in the unfunded Revolving Commitments of such Class under each Revolving Facility of such Class, equal to such Revolving Lender’s CAM Percentage of such Class on such date (the “ CAM Exchange ”). For purposes of calculating the appropriate amount to be exchanged in connection with the deemed exchange of interests pursuant to this paragraph, the interest in the Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and other extensions of credit denominated in any Currency other than Dollars shall be converted into the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the date of exchange. Each Revolving Lender of any Class consents and agrees to the CAM Exchange in respect of such Class, and each Revolving Lender of any Class agrees that the CAM Exchange in respect of such Class shall be binding upon its successors and assigns and any Person that acquires a participation in its interests in any Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and other extensions of credit under any Revolving Facility, or in any Revolving Commitment hereunder.

10.8     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent.

10.9     Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.10     Integration . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents (other than agreements between the Company and any Swingline Lender or any Issuing Lender contemplated by this Agreement and any Addendum executed and delivered on the Closing Date).

10.11     GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non‑exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) in the case of each Subsidiary Borrower, hereby irrevocably designates the Company (and the Company hereby irrevocably accepts such designation) as its agent to receive service of process in any such action or proceeding; and

(d) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

10.13     Judgment . The obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents due to any party hereto shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “ judgment currency ”) other than the currency in which the sum originally due to such party is denominated (the “ original currency ”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such party of any sum adjudged to be so due in the judgment currency such party may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the original currency with the judgment currency; if the amount of the original currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due under such judgment to such party in the original currency, the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such party against such loss, and if the amount of the original currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to any party to this Agreement, such party agrees to remit to the Company such excess. The provisions of this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

10.14     Acknowledgements . Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby acknowledges that:

(a)    it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b)    neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Company or any Subsidiary arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c)    no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Company or any Subsidiary and the Lenders.


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10.15     Releases of Guarantees . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to take promptly, any action requested by the Company having the effect of releasing, or evidencing the release of, any Guarantee Obligations to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 10.1.

(b)    [Reserved.]

(c)    [Reserved.]

(d)    [Reserved.]

(e)    Immediately upon the occurrence of any Guarantee Release Date, the New Guarantee and all obligations (other than as expressly provided therein) of each Guaranteed Party and each New Guarantor thereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. In connection with any such termination, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to take promptly, any action reasonably requested by the Company having the effect of releasing, or evidencing the release of, the obligations of any New Guarantor under the New Guarantee.

10.16     Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section (or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section), to any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in Section 10.6(d) or any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company and its obligations, (c) to its employees, directors, trustees, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates for performing the purposes of a Loan Document, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority or regulatory agency (including self-regulated agencies), (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, after notice to the Company if reasonably feasible, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, after notice to the Company if reasonably feasible, (g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

10.17     WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY, EACH SUBSIDIARY BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

92

 


10.18     USA Patriot Act . Each Lender hereby notifies the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
 
 
 



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
By:

Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:

Name:
Title:

 


Exhibit 10.2

RELATIONSHIP AGREEMENT

This Relationship Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of April 30, 2014 (the “Effective Date”) is made and entered into between Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation (“Ford”), and Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ford Credit”).

RECITALS

A.
Ford Credit supports the sale of Ford’s products by providing, among other things, wholesale, retail, and lease financing for the purchase and lease of those products.

B.
Ford Credit is highly dependent on the public debt markets to raise funds for its business.

C.
Ford Credit’s ability to raise funds in the public debt markets is highly dependent on its credit ratings, which, in turn, are dependent on the level of Ford Credit’s equity, the quality of its assets, and its liquidity.

D.
It is important to the success of Ford that Ford Credit remains a viable finance company that can fund itself in the public debt markets and continue supporting the sale of Ford’s products.

E.
Towards maintaining the viability of Ford Credit, the parties entered into (i) an agreement dated October 18, 2001, as amended on December 12, 2006, and as further amended on March 14, 2008 (the “Intercompany Agreement”), which provided for certain agreements regarding transactions between them and the creditworthiness of Ford Credit, and (ii) an Amended and Restated Support Agreement dated November 6, 2008 (the “Support Agreement”), which provided for Ford to make capital contributions to Ford Credit to keep its Managed Leverage (as defined below) from exceeding 11.5 to 1.

F.
The parties desire (i) to combine the provisions of the Intercompany Agreement and the Support Agreement into a new, single agreement, (ii) to make certain revisions to those provisions, and (iii) to allocate and make available to Ford Credit a portion of Ford’s Credit Agreement (as defined below). Upon the Effective Date, the parties desire to terminate the Intercompany Agreement and the Support Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration and the mutual agreements herein provided, the parties agree as follows:

1.
The parties agree that all Affiliate Receivables (as defined below) shall be on arm’s-length terms. For purposes hereof, “Affiliate Receivables” means any advance, loan, extension of credit, or other financing to Ford or any affiliate of Ford whose assets and liabilities are classified on Ford’s consolidated balance sheet as Automotive (“Automotive Affiliate”). Ford Credit shall enforce, and cause any affiliate of Ford Credit whose assets and liabilities are consolidated with Ford Credit’s on Ford Credit’s consolidated balance sheet (“Credit Affiliate”) to enforce, all Affiliate Receivables in a commercially reasonable manner, and Ford shall pay, shall cause its Automotive Affiliates to pay, and shall guarantee its Automotive Affiliates’ payment of, Affiliate Receivables in accordance with their terms.

2.
Ford Credit shall not, nor shall it permit any Credit Affiliate to, guarantee any indebtedness of (other than Permitted Guarantees), or purchase any equity securities issued by, or make any other investment in, Ford (parent company only) or any Automotive Affiliate. In addition, Ford Credit shall not, nor shall it permit any Credit Affiliate to, purchase or finance any real property (other than Permitted Mortgages) or manufacturing equipment (including tooling) from or of Ford or any Automotive Affiliate that is classified as an Automotive asset on Ford’s consolidated balance sheet. Ford shall not, nor shall it permit any Automotive Affiliate to request or require Ford Credit or any Credit Affiliate to do any of the transactions prohibited by this paragraph 2. For purposes hereof, “Permitted Guarantees” shall mean guarantees by Ford Credit or Credit Affiliates of indebtedness of Ford or Automotive Affiliates that are cash collateralized in full and guarantees that are not cash collateralized in full but which at any time do not exceed $500 million in the aggregate, and “Permitted Mortgages” shall mean financing by Ford Credit or Credit Affiliates of real property of Ford or Automotive Affiliates which at any time does not exceed $500 million in the aggregate.






3.
As used herein, “Managed Leverage” means, as of the end of each calendar quarter, Ford Credit’s managed leverage reported in, and calculated in accordance with the managed leverage formula as set forth in, Ford Credit’s periodic report (Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be) covering such calendar quarter filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event that Ford Credit’s Managed Leverage as of the end of any calendar quarter, beginning with the calendar quarter ending June 30, 2014, is higher than 11.5 to 1, then, upon demand by Ford Credit, Ford shall make or cause to be made a capital contribution to Ford Credit in an amount sufficient to have caused such Managed Leverage to have been 11.5 to 1. Such capital contribution, if required, will be made not later than 30 days after the filing by Ford Credit of its Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, covering such calendar quarter.

4.
Ford Credit shall, and shall cause each Credit Affiliate to, conduct its business, including its finance and lease business, in a prudent and commercially reasonable manner, including maintaining and adhering to credit risk underwriting standards for finance and lease receivables and residual assumptions for lease receivables it acquires or originates that are consistent with industry standards. Ford shall not, nor shall it permit any Automotive Affiliate to, require Ford Credit or any Credit Affiliate to accept credit or residual risk beyond what it would be willing to accept acting in a prudent and commercially reasonable manner. For avoidance of doubt, acquisition or origination of finance or lease receivables having terms that are not market-based shall be considered to be prudent and commercially reasonable if subsidies (in the form of interest rate subvention payments, guarantees, residual risk sharing arrangements, or otherwise) are provided by Ford or an Automotive Affiliate in an amount sufficient to assure that Ford Credit or a Credit Affiliate, as the case may be, will receive the economic benefits of such receivables as if they had been acquired or originated on market-based terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in recognition of the fact that Ford uses Ford Credit as the exclusive provider of financial services for special retail and lease programs to support the sale of products manufactured by Ford and other Automotive Affiliates, it is understood that it would be commercially reasonable and prudent for Ford Credit to accept, to a limited extent, higher levels of credit risk than it might otherwise accept in order to continue as the exclusive provider of financial services to Ford and the other Automotive Affiliates with respect to such programs. For any given program, Ford Credit may waive its right to be the exclusive provider of financial services to Ford and the other Automotive Affiliates.

5.
Ford and Ford Credit agree that (a) Ford Credit shall at all times maintain its books, records, financial statements, and bank accounts separate from those of Ford and any Automotive Affiliate; (b) Ford Credit shall maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain, or identify its assets from those of Ford and any Automotive Affiliate; (c) the funds and other assets of Ford Credit shall not be commingled with those of Ford or any Automotive Affiliate; (d) Ford Credit shall at all times hold itself out as a legal entity separate and distinct from Ford and any Automotive Affiliate; (e) except with respect to the agreements set forth in Paragraph 3 hereof and Paragraphs 9 through 16 hereof, each will act in a manner and conduct its business such that creditors of Ford, acting reasonably, will rely primarily on the creditworthiness of, and look solely to the assets of Ford, for repayment of indebtedness, and creditors of Ford Credit, acting reasonably, will rely primarily on the creditworthiness of, and look solely to the assets of Ford Credit, for repayment of indebtedness; and (f) they otherwise will take such reasonable and customary action so that Ford Credit will not be consolidated with Ford or any Automotive Affiliate in any case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, or other relief with respect to Ford or any Automotive Affiliate or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law.

6.
In the event that Ford or any of its subsidiaries engages in a corporate transaction that causes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) to threaten to terminate the pension plans sponsored by Ford or any of its subsidiaries, Ford shall, or shall cause any of its subsidiaries to, seek to negotiate a settlement with the PBGC to avoid an involuntary plan termination. In connection with such negotiated settlement, Ford shall endeavor not to grant to the PBGC a security interest in the assets of Ford Credit that has priority over the claims of unsecured creditors of Ford Credit.

7.
All determinations to be made under this Agreement shall be made in accordance with, or with reference to financial statements prepared in accordance with, United States generally accepted accounting principles. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “lease receivables” shall mean “net investment in operating leases” as stated on or reflected in Ford Credit’s consolidated financial statements.






8.
During the term of this Agreement, Ford Credit shall continue to make inventory and capital financing generally available to dealers of vehicles manufactured or sold by Ford or its Automotive Affiliates and shall continue to make retail and lease financing generally available to such dealers’ customers to substantially the same extent that Ford Credit has historically made such services available, so long as providing such services to such an extent would not result in a breach of any of the foregoing provisions. Nothing herein precludes Ford Credit from providing or continuing to provide financial services to automotive manufacturers other than Ford or its Automotive Affiliates.

9.
Subject to the terms set forth in Paragraphs 10-16 hereof, Ford has agreed to designate Ford Credit as a Subsidiary Borrower under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2006, as amended and restated on November 24, 2009 and as further amended and restated as of April 30, 2014 (as further amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement;” unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement), among Ford Motor Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto.

10.
During the term of the Credit Agreement, Ford Credit shall have the irrevocable right to borrow for any purpose up to $2,000,000,000 (the “Maximum Amount”) under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and agrees not to have any outstanding borrowings thereunder at any time in excess of the Maximum Amount.

11.
Ford shall not terminate the Credit Agreement prior to its maturity or take any other action that would impair Ford Credit’s ability to borrow the Maximum Amount under the Credit Agreement, in each case without Ford Credit’s prior written consent.

12.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Ford may take actions with regard to the Credit Agreement (e.g., amendment, restatement, cancellation, and replacement) so long as the resulting credit available thereunder to Ford Credit up to the Maximum Amount is not materially adversely affected.

13.
Ford agrees in advance to approve all Ford Credit actions pursuant to its right as a Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement that would require Ford’s consent. No written Ford approvals to Ford Credit’s actions under the Credit Agreement will be required except those written consents explicitly required by the terms of the Credit Agreement (e.g., guarantee, legal opinions).

14.
Ford agrees to guarantee the Obligations of Ford Credit as a Subsidiary Borrower as required by and in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

15.
Ford Credit will reimburse Ford for a proportion of the total costs incurred by Ford under the Credit Agreement that is equal to the proportion that the Maximum Amount bears to the total Commitments under the Credit Agreement.

16.
Ford and Ford Credit will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further documents and assurances and take such further actions as may from time to time be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of Paragraphs 9 through 15 of this Agreement.

17.
This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, excluding any choice of law rules that may direct the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

18.
This Agreement shall terminate initially on April 30, 2019 (the “Termination Date”). On April 30, 2015, and on each April 30 thereafter during the term of this Agreement, the Termination Date shall be extended automatically for an additional one-year period (ending on the April 30 next following the then-current Termination Date) unless either party shall have given the other party written notice during the period beginning on the January 1 and ending on the April 1 immediately preceding such April 30, specifying its election not to extend the Termination Date beyond the then-current Termination Date and that the term of this Agreement shall, therefore, expire on such then-current Termination Date.

19.
As of the Effective Date, the Intercompany Agreement and the Support Agreement are both terminated.






20.
No person other than Ford and Ford Credit, and their permitted successors and assigns, shall have any right to enforce any term of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


FORD MOTOR COMPANY
 
FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ Neil M. Schloss                                        
 
By:
 /s/ Michael L. Seneski                                    
 
Neil M. Schloss
 
 
Michael L. Seneski
 
Vice President and Treasurer
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


            




Exhibit 12


FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(in millions)

 
First Quarter 2014
Earnings
 
Income before income taxes
$
1,259

Add/(Deduct):
 
Equity in net income of affiliated companies
(419
)
Dividends from affiliated companies
21

Fixed charges excluding capitalized interest
934

Amortization of capitalized interest
10

Earnings
$
1,805

 
 
Fixed Charges
 
Interest expense
$
886

Interest portion of rental expense (a)
48

Capitalized interest
5

Total fixed charges
$
939

 
 
Ratios
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
1.9

__________
(a) One-third of all rental expense is deemed to be interest.






Exhibit 15




May 1, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

RE: Ford Motor Company Registration Statement Nos. 33-62227, 333-02735, 333-20725, 333-31466, 333-47733, 333-56660, 333-57596, 333-65703, 333-71380, 333-74313, 333-85138, 333-87619, 333-104063, 333-113584, 333-123251, 333-138819, 333-138821, 333-149453, 333-149456, 333-153815, 333-153816, 333-156630, 333-156631, 333-157584, 333-162992, 333-162993, 333-165100, 333-172491, 333-179624, 333-186730, 333-193999, and 333-194000 on Form S-8 and 333-194060 on Form S-3

Commissioners:

We are aware that our report dated May 1, 2014 on our review of interim financial information of Ford Motor Company (the “Company”) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 and included in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 is incorporated by reference in the aforementioned Registration Statements.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Detroit, Michigan





Exhibit 18


May 1, 2014


Board of Directors
Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126

Dear Directors:

We are providing this letter to you for inclusion as an exhibit to your Form 10-Q filing pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

We have been provided a copy of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014. Note 1 therein describes a change in accounting principle associated with the accounting for disability benefits. It should be understood that the preferability of one acceptable method of accounting over another for disability benefits has not been addressed in any authoritative accounting literature, and in expressing our concurrence below we have relied on management’s determination that this change in accounting principle is preferable. Based on our reading of management’s stated reasons and justification for this change in accounting principle in the Form 10-Q, and our discussions with management as to their judgment about the relevant business planning factors relating to the change, we concur with management that such change represents, in the Company’s circumstances, the adoption of a preferable accounting principle in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections .

We have not audited any financial statements of the Company as of any date or for any period subsequent to December 31, 2013. Accordingly, our comments are subject to change upon completion of an audit of the financial statements covering the period of the accounting change.

Very truly yours,

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Detroit, Michigan






Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Alan Mulally, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 of Ford Motor Company;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated:  
May 1, 2014
/s/ Alan Mulally
 
 
Alan Mulally
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer




Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Bob Shanks, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 of Ford Motor Company;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated:
May 1, 2014
/s/ Bob Shanks
 
 
Bob Shanks
 
 
Executive Vice President and
 
 
Chief Financial Officer





Exhibit 32.1



CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


I, Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company (the “Company”), hereby certify pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code that to my knowledge:

1.
The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014, to which this statement is furnished as an exhibit (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.
The information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Dated:
May 1, 2014
/s/ Alan Mulally
 
 
Alan Mulally
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer





Exhibit 32.2



CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


I, Bob Shanks, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Company (the “Company”), hereby certify pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code that to my knowledge:

1.
The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 , to which this statement is furnished as an exhibit (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.
The information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Dated:
May 1, 2014
/s/ Bob Shanks
 
 
Bob Shanks
 
 
Executive Vice President and
 
 
Chief Financial Officer